Our Prayers: Remixed

Let Me Bless You, Lord.     Live Through Me. No Matter What, Lord, Use Me.

Let Us Pray: "Bless me, Lord. Be with me. Watch over and protect me. Forgive me." If you listen to your prayers and the prayers of those around you, you will hear these four phrases over and over--probably the words we've been saying to God since we first learned to pray. It's not that there's anything wrong with these phrases; they are a part of our prayer journey. But the fact that they dominate our times with God even now can indicate a me-centered faith that is far from the New Testament adventure we are called to in Christ. REMIXED prayers move us toward a healthier, God-centered prayer language. What would happen if we saturated our prayers with a heart-cry that says, "Let Me Bless You, Lord," or "Live Through Me," or "No Matter What, Lord, Use Me." Louis Giglio is a funny, entertaining and profound speaker and evangelist, and he will be our teacher for three Monday nights in August. His 3-part series, PRAYER: REMIX, gives us a fresh and different angle on how we approach prayer. I have to say, after watching these presentations I'm really excited about it. Louis is not trying to give us a newer and better "prayer formula." Rather, he challenges us to a new level of thinking about how we pray. He calls it a subtle shift on radical truth. I call it conscious, purposeful, re-directed conversation with God. Come join us this Monday night for the first DVD of the series titled, Who's Blessing Whom? I'll be there with my own comments and I'll look forward to hearing yours afterwards. Let Us Pray: "Bless us, Lord. Please be with us, watch over and protect us, and...."  Oops...Oooops...Ooooops! Rather... "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead..."  1 Peter 1:3 Prayer Remixed. I'll see you Monday, Greg