Welcome to Come Aside
growing in prayer and prophecy
A newsletter for those who want to go deeper in prayer and explore the gift of prophecy, from a distinctly Anglican, biblically orthodox, perspective.
- by Sara Maynard.
Sara’s a recently ordained, Anglican deacon, who on her journey into Anglicanism spent 20 years as the director of a national, Canadian, prophetic prayer ministry (Redleaf Prayer). This involved leading a bi-lingual, internet-based house of prayer, with over 45 meetings every week, and also travelling Canada, coast to coast to coast, teaching prayer schools, retreats and leading rallies across denominations. Sara has also authored two books, The Prayer of All Prayers: Finding Life and Revival in the Lord’s Prayer (2018) and Canadian Mantles of Revival (2014).
In 2016 Sara began to pray the Lord’s Prayer “deeply and daily” and this practice became an unexpected wellspring of personal revival and renewal, shifting her understanding of how to pray, and how to hear God.
Sara and her husband, Mike, serve at Emmaus Road Anglican, a young, missional parish in Langley, British Columbia, that loves Jesus, His Church, His gospel, the scriptures, the sacraments and of course, His Spirit.
From Sara-
“Come Aside is an invitation to join me as I seek to step away from the noise and listen to Jesus, to learn afresh, to hear His voice, to pray like He does, to encounter His Father.
In the arena of prayer and prophecy there are thousands of voices clamouring to be heard, but not all point to Jesus, not all lead us into the goodness of the gospel, not all honour our fathers and mothers.
Yet I’m utterly convinced that Jesus has “daily bread” — rhema words for this hour of history to renew us in prayer and encounter with Him— and he is not willing to send us away hungry (Mt 15:32). It’s my prayer that what’s posted here will be a part of that bread that feeds your soul.”
Why subscribe?
Expect monthly posts that are thoughtful and weighty, helping you to both discern the current spiritual landscape and see what Jesus is doing in the midst of that.
Some posts will be teaching
Some posts will be prophetic words and/ or discernment
All will be biblical
All will exalt Jesus
It’s my heart to serve the Body of Christ with what’s written here, but I am especially burdened to create a unique resource for pastors and leaders who are seeking to lead their people into maturity in these areas of prayer and prophecy. So, if you are a leader at any level— subscribe! If you are not, subscribe too, and consider getting your pastor a gift subscription! :)
Subscription means you get full access to back copies and the website so you have it all at your fingertips.
The last great reason to subscribe, is that for the price of a good cup of coffee, you can support my writing and mentoring. But if you are low on funds and genuinely can’t afford it, just email and we’ll give you a free subscription (sara@era.church).
