1 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:08,479 S1: Welcome to our Monday edition of Chris Fabry Live! The 2 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:11,880 S1: program from the heart to the heart and for the heart. 3 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:14,960 S1: Our program has changed a little. Today we were going 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,439 S1: to have two guests on, but Jen Oshman contacted us earlier. 5 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:22,240 S1: She's not feeling well. And I said, Jen, you come 6 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,160 S1: back and see us again some other time. So after 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,040 S1: the momentous news weekend with the Middle East again in focus, 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,320 S1: we are going to devote this hour to talking about 9 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:36,600 S1: prayer and what our guest says are the five traits 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,320 S1: of people who pray. I think it's going to be helpful, 11 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:43,879 S1: a good conversation for you and me both. As we 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:49,199 S1: look at national and international events like Operation Epic Fury 13 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,800 S1: that's going on, and then look at the our individual 14 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,920 S1: lives and our relationship with God and how we communicate 15 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:03,280 S1: with him, how we. entreat him as well as listen 16 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,920 S1: to him. So that's the plan here for today. Let 17 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,399 S1: me get started with a thank you. Ryan McConaughey doing 18 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,120 S1: all things technical. Trish is our producer. Thanks to Lisa. 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,279 S1: Josh will be answering your calls today. And since this 20 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:19,320 S1: is March 2nd, uh, today's our first conversation for the 21 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,679 S1: new month. I chose a resource that I think is 22 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,600 S1: going to really encourage you. I hear from listeners who 23 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,119 S1: will write and say, hey, have you heard anything from 24 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,960 S1: Colleen Chao lately? How's Colleen doing? Colleen joined us a 25 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:36,160 S1: few years ago after her terminal diagnosis and a book 26 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,040 S1: that she had written, and God has continued to give 27 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,960 S1: her strength and life and faith and a smile in 28 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,440 S1: her voice. We talked with her in October about the 29 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,040 S1: book On Our Way Home Reflections on Heaven in the 30 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,680 S1: Face of Death, and that is the book I would 31 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,800 S1: love to send you this month. I don't know what 32 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:58,040 S1: you're going through. I don't know what season you are in, 33 00:01:58,610 --> 00:02:02,210 S1: but my guess is this book will help you. Or 34 00:02:02,210 --> 00:02:05,690 S1: maybe someone you love who is having a real struggle. 35 00:02:05,810 --> 00:02:08,170 S1: Give a gift of any size will get it to you. 36 00:02:08,210 --> 00:02:11,330 S1: Colleen answers questions about heaven. What is it like? What 37 00:02:11,330 --> 00:02:14,570 S1: happens at the moment we die? How do you experience 38 00:02:14,570 --> 00:02:19,169 S1: heaven's hope right here, right now? It's a real encouragement again, 39 00:02:19,169 --> 00:02:29,170 S1: wherever you are in your journey. Call 8669538669532279. Or you 40 00:02:29,169 --> 00:02:33,930 S1: can go to Chris. Give a gift. We'll send you 41 00:02:33,930 --> 00:02:37,530 S1: on our way home. I guarantee you it will be 42 00:02:37,530 --> 00:02:42,450 S1: encouraging to you, Chris Fabry live, and you'll encourage us 43 00:02:42,690 --> 00:02:47,090 S1: with your gift of support here in March, G. Dwayne 44 00:02:47,090 --> 00:02:51,970 S1: McCrary serves as manager of Adult Ongoing Bible Studies at LifeWay, 45 00:02:52,330 --> 00:02:56,090 S1: and he's an adjunct professor at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. 46 00:02:56,090 --> 00:03:01,770 S1: He holds degrees from Dallas Baptist University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 47 00:03:01,770 --> 00:03:05,250 S1: and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. There's a word that's 48 00:03:05,250 --> 00:03:08,730 S1: continue continuing in there. Uh, he's the author of a 49 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:11,609 S1: number of books. His latest, a little book, but it's 50 00:03:11,610 --> 00:03:16,370 S1: really good. It's called Marked by Prayer. That's our featured resource. 51 00:03:16,570 --> 00:03:21,730 S1: Chris Fabry does the G stand for Baptist? Dwayne? 52 00:03:23,130 --> 00:03:26,410 S2: No, no, it stands for Gary, believe it or not. 53 00:03:26,410 --> 00:03:28,450 S2: But I go by my middle name because my dad 54 00:03:28,450 --> 00:03:33,450 S2: was Gary, and so, um, I, uh, I probably should 55 00:03:33,450 --> 00:03:36,330 S2: put a Baptist in the name somewhere, shouldn't I? 56 00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:40,450 S1: G Baptist, Dwayne. Yeah. That's good. Yeah. Okay, so I 57 00:03:40,450 --> 00:03:44,610 S1: told you before the program over this weekend, it's like, I. 58 00:03:45,330 --> 00:03:47,850 S1: I'll be honest with you when when something like this 59 00:03:47,850 --> 00:03:50,450 S1: breaks out, when a war breaks out and there is 60 00:03:50,450 --> 00:03:53,810 S1: loss of life and regimes topple, it's like, you know, 61 00:03:53,890 --> 00:03:56,940 S1: it seems like end times events, especially, anything happens in 62 00:03:56,940 --> 00:03:59,140 S1: the Middle East, you know, and it's just you have 63 00:03:59,140 --> 00:04:02,020 S1: a tendency to look at it through that lens. But 64 00:04:02,020 --> 00:04:05,100 S1: I have a tendency, as far as prayer goes, to 65 00:04:05,140 --> 00:04:08,140 S1: kind of pull into my shell and say, well, God, 66 00:04:08,140 --> 00:04:11,220 S1: you are sovereign. I can't I can't even grasp what 67 00:04:11,220 --> 00:04:14,060 S1: is going on here unless I have somebody I know, 68 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:16,140 S1: you know, who's in the middle of it. But I 69 00:04:16,180 --> 00:04:18,740 S1: kind of face news like this, as if I have 70 00:04:18,740 --> 00:04:22,060 S1: little agency, that my prayers don't mean a whole lot. 71 00:04:22,420 --> 00:04:24,539 S1: So I want to start right there. How do you 72 00:04:24,540 --> 00:04:25,580 S1: respond to that? 73 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:32,020 S2: Well, I understand that, you know, part of that can 74 00:04:32,020 --> 00:04:37,540 S2: be our own sense of of feeling inadequate, feeling helpless 75 00:04:37,540 --> 00:04:39,940 S2: in a situation which, by the way, is the first 76 00:04:39,940 --> 00:04:46,339 S2: characteristic