Speaker 0 00:00:01 This is Pastor Steve at Westside Church in Bend, Oregon. Thanks for journeying with us on these 21 days of Prayer. After today's episode, you can find more resources to continue your journey of
[email protected] slash 21 days obeying the commission of Jesus to the ends of the earth, to the end of the age, we are to take God's good news everywhere. Matthew chapter 28, Jesus said, then the 11 disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. And when they saw him, they worshiped him. And Jesus came and spoke to them saying, all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.
Speaker 0 00:00:59 And Lo I am with you always, even to the end of the age, the final words of Jesus to his disciples. Hold out the promise for continued grace, for uncertain days ahead. His words were not a pep talk or, or a how-to lesson on what to do, but an invitation to personal vulnerability in his presence Continued Grace resides in a sustained encounter with the Holy Spirit. After all, our work and efforts fall short. It is his ineffable presence that makes a way possible. So would you join me as we pray together? Lord, may our words and actions carry your message well, most of all, may our spirits be shaped and formed by your living presence. Lord, we lift our hands to symbolically raise our communities to you. Would you see our neighbors and our loved ones, our families, and our friends, and use us to unfold them into your family, to love them, into your family. Lord, empower us by your spirit to care for our friends and our families who don't know you. May you renew our motivation and facility for growing disciples all around us. In the powerful name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
