Prairie Hills Covenant Church

Good Friday service

Easter Sunday

It is no surprise that the disciples wanted to learn how to pray like Jesus. When Jesus prayed, things happened: people were healed; demons fled; and God acted. Our text this week does not inspire us to ask,  "how should we pray" as much as "why should we pray?"  As we will see, if we learn "why" we should pray, the question of "how" fades in importance.  Come and continue our journey into prayer. 

This week, we are going to explore an example of real prayer in Daniel 9.  Throughout the Bible, we see examples of real prayer lifted up in every imaginable circumstance by all kinds of different people. Real prayers that cut to the heart of common human experience no matter what century you may live in. Real prayer does not describe saying the right words in the right place at the right time. It is living in communion with God. Our goal this week is to learn ways to distinguish in our own prayers when they are real and when they are just a bunch of words.  I hope that you can join us. 

On Sunday, we begin a sermon series on Prayer that we are titling, "The Bridge."   Prayer is that amazing bridge between humanity and the Divine. It is far more than just asking God to do things we need help with.  It is, as we learned last week in John 15, abiding in the vine, which is Christ. It is listening for the still small voice of the Spirit of God.It is the bridge between mortality and eternity. We are beginning with Jesus' teaching on prayer by exploring "The Lord's Prayer."  As common and memorable as this prayer is, it is important to peal back the layers and allow it to capture our hearts in new and fresh ways.