1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 2: Teach Us to Pray is brought to you by Life 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 2: Audio and is a part of our Faith Toolkit series. 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: For more inspirational faith affirming podcasts, visit lifeaudio dot com. 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 3: Welcome back, friend. You are listening to the Teach Us 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 3: to Pray podcast, where we teach believers practical and real 7 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 3: life tips on how to grow your faith in relationship 8 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 3: with God through the power of prayer. I'm Christina Patterson, 9 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 3: host of the Teach Us to Pray podcast and founder 10 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 3: of Beloved Women, where I encourage women in the love 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,560 Speaker 3: of Jesus Christ and the truth of God's Word. I'm 12 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 3: so excited about today's episode because I'm going to be 13 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 3: chatting with my pastor about a book he released called 14 00:00:54,920 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 3: Jesus's Prayer Recipe. In the book, he outlines Jesus instructions 15 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 3: on how we as believers can pray. What are the 16 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 3: ingredients that goes into powerful prayer. My pastor, doctor Norman Piert, 17 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 3: is the founding pastor of Grace Bible Fellowship, and he 18 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 3: has a deep love for preaching and teaching the Bible, 19 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 3: witnessing it transformed lives, and to see Christianity be both 20 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 3: relevant and significant in contemporary culture. He holds a master's 21 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 3: in Divinity and Theology and a PhD in Sociology Urban 22 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 3: Studies from Michigan State University. He is an adjunct professor 23 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 3: at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a volunteer chaplain at 24 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 3: the Carey Police Department. He and his wife, Carolyn live 25 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 3: in North Carolina and have four sons. Okay, so I 26 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 3: want to get into talking about your book, Jesus Prayer Recipe. 27 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 3: I want to start off by saying, why a book 28 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 3: on prayer? Why is prayer so important that it deserves 29 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 3: not just a chapter in a book, but an entire book. 30 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,399 Speaker 1: Yes, it's important because so often we are If you're 31 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: like me, you're more into doing than you are sometimes meditating, 32 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: depending on waiting on God. And as I was studying 33 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: preparing for a message on Matthew chapter six, I came 34 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: across Jesus's prayer outline, his response to his disciples asking 35 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: teach us to pray. And in the midst of that, 36 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 1: I walked through it and noted that it was broken 37 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,679 Speaker 1: into a pattern. He had a very well laid out 38 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 1: organizational approach that helps us and we operate by patterns 39 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 1: The reason a recipe is used is because when we 40 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: go to make something in the kitchen, there's nothing better 41 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: than a recipe. When we go to do something, work 42 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: on a call, or do some other activity, a DIY 43 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: kind of approach do it yourself. We look for someone 44 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: who would give us a step, a guide in how 45 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: to fulfill what we're trying to accomplish. And so it 46 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: looked as if Jesus was doing that, and I was 47 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: able to break that into a certain pattern, a certain form. 48 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: But that's also very vital for me because throughout my 49 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: life I've struggled with prayer. I've struggled with slowing down 50 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: long enough to put time into speaking with God. And 51 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 1: this just gives you a structured walkthrough. But it also 52 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: reminded me of just how violent important prayer is as 53 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:40,800 Speaker 1: we look at it through scripture. And so that's why 54 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 1: I think it's significant from the standpoint that we many 55 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: times will talk more about prayer than we'll do prayer. 56 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: And so growing up church prayer times were really more 57 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: time of a large Bible study and a small prayer 58 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: opportunity tacked onto it, and that has been in the 59 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 1: case in my world as well. I love the scripture, 60 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 1: I love serving the Lord, but I spend much more 61 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: time in activity than I do in just talking with 62 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: God and ruminating, spending time dwelling on who he is 63 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: and what he desires for me. 64 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,239 Speaker 3: And so how would you define prayer? What is prayer? 65 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: Okay, prayer, I would say overall, simply put, is communication 66 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: with God. It is the ability to engage in his presence. 