Pray and Go

Reflection 

We at Gather25 are so energized by these verses, the great commission is in our hearts and minds every time we think of this gathering. We have read that our Lord was prayerful, His life was marked by prayer, He taught the disciples to pray, but He also sent them out. We the church are called to do both: “Pray and go.” Think of it like breathing in and breathing out, we are called to breathe in Jesus in prayer and breathe out Jesus in mission. When something breathes in and out, it is alive! We believe the church is fully alive when it does both. Prayer and mission should be inseparable. 

Prayer

Lord help us to be the people of the great commission today, a prayerful people who Go! Lord, we cry out to you as we step out for you and ask that you would empower us to take your name farther and wider than ever before.

MATTHEW 28:16-20

16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”