is feeling helpless. Um. And you're at a loss, uh, 77 00:04:46,339 --> 00:04:50,700 S2: for me this morning, uh, that filter happened. I'm praying 78 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:54,779 S2: through the book of Joel right now. And this stuck, 79 00:04:55,100 --> 00:05:00,140 S2: stuck or stood out to me. In Joel one verses 80 00:05:00,180 --> 00:05:04,099 S2: six and seven it says, for a nation has invaded 81 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:09,220 S2: my land, powerful and without number. Its teeth are the 82 00:05:09,220 --> 00:05:11,500 S2: teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of 83 00:05:11,500 --> 00:05:17,260 S2: a lioness. It has devastated my grapevine and splintered my 84 00:05:17,260 --> 00:05:20,900 S2: fig tree. And what stood out to me there was. 85 00:05:21,339 --> 00:05:24,220 S2: This happened a long time ago, obviously, when Joel was 86 00:05:24,260 --> 00:05:27,540 S2: was wording this prophecy, but he's speaking on behalf of 87 00:05:27,540 --> 00:05:32,580 S2: God and the land here. Um, and the grapevine and 88 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:35,980 S2: the tree. The fig tree are all mine. And it's 89 00:05:35,980 --> 00:05:40,100 S2: a capital M in my translation. Uh, reminding me that 90 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:44,020 S2: that this is God's land. It's his property. Uh, we're 91 00:05:44,020 --> 00:05:47,820 S2: just tenants in it. And so when I started thinking 92 00:05:47,820 --> 00:05:51,300 S2: about that this morning, it helped me process some of 93 00:05:51,300 --> 00:05:53,910 S2: what's going on in the Middle East. So many times 94 00:05:53,910 --> 00:05:56,350 S2: we think, well, we're going to be the ones that 95 00:05:56,350 --> 00:05:58,190 S2: do this. We're going to be the and and we 96 00:05:58,190 --> 00:06:04,310 S2: forget this is God's land. Um, um, this this whole 97 00:06:04,310 --> 00:06:06,350 S2: thing took me down a path this morning in my 98 00:06:06,350 --> 00:06:09,190 S2: prayer time. Chris, you mind if I share that with you? 99 00:06:09,230 --> 00:06:11,950 S1: Please? Well, I was going to say, because this is 100 00:06:11,950 --> 00:06:14,110 S1: what you do in the book marked by prayer, is 101 00:06:14,110 --> 00:06:19,109 S1: that you? Uh, Scripture is so important to what you're 102 00:06:19,110 --> 00:06:22,270 S1: talking about here that when when you say, I'm praying 103 00:06:22,270 --> 00:06:24,989 S1: through Joel, you really mean that, don't you? 104 00:06:25,950 --> 00:06:30,270 S2: I am, I, I spent the the first two months 105 00:06:30,270 --> 00:06:34,150 S2: of this year praying through the book of James, um, 106 00:06:34,870 --> 00:06:39,070 S2: which this morning, while I was, was praying, uh, that 107 00:06:39,350 --> 00:06:42,110 S2: there were thoughts from that, uh, that time that kept 108 00:06:42,110 --> 00:06:44,270 S2: coming to mind. Uh, you know, when I read this 109 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:48,110 S2: passage here that, you know, God's land is devastated. I 110 00:06:48,150 --> 00:06:50,590 S2: couldn't think about just that one piece of land that 111 00:06:50,589 --> 00:06:55,190 S2: we think of as Israel. I thought about this whole creation. Um, 112 00:06:55,230 --> 00:06:57,630 S2: because times like what we're living in right now remind 113 00:06:57,630 --> 00:07:02,390 S2: me that we live in a broken world. Um, and 114 00:07:02,950 --> 00:07:06,790 S2: I can blame others. But the truth is, I contribute 115 00:07:06,790 --> 00:07:12,550 S2: to that brokenness every day. And James four speaks to that. Uh, 116 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:15,990 S2: the first two verses of chapter four of James says, 117 00:07:15,990 --> 00:07:18,390 S2: what is the source of wars and fights among you? 118 00:07:19,190 --> 00:07:24,350 S2: Don't they come from your passions that wage war within you? Um, 119 00:07:25,470 --> 00:07:30,910 S2: he's directing that statement to believers facing persecution. Uh, but 120 00:07:30,910 --> 00:07:34,790 S2: he did it in such a way where there's still hope. Um, 121 00:07:35,230 --> 00:07:39,070 S2: it wasn't that there that that that they that it 122 00:07:39,070 --> 00:07:42,470 S2: was a lost cause, which brought me back to Joel. 123 00:07:43,270 --> 00:07:46,950 S2: Because in the first part of Joel, um, you find 124 00:07:46,950 --> 00:07:51,910 S2: in verses verse two and beyond, hear this? You elders! Listen, 125 00:07:51,910 --> 00:07:55,110 S2: all you inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this 126 00:07:55,110 --> 00:07:57,350 S2: ever happened in your days or in the days of 127 00:07:57,350 --> 00:08:00,750 S2: your ancestors? And he says, tell your children about it. 128 00:08:00,750 --> 00:08:04,110 S2: Let your children tell their children and their children the 129 00:08:04,110 --> 00:08:10,390 S2: next generation. So that second or third verse, tell your children, 130 00:08:11,110 --> 00:08:14,070 S2: includes a sense of hope, because the next generation is 131 00:08:14,070 --> 00:08:16,590 S2: not going to know about the devastation that was faced 132 00:08:16,590 --> 00:08:18,790 S2: at the time of Joel, because they didn't see it. 133 00:08:19,070 --> 00:08:22,670 S2: But yet there still is a generation that's going to 134 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:25,510 S2: be born, and then another generation on top of that. 135 00:08:25,830 --> 00:08:29,030 S2: So even in the middle of Joel and the prophecy 136 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:32,709 S2: that he was presenting here, there is hope in that statement. 137 00:08:33,190 --> 00:08:37,990 S2: And so that just keeps kept resonating with me today. Um, 138 00:08:38,830 --> 00:08:41,910 S2: why should I have hope at that point? Um, you know, 139 00:08:41,950 --> 00:08:45,230 S2: I think about there's all these things that wars and 140 00:08:45,230 --> 00:08:49,480 S2: rumors of wars. We shouldn't be surprised by that. took 141 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,520 S2: me to Matthew and Jesus's words, where he's teaching about 142 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:55,400 S2: his second coming, and he tells us that there's going 143 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,160 S2: to be wars and rumors of wars, and those are 144 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,920 S2: just the birth pains. But even in that passage, he 145 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:05,440 S2: includes a call to be faithful to the end. Um, 146 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,600 S2: so we are to pray for both faithfulness and for 147 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,440 S2: Jesus to return. Um, I thought about the end of 148 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:17,920 S2: revelation at that point because revelation 22, verse 20 and 149 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:22,840 S2: 21 tells us, um, that that, uh, the one who 150 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:26,160 S2: testifies these things says, yes, I'm coming. He says Amen. 151 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,240 S2: And then the reply by John is, come, Lord Jesus. 152 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:33,040 S2: I mean, that's a prayer. Uh, then he ends it 153 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:35,760 S2: with the grace of the Lord Jesus. Be with everyone. 