1 00:00:00,130 --> 00:00:02,070 Speaker 1: Teach Us to Pray is brought to you by Life 2 00:00:02,150 --> 00:00:05,490 Speaker 1: Audio and is a part of our Faith Toolkit series. 3 00:00:06,670 --> 00:00:12,530 Speaker 1: For more inspirational, faith-affirming podcasts, visit lifeaudio.com. 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,610 Speaker 2: Hello, friend. You are listening to the Teach Us to 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: Pray podcast with me, Christina Patterson, where we teach believers 6 00:00:22,620 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 2: practical and real-life tips on how to grow your faith 7 00:00:25,620 --> 00:00:29,390 Speaker 2: and relationship with God through the power of prayer. You know, 8 00:00:29,450 --> 00:00:33,870 Speaker 2: sometimes life can throw such challenging situations at us that 9 00:00:33,909 --> 00:00:37,390 Speaker 2: we feel like the only choice we have is to pray. 10 00:00:37,610 --> 00:00:41,110 Speaker 2: Life is like that, isn't it? Its twists, turns, and 11 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:44,910 Speaker 2: uncertainty remind us of our lack of control and usher 12 00:00:45,070 --> 00:00:49,229 Speaker 2: us into some of our most intense and desperate prayers. 13 00:00:49,990 --> 00:00:54,020 Speaker 2: Some say desperate times call for desperate measures, but what 14 00:00:54,060 --> 00:00:56,940 Speaker 2: if there's nothing you can do? And there are no 15 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:02,100 Speaker 2: measures to follow. The situation is completely out of your hands. Well, 16 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:06,140 Speaker 2: it's then I like to say, desperate times call for 17 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 2: desperate prayers. Have you ever had to lift up a 18 00:01:10,060 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 2: desperate prayer? Throughout the Bible, we read of people in 19 00:01:14,270 --> 00:01:18,690 Speaker 2: desperate need seeking God through prayer. And in today's podcast, 20 00:01:18,870 --> 00:01:21,270 Speaker 2: I want to look at their desperate prayers and God's 21 00:01:21,350 --> 00:01:24,770 Speaker 2: response to those prayers that we may learn more about 22 00:01:24,890 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 2: prayer today. in our own desperate situations. First, we have Hannah. 23 00:01:38,260 --> 00:01:41,850 Speaker 2: Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel. Before she 24 00:01:41,910 --> 00:01:46,190 Speaker 2: had Samuel, she desperately wanted children, but she thought she 25 00:01:46,230 --> 00:01:50,290 Speaker 2: was unable to. She faced her own insecurities as a 26 00:01:50,370 --> 00:01:54,150 Speaker 2: wife with no children whatsoever. But she also faced ridicule 27 00:01:54,270 --> 00:01:58,070 Speaker 2: from others as well. As the pressure surmounted about her 28 00:01:58,330 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 2: unanswered prayer requests for children, she took matters to the 29 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 2: Lord in a desperate prayer. In 1 Samuel 1, verses 10-11, 30 00:02:09,060 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 2: we read, She was deeply distressed and prayed to the 31 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:17,650 Speaker 2: Lord and wept bitterly. And she vowed a vow and said, 32 00:02:17,950 --> 00:02:21,310 Speaker 2: O Lord of hosts, If you will indeed look on 33 00:02:21,350 --> 00:02:25,010 Speaker 2: the affliction of your servant and remember me and not 34 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:29,230 Speaker 2: forget your servant, but will give your servant a son, 35 00:02:29,250 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 2: I will give him to the Lord all the days 36 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 2: of his life, and no razor shall touch his head. 37 00:02:36,940 --> 00:02:41,220 Speaker 2: Hannah's desperation has softened her heart to God's plan. She 38 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,940 Speaker 2: went from wanting a child... to wanting a child she 39 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: would give to God. Our desperate situations have a way 40 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 2: of changing our perspective and causing us to surrender our 41 00:02:53,310 --> 00:02:58,370 Speaker 2: will to God's. In our desperation, our prayers expand beyond 42 00:02:58,450 --> 00:03:01,890 Speaker 2: our own desires and touch the desires of God as 43 00:03:01,970 --> 00:03:05,850 Speaker 2: our prayers become less about us and more about Him. 44 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,310 Speaker 2: Desperate prayers are not about asking God repeatedly for what 45 00:03:10,350 --> 00:03:13,290 Speaker 2: we want, hoping that if we pray hard enough, we'll 46 00:03:13,330 --> 00:03:17,470 Speaker 2: get what we want. Desperate prayers reflect a surrender to 47 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:20,989 Speaker 2: God's will and acceptance of what His plan may be. 48 00:03:21,350 --> 00:03:25,340 Speaker 2: As Hannah continued to pray, the prophet Eli saw her. 49 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 2: She was praying so desperately, he thought Hannah was drunk. 