
A People of Prayer
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“[Let] Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” —Matthew 6:10 (NIV)
1-6 God, investigate my life;
get all the facts firsthand.
I’m an open book to you;
even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking.
You know when I leave and when I get back;
I’m never out of your sight.
You know everything I’m going to say
before I start the first sentence.
I look behind me and you’re there,
then up ahead and you’re there, too—
your reassuring presence, coming and going.
This is too much, too wonderful—
I can’t take it all in!7-12 Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit?
to be out of your sight?
If I climb to the sky, you’re there!
If I go underground, you’re there!
If I flew on morning’s wings
to the far western horizon,
You’d find me in a minute—
you’re already there waiting!
Then I said to myself, “Oh, he even sees me in the dark!
At night I’m immersed in the light!”
It’s a fact: darkness isn’t dark to you;
night and day, darkness and light, they’re all the same to you.13-16 Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;
you formed me in my mother’s womb.
I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking!
Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
I worship in adoration—what a creation!
You know me inside and out,
you know every bone in my body;
You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit,
how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth;
all the stages of my life were spread out before you,
The days of my life all prepared
before I’d even lived one day.17-22 Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!
God, I’ll never comprehend them!
I couldn’t even begin to count them—
any more than I could count the sand of the sea. —Psalm 139:1-22 (MSG)
“At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Songbirds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God’s hand until we learn to hear Him.” —Oswald Chambers
“Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” —Hebrews 13:3 (NIV)
Invitation
• Prayer comes alive when we lean into the reality that God is always
• As His sons and daughters, He’s given us
• As we lean into Him always being present, we learn how to
Resources:
Voice of the Martyrs
“Depravity, Grace, & Reckless Abandon” by Joel Bidderman
Lectio 365 App
[Video] Paradise Now by Tim Mackie
[Book] “How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People” by Pete Greig