Someone once described prayer to me as "allowing our hearts to beat in tune with God's heart". As we start our new year as a worshipping community, our minds are turned to ask "what has God got in store for us?"
- For us as individuals?
- For us as the Encounter worshipping community?
- For us as the people who long for church in Marlow to be More Than Sunday?
- For us as part of the the Marlow Anglican Team, Churches Together in Marlow, the universal church?
Our call to prayer at the start of the year is to seek God's direction, his fresh purpose for us.
So whilst it it would be premature to suggest the detailed outcomes of our prayers, a guide would be Jesus' teaching in Matthew 6 - seek first the rule of God.
Jesus taught that we need seek only one thing - seek the Rule of God. This good and love-inspired rule has consequences for our personal lives, our social networks and communities, our national and international societies. God's rule enriches every dimension of the world he longs to bless with his version of justice, peace, faith hope and love. Everything else, then, is of secondary consequence. All our day to day, material concerns are trawled along in the undertow of that mighty force of God's Love in action - his Rule renews, restores, redeems our relationships, our communities and the very fabric of our existence in the world.
It's going to be an exciting journey, no doubt with all kinds of ups and downs along the way
So join us in prayer as we discover what God has in store for us and allow our hearts to beat with his.
