Ecology of a Missional Disciple: PRAYING

Matthew 26:36-46How your prayer life lives on mission today Being present in someone's need, pain, story, struggle, or trauma as someone who “keeps watch” through prayer is love on display. The playbook of missional prayer for others is just sitting, being awake and aware of the needs they have, and giving them to God repeatedly and rigidly for as long as they need us to. Your presentness is your gift. SOMETIMES PRAYER IS ALL WE CAN DO, SHOULD DO, ARE ABLE TO DO, BARELY WANT TO DO, AND FEEL WE ARE EVEN KINDA QUALIFIED TO DO. STILL MAKE IT A HABIT TO DO IT. Bearing one another's burdens sounds like a lot, until you're the one who needs to be carried. Practice carrying. For one day we will all need to be carried. ‘Can I pray for you’ is not a one time commitment. It's a spiritual investment into someone until the need is met or the answer is made. People with little faith learn a lot from people with a lot of faith who choose to not back down from darkness, fear and doubt. To pray without ceasing is just a saint who won’t stop believing that they will see the goodness of God, in the land of the living.