Prayer

concept · 9 episodes

234The Apostles of Jesus Christ 19 Jan 2026 56:29¶ 182 “So two things – first, why not? Why not pray right then? The need is right there. Why wait? We pray before we eat.…” 57:09¶ 183 “I think it also teaches us a more active sense of the immediate presence of God. We don’t pray and file requests with God…” 55:01¶ 180 “Off of that, I would like to take a step in a slightly different direction. Amen to all that you said, Nathan. That’s absolutely…”

223The Upper Room Discourse 18 Aug 2025 15:19¶ 46 “It’s a wonderful combination in their definition that we’re lifting up the things that are our desires, but it’s in the name of Christ,…” 16:21¶ 49 “When we think about history we probably don’t think of prayer as almost the fuel of history, in that the Lord responds to our…” 16:48¶ 50 “We probably don’t record it a lot in history books, but I think in eternity it will be wonderful to hear about all of…”

166Prayer and Work 26 Jun 2023 0:21¶ 2 “We are in Nehemiah today talking about I feel like the discipline that none of us feels like we engage in adequately – that…” 0:38¶ 3 “As an elder when we ask, “How’s your prayer and Bible reading?” it’s always, “Could be better,” and it’s said with bleak pale expressions.…” 41:09¶ 155 “With this whole prayer thing, we start out by talking about how hard it is to be faithful, and we’ve seen that Nehemiah did…”

158Daniel in the Lion's Den - A Resurrection Story 6 Mar 2023 23:12¶ 85 “You said if this were to come about today where we’d have to send all our petitions to the President’s office, that would seem…” 23:44¶ 86 “Yes, unfortunately often so, or when it is spontaneous and free and out loud it’s more of a ramble than any kind of formal…” 26:04¶ 95 “He would climb up the stairs into some upper chamber and open his windows toward fallen Jerusalem. Solomon had spoken about the day when…”

138Freedom, Miracles, and History 3 Oct 2022 24:26¶ 81 “How often do we treat God like he’s one of us? It’s hard to deal with someone who knows everything from eternity to eternity…” 25:17¶ 83 “He doesn’t appeal to – “But we have been so faithful,” or even “I’ve been so faithful. Look at all I’ve done for you!”…” 24:13¶ 80 “So Hezekiah receives the letter from the messengers and he goes into the house of the Lord and spreads it out before God. He…”

119When Nature Fails 23 May 2022 35:23¶ 155 “He simply talks to him. There’s no ranting and raving. There’s no threatening. There’s no vain repetitions as our Lord speaks of. He just…” 35:52¶ 156 “Then God, who has shut up the heavens so that Baal can’t do anything, now opens them in response to human prayer, conversation with…” 36:19¶ 159 “We’ve talked about this. This is the very kind of prayer that God commends to us. Just because it looks impossible, and maybe is…”

117More Things Are Wrought By Prayer 9 May 2022 11:02¶ 37 “To put it really simply, we have to ask ourselves does prayer change things? Now, that question can mean a number of things, so…” 11:35¶ 38 “So what’s going on here? When we pray, are we simply aligning and tuning our thought processes to God’s will, with no expectation or…” 12:19¶ 41 “I think especially for people who acknowledge predestination and foreknowledge and the laying out of history by God, it seems like a trap, a…”

105The Witch of Endor 14 Feb 2022 1:02:40¶ 251 “When someone comes along and says, “But if you do these things, then we will guarantee that,” prayer is not magic. Prayer doesn’t guarantee…” 1:03:01¶ 252 “What you do is you call on God to be your God and to help you and to take care of you, and trust…” 1:03:09¶ 253 “I have learned to pray for my daughters, for their safety and for our family’s safety. Growing up I just kind of thought, “Well,…”

74Joshua the War-Leader 11 Jul 2021 9:34¶ 33 “Anyway, from his earliest days as he appears in scripture, he’s a war leader, a general, but he learns some lessons that day. He…” 10:46¶ 36 “Secondly, when you do this, you need to pray. You need to trust God and you need to ask God specifically for victory.” 10:54¶ 37 “Third, this is not magic. You’re not manipulating God, but God, liking to be asked, likes also to answer on his terms. As long…”