Praying as a way of Life

I have been experiencing more and more, the many things that I've been learning. It's as if God wants me to "know" Him more and more.

Here are some updates....

I gave a sermon on the Pentagon LifeShape which is really about "knowing your role in life." Paul made it so clear that we need to fulfill our role in the life of the church in his letter to the Ephesians. The power of God's grace is that it enables us to see that we are gifts to His church. We serve by God's grace. We give out of an overflow of His grace.

This past Sunday, I gave a sermon on the Hexagon LifeShape which is really about "praying as a way of life." The topic was really on the Lord's Prayer. As I watched my daughter perform at her dance recital on Saturday, it brought back memories of my own recital days. Here's the dark and hidden secret of my life. I use to... "play the flute." Yes, it's true. It sends chills down my spine as a I think about it.

But with recitals, we are called to play a master piece of another great composer or writer. We recite their music. Why? Because reciting their music is going to teach us real music. In a similar way, when we recite the Lord's prayer, we are reciting a master piece of a prayer. We learn how to pray when we pray as Jesus taught us to pray.

Read Matthew 6:9-13 and meditate on each line, each phrase, and each word.

Toward the end, I encouraged our congregation to recite the Lord's prayer 3 times a day instead of praying over a meal, and then I changed it to 2 times. I said, "alright maybe just 2 times a day instead." Then, it's as if God was speaking, because there was a power surge and the power almost went out. I decided that God was speaking and I changed it to 3 times a day, and the lights were fine. "Lord, thanks for speaking so clearly that day." Coincidence or God? Hmmmmm... You know what I think about it.

Pray the Lord's prayer this week, 3 times a day. Shalom.