Podcasts about praying through

What if your birth experience could be more than just physical—what if it became a holy encounter with God?In this episode, Karen sits down with Emily Vondy—musician, speaker, content creator, and mama of (now) six—to share the unforgettable story of her fifth birth. From walking through the fear of a pregnancy after loss to experiencing a supernatural encounter with God during active labor in the car, Emily's story is a beautiful testimony of faith, surrender, and divine joy.Emily vulnerably shares how God transformed her labor from anxiety and dread into laughter, peace, and profound connection. She opens up about how He met her in her weakness, carried her through transition, and gave her visions that forever changed how she sees Him.Timestamps:00:00 – Introduction & Emily's Background02:00 – Pregnancy After Loss & Surrendering Fear06:00 – Facing Induction and the Mental Battle10:00 – The Foley Balloon & Labor Begins16:30 – Praying Through the Fear25:00 – The Car Ride: Heaven Breaks In33:00 – Running Up Waves with Jesus41:00 – Jesus Carries Her50:00 – Pushing & Arrival of Vivian56:00 – Naming, Meaning, and Legacy01:05:00 – This Baby is the Missing Piece01:12:00 – Joy in Motherhood & Social Media ConfidenceConnect with Emily:Instagram: @emilyvondyTiktok: @thevondyfamGet 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HEREGrab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE CONNECT WITH KAREN:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

If you've been wanting to become a biblical counselor or want to grown as a disciplemaker, you can enroll in our class. It begins March 29th. The viritual class will be interacting with live training and teaching – learn moreAlso, the ABC National Conference is just around the corner, May 1-3 register now Cultivating Spiritual Rhythms: Praying the BibleIn this episode of 'Speak the Truth,' Mike, Shuana and Jeremy continue their mini-series on discipleship and counseling by discussing the importance of prayer in spiritual growth. They focus on the challenges of developing a robust prayer life and share practical insights on praying the Bible, particularly using Psalms. Personal anecdotes and scriptural examples highlight the transformative power of prayer. The episode aims to equip and encourage individuals and counselors in making prayer an integral part of their spiritual disciplines.00:42 The Challenge of Prayer02:20 Personal Testimonies on Prayer05:40 Praying Through the Psalms14:56 Practical Tips for Counselors21:39 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsEpisode ResourcesPraying The Bible - Donald Whitney

With all the hustle & bustle of the holidays, it can be overwhelming. Thankfully, some moms have survived, like Jan Burt. Jan homeschooled her children over 30 years and is quite honest about her ups & downs during holidays. Learn from someone who has gone before you as Jan shares tips to truly survive AND enjoy the holidaysIn this episode, you'll discover:✅ How to curb the temptation to do “all the things” in November & December✅ How to not cave into peer pressure, even within the Church and the Christian community✅ How to plan & schedule your time during the holidays, as a homeschooler✅ How much should you do outside your home during the holidays✅ 4 tips to use with teens during the holidays Resources Mentioned:Homeschool Planning Made SimpleJan L. Burt is an author, speaker, podcaster, married to Tony for 33 years, mom to five adult children, a grandmother and most importantly, a disciple of Jesus. She served in youth ministry alongside her husband for 12 years & is the founder of the Praying Through the Storm Online Prayer Retreat & is the host of the award-winning podcast The Burt (Not Ernie) Show. Her books The Power of God's Will - 40 Days of God's Promises Devotional, The Homeschooling Mother's Bible Study, & A 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents are available on Amazon. Her audio-based Bible study course on praying & believing the promises God makes to us via Psalm 91 can be found at her website, JanLBurt.com. Stop by her website & grab your download of God's Promises in Isaiah while you're there!The Burt (Not Ernie) Show PodcastThe Power of God's Will - 40 Days of God's Promises DevotionalThe Homeschooling Mothers Bible StudyA 60-Day Prayer Journal for ParentsPsalm 91 Bible Study CourseGod's Promises in Isaiah free download

Pastor Bobby continues our study of Nehemiah with the message, Praying Through the Past. The post Praying Through the Past first appeared on Grace Baptist Church Knoxville, Tennessee.

