Prayer and Action

Today’s Reflection

If prayer in one sense is a disengagement—a stepping aside from life . . . to see it under the gaze of God—it does not stop there. . . . We find ourselves being mobilized.

—Douglas V. Steere, Dimensions of Prayer: Cultivating a Relationship with God (Upper Room Books, 2002)

Today’s Question

How has prayer pushed you to take holy action?

Today’s Scripture

The king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. Then I said to the king, “. . . I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my ancestors’ graves, so that I may rebuild it.”—Nehemiah 2:4–5 NRSVUE

Prayer for the Week

Prayer: God, I belong to you. Change me into what you will; send me to where you will; put me to doing what you will, so I can stay in your presence forever. Amen.