50 00:03:30,620 --> 00:03:35,990 Speaker 2: In 1 Samuel 1, verses 14-16, we read, And Eli 51 00:03:36,070 --> 00:03:39,340 Speaker 2: said to her, How long will you go on being drunk? 52 00:03:39,860 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 2: Put your wine away from you. But Hannah answered, No, 53 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I 54 00:03:47,220 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 2: have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have 55 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,990 Speaker 2: been pouring out my soul before the Lord. Do not 56 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,809 Speaker 2: regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along 57 00:03:58,170 --> 00:04:03,010 Speaker 2: I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation. First, 58 00:04:03,390 --> 00:04:08,290 Speaker 2: Hannah surrendered to God. Then she poured out her soul 59 00:04:08,370 --> 00:04:12,050 Speaker 2: before the Lord. She's doing what we're instructed to do 60 00:04:12,150 --> 00:04:15,510 Speaker 2: in Philippians 4, verse 6, that tells us to pray 61 00:04:15,830 --> 00:04:19,870 Speaker 2: when we are anxious. And in 1 Peter 5, verse 7, 62 00:04:19,850 --> 00:04:22,750 Speaker 2: that tells us to cast all your anxiety on Him 63 00:04:23,250 --> 00:04:27,590 Speaker 2: because He cares for you. In our desperate times, there 64 00:04:27,650 --> 00:04:31,500 Speaker 2: is a pouring out and a casting. It's not holding 65 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,839 Speaker 2: in all our feelings and emotions and trying our best 66 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 2: to act like they don't exist. It's being real with 67 00:04:38,140 --> 00:04:41,370 Speaker 2: God about what we want, what's hurting us, and what's 68 00:04:41,450 --> 00:04:46,130 Speaker 2: troubling us. Your feelings, wants, and desires matter to God 69 00:04:46,430 --> 00:04:50,250 Speaker 2: because He cares for you. Now, I love how Hannah 70 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:53,710 Speaker 2: doesn't only pray for what she wants, but also prays 71 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:57,820 Speaker 2: over the challenges she's facing until her prayer is answered. 72 00:04:58,380 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 2: She takes her stress and anxiety to God as well 73 00:05:01,660 --> 00:05:06,510 Speaker 2: because she knows He can handle that too. Hannah believes 74 00:05:06,610 --> 00:05:09,190 Speaker 2: the God she is waiting on can help her through 75 00:05:09,610 --> 00:05:12,469 Speaker 2: the waiting. She doesn't just pray for what she wants 76 00:05:12,550 --> 00:05:16,930 Speaker 2: and that's it. She prays through the entire journey. I 77 00:05:17,029 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 2: think that's what desperate prayers are. An invitation for God 78 00:05:21,620 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 2: to journey with us so that we never have to 79 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,220 Speaker 2: walk alone. Just the other day, I was looking through 80 00:05:28,260 --> 00:05:32,360 Speaker 2: some 15-year-old prayer journals of mine. In one journal, I 81 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 2: was going through a difficult time and I prayed over 82 00:05:34,860 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 2: this situation every day, whether it was a good day 83 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,420 Speaker 2: or a struggle day. And I needed that to keep 84 00:05:40,580 --> 00:05:44,380 Speaker 2: praying and reminding myself that although I was not where 85 00:05:44,460 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: I wanted to be or had what I wanted to have, 86 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,810 Speaker 2: God was with me. Our desperate prayers remind us that 87 00:05:51,930 --> 00:05:55,940 Speaker 2: God walks with us. And although Hannah may not have 88 00:05:55,980 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 2: had what she wanted at the time, she did have God. 89 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,500 Speaker 2: And in her desperation, she did the best thing to 90 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:07,450 Speaker 2: do in times like that. She clung to Him. Now, 91 00:06:07,490 --> 00:06:11,610 Speaker 2: before Hannah went to God in prayer, she was depressed, distraught, 92 00:06:11,710 --> 00:06:14,180 Speaker 2: and the Bible tells us that she was so sad, 93 00:06:14,500 --> 00:06:18,350 Speaker 2: she was not even eating. With that in mind, listen 94 00:06:18,390 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: to what she does after her desperate prayer. In 1 95 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 2: Samuel 1, verse 18, we read, Then the woman went 96 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. 