Neighborhood Friends Church

RHYTHMS OF GRACE: PRAYER | WK 3 | "LISTENING TO GOD"

RHYTHMS OF GRACE: PRAYER | WK 1 | "TALKING TO GOD" WK 1 - APRIL 7TH “Talking To God” WK 2 - APRIL 14TH “Talking With God” WK 3 - APRIL 21ST “Listening To God” WK 4 - APRIL 28TH “Being With God” WEEK 1 - "TALKING WITH GOD'" Join us this week as we continue our sermon series, Rhythms of Grace. In this installment, we focus on the spiritual discipline of prayer and its transformative power in our lives. Drawing from John 1:3-5, Ephesians 2:1-5, and 2 Corinthians 3:12-18, we will explore how prayer allows us to listen to God through Jesus Christ, who is the light and life of humanity. I hope to bring some hope to how our sins and trespasses are the primary barriers to experiencing the light and life of Jesus; how Christ's redemptive work enables us to overcome the obstacle of sin and darkness. Through prayer, we can approach God with honesty, embracing Jesus, the source of true life and understanding His love in new and powerful ways. Join in with us as we continue to study the practice of prayer and how it can illuminate our spiritual journey and deepen our relationship with God. Together, we can approach the  Lord and experience the power of His light in our lives and neighborhood. This session’s Practice will focus on the pragmatics of prayer. One of the single most important tasks of discipleship to Jesus is starting, habituating, and fine-tuning a daily prayer rhythm. Your daily prayer can be simple and brief. And as essential as sleeping, eating, and drinking. This is what will keep you praying in the days, months, and years to come. Ronald Rolheiser writes: “What clear, simple, and brief rituals provide is precisely prayer that depends upon something beyond our own energy. The rituals carry us, our tiredness, our lack of energy, our inattentiveness, our indifference, and even our occasional distaste. They keep us praying even when we are too tired to muster up our own energy.”