Sometimes it's hard to remember that God is good, when life simply isn't. In fact, sometimes it's downright impossible. That's why God is revealing His goodness every moment of every day, through His Word.   God is Good So life is going along ok I guess, with its ups and downs, but something doesn't quite feel right. You're not completely happy with the way things are going, and that has a way of grinding away at you. The burdens become heavier, the longer you carry them. The spark you once had deep inside seems to have disappeared, and when you're in the middle of all that, your perception of who God is, how He acts, is incredibly important because it'll shape your expectation of His involvement in your life at that moment. Is God someone who's going to graciously step in to comfort you or is He distant, uninvolved? What are you expecting of God? Sadly too many people don't have a right expectation, a good expectation, because instead of spending some precious time in God's Word every day, they're too busy, it would seem. What we need in those difficult times is a way back into the comforting arms of God. Would you agree? So, what is that way back? How do we experience the comfort of God? I don't know quite where you're at in life at the moment, but we all need God's comfort (God's presence) from time to time, so let's take a look at what God has to say about the way back. Psalm 119:49-52: Remember Your Word to Your servant, in which You have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that Your promise gives me life. The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from Your Law. When I think of Your rules from old, I take comfort, o LORD. Now all that seems a bit strange. I take comfort when I think of Your rules from old. Really? Do you? Rules. What's the Psalmist actually saying to God, and more importantly, what's God saying to you and me here today? Well, back then, they didn't have the whole Bible. They only had the first five books – the books of the Law, as they were known; the rules, if you will: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, although they're much more than just rules. They're the story of what God's done in creation, in leading His people out of slavery, and taking them to the promised land. They're the story of God's love, and His faithfulness to those whom He loves. This is my comfort in my affliction, that Your promise gives me life, writes the Psalmist. Where does he get his comfort from? From meditating on God's Word; from reading God's promises; from remembering the mighty things that God's already done; from seeing who God is through what He says and more importantly, what He does for His people when they're afflicted. You see, that's the way back to God's comfort. When we're caught up in the doom and gloom that sometimes envelops our lives, the last thing we expect of God is that He'd be gracious, full of grace that He is ready to pour out onto us. Oh, maybe you know the theory, "My grace is sufficient for you." Right? but knowing that in your heart, expecting that of God, experiencing that, that's a whole another thing. But today I believe with all my heart (in fact, I know with all my heart) that God wants you to become someone who experiences His grace every moment of every day, for the rest of your life. Is that something that you'd like to receive? Well, I can't give it to you, but God can, through His Spirit and His Word. Psalm 119:55-58: I remember Your name in the night, o LORD, and keep Your Law. This blessing has fallen to me, that I have kept Your precepts. The LORD is my portion; I promise to keep Your Word. I entreat Your favour with all my heart; be gracious to me, according to Your promise. You see, the question is, what is it that would give you confidence (the complete and absolute confidence) in the graciousness of God towards you? How can the light of His grace shine in your heart when there's darkness all around? And make no mistake about it; the Psalmist is writing those words there, going through some terribly dark times: I remember Your name in the night, o LORD. Isn't night-time always the worst time? Things churn around in your mind, and the fear sets in; the cold sweats ... I've been there and I'm sure you have too. It's in those dark hours that we need to remember the name of the LORD; to experience His blessings falling on us; to know that no matter what we may lose in this world, the LORD is our portion. From where does the Psalmist draw his confidence? From knowing God's precepts and keeping them. You have to know God's Word to live God's Word, and you know what it's like. When you've been through a difficult situation but you've handled it in a Godly way – a loving way, a humble way, a way that honours God, it may have been hard. It may have hurt a lot, but doing good in the midst of bad puts a quiet confidence in your heart. Not an arrogant self-righteousness; that's not what the Psalmist is talking about: This blessing has fallen to me, that I have kept Your precepts. In the darkest of a night, knowing that you've lived through those difficulties and challenges in a way that honours God is a huge blessing, and that gives you the confidence to entreat God in those dark hours that He would be gracious to you, according to His promises. It's an incredibly powerful truth that our behaviour affects our thinking, and our thinking affects our behaviour. The two are inexorably linked. Without a shadow of a doubt, the biggest (I mean the single-biggest) change-agent for good in my life over the last twenty-one-and-a-half years, since I gave my life to Jesus, has been reading God's Word almost every day of my life: Not every day, but most days, and not just reading His Word, but reflecting on it; receiving it, and then responding to it. Think about it. We all want a better life. Right? Self-improvement is a multi-billion-dollar industry worldwide. There are business gurus; success gurus; life gurus; health gurus, all sprouting their stuff, all claiming to have the answers. If only we'll buy their book; attend their conference; sign up for their programme online. People are lapping this stuff up, and paying through the nose for it. Peter Drucker, the man who years ago invented the term the knowledge worker ... He once said the reason people use the word guru is that charlatan is often too long for the headlines. See, these are false prophets. It's not that some of them don't have some clever things to say, but they don't have the answers for life. They don't have the truth. They don't have the wisdom of God. God on the other hand is ready, willing and able to speak His truth and His wisdom in abundance into your life, but are we listening? Psalm 119:59-60: When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to Your testimonies; I hasten and I do not delay to keep Your commandments. The man writing this Psalm is praying to God, and what he's saying is, "You know, LORD, I've been thinking about this. I spend a lot of time in Your Word. I think about my ways: How I think; how I speak; how I behave, and when I bring those two things together, Your Word and my ways, I can't help it. I turn my feet to walk in Your testimonies; in Your Word; in Your ways. I hasten; I don't delay. As surely as night follows day, I end up keeping Your commandments." What's happening there is that this man is reading God's Word; reflecting on it; thinking about it; receiving it, and then responding to it with his life. That is how powerful Godly change happens in our lives: Read, reflect, receive, respond. Let me say that again. Read God's Word, reflect on it; think about what God's saying to you and compare it to how you're living life at the moment, receive that Spirit-breathed Word into your heart, and respond to it with your life. No one else can do that for you. No one else can bring that sort of powerful change to your life.   God has a Plan for Your Life Let me be perfectly honest with you. I hate pain: Physical pain, emotional pain ... I mean, I just hate it. I'm sure you do too. It's simply our natural response to pain, because pain is an indication that something's wrong. If you start getting chest pains, you'd better call an ambulance quick. If you're out running and all of a sudden, a sharp pain shoots through your hamstring, you'd better stop, quick. We're programmed to avoid pain because pain says there's something wrong. Right? But sometimes, pain happens. Hey, there's a great bumper sticker for your car. Pain happens and sometimes that pain, that trial, that difficult relationship, that knife in your back, that rejection, is part of God's plan to bless you. ‘What? Are you crazy?' No, that's just what my Bible tells me. Have a listen. Psalm 119:69-71: The insolent smear me with lies, but with my whole heart, I keep Your precepts. Their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in Your Law. It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. What's the matter with this guy? It is good for me that I was afflicted? Really? But how many times have you heard people say, "I only really grow as a person when I go through difficult times?" It's one of those truisms that gets tossed around by people who aren't at the moment travelling through difficult times, but what about when you're in the middle of something? Like, as in this case, the insolent smearing you with lies. It's not funny; it's so unfair, and what we want to do is whatever we can to stop the pain now! "I'll smear them with lies; that'll do it. I'll show him. I'll sort him out. I'll fix him." You know the sort of thing. Don't get angry; get even. Right? But that's not God's way. Jesus said crazy things like turn the other cheek; go the extra mile, and when it came to people trumping up charges against Him, He stood there quietly (not defending Himself) and ended up being crucified as a result. Sometimes God uses those terrible things to change our hearts; to teach us in the difficult times, so that we might learn His ways in our experience. Think of it as on-the-job training. It's the best sort. It's not a theory lesson that happens in a classroom, but a practical that happens out in the real world. Hebrews 5:8: Although he was a son, Jesus learned obedience through what He suffered. Hebrews 12:6, 11: God disciplines those whom He loves, and chastises every son whom He receives. For the moment, all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. None of us like being told what to do. We all have that, ‘I did it my way' streak in us. I think the second word that most children learn after mum, mum, mum is no, no, no. Anyone who's had kids will remember the terrible twos, not to mention those challenging teenage years; that streak of rebellion; that desire to do it my way starts early-on. It's almost as though we're programmed that way. King David said it like this, when he was talking to God in repentance for having committed adultery and murder. Psalm 51:5: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Theologians call it the doctrine of original sin, this idea that we're born with a stain of sin on our very DNA. And so, no matter what stage we're at in life, there's this rebellious streak that raises its ugly head from time to time, in all of us. How many times have you looked back on something that you did your way, only to realise the world of pain that it ended up dumping on your head? So often we do things out of a wrong heart; for the wrong reasons; with the wrong motivations, and there are always, always consequences to that. When we were teenagers, we used to do stupid things because we were teenagers, and we acted out of our immaturity. Well, fair enough, but at some point, we're meant to grow up. At some point, we're meant to enter that journey of maturity. That's the place the Psalmist was at when he wrote these words. Psalm 119:72, 127: The Law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Therefore, I love Your commandments above gold, above fine gold. So let me ask you: Are God's ways the right ways? Is God's wisdom the right wisdom? Well, obviously, so what do you desire more; God's way, or your way? The good fruit that God's ways bring, or the painful consequences that your own ways bring crashing down on your life? That's why God disciplines us when we go wandering off on our own way. That's why He lets us suffer the consequences of our sin when we turn our backs on Him; because He loves us. As a father, when my children were young, one of the things that I was always keen to do was to let them suffer the consequences of their own mistake. "Oh, Dad, I'm running late for school. Can you drive me?" "No." "But I'll get in trouble!" "Good." They've learnt responsibility pretty quickly that way. The point that the Psalmist is making here is that God's ways are so good because when we live them, they yield blessing rather than pain. His commandments are so much better than silver or gold; so much better. As you look back on your life, no doubt, you can see a string of missed opportunities. I certainly can. Times when we have the opportunity to do right; to honour God; to bless other people, and we just fail to grab those opportunities with both hands. Instead, sadly all too often, we're prone to insolence. That's a strong word, but when you realise who God is, when you have a right fear of God in your heart, you realise that it's the right word. Insolence. A flagrant disregard for God's will and God's ways; a disrespect so deep of a God who loves us so much that He sent Jesus to die for us. I shake my head at some of the bad decisions that I've made in the past, and you know something? With all my heart, I don't want to go there again. That insolence brings shame to our hearts. It brings regret to our hearts. It robs us of joy and peace, of the abundant life that Jesus came to give us. With all my heart, I want to make good decisions – the best decisions; decisions today, the next day, the day after that, that honour God and bring glory to Him. But I know (and I suspect you know this about yourself too) that left to my own devices, I'm more likely than not to botch it up again. Psalm 119:78-80: Let the insolent be put to shame, because they have wronged me with falsehood; as for me, I will meditate on Your precepts. Let those who fear You turn to me, that they may know Your testimonies. May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. I've watched my behaviour carefully over the years. On the days when I've spent unhurried, precious time with God in the morning, with the door closed and the book open, it's been so much easier to honour Him. Whilst on those days when I didn't make that time, I was far more prone to making bad decisions. How about you? Have you noticed that about yourself too? We have a choice, you and I: A choice between living a blameless life honouring God, or a life of shame as we live out the consequences of our sin. It's a simple, clear choice, but to choose the right way, we need wisdom and we need power. Am I right? And that wisdom, that power, come over and over again in bucket-loads, in abundance, from God's Word. God doesn't want you to be insolent and filled with shame. He wants you to know the joy and the peace that come from living the blameless life that He has planned for you.   Praying Through the Clouds Sunshine is something that we naturally equate with blessing. When the sun's shining, it casts a different light on our circumstances. I happen to live in the beautiful harbour city of Sydney in Australia, and when the sun's shining, you'd have to say Sydney Harbour with the bridge and the opera house is absolutely stunning. Truly, one of the great sights anywhere in the world, but I always feel so sorry for tourists who travel halfway round the world to see it, only to arrive on a dull, wet, windy day. It's just not the same when it isn't bathed in that bright sunlight. The same holds true in our lives. We want blessing to shine on us all the time, but just as with sunny weather, it seems to come and go without any great rhyme or reason. One moment the blessing is shining down upon us; the next minute, the clouds blow in and on those dull, overcast, gloomy days, life simply isn't the same. So on those days, how do you lay hold of God's blessing? Psalm 119:132-135: Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is Your way with those who love Your name. Keep steady my steps according to Your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. Redeem me from man's oppression, that I may keep Your precepts. Make Your face to shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. This man knows God. He doesn't just know about God; he knows God, because he's praying into the very nature of God, relying on who God is: Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is Your way with those who love Your name. He's praying through the clouds and into the sunshine; into the very nature of God. Don't you love that? Keep me steady, God. Keep me relying on Your promises. Don't let sin get the better of me. Redeem me; save me from human oppression. Why? So that I can lie on the beach and bathe in the sun? No! So that I may keep Your precepts; so that I can live life according to Your Word; so that I can get on and be about Your business for Your glory. Here is a man who is a man of God's Word. That much is plain the moment you start reading Psalm 119, and let me tell you, it's well worth a read in its entirety. And as he prays through the clouds, from the gloomy side to the bright side, he finishes by asking this of God: Make Your face to shine upon me, and teach me Your statutes. You see, the two are linked: God's blessing, and God's Word. In fact, they're inseparable. Listen to me. God wants to bless you, and that blessing is ready and waiting in His Word. Well, in the few moments that we have left together today, I just want to pray God's blessing into your life. Are you ready? Father God, You know all the things that we're struggling with right at the moment. Thank You so much that You're involved in our lives. Thank You so much that You care and thank You, thank You that You've given us Your Word, the Bible, breathed through Your Holy Spirit; preserved with incredible accuracy down through the ages, so that You can continue to speak to us here and now. LORD, some people today are just struggling to get into Your Word; to open their Bibles every day, and just receive what You have for them. Well, LORD, I pray right now that You would pour Your Holy Spirit on each one of us. LORD, light a fire in our hearts; a burning desire to be close to You, I pray; a ravenous appetite to hear from You. Stretch us; unsettle us; make us hungry; make us thirsty for Your Word, and then fill us, LORD, to overflowing with Your Spirit and Your Word. Father, teach us Your precepts; Your ways; Your wisdom; Your goodness, and LORD, make Your face to shine upon us. This we pray up through the clouds, LORD, believing in Your faithfulness. In Jesus' name. Amen. Friend, my prayer for you is that your life will be completely turned upside-down as you receive God's Word into your heart.

