I would like to share a reflection on this verse from the perspective of a family prayer. Our topic today is about healing in the family. And prayer is an important element in the healing process. So what does this verse tells us. First, all types of prayer are good. We need both prayer alone with the Lord and prayer with a group, with family, with the church community. The first actually prepares us for second. The first enriches the second. We need to have a healthy personal prayer with the Lord to participate effectively in any group prayer. Without personal prayer, our group prayer could be dry and empty. Second, this verse refers to a group of two or three people who are gathered together. Now, two or three is a small group and is best represented by a small family, where there is the father, the mother and a child. So we can say that this is message for the family to gather together to pray. Third, it emphasizes that gathering together should be made in Jesus' name or in God's name. What is the meaning of this? His name means love. God is love. We need to gather out of our love for God, not out of duty or obligation to do this prayer everyday, then get it over with. We also need to gather out of love with one another because how can we truly pray to God if we hate the one we pray together with. So true family prayer or group prayer is an expression of love with God and with one another. It reflects the unifying effects of love. And finally, Jesus promised that he will be in the midst of us when we gather our family to pray. When God is in the midst, it means he is the centre of our prayers. All our energy, all our cries, all our praises, all our intentions are directly to him who promises us to be present in our midst. When Jesus is in the centre of our prayer, he is waiting to hear everything we say and even not say. He is eager to receive our songs of praise, comfort us with his promises of help and bless us with His Spirit. Brothers and sisters, please let praise God who invites us to gather together in his name and who promises his presence in our midst. Amen. Comments are closed.
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