154 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:38,960 S2: Uh uh, here he is calling for for Christ to 155 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,160 S2: come back. And then may there be grace in that. Um, 156 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,800 S2: which then led me down to the path of of 157 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,880 S2: Second Peter, where we're told that Christ hasn't come back 158 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,800 S2: yet because there are others who need to come to repentance, 159 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:55,040 S2: and I'm grateful for that. I'm grateful he didn't come 160 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,480 S2: back before I made that commitment to Christ. But I've 161 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:03,400 S2: got friends, I've got neighbors, I've got loved ones who 162 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:07,280 S2: need to know Christ and not just know about him, 163 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,200 S2: but they need to be followers of his. And so 164 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,080 S2: that then reminded me that I need to be faithful 165 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,840 S2: not only to Jesus, but also to sharing the gospel. 166 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,280 S2: And so here I am. I'm still thinking through this. 167 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,000 S2: If this is his land, what do I need to do? Leaders. Um, 168 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:28,240 S2: what about y'all? Uh, and that's pointed me to to 169 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,840 S2: First Timothy chapter two, common passage, where we're told to 170 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,000 S2: pray for the leaders. Uh, and what stuck out for 171 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,040 S2: me is that that we need to pray for all leaders. Uh, 172 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:43,240 S2: we need to be aware of that. Um, and then 173 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,290 S2: it made me stop once again and think about why 174 00:10:47,290 --> 00:10:50,329 S2: would that be something that's important? Why do I need 175 00:10:50,330 --> 00:10:53,290 S2: to think about praying not just for leaders, but for 176 00:10:53,330 --> 00:10:56,330 S2: a specific way for them? And so then it brought 177 00:10:56,330 --> 00:10:59,490 S2: me back to James and a warning with James that 178 00:10:59,490 --> 00:11:02,850 S2: same passage. James four. So what's the source of wars 179 00:11:02,850 --> 00:11:04,850 S2: and fights among you, which I just shared a while ago? 180 00:11:05,330 --> 00:11:07,770 S2: He says you don't have because you don't ask. But 181 00:11:07,770 --> 00:11:10,929 S2: then in verse three says, you ask and don't receive 182 00:11:10,970 --> 00:11:14,330 S2: because you're asking with wrong motives, so that you may 183 00:11:14,330 --> 00:11:16,770 S2: spend it on your pleasures. And I had to stop 184 00:11:16,770 --> 00:11:20,890 S2: and think about, here's my request. But are they for me, 185 00:11:21,170 --> 00:11:23,890 S2: or are they for your honor and your glory? Are 186 00:11:23,890 --> 00:11:26,290 S2: they for your pleasures and not mine? 187 00:11:27,250 --> 00:11:30,250 S1: And what you've just done, Dwayne, what you've just done 188 00:11:30,250 --> 00:11:34,530 S1: is exactly what you've written about. You know, as it's 189 00:11:34,530 --> 00:11:38,450 S1: happened in your life this very morning, you've allowed. That's 190 00:11:38,450 --> 00:11:42,130 S1: the second thing. Helplessness is the first. The second is 191 00:11:42,929 --> 00:11:47,170 S1: voice prayers informed by Scripture, and the only way to 192 00:11:47,170 --> 00:11:50,370 S1: be informed by Scripture is to dig into it. And 193 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:52,170 S1: I want to get into more of that with you. 194 00:11:52,210 --> 00:11:55,890 S1: Duane McCrory is with us. Marked by prayer is our 195 00:11:55,890 --> 00:11:59,930 S1: featured resource at Christ. Org. Click through today's information. You'll 196 00:11:59,929 --> 00:12:03,690 S1: see it right there. Five traits of people who pray. 197 00:12:03,730 --> 00:12:06,690 S1: We're going to get into those five traits. If you 198 00:12:06,690 --> 00:12:10,890 S1: say my prayer life I need some help. Today is 199 00:12:10,890 --> 00:12:14,809 S1: your day. This is Chris Fabry live online. Chris Fabry 200 00:12:14,850 --> 00:12:29,410 S1: live more straight ahead on Moody Radio. What does it 201 00:12:29,410 --> 00:12:33,650 S1: mean to be marked by prayer? How do we become 202 00:12:34,210 --> 00:12:37,010 S1: marked by prayer? We're going to talk about that today 203 00:12:37,010 --> 00:12:39,730 S1: with Duane McCrary. You can find out more about him 204 00:12:39,730 --> 00:12:44,260 S1: and our featured resource, Chris Fabry, Livorno. I'll open the 205 00:12:44,260 --> 00:12:46,660 S1: phone lines too. If at some point we talk about 206 00:12:46,660 --> 00:12:50,340 S1: something or you want to ask a question, make a comment. 207 00:12:50,340 --> 00:12:54,420 S1: Maybe you know somebody who has been marked by prayer. 208 00:12:54,420 --> 00:12:58,740 S1: That is something that has risen up in their own life. 209 00:12:58,740 --> 00:13:09,220 S1: And you want to talk about that? 87754836758775483675. Second Peter 210 00:13:09,220 --> 00:13:11,780 S1: there's a jump. That verse that jumped out at me 211 00:13:11,980 --> 00:13:14,380 S1: and and did the same thing to me that it 212 00:13:14,380 --> 00:13:16,780 S1: did to you as you were going through Joel and 213 00:13:16,780 --> 00:13:19,780 S1: then to James and the other chapters that you were 214 00:13:19,780 --> 00:13:23,700 S1: talking about. There are other books and Peter writes, they 215 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:27,979 S1: promised them freedom, but they themselves are slaves to corruption. 216 00:13:28,460 --> 00:13:35,380 S1: Since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them, people are 217 00:13:35,380 --> 00:13:38,260 S1: enslaved to whatever defeats them. And I started to think 218 00:13:38,260 --> 00:13:41,660 S1: about that and think of, yeah, you're right. When you 219 00:13:42,100 --> 00:13:45,460 S1: When you sin and you continue to sin, it takes 220 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:48,459 S1: control over you. Go back to James again. You know 221 00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:51,020 S1: what does sin lead to? And then I was reading 222 00:13:51,020 --> 00:13:55,219 S1: this morning in John chapter eight where Jesus says, therefore, 223 00:13:55,780 --> 00:14:00,059 S1: if the son sets you free, you really will be free. 224 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:04,620 S1: Everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. So 225 00:14:05,220 --> 00:14:08,939 S1: Peter was just echoing what Jesus had taught them before, 226 00:14:08,980 --> 00:14:13,100 S1: that you know, about being a slave to sin. And 227 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:15,740 S1: he wanted to come and set them free. And so 228 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:19,300 S1: here's my question to you. How does that work itself 229 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:22,780 S1: out in my in my prayer life? Do I do 230 00:14:22,780 --> 00:14:26,100 S1: I simply start to say, okay, father, thank you for 231 00:14:26,100 --> 00:14:29,220 S1: this truth that that you want to set me free 232 00:14:29,220 --> 00:14:33,340 S1: from my sin. So often I don't see what is 233 00:14:33,580 --> 00:14:37,860 S1: is enslaving me. Uh, and go down that trail. Is that. 234 00:14:38,020 --> 00:14:39,300 S1: Is that a good place to go? 235 00:14:39,340 --> 00:14:45,550 S2: Well, I'm going to read and think through that whole 236 00:14:45,550 --> 00:14:51,030 S2: section of Scripture. Um, and I'm going to consider, um, 237 00:14:52,310 --> 00:14:56,670 S2: the fact that that freedom is something that I have 238 00:14:56,670 --> 00:15:01,150 S2: in Christ, but I don't necessarily have that freedom here. Uh, 239 00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:03,910 S2: Paul talked a lot about freedom, but yet he talked 240 00:15:03,910 --> 00:15:06,630 S2: about freedom while he was in jail. So we wouldn't 241 00:15:06,630 --> 00:15:09,950 S2: consider him free in the sense of how we view freedom. 