Click on the links below for the associated resources for the week:
Once-A-Day Approach for March 27-April 2
Divine Offices/Hours for March 27-April 2
Please add any comments as you read through these this week!!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Resources for the Week | 03/27 - 04/02
Monday, March 26, 2007
COMMUNITY Life & Prayer | Week of March 26
Last night, since the commissioning went a little over time, we missed out on a planned time of prayer, which is totally fine because we firmly believe in commissioning everyone and we were all really excited about it I think! So, this post will center on what was going to be the focus of our time in prayer at TILT last night.
The premise of commissioning is, of course, that we are sent out into the world, to the places where we already are. Yes, God may call you elsewhere, but where you are right now is where God has called you!
So, let's spend the week praying for the places to which we have been sent, the people to whom we have been called to serve and things to which we have been commissioned to do.
Post a comment as you desire and we can pray for one another as a community - where do you work? who do you interact with? what do you do? To whom has God sent you? Post your thoughts and we can journey together through our commissioning and pray for one another.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | March 20
Here is our weekly space to share with one another as a community throughout the week. What can we pray for as a community - for TILT, for Toronto, for Canada, for the world? Who are the people we are interacting with and how can we pray for them? Post your comments and we can pray for one another.
Some things that came up on Sunday night:
Thank you, Lord! Becki and Barb both shared encouraging stories of God's work in their lives - Becki in raising support and Barb in a job for the summer.
Continue to pray for healing for Jen-Mai. And the health of mother and baby for Monica and Michelle (and fathers too! [Greg and Jay]).
The federal budget was announced yesterday. Pray for accountability in funding, use of resources with integrity, that they may be used justly, equitably and fairly.
Please, post anything else we can pray for!
Resources for the Week | 03/20 - 03/26
Once-A-Day Approach for March 20-26
Divine Offices/Hours for March 20-26
Please add any comments as you read through these this week...
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | March 13
How is God leading us as Easter approaches? How can we as a community of faith live out the Gospel - as a gathered community and as a scattered community throughout the week? Who are the people God is leading you to be in contact with? How are you seeing God's presence as you go about your day? Are you?
Is there anything that the community as a whole can pray for you? Something we can rejoice in together? Post it here!
As you pray this week, contemplate Jesus' work through the cross. We know in our heads what it is about, but pray that it becomes a part of who you are - knowing Jesus' triumphant victory over evil, the freedom the Cross provides to follow and obey God...
Resources for the Week | 03/13 - 03/19
Once-A-Day Approach for March 13-19
Divine Offices/Hours for March 13-19
Please add any comments as you read through these this week...
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Resources for the Week | 03/06 - 03/12
Here are the resources for the week:
Once-A-Day
Divine Offices
Post your thoughts and reflections here!
Monday, March 5, 2007
COMMUNITY Life & Prayer | Week of March 4
Last night was our communion potluck and we spent some time praying for one another. If you were there last night, continue to pray through some of the things that were raised at your table. Here were the questions which guided our prayer:
Jesus’ prayer: “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one”. Pray for unity as a TILT community, Spring Garden community and for the church throughout Toronto and Canada.
God has made us competent ministers of His Good News. Pray for eyes to see opportunities to be ministers in both word and deed, and for courage to respond to them!
Pray for one another about areas of our lives where we struggle to trust God. What are we anxious about? Where do we need both discernment and trust?
As always, post your stories, prayer requests, praises by clicking on "Comments".
Thursday, March 1, 2007
COMMUNITY Life & Prayer | Week of February 25
Stemming from last night's conclusion of the Reconstructing the Call series - how is God leading you in prayer? Are there areas where the community can pray for you in terms of the details of your life? Seeing your job as a ministry? Building in trust of God rather than depending upon clarity in everything? Post your comments belows by clicking on "Comments".
Praying for politicians: Quebec's provincial election is coming up soon - always hotly contested and full of rhetoric.
Praying for widows and orphans: There are 27,000 Inuit children who live in foster homes. Pray for justice, and safe homes.
Praying for God's creation: The Conservatives are soon to release their "Green" plan. Pray that it would lead us in being good stewards of our country.
A request from our community: Peter D'Angelo and Bill Hall will be speaking to the youth on Wednesday about sexuality. I think we all know how distorted sexuality has become in our society. Pray that God's truth will be shown to the youth with respect to their bodies and sexuality.
Our Stories | Becki Lee
I am someone who thrives on structure and specific direction, which the book “Conversation with God” by Lloyd John Ogilvie provided for me as I delved into two-way prayer. One of the key components of prayer that he outlined was a time for silence and listening. At first, as is often the case with something new, I struggled to quiet my mind in order to hear God’s voice. With some practice though, I began to cherish these times and to hear specific things from God.
One such occasion of hearing from God came at the end of May when I simply asked God “What do you want to speak to me today?” and focused my mind until I felt His words forming.
“Move out” He said to me.
“Move out?” I questioned, “But Lord I just moved in!”
At the time I had been living in a new apartment for less than three weeks when I heard this directive. Why would God be leading me to move out of a place I had lived for less than a month, a decision in which I had felt His strong confirmation just weeks before? “This doesn’t make sense,” I remember thinking to myself. “I don’t know if this is really from God.” Given my predicament, I decided to pray a prayer of putting on the armour of God from Ephesians 6.
