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https://vimeo.com/283761586 As we continue our Summer of Prayer at Eastbrook Church into August our theme is praying as a church. Certainly we pray as a church in our weekly worship gatherings and at other times, but specifically this month we are calling the church family into a time of intercession for our city together. At 9 …
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As we continued our "Great Prayers of the Bible" series this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, I spoke from Mary's prayers of surrender to God in Luke 1. This weekend's message explores what it means to pray into a place of surrender with God and why surrendering to God in prayer is one of the best things we …
In my message this past weekend, "Prayer of Surrender," I shared two different quotations related to ways in which we need to relinquish our life to God. The first came from Richard Foster, in his book Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home: Struggle is an essential feature of prayer…Jesus’ prayer struggle [in the Garden of Gethsemane] …
In my message yesterday, "Prayer of Surrender," I shared the Prayer of Abandonment by Charles de Foucauld. It is a simple, yet powerful, echo of Mary's prayer in Luke 1:38, "I am the Lord’s servant. May your word to me be fulfilled.” Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you …
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Matthew Erickson 