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Prayer is not just a Christian duty — it's Christian oxygen. You can survive without many things, but you cannot survive without breath. For the believer, prayer is breath.In Week 2 of our Are You Ready? series, Ps Dan unpacks what it means to be ready in prayer:Humble Prayer – “If my people will humble themselves and pray…” (2 Chron. 7:14)Confessional, Surrendered Prayer – “Your kingdom come, Your will be done” (Matt. 6:10)Bold Prayer – “After they prayed, the place was shaken” (Acts 4:31)Prayer is not about performance, but dependence. It's not just whispers before meals or emergency hotlines to heaven — it's intimacy, surrender, and boldness before God.

Will we listen to those carrying burdens?

We learn from Scriptural example

September 13, 2025

Meltdowns at commissioners court, a hotel workers' strike, and a new investigation into building in the floodplain— it's another busy week in Houston! Host Raheel Ramzanali is joined by Chron.com's trending news reporter Faith Bugenhagen and conservative commentator Charles Blain to unpack why Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo abruptly walked out of budget talks, what the Hilton Americas strike means for other workers, and why Houston is STILL building in flood zones. Dive deeper into stories we talked about on today's show:  Harris County Judge abruptly leaves budget talks to attend concert Houston developed 65,000 flood-prone properties since Harvey. Who profits, and who pays the price? Houston's promise of opportunity tested by striking hotel workers | Editorial Hilton Americas-Houston workers extend ‘historic' strike by 11 days, rally at city hall Houston City Council questions pension chairperson as municipal retirees await payments Learn more about the sponsors of this September 12th episode: Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Awty International School Houston Holocaust Museum Houston Kidney Cancer Association Huel - Save 15% with code HOUSTON Downtown Houston+ Want to become a City Cast Houston Neighbor? Check out our membership program.  Looking for more Houston news? Then sign up for our morning newsletter Hey Houston  Follow us on Instagram  @CityCastHouston Don't have social media? Then leave us a voicemail or text us at +1 713-489-6972 with your thoughts! Have feedback or a show idea? Let us know!  Interested in advertising with City Cast? Let's Talk! Photo: Ed Uthman

Malcolm Clemens Young Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA 2F28 Evensong 60 5:30 p.m. Choral Evensong Thursday 11 September 2025 | Chorister Investiture   1 Chron. 15:16, 19-25, 28 Psalm 146 2 Cor. 3:1-3

From food trucks to fancy restaurants and everything in between, Houston has tacos for all occasions, at every hour, day or night. So it's a tough task to pick the absolute best, but luckily, we're friends with Chron.com's taco columnist Marco Torres. He's giving host Raheel Ramzanali the insider's guide to the top five tacos right now in Houston.  Check out the places we talked about on today's show:  Duck carnitas huarache @ ⁠Maximo⁠ Taco árabe @ ⁠Tio Trompo Taqueria ⁠ Bacon & egg breakfast taco @ ⁠Cochinita & Co ⁠ Barbacoa tacos @ ⁠Gerardo's Barbacoa in El Northside ⁠ Table-side trompo @ ⁠Xalisco in The Woodlands ⁠ Quesadillas de fajita @ ⁠Taconazo⁠ The Taco Omakase @ ⁠Late August ⁠ For more taco adventures, follow Marco on ⁠Instagram⁠.  Learn more about the sponsors of this September 3rd episode: ⁠Downtown Houston+⁠ ⁠Wise⁠ ⁠Inprint⁠ Want to become a City Cast Houston Neighbor? Check out our ⁠membership program⁠.  Looking for more Houston news? Then sign up for our morning newsletter ⁠Hey Houston⁠  Follow us on ⁠Instagram ⁠ @CityCastHouston Don't have social media? Then leave us a voicemail or text us at +1 713-489-6972 with your thoughts! Have ⁠feedback or a show idea⁠? Let us know!  Interested in advertising with City Cast? ⁠Let's Talk!⁠ Photo: Marco Torres/@MarcoFromHouston 

Gen. 2:21, 3:1-7, 6:122 Chron. 32:8Psalm 78:37-39Jer. 17:5Ez. 36:25-27Rom. 7:14-18; 8:9-10Phil. 3:4-8