I really can’t explain what happened next, but the next thing I heard was “Move out...into new territory,” the way a military general would command his troops.
“New territory?” I asked.
“Move out into new territory” I heard again. “Take ground for my kingdom. Ryerson.”
Now in order to fully understand what God was speaking to me, I should explain a little about my work. I work in full time ministry with Athletes in Action, the sports ministry of Campus for Christ, at York University and the University of Toronto. So, it was clear to me that God was blessing and encouraging me to step out in faith and begin the process of developing a ministry at Ryerson University. God’s directive was further confirmed later the same day when I spoke to my co-worker Monica who told me she had been sensing a similar leading from God about Ryerson. So I began to explore some possibilities and move in this direction.
Although we are not yet actively doing anything at Ryerson due to a variety of circumstances, I still believe that it is God’s will that when we are more able, we will begin to do so. I also believe that this word from God was a general encouragement that I need to hold on to for my life ministry, both personally and professionally.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Resources for the Week
Once A Day Approach for the week.
Divine Offices for the week.
As always, it would be great to hear how God is moving within the community as people use these resources. (I'm assuming people use this resources...yes...)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Divine Offices or 1x Day | Thoughts & Reflections
Post any thoughts or reflections as you go through the Divine Offices (or the Once-A-Day!) here. Simply click on "comments" belows and add your thoughts (using the 'Other' identity).
Monday, February 19, 2007
Divine Offices | February 20 - 26
Here are the Offices for this week. Of course, you can always use the online Divine Offices calendar!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
COMMUNITY LIFE & PRAYER | February 18
And so begins another week...although it didn't appear to be easy to post to this at TILT tonight, that was a PowerPoint issue, NOT website issue. It's easy! Really! Just go to 'Comments' at the bottom of this post, click on it and tell us your story and how we can pray for you or praise with you. If you have troubles email tilt.toronto@gmail.com.
Continue to pray for Barb in Scotland (see TILT main page and search for Barb and you'll hear her story), and Jen-Mai for healing in her back.
I would encourage you to check out the Divine Offices or The Once-A-Day approach, in which there are general categories of prayer that people within the TILT community are praying through - our city, our country, our government, TILT, friends, family, the Church around the world, the poor, the homeless, the persecuted, the list goes on!
If you feel overwhelmed when it comes to prayer sometimes, be encouraged:
And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. - Romans 8:26-27
Once-A-Day | February 20 - 26
Post your thoughts under comments!!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Community Prayer | Week of February 11
As always, please add your prayer requests/life updates/etc. here by clicking on "Comments" at the bottom of this post and add your comment (it is easiest to select "Other" identity and type in your name).
This past Sunday we talked about being called to creation. Although Gene was sick, we broke into small groups to discuss and prayer this whole topic which is at the forefront of all media coverage these days. Admittedly, my small group had a fairly heated discussion about the whole topic of stewardship of creation and its value in the economy of God. Does it really matter? Isn't it just about saving souls? Although I have a {strong} opinion about this, I think it is a valuable thing for us to all pray through. What is God's heart? What does He care about? Should we care about it too? How are we caring about it or not? Pray for the Spirit's guidance!!
Trev & Gwyneth posted a comment on the Called to Ministry video, and, well, let's pray for them! If you don't know them, they were a vital part of our community for a couple of years but have returned home to New Zealand. Gwyneth is pregnant, we can always pray for the health of mom and baby. And also adjusting back to life in Kiwi-land.
Pray for TILT - what do we exist for? What does God desire of this community? Who are we being called to reach out to? TILT is not about us, it's about God and His design for it.
Okay, this list could go on, but I have a sermon outline due tomorrow!! Have a great week and may you hear God's call to you throughout the week.
Once-A-Day | February 13 - 20
Again, this will just be posted weekly for now rather than daily. So, put your thoughts/comments/reflections in the comments of this post for discussion! Download the PDF file here.
Divine Offices | February 13 - 20
How are you finding the Divine Offices? Do you like the calendar set-up? Do you find yourself getting into a rhythm of prayer and pausing throughout your day? (Personally, it varies day by day for me still!) Per usual, use the calendar (sidebar above right), download the offices for the week here.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Divine Offices | Thoughts
Sunday, February 4, 2007
COMMUNITY PRAYER | FEBRUARY 5 - 11
Please post any requests, praises, concerns, troubles, joys, anything via the comments so that we can pray for one another as a community. Simply click on "Comments" at the bottom of this post.
This week, our focus was on being 'called to ministry' - and how we all are ambassadors for Christ. Monica read to us from Matthew 9: "36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Let's pray for more workers!
Support one another as we go about our weeks in prayer, that we may see opportunities to share Christ as an overflow of our relationship with Him. Think of those in TILT who are teachers (Sarah, Nick, Anne, Cheryl, Laura...), students (Matt A, Mat B, Greg K, Andrea L, David L, Katie W, Ben W to name a few...), in 'paid'/'official' ministry (we need a better word for this!) of some sort (Monica K, Becki L, Jason M, Jan D), as well as anyone else! Post comments to let us know what's happening in your life so we can pray for you.
Climate change has become the number one news issue, as well as the top concern of all Canadian voters (higher than health care). A report released last week unequivocally backed up the trend of global warming. Pray that this would not become a political spin issue, but would be dealt with honestly, and effectively. How can we as a community make changes? God, what sacrifices do we need to make as a community, a church body, individuals?
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