Prayer Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard Foster Part 3— Moving Outward Chapter 20— Radical Prayer “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” Karl Barth OPENING PRAYER 1. Radical Prayer has as its aim the total transformation of the world. · Foster’s vision/conversation with God · Prophecy is for today · St. Francis of Assisi—“Build my church.” · Today’s prophets are the antithesis of the World 2. Spiritual Defiance · Amos 5:24 · Genesis 18 · Exod. 32 · Esther 4 · We stand in the gap, like Moses did · Speak Truth, pray for enemies, fight injustices · 2 Corinthians 10 3. Social Holiness · John Wesley—By our praying and by our living we sabotage all class and rank and status distinctions. · Jesus led a social revolution—Sermon on the Mount · Out of our comfort zones—all people
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Prayer Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard Foster Part 3— Moving Outward Chapter 20— Authoritative Prayer “God has instituted prayer so as to confer upon his creatures the dignity of being causes.” Blaise Pascal OPENING PRAYER 1. Calling forth the will of God upon the earth. · A different category of prayer · Moses and the Red Sea—Exodus 14:15-16 · Speaking to “things”—Joel’s ear 2. Authority wedded to compassion · Speaking the truth in love · Abuses of authority—examples? · Combining Christ’s authority with His blessing 3. Discernment and Prudence · Discernment is a gift (charism) of the Spirit · Divine ability to see what is really going on · Demon or illness or rebellion?’ · Spend time with those who have it—who do people seek out for advice? · Prudence is common sense—virtue of those seeking to live uprightly · Thinking about what the consequences of our actions might be · Manners, lo