DAY 2 - READ LUKE 11:9-11
Jesus offers His disciples a model for a significant prayer journey: Ask. Seek. Knock. These requirements involve taking time, giving attention, listening, looking, and searching through prayer. A journey of prayer leads us deep into new paths of seeking God’s plan for our lives. Along those paths, we discover doorways—places where choices and decisions are made.
What is the vision that we believe God has laid out for building His Church? In our recent preaching series about the church, Pastor Keith highlighted Acts 2:42, “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to the prayers.” Throughout the book of Acts, we see the church gathering and scattering. They gathered to worship together, to grow spiritually, and to serve one another. They scattered throughout the world to share the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
At CBC, we have always been passionate about worshipping together, studying God’s Word, celebrating communion together, and praying with one another. However, we have often lacked the space to do this. With the recent expansion, we have the ability to fellowship together on Sunday mornings and throughout the week in ways we never imagined. We now have room to serve and grow through the various ministries that benefit from these new spaces. This is very exciting! But this is not the end; it is just the beginning. We need living stones to participate, lead, teach, serve others, scatter and share the gospel, and financially support it all. These are the doorways that we are asking you to pray and ask how God will use you as a living stone. Ask. Seek. Knock. Search for God’s will in your life.
Knocking on the doors that God would open to us may lead us down paths we never imagined. We do not know what God has in store for us when we begin such a journey, but one thing is certain: such a journey of prayer will change our lives!
ACTION ITEM
Capture your journey of prayer commitment by journaling your adventure. Record the process as you ask, seek, and knock in your prayer time with the Lord over the coming weeks.