242 00:15:10,590 --> 00:15:14,590 S2: But he considered him himself very free because of the 243 00:15:14,830 --> 00:15:17,390 S2: he was in the presence of God. And that's where 244 00:15:17,390 --> 00:15:21,190 S2: true freedom comes, is when you're in his presence. And, uh, 245 00:15:21,190 --> 00:15:26,790 S2: I think Paul understood that more than most. Um, that 246 00:15:26,830 --> 00:15:30,550 S2: that that that's important. You know, we hear when things 247 00:15:30,550 --> 00:15:32,790 S2: happen like this, we always hear the pray for peace 248 00:15:32,910 --> 00:15:35,990 S2: in Jerusalem. And I understand why we would pray for that. 249 00:15:36,550 --> 00:15:41,230 S2: But I also understand that that That's a call to worship. 250 00:15:41,430 --> 00:15:44,830 S2: If you look at that whole psalm, Psalm one. Uh, 251 00:15:45,110 --> 00:15:48,310 S2: 20 I don't remember. It's 122 or 126 or off 252 00:15:48,310 --> 00:15:51,470 S2: the top of my head. Uh, I think it is one, 253 00:15:51,990 --> 00:15:57,350 S2: uh uh, 22. But I could be wrong. Um, but 254 00:15:58,270 --> 00:16:00,910 S2: we we immediately pray for that. And what we really 255 00:16:00,910 --> 00:16:06,590 S2: mean is for, for whatever perspective we have that that 256 00:16:06,590 --> 00:16:10,470 S2: causes peace as opposed to how God views peace. Peace 257 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:14,910 S2: with him. Not just peace with each other. And, um, uh, 258 00:16:14,910 --> 00:16:20,350 S2: we don't we don't think in those terms many times. Uh, and, uh, 259 00:16:20,350 --> 00:16:22,990 S2: I find myself guilty of not thinking in those terms. 260 00:16:22,990 --> 00:16:27,950 S2: Once again, it's that passage in James about praying selfishly. Um, uh, 261 00:16:27,950 --> 00:16:30,870 S2: we always filter it that way whenever we pray. I 262 00:16:30,910 --> 00:16:34,070 S2: find myself doing that. Uh, and I have to really 263 00:16:34,110 --> 00:16:37,470 S2: safeguard myself because I can make it about me pretty quick. 264 00:16:37,510 --> 00:16:41,350 S1: Yeah. Okay. So you write this book began with a 265 00:16:41,350 --> 00:16:43,670 S1: group of people sitting around a table discussing how we 266 00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:47,990 S1: can encourage church leaders to lead their churches to pray 267 00:16:47,990 --> 00:16:52,350 S1: more effectively. And when I read that, I thought, okay, 268 00:16:52,670 --> 00:16:56,310 S1: you're exhibiting again here something that's really important, that you 269 00:16:56,350 --> 00:17:01,310 S1: don't just do this on your own community prayer is 270 00:17:01,310 --> 00:17:06,150 S1: part of a community, or it can be individual as well, 271 00:17:06,390 --> 00:17:10,149 S1: but it needs to be informed by others around you, right? 272 00:17:10,869 --> 00:17:14,230 S2: Yeah. Well, one of the interesting things about that prayer 273 00:17:14,230 --> 00:17:18,190 S2: time was we were sitting around a table and we 274 00:17:18,190 --> 00:17:21,110 S2: had a Bible opened in front of us. We were 275 00:17:21,109 --> 00:17:23,909 S2: sharing the same Bible. And then we, each one of 276 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:28,310 S2: us had notepads and one of us read a passage. 277 00:17:28,310 --> 00:17:30,750 S2: We all agreed on a passage to read, and I don't. 278 00:17:30,790 --> 00:17:32,710 S2: I don't have the notepad. I don't remember what that 279 00:17:32,710 --> 00:17:37,840 S2: passage was. Uh, it started the process. And so one 280 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,640 S2: person read that out loud and we wrote our on 281 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:43,360 S2: our notepads what we understood God was saying to us. 282 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:47,359 S2: And then we shared that with each other. And that sparked, uh, 283 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,720 S2: someone else said, hey, well, here's this passage that might 284 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,480 S2: help us get deeper understanding. And so then we turned 285 00:17:53,480 --> 00:18:03,119 S2: in the Bible to that particular passage. Sharing. Um, we 286 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:06,120 S2: never closed our eyes, per se. Uh, but it was 287 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,520 S2: one of the most meaningful group prayer experiences I've ever 288 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:13,560 S2: had in my life. Um, we just we just kept 289 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:17,639 S2: going until we. We ran out of connections. And then 290 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,160 S2: there was a place for us to stop where we. 291 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:27,720 S2: We felt settled, and that's, uh, that's where it ended. And, um, um, 292 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,840 S2: it was it was really how I began to understand 293 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:34,080 S2: what a conversation with God might look like. 294 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:41,000 S1: Um, So giving people a vision for that, um, is 295 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:45,240 S1: kind of what is on your heart. Um, and let 296 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,800 S1: me let's go through the five marks, because I hate 297 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,639 S1: it when people say, you know, you got these five 298 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,480 S1: things and and I don't hang. I can't hang around. 299 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,080 S1: So tell us, you say in the page that follow, 300 00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:02,280 S1: we'll examine five markings that emerged through my reading and reflection. Um, 301 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:07,040 S1: and and by marked by prayer, you mean, just like 302 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:10,880 S1: if you have a scar from, uh, football field like 303 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,960 S1: you have on your leg that you are marked. This 304 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:15,960 S1: is how people know you, right? 305 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,199 S2: Yes. You know, we've been around people who, when they 306 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:22,360 S2: walk in a room, we know they're in the room. Um, 307 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:24,800 S2: and we know they're there for either because they're either 308 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,639 S2: they're a person of power or there's a charisma about them. 309 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,480 S2: But you also know when someone walks in a room 310 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,770 S2: who's a person of prayer, they're marked by prayer. Uh, 311 00:19:34,770 --> 00:19:37,969 S2: there's some folks I think of that are that way. Uh, 312 00:19:37,970 --> 00:19:40,530 S2: but the five characteristics that I begin to see through 313 00:19:40,530 --> 00:19:43,530 S2: the reading and through the reflection, as noted, was that, 314 00:19:43,570 --> 00:19:47,730 S2: first of all, they're helpless. They're not hopeless, but they're helpless. 