67 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: It's really on one level talking with thinking of communicating, 68 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: but that's more from us to him, and so as 69 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: so often is the case, we spend more time communicating 70 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: in a one way direction, but the other side is 71 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 1: really hearing from him. And so it's really along the 72 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: line of a relationship that brings us into a a presence, 73 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: an opportunity to grow and to experience God. So if 74 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: I was walking with a friend and I spend all 75 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,799 Speaker 1: of my time talking but I'm never hearing back from 76 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: that friend, then it's not really going to be that 77 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: which I benefit from. I can unload and communicate all 78 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: that's on my mind, but the other person, I think 79 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: we'll walk away thinking wow, that was a really difficult 80 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: circumstance and situation. And scripture presents God as a person 81 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: presents God as a feeling, loving, thinking, individual being, and 82 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: he desires not just to have us communicate with him, 83 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: but he also desires to have us listen to him. 84 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: And so prayer is that two way communication that occurs, 85 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: that two way interaction where thoughts and feelings and concerns 86 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: and joy is communicated, and that what it happens at 87 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: is ultimate is beautiful representation and reflection on that relationship. 88 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: For example, most people when they when they think of prayer, 89 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: they think about asking God for something. I pray best, 90 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,720 Speaker 1: and we all pray best when we're in trouble because 91 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: we need God to step in. I mean, you know it, 92 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: You're going to pray focused sincere you've got to get 93 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: God's attention, right, But prayer is also God free, flowing 94 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: into our lives and getting our attention. And prayer is 95 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: a time of slowing down to meditate and think about 96 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: Him and having him interrupt us, just like we do 97 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,479 Speaker 1: in a regular conversation. But it's also coming to God, 98 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: not just in difficult times, it's in good times. It's 99 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: sharing good news with Him when we realize that He 100 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: is present, because that's what we do with someone we 101 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: are in a relationship with We want to tell him 102 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: all the things that have happened, especially the great things, 103 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: and so when something wonderful happens, we communicate that with him. 104 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: When something is surprising, you know, we have that interaction, 105 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: interactive moment where we're free flowing. It's a back and 106 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: forth interaction where we're saying, God, can you just imagine 107 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: what happened? Or Wow, that's wonderful, And many times it 108 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: also highlights that thanksfulness. If we realize that he is 109 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: indeed God, and we live that out, then it's not 110 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: just listening and it's not just talking, but it is 111 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: focusing and it's a lot more expansive in our world 112 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: when that happens. And so it's a back and forth 113 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: communication that becomes more of our lives than just times 114 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 1: in our lives. But it starts off with times, and 115 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: hopefully it'll expand to be all of our lives. How 116 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: we flow, how we talk, how we think, how we 117 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: interact as we walk with God. 118 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 3: If someone doesn't know how to pray, what is the 119 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 3: recipe that Jesus gives us, like really breathe? 120 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: What is the. 121 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 3: Steps that go into prayer so that we can develop 122 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 3: that lifestyle of communicating with God. 123 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: As I looked at Matthews Chapter six, and I think 124 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: you walk that through as you read it, you will 125 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: notice that Jesus begins with recognizing who God is and 126 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: just laid out according to the Lord's prayer. We would 127 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: probably call more of the Lord's pattern for prayer because 128 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 1: his prayer is given later on John seventeen. He's speaking 129 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: with God and communicating with his father then. But in 130 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,880 Speaker 1: Matthew he's giving an instructional a pattern for them, and 131 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: so he starts off our father, who are in heaven, 132 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: recognizing who God is, that he's above and beyond our circumstances, 133 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:50,080 Speaker 1: our situation, because that centers us to know who we're 134 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: talking with, and therefore it increases it accentuates our expectation. 135 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: So we start off with that recognition. Then we moved 136 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 1: to an encouragement Your will be done on earth as 137 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: it is in heaven, and so that encourages His will 138 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: being done rather than our will being done. And I 139 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: think that emphasizes the focus of our prayer. Many times 140 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: we come to God praying centered on self, but instead 141 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: it's to be centered on him, sened on others, and 142 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 1: centered on his global will. That connects him others us 143 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: in this in this journey of life. And then the 144 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 1: next step is request or ask, recognize, encourage, and then 145 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: ask and we see that presented in give us to 146 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: stay our daily bread, and we center on that we 147 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: do best. Our best work in prayer is on asking 148 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: God for what we need. And then after that comes confession, 149 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: and it's forgive us our debt as we forgive our debtors. 