A new MP3 sermon from Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Praying Through the Battle Subtitle: Moses Speaker: Rev. Ian Kenny Broadcaster: Hillsborough Free Presbyterian Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/21/2024 Bible: Exodus 17 Length: 35 min.

Praying Through a Crisis of Faith (Psalm 77) Thobezweni Sithole June 16, 2024 by Deer Creek Church

What do we do when we find ourselves in the middle of a medical crisis with our kids? How do we learn to trust God with our most precious gifts, our children? For author Jessika Sanders, learning to surrender and trust the Lord was a journey after she found herself in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It was through that experience that she began to not only pray for her own child, but the countless others that she met while attending to her son's medical condition. As she saw the need for support and care for those in the NICU and PICU, she felt led to begin a ministry for parents who find themselves in the stress and uncertainty of a medical crisis. Her ministry, Praying Through, offers practical support and encouragement for families journeying through the NICU, PICU, and child loss. Her upcoming book co-authored with Eric Schumacher, In His Hands: Prayers for your Child or Baby in a Medical Crisis, helps parents with specific prayers to pray when the words may be hard to find. In this conversation with Eric, Jessika shares how God often will prepare us in advance for the valleys we will walk through, the importance of surrendering to the Lord in a crisis, and ways that anyone can help a family facing a difficult medical journey. If you or someone you know is a parent in the midst of a life altering medical diagnosis of their child, this episode will be a balm of hope in helping you remember that when everything feels completely out of your control, the Lord is inviting you to just be still and trust Him in the unknown.   Website: www.jessikasanderswriter.com www.prayingthroughministries.org Instagram: www.instagram.com/jessikasanderswriter Facebook: www.facebook.com/JessikaSandersWriter/ Book: In His Hands: Prayers for your Child or Baby in a Medical Crisis https://a.co/d/fbqoKXi Do you need a reminder in your pain that God isn't done with your story? Sign up for our free, 7 day devotional delivered straight to your inbox: www.nothingiswasted.com/7-day-devo Do you have a child in your life dealing with some big feelings? Aubrey Sampson's new book, Big Feelings Days, can help kids and their adults process the pain of life. Get it now wherever books are sold: www.aubreysampson.com/big-feelings-days/ Want to start your Pain to Purpose journey? Learn more: www.course.nothingiswasted.com

Do you ever feel like you're not "fighting the good fight"? Maybe your heart feels tired, your thoughts are wandering, and you don't feel like you are enough or that you do enough for Christ. Today I want to encourage you and share with you what God has been revealing to me about that fighter mentality. What does it take to be a good warrior? It's probably not what you expect! Quote on Matthew Perry taken from Christian Post. Book referenced: Praying Through the Names of God by Tony Evans Shop my new faith-based clothing line here. 

Join Jay and Katherine Wolf as they sit down with their friends, Jarrett and Jeanne Stevens on the back porch of our favorite place in the world: Hope Heals Camp. They discuss the complexities and joys of doing both life and ministry together, and the unimaginable grief their family has walked through these last few years. This is a conversation you won't want to miss. Jarrett and Jeanne Stevens are the lead pastors of Soul City Church in Chicago, IL. They are both prolific authors, speakers, and pastors, and parents to the lovely Elijah and GiGi.  Jeanne is a sought-after speaker, leader, and writer. Her passion to develop people to live boldly & fully gives her a unique voice of hope and challenge. Be sure to check out her most recent book:  What's Here Now - How to Stop Rehashing the Past, And Rehearsing the Future - and Start Receiving the Present.   Jarrett is the author of several books including Four Small Words, The Deity Formerly Known As God and Creative Matters, and his newest book: Praying Through.  Want some hope in your inbox? Sign up for our semi-monthly Hope Note for a little dose of hope and encouragement along the way.  Learn more about us here: Hope Heals Hope Heals Camp  Mend Coffee Find us on Instagram  

We can pray about anything and everything as often as possible.If God's Word tells us we can ask Him for anything, how do we cultivate lives where we pray bold prayers? What does that look like? And how do we do this? On this episode, Ashley Morgan Jackson sits down with Meghan Ryan and Shae Hill for a conversation on why we can approach God with our needs and how to keep our faith when we get weary waiting for His reply. Make sure you find something to take notes with because this one has lots of practical ideas you won't want to forget!This episode is Part 2 of a four-part series; make sure you subscribe so you don't miss what's next!Related Resources: If you long for deeper connection to God but aren't sure where to start, our new study guide is for you ... Praying Through the Psalms: 30 Days To Uncomplicate How You Talk to God, starting August 7 in the free First 5 mobile app! Escape the feeling of "never knowing what to say" with our free e-book, For the Girl Who Needs Hope: 50 Biblical Prayers for the Hard Moments. We can't choose when anxious thoughts come our way, but we can choose how we fight back. Learn how to in our next Online Bible Study, Rest for Your Soul: Simple Practices When You're Worn Out and Weary, with Wendy Blight, starting September 5. To the woman constantly pouring out, we planned a day where all you have to do is show up and be filled. Join us for Reset: A Saturday To Tend to Your Soul at First Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, on October 7, 2023. Click here to download a transcript of this episode. We want to hear how this podcast has impacted you! Share your story with us here.

