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Prayer builds intimacy with God.Prayer is not just a verbalisation of our inner thoughts and needs to a God in outer space; it is an aligning of our hearts with His in our inner space.
J Heinrich Arnold said, “Christian discipleship is not a question of our own doing, it is a matter of making room for God so that he can live in us.” This 40-Day Prayer Journey is an initiative that sprang from a sense of desperation. Come 1 July, I will lead the church as its Acting Senior Pastor. I have little strength when it comes to leading the Covenant family.
The very word “prayer” comes from the Latin word precãrius — a linguistic cousin to the word “precarious”. In other words, perhaps the best kind of prayer is the one that is desperate. Hear the words of those who prayed to Jesus desperately: In the storm, the disciples awoke Him, “Save us Lord; we are perishing!”(Matthew 8:25)
In her blood disorder, she said, “If I may but touch his garment, I shall be made whole.” (Matthew 9:21, KJV)
In their blindness, they cried out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!” (Matthew 9:27) I am not saying this is the only kind of prayer we are to pray. Of course, there are faith-filled prayers like that of the centurion’s, “… speak the word only, and my servant will be healed.”(Matthew 8:8, KJV).
We are all on a prayer journey. We pray not only because we are strong, but because we are weak. This is the journey I invite you to join me on. Do it as an individual; as a family; as a small group; as a zone, and as a Church. Don’t miss this blessing!
There must be something more than this …
Reverend Tan Kay Kiong
Acting Senior Pastor
(July–December 2010)
Covenant Evangelical Free Church
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Please send any insights and impressions during this prayer journey to 40dayprayer(at)cefc.org.sg
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All rights reserved. All Scripture references are taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted. The ESV Study Bible (Crossway Bibles: Wheaton, Illinois, 2008) was used as a reference in writing the devotional thoughts in this journal at times.