150 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,599 Speaker 1: And so there is this presentation to God, knowing he 151 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: is perfect and holy of us, laying out to God 152 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: what is happening in our world world and in some 153 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: cases where we're not as we should be, saying forgive us, 154 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: and truth be told, we're not as we should be 155 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 1: more times than we are. So it is a time 156 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: of just talking with God and letting him know forgive 157 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: us for the areas and the times when we aren't 158 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: as we should be in line with your will and 159 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: your desire. And then the last step I notice help 160 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: and that is and keep you know and deliver us 161 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: from evil even as we continue through life. And so 162 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: it's a call to God to say we need your help. 163 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: We are going to have temptation and we are given 164 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: to falling to temptation. So Father, give us strength that 165 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: we might overcome in the midst of those times when 166 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: we are tempted to sin, tempted to mess up. And 167 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: that's for all of us. 168 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 3: I love that, And so then we have the acronym reach. 169 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: Yes, that's where. 170 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:04,280 Speaker 3: Encouragement, ask, confession. 171 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 1: Help, Yes, Yes, I loved it. 172 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 3: I love how you break that down like that. Okay, 173 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:13,319 Speaker 3: So we don't have time to go over every single 174 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 3: ingredient in Jesus's prayer recipe. Yes, and I did want 175 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 3: to ask you about two, okay. First was recognition. Why 176 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 3: do you think Jesus starts with recognition? Why is that 177 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 3: the example that he gives for us to start with 178 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 3: recognizing who we're praying to. 179 00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 1: First. I realize that when I go out with someone, 180 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: I can tell a lot about who that person is. 181 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: And if they're saying, if they had mentioned to me, 182 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 1: this meal is on me, then I want to make 183 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: sure that I'm not going to reach into something maybe 184 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: a meal item that's beyond their ability. I'm going to 185 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,319 Speaker 1: try to get in line where I think they are, 186 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: how they presented themselves, and if they said, don't worry 187 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: about it, I can handle it. Anything you choose, then 188 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: I know I can choose anything on that menu. Get 189 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: to say that's right. I'll get not the most expensive, 190 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: but I won't sweat it. And I don't feel uncomfortable 191 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: putting that person in a situation where I'm expanding them 192 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: beyond their ability to manage, their ability to provide according 193 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: to my request. Well, I think it's very similar. As 194 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: we come to the Lord in prayer, he starts off 195 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: and Jesus highlights for us that he's above anything and everyone, 196 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: our father. That means there is a commitment there that 197 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 1: he loves us, he cares for us as a father 198 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: in its ideal presentation, should be one who takes care 199 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: of his kids. As Jesus said, your father will not 200 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: give you something that is less than what you need. 201 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: If you ask for a fish, he won't give you 202 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,040 Speaker 1: an eel. He'll provide the best for you. And so 203 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: we come knowing that God wants us to engage with him. 204 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: He wants to hear from us. He's excited when we 205 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,080 Speaker 1: step into his presence. So my pushing in the prayer 206 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: is with that expectation. Okay, God is ready for me. 207 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: God is excited. This is going to be a great 208 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: time of interaction. And then he's in heaven and it talks, 209 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: it presents to me and as I see it throughout 210 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,320 Speaker 1: scripture that God is above and beyond everything. As Isaiah 211 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: said in his testimonial of his walk with God and 212 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: his encounter with God, he said, I saw the Lord 213 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: high and lifted up. That's a beautiful picture. It puts 214 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:38,080 Speaker 1: God above the challenges of life that we encounter, the 215 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: limitations of life that hold us at bay and limits 216 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: us for life of a better term. And so when 217 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: we think of God as he who is one caring 218 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 1: for us, wants us to come into his into an 219 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: intimate encounter with him. But also the God who is 220 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 1: able to provide take care of everything, our father who's 221 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: in heaven hollowed. Be your name, Holy, be your name, 222 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 1: Lift it up, Be your name, magnified, Are you to be? 223 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: Then we recognize that God is able to provide for 224 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: our needs. I think back to a time where you know, 225 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 1: I was going through a period of challenges. Carolyn, my 226 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 1: dear wife, had cancer, and during that time period, I 227 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: used to get up early in the morning and go riding, 228 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: and that was just a way of clearing my mind. 229 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 1: And in those early morning rides, I remember praying and 230 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:37,120 Speaker 1: I had to think about God as high