Put Prayer in Your Back Pocket

In May, I’ve been focusing on Prayer. In June, we start Great Commandment Groups, focus on Service and, God and the County of Marin willing, start Courtyard Worship at 8am on Sundays. So we have some good things coming down the pike.

But we always strive to keep a balance. We follow Jesus together in worship, prayer and service, all three.

So, I invite you to put these two things about Prayer in your back pocket, to be pulled out throughout the summer:

Day by Day

The little Day by Day books are the perfect way to either begin or complement a prayer practice. New batches of these books come every three months. Each day has a page in the book with a verse, a brief reflection and something in the world to pray for. Say that page and the Lord’s prayer and you’re off and running. We have a few left for May-June-July. Email me if you would like one at c.h.mrtn@gmail.com.

How to Pray

As of yesterday, the three teaching sessions on Prayer from this month are now on YouTube. The teaching in each video is about 20 minutes. In the first, I offer the “who, what, when, where, how and why” of prayer. In the second, Chris O gives a beautiful introduction to Christian Meditation. In the third, I show how to do Morning Prayer in basic, intermediate and advanced ways. The videos are unedited, so in the second and third ones, please skip the first minute or two and cut right to the teaching.

How to Pray – Lesson 1:  https://youtu.be/Y1ebG4fYz2I
How to Pray – Lesson 2:  https://youtu.be/DUGbExeCuyQ
How to Pray – Lesson 3:  https://youtu.be/2lEICllBCxk

Please pray for me as I pray for you.