On May 18th, the Glen Mar family will celebrate God's glory and the congregation's new home on Montgomery Road. God has provided all we need to relocate to a larger parcel near our present location, and in preparation, on Ash Wednesday we begin 100 Days of Prayer. Let us pray for the next hundred days, as an act of hope, preparation and commitment. We invite everyone to enter into a time of being open, listening and connecting with God.

As an aid for this time, you can sign up for the Dailyprayer mail list, where you can receive reflections for your prayer time during this journey of drawing closer to God.

Prayer takes many forms and it’s more than mere conversation, or a recitation of our needs before God. It is time spent in the presence of an eternal and creative God, one who knows us intimately and loves us fully. People have different comfort levels with prayer, so we offer the following thoughts as we enter into the discipline of daily prayer together.

  1. In prayer, listening comes first, just as hearing language precedes speech. It is hard in our culture to listen. Some people find it helpful to have silence for prayer—others use music or candles or movement to help them center on God. Experiment with what works for you. Marjorie Thompson, in her book Soul Feast, compares prayer to a new parent gazing at a beloved newborn and losing track of the time. That’s how it is for God to be with us and us to be with God. It is an end in itself.
  2. There is no wrong time to pray. You can pray first thing in the morning, while you’re doing dishes or driving in the car.
  3. Distractions are normal. Don’t let those dissuade you from praying. An inner distraction can be a sign of something you need to turn over to God. Go ahead and turn it over--you can always pick it back up later.
  4. There are many ways to pray and no wrong way to do it. We do not have to solve anything in prayer, we simply place ourselves in the presence of One who has the answer, One who is the answer, and God will guide us.
  5. A notebook to jot down questions, reflections, frustrations and insights may be helpful to you. Journaling in this way helps some remember and process our encounters with the holy.
 

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