Go Beyond At Home
28-Week Prayer Guide
Sabbath and Solitude
Hey friends, I am so grateful to be able to share this week’s prayer guide with you. What a gift it is to pray for our own hearts and intercede for our Church and one another! This week, we continue to focus on spiritual disciplines, and specifically, the practice of sabbath and solitude. As we enter this week, I encourage you to prayerfully consider what it could look like for you or your family to personally practice sabbath or solitude in your own home. Maybe you take a full day to unplug from screens and media and have an intentional meal as a family or with friends. Maybe you celebrate what God has been doing in your life and others by taking time to share out loud. Maybe you take a morning without distraction and devote it to prayer and listening. What might God do if we position our hearts and minds to rest, delight, and hear from our Father? As Romans 15:13 says, “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Week 24
Day 7
August 17
“And he replied, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’“
— Exodus 33:14
REMINDER: In Exodus 33, Moses is seeking help from God in what to do next as he leads the Israelites. Exodus 33:14 is God’s reply back to Moses. Not a game plan or a to-do list. Two key promises: to be with Moses and to give Moses rest. In our own lives, we have the opportunity to encounter God’s presence and rest amidst all we navigate too. As we close this week praying through the spiritual disciplines of sabbath and solitude, may we be a people who joyfully encounters God’s rest as we trust His Word, promises, and character.
TODAY’S PRAYER:
– In what areas of your life do you need God’s presence today? Pray about that.
– In what areas of your life do you need God’s rest today? Pray about that.
– Pray specifically for whoever comes to mind.
