Week Eight

Our Calling to Pray

I recently had the joy of sitting with one of Rosemont’s earliest church members, Mrs. Frances Watson.  As we discussed our love for the church she said, “God never failed our church because we had people praying powerful prayers from the start.” Since I was born into this church family, I remember knowing, even as a little child, that there was a group of women gathering every Tuesday morning for nothing more than to petition the Lord on behalf of the church at large and for those in need.  “What a legacy,” her son Don added, “that we are standing on the shoulders of spiritual giants.” This could not be more true.

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As we enter into this Christmas season, let’s find a way to remind ourselves that God desires to commune with us, accept our adoration, forgive us when we confess, listen to our needs, and understand the depths of our hearts as we pause to offer our words to Him in prayer.  Jesus, the Christ Child, bridged the sin gap between God and man by coming to the world in flesh so that He could express the deep love God has for us.  

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In His days of ministry, Jesus took time to teach us a simple model for how to pray to the Father in Matthew 6.  Scripture encourages us to pray without ceasing in 1 Thessalonians 5, offering the Lord our thoughts, cares, and burdens throughout each day.  God calls us into relationship with Himself and prayer is a vessel by which we draw near.

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Stacey Hardigree

Music & Creative Arts Director