315 00:19:47,730 --> 00:19:49,770 S2: They know there's nothing that they can do in their 316 00:19:49,770 --> 00:19:54,090 S2: own power to change whatever they're dealing with. Number two, 317 00:19:55,010 --> 00:19:58,810 S2: they know that Scripture has to be central. They're biblically 318 00:19:58,810 --> 00:20:02,730 S2: informed in their prayer. That's important because what I what 319 00:20:02,730 --> 00:20:05,970 S2: I didn't want to convey was that we would read 320 00:20:05,970 --> 00:20:08,409 S2: a passage and then pray that pray it word for 321 00:20:08,410 --> 00:20:11,930 S2: word back to the father, but that we would let 322 00:20:11,930 --> 00:20:17,169 S2: all of Scripture inform how we pray. Um, when we 323 00:20:17,210 --> 00:20:19,210 S2: when we are doing that, one of the things that 324 00:20:19,210 --> 00:20:23,890 S2: happens is we develop a personal grief because we understand 325 00:20:23,890 --> 00:20:27,930 S2: that sin is the problem. Our sin gets in the way, 326 00:20:27,930 --> 00:20:30,250 S2: the world's sin gets in the way. Those who before us, 327 00:20:30,250 --> 00:20:33,850 S2: all of those, and we become brokenhearted over sin. We're 328 00:20:33,850 --> 00:20:39,050 S2: grieved by it. But that once again points to the 329 00:20:39,050 --> 00:20:42,530 S2: fact that God is gracious, and because of his grace, 330 00:20:43,570 --> 00:20:47,530 S2: he hears us. He answers prayer. Um, which points to 331 00:20:47,570 --> 00:20:51,610 S2: the fourth characteristic, which is a deferred confidence. We have confidence, 332 00:20:51,609 --> 00:20:55,250 S2: but that confidence is not in ourself. It's in the father, 333 00:20:55,650 --> 00:20:58,490 S2: the one who's capable of dealing with whatever it was 334 00:20:58,490 --> 00:21:01,890 S2: that made us helpless in the first place. And then 335 00:21:02,170 --> 00:21:04,850 S2: when we begin to see him work, we begin to 336 00:21:04,850 --> 00:21:09,449 S2: see his presence. And so the last characteristic is their 337 00:21:09,450 --> 00:21:12,770 S2: presence minded. You're welcome to go with them into the 338 00:21:12,770 --> 00:21:15,770 S2: presence of the father. But if you don't want to go, 339 00:21:15,810 --> 00:21:18,490 S2: that's fine. They're more than happy to go by themselves. 340 00:21:18,490 --> 00:21:20,490 S2: And that's what drives them, is to be back in 341 00:21:20,490 --> 00:21:23,810 S2: the presence with the father. And once again, it almost 342 00:21:23,810 --> 00:21:26,770 S2: works like a circle. Chris. Once you're in the presence 343 00:21:26,770 --> 00:21:29,730 S2: of the father, you once again realize how helpless you are, 344 00:21:30,090 --> 00:21:33,179 S2: which then forces you and drives you to Scripture to 345 00:21:33,220 --> 00:21:37,380 S2: find out more about the one who's not helpless. It 346 00:21:37,420 --> 00:21:41,100 S2: increases your understanding of sin and living in a broken world, 347 00:21:41,420 --> 00:21:44,300 S2: which then helps you understand that you have a confidence 348 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:47,060 S2: in the father who is perfect, who can, who is 349 00:21:47,060 --> 00:21:49,380 S2: the only one that can fix it once again. And 350 00:21:49,380 --> 00:21:52,660 S2: that drives you back to the presence. And so that cycle, 351 00:21:53,140 --> 00:21:56,340 S2: that circle just keeps going and going deeper for you 352 00:21:56,740 --> 00:22:02,300 S2: through that process. And I seen that multiple times since 353 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:04,980 S2: I began to see that that that circle. 354 00:22:05,859 --> 00:22:09,500 S1: Who comes to your mind who when they walked in 355 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:12,699 S1: the room, you could sense they were there because they 356 00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:16,060 S1: were a person of prayer. Is there somebody that you 357 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:19,900 S1: knew in your younger years or anybody come to mind? 358 00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:22,780 S2: Yeah, there's two names that come to my mind. One 359 00:22:22,780 --> 00:22:25,060 S2: is at a distance. I did take a class from 360 00:22:25,060 --> 00:22:28,940 S2: him when he was on faculty at Southwestern Seminary, T.W. hunt. 361 00:22:30,020 --> 00:22:32,860 S2: Doctor Hunt. Most folks will probably think of him for 362 00:22:32,900 --> 00:22:35,580 S2: his book Mind of Christ, his study book on mind 363 00:22:35,619 --> 00:22:38,540 S2: of Christ. Uh, but you knew when he was in 364 00:22:38,540 --> 00:22:42,220 S2: the room. Uh, there's another person that nobody's going to 365 00:22:42,260 --> 00:22:46,740 S2: recognize this lady's name. And her name was Miss Huffy. Um, 366 00:22:46,780 --> 00:22:48,500 S2: Miss huffy was a member of the church I grew 367 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:52,580 S2: up in. She was widowed at that time. I'm not 368 00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:55,540 S2: fully sure what her last name was. I just knew 369 00:22:55,580 --> 00:22:59,300 S2: her as Miss Huffy. And, uh, she would always ask you, 370 00:22:59,340 --> 00:23:01,580 S2: you know what's going on, and she'd pray with you. 371 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:04,180 S2: And then the next time you ran into her, she'd 372 00:23:04,180 --> 00:23:07,340 S2: remember what she prayed for last time. Uh, even when 373 00:23:07,340 --> 00:23:10,500 S2: I was in college, um, she would ask me to 374 00:23:10,540 --> 00:23:13,260 S2: to to come by and see her so she could pray. 375 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:18,100 S2: I always did. Uh, mainly because I needed the prayer. 376 00:23:18,619 --> 00:23:22,260 S2: And she also had homemade biscuits waiting for me to 377 00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:25,540 S2: carry back to school with me. They I was in 378 00:23:25,580 --> 00:23:27,260 S2: I grew up in Tyler, Texas, and it was a 379 00:23:27,300 --> 00:23:30,699 S2: two hour drive to Dallas. The biscuits almost made it 380 00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:36,820 S2: back to Dallas, but, um, Miss Huffy, um, Miss huffy 381 00:23:36,820 --> 00:23:42,740 S2: prayed through me. Me through a lot of stuff. And, um, um, 382 00:23:43,100 --> 00:23:47,020 S2: no one will probably know the impact of her life 383 00:23:47,020 --> 00:23:49,900 S2: this side of heaven. But what's interesting is I'm not 384 00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:53,220 S2: the only one that she did that for. Um, she 385 00:23:53,220 --> 00:23:55,859 S2: once told me, um, in fact, my mom and I 386 00:23:55,859 --> 00:23:58,260 S2: were talking about this, uh, a week or so ago, 387 00:23:58,859 --> 00:24:01,500 S2: and we were both talking about Miss Huffy, and. And 388 00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:03,740 S2: mom talked about how much times Miss Huffy would, would 389 00:24:03,740 --> 00:24:09,460 S2: pull her aside and pray, pray with her and for her. Um, but, um, um, 390 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:11,859 S2: she once told me I, you know, I'm a I'm 391 00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:14,820 S2: a I'm an old lady, and there's not much I 392 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:18,859 S2: can do anymore, but I can pray for you. Um. 393 00:24:20,940 --> 00:24:23,660 S2: I wish I could tell her now. You have no 394 00:24:23,660 --> 00:24:29,030 S2: idea how much work you're really doing. Um, you you've 395 00:24:29,070 --> 00:24:33,790 S2: encouraged this young man. Uh, you've shaped me. Uh, you've 396 00:24:33,790 --> 00:24:37,429 S2: moved me to to depend on God in a fresh way, 397 00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:41,430 S2: in a new way. And I am grateful that she 398 00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:42,990 S2: did that. Um. 399 00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:48,230 S1: You know, who you maybe just think of is Mr. Billups. 