"Meditation – 60 Days of Prayer" for Wednesday, 22 June 2016 of The Upper Room in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
JUNE 22
THE MORTAR OF THE CHURCH is prayer. And our prayer … is that God will make “all things new,” that God will make me new as well and all those who have likewise longed for and loved God’s appearing. That we who pray to God will be made the people of God at last. That God may take up eternal residence, make eternal dwelling among us!
With or prayer books or empty handed, speaking or silent, on account of the tradition or in spite of it, we pray – and indeed all of humanity prays, whether they know it or not – to see the redemption God has promised. We pray to see the end of the old world and the beginning of the new, the demise of enmity in us and between us, the feast that God will prepare for all people.[Thomas R. Steagald, A House of Prayer]
From A House of Prayer: The Power of Praying in Community. Copyright © 2014 by Thomas R. Steagald. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Upper Room Books. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Our mailing address is:
The Upper Room Strategic Initiatives
PO Box 340007
THE MORTAR OF THE CHURCH is prayer. And our prayer … is that God will make “all things new,” that God will make me new as well and all those who have likewise longed for and loved God’s appearing. That we who pray to God will be made the people of God at last. That God may take up eternal residence, make eternal dwelling among us!
With or prayer books or empty handed, speaking or silent, on account of the tradition or in spite of it, we pray – and indeed all of humanity prays, whether they know it or not – to see the redemption God has promised. We pray to see the end of the old world and the beginning of the new, the demise of enmity in us and between us, the feast that God will prepare for all people.[Thomas R. Steagald, A House of Prayer]
- Where do you see God doing a new thing? Is it evident in your church and community? How can our prayer shed light and bring life to the “new thing”?
From A House of Prayer: The Power of Praying in Community. Copyright © 2014 by Thomas R. Steagald. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Upper Room Books. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Our mailing address is:
The Upper Room Strategic Initiatives
PO Box 340007
Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
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