Aghavea Parish Church

Hi folks Please find my notes on our first Lent Week's study on Prayer.  I was supposed to share it earlier, so my sincere apologies for the delay.  The service is still online via our Youtube channel ( Youtube) Lent Week 1 Prayer   We studied John 17 before we considered how to approach prayer.  Please find below some thoughts on John 17 - in much more detail than we shared in the service.  As I was about to ordained as a priest in June 2010, we used this prayer as the basis for our Quiet Day.  In preparation for this, I did quite a bit of reading around the chapter, hence the depth of the notes.  It remains one of my favourite passages in the whole Bible - Jesus prays!      " There is no voice which has ever been heard, either in heaven or in earth, more exalted, more holy, more fruitful, more sublime, than this prayer offered up by the Son of God himself. " (Melancthon) - I concur completely!   John 17 - Jesus' Great Prayer ...