Peace Prayers
10:15 AM by War Room 614
What a privilege last night to kick off our week of non-stop prayer (and our new community rhythm of prayer) by spending several hours praying with a bunch of warriors for peace.
We set up the room for the week, then began in silence, intentionally acknowledging that God was inviting us into HIS presence, not the other way around, and we wanted Him to have the first word.
We then spent some time focusing on and declaring the names of Yahweh, the name we will be honouring in all of our prayers. The first name was Prince of Peace, and today we are honouring Yahweh as Immanuel - God with us.
We moved on to a discussion of peace, and that which robs us of our peace. Peace is not the absence of war, it is the presence of justice and shalom (ht MLK Jr).
After this we used our giant map of the DTES to pray peace into the lives of our friends and neighbours. What we pray we must be ready to enact as well.
We moved then into a time of reflection on the Sermon on the Mount, with the theme that Jesus' nonviolence does not mean passivity. Cowardice and non-involvement are the only options completely unavailable to the non-violent followers of Jesus.
Lastly we spent some time educating ourselves on the major conflicts currently raging in the world today. We prayed and mourned.
Dona Nobis Pacem.
Grace,
Aaron
We set up the room for the week, then began in silence, intentionally acknowledging that God was inviting us into HIS presence, not the other way around, and we wanted Him to have the first word.
We then spent some time focusing on and declaring the names of Yahweh, the name we will be honouring in all of our prayers. The first name was Prince of Peace, and today we are honouring Yahweh as Immanuel - God with us.
We moved on to a discussion of peace, and that which robs us of our peace. Peace is not the absence of war, it is the presence of justice and shalom (ht MLK Jr).
After this we used our giant map of the DTES to pray peace into the lives of our friends and neighbours. What we pray we must be ready to enact as well.
We moved then into a time of reflection on the Sermon on the Mount, with the theme that Jesus' nonviolence does not mean passivity. Cowardice and non-involvement are the only options completely unavailable to the non-violent followers of Jesus.
Lastly we spent some time educating ourselves on the major conflicts currently raging in the world today. We prayed and mourned.
Dona Nobis Pacem.
Grace,
Aaron
