This COVID season has impacted prayer in my world. Each week I had 3 scheduled prayer times: Wed AM at 0630, Friday at 0600, and Sunday at 0830. As of this point in time, these have all continued, albeit virtually. Now Cru Faculty Ministry has added daily prayer at 1530.
Our Wed AM prayer time is similar to when we met physically, as is our Friday AM prayer time. The Sunday AM prayer has about doubled in size. But why haven't the others?
You do NOT have to travel, or even dress. Child care which may have hindered many, is no longer an issue. But there is NOT a boom in prayer, despite its high status for our L^rd, Jesus the Christ.
Which is to say, that making prayer MORE convenient doesn't induce much more prayer.
Even the disciples in Luke 11 saw Jesus praying and finally realized that PRAYER was BIG for Jesus-G^d with us--so they said, "L^rd teach us to pray...".
To which I can say, "L^rd teach us to pray...".
We NEED it.
Our Wed AM prayer time is similar to when we met physically, as is our Friday AM prayer time. The Sunday AM prayer has about doubled in size. But why haven't the others?
You do NOT have to travel, or even dress. Child care which may have hindered many, is no longer an issue. But there is NOT a boom in prayer, despite its high status for our L^rd, Jesus the Christ.
Which is to say, that making prayer MORE convenient doesn't induce much more prayer.
Even the disciples in Luke 11 saw Jesus praying and finally realized that PRAYER was BIG for Jesus-G^d with us--so they said, "L^rd teach us to pray...".
To which I can say, "L^rd teach us to pray...".
We NEED it.
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