97 00:06:31,540 --> 00:06:35,820 Speaker 2: This desperate prayer didn't change her situation immediately, but it 98 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,539 Speaker 2: did change her. That's what prayer has the power to do. 99 00:06:39,740 --> 00:06:43,300 Speaker 2: If we fast forward, we learn that God does answer 100 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,570 Speaker 2: Hannah's prayer immediately. But we would be remiss if we 101 00:06:46,750 --> 00:06:50,070 Speaker 2: overlooked the fact that God changed her heart well before 102 00:06:50,150 --> 00:06:53,300 Speaker 2: he changed her situation. That's what prayer is about. I 103 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 2: don't know what desperate situation you're praying for today, but 104 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: I do know it's important not only to be desperate 105 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:03,350 Speaker 2: for your prayer, but to be desperate for the God 106 00:07:03,550 --> 00:07:08,070 Speaker 2: who answers prayers. What if Hannah had received all she wanted, 107 00:07:08,410 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 2: but was still depressed and distraught? Even in our desperation, 108 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 2: we must never forget the peace that God grants, no 109 00:07:15,940 --> 00:07:20,860 Speaker 2: matter how desperate times get. The next prayer I want 110 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:24,220 Speaker 2: us to learn from is that from the prophet Elijah. 111 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:27,940 Speaker 2: As we look at 1 Kings chapter 18, the Israelites 112 00:07:27,980 --> 00:07:30,850 Speaker 2: have suffered from a three and a half year drought. 113 00:07:31,190 --> 00:07:35,989 Speaker 2: So Elijah goes and prays for rain. He then sends 114 00:07:36,050 --> 00:07:39,380 Speaker 2: his servant, to go and look towards the sea to 115 00:07:39,460 --> 00:07:41,910 Speaker 2: see if there is any sign of rain, to see 116 00:07:41,970 --> 00:07:45,010 Speaker 2: if there's any sign of his prayer being answered. But 117 00:07:45,070 --> 00:07:47,570 Speaker 2: when his servant came back, he reported that there was 118 00:07:47,650 --> 00:07:52,010 Speaker 2: no sign of rain. So Elijah keeps praying and sends 119 00:07:52,070 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 2: his servant back seven times to see if God had 120 00:07:56,020 --> 00:07:59,770 Speaker 2: finally answered his prayer for rain. Finally, on the last 121 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:03,590 Speaker 2: and seventh time, the servant reported that there was a 122 00:08:03,910 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 2: sign of rain. In 1 Kings 18, verses 44 and 45, 123 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,860 Speaker 2: we read, The seventh time the servant reported, A cloud 124 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 2: as small as a man's hand is raising from the sea. 125 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,090 Speaker 2: So Elijah said, go and tell Ahab, hitch up your 126 00:08:19,130 --> 00:08:22,870 Speaker 2: chariot and go down before the rain stops you. Meanwhile, 127 00:08:23,050 --> 00:08:26,190 Speaker 2: the sky grew black with clouds. The wind rose. A 128 00:08:26,250 --> 00:08:29,550 Speaker 2: heavy rain started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel. 129 00:08:29,890 --> 00:08:34,620 Speaker 2: Elijah's desperate prayer looks like praying until you get an answer. 