1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 2: Teach Us to Praise brought to you by Life Audio 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,880 Speaker 2: and is a part of our Faith Toolkit series. For 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 2: more inspirational faith affirming podcasts, visit lifeaudio dot com. 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 3: Have you ever wondered if God was trying to tell 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 3: you something but you weren't quite sure. 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: There's one way that God will reassure. 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 3: You of his word over your life, and that is 9 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,839 Speaker 3: by confirming his word to you. 10 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: In today's episode, we're going. 11 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 3: To talk about how to confirm a word that you 12 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 3: believe you have received from God to ensure that you 13 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 3: are actually hearing from Him. Stay tuned, Welcome back, friend. 14 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 3: You are listening to the Teach Us to Pray podcast, 15 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 3: where we teach believers practical and real life tips on 16 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: how to grow your faith and relationship with God through 17 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 3: the power of prayer. I'm Christina Patterson, host of the 18 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 3: Teach Us to Pray podcast and founder of Beloved Women, 19 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,880 Speaker 3: where I have the honor of encouraging, equipping and empowering 20 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 3: women all over the world and the love of Jesus 21 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 3: Christ and the truth of God's Word. I hope that 22 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 3: you keep a prayer journal because they are an amazing 23 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 3: resource to look back on and see not only the 24 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 3: prayers that you've prayed, but also how God is answering 25 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 3: those prayers. Just the other day, I happened to stumble 26 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 3: across an old prayer journal of mine and was just 27 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 3: flipping through the pages to see what I was praying 28 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 3: about in that season. On one of the particular pages, 29 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 3: I saw that I was really just desperately reaching out 30 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 3: to God. I was in a very challenging situation and 31 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,200 Speaker 3: I didn't know what to do, So on these pages 32 00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:06,720 Speaker 3: of this prayer journal, I was just pouring my heart 33 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 3: out to God, telling him everything that was going on, 34 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 3: how I was feeling, how I was struggling, and honestly 35 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 3: just coming to the conclusion that I didn't know what 36 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 3: next move to make. But then I shared in my 37 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 3: prayer journal that how, on three separate occasions, I kept 38 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 3: seeing the words be strong in the Lord, and how 39 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 3: I received that message as God's answer to my prayer 40 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 3: as far as what I needed to do in that situation. 41 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 3: That was his answer, be strong in the Lord, And 42 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 3: it was confirmed that that is what I should do 43 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 3: in multiple different ways as I kept hearing that same 44 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 3: message over and over again. And I think that this 45 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 3: shows the graciousness of our God that when we prayed 46 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,560 Speaker 3: to him, he answers. But he doesn't always just answer 47 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 3: one time and expect us to get it. Sometimes he 48 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 3: will deliver the same message to us over and over 49 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 3: again to confirm his word in our lives, so that 50 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 3: we're not left confused or unsure or doubtful as far 51 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 3: as the direction that he wants us to take, or 52 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 3: what He's really trying to say to us. If you 53 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 3: read in the Bible, you will hear God say certain 54 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:31,839 Speaker 3: things over and over again. And many Bible scholars will 55 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 3: let you know. If you come to a passage in 56 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 3: the Bible and you see that God has said something 57 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:43,120 Speaker 3: more than one time, it's because it's very important. You 58 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: need to heighten your spiritual ears and really lean in 59 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: and listen to what God has to say, because if 60 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 3: he repeats himself, it's because He really wants us to 61 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 3: get this point, because He will confirm his word to 62 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 3: us often through repetition. 63 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: Have you ever had that happen to you? 64 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 3: You've heard the same scripture three times in the same week, 65 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 3: or the same message that your pastor gave on Sunday, 66 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: is the same encouraging word that your Mom gave to 67 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 3: you on the phone Wednesday night. And some people may 68 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 3: just kind of brush these things off as coincidences. However, 69 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: I believe that oftentimes God will use situations like this 70 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 3: to confirm a word to us. I love what the 71 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 3: Apostle Paul says in Philippians chapter three, verse one, as 72 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 3: he is encouraging the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord 73 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 3: regardless of their situation. He says this, Finally, my brothers, 74 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 3: rejoice in the Lord. To write the same thing to 75 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 3: you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. 76 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 3: So the Apostle Paul is saying that, maybe it sounds 77 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 3: like I'm saying the same thing to you over and 78 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 3: over again, and that is because I am. And He's saying, 79 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 3: this is a safeguard for you to hear the truth 80 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 3: over and over again, because it will protect you. It 81 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 3: is to help you eliminate any doubt or insecurity as 82 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,239 Speaker 3: far as God's truth in your mind and your heart 83 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 3: so that you cannot only receive it but live it. 84 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 3: And so sometimes God will confirm a word in this 85 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 3: way by. 86 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: Repeating it over and over again. 87 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 3: Over the past few weeks, we've talked about different ways 88 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 3: that God will speak to us, and this is one 89 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 3: of those ways. Through confirmation. We serve a very patient 90 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 3: God who will have no issue reminding us of the 91 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 3: same message over and over again until we get it. 92 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 3: And it's often kind of the same way that I 93 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,719 Speaker 3: have to deliver messages to my children. I have to 94 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 3: tell them the same thing over and over and over again, 95 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 3: because sometimes that's what it takes for us to learn, 96 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 3: not only just learn, but to actually act on what 97 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 3: we are learning. 98 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: And here's the truth. 99 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 3: We see this so many times in the Bible. I 100 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 3: think of Deborah and Barrack in Judges chapter four. The 101 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 3: Lord had told the warrior Barrack that if he went 102 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 3: to battle against the enemies of the Israelites, he would 103 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 3: be victorious. In fact, God commanded that he go up 104 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 3: and war against them, but he didn't. 105 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: So Deborah summoned. 