In this follow-up teaching, Minister Catherine shows why prayer and praise are inseparable—and how they move us from tears to testimony. With relatable stories and biblical insight, she teaches that prayer isn't a “gift” some have; it's a Spirit-formed discipline we all develop (Luke 11:1; Col. 4:2). Praise then accelerates prayer, shifting our focus from the problem to God's answer (Phil. 4:6; 1 Thess. 5:17–18).You'll learn to:Depend on God in humility (Prov. 3:5–6; 2 Chron. 7:14)Pray for spiritual growth and transformation (Jude 20; Col. 1:9–10)Lay hold of God's promises and inheritance (Matt. 6:11; Heb. 4:16)Engage in warfare and intercession (Eph. 6:12,18; Ezek. 22:30)Praise as an act of faith and part of our purpose (Ps. 42:11; Isa. 43:21)Center stage is Hannah (1 Sam. 1): after years of pain, she aligns her desire with God's will, prays fervently, worships before seeing results—and “the Lord remembered her.” Her story calls us to move from crying to praying, praising, and partnering with God's purposes.Listen and declare: “Not my will but Yours—teach me to pray, and I will praise as I wait.”Key Scriptures: Phil. 4:6; 1 Thess. 5:17–18; Luke 11:1; Col. 4:2; 1 Sam. 1.

Series: N/AService: Sun AMType: Bible ClassSpeaker: Tim Chandler

Taylor Swift is engaged, Trump is tormenting the Federal Reserve, Texas Republicans are trying to mandate Christian teachings in public schools, and Erin Ryan and guest-host Megan Gailey are here to talk about it. Then they unpack how the debate of what spaces should be child-free might just be anti-women. Next, KCRW's Evan Kleiman joins to discuss the state of public media, the impact of ICE raids on restaurants in LA, and her favorite summer recipes. They wrap up with a discussion in the Sanity Corner about the return of the football season, the fabulous Katseye Gap ad, and the KPop Demon Hunters phenomenon.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.Cook to sue Trump over order to fire her from Federal Reserve (BBC 8/26)Ken Paxton wants zero exceptions to Ten Commandments law in Texas schools (Chron 8/25)A.I.-Driven Education: Founded in Texas and Coming to a School Near You (NYT 7/27)Trump orders colleges to prove they don't consider race in admissions (AP 8/7)Tennis Player Emma Raducanu Asked For A Crying Child To Be Removed From The Audience, And The Comments Are HEATED (Buzzfeed 8/12)

Our reading of 2 Kings 2 today records the transfer of responsibility before God from Elijah to Elisha.Elisha requests, “Let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.” [v.9] and it is significant that it is recorded of Elisha that he ultimately performs twice as many miracles as Elijah.  However, in doing God's most important work and conveying God's messages it is evident that Elijah is the greater prophet, he is the one with Moses on the mount when Jesus is transfigured.Elisha's sight of his dramatic departure when “Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven” [v.11], is proof to him that he has a double portion of his “spirit.”   But what kind of “heaven” does he go to?  The next use of the Hebrew word for heaven is in ch. 7 v.2 about whether the “windows of heaven” could be opened to provide flour and food! The rain comes from heaven (eg 1 Kings 8 v.25).  The fact that a letter later came from Elijah to Jehoram, the son-in-law of Ahab, makes it clear Elijah was still somewhere on the earth (see 2 Chron.21 v.12).So God removes Elijah from the scene because his work is finished, just as John the Baptist, whom Jesus refers to as a promised Elijah (Matt. 17 v.11,12) came – and his work was finished in “turning the hearts” (Malachi 4 v.6) of people ready for the ministry of Christ.  He was removed from the scene to leave the way clear for Jesus.  The widespread impact of his work is clear from the way Paul encounters those who only knew the baptism of John – who were a great distance from Israel (see Acts 18 v.25  19 v3,4)The heavens of the sky are to be the scene of the most dramatic events yet!  When Jesus returns those alive will see him “coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he will send out his angels … and they will gather his elect …” [Matt. 24 v.30,31]   The elect are God's people Israel to be once more gathered from the four winds to Israel reestablished under the new King Jesus. The clouds of heaven are those immortalised saints who come with Jesus (1 Thess. 4:16-18).  Jesus says, “all the tribes of the earth will mourn … the sun will be darkened … the powers of the heavens will be shaken..” [v.29]  Some think this means the political heavens, but it seems that is has the dual meaning which also includes the literal heavens.The world has witnessed dramatic events in the past, and frightening events in the present are increasing, but the most dramatic times of all are still ahead!  How soon?  Watch the Middle East!  Let us make sure our faith is as strong as possible – and that we each have a real relationship with our Saviour.

