Prayer Walking with Chet祈祷走路域

Last night, I went on a "prayer walk" through the neighborhood with my昨晚，我去了一个“祈祷走” ，通过居委会与我

friend Chet.  I’ve recently decided to go for a prayer walk with anyone朋友域，我最近已经决定去祈祷步行与任何人

interested in joining me almost every night at 9:30.  It was deeply有兴趣加入我几乎每晚都在9点30分，这给他留下了深刻

encouraging to have Chet share his growing resonance with what we are鼓励有域分享他的成长共振与我们所

doing and hoping to do in the future.这样做，并希望这样做，在将来。

It is amazing how a simple walk这是了不起的是如何一个简单的步行

with simple prayer can draw people into a deeper awareness of God’s heart与简单的祈祷可以吸引人们到更深的认识天主的心

for a neighborhood.一个居委会。

Walking around the neighborhood at night allows us to see things as they走动居委会在夜间使我们能够看到的东西，因为他们

really are–with all of reality’s grit and challenge.  It allows us to真的是-与所有现实的粒状和挑战。它使我们能够

move beyond the romanticism of urban ministry (which many people outside超越浪漫主义的城市部（其中许多人以外的

of the urban areas seem to have) to the gritty reality.  Adding prayer to对城市地区似乎有）向gritty现实。加入祈祷

the walking helps us to embrace that reality while simultaneously give us步行可以帮助我们接受这个现实，同时给我们

a vision for how God wants to transform that reality.  Without God-given远景如何上帝要变换这一现实。没有上帝赐予的

vision all we can see is the grim reality of a neighborhood that won’t远见所有，我们可以看到是严峻现实，一个居委会将不会

easily yield to sown seed.  Eyes of faith are required.  And so, praying轻易屈服，播下了种子。眼中的信仰是必需的。等，祈祷

on location is an important precursor to missional engagement; it helps us对位置是一个重要的前兆missional接触;它帮助我们

see that the fields are ready for harvest, no matter how hard the soil may看到领域已准备就绪，收获，不管如何努力土壤可能

be.是。

Matthew 9:35-38马修9:35-38

³⁵ Jesus went through all the towns and ³⁵耶稣经历了所有的城镇和
villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the村庄，教学在他们的犹太教堂，宣扬好消息的
kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 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."英国和愈合的每一个疾病和疾病。 ³⁶ ，当他看到人群中，他对他们的同情，因为他们的骚扰和无奈，像羊没有一个牧羊人。 ³⁷ ，然后他说，以他的弟子， “收获丰富，但工人很少有³⁸请问勋爵的收获，因此，发送到工人，他收获的领域“ 。

The next thing Jesus did was to send out the 12.  Mission begins with kingdom eyes.未来的事耶稣是送出12 。任务开始与英国的眼睛是雪亮的。

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