1. A counter cultural prayer

2. Father
Holy
God’s kingdom – not my kingdom
God’s will – not my will

3. ‘Post Christian culture is wanting the kingdom without submitting to the king. It is wanting to move beyond the heart of Christianity whilst feasting on its fruit.’
Mark Sayers

4. A prayer in the posture of community

5. A daily coming to
God for provision

6. how do
we pray for
the needs of
those around us?

7. Not only is it a prayer for others – but it is a prayer of active trust…for ourselves

8. Rather than simply expecting us to start out by being able to trust God for all we need – Jesus starts out with an explanation of who he is

9. confronted with our own sinfulness

10. …or in other words away from God and away from community that is the only place you will become all you are meant to.

11. “If only it were all so simple
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.”
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

12. ‘unless the world knows Jesus it doesn’t matter what we change’
Pete Ouko

13. confronted by the need to forgive others

14. forgiveness is not just part of Jesus theology, but it is also part of his relationship to God.

15. We vow to remain all our life with our local community
We vow to remain all our life with our local community. We live together, pray together, work together, relax together. We give up the temptation to move from place to place in search of an ideal situation. Ultimately there is no escape from oneself, and the idea that things would be better someplace else is usually an illusion. And when interpersonal conflicts arise, we have a great incentive to work things out and restore peace. This means learning the practices of love: acknowledging one’s own offensive behaviour, giving up one’s preferences, forgiving.
Benedictine Vow

16. Ultimately God cares about our brokenness and hurt – he loves us too much to see us lost to our own sin and unforgiveness