The Bible has a lot to say about prayer.But what does "prayer" really mean? And what does it look like in our everyday lives? On this episode, our host Kaley Olson sits down with Shae Hill, Ashley Morgan Jackson and Meghan Ryan for a conversation about what it looks like to talk to God. We'll open our Bibles, trade some embarrassing stories, and take an honest look at what it means to communicate our desires, fears, worries and praises to our Creator. It's possible that prayer might not be quite as complicated as we make it.This episode is Part 1 of a four-part series; make sure you subscribe so you don't miss what's next!Related Resources: If you long for deeper connection to God but aren't sure where to start, our new study guide is for you ... Praying Through the Psalms: 30 Days To Uncomplicate How You Talk to God, starting August 7 in the free First 5 mobile app! Escape the feeling of "never knowing what to say" with our free e-book, For the Girl Who Needs Hope: 50 Biblical Prayers for the Hard Moments. We can't choose when anxious thoughts come our way, but we can choose how we fight back. Learn how to in our next Online Bible Study, Rest for Your Soul: Simple Practices When You're Worn Out and Weary, with Wendy Blight, starting September 5. To the woman constantly pouring out, we planned a day where all you have to do is show up and be filled. Join us for Reset: A Saturday To Tend to Your Soul at First Baptist Church in Charlotte, NC, on October 7, 2023. Click here to download a transcript of this episode. Proverbs 31 Ministries is a nonprofit organization, and this podcast is funded thanks to the generous support of our one-time and monthly donors. To learn more about how to partner with us, click here!We want to hear how this podcast has impacted you! Share your story with us here.

This bonus episode of Therapy & Theology was recorded to help you process questions like "Since God is sovereign and knows what's going to happen, why should I pray?" and "Can our prayers change God's mind?"Join Lysa TerKeurst and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, for this thought-provoking, scripture-filled conversation. It may be tempting to think about prayer in a defeated way or question if God will even respond, but, friend, take heart. The power of prayer can change things.Related Resources: Your prayers don't have to sound polished, put together or perfect to be effective. God invites us to talk about anything on our hearts with Him, just like we would share with a good friend. If you want help making this more of a daily practice in your life, join us for our new study, Praying Through the Psalms: 30 Days To Uncomplicate How You Talk to God. Ready to take a personal next step in finding a Christian counselor? The American Association of Christian Counselors is a great place to find the right fit for you and your circumstances. Start your journey here. Click here to download a transcript of this episode. We want to hear how this podcast has impacted you! Share your story with us here.

Today we wrap up the psalms and talk about Jay-Z, God's grace, and how we all have everything we need to read the Bible. Questions for reflection: - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Psalm 151 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_151) - God Did, by DJ Khaled with Jay-Z (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QugLZCp74GE) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we're joined by the Rev. Caitlyn Darnell, Associate Rector of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Columbia, S.C. We talk about Taylor Swift, pastoral care, and the Psalms. Questions for reflection: - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - The Rev. Caitlyn Darnell (https://www.smifsc.com/clergy-staff#caitlyn) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstrip

Today we're joined by the Rev. Mia C. McDowell, Canon Catechist at Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, S.C.. Questions for reflection: - Where have you experienced resurrection recently? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - The Rev. Mia C. McDowell (https://trinitysc.org/about/clergy-staff/) - Inwardly Digest, by Derek Olsen (https://www.amazon.com/Inwardly-Digest-Prayer-Guide-Spiritual/dp/0880284323) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we talk about Psalm 66, the ups and downs of life, and the way God listens to prayer. Questions for reflection: - Where have you experienced resurrection recently? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we welcome back Mary Balfour, and talk about pilgrimage, legacy, and how worship unites us. Questions for reflection: - Where have you experienced resurrection recently? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Mary Balfour's Facebook page with trip pictures (https://www.facebook.com/mary.b.vanzandt) - Ely Cathedral (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_Cathedral) - Canterbury Cathedral (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Cathedral) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we're joined by the Rev. Canon Jimmy Hartley, Canon Pastor at Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, S.C. We talk about the Daily Office, 30 day cycles, and how variety is the spice of life. Questions for reflection: - Where have you experienced resurrection recently? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Evensong at Trinity(https://vimeo.com/818170991) - BCP rubrics for the Psalter (https://www.bcponline.org/Psalter/concerning_the_psalter.html) - 30 Day Psalm Cycle (https://www.bcponline.org/Psalter/psalter_30day.html) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we talk about Easter Sunday, Psalm 118 and God's enduring mercy. Questions for reflection: - Where have you experienced resurrection recently? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we're joined by the Rev. Josiah Rengers, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Ala.  Questions for reflection: - Are you taking anything on, or giving anything up, for Lent? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - The Rev. Josiah Rengers (https://stthomas.dioala.org/About/clergy-and-staff.html) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we go back to the daily office and talk about Psalm 100. We God's love, God's goodness, and God's presence in our lives. Questions for reflection: - Are you taking anything on, or giving anything up, for Lent? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we go back to the beginning and look at Psalm 1. We talk about wickedness, righteousness, and chaff. Questions for reflection: - Are you taking anything on, or giving anything up, for Lent? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Our Prayers and Praise (https://www.amazon.com/Our-Prayers-Praise-Administration-Communion/dp/B000JVU4C4) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast)

Today we go back to the beginning and look at Psalm 1. We talk about wickedness, righteousness, and chaff. Questions for reflection: - Are you taking anything on, or giving anything up, for Lent? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we talk about Lent, morning devotions, and getting our hearts and minds right. Questions for reflection: - Are you taking anything on, or giving anything up, for Lent? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Daily Devotions in the Morning (https://bcponline.org/DailyOffice/devotion2.html#morning) - Stations of the Cross (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stations_of_the_Cross) - Asbury Revival (https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/us/asbury-revival-christian-what-is-cec) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast)

Today we're joined by Corey Jones, Associate Rector of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Ala. We talk about prayer, camp, and sleep aids. Questions for reflection: - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - The Rev. Corey Jones (https://saint-lukes.com/about/) - Camp McDowell (https://campmcdowell.org/) - Song of Simeon from Camp McDowell (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=642359999930080) - Podcast on sleep, which mentions prayer (https://hubermanlab.com/dr-gina-poe-use-sleep-to-enhance-learning-memory-and-emotional-state/) - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast) The show music is "Silver Lining" by Brent Wood, licensed under Soundstripe

Today we're joined by the Rev. Jack Alvey, rector of Church of the Ascension in Birmingham, Alabama. We talk about the one psalm we all know and love. Questions for reflection: - Are you taking anything on, or giving anything up, for Lent? - Where have you encountered God this week? - How do the Psalms reflect the breadth of human experience? Readings for next week: Keep reading your favorite Psalms! Links mentioned in this episode: - Dr. Tony's summary of the Psalms (https://www.biblelovepodcast.com/uploads/images/intro-to-psalms_517.pdf) - The Bible Project (https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/psalms/) - Praying Through the Psalms (https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/praying-through-the-most-beloved-psalms.html) - Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast)

