CCNC Prayer Floor

CCNC Prayer Floor, originally uploaded by Misaruiz.

This carpet floor, cluttered with red ornaments and mustard-yellow negative space, which our members are familiar with and see every time we come to church, that we kneel on every time we pray is a carpet worth getting use to. Come as much as you can to pray, I know it’s hard, it’s a challenge but exactly because of that we should do it, we should undertake life together in prayer. I can hardly pray 15 minutes sometimes, I run out of words or wonder off, but I still come, to challenge myself, I still kneel on this carpet. How can I grow intimate with God if I never attempt to talk to Him? How can I call Him friend if I never “hang out” with Him?

My mom urged me to go to Morning Prayer at 6am (I know it’s not 5am like Eddie but that’s early for me) I was reluctant at first. I wasn’t going to get my 8 hours of sleep!!! Jajajaja I thought I would fall asleep praying when my mind started wondering off. But I decided to give it a try, because everyone at church is talking about how “incredible” it is, Eddie keeps on saying how blessed he gets, but I thought it was just to get you to go. So I woke up and dropped my bro at work and went to church for prayer and I was amazed at how many people get up that early. I prayed and read the word, which was truly a blessing; God spoke to me through these verses:
Amos 21: 24 (MSG), which Eddie shared with me:
“I can’t stand your religious meetings. I’m fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. 
I’m sick of your fund-raising schemes, 
your public relations and image making. I’ve had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me? Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. 
I want fairness—rivers of it. 
That’s what I want. That’s all I want.
Sometimes we get so emerged in the program but…. That’s a whole other blog jajaja
-Misa