I read earlier today that a church that is not a praying church is a dying church. Prayer is the life source of the church, its our way of constantly communicating our absolute dependence on God. That’s why we’re taking our first few weeks of meeting together, and laying a foundation of prayer for RiverChurch. We’re taking time to pray together, but more importantly we are gaining a better understanding of what “prayer is” from the perspective of Scripture. If we’re gonna do it, we gotta undertand it.
Tonight was a great night as we read through Scripture looking at prayer as our way of conversing with God, not just giving him our laundry list of things to do for us. But actually engaging in dialogue with the Creator of the Universe. It was so refreshing to share insights with one another as we read Scripture together. Afterwards we took some time to pray on our own, then together as a group.
Its awesome watching our young community grow together, learning more about each other and growing together in our faith. We actually took our first offering tonight as well. Our expenses are already growing but we decided to designate our first offerings for a ministry project in the city this summer, helping purchase backpacks for kids in lower income schools. It was beautiful watching people’s faces light up last night as we talked about ministry opportunities and the ways that we will be involved in those opportunities.
Things are actually moving at a very good rate for RiverChurch. In some cases faster than I anticipated. So we’ll see where God takes us from here. One thing is for sure, its gonna be a fun ride.
Hope you can be with us next week for another look at what “prayer is. . . . “