2023 Annual Prayer Planner - 21 Days of Prayer & Journaling to Plan Your Year digital download  2023 Annual Prayer Planner - 21 Days of Prayer & Journaling to Plan Your Year print book at Amazon   Well, hey there! So good to be with you today on this episode of The Burt (Not Ernie) Show. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and are trusting fully in the Lord as we move toward 2023. My prayer for you is that you will know God better, hear the voice of your Good Shepherd more clearly, have more joy and peace and faith than ever before, and see the miraculous happening all throughout the coming year. Is that a big, bold prayer for me to be making on your behalf? Perhaps. But isn't that what makes it a prayer worth praying from the very depths of my heart? Definitely. You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show podcast, part of the Spark Network, now playing in the Edifi app. This is episode number 130. Recently I have been reading through the later chapters of the book of Genesis, along with 1 Peter and Hebrews. And every single day it seems like the Holy Spirit shows me places where He wants me to yield more, trust more, believe more, grow up more. Looking at the life of Joseph in Genesis, from his childhood to his difficulties with his brothers to his betrayal to his time in Egypt that was anything but sunshine and roses, to be honest, I have been encouraged, convicted and challenged. That's not always the most fun place to be in my walk as a disciple of Jesus, but it is always a healthy, good place for me to be. And so, as it says in chapter 4 of 1 Peter, I am finding joy in the hard things (that's a very, very loose paraphrase, btw).    I'd like to read a verse from the NLT out of Psalm 18. Let me read verse 3 aloud to you.    It says: I called on the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and He saved me from my enemies.   Here it is from the Amplified: I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.   Very small differences between the two versions, but the Amplified Bible changes the tense a bit. From called in the NLT, past tense, to CALL in the Amplified, present tense. And the last portion - and I am saved from my enemies.    Right now is the moment we can call upon the Lord and be saved from our enemies. We have enemies, like it or not. The devil, of course, is our ultimate enemy. But so often, in my own life, I am my own enemy. I fear failing at some new thing so I sort of put it off, do some other stuff, work on this, fiddle around with that. But fail to do that thing I should get going on, fail to do it because I don't want to fail in doing it. Anybody else?    I know that failure is not fatal, that failure is actually not doing anything. Trying at something, learning and growing and slowly at times taking baby steps forward, that is actually a part of success. Failure isn't as big a deal as I give it credit for, when I frame it correctly. Failure when I am doing what the Lord calls me to do is falling forward, toward His good and perfect and pleasing will for my life. Failure is falling backward when I do nothing, try nothing, attempt nothing for God's glory or for His Kingdom or for other people's benefit. Failure, according to the book of James, is when I know the good I ought to do but do not do it.    So as I live out the last couple of days of 2022 and step toward the new year, which feels new even though technically it is simply turning the page on the calendar and not one single thing beyond the date change may be even remotely new at this point in time - as I live in this moment and move forward into the next moments of my life, I am choosing to remember this truth about failure. Because there are some things I need to work on, some prayers I need to pray, some tasks I need to be about, some people I need to love better, some dreams I need to dream with the Lord, and some nonsense and baggage I need to drop right here and never pick up again. And I am thinking you may need to leave some stuff behind too. Maybe you need to redefine failure for the new year. Maybe we need to, collectively, give each other ample grace while also extending that grace to our very own selves.    Back to Psalm 18, I'm calling on the Lord today and have plans to call on Him as often as need be in 2023, and I am believing He will save me from my enemies. Even if the biggest enemy is me at times.    I'd like to take a moment and pray a blessing over you for the New Year.    Lord, my prayer for each listener is that they will wholeheartedly, with fervency and devotion, love you more in 2023 than at any other time in their life. Would you be their strength, and not only when they face trouble or trials or difficulties or stress, but every single day. Be their strength as they parent their children, as they grieve losses, as they do their job week after week, in their finances, as they face what may feel like difficult economic times that are heavy and hard to bear, in their family relationships and in their ministry roles and even when they lie down to sleep each night, would you be their strength in those times to rest fully in you and be able to sleep and get the rest You want them to have? Be their rock, fortress, and rescuer in this new year. May they turn to you and take refuge in you as often as they need to. Be their shield, their high tower where they will be above the stresses of daily life and able to see things from Your point of view. Be their stronghold, a very certain help and comfort in their time of need.    You are worthy to be praised, Lord. May they praise You often and with great adoration. Save them from their enemies, whomever and whatever those enemies may be. Hear me as I pray today, and keep this prayer before You all year, one You will answer on their behalf again and again. Open dry paths for them to walk on when it seems as if deep waters are hindering their way. Where You lead, may they follow, and may they be blessed in that following of Your daily leading. Reach down from on high, rescue them, delight in them, bring them out into a broad place. Enable them to live clean lives before You, honoring You in public and in private, keeping the ways of the Lord. Help them to remain in Your Word, to spend time in prayer, and to be part of the local church that blesses them and is a blessing through them to other believers. Show yourself kind to them, and may Your kindness spur them on to kindness that overflows onto others. Save Your people who are afflicted, and remind them of the need to remain humble before You. Keep them from arrogance, foolishness, and haughty behaviors or thoughts. By Your power, Lord, they can crush a troop or scale a wall. As they do great exploits spiritually for Your kingdom, may You receive all the glory and praise. Bring them healing in every area that it is needed - emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually, relationally, and every other way that healing will bless them. Encircle them with strength, be their rock, make their way blameless.    Make their feet like hinds feet, stable and sure and able to climb on the heights - because we know that the high points of life require sure footing so we don't forget You or Your blessings in the good times, or think we caused the good things of our own accord, or focus so much on the good life that we stumble due to not caring for those around us who may not be in a good times season of life. Make us able to stand firmly and walk safely in the midst of trouble. Set us securely on the high places You have ordained for us. Train our hands for the battles we fight, and to be in the fray and in the fight by praying for those You lead us to pray for. May we be able to bend a bow of bronze and see the prayers we pray through to fruition. Uphold and sustain them with Your right hand. May Your gentleness, Your gracious response to them as they pray and on their behalf as I pray this over them today, may Your gracious response make them great, for Your kingdom and Your purposes in this world that needs You so desperately.    Enlarge the path before them and make their steps secure so that their feet will not slip. They will pursue their enemies and overtake them this year. They will not turn back until their enemies are consumed. Satan will not have the final victory, and I am asking that he will not win in the battles they are fighting in 2023. Lord, with humility I am making this request on their behalf. Lord, do not deny me my requests today. May I be like the woman in Luke chapter 18 - like that parable You told about praying and not giving up, I will ask and ask and ask again like the persistent widow. Do not withhold from me answers to this prayer. Answer it again and again on their behalf, all throughout the next twelve months. May their enemies fall wounded under their feet, as it says in Your Word. Encircle them with strength for the battle, strength for whatever comes in 2023. Subdue those who come against them in ways that will not grow them, sanctify them, or honor You through them. Rescue them from contentious people, place them as the head and not the tail, may they be positioned for service among those who are Your people, Lord, and those who are in need of You in their lives. May they live in obedience to You, to Your will and Your call on their lives. And may they see the fruit of the Spirit in their life again and again and again, all year long. You, Lord, live. Blessed be Your name! May You, the God of our salvation, be exalted!    Rescue these ones for whom I am praying today. Life them above those who attack them and rise up against them, whether those are people attacking, circumstances attacking, or satan attacking. Deliver them from men of violence. We are Your people, we are a people of peace, and may we live in peace and at peace as far as it depends on us. We choose today to honor You with our lives all year long. We set this year before You and offer it to You before it even begins. And we give You our worship, our love, our adoration, our hearts. You are good, and You cannot be otherwise. You do nothing apart from Your lovingkindness for us. We give thanks to You, we praise You, O Lord among the nations, and we will sing praises to Your name all throughout this new year. Thank You for Your care for us, for hearing my prayer and answering it, for Your Word which teaches me how to pray and what to ask You for, thank You for Your steadfast love toward us and the mercy You extend. Thank You, and once again I say thank You.  This I pray in the name of Jesus, and may it be done according to Your Word. Amen.  I am always so blessed, so thankful, for the opportunity to pray for you. And I really do mean that. It is a privilege to pray for others, isn't it? And one thing that gave me sort of a heart jump-start when it comes to prayer was the realization that I won't need to pray when I am in eternity, in heaven, with the Lord. I am still going to praise and worship and adore Him, revere Him, honor Him. But He will set everything aright, He will make all things new, and He means it when He says in Revelation that there will be no more crying or death or pain and so I won't need to lift those requests before Him since they will be gone forever. That realization moved me to pray with more fervency, more intensity, more longing for Him to hear and answer when I pray because I don't have forever to be about this work of praying for others. I only have right now. And that's, I suppose, why I am so thankful to be able to pray for you in this episode.    If this is something that blessed you, I have three things to quickly mention. One is my private prayer group on Facebook (and it is a private group because prayer requests are confidential sometimes and so it's just a private group for that one reason). I do videos and pray in the group a couple of times a month, so it's not an overwhelming amount of notifications from the group. It's called Praying Through the Storm Online Prayer Retreat with Jan L. Burt on Facebook and the link will be at the top and the bottom of the show notes for this episode and also on my website, Jan L Burt . com.  Second is the new podcast I am working on. This one will be here focusing on God's promises primarily, and the second one is called The Prayer Podcast with Jan L. Burt, and it will be, you guessed it, about prayer.  Third, a resource I created for the new year (based on something I do each year and on something I did with a group of people via email in early 2022 that ended with so many people asking me to turn the content into a book of some sort, and so that's what I did) is called The 2023 Prayer Planner. It's 21 days of verses, devotional type content about each verse, and a prayer for each day with some journal type pages with room to pray and plan and take note of what the Lord is saying to you about the coming year.  It's a way to give the Lord the first fruits of the year, as an offering to Him. And man, it is a great way to start a year. To begin with the Word of God as our foundation. If you'd like to get a copy, it is available as a digital download on my website, it is also on Etsy and TPT and as a print book to order via Amazon.  The price is between $7 and $8, depending on the platform where you buy it, so it's not a huge financial investment per se but it is an investment that will pay huge spiritual dividends so check that out if you want to kick off the year praying and seeking the Lord intentionally and to grow your faith, your trust and your prayer life.   

