Prayer at Roberts
| "Eternal Father of our souls, let
our first thought today be of You, let our first impulse be to
worship You, let our first speech be Your name, let our first
action be to kneel before You in prayer." |
| ― adapted from John Baillie's
Diary of Private Prayer |
We're often tempted to think life is
all about how we're going to face the day. We want to bring
our intellect, our might, our resources to fix, to enlighten, and
to serve God. The temptation is to deny our dependency on
Him, to stand on our own two feet. But that's not
faith.
True faith recognizes our utter
dependence on God for all things. And this finds expression
most vividly, whether personally or communally, in prayer.
For that reason, everyone at Roberts - students, faculty, staff -
is encouraged and given opportunity to
pray.
All our prayer incentives on campus are
intended to bring us, individually and communally, to acknowledge
our faith in God and His goodness, our dependence on Him, and our
need for His grace and movement in our lives in order for us to
live together for his glory.