400 00:24:48,310 --> 00:24:51,150 S1: Because I went to this little evangelical Free church in 401 00:24:51,150 --> 00:24:55,630 S1: West Virginia, and Mr. Billups, he would usher, you know, 402 00:24:55,670 --> 00:24:57,790 S1: was a deacon in the church. And when he would 403 00:24:57,790 --> 00:25:01,830 S1: come up and they would be about to take the offering, 404 00:25:02,190 --> 00:25:05,470 S1: the pastor often would say, Mr. Billups would whatever his 405 00:25:05,470 --> 00:25:07,590 S1: first name, I can't remember it, but Mr. Billups, would 406 00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:10,709 S1: you pray? And I'd think, oh, good, Mr. Billups is 407 00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:13,150 S1: going to pray. And he would pray in King James. 408 00:25:13,150 --> 00:25:15,709 S1: He'd use the thee and thou. Oh yeah, but he'd 409 00:25:15,710 --> 00:25:21,590 S1: begin his prayers with our dear, gracious and loving Heavenly Father. 410 00:25:22,350 --> 00:25:26,470 S1: And just that phrase that he would use let you 411 00:25:26,510 --> 00:25:30,430 S1: knew that he was in that relationship. It was almost 412 00:25:30,430 --> 00:25:34,030 S1: as if he was bringing you into that throne room 413 00:25:34,030 --> 00:25:38,910 S1: with him, with the tone of his voice. And I'll 414 00:25:38,910 --> 00:25:43,070 S1: stop right there. Go to the website, Chris. You'll see 415 00:25:43,070 --> 00:25:46,510 S1: the book by our guest today, Dwayne McCrary, Marked by 416 00:25:46,550 --> 00:26:04,910 S1: Prayer five traits of people who Pray Chris Fabry live. G. 417 00:26:04,950 --> 00:26:08,270 S1: Dwayne McCrary is joining us today at the radio backyard fence. 418 00:26:08,270 --> 00:26:11,790 S1: And he was right about Psalm 122. I was glad 419 00:26:11,790 --> 00:26:13,590 S1: when they said to me, let us go to the 420 00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:16,669 S1: house of the Lord. Our feet have been standing within 421 00:26:16,670 --> 00:26:20,550 S1: your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, built as a city that 422 00:26:20,550 --> 00:26:23,790 S1: is bound firmly together, to which the tribes go up. 423 00:26:23,790 --> 00:26:28,679 S1: And then verse six, pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Um, 424 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,880 S1: so that's Psalm 122. He was right. He remembered that 425 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:35,639 S1: correctly and marked by prayer is our featured resource at 426 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:39,840 S1: Chris Fabry Live. Five Traits of People Who Pray if 427 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,679 S1: you want your prayer life. I hear this all the time, Dwayne, 428 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,360 S1: and I say it as well. My my prayer. I 429 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,240 S1: need help with my prayer life. And it's like, well, 430 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,200 S1: what is success with your prayer life? Is it that 431 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,840 S1: you pray a long time? I am finding that more 432 00:26:55,840 --> 00:27:01,640 S1: often success in my prayer life is me stopping this 433 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:08,080 S1: continual monologue of mine and just sitting and waiting and listening, 434 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,280 S1: not for God to audibly speak to me, but just 435 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,800 S1: giving space, just giving room there for the response or 436 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,840 S1: for the spirit to work inside. So the five traits 437 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:25,600 S1: that you have found are Helplessness. They've experienced helplessness in 438 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:31,480 S1: some way. People of prayers. Voice, prayers informed by Scripture. 439 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,159 S1: You've showed us that today. Number three, they exhibited exhibit 440 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,080 S1: personal grief over sin. I'm going to come back to that, 441 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:45,720 S1: for they possess a deferred confidence and five are consumed 442 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:49,240 S1: with God's presence. Um, let me go to the. Since 443 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,520 S1: you live in Texas now and Friday night lights happen, 444 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:54,040 S1: possess a deferred. 445 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,199 S2: Well, I, I grew up in Texas. I live in Tennessee. 446 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:58,920 S2: I want to be fair to my folk. My my 447 00:27:58,960 --> 00:27:59,960 S2: folks here in Tennessee. 448 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,679 S1: Okay. Sorry about that. I just think of you. I 449 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,840 S1: just think of you in Texas and the deferred confidence 450 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,960 S1: as as they come out there and flip the coin 451 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,600 S1: at the front. You made this point in the book. 452 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,200 S1: You know, that you most, most teams now don't get 453 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,560 S1: take the ball at the beginning. They wanted at the 454 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,440 S1: beginning of the second half there is that deferral. And 455 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,730 S1: so that can inform our prayer lives. Explain that to me. 456 00:28:26,250 --> 00:28:31,130 S2: Um, I would point to Joseph at this point. That's 457 00:28:31,130 --> 00:28:35,810 S2: who I point to in the book. Um, the you 458 00:28:35,810 --> 00:28:41,730 S2: had you had Pharaoh's, um. Dreams. He didn't know what 459 00:28:41,730 --> 00:28:44,650 S2: they were. And he finds out. I hear that you 460 00:28:44,650 --> 00:28:46,850 S2: can you can interpret dreams. You can tell me what 461 00:28:46,850 --> 00:28:52,890 S2: the dream is. And Joseph's response is, I don't put 462 00:28:52,890 --> 00:28:54,490 S2: it in our vernacular. Let me put it this way, 463 00:28:54,530 --> 00:28:57,170 S2: I don't. But I know a god. Uh, instead of 464 00:28:57,170 --> 00:29:00,490 S2: I know a guy, I know a God who can. Um. 465 00:29:00,570 --> 00:29:04,370 S2: That's what I mean by deferred confidence. He is confident 466 00:29:04,370 --> 00:29:08,210 S2: that God will give him an answer, and he is 467 00:29:08,210 --> 00:29:12,730 S2: willing to say to this most powerful person, My God 468 00:29:12,730 --> 00:29:17,210 S2: can answer that question. I have no qualms about that. 469 00:29:17,210 --> 00:29:21,930 S2: Just let me go talk to him. Um, and um, 470 00:29:22,410 --> 00:29:26,050 S2: he's comfortable saying saying that it would have been easy 471 00:29:26,050 --> 00:29:29,010 S2: for him to go on parade, got the answer, and 472 00:29:29,010 --> 00:29:33,930 S2: come back and told, um, Pharaoh, uh, this is what 473 00:29:33,930 --> 00:29:36,890 S2: I found out. Uh, this is your dream. And Pharaoh 474 00:29:36,930 --> 00:29:39,890 S2: would have accepted that and crowned him. ET cetera, et cetera, etc. 475 00:29:40,250 --> 00:29:44,570 S2: instead of realizing God is the one that had informed him. 476 00:29:44,850 --> 00:29:48,690 S1: Okay, so if you think of that in that deferred confidence, 477 00:29:48,690 --> 00:29:54,650 S1: then my hope, my trust is not in my ability. 