and lifted up. 231 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: And so what I would do is I would say, God, 232 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: you are greater than the challenge of cancer. God, you 233 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: were greater than you know, challenges in my world, missus, 234 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 1: issues of ministry. God, you were greater than challenges in 235 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: my body, issues of my health, and just on and on, God, 236 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: you were greater than. Once I centered on God and 237 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: lifted him above the challenges that in many ways can 238 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: hinder us from seeing God as God, from honoring him 239 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: and expecting him the work. Then I'm able to order 240 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: anything on the menu. Then I'm able to go back 241 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: and think about the person who I'm talking with. There 242 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: is nothing that I could ask for he cannot do. 243 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: There is nothing that I can ask for that he 244 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 1: doesn't love me enough to want to do. And in 245 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: the midst of me asking and bringing everything before him 246 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: where it says, be anxious for nothing, but in everything 247 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: by prayer and supplication, in everything, by communication and request, 248 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: we present it to a God who is ready and 249 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 1: capable to provide for those needs. And so starting off 250 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: with the proper recognition sets us up and makes us 251 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: ready to truly come into prayer and communicate with God, 252 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: hear from God, and expect that God is going to 253 00:15:58,080 --> 00:16:10,760 Speaker 1: provide all the beings. Part of that recognition is focusing 254 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: on the fact that this good, loving God is great 255 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: enough to provide for me and he is providing and 256 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: thanking him for those things, and then going into a 257 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: proper understanding of who he is. And it sets up 258 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: later on asking for those needs that you have. But 259 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: if that's again all that you're thinking about, then you're 260 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: going to spend more time pushing these issues to God 261 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:37,600 Speaker 1: and being upset he's not providing when he may not 262 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: have it as his timeline to do it in. He 263 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: may not have it that it's in our best interest 264 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,680 Speaker 1: to do it in, but we've judged him as not caring. 265 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: So keeping the prop that perspective right allows us to 266 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: truly see a God who is providing his beath for us. 267 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 3: That's good, that's really good, that's really important. Who we 268 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,040 Speaker 3: are going to those challenge. 269 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: And Doleedge, Yeah, it is a challenge. 270 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 3: I wanted to ask about confession, okay, and so let's 271 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 3: clear what is confession? What do you think that Jesus 272 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 3: meant when he incorporated the idea of confessing as part 273 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 3: of our prayers to him. 274 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 1: Well, I think confession. I heard pastor Ones say that 275 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: being able to come to God and bring to him 276 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: the issues that separate us, our challenges between us, is 277 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: like keeping your stairway clear. And he lived in a home. 278 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:40,600 Speaker 1: He lived in a home where he had his kids upstairs, 279 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,040 Speaker 1: and so what he'd always do is try to keep 280 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: the stairs clear so that if and in the case 281 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 1: of an emergency, he could have free flowing access, he 282 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: could get up those stairs right away to get to 283 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: his children and not worry about tripping, falling, stepping on 284 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 1: items that could hurt him. And I think in many ways, 285 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 1: confess it's the same kind of picture where we are 286 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: keeping our access and ability to come into the presence 287 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: of God very very clear, realizing that we are communicating 288 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: with a perfect God. We're in relationship with someone who 289 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: is ideal and has no mess up, sinless, and so 290 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: we are coming to God realizing, Lord, we have a 291 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: debt forgive us, our debt to give us our sins 292 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,719 Speaker 1: as we forgive those who sin against us. And so 293 00:18:30,080 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: we're coming into the presence of God saying, Lord, we 294 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: know that we are in this relationship challenged because we 295 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,200 Speaker 1: are limited. We are those who are given to our 296 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: worst desires at times, and we want to make sure 297 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: that we keep that access point very free flowing, very open, 298 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: and we want to make sure that in a relationship, 299 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: many of those times we're offending you, And so we 300 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: want to make it clear that we understand that that 301 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: we love you so much. We don't want to just 302 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: be about getting and not realizing that this is a 303 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 1: relationship in which it is loving and growing and walking 304 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: with you. And so confession allows us to keep a 305 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: proper perspective again on who God is, but allows us 306 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 1: to just let down and not worry about the fact 307 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: that you