Prayer and Share – Devotional for Saturday, July 30, 2011

This Saturday may be the most important part of the Kairos process. Last weekend at Camp D we shared with the residents the love of Jesus from Thursday through Sunday afternoon. The time is full of learning, sharing, food, and fun. We bond with the residents and help them to bond with each other. On the Saturday following the four day retreat, some of us go back in for an Instructional Reunion. We emphasize the importance of weekly prayer and share and give specific instruction as to how to participate in Prayer and Share. The residents, thereafter, meet weekly and once a month some of the outside team return to participate.

Prayer and Share is the heart of Kairos. A requirement for participation as a team member is weekly participation in a prayer and share group. At Amana, we have taken to calling these Friendship Groups. I participate in a men’s group on Wednesday mornings. I don’t like to miss. My week is not the same when I do. Our pastor is a strong believer in the power of the small group. He attends the Wednesday 6 a.m. meeting and from there travels to meet with a similar group consisting of Vermilion Parish pastors. 

Prayer, support, teaching can happen in a small group like it can’t happen in a worship service or watching a teaching on TV.

Are you involved in such a group? Do you have a testimony about how such a group has impacted you. Would love to hear about it. Pray for us on Saturday as we try to spread love and the importance of small groups to a group of residents while the excitement is high from the retreat weekend.