130 00:08:35,270 --> 00:08:38,840 Speaker 2: Elijah did not get distracted, but he takes his request 131 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,980 Speaker 2: to God faithfully over and over again. I think that 132 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:46,380 Speaker 2: sometimes when we feel God does not answer us quick enough, 133 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 2: we're tempted to take matters into our own hands and 134 00:08:49,780 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 2: start looking for solutions to our problems outside of God. 135 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,140 Speaker 2: And the dangerous thing about that is it makes the 136 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:59,780 Speaker 2: problem worse because it further distances us from the actual 137 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: solution found in God. So instead of becoming desperate for God, 138 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:08,210 Speaker 2: we become desperate about investing time and energy and people 139 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,410 Speaker 2: and things to fulfill us in ways that only God can. 140 00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:15,170 Speaker 2: And what this does is create a greater void in 141 00:09:15,250 --> 00:09:18,770 Speaker 2: our lives. Elijah understood this. This is why he does 142 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:22,200 Speaker 2: not stop praying to God and seeking God alone for 143 00:09:22,260 --> 00:09:25,400 Speaker 2: what only God can do. Now, I'm not saying don't 144 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,770 Speaker 2: seek outside help. But what I am saying is seek 145 00:09:28,830 --> 00:09:33,939 Speaker 2: God first and continually. Many times we have a problem 146 00:09:33,980 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 2: and God may be the last person we take it to. 147 00:09:37,059 --> 00:09:39,420 Speaker 2: We will talk to everyone else before we talk it 148 00:09:39,460 --> 00:09:42,370 Speaker 2: to the one who can actually do something about it, 149 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,500 Speaker 2: our God. From Elijah, we learn that when we're desperate, 150 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,100 Speaker 2: we need to keep praying because it is in our 151 00:09:49,179 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 2: continual prayer that not only we find the answer to 152 00:09:52,850 --> 00:09:57,370 Speaker 2: our prayer, but more importantly, the one who answers those prayers. 153 00:09:57,650 --> 00:09:59,969 Speaker 2: The last desperate prayer I would like for us today. 154 00:10:00,530 --> 00:10:04,770 Speaker 2: is Jesus's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane before his crucifixion. 155 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,940 Speaker 2: Jesus knows he's about to go on the cross and 156 00:10:07,980 --> 00:10:10,900 Speaker 2: the pain and suffering he is about to endure and 157 00:10:10,940 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 2: it causes him great stress. We read about his dismay 158 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 2: in prayer in Matthew chapter 26 verses 36 through 39 159 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 2: that reads, Then Jesus went with them to a place 160 00:10:22,070 --> 00:10:25,970 Speaker 2: called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, Sit here 161 00:10:26,070 --> 00:10:28,690 Speaker 2: while I go over there and pray. And taking with 162 00:10:28,770 --> 00:10:32,350 Speaker 2: him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began 163 00:10:32,429 --> 00:10:35,610 Speaker 2: to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, 164 00:10:36,030 --> 00:10:40,850 Speaker 2: My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here 165 00:10:41,390 --> 00:10:44,790 Speaker 2: and watch with me. And going a little further, he 166 00:10:45,010 --> 00:10:49,980 Speaker 2: fell on his face and prayed, saying, My father, if 167 00:10:50,059 --> 00:10:54,180 Speaker 2: it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, 168 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,599 Speaker 2: not as I will, but as you will. The first 169 00:10:57,700 --> 00:11:02,730 Speaker 2: thing Jesus does in his desperation is pray. Sometimes when 170 00:11:02,750 --> 00:11:06,709 Speaker 2: we're desperate, we forget to pray. We instantly start worrying 171 00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:10,980 Speaker 2: and fretting instead of praying. Like the other desperate prayers 172 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,660 Speaker 2: we covered today, Jesus set the example to remember to 173 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:18,479 Speaker 2: pray when we are in need. How about you? When 174 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 2: you are stressed, anxious, or hurting or in need, what 175 00:11:22,660 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 2: is your first reaction? Do you pray? Do you think 176 00:11:26,140 --> 00:11:29,190 Speaker 2: to take the matter to God? When we are facing 177 00:11:29,309 --> 00:11:35,010 Speaker 2: desperate circumstances, let's not forget to first seek God in prayer. Last, 178 00:11:35,410 --> 00:11:39,630 Speaker 2: I want to note that Jesus' desperate prayer says, surrenders 179 00:11:39,690 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 2: his outcome to God nevertheless Jesus says