know, we messed up, messed up. Maybe even 308 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,199 Speaker 1: in the midst of praying, our minds drift and we 309 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: do things that we shouldn't. But we know that God 310 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 1: is for us. And I think that's vitally important because 311 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: it gives us a perspective of God that again reminds 312 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 1: us of great, how great he is, but who we are, 313 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,520 Speaker 1: and yet how much He loves us. Because in the 314 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: pattern and in Jesus's layout of that he puts asking 315 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:56,199 Speaker 1: before confession. And so we're not really trying to earn 316 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: our way to God. Although I gave that staircase ill straight, 317 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: it's not that we can't go up the stairs. It 318 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: will be a little harder, it'll be a little more difficult, 319 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: it'll be a little more challenging sometimes when we remember 320 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: our own mess ups and our own the fact that 321 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: we don't deserve to enter into the presence of God. 322 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: But He's made it very clear come and he's already 323 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 1: you know, made it quite accessible that he tells us 324 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 1: bring your needs to me first. But remember also that 325 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: there are times where there are going to be those 326 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: those blocks, those hindrances. Make sure that you realize who 327 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: I am, and make sure that you're keeping the relationship 328 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: free and clear and open to our interaction. It's the 329 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: toughest thing to talk to someone, come to someone when 330 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 1: you know you did them wrong. You know you just 331 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: you just know it. And so it's good to remove 332 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: that that that burden from our hearts and minds, even 333 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: though they may think good of it. It's good to 334 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 1: make sure that you know that statement are we good? 335 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 1: Is it clear? Are we okay? Yeah? Then you know 336 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: you can you can ender in a lot better knowing 337 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:07,920 Speaker 1: that everything is fine. 338 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:13,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I love that as we approach God to confess, 339 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 3: you know, after we've recognize who he is, we know 340 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 3: that we're coming to a gracious and a loving God. 341 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 3: Because I think that confession part might be why a 342 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 3: lot of people don't pray, because there's so much guilt 343 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 3: and condemnation about maybe sin or things that they've done 344 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 3: in their lives. We've done in our lives, and so 345 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 3: then we're intimidated to then say anything to God. Really, 346 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 3: who are we to pray to God? 347 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: And we have sowech sin? You know absolutely? 348 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 3: What would you say to a person that that was 349 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 3: hesitant to approach God in prayer at all because of 350 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 3: their sin? 351 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: Well? I think about Rooum's eight verse one, where it 352 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: says clearly there is now no condemnation to those who 353 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: are in Christ Jesus. I think about even this pattern. 354 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:06,119 Speaker 1: As Jesus is presenting how we are to come to 355 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: Him in prayer or come to the Father in prayer, 356 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: he puts our request ahead of our making up for 357 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: the mistakes and the mess ups that we have. His 358 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,919 Speaker 1: view is that as children, we have that right, we 359 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: have that authority, we have that free flowing access into 360 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:27,439 Speaker 1: the presence of God. And so by no means is 361 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:33,120 Speaker 1: confession a way of earning God's attention his ear. Confession 362 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:38,160 Speaker 1: is a child realizing just how much their father loves 363 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,440 Speaker 1: them and how much he loves or she loves him, 364 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: and free are walking in that relationship in such a 365 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: way that you act out that love based on the 366 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: grace that got you in there in the first place. 367 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: And so if we earned or were entered into this 368 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: relationship because we earned it, then we have to work 369 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,359 Speaker 1: hard to keep it. But if we entered into this 370 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: relationship because God graciously gave us a gift, then it's 371 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: the ability and the opportunity to just celebrate that and 372 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: to come before Him open to the reality of who 373 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: we are, that although we're in this relationship, we're not perfect. 