Welcome to the Breakpoint podcast. I'm John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center.

We have loved hearing from so many of you about our first kind of start up again of this time of prayer together.

Of course, we did a whole series of prayer times leading up to the election in November and just heard from so many feeling like so many

of us are just so unsettled in this cultural moment and so concerned about Christian faithfulness

and I think sometimes we think to ourselves you know well other than praying what can we do

forgetting that praying is actually doing something this is a central part of a Christian worldview

that God has made himself known and he welcomes that sort of relational communion with him,

not only bringing our request, but also asking for his help and living out the things that we already know.

So that's really what this time is about and we are going to spend some time also praying.

And the whole conversation that we're going to have from Proverbs is a way to help us pray throughout the week.

And to serve that purpose, we'll put together each and every week a guide, a summary of what was

covered during each of these times of guided prayer. You can sign up to receive those. All you

got to do is go to breakpoint.org slash proverbs. That's breakpoint.org slash proverbs. And we'll have the video to this. You can share

this video widely on social media, however you want, and also you can find that God. Well, let me open

with a prayer. I opened all of our times before the election with this same prayer. It's a prayer

that dates back to

the 11th century. And it's a quick recognition of who God is and what we would ask God to do

for us. And I like written prayers because I'm not very good at prayer. I try and, but sometimes

these, the words of those who have gone before us who are part of the household of faith

can help put words in our mouth.

So let's pray together here what's called the Collick for Purity.

Almighty God, to you all hearts are open and all desires known.

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