Prayer Picnic Learning Prayer and the word of God Together

The question comes from Luke 11:1:

“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’” (NIV)

John 15:13–15 (Jesus speaking to His disciples)

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants... but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.”

We do not live by bread alone, but by “every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). And so we come hungry—ready to receive from Your Word. But we confess, apart from You, we cannot understand. “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God… they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14).

John 14:26 (ESV)

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”

John 14:26 (ESV)

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”

John 1:1 (KJV):

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

This verse opens the Gospel of John by establishing the divine nature and eternal existence of “the Word” (Greek: Logos), which is later revealed to be Jesus Christ (see John 1:14). It emphasizes that:

• “The Word” existed from the beginning, not created.

• “The Word” was with God, implying distinction.

• “The Word” was God, affirming divinity.

Today we have been Blessed with a message from Innocent Sadiki (Mama Blesstie)

Today at our Prayer Picnic, we reflected on what it means to be gracefully broken before God. I shared five powerful declarations of surrender and reminded everyone through Jeremiah 18:6 that just as clay is in the potter’s hand, so are we in the hands of our Heavenly Father. Brokenness is not the end, but the place where God reshapes us for His glory.

These are the 5 declarations

I declare that my breaking is not my ending—it is God’s molding me for His greater glory. (Jeremiah 18:6)

2. I declare that when I am weak, His strength is perfected in me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

3. I declare that my surrender is not loss but gain, for in giving up my will, I embrace His perfect will. (Luke 22:42)

4. I declare that every piece of my brokenness becomes a testimony of His healing power. (Psalm 147:3)

5. I declare that though I may be crushed, I am not destroyed, because Christ lives in me. (2 Corinthians 4:8–9)

#GracefullyBroken #PrayerPicnic #Jeremiah18v6

a Prayer for Rest, Completion & Trust in God's Timing

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

— Genesis 2:2 (NIV)

It’s a New Season

Scripture:

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?

I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” — Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)

Create in me a pure heart” comes from

Psalm 51:10:

“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

It’s a prayer King David prayed after he had fallen short, asking God for forgiveness, cleansing, and renewal.