pray first

Opening Prayer: May our first movement, O Lord, always be toward you in prayer.  For you alone are able to save and to rescue.  Lord, have mercy!

Scripture: Genesis 18:16-33

Journal: What would it look like if the first movement of your life was prayer?  Do you really believe that’s how it should be?  How will you make prayer the main work of you life?

Reflection: Sometimes we forget, in the midst of the pain and chaos and need of the world around us, that our primary role is to pray—to stand in the gap between God and men, and beg for his mercy.  Sadly, all too often prayer is the last thing we do, instead of the first.  I guess that’s pretty telling.

If the lives of the saints have taught us anything, it’s that the first movement of ministry is always toward God, not toward man.  He alone can save, we cannot.

Prayer

Closing Prayer: O Lord, apart from you, we can do nothing.  And apart from you, this world has no hope.  Help us to be willing to stand in the gap and beg for your mercy.  Amen.