2012 Pray for Pensacola (40 Days of Prayer and Fasting)

"To be a Christian without prayers is no more possible than to be alive without breathing." - Martin Luther King Jr.

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"Pray and let God worry" - Martin Luther

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Thinking back in your life do you recall your first awareness or knowledge of the act of prayer?  How about a memory of someone in your life whose words concerning prayer shaped you in a powerful way?  One of my early memories concerning prayer is of my mom's mother, my Grandma Drake. When I was 10-12 years old she told me that every night when she laid down in bed she prayed and that she ended her prayer time by listing her children and grandchildren one at a time and that she asked God to look after them.  This made quite a comforting impression on me knowing that my grandmother was praying for me every night.

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Winifred Drake Dec 2001

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Have you ever thought about why you pray the way you do or why you do not pray regularly?  How did you learn to pray?  It is an interesting exercise to contemplate how one ends up learning to do different things.  Jesus's disciples asked Him "Lord, teach us to pray." (Luke 11:1) and He told them in the following verses.

"Father, hallowed be Your name. 

Your kingdom come. 

Give us each day our daily bread. 

And forgive us our sins, 

For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. 

And lead us not into temptation.’ 

Luke 11:2-4 NASB

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Sunday January 8th starts 40 days of prayer and fasting for the city of Pensacola and the surrounding area.  Joe & Karina Miller started coordinating this time of prayer with several churches in the Pensacola area a few years ago and this movement became known as Pray for Pensacola.  I really like the idea of group of Christians lifting up together to God issues impacting a local community.

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Shalom