A thought on “Prayer”
Talking to God is a practice that, while simple, can sometimes feel hard and complicated to do. Many in our wider society would see prayer as a “Break in Case of Emergency” box. It would be in those moments when nothing else can suffice that they reach out to God. Others might see it as their shopping list for life, talking with God when they need something fixed, delivered or healed. For others it would be a more therapeutic habit, confessing and processing their life with an external presence. These are just a few of the many ways people see prayer, although they are not the whole picture. The question being posed this month is “What does Prayer do to us?”
In Luke 11 we see the disciples ask Jesus to teach them how to pray. They are asking their Rabbi (Teacher), not what words to say necessarily or the correct sentence structure, after all they are good Jewish boys who know ‘what to pray’. They are asking to pray like He does, to have the relationship with the Father that Jesus seems to have; powerful, connected, and intimate. A Prayer that is Transformative. This is what we seek to unpack this month.
The Transformation Trek 
