I've had the privilege of going through my dad's old files and sermons as I was preparing for the Free Your Mind series. He gave me everything he had on the renewed mind and the battlefield of the mind and related topics. Incredible, incredible resource.

I pulled an article out of one file that had been clipped from Christianity Today around 1983 or 1984. It isn't really about the transformed mind... but it is. It's almost 40 years old but was so helpful in grabbing up a bunch of things that are happening in our lives and church and looking at them from another perspective:

new year (and all the goals we like to set to get things done)
new series (about getting our minds right) and;
new week of fasting and praying (starting with Deep Roots on Sunday night)

““Prayer must become your method, not just a good activity in which you engage from time to time!” ”

— see attached article

And so, as we prepare for another week of prayer and fasting, I encourage you to read this article slowly and maybe twice. Let it sit in your heart and let's begin to practice "praying our way through the day".

Learning to pray unceasingly with you,
Pastor Tracy

ARTICLE: God's Method of Getting Things Done

This Sunday

FREE YOUR MIND
The Stronghold

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Over the past few months as we begin to look at this new year coming we asked ourselves how to best and most effectively prepare our own lives, our families and our church for what was ahead. We didn't think it was jumping straight back into our regularly scheduled programming. We felt that a pause with a specific focus would be a great spiritual exercise.

And so, instead of relaunching Connecting Point 1 and KidzConnect on Wednesday night, we are going to take a few weeks in prayer and worship to launch this new year with the return of Deep Roots.

Deep Roots (our prayer and worship nights) have been going on quietly for several years and have been a beautiful source of encouragement and growth for many of us. These nights will be no exception. We will meet for three consecutive Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 and turn our hearts to prayer, take the opportunity to worship and expect to meet with God. I can't wait.

Here are the details:

Wednesdays, January 9, 16 & 23
6:30-7:30 in the Sanctuary
Childcare provided for newborn to Grade 2
Grade 3 and older are welcome to join us in the Sanctuary

I also invite you to join me in fasting on these days. Whether it is for the whole day or for a single meal, this is an excellent spiritual disciple to challenge yourself with this year.

Looking forward to praying with you,
Pastor Tracy

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

— Colossians 2:6-7

This Sunday

WHAT’S NEXT?
Part 1

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How to Get Things Done (new year, new method)

This Sunday

Going Deeper in 2019 (an invitation to Deep Roots)

This Sunday