Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. (James 5:16, New International Version)
Theme: Discipleship
Context:
Today is dedicated to reviewing what we have learned over the past five days. This week we continued our focus on disciples of Jesus praying passionately. We looked at disciples of Jesus over two millennia who were/are passionate about prayer. A summary of the lessons we learned from the disciples follows:
- From the 4th Century AD, Saint Augustine teaches us about faith and prayer;
- From the Middle Ages, Saint Anselm teaches us about seeking and finding God in prayer;
- From the Early Modern era, Martin Luther teaches us about confidence in prayer;
- From the Modern era, Horatio Spafford teaches us about praying in our darkest hours;
- From our era, Rowan Williams teaches us about praying with expectancy.
We certainly benefit from having a “great cloud of witnesses,” and we also benefit from the excellent commentary throughout the week. Please consider catching up on any comments you may have missed.
Question:
As you reflect on the lessons from the selected disciples of Jesus, what lesson(s) resonated the most with you?
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