Paragraph 1 A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein the person swearing in truth, righteousness, and judgment, solemnly calls God to witness what he swears,1 and to judge him according to the truth or falseness thereof.2 1 Exod. 20:7; Deut. 10:20; Jer. 4:2 2 2 Chron. 6:22–23 — Paragraph 2 The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear; and therein it is to be used, with all holy fear and reverence; therefore to swear vainly or rashly by that glorious and dreadful name, or to swear at all by any other thing, is sinful, and to be abhorred;3 yet as in matter of weight and moment, for confirmation of truth, and ending all strife, an oath is warranted by the word of God;4 so a lawful oath being imposed by lawful authority in such matters, ought to be taken.5 3 Matt. 5:34,37; James 5:12 4 Heb. 6:16; 2 Cor. 1:23 5 Neh. 13:25 — Paragraph 3 Whosoever takes an oath warranted by the word of God, ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act, and therein to avouch nothing but what he knows to be truth; for that by rash, false, and vain oaths, the Lord is provoked, and for them this land mourns.6 6 Lev. 19:12; Jer. 23:10 — Paragraph 4 An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation or mental reservation.7 7 Ps. 24:4 — Paragraph 5 A vow, which is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone, is to be made and performed with all religious care and faithfulness;8 but popish monastical vows of perpetual single life,9 professed poverty,10 and regular obedience, are so far from being degrees of higher perfection, that they are superstitious and sinful snares, in which no Christian may entangle himself.11 8 Ps. 76:11; Gen. 28:20–22 9 1 Cor. 7:2,9 10 Eph. 4:28 11 Matt. 19:11

It's Friday so host Raheel Ramzanali is breaking down the big news from the week with the best and brightest journalists from the city. Today, he's joined by Gwen Howerton, Chron.com's Texas Culture Reporter and the Houston Chronicle's religion reporter Haajrah Gilani to talk about the latest from Governor Abbott's second special session and court rulings on displaying the Ten Commandments in public classrooms! Plus, a fun news quiz!   Stories we talked about on today's show: Texas House approves GOP congressional map after two-week delay from Democrats' walkout Why these transgender people told their stories at the Texas Capitol Federal judge blocks Texas law requiring Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms Car crashes into Houston restaurant, narrowly misses influencers filming review This major Houston highway is getting a makeover—thanks to the World Cup Make sure you don't have these radioactive shrimp in your freezer Why Austin's Pride Month is different from other Texas cities Learn more about the sponsors of this August 22nd episode: Apollo Chamber Players British International School of Houston Downtown Houston+ Want to become a City Cast Houston Neighbor? Check out our membership program.  Looking for more Houston news? Then sign up for our morning newsletter Hey Houston  Follow us on Instagram  @CityCastHouston Don't have social media? Then leave us a voicemail or text us at +1 713-489-6972 with your thoughts! Have feedback or a show idea? Let us know!  Interested in advertising with City Cast? Let's Talk! Photo: CY/Unsplash

Show NotesAndrew leads us through the development in the Hebrew scriptures regarding how other Gods/gods alongside Yahweh were understood.  Initially Yahweh was seen as Israel's God within a Henotheist context, where Henotheism is the belief in or worship of one god while acknowledging the existence of other gods. A key idea was a Heavenly Council as seen in the opening of Job. Over time Yahweh became seen as more and more powerful than the other gods and eventually monotheism became dominant by the time of the New Testament. There is of course debate on this in the scholarship, which we discuss. Bible Study:Psalm 82:1Exodus 12:122 Chron 18:18-22Job 1:6 & 2:1Deuteronomy 32:8, 39 and 43Isaiah 47:8-9   Bible Scholars to look up: Mark Smith, Michael Heiser (the evangelical one), Dan McClellan, Thom Stark and Francesca Stavrakopoulou Doubts Aloud Links:Please give feedback and ask questions using:  doubtsaloud@gmail.com 

Texas Democrats are back in Austin for Gov. Greg Abbott's second special session, but guess who's weighing in on redistricting? One hint: “Hasta la vista, baby!” Plus, there's a new app for Houstonians to track train traffic, but City Cast Houston host Raheel Ramzanali is still frustrated. Find out why as he breaks down these stories and more with Chron.com's trending news reporter Faith Bugenhagen.  Stories we talked about on today's show:  When Texas Democrats head home. Will the GOP's redistricting plan move forward? Arnold Schwarzenegger told me we're getting the redistricting battles in Texas and California all wrong Houston unveils Train Watch tool to help residents and first responders avoid blocked crossings Union Pacific resumes morning and afternoon train traffic near Houston's Milby High School A student's train death brought promises of new bridges near HISD schools. For now, they wait. Houstonians want a theme park, hockey team, and WNBA, new survey shows Fan interrupts Astros' game by running onto field at Daikin Park Super Bowl streaker says he bet $50,000 on his stunt, but his plan is falling apart because he couldn't keep his mouth shut Learn more about the sponsors of this August 19th episode: Apollo Chamber Players British International School of Houston Want to become a City Cast Houston Neighbor? Check out our membership program.  Looking for more Houston news? Then sign up for our morning newsletter Hey Houston  Follow us on Instagram  @CityCastHouston Don't have social media? Then leave us a voicemail or text us at +1 713-489-6972 with your thoughts! Have feedback or a show idea? Let us know!  Interested in advertising with City Cast? Let's Talk! Photo: Jermaine Thomas II/City Cast