Keith Simon teaches from Luke 1:28-38 with a sermon titled, "Praying Through the Unexpected".

One of the most radical things that Perdita and Clark ask their fellowship is this: “What do you want? What is your heart's desire?”. Culture, society, and religion tells us what we want and should want. But the lady, the Mother, has planted seeds in each of our hearts and those seeds are particular to each one of our souls. By knowing what those seeds are, we can begin to help them grow through prayer. For Clark and Perdita, the rosary is about reclaiming the miraculous and the miraculous world is the real world that's hidden behind our reality. Behind the corporate façade that we live in, people pray for love, intimacy, connection, healing, joy; meaningful, miraculous things that are much more real than we think.   Clark Strand and Perdita Finn are authors of “The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary”. They are the co-founders of The Way of the Rose, an inclusive fellowship of rosary friends dedicated to the Earth and to the Lady. Strand is an author of numerous books and articles on spiritual practices. Finn is a children's book author and former high school teacher. They live with their family in the Catskill Mountains.   What we discuss: 01:08 – Introducing Clark Strand and Perdita Finn 04:53 – Spiritual Seeking and the Discovery of the Rosary 17:28 – History of Mother Mary and New Age Representation of the Mother 27:50 – The Magic of Prayer 32:27 – Femininity in Masculine Society and Religion 38:18 – Apparitions and Encounters of the Holy Mother 56:06 – The Womb and the Tomb and Praying Through the Rosary 01:13:43 – Vision as Earth Stewards 01:20:15 – Clark and Perdita in Behalf of the Great Mother   Learn more from Perdita and Clark: https://www.wayoftherose.orghttps://www.facebook.com/groups/wayoftherose   Go to Goddesswell.co for a buy one get one free discount! Use code SISTERHOOD at checkout!   Global Sisterhoods Launch Video: https://youtu.be/R9E9W7ECa84 To learn more about Global Sisterhood, go to www.globalsisterhood.org To join a virtual circle with us, go to http://www.globalsisterhood.org/virtual-circles   To follow us on Instagram, @theglobalsisterhood @laurenelizabethwalsh @shainaconners  

Do you feel like the verse to "pray without ceasing" is unattainable? Or just sounds exhausting? Do you fear God is disappointed in the cobwebs in your prayer closet? Or maybe you feel a lack of faith when you pray? Erica Renaud is a wife, mom, author, and speaker who gives us such practical steps to cultivate an active prayer life, take the pressure off, and teaches us to not overthink it. She encourages you for moments when you're wondering: - What to do in dry seasons where your faith is struggling or you're filled with doubts - How to look back and remember God's care and faithfulness - What to do when you don't have the emotional or mental capacity to make space for prayer Resources: Pray With Me by Erica Renaud- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pray-with-me-erica-renaud/1142143633 The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence - https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Presence-God-Brother-Lawrence/dp/1614279683 Prayer by Timothy Keller - https://timothykeller.com/books/prayer The Power of a Praying Woman - https://www.stormieomartian.com/product/the-power-of-the-praying-wife-paperback/ Praying Through the Bible by Donald Whitney - https://www.christianbook.com/praying-the-bible-donald-whitney/9781433547843/pd/547843 Transforming Prayer by Daniel Henderson - https://store.strategicrenewal.com/products/transforming-prayer Find Erica Here: Website - https://www.ericarenaud.org/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/erica.renaud/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Over the next few episodes we are turning our attention from a leader's personal sabbath practice towards how they can form and shape their communities around sabbath. We'll be talking to a number of pastors and leaders about their efforts and challenges in leading others in the practice.   Today Ruth sits down with Jeanne and Jarrett Stevens. As co-pastors of a busy church in Chicago, the Stevens have been saved by rhythms of work and rest. Ruth talks with Jeanne and Jarrett about their own practices of sabbath, the ways they've tried to incorporate these rhythms in their church, and the challenges and opportunities presented in this as we emerge from COVID. They also pose the question, what would it look like as a leader to leave a legacy of sabbath keeping in their community?   Jarrett & Jeanne Stevens founded and have served as co-lead pastors of Soul City Church in Chicago, IL for the past 11 years. They have both authored several books. Jarrett wrote “The Deity Formerly Known as God,” “Four Small Words”, and his latest release, “Praying Through.” Jeanne has authored many devotionals, “Everyday Brave,” “Grit & Grace,” and “You are Enough.” She is a contributing author to “Twelve Women of the Bible” and “Real Women, Real Faith.” She has a new book released in May of 2022 called “What's Here Now?” They are both passionate about helping people wake up to the transforming love of Jesus and experience soul-level change in every area of their lives.  Purchase Ruth's new book! Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest is out now, wherever you buy books (Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Bookshop.org).   You can also pre-order the Sabbath Journal, which will be available sometime in January 2023.   This season of our podcast is sponsored by GoodKind. GoodKind is all about helping people cultivate the GoodKind of habits and holiday practices that allow them to engage with God and one another throughout the year. They have a great tool for Advent, a Sabbath Box to help you practice unplugging, and more. To learn more about them and the products they make, you can find them at goodkind.shop    Music Credit: Kingdom Come by Aaron Niequist Yesterday, Today, Forever from Transforming Center Resource Music in Solitude   Support the podcast! This season, patrons will receive an overflow of bonus content from the episodes, including exclusive conversations between Ruth and guests, clips that we couldn't fit into the final cuts, and more! Become a patron today by visiting our Patreon page!     The Transforming Center exists to create space for God to strengthen leaders and transform communities. You are invited to join our next Transforming Community:® A Two-year Spiritual Formation Experience for Leaders.  Delivered in nine quarterly retreats, this practice-based learning opportunity is grounded in the conviction that the best thing you bring to leadership is your own transforming self!

Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms by Justin Earley, Zondervan, 2021The Loudest Roar: Living in the Unshakable Victory of Christ by Judy Dunagan, Moody, 2022Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith by Scotty Smith, Baker Books, 2011 (A game-changer for me!)Praying Through the Names of God by Tony Evans, Harvest House 2014 (a reread/skim this regularly)Celebrate Kids, Inc.

Praying Through the Tabernacle - Part 2 | Pastor Kevin Shindoll | August 31, 2022Love is our Why. Join Us Online at 11 AM on Sundays and 7:30 PM on Wednesdays. WAYOFLIFE.CHURCH

"Praying Through the Book of Acts"

Praying Through the Tabernacle | Pastor Kevin Shindoll | August 24, 2022Love is our Why. Join Us Online at 11 AM on Sundays and 7:30 PM on Wednesdays. WAYOFLIFE.CHURCH

Thank you for joining us today for a message that will increase your faith and help you to push past the borders that the enemy would want you to adhere to, so that you would not be able to possess your God given destiny! Spend some time with us today and be stirred in your faith by the Spirit of the Lord to rise up and take new territory as you learn how to possess your inheritance from the Lord. Share this broadcast with your friends and get ready to experience the unlimited power of God! Get connected with us and watch “Greater Glory” on the High Tower Ministries, Int. Facebook Page! Sundays at 9 AM & 7 PM and Wednesdays at 7 PM for inspiring messages that will raise your faith and grow you in the Word! Don't miss a message, Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighTowerMinistry.org Bookings/ Churches / Conferences: ContactUs@HighTowerMinistry.org  Individual Prayer Requests: PrayerRequests@HighTowerMinistry.org Subscribe to YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_s14njTA8GQ5oBFb4Zs_uA/featured Get Connected Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighTowerMinistry.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hightowerministries_usa/ FREE DOWNLOAD / Website: www.HighTowerMinistry.org   Unlocking Glory and the Unlocking Glory Study Guide are available on our website (signed copy with free shipping within the US). Also available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles.      

