Find a rhythm for your prayer life
Jesus prayed regularly, people knew his patterns, and they followed his rhythms
My book on The Lord’s Prayer is, quite literally, named after the idea of finding a rhythm for your prayer life.
(Pray: Letting The Lord’s Prayer Shape the Rhythms of Your Prayer Life) - see?
And that stems from this crazy thing that Jesus kept doing.
I am, personally, obsessed with Luke’s gospel. There are so many details, so many specific turns of phrase, that are geared toward people with limited understanding of Jewish cultures and customs.
What might appear obvious to Jews just kinda flew over the heads of us Gentiles.
A good example of this is in Luke 22, where Luke tells us, ”And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of olives, and the disciples followed him.”
Jesus was, apparently, known to just bop off and go pray, leaving people wondering where the heck he went.
But those who knew him, his disciples, knew where he went, that he went to go pray, and followed him.
And, honestly, that verse writes itself.
I don’t have a lot to add here.
Those who know Jesus will follow him. And Jesus did an awful lot of going his own way and praying.
So, we probably should, too.
Finding your rhythm of prayer in your life is what this newsletter is all about, it’s what my book is all about, what my journals are both about, it’s what a large portion of my brain is thinking about at all times.
I hope you’ll keep journeying with me as you strengthen your prayer life and find your own prayer rhythms.
My prayer for today
Our Father, thank you so much for giving me passages like this that get me fired up for you. Jesus, thank you thank you thank you for your example. May we all follow your example and pray as you do. Spirit, wake us up to the possibilities of finding our own rhythms of prayer in our daily life. Amen.
Remember
Identify a consistent 2-minute window in your day-to-day schedule, whether it is centered around a specific time or a specific activity, to dedicate to prayer in some form or fashion.
Nothing fancy.
Just dedicated time and space for the opportunity to create a rhythm of prayer.