#practiceofprayer

[highwaycommunity]

[highwaycommunity]

[highwaycommunity]

[highwaycommunity]

[highwaycommunity]

The Practice of Prayer Introduction

Introduction This series of morning and evening prayer is liturgical, which may feel unfamiliar to you. The hope in this series of prayers is to hold together order and spontaneity.

We have much to gain by listening to our brothers and sisters of other traditions. Just as liturgical traditions have much to offer us by way of roots, the charismatic and Pentecostals have much to offer us in zeal and passion. Tradition and innovation go together in God’s kingdom. Jesus was Jewish. he went to synagogue “as was his tradition” and celebrated holy days such as Passover. But Jesus also healed on the Sabbath.

Jesus points us to a God who is able to work within institutions and order, a God who is too big to be confined. Love cannot be harnessed. So let us engage in this practice this week, allowing these prayers on the screen to become our own all the while listening for the spontaneous moves of the Spirit.