Prayer Town and the Disciples of Christ*
While traveling this past week, I saw a sign for a place called "Prayer Town." The caption on the sign asked, "What do you see?" The sign sat in the middle of a desolate desert wilderness. "Prayer Town" is associated with a group called The Disciples of Christ, a praying group. This led me to consider what role of prayer should play in our lives. The first mention of the word "prayer" in scripture is found in 2 Samuel 7. The prophet Nathan received the word of the LORD concerning King David after David told Nathan of his desire to build a house for the LORD and His ark. This word from the LORD dealt with David's reign as king, Israel's appointed place of dwelling forever, and David's descendant that would rule after him who will build the house of the LORD: "He shall build a house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever...and thine house and thy kingdom shall be stablished for ever before t...