Those of us with an activist mindset wanna get going and we wanna get going now, no messing. Thanks to all those friends and advisors that have said to me, 'start in prayer, Steve'. Why as an activist, do I want to spend most of today praying?
Prayer is God's way of giving 'spiritual say-so'... it might sound a little weird but I believe that as I pray, God responds and does good stuff. Because God genuinely loves us, He has made Himself 'influence-able', like any good parent, who gets down on the floor with her child and says, 'well Reggie, what do you want to do today? What do you want to make, to create, to bring into being?' The excitement of walking with a God like that is sometimes overwhelming. That's the essence of prayer, not all that 'stuffy stuff' we sometimes picture.
Prayer is good for my mates - Because I only pray for good stuff to happen and for encouragement and life to happen for people, prayer is good for my mates and their families and friends.
Prayer is good for me - it encourages me to recognise that it's not all about me. It's about the purposes of God, I'm only alive because of Him, I'm only going to 'do stuff' because of His power working not mine... Basically, prayer humbles me and that's gotta be good 'cos many activists are just plain full of themselves, their 'leadership', their gifts, their calling, blah, blah,!"
Have a good one!
THANK YOU Steve, first opportunity I've had to take a look and I LOVE IT... gonna be a regular from now on!
Posted by: Sue | Friday, 06 January 2012 at 11:08 AM