Beginning tomorrow morning (Saturday, November 21) at 9:00 a.m., and continuing through 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning, November 22, the RiverWalk family will be engaged in a 24 hour prayer vigil. RiverWalk members have signed up for fifteen minute time slots. Where and how we pray will be personal preference, but I want to encourage you to take advantage of two opportunities that would take you outside your home, and into different environments, for your prayer time.
First, you can come to the church building and pray through various prayer centers that have been set up to help us focus on different elements of our “Now Is The Time” campaign. One center focuses on our community outreach, another on our mission efforts, another on RiverWalk children. There is a center where you can jot down or journal some of your thoughts and ideas about the whole experience. The building will be open from 10:00 a.m. through noon, and again from 4:00 — 8:00 p.m. Even if your prayer time does not correspond to those times, plan to drop by the building for a few minutes and pray around some of the centers.
Another way to spend your time in prayer is to take a walk around sections of the city that are the focus of much of our community outreach. You could walk around the Franklin Elementary School neighborhood; or take a walk through parts of the downtown area. You could journey along the river walk behind our building. But as you walk, pray–for people, for families, for our efforts at Franklin Elementary, for our outreach into the downtown area.
In 2 Kings 7:1 Solomon prays at the dedication of the Temple: “When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burn offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple.” Fire coming down from heaven would get our attention, wouldn’t it? But is it possible that even without the visual effect of fire, we can still experience the glory of the Lord filling the temple during our 24 hours of prayer? After all, the New Testament says that each of us as Christ followers is a temple or dwelling place of the Holy Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 6:19,20).
May the glory of the Lord fill our hearts–our temple–this weekend as together we pray for God’s guidance and blessing.
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Prayer Walk for RiverWalk
Prayer Walk for RiverWalk
Beginning tomorrow morning (Saturday, November 21) at 9:00 a.m., and continuing through 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning, November 22, the RiverWalk family will be engaged in a 24 hour prayer vigil. RiverWalk members have signed up for fifteen minute time slots. Where and how we pray will be personal preference, but I want to encourage you to take advantage of two opportunities that would take you outside your home, and into different environments, for your prayer time.
First, you can come to the church building and pray through various prayer centers that have been set up to help us focus on different elements of our “Now Is The Time” campaign. One center focuses on our community outreach, another on our mission efforts, another on RiverWalk children. There is a center where you can jot down or journal some of your thoughts and ideas about the whole experience. The building will be open from 10:00 a.m. through noon, and again from 4:00 — 8:00 p.m. Even if your prayer time does not correspond to those times, plan to drop by the building for a few minutes and pray around some of the centers.
Another way to spend your time in prayer is to take a walk around sections of the city that are the focus of much of our community outreach. You could walk around the Franklin Elementary School neighborhood; or take a walk through parts of the downtown area. You could journey along the river walk behind our building. But as you walk, pray–for people, for families, for our efforts at Franklin Elementary, for our outreach into the downtown area.
In 2 Kings 7:1 Solomon prays at the dedication of the Temple: “When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burn offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the Temple.” Fire coming down from heaven would get our attention, wouldn’t it? But is it possible that even without the visual effect of fire, we can still experience the glory of the Lord filling the temple during our 24 hours of prayer? After all, the New Testament says that each of us as Christ followers is a temple or dwelling place of the Holy Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 6:19,20).
May the glory of the Lord fill our hearts–our temple–this weekend as together we pray for God’s guidance and blessing.