Prayer

Each day we’ve been introduced to a different way to  pray. Yesterdays style was intercession as empathetic prayer. Jesus empathises with peoples pain. This is a way of helping the sufferer connect with God. It goes something like this:

1. Enter in to the sufferers pain.
2. Identify in their language

We imagined a person in our lives who’s been suffering, then we spoke out loud what we imagined saying on their behalf, to God. With language that would suit them, trying not to use the “in” words.

For instance (real world example), a doctor (normally pretty conservative) has a patient who is a street worker visit him. She asks for his help as she’s “pretty fu*cked” and can’t handle the lifestyle anymore. He asks her if she minds if he prays for her. She says sure. He prays something like “Oh God, we’re fu*ked! Please help us”