106 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 3: Barov to herself to confirm the word of God to him. 107 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 3: She said, has not the Lord commanded you to go 108 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 3: up against our enemies and fight for our freedom. He's 109 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 3: already told you that you will be victorious. He needed 110 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 3: to hear it again. I think about the Israelites and Joshua. 111 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 3: Joshua had commanded by God to be strong and courageous 112 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 3: because he was going to lead the Israelites into the 113 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 3: land that God had promised them, and so he was 114 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 3: gonna come up against a lot of battles, a lot 115 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 3: of challenges. And God was like, listen, I'm gonna be 116 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 3: with you, just like I was with Moses. I just 117 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 3: need you to be strong and courageous. So when Joshua 118 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 3: appears before the Israelites, they say to him that they'll 119 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 3: do everything that the Lord commanded them to do, and 120 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 3: they say to Joshua, be strong and courageous. They say 121 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 3: the exact same words that God already spoke to Joshua. 122 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 3: They're confirming the word of God to Joshua. I don't 123 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,080 Speaker 3: think that that was an accident. I believe that God 124 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 3: allowed that to happen to further strengthen his word in 125 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 3: Joshua's heart, so that you're not just hearing it from God, 126 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 3: but God is using other people to confirm that word 127 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 3: in you. And now this is so important because in 128 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 3: all of these examples we see that God is the 129 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 3: one that first delivers the word, and then he might 130 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 3: use other people to confirm that word. 131 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: But it's not the other way around. 132 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 3: Now, I'm not saying that that could never happen, but 133 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 3: what I'm saying is you don't ever want to find 134 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 3: yourself in a situation where someone is always telling you 135 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 3: what about your life and what God told them about 136 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: your life, and you don't have a direct connection with 137 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 3: God yourself to hear from Him on your own. If 138 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 3: someone wants to speak that powerfully, that prophetically into your life, 139 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 3: please believe that. 140 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: God will speak to you first. 141 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 3: He will speak to you individually, and then other people 142 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 3: will just confirm what He's already said. Let me give 143 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 3: you another example. 144 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 1: You have married the mother of Jesus, who received. 145 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 3: A message from the angel Gabriel telling her that she 146 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 3: would conceive Jesus, the promised Messiah to the Israelites, God's 147 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 3: chosen people. As he greets Mary, he says that she 148 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 3: is favored among women. Now, when Mary goes to visit 149 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 3: her relative Elizabeth, Elizabeth greets her with a very similar greeting, 150 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 3: saying that she is blessed among women. This is another 151 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 3: example of God confirming his word that he's already spoken 152 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 3: to his people. 153 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: Mary was blessed. 154 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 3: God looked highly upon her and chose her because of 155 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 3: her faith and belief, though she would face impossible situations 156 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 3: and many more challenges. The Lord had already spoken to Mary, 157 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:53,880 Speaker 3: letting her know that regardless of the challenges that she 158 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 3: would face, she was favored of God, and then he 159 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 3: confirmed that word through her relative al Elizabeth, saying that 160 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:06,439 Speaker 3: she was blessed among women. So, when we believe that 161 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 3: we have received a word from the Lord and God's 162 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 3: trying to speak a specific message into our lives, how 163 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 3: can we be sure about it through confirmation? Will first 164 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 3: pray about it. I often, if I feel like God 165 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 3: is leading me in a certain direction or speaking a 166 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 3: certain message into my. 167 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 1: Heart, I will just say ask God, will. 168 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 3: You please confirm this Lord, and so that I can 169 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:29,560 Speaker 3: be sure. 170 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,800 Speaker 1: But also check your Bible. 171 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 3: God is not going to reveal any kind of word 172 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 3: or message to you, to you or through somebody else 173 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,239 Speaker 3: that is not in alignment with the truth found in scriptures. 174 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 3: So be sure that whatever you think it is that 175 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 3: you're hearing from God, that it aligns with scripture, because 176 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,880 Speaker 3: if it doesn't, that is not from God. And then 177 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 3: ask yourself does this align with the character of God? 178 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 3: What the Bible tells us. 179 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 1: Who God is? 180 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 3: And how he as our loving father, because God's words 181 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 3: always going to align with his word and his character, 182 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 3: and He's so faithful to answer our prayers when we 183 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: need a confirming word from him. Did you know that 184 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 3: God made us all beautifully different, even in the. 185 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 1: Way that we pray. That's right. 186 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 3: Your prayer personality is the unique way you are most 187 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 3: likely to communicate with God. 188 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: And knowing which of the three prayer. 189 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 3: Personality types you have can equip you to hear from 190 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 3: God more clearly and overcome any obstacles to your communication 191 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 3: with Him. I invite you to take my prayer personality 192 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 3: quiz to learn how you best hear from God, how 193 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 3: you most likely connect with Him in prayer, and just 194 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 3: to have a little fun. Take the quiz now at 195 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 3: prayquiz dot com or find the link in today's show notes. 196 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 3: It is my hope that today's episode has provided you 197 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 3: with insightful and helpful tips on how you can pray. 198 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 3: We have so much more to talk about when it 199 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 3: comes to prayer, so I hope that if you are 200 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 3: encouraged by today's episode, you will share it with the 201 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 3: friend and subscribe so that you don't miss any future 202 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 3: episodes of the Teach Us to Pray podcast, where we 203 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 3: will continue to learn how, just like breathing, prayer can 204 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 3: become a natural, consistent, and life giving part of our 205 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 3: everyday lives. 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