Jessika Sanders is the Founder and President of Praying Through ministries, a nonprofit organization that emboldens and equips families with Biblical Truth and encouragement as they journey through the difficult seasons of the NICU, PICU, and Child Loss.In this episode, Jessika and I talk about the roller coaster that is having a baby in the NICU and the emotional hurdles that come with this often unexpected journey. She shares about her precious son and his long stay in the hospital and how she used her experience to provide solace and support for parents who are also going through the NICU, PICU or child loss. The NICU can shape a woman as a mother and Jessika's story is one of compassion, honesty, and hope. Find Jessika here:  www.prayingthroughministries.orgResources: Swaddle Baby DollsSupport the show

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In this episode from the vault, Jan shares several verses from God's Word along with an important reminder that God is in the promise keeping business, and He has every intention of keeping His Word to you. Happy Listening! #FromTheVault Take the quiz "Which of God's Promises is for You?" via this LINK.         Today I am going to read a bunch of Bible verses to you and let the promises of God sink into your heart, into your mind (which changes the way that we think and that, my friend, changes the way that we live).   God keeps all of His promises so I want to encourage you today to live like you know He is keeping all of His promises to you. To your family. To your local church. To the church all around the globe.    Okay, so let's dive into God's Word and get some encouraging news in our ears, in our thoughts, shall we?    First let's start with some powerful and hopeful words that Jesus spoke. I am quoting the NLT for today's podcast & let's look at Mark 12:27 - Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.”     It is so, so important to remember, when we are making the big bold decision to really, truly believe God's promises - to live a believing life - that we don't base our belief on anything outside of the Lord. We aren't mustering up more faith. We are simply deciding that we will believe what the Bible says to us. And so, this verse is just a great reminder that you don't have to make God's promises work out in your life, in your kid's lives, etc. Nope.    There are actually many, many things in this life that are impossible - for man. For humans. For wives and for moms and for employees and for church members. Humanly speaking, there is gonna be stuff that is just not possible. But not with God! Aren't these words from Jesus incredible?  Think for just a moment about what our Savior is actually saying to us. But not with God. EVERYTHING is possible with God.   So bring God into everything, then! Never intentionally leave Him out of anything. You want the God who makes the impossible, possible doing all the things in your life, am I right?    Get a sense of Jesus, today, looking at you intently and reminding you, firmly but with great love and compassion, that it isn't about mankind's ability to make this thing fly. Because God makes everything possible.    Psalm 37:23 (NLT) says this - The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.   Oh wow - what a verse! What hope! What assurance! This is quite a promise! He is promising that He will direct your steps. And guess what? You can pray this verse over your loved ones, your co-workers, your spouse, your aging parents, your neighbors. And also, pray this over yourself.    Lord, direct my steps. I know my righteousness and any godliness within me is thanks to Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit. So Father, bless me and direct each step that I take. Stop me when I am near a misstep. Thank You for this promise of Your guidance and direction over my life, from now until my last breath.    It says that He delights in every detail of our lives. So guess what that means for us? How does that relate to us living in total belief that God's promises for us are absolutely true and are being realized on the daily? Well, take every little and every big detail of your life to God in prayer. You can do that! You should do that! He cares so much - talk to Him. A lot! Often. All of the time. And remember, keep on remembering, He delights, not tolerates or endures or notices, but delights in every detail.    Oh this is a great promise. And a great prayer verse too.   Quick side note here - anybody else feel kind of like we are on the verge of just a huge prayer event in the West? Like people are going to start praying individually, as married couples, families, in small groups, church settings, at work, on college campuses, gathering among neighbors - online even. To pray. I have a sense this is on the horizon. If you feel that way too, listen to the Lord as to what He is calling you to do as part of that, I guess prayer movement you might call it? And keep track of, write down, memorize, put in your phone verses that you can have at the ready at any moment to pray. Praying God's promises is really amazing. Like, will leave you amazed again and again.   Deuteronomy 31:6 (NLT) says - So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.   A lot in that verse. First, God says to be strong and courageous and that sentence ends with an exclamation point. So - let's just do what He says to do! Be strong. Be courageous. Exclamation point. I am guessing you have one or more parts of your life right now, at this point in time, where you can apply this. So go ahead and apply. Be strong. Be courageous. How? By resting in the Lord and knowing in your knower that He is going to keep His word.    Don't be afraid. Think on Jesus and the fear dissipates, really it does! Do not panic before them, it says. Well “them” of course refers to their enemies. Don't panic before your enemy.    And here is the reason why you don't need to be afraid, don't panic, be strong and courageous. For the Lord your God WILL PERSONALLY go ahead of you. Boom. Mic drop.    When God says He WILL do something, He most assuredly will. You just be about the business of believing He will do all He has promised to do. Let Him be about the actual doing of it.    He will personally go ahead of you. How's that for a promise that can give you some big time faith?    And the verse ends with this - He will neither fail you nor abandon you. I'm going to say that once more - He will neither fail you nor abandon you.  He won't. That's that.   Revelation 21:4 (NLT)  - He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying of pain. All these things are gone forever.   This is such a wonderful verse for us. I'm not going to deep dive into anything specific today - but we have had quite an 18 /19 or so months, all around the world. This verse is a balm for those who know Jesus. It's key. It's mission critical to remember there is a day coming when all the tears will stop. No more death or sorrow or crying or pain. Gone forever. I don't even need to say more about this verse, this promise from Revelation, except that it is for those who know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. If you don't, you are welcome to email me at JanLBurt@outlook.com and I will reply. It's so important to know Him, not know of Him, not just attend church, but really know Him. Not talking religion here. But true relationship with the Son of God, Jesus. I really do welcome you to contact me. Totally confidential and non judgmental. Just offering Jesus and how to have Him as your best friend forever.    Last verse today - Luke 1:37 (NLT) For the word of God will never fail.   Short and sweet. Doesn't need explaining. No need for commentary. Just know that this is absolute and unchanging truth.    For the word of the Lord will never fail.   Anybody else need to know that today?   Take that thing, big and scary, and hold it up next to this verse, Luke 1:37. Does one seem bigger and one much smaller?    For the word of the Lord will - never - fail.   It won't. It just will not.    Lord bless you today. I have prayed for you, all who listen to this episode, and I am going to continue to pray for you.    Live a life sold out for Jesus, a die hard for His promises, and just see what God might do in and through a life lived like that.    Find me on instagram @janlburt or on Facebook in the prayer group - Praying Through the Storm - and I have a book, a devotional, available on Amazon - The Power of God's Will - 40 Days of God's Promises - with verses that have the word “WILL” in them. God does what He says He will do, and He never doesn't do what He has said that He will do.   Praying Through the Storm online prayer retreat group  Grab a copy of "The Power of God's Will - 40 Days of God's Promises Devotional" via Amazon Stay up-to-date and sign up for my email list at JanLBurt.com

Join us this Sunday as we continue our series, Praying Through the Psalms, as Preacher Jordan walks us through Psalm 19.Support the show

There are two paths that we can take in life: the way of the righteous or the way of the wicked. Yet as human beings, are we even capable of avoiding the wicked path and stay on the righteous one? Where can we turn for help? Join us on Sunday as we continue our summer series, Praying Through the Psalms, hearing from guest preacher Graham Girard.Support the show

