Take Our Moments and Our Days 1.2

A threefold pattern of praising, listening, and responding is how Christians engage in prayer. This structured approach begins with honoring God and expressing gratitude. Subsequently, believers listen to God through scriptural readings and moments of intentional silence to discern His voice. Responses to God involve offering heartfelt love, renewing dedication, interceding for others, and receiving blessings. Christians across all demographics and prayer styles naturally gravitate towards this tripartite form of prayer, as mirrored in this collection.

The prayers included directly quote the Bible or slightly modify its language. Each service features readings from Psalms, the Gospels, and other scriptures. Service elements such as calls to praise, discipleship, and intercession leverage scriptural language, along with expressions of thanks and confessions in evening services. Gospel songs or hymns from the Bible are included in every service, alongside the recitation of the Beatitudes or early Christian hymns. The Lord’s Prayer is recited at each service, followed by a biblical benediction.

Historically, Anabaptists memorized significant portions of Scripture; these prayers seek to inspire a similar commitment. By engaging with these scriptural prayers, individuals can immerse their moments with "the remembered Word," reflecting Anabaptist spirituality's essence.

These prayers prominently feature Jesus in alignment with a sixteenth-century Anabaptist focus on emulating Christ's life. Themes for ordinary time prayers underscore fundamental aspects of Jesus' New Testament teachings with topics like the Lord’s Prayer, the Beatitudes, Jesus’ parables, and miraculous signs—all intended to aid in internalizing Christ's message.

Notably, scripture selections are meticulously curated to echo early Anabaptist foundational texts while also addressing contemporary Anabaptist concerns like peace, justice, ecology, feminist perspectives, ecumenical endeavors, and respecting both testaments as divinely inspired.

This compilation has been embraced in various contexts: from leading devotions at meetings to shaping congregational worship services. Users have reported enhanced family devotional experiences by reading Scripture together using this collection. The multifunctional mobile app delivers these prayer services with user-friendly navigation tools such as tracking progress through services scheduled for specific dates and times. The app offers customizable options for inserting preferred versions of repeated elements into selected services for personalization.