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2 minutes of prayer at 2 pm for 22 days.

This week – prayer.

But when we say prayer, we’re not really talking just about prayer. We’re talking about connecting. Connecting with Jesus. Prayer is one means to the end. I’m willing to bet that if most people could grasp this single concept it would radically change their spirituality. It would make it explode, move from black and white to color, 2D to 3D.

I met a lady two months ago. She said she wasn’t that spiritual of a person, but she liked to write. Below was how she ended her email.

The eyes of Jesus
penetrate my heart
past all my defenses

His love pushes me
to display His love
not counting the cost

I’ll get an email from her about every other week – something has hit her or inspired her – and she’ll shoot a little ditty (not about Jack and Diane) my way. Every single time, I end up speechless or crying. Completely beautiful. We’re in the middle of figuring out how to unleash this gift but it’s how she connects best with her Father.

Another dear friend in Parker paints…she’s done it during worship a couple of times. After the first time she did it during a worship service, she about broke my neck after the service. “Do you know how awesome this is??? My painting is worship, it’s connecting me deeper to God than I ever imagined!!”

That’s the point of it all. Connecting is the value, prayer is one way to do it. This week, we’ll unpack this a bit more. In fact, it’s so important it’s our next sermon series – connecting.

Before we start, couple of questions for you to chew on:

How do you best connect with God?
What context or environment helps you best connect with God?
Is there anything in your life that you think needs to change to help you connect better?