Friday, December 21, 2007

IF...

My idea thus far for Gathering 08:

If…

What if we prayed?

Gathering 08

Sectionals as follows:

  • What if we prayed "Our Father who art in heaven"?
    • a sectional on the role of fathers (very needed these days)
    • maybe for adults?
  • What if we prayed "Hallowed be Thy Name"?
    • Hallowing God's Name in our lives
    • Focus on how we live/think/talk/etc.
  • What if we prayed "Thy Kingdom Come"?
    • Focus on how the Kingdom comes in Jesus
  • What if we prayed "Thy will be done"?
    • Focus on God's will and how we pray for it.
    • In all things God be glorified.
  • What if we prayed "Give us this day our daily bread"?
    • Focus on Godly stewardship.
    • Proverbs 30:7-9
    • Teach us to be clearing houses not storage houses
  • What if we prayed "forgive us our trespasses..."?
    • Focus on forgiveness
    • Four Promises form The Peace Maker by Ken Sande
    • I will not dwell on this incident.

      I will not bring up this incident again and use it against you.

      I will not talk to others about this incident.

      I will not let this incident stand between us or hinder our personal relationship.

  • What if we prayed "lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil"?
    • Focus on temptation and tools God gives us to overcome
  • What if we prayed "for thine is the Kingdom..."?
    • focus on power and glory of God.


We obviously can't do all these, but I think we could pick the ones we like. What do you think? We could call the gathering "IF... (What if we prayed?"

2 comments:

jschonkaes said...

Not bad for a start. Surely the topic of prayer is even the Lord's Prayer is immense. I know that the Holy Spirit will guide us as we begin to focus on this topic.

Jason Fuller said...

WOW... You have thought of a lot. Good idea on getting the blog together for us to communicate with each other.