not as I 180 00:11:45,260 --> 00:11:49,700 Speaker 2: will but as you will when we're desperate we want 181 00:11:49,980 --> 00:11:53,210 Speaker 2: what we want but the goal of a believer or 182 00:11:53,309 --> 00:11:56,569 Speaker 2: follower of Christ is not simply getting what we want 183 00:11:57,070 --> 00:12:00,530 Speaker 2: but what God wants sometimes we're desperate because there's a 184 00:12:00,670 --> 00:12:05,130 Speaker 2: conflict between the two Jesus shows that our desperate prayers 185 00:12:05,380 --> 00:12:08,660 Speaker 2: should include telling God all about how we feel and 186 00:12:08,700 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 2: being honest with Him, but ultimately, our desperate prayers should 187 00:12:13,260 --> 00:12:16,819 Speaker 2: end with a heart for Him. Now, if you're really desperate, 188 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:18,979 Speaker 2: this may not be what you want to hear. Why 189 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:21,620 Speaker 2: does God always get what He wants, you may ask. 190 00:12:22,090 --> 00:12:25,349 Speaker 2: What about me, you may say. I get it. I 191 00:12:25,370 --> 00:12:28,309 Speaker 2: don't know what desperate situation you may be facing today, 192 00:12:28,690 --> 00:12:32,010 Speaker 2: but I do know more than any answered prayer, we 193 00:12:32,090 --> 00:12:36,140 Speaker 2: need prayer. God. And Jesus' desperate prayer for God's will 194 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:40,320 Speaker 2: over His own led to our salvation. Listen, I truly 195 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 2: believe that if there were another way for us to 196 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,260 Speaker 2: be saved, God would not have sacrificed His one and 197 00:12:46,370 --> 00:12:49,729 Speaker 2: only Son. I have a son. I have a little boy, 198 00:12:50,050 --> 00:12:52,550 Speaker 2: and he just melts my heart. I have a hard 199 00:12:52,570 --> 00:12:56,650 Speaker 2: time telling him no. So, I can't imagine the pain 200 00:12:56,750 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 2: God Himself endured As Jesus, his son, prayed in the 201 00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:04,500 Speaker 2: garden that night. But he too endured so that when 202 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,460 Speaker 2: we find ourselves in our own garden, in our own 203 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:13,179 Speaker 2: desperate situations, we won't ever find ourselves alone. We serve 204 00:13:13,210 --> 00:13:15,430 Speaker 2: a God who knows what it's like to be desperate, 205 00:13:15,710 --> 00:13:19,970 Speaker 2: to suffer, to hurt. We are never alone. And when 206 00:13:20,010 --> 00:13:23,510 Speaker 2: we find ourselves in desperate situations where God is all 207 00:13:23,550 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 2: we have, we often discover God is all. we ever need. 208 00:13:29,940 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 2: We have so much more to talk about when it 209 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:33,780 Speaker 2: comes to prayer, so I hope that if you were 210 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,870 Speaker 2: encouraged by today's episode, you'll share with a friend and 211 00:13:36,929 --> 00:13:40,450 Speaker 2: subscribe so that you won't miss any future episodes of 212 00:13:40,490 --> 00:13:43,930 Speaker 2: the Teach Us to Pray podcast, where we will continue 213 00:13:43,970 --> 00:13:48,010 Speaker 2: to learn how just like breathing, prayer can become a natural, consistent, 214 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 2: and life-giving part of our everyday lives. Until then, be 215 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 2: sure to connect with me, Christina Patterson, at BelovedWomen.org. And 216 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:58,700 Speaker 2: check out the show notes in today's episode to download 217 00:13:58,740 --> 00:14:01,980 Speaker 2: my free five-day prayer guide to help you put into 218 00:14:02,059 --> 00:14:05,260 Speaker 2: practice the powerful habit of prayer. Thank you so much 219 00:14:05,300 --> 00:14:08,170 Speaker 2: for taking time to listen today. God bless you, and 220 00:14:08,210 --> 00:14:09,550 Speaker 2: I'll talk to you in the next episode. 221 00:14:09,570 --> 00:14:21,050 Speaker 3: Teach Us to Pray is a production of Life Audio 222 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 3: and the Salem Web Network. 223 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:26,430 Speaker 1: If you enjoyed this episode, Would you take a minute 224 00:14:26,590 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 1: and leave us a review in your podcast app? 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