478 00:29:54,970 --> 00:30:00,890 S1: And this is not just me being, uh. What's the 479 00:30:00,890 --> 00:30:02,970 S1: word I'm looking for? I'll think of it here in 480 00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:06,730 S1: a minute. Is it push. Pushing away compliments. This is. 481 00:30:06,850 --> 00:30:07,890 S2: False humility. 482 00:30:07,930 --> 00:30:12,490 S1: False humility. Thank you. This is. This is full trust 483 00:30:12,490 --> 00:30:16,690 S1: in the God who can provide. Right. 484 00:30:17,170 --> 00:30:22,780 S2: Mhm. Yes. Completely. And and knowing this too, you may 485 00:30:22,820 --> 00:30:27,180 S2: be able to to give a part partial solution to 486 00:30:27,220 --> 00:30:31,380 S2: whatever the problem is, but you can't give the full solution. 487 00:30:31,780 --> 00:30:34,700 S2: And so you may our tendency is, well, I'm going 488 00:30:34,740 --> 00:30:38,020 S2: to do this myself and we settle for us solving it. 489 00:30:38,020 --> 00:30:41,420 S2: And it's second rate, although nobody knows it, they think 490 00:30:41,420 --> 00:30:45,540 S2: it's first rate when instead you could have stopped. Asked 491 00:30:45,540 --> 00:30:47,580 S2: God for help, been willing to give him the credit 492 00:30:47,580 --> 00:30:49,980 S2: for it, and you could have had something that was 493 00:30:49,980 --> 00:30:56,500 S2: superior and really set the table that was, uh, that 494 00:30:56,500 --> 00:31:00,020 S2: was set in front of you with, you know, every fork, 495 00:31:00,020 --> 00:31:02,940 S2: knife that's in the in the cupboard and, uh, set 496 00:31:02,940 --> 00:31:05,220 S2: the table in that way as opposed to just one 497 00:31:05,220 --> 00:31:06,220 S2: fork in a plate. 498 00:31:07,340 --> 00:31:10,740 S1: And it seems like that deferred confidence and the helplessness 499 00:31:10,780 --> 00:31:12,420 S1: go hand in hand, don't they? 500 00:31:13,460 --> 00:31:17,780 S2: Yes, they do, because we realize that we are Inadequate. 501 00:31:18,980 --> 00:31:23,140 S2: We are created beings. We are not the creator. And 502 00:31:23,660 --> 00:31:26,140 S2: you know, there's always something, it seems, in the lives 503 00:31:26,140 --> 00:31:30,300 S2: of people who are marked by prayer. Something's happened in 504 00:31:30,340 --> 00:31:33,300 S2: their life that's forced them to to come to grips 505 00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:37,620 S2: with that. It may be the cancer diagnosis of a 506 00:31:37,620 --> 00:31:43,420 S2: loved one. It could be, um, family life crumbling. It 507 00:31:43,420 --> 00:31:48,380 S2: could be, um, a variety of challenges. It just depends 508 00:31:48,380 --> 00:31:51,900 S2: on the person. Different people get challenged different ways because 509 00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:57,100 S2: we're made differently, uh, in. But something will happen for 510 00:31:57,100 --> 00:32:02,100 S2: all of us where it causes us to feel helpless. And, um, 511 00:32:03,540 --> 00:32:07,260 S2: what I've discovered is that's the that's the greatest moment 512 00:32:07,260 --> 00:32:09,980 S2: in our life. Because that's when God can get and 513 00:32:09,980 --> 00:32:14,020 S2: use us the most. He can teach us the most. Now, now, 514 00:32:14,060 --> 00:32:16,900 S2: I don't like being in those moments. I do not 515 00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:21,220 S2: like being in a in a situation where I feel helpless. Well, 516 00:32:21,260 --> 00:32:26,020 S2: but those are the places where God can most teach 517 00:32:26,060 --> 00:32:26,700 S2: me to. 518 00:32:26,940 --> 00:32:31,220 S1: Yes, but aren't they? That's that's also a danger place. 519 00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:34,260 S1: Because either you can lose hope or, you know, go 520 00:32:34,260 --> 00:32:38,020 S1: off and self-medicate, or you can go the other way 521 00:32:38,020 --> 00:32:40,420 S1: and you can say, I'm going to overcome this and 522 00:32:40,420 --> 00:32:43,980 S1: I'm going to pull myself up by my bootstraps. And 523 00:32:43,980 --> 00:32:47,340 S1: sometimes that can work, at least for a while. Where 524 00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:49,780 S1: you where you do it in your own strength and 525 00:32:49,780 --> 00:32:51,900 S1: your own power. I mean, we love those kinds of 526 00:32:52,380 --> 00:32:56,380 S1: overcoming stories that, you know, they did it with their 527 00:32:56,380 --> 00:33:00,260 S1: own ingenuity and their own intellect and their own will 528 00:33:00,580 --> 00:33:03,260 S1: and they, you know, got the job done. We love 529 00:33:03,260 --> 00:33:06,420 S1: those kinds of stories. But as far as a person 530 00:33:06,420 --> 00:33:10,700 S1: being marked by prayer, you can't. You go that direction 531 00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:17,350 S1: and you are not helpless. You you don't defer confidence. Um, 532 00:33:17,470 --> 00:33:21,710 S1: you you very rarely see your own sin because you're 533 00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:24,710 S1: so busy creating your own reality. 534 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:31,030 S2: Yes. And, you know, behind all of these characteristics is 535 00:33:31,070 --> 00:33:35,750 S2: the is one thing that's present and that's pride. Pride 536 00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:38,790 S2: will keep us from admitting that we're helpless. It'll keep 537 00:33:38,790 --> 00:33:41,070 S2: us from turning to Scripture because we'll depend on our 538 00:33:41,070 --> 00:33:45,390 S2: own voices in our own heads. Uh, it'll keep us 539 00:33:45,390 --> 00:33:47,950 S2: from having grief over sin. Because we won't admit that 540 00:33:47,950 --> 00:33:52,390 S2: we're sinners, too. Uh, we'll keep the confidence in ourselves 541 00:33:52,390 --> 00:33:56,310 S2: and not in anything else. And we will be comfortable 542 00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:59,670 S2: with people being in our presence and not be that 543 00:33:59,670 --> 00:34:01,990 S2: concerned about being in the presence of God. We would 544 00:34:01,990 --> 00:34:04,110 S2: rather be in our presence than in the presence of God, 545 00:34:04,110 --> 00:34:06,990 S2: because then they think we're just as good. And so 546 00:34:06,990 --> 00:34:11,590 S2: pride is in the backdrop of all of those those characteristics. 547 00:34:11,790 --> 00:34:14,430 S1: I think there might be somebody listening today who is 548 00:34:14,430 --> 00:34:16,830 S1: in that valley that you were just talking about, that 549 00:34:16,830 --> 00:34:19,549 S1: something has happened where the rug has been pulled out 550 00:34:19,550 --> 00:34:22,630 S1: from under them, and they're like Joseph in the pit, 551 00:34:22,670 --> 00:34:26,830 S1: you know, or in the prison. And you feel like, uh, 552 00:34:26,830 --> 00:34:30,550 S1: you can't go any lower and you almost don't feel 553 00:34:30,590 --> 00:34:36,310 S1: God's presence in this place. You're saying this moment is 554 00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:40,150 S1: a place for you, that where God might want to 555 00:34:40,190 --> 00:34:43,750 S1: use this to help turn your life totally around? 