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Tim Goh
5 min: Read slowly these prayer prompters out loud
1. Wendell Berry Poem: Manifesto of a mad farmer
2. Walter Brueggemann Prayers: Easter in the belly of nothingness
3. Shane Claibourne Prayers: Death in the neighbourhood
20 min: Read the 5 minute prayer prompters above.
Listen to this talk by Eugene Peterson:
60 min: Write out a full P.R.A.Y. of your own for today.
Position: Our Father who is in heaven, Holy is your name
Who are you praying to?
What is your point of reference?
Write the distinctive characteristics that identify who or what you are reaching out to.
Address:
To: The one who…
Dear _______ ,
Refocus: Let your Kingdom come, Let your Will be done - here on earth, as it is in heaven
What is your hope for your world? What is the purpose of your being?
What does that look like in your present world?
Where can you catch glimpses of it already here?
Describe:
I want to see… / I know that… / I care about…
In… / At… / For…
Just as I’ve seen it In… / At… / During…
Ask: Give us today, our daily bread. Forgive us our shortcomings…
Lead us not into the place of testing. Deliver us from evil.
What do you need?
What is holding you back?
What are you looking for?
What is terrifying you?
List out:
1. Things that you need specifically for today. (Strength at hand)
2. Areas in which you fall short of others expectations / others fall short of your expectations. (Weaknesses)
3. The kind of guidance you are seeking. (Opportunities)
4. The salvation you realise you need today. (Threats)
Yield: The Kingdom is yours, the power is yours, the glory is yours, Beginning from now into forevermore.
How has your day contributed to the growth of Jesus’ mission in our world?
How does your strength actively represent The Creator’s goodness?
How will your success remind others of the justice and mercy of God?
Demarcate specific times, things, meetings, projects that you
1. Surrender, knowing that your best plans are still unsatisfactory.
2. Offer to God to be used in a way that only time will reveal.
3. Dedicate towards the purposes of God in your world.
3 min: Self Reflection
15 min: Phone Action-Reflection Conversation (ARC)
60 min: Coffee ARC
Richard Rohr: The Cosmic Christ
Luci Shaw:
N.T. Wright: Jesus' resurrection and the reevangelization of our world.
Being finite has always been our challenge. We have all experienced the stress of having not enough - not enough time, money, energy. But what are you doing with the finite resources that you do have? Our simple strategy is to be faithful in growing the little that you DO have instead of worrying about the infinity that you DON’T have. And a budget is a simple tool to help us do that.
5 min: MONEY
- List out, in one column, how much money you received this last month.
- List out on a second column how much money you spent this month.
- Calculate the gap in between and try to remember what you did with the gap.
Draw a line underneath both columns.
- List out underneath the line on the left side, how much money you expect to spend this coming month.
- List out on the right side how much money you expect to spend this month.
- Calculate the gap in between and plan what you will do with the gap.
20 min: ENERGY
- List out, in one column, the activities from the last month that ‘drained’ you.
- List out on a second column which activities ‘filled you up’.
- Are you in an emotional deficit or a surplus?
Draw a line underneath both columns.
- List out underneath the line on the left side what activities in the coming month you expect will drain you.
- List out on a second column the activities in the coming month that you expect will ‘fill you up’.
- Do you anticipate an emotional draining month or an emotionally replenishing month?
60 min: TIME
- List out on a second column the time you spent that you feel were a waste of time or a time sink. That is, what did you consume that made you feel bloated and empty?
- List out in one column, the time you spent this past month that you feel, created more time for you. That is, what did you create that made you more productive and more effective?
Draw a line underneath both columns.
- List out underneath the line on the left side, the time that you know that you will lose in ‘time sinks’.
- What time you are setting aside in the coming month to be creative? Itemise that on the right hand side.
- Do you anticipate an exciting creative month or a plodding bogged down month?
5 min: Read slowly these prayer prompters out loud
1. Wendell Berry Poem: The Hidden Singer
2. Walter Brueggemann Prayers: Giver of Good Gifts
3. Shane Claibourne Prayers: Blessing of the Garden
20 min: Read the 5 minute prayer prompters above.
Sit with your journal and consider how we try to prop up God's glory.
60 min: Write out a full P.R.A.Y. of your own for today.
Position: Our Father who is in heaven, Holy is your name
Who are you praying to?
What is your point of reference?
Write the distinctive characteristics that identify who or what you are reaching out to.
Address:
To: The one who…
Dear _______ ,
Refocus: Let your Kingdom come, Let your Will be done - here on earth, as it is in heaven
What is your hope for your world? What is the purpose of your being?
What does that look like in your present world?
Where can you catch glimpses of it already here?
Describe:
I want to see… / I know that… / I care about…
In… / At… / For…
Just as I’ve seen it In… / At… / During…
Ask: Give us today, our daily bread. Forgive us our shortcomings…
Lead us not into the place of testing. Deliver us from evil.
What do you need?
What is holding you back?
What are you looking for?
What is terrifying you?
List out:
1. Things that you need specifically for today. (Strength at hand)
2. Areas in which you fall short of others expectations / others fall short of your expectations. (Weaknesses)
3. The kind of guidance you are seeking. (Opportunities)
4. The salvation you realise you need today. (Threats)
Yield: The Kingdom is yours, the power is yours, the glory is yours, Beginning from now into forevermore.
How has your day contributed to the growth of Jesus’ mission in our world?
How does your strength actively represent The Creator’s goodness?
How will your success remind others of the justice and mercy of God?
Demarcate specific times, things, meetings, projects that you
1. Surrender, knowing that your best plans are still unsatisfactory.
2. Offer to God to be used in a way that only time will reveal.
3. Dedicate towards the purposes of God in your world.
3 min: Self Reflection
15 min: Phone Action-Reflection Conversation (ARC)
60 min: Coffee ARC
John Goldingay: Remember