Imaginative Prayer: Jesus Washes His Disciple's Feet (John 13:1-17)

We have launched a new series called, "The Imaginative Prayer Series."

Jesus activated people’s imagination with stories. “...In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables” (Matthew 13:34, NLT).

Imaginative prayer uses scripture and our God-given imaginations to bring us into the presence of God. We are called to love God with all that is within us, which includes our imagination.

Imaginative prayer helps us to visualize and worship God as he really is.
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“Set your heart on things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God” (Colossians 3:1)

Parents, let’s face it, our schedules are jam-packed. I’m trying to lead my kids into life in the kingdom of God, yet find myself rushing from the moment I wake up. By the time I get home, it’s getting my boys to wrestling practice, showering, dinner on the go and bedtime routine. Other days, there’s just enough time to play when I get home before mommy calls us to the dinner table for a meal together.  Then it’s clean up time, bedtime routine, and an hour of winding down for sleep time. How is there any time to teach the kids to make what matters most matter more when the majority of the day is preoccupied with doesn’t matter most?

Last year I stumbled upon “the Practice Podcast.”  It’s amazing. They have a series called the “imaginative prayer series,” which their way of meeting with the Lord by using imagination to enter a Gospel story. Using the imagination to experience the sights and sounds of the scene to help bring the whole self into the presence of Christ. The purpose of this prayer, they say, is to meet Jesus face-to-face and grow in intimacy with Him.

“...we’ve been mainly more concerned with getting our kids to believe the right things and getting them to behave the right way when I think we’re missing out on an opportunity to help them show up in the world in this imaginative way with God just trusting that as I interact with scripture that there is something new and fresh in there experientially for me.” -Jared Patrick Boyd, Author of “Imaginative Prayer.”

Read more at The Practice Podcast

Background Music by my friend, Luke Spehar.