KykNET Lent Guide 2023Sample

Week of Preparation: Place of Prayer

“Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.” Matt 6:6 MSG

During Lent, you are invited to put some time aside each day. In your week of preparation, find a private place to practice your daily seclusion and prayer.

Jesus says: “Here's what I want you to do. Find a quiet, secluded place.” He invites us to find a place for prayer. It can be a corner or room in your house. It can be any place. Find a place, a physical place.

But what’s important here is that when you go to this place, you need to go to your “innermost chamber” (Matt 6:6 TPT). This is metaphorical language. Nowhere in archeology could researchers find a place with an innermost chamber. The innermost chamber is a metaphor, meaning that you should close yourself off. You need to break with your daily rhythms completely, in order to be fully present.

An old church father stated that your attitude is of the utmost importance when going into that place with Scripture. It should be an attitude of God is waiting for me. God is there for me. God longs for this moment where we can be together.

Exercise:

Find your place of prayer. What do you need to put in place so that you can become fully present each day? When you go to this place, stand before it a while, looking at it, before you enter. Thank God: “Thank you for this moment. Thank you for this opportunity. I believe You are here. I believe You want to meet me and want to work with me. I invite You: Come. Work with me and speak to me.”

Repetition Prayer:

Lord, give me the grace to be fully present with you.