Like many, I was taught the ACTS model of prayer (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication). While it’s a good framework the model left me exhausted!
This kind of prayer was marked by verbosity and was usually one-sided.
But then I started reading the Desert Fathers.
This kind of prayer was marked by verbosity and was usually one-sided.
But then I started reading the Desert Fathers.
The way of the desert gave me permission to “be still and know that he is God.”
The more familiar you are with someone the easier it is to be silent in their presence.
Our inability to be silent with God just might reveal how unfamiliar we are with God.
The more familiar you are with someone the easier it is to be silent in their presence.
Our inability to be silent with God just might reveal how unfamiliar we are with God.
I have found that the way of contemplative prayer has moved me from needing a word from God, to experiencing union with the Word of God.
The priority of prayer is found in union with God, not transactionalism.
Jesus teaches us to pray, “our Father” first, not, “give us this day our daily bread.”
Jesus teaches us to pray, “our Father” first, not, “give us this day our daily bread.”
