PRAYING WITH THE KING
How to Participate
Sign up for an hour to cover in pray with this link
If the times left don’t work for you, don’t let it stop you from participating! Pick an hour that does work, and make time to pray with the King!
Optional Resources
Prayer Room
While you can pray from anywhere, with or without signing up, a designated Prayer Room at our church building is open March 30–April 2 from 9 am–4 pm for anyone seeking a quiet space to pray.
Email info@providenceomaha.org with any questions
THE CALL
The season of Lent is about turning to God and being transformed by God. Throughout Lent we are invited into considering the humility, life, suffering, and death of Jesus. The eternal Son of God, made low in suffering and death, for us. One of the most humanizing moments of Jesus’s life is His prayer to the Father in the garden. Agony, drops of blood, pleading for another way, and ultimate submission to the Father’s plan of salvation.
At this moment, Jesus did not need anyone else to see, pray, or protect Him. And yet, He invites three disciples to keep watch and pray for Him. Jesus invites His disciples into participating in His lowest moment, for in prayer we not only keep watch, but we transcend the flesh and encounter the spiritual. Therefore, one of the practical ways we can experience the life of Jesus during Holy Week is to pray. This week is a time of intense focus and devotion to what Jesus has done, and unceasing prayer becomes a practical way to fight the flesh and encounter God.
“Therefore, one of the practical ways we can experience the life of Jesus during Holy Week is to pray.”
Paul’s exhortation for the church is to ‘pray without ceasing’ (1 Thessalonians 5:17). What would it look like for a church to pray without ceasing? To keep watch as we consider the sufferings of Jesus? To pray with Him, to encounter Him, and to look to Him without interruption?
During Lent we are studying the Gospel of John in order to Behold Our King. We wish to see Him, experience Him, and worship Him in greater ways. One of the practical ways we can behold our King is by praying with our King.
This year, collectively, we will engage in unceasing prayer during Holy Week. Someone from Providence will commit to praying every moment, of every hour, of every day as we near the death and resurrection of our Lord. Throughout this week we will discipline ourselves to behold our King as we are Praying with the King. As a community we can say this week that we are engaged in unceasing prayer, keeping watch, staying awake, and engaging with Jesus.
Praying with the King will be a way of turning from the frailty of our flesh, toward the God who strengthens and sustains. We believe it will help us transform our experience of this week and renew our hearts around all that Jesus has done. Repentance and Renewal. Turning to God, expecting Him to transform something within us. Seeing Jesus, staying with Jesus, and being strengthened by Jesus. That is the hope of Praying with the King.