National Day of Prayer
I can't pass up this opportunity!
Hello, all!
I know it has been a while since you have heard from me.
And, honestly, I wish I could say I was ready to jump back in and start working on Our Father Daily again…but I’m not.
A quick update: I have gone through a LOT of changes in my professional and personal life since January 2024. Started working full time in fall 2023 was a challenge, but new opportunities have arisen for me to climb the ol’ corporate ladder (which I am thankful for in so many ways). And that means finally getting to a spot, financially, for my family that we haven’t been in since 2020 (or, honestly, even before that). So, until some more of those things normalize, I’ll only be popping in occasionally to bring my absolute best to Our Father Daily!
NOW, on to the reason for this post!
It is the National Day of Prayer!
So, it’s a perfect time to chime in, take advantage of the calendar event, and discuss a bit about The Lord’s Prayer.
This is a special event on some of our calendars. You’re probably getting an email about it from your church, other Christian organizations, or maybe even seeing some posts on socials.
And while that is fine and dandy…
…the goal is for prayer to be a daily spiritual practice, right? And not a once-daily practice, but constant-daily practice!
While highlighting prayer on one specific day is powerful, our goal should be to make prayer a rhythm of our daily, moment-to-moment life.
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With that obvious thought out of the way, let me give you something practical for today.
Today is a great day to pray big prayers.
Do you know why?
Because today is a chance to practice the inclusive OUR in The Lord’s Prayer.
The reminder that we never, ever pray alone.
And, today, I can promise you…you are not praying alone for whatever that big prayer is.
Today is the day to fervently pray for curing someone’s cancer, to pray for that job opportunity, to pray for the peace to overcome the death of a loved one, to pray for peace in our war-torn world.
Today is the day to join together with the myriad of voices calling out to Our Father for the Spirit to move in incredible, powerful, meaningful ways.
So, yes, make prayer a daily practice. But, for today, take advantage of the collective prayers of others and add your voice to the conversation, the cry of agony, the joyful shouts of prayer that are going up today.
We are not alone, we are never alone, in prayer.
Spiritual practice
Set aside time today to pray your biggest, most raw and real prayer. And do it with someone. Pray for that thing you are scared to even share with God, the thing you are afraid to pray about because you are afraid it might not be answered (or answered how you want).
Pray. Big. Prayers.
If you find yourself interested in learning more about The Lord’s Prayer, then I would love for you to check out all things “Pray” by yours truly (me!)