2 Chron 35:1-36:23, 1 Cor 1:1-17, Ps 27:1-6, Pr 20:20-21

2 Chron 35:1-36:23, 1 Cor 1:1-17, Ps 27:1-6, Pr 20:20-21

2 Chron 33:14-34:33, Rom 16:10-27, Ps 26:1-12, Pr 20:19

2 Chron 32:1-33:13, Rom 15:23-16:9, Ps 25:16-22, Pr 20:16-18

2 Chron 30:1-31:21, Rom 15:1-22, Ps 25:1-15, Pr 20:13-15

2 Chron 30:1-31:21, Rom 15:1-22, Ps 25:1-15, Pr 20:13-15

2 Chron 29:1-36, Rom 14:1-23, Ps 24:1-10, Pr 20:12

2 Chron 29:1-36, Rom 14:1-23, Ps 24:1-10, Pr 20:12

2 Chron 26:1-28:27, Rom 13:1-14, Ps 23:1-6, Pr 20:11

2 Chron 26:1-28:27, Rom 13:1-14, Ps 23:1-6, Pr 20:11

2 Chron 24:1-25:28, Rom 12:1-21, Ps 22:19-31, Pr 20:8-10

2 Chron 24:1-25:28, Rom 12:1-21, Ps 22:19-31, Pr 20:8-10

2 Chron 21:1-23:21, Rom 11:13-36, Ps 22:1-18, Pr 20:7

2 Chron 19:1-20:37, Rom 10:14-11:12, Ps 21:1-13, Pr 20:4-6

2 Chron 17:1-18:34, Rom 9:25-10:13, Ps 20:1-9, Pr 20:2-3

2 Chron 14:1-16:14, Rom 9:1-24, Ps 19:1-14, Pr 20:1

2 Chron 11:1-13:22, Rom 8:26-39, Ps 18:37-50, Pr 19:27-29

2 Chron 8:11-10:19, Rom 8:9-25, Ps 18:16-36, Pr 19:26

2 Chron 6:12-8:10, Rom 7:14-8:8, Ps 18:1-15, Pr 19:24-25

2 Chron 4:1-6:11, Rom 7:1-13, Ps 17:1-15, Pr 19:22-23

2 Chron 1:1-3:17, Rom 6:1-23, Ps 16:1-11, Pr 19:20-21

1 Chron 28:1-29:30, Rom 5:6-21, Ps 15:1-5, Pr 19:18-19

1 Chron 26:12-27:34, Rom 4:13-5:5, Ps 14:1-7, Pr 19:17

1 Chron 24:1-26:11, Rom 4:1-12, Ps 13:1-6, Pr 19:15-16

1 Chron 22:1-23:32, Rom 3:9-31, Ps 12:1-8, Pr 19:13-14

1 Chron 19:1-21:30, Rom 2:25-3:8, Ps 11:1-7, Pr 19:10-12

1 Chron 16:37-18:17, Rom 2:1-24, Ps 10:16-18, Pr 19:8-9

1 Chron 16:37-18:17, Rom 2:1-24, Ps 10:16-18, Pr 19:8-9

1 Chron 15:1-16:36, Rom 1:18-32, Ps 10:1-15, Pr 19:6-7

1 Chron 15:1-16:36, Rom 1:18-32, Ps 10:1-15, Pr 19:6-7

1 Chron 12:19-14:17, Rom 1:1-17, Ps 9:13-20, Pr 19:4-5

1 Chron 12:19-14:17, Rom 1:1-17, Ps 9:13-20, Pr 19:4-5

1 Chron 11:1-12:18, Acts 28:1-31, Ps 9:1-12, Pr 19:1-3

1 Chron 9:1-10:14, Acts 27:21-44, Ps 8:1-9, Pr 18:23-24