Week 1 Prayer Project

Week 1: Prayer Project #1 - Personal Foundations of Ministry

For this Prayer Project, you will need to read “Biblical Theology of Intentional

Character Development” (the first reading assignment available in the Library e-Reserves). Please plan to make a copy of the article so that you have it available as you do the assignment.

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the

fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.

Ephesians 3:14-21

Our hope and prayer for you as you begin your time at Talbot and begin Personal Foundations of Ministry, echoes Paul’s prayer for the Ephesians. To assist you in making yourself available to the work of God in your life we have designed a series of Prayer Projects and Journal assignments for you to complete during this semester. Our hope is that these times of prayer, Scripture meditation, and reflection on your life will assist you in being “rooted and grounded in love” and “strengthened in the

inner man”.

Prayer and Journal

1. Find a quiet, comfortable place where you will not be interrupted. (approx 45 min) Not driving in your car - no phone, TV, music, etc. Complete all of this project in one sitting.

2. What is your initial reaction to this class? (1/2-1 page)

3. Spend 10 minutes praying through what you have written with this basic prayer.

Lord, this is where I am, not my will but Your will be in me.

4. Read “Biblical Theology of Intentional Character Development” (the first reading assignment available in the Library e-Reserves).

5. Spend 20 minutes praying through the article, expressing to the Lord Jesus your thoughts and feelings about what is being said, as you would your best friend. (ex. Jesus, I really don’t like this point, it just doesn’t sit well with me, or Jesus this really makes sense, I am really excited for the semester.) We would encourage you to either hand write, speak out loud, or type this, again just expressing your heart as one close friend to another. (If

you write this out, you won’t be turning this in.)

6. Write one page about this time of prayer. Include how many minutes you prayed and what happened.