We Prayed Together

Acts 1: 12-14

12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day’s journey away. 13 When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. 14 All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.

The Disciples returned to Jerusalem after Jesus’ ascension, to the upper room where they had shared their last meal, where Jesus had broken the bread and shared the cup, where Jesus had washed their feet.

There, they waited but they did not know what they waited for.  They could have done any number of things while they waited, but scripture tells us they devoted themselves to prayer and that they prayed together.

There has been a lot of waiting in our lives.  I hope when people look back hundreds of years from now at what we did, I hope they find that we devoted ourselves to prayer.

And that we prayed together.

May the love of Christ be with you,

Rev. Eric Lanier (Retired)