374 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: Although we're in this relationship, we wanted to be such 375 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: that we are pleasing to Him. So I love my kids. 376 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: When they were going up, there were times when they 377 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,159 Speaker 1: were out playing and doing all that they did, they 378 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 1: came back pretty musty. They it ceased being my kids. 379 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: I love them anyway, but I remember when they gave 380 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: him a hug. And they're dirty, and they're messy and 381 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 1: they're smelly that you know, I wanted I look, I 382 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 1: loved them at that moment. I wanted to be around them. 383 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 1: But I knew if we were going to have that 384 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: kind of closeness as we had before, to clean it up. 385 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: And so confession is our continually cleaning us up so 386 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 1: that we might keep that relationship pleasurable, pleasing, honoring to 387 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 1: the God who loves us. He's not going to reject 388 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: us as being his kids, but it's us coming to 389 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 1: him in a way that we know he wants us 390 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 1: to come. And so I would expect that my kids 391 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: would want to go shower, want to clean up, then 392 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: come back and hug me, because that's what I'm asking 393 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: them to do, And it would be the same thing 394 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:22,720 Speaker 1: as we come to God. 395 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 3: What do you think is one of the major areas 396 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 3: that Christians should be praying about today just in light 397 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 3: of our world, our society where we are today. What 398 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 3: is a prayer point that you can leave our audience 399 00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 3: with to be praying for today. 400 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: Well, I think we should be praying for wisdom because 401 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 1: we're in a time period where we live in a 402 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: very divided society. We're divided over politics, we're divided over 403 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: personalities in politics, were divided over issues dealing with race, 404 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,879 Speaker 1: dealing with the gender identification, dealing with sexuality and sex, 405 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: and all those aspects of life that in many ways 406 00:25:04,600 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: are battleground battlefields. And I would say that we need 407 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:14,520 Speaker 1: to pray God to enter into those situations and to 408 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: operate to bring his will to earth as it is 409 00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: in heaven. So we're always praying for his desire to 410 00:25:20,359 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: be done. But I also think so often we can 411 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: forget at times in a very divided time, that we 412 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:31,200 Speaker 1: are the light, and the darker the night, the greater 413 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: the light should be. And we need to know how 414 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: to how to be wise enough to respond so that 415 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:42,639 Speaker 1: we're not fighting and creating more division and creating more 416 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: reasons for us to separate, rather than knowing how to 417 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,760 Speaker 1: speak in such a way. Where as Paul said that 418 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: you know, our speech is seasoned with salt. It's attractive, 419 00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: it's appealing, it's going to give wisdom in the time 420 00:25:56,680 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: of in a moment of need. It can be such 421 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: that it encourages someone who may be struggling in an 422 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: area to understand that we're not of that camp or 423 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: of this camp only, but we're loving. Yeah, we speak truth, 424 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,959 Speaker 1: but we also are loving and how we speak it, 425 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: because that is what is so missing presently, And as 426 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,919 Speaker 1: I look at all that's going on, I do believe 427 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,440 Speaker 1: that we need guidance on how to operate and function 428 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: and present light in a dark time and present it 429 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: in such a way where we draw people to the 430 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,520 Speaker 1: light rather than pushing them back into the darkness. So 431 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: that is one strong area I've thought about, even as I, 432 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,040 Speaker 1: you know, I think about pastoring in our own church, 433 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: that we should be having some of those challenging conversations. 434 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: But in most cases people leave because you're not of 435 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 1: their party, or not of their strain, or not of 436 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 1: their position. And I think that's so difficult in a 437 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: time where we're we're gonna at times differ, but we 438 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: have to be able to see the greater value of 439 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: God being God, be King Jesus in our lives and 440 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: then being able to operate together and live together and 441 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:07,679 Speaker 1: walk together. 442 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's going to require wisdom. 443 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 1: I love that. 444 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:18,240 Speaker 3: It makes me think of King Solomon absolutely, but wisdom absolutely. Well, 445 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,520 Speaker 3: thank you so much for your time today, pastor norm 446 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,199 Speaker 3: Thank you for the wisdom that you've given us and 447 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 3: sharing with us Jesus Prayer Recipe so that we have 448 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 3: a pattern now that we can use when we approach 449 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 3: God confidently in prayer. I hope that you enjoyed today's 450 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 3: episode in my conversation with my pastor, doctor Norman Peart 451 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 3: about his newest book, Jesus's Prayer Recipe and the Reach 452 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 3: Prayer Pattern. If you would like to learn more about 453 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 3: my pastor, doctor Norman Peart, please be sure to visit 454 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 3: the link in the show notes of today's show, and 455 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 3: I will also share a link for you to find 456 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 3: his book, Jesus Prayer Recipe as well. It is my 457 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:07,080 Speaker 3: hope that today's episode has provided you with insight and 458 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,719 Speaker 3: helpful tips on how you can pray. 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