March 26, 2008, 9:00 am
Filed under: Christ, Christianity, Emerging Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Kingdom, Poetry, Prayer, church, ecclesiology, life, love, religion
Filed under: Christ, Christianity, Emerging Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Kingdom, Poetry, Prayer, church, ecclesiology, life, love, religion
give Your church a sense of urgency for Your kingdom.
give Your church a sense of longing for justice and compassion.
place kindling and logs on the altars of Your living temples.
send fire from heaven to consume the living sacrifices with renewed zeal for You.
no more conferences that encourage self-gratification, no more spiritual retreats.
pray Your church goes on the advance,
storming the gates of hell to set the captives free.
pray that the spiritually dead are resurrected unto abundant life.
pray that there is freedom and redemption in the name of Jesus!
pray that the glory of the Lord is established on earth as it is in heaven.
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Wow! Amen!
Comment by Scotti March 27, 2008 @ 1:48 pmI second that amen!
Comment by shanti April 28, 2008 @ 6:18 pmpowerful.
Comment by susanna May 2, 2008 @ 3:38 pmjust one question? maybe i misunderstand–but are you against spiritual retreat? Jesus pulled away to pray.
God bless!
I had the same question as susanna.
I think I get the point of the narrative, however.
My pastor says it this way, “We are sponges. We are meant to be filled, but not to sit, soak, and sour. We are meant to be pressed out and used until we are spent and ready to be filled again.”
Retreats often help shape my thinking in ways I needed to be broken, so I can’t speak against them…but to sit, soak, and sour is…well, stinky.
Comment by "Maggie" July 5, 2008 @ 7:05 pm