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at yesterday’s gathering we started a series of weeks thinking about the question, “Why Pray?”
to get us into the experience we posted prayers around the room and spent some time meditating on them.
I liked it, not enough quiet praying time in my weeks.

this week I’m going to post those prayers and think about them a bit.
Today I’m thinking about one that Rob found in paul’s first letter to timothy

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.

I let that be my prayer yesterday, and this morning.
I do that my thinking on the words, what they mean and how they apply, then allowing them to be my words.
it was sort of heart warming to think on God “appointing me to his service.”

in case you didn’t realize it, God appointed you too.
There’s a section in Romans that affirms that; it says that God not only picked you, but called you. That means called you to a purpose. Not bad, and this prayer reminded me what an honor that is; what confidence God must have in you to give some responsibility.

It might be nice, to let this be your prayer today.