PRAYING WE
SCRIPTURE
So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition... and confessed... we have sinned and done wrong.
-Daniel 9:3a, 4a, 5a
Our worldview changes when God's unfailing and scandalous love permeates our hearts. We take God's perspective. There is no them and us. We all need God's forgiveness. That's where Daniel's prayer for his people is a good model for praying for our community, nation, and world. Daniel prayed we. Daniel became a representative of his wayward people and confessed not just his own sins but all of their sins. This is intercessory prayer at its deepest level. However, praying we isn't for the faint of heart.
We live among many who do not understand God's unfailing love. We live among people who consider God's laws to be narrow-minded and restrictive. They refuse anyone who would dictate morality, for fear they might lose their autonomy. Daniel lived with the same kind of people. He didn't talk against them; he prayed for them and confessed their brokenness as his own.
We need more people like Daniel who will carry the subtle and blatant ways people have turned away from God and his Word.
We have sinned as a group. We have sinned as a neighborhood. We have sinned as a church. We have lived for ourselves. We have tried to fit into our culture. We have run after other gods. We have participated in actions that make it difficult for people to see the glory of God living in us and among us. Therefore, we must confess.
If we prayed Daniel's prayer, we would share the suffering that took Christ to the cross to die for people who do not love him or understand his love. We pray this way if we want God to use us as magnets and transformational examples for anyone who is confused about who God is. Until sin breaks us wherever we see it, until we stop talking about them and start praying about us, the awakening God wants to bring won't come.
Today, learn to pray we from the burning in your heart that only God can ignite.
BURNING QUESTIONS
1. How can you pray Daniel's prayer for your community?
2. How does praying we change your attitude toward people who live against God's love and life?
AFFIRMATION
What breaks God's heart breaks mine and compels me to pray we.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord of all, help me pray more we prayers and become an agent of healing in this mixed-up world.
SCRIPTURE
So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition... and confessed... we have sinned and done wrong.
-Daniel 9:3a, 4a, 5a
Our worldview changes when God's unfailing and scandalous love permeates our hearts. We take God's perspective. There is no them and us. We all need God's forgiveness. That's where Daniel's prayer for his people is a good model for praying for our community, nation, and world. Daniel prayed we. Daniel became a representative of his wayward people and confessed not just his own sins but all of their sins. This is intercessory prayer at its deepest level. However, praying we isn't for the faint of heart.
We live among many who do not understand God's unfailing love. We live among people who consider God's laws to be narrow-minded and restrictive. They refuse anyone who would dictate morality, for fear they might lose their autonomy. Daniel lived with the same kind of people. He didn't talk against them; he prayed for them and confessed their brokenness as his own.
We need more people like Daniel who will carry the subtle and blatant ways people have turned away from God and his Word.
We have sinned as a group. We have sinned as a neighborhood. We have sinned as a church. We have lived for ourselves. We have tried to fit into our culture. We have run after other gods. We have participated in actions that make it difficult for people to see the glory of God living in us and among us. Therefore, we must confess.
If we prayed Daniel's prayer, we would share the suffering that took Christ to the cross to die for people who do not love him or understand his love. We pray this way if we want God to use us as magnets and transformational examples for anyone who is confused about who God is. Until sin breaks us wherever we see it, until we stop talking about them and start praying about us, the awakening God wants to bring won't come.
Today, learn to pray we from the burning in your heart that only God can ignite.
BURNING QUESTIONS
1. How can you pray Daniel's prayer for your community?
2. How does praying we change your attitude toward people who live against God's love and life?
AFFIRMATION
What breaks God's heart breaks mine and compels me to pray we.
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Lord of all, help me pray more we prayers and become an agent of healing in this mixed-up world.
Posted in Lent