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Jan L. Burt (@janlburt) TikTok | Watch Jan L. Burt's Newest TikTok Videos Grab a copy of "The Power of God's Will - 40 Days of God's Promises Devotional" via Amazon A 60-Day Prayer Journal for Parents - on Amazon Well hey, hello again! Welcome to this episode of The Burt (Not Ernie) Show, the podcast about God's promises. And hey, those promises are for you, and they are for right now. Not just for later on. Isn't that good news?  Let's check out a couple of those promises on today's show.   You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show, part of the Spark Network, now playing in the Edifi app. This is episode #105.     Psalm 37, verses 21 thru 24 from the Amplified.    21  The wicked borrow and never repay,     but the godly are generous givers. 22  Those the Lord blesses will possess the land,     but those he curses will die. 23  The Lord directs the steps of the godly.     He delights in every detail of their lives. 24  Though they stumble, they will never fall,     for the Lord holds them by the hand.   The wicked borrow and never repay. So, yeah, let's not do that. Pretty plain and simple. Sometimes the Bible is so clear, it just outright tells us what God thinks on a matter. It does that a lot, actually. This is one of those places.  But the godly are generous givers. Ya know, God is so generous. It is almost mind altering, like kind of blows your mind how generous He is. Nobody has ever been a giver like our God. Generosity is one of His hallmarks, He gives so big. Let's be known as His people in part by our generosity.  This doesn't have to just apply to money, but time, how generous are we in our praying, like praying for others. And others beyond me and mine, ya know, my kids and my spouse and my friends and my BFF from middle school and that is it. That's my prayer list.   I'll just tell ya, I have had quite a prayer list over the years. And not just now, like oh you're in the empty nest phase so you have time to pray. Well, I learned how to invest in prayer when my kids were at home and we were a homeschool family and had ministry work we were doing and during deployments, during illness, yeah. There is time for prayer, and praying generously for others is really an incredible ministry, and it is ministry that is so needed. Is there any way in your life in which you could become more generous in your prayer time? The Lord can guide, He will show you if there is something He wants to grow in you in this area, so if He leads you, be sure to follow. And think about other ways that you can be generous that go beyond just finances.  Those the Lord blesses will possess the land, but those He curses will die.   In the last episode I mentioned letting God do His work of dealing with the wicked, and that applies to verse 22 as well. He says those He curses will die. You and I do not need to be running around dropping curses on people. Like don't do that. I am actually very serious. Just don't. Not gonna deep dive into details on that today but I want to remind you that God takes seriously evil in this world, and He handles things. Perfectly and justly. He is merciful and He is just and He is loving and He is holy and all those things are always true of the Lord God Almighty. So those He curses, not those we curse, but those He curses will die, says this verse. Let that be that, and be careful with your words, with any cursing flowing off your tongue.   Those He blesses will possess the land. Look, the land is not the same for us as the Israelites who actually inherited a chosen place, the Promised Land. But God has things for us that He gives us, He gifts to us. Places for us to posses. Not places for us to get by, to just endure. But places where we can really be at home. You can pray this, and really I hope you do pray this, over where you work, who you work with, where you live, where you vacation, your church home, your loved ones homes and workplaces, even your hobbies. Ask God for the good land He has for you, whatever that quote/unquote land might be.   The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.   This is such an awesome promise!   We are godly because we know Jesus. He imparts His righteousness to us. And that's how this promise can be ours. He will direct your steps. Expect it. Ask Him for it. Depend on it. And don't panic and freak out that I'm going the wrong way. Look, if you are going the wrong way unintentionally, He can let you know. Ask Him to always do that, and I believe He will. Isn't that what this is telling us? And if you are going the wrong way by choice, with a lot of intention behind that choice, don't expect God to be about the business of blessing that. An attitude, a spirit of rebellion, is never becoming for a child of God. Kill that off if it's a thing in your life. But understand that if you're not just bucking His authority and jamming out to “You Can Your Own Way”, then He will direct your steps. This is a great promise!   He delights in every detail of your life, so you're never boring to God, you don't annoy Him, when asking Him about this detail or that choice or any number of things. It's not too big and it's not too small. If something were too big or too tiny, this verse wouldn't be true because it says He delights in EVERY detail of our lives. We are not on our own, out here just trying to get by. No! Our God is here with us, delighting in every single detail every single day. Take comfort in that and talk to Him about the details. I mean, if it brings Him delight, man, that's incredible!    If you and I stumble, and hey it happens and that's part of living in this world, He says here we will never fall because He is holding us by the hand. Think of a toddler, just learning to really walk well, they have like those wobbly chubby legs and not only do they not have their sea legs, they don't legs for level ground when they just are getting started with this walking business. So, mom or day hold their hand. And they kind of wobble, start to go down, but they can't really fall because you've got their hand. You keep them on their feet even when the road is rough. They don't fall because you are the hand holder and you are in charge of keeping them from falling.   That's the promise here, and we can live like this is true. Yea, I may stumble but I ain't gonna fall. My Lord, He holds me by the hand. And He is not going to let me go. I'm good. I'm safe. It's not up to me to do the impossible, be perfect, never ever stumble, but it is up to me to trust that what God has said to me in Psalm 37 verse 24 is my promise, my truth, my hope and my assurance.    I can rest assured in this assurance because that's what assurance does. It provides peace and rest, even in the tough moments. Rest assured, though you stumble, you will not fall, for your God holds you by the hand.   Be sure to join my free online prayer retreat group, it's on Facebook, the link is in the Show Notes or just search Praying Through the Storm Online Prayer Retreat. We are doing some praying in there, leaning in hard to God's promises, and it could really be a blessing for you. So check that out, come join us and expect blessing. It's always a place of blessing, any place that is about praying and believing God's promises. Praying Through the Storm Online Prayer Retreat on Facebook. You can also find me on TikTok at @janlburt.   So glad you've joined me today. See you next week for episode 106.

God is with us during our dark seasons, but does He prepare us for them too? Mom of 3 and founder of Praying Through ministries, Jessika Sanders shares how her obedience to God's calling prepared her for one of the greatest battles in her life when her newborn son had to immediately be admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) after birth. She also talks about the intense spiritual warfare she faced when she felt the pull of the devil to end her life and how God saved her from that moment. Through these difficult seasons, God led her to start a ministry that is blessing families all around the world who are walking through NICU and PICU seasons as well as child loss. Jessika's story will show you:- God doesn't just step in during our dark seasons… He goes ahead and prepares us for them too- He can turn bad things for good beyond what we can ever imagine- Our purpose can be found through obedience and surrender -----Connect with Jessika and find ways to support Praying Through ministries on their website, Facebook, and Instagram. Episode mentioned: - The Self-destructive Lies We Tell Ourselves- Easter Tribute (Who is God Starts at 7:30)Enjoying the show? Rate us on Apple, Spotify or Momsgrabcoffee.com.Follow our Facebook page: https://facebook.com/MomsGrabCoffeeSupport the Moms Grab Coffee Podcast

Thanks for checking out Season Two of the Praying Through Podcast. I hope this was an encouraging episode with spiritual practical ideas for how you can pray...even when you don't have anything to say. For more of an in depth dive into this aspect of prayer and how you can pray without ever even uttering a word, check out my book, PRAYING THROUGH. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this podcast so that you don't miss an episode! And...if you would...take 60 seconds to leave a REVIEW! It helps more than you know. And make sure to stop by and say HEY on instagram @JarrettStevens . . . Production and editing by Tyler Herbst Music by Eric Lee Carpenter

Thanks for checking out Season Two of the Praying Through Podcast. I hope this episode helped you engage God in the decisions you're making and the direction you need. For more of an in depth dive into direction and how you can learn to seek God FIRST in all your decisions, check out my book, PRAYING THROUGH. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this podcast so that you don't miss an episode! And...if you would...take 60 seconds to leave a REVIEW! It helps more than you know. And make sure to stop by and say HEY on instagram @JarrettStevens . . . Production and editing by Tyler Herbst Music by Eric Lee Carpenter

Thanks for checking out Season Two of the Praying Through Podcast. I hope this episode helps you grow greater gratitude in your relationship with God. To help you transform worry into prayer, check out the book, PRAYING THROUGH. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this podcast so that you don't miss an episode! And...if you would...take 60 seconds to leave a REVIEW! It helps more than you know. And make sure to stop by and say HEY on instagram @JarrettStevens . . . Production and editing by Tyler Herbst Music by Eric Lee Carpenter

Thanks for checking out Season Two of the Praying Through Podcast. I hope this episode helps you grow greater gratitude in your relationship with God. To dive deeper in the practice of gratitude, check out the book, PRAYING THROUGH. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this podcast so that you don't miss an episode! And...if you would...take 60 seconds to leave a REVIEW! It helps more than you know. And make sure to stop by and say HEY on instagram @JarrettStevens . . . Production and editing by Tyler Herbst Music by Eric Lee Carpenter

Thanks for checking out Season Two of the Praying Through Podcast. My hope is that it encouraged you to be honest with where you are at with Prayer. For more, please check out the book, PRAYING THROUGH. Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this podcast so that you don't miss an episode! And make sure to stop by and say HEY on instagram @JarrettStevens . . . Production and editing by Tyler Herbst Music by Eric Lee Carpenter