Received: 2025-04-01 16:50:35

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Lament is a heartfelt expression of sorrow for the pain and suffering that we both experience and witness in the world around us. It is a broken-hearted cry out to God that the world is not as it should be. Lament is not simply a complaint, but an invitation to bring our broken hearts to God, to meet Jesus IN the grief, instead of trying to escape or whitewash over it. This week we invite you to dig deep into the sacred space of lament in various forms.

Monday – Wake Up, Jesus

Click Here to experience a 10 minute prayer and worship experience of lament.

Tuesday – The Weight Of Grief

Click Here to experience a 10 minute reflective prayer practice of lament, called The Weight Of Grief.

Wednesday – Jesus Wept

Click Here to be guided in a 9 minute breath prayer, called Jesus Wept.

Thursday – The Wounded Saviour

Click Here to be guided in an 8 minute reflection and worship practice, called Wounded Saviour.

Friday – Why Aren’t You Awake?

Click Here to engage in the practice of Lament through worship, with the song Why Aren’t You Awake?

Lament | Wake up Jesus

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Breath Prayer
Ruach | Breath Prayer

As if seeing Jesus alive after witnessing his death wasn’t strange enough, Jesus does this really odd thing where he leans in and breathes on them. To make it even more weird, as He breathes on them, He tells them to receive the Holy Spirit... 

Posture Prayer
Gethsemane Prayer

Jesus submits to God’s way, rejecting his own instincts and surrendering control of his life into the hands of God... 

Reflection
Family of Origin

You’ve probably heard the saying “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” – which could come as good or bad news to you, depending on how you feel about the “tree” you fell from...