
Prayer Rhythm
A year of unbroken prayer with
24-7 Prayer USA
Sept 16th-22nd
Located at 1111 E 85th Street, KCMO
24-7 Prayer USA is embarking on a year of unbroken prayer. Churches across America have sign up for a week each to create a year of continuous prayer. This year we will join with the chorus of dozens of other communities who are also answering the call to unbroken prayer, we are signed up to cover - Week 38, Sept 16th-22nd. As part of our September Re-sync Navah will partnering with a few other churches in the city to cover this week in prayer during our regular ABIDE/Prayer Quarter in our annual calendar (Aug-Oct) .The Prayer Room will be set up in Freedom Church South’s space at 1111 E 85TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO and will include creative prayer spaces around The Lord’s Prayer.
The week of prayer will end with a joint prayer and worship time from 6-8 pm on Sunday Sept 22nd.
Hourly sign-ups for the week are available below. If this is your first time encountering a space like this please read the Prayer Room sign up FAQ to help you navigate the process.
Common Rule: Silence, Solitude, And Prayer
All of life in God’s presence
The church gathered to pray at morning, midday and evening for the first 300 years and in many traditions daily since then. In 2024 we are going to intentionally join this practice together - we want to be a people devoted to prayer. We long to know God and be fascinated by Him daily!
Common Practice: Prayer Rhythm 2024
Morning, midday and evening prayer daily- an invitation to recover an ancient way of prayer.
We encourage you to use the Inner Room App - a free resource by 24-7 prayer that helps you turn your phone into a prayer room.
One of the prayer boards on this app is designed to help you pray the daily prayer rhythm. You can find out more about the practice here: https://www.24-7prayerusa.com/resources/daily-prayer-rhythm
Morning Prayer: Devotion/Silence, Solitude, And Prayer
The morning is a wonderful time to connect with God. Before all the responsibilities and tasks are in full swing, try to take time to center your thoughts and emotions on the Lord.
Start with The Lord’s prayer (Prayer Tool: How to pray the Lord’s prayer)
The following resources may also be helpful:
Apps: Lectio 365 or Inner Room App
Breath Prayer (Prayer Tool: Breath Prayer)
Daily scripture reading (Common Rule: Bible Reading Plan)
Midday Prayer: Pray by name for people to meet Jesus
At noon most of our days are in full swing. We are working, moving, loving, and pouring out our lives in service of others. It’s the perfect time to pause and pray for those around us who don’t yet know the Lord. It is important that we are actively praying for people who don’t know Jesus. Name at least one person who you live beside, work alongside or interact with, before Jesus each day, asking God for their salvation and that they might know His relentless pursuit of them. Commit your heart to being part of the secret history of their journey toward Jesus.
Start with pausing each day at noon to pray - it might be helpful to set some sort of alarm or reminder to help you pause in the middle of your day
Evening Prayer: Gratitude
We finish the day by practicing gratitude. The evening hours are a natural time to include reflection and thankfulness into our lives, to acknowledge and give thanks for the ways God was present in our day and testify to His goodness.
Gratitude prayer can look like:
Take time at the dinner table reflecting on your day and sharing what you’re thankful for
Practice the Examen prayer alone or with others (Prayer Tool: How to pray the Examen)
Journal your prayers and give thanks for the places God provided for you (Prayer Tool: How to Journal)
Prayer App: Lectio 365 or Inner Room App (both of these apps have guided evening prayers)
Pray the Psalms before bed (Prayer Tool: How to pray the Psalms)
For More resources to help you pray go to: https://www.24-7prayer.com/how-to-pray/help-me/
Jesus lived an extraordinary life of prayer.
His life included everything from 40-day stints (including fasting) to all-nighters, early mornings, intense intercession and simple meal-time blessings. Jesus’ relationship with the Father in prayer was beautiful and reproducible. The secret to Jesus’ prayer life was simple yet very powerful. He prayed with confidence as a Son, deeply rooted in His Father’s pleasure, through the power of the Holy Spirit. In the same way that the Spirit filled and empowered Jesus to fulfill His priestly call, we are a Kingdom family of sons and daughters filled with the Spirit to pray.
Like Jesus, prayer is at the very center of our life as individuals, households and missional communities following Jesus. At all times, in all places, we seek to live our lives in God’s presence.