556 00:34:45,150 --> 00:34:47,029 S2: Yes, I am. I know that's been true in my 557 00:34:47,030 --> 00:34:49,310 S2: own life. I shared this in the book and I've 558 00:34:49,310 --> 00:34:52,390 S2: shared this other places too. Um, I broke my leg 559 00:34:52,390 --> 00:34:55,549 S2: playing football in high school. I'd worked hard to get 560 00:34:55,550 --> 00:35:01,150 S2: to that point. Worked really hard. And, um, they didn't 561 00:35:01,150 --> 00:35:04,070 S2: know because it was a really bad break. They didn't 562 00:35:04,070 --> 00:35:08,190 S2: know if I would play again. They weren't real sure 563 00:35:08,190 --> 00:35:10,230 S2: if I'd be able to walk without a limp or 564 00:35:10,230 --> 00:35:15,080 S2: anything like that. And, um, God was gracious to me. 565 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,319 S2: In time I was able to. I played again my 566 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:23,040 S2: senior year. Um, but, um, I played for a different 567 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,160 S2: reason my senior year than I did prior. But, uh, 568 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,080 S2: the the thing that happened was it forced me to 569 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:33,200 S2: ask hard questions. And that big question that was, was 570 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,400 S2: in front of me is, is there something in life 571 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,400 S2: that can't be taken away from me? Um, and that 572 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:43,080 S2: forced me to, to then look at the Bible. And 573 00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:46,160 S2: my Sunday school teacher had brought by the Sunday school book, 574 00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,640 S2: and we happen to be studying the gospel of Mark. 575 00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:51,239 S2: So I was working through Mark, reading what was in 576 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,440 S2: the book and reading what was in my Bible, trying 577 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,960 S2: to find answer to that question. And had that, had 578 00:35:56,960 --> 00:36:01,200 S2: that not happened, had I not broken my leg, I 579 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,760 S2: don't know that I'd have gotten to that point. Well, 580 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,640 S2: I'm sure God would have done something to get me 581 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,239 S2: to that point, but that's how he chose to get 582 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:09,600 S2: me to that point, right? Let me share this if 583 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:14,800 S2: I can. Chris. um, my wife and I, when we first, uh, 584 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,839 S2: not long after we were engaged, she told me that 585 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,240 S2: she had prayed for her future spouse. And I, just, 586 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,640 S2: out of curiosity, asked her, can you tell me when 587 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,200 S2: that was just, you know, not thinking anything about it, 588 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,160 S2: just my own curiosity. She says, I got the journal 589 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,560 S2: right here. So she went and got the journal, showed 590 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:35,160 S2: it to me, and it said, uh, she wrote it 591 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,280 S2: down and it said something along the lines of, uh, 592 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,960 S2: if you don't have his attention, then get it. And 593 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,200 S2: then there was a date. And that date, uh, immediately 594 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,000 S2: I knew because the date she had prayed, that was 595 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:53,720 S2: the day that I broke my ankle. Wow. And, um, I, uh, 596 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:58,200 S2: do not take that lightly. Uh, my wife's, uh, my 597 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:02,360 S2: wife's prayer for me on that day, um, put me 598 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:06,480 S2: in a position where I could become her husband, and, uh, 599 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,490 S2: there's no question about it. I still get goosebumps thinking 600 00:37:10,489 --> 00:37:14,090 S2: about it. And we've been married 40 years now, so. Um, 601 00:37:14,330 --> 00:37:17,530 S2: but I owe a lot to Lisa Ray because of that. 602 00:37:18,690 --> 00:37:21,330 S1: I think I would have asked her to play pray 603 00:37:21,370 --> 00:37:25,129 S1: to me to get a touchdown if she could, if 604 00:37:25,130 --> 00:37:28,610 S1: she could pray and you break your leg, you know, uh. 605 00:37:29,130 --> 00:37:31,850 S2: She she went to a rival high school. She would 606 00:37:31,850 --> 00:37:33,170 S2: not have wanted me to do that. 607 00:37:33,210 --> 00:37:35,969 S3: That's what it is. She was. She was praying for 608 00:37:35,969 --> 00:37:37,970 S3: the other team. Know that? Yeah. 609 00:37:38,050 --> 00:37:40,410 S1: And, you know, there's another thing about that. And that 610 00:37:40,410 --> 00:37:44,730 S1: is keeping the journal keeping on this day. I prayed 611 00:37:44,730 --> 00:37:49,569 S1: this about this. That is a that's another way of 612 00:37:49,570 --> 00:37:53,170 S1: being marked by prayer. And and you had a conversation 613 00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:55,569 S1: with your son. There's so much in here. It's a 614 00:37:55,570 --> 00:37:58,129 S1: real little book. It's less than a hundred pages. You 615 00:37:58,130 --> 00:38:01,370 S1: had a conversation with your son about how to how 616 00:38:01,370 --> 00:38:04,049 S1: do you simplify reading the Bible. And we're going to 617 00:38:04,050 --> 00:38:06,170 S1: get to that when we come back from this break. 618 00:38:06,290 --> 00:38:08,969 S1: If you go to Chris Faber, Avery lives. You'll see 619 00:38:09,010 --> 00:38:14,450 S1: Dwayne Mccrary's book marked by prayer five Traits of People 620 00:38:14,489 --> 00:38:17,730 S1: Who Pray if you need help with Your Prayer life. 621 00:38:18,090 --> 00:38:20,250 S1: This is one of those books that might be a 622 00:38:20,250 --> 00:38:26,330 S1: game changer for you. Just go to Chris. Moore straight ahead. 623 00:38:35,370 --> 00:38:37,170 S1: If this is something that you'd like to do in 624 00:38:37,170 --> 00:38:40,850 S1: a small group, there's a leader, a free download of 625 00:38:40,850 --> 00:38:46,089 S1: a leader study guide at Marked by Prayer. We'll put 626 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:50,009 S1: a link up on Chris. Org. If you don't, uh, 627 00:38:50,010 --> 00:38:51,770 S1: can't can't get to a place where you can write 628 00:38:51,770 --> 00:38:56,450 S1: that down marked by prayer. Com and it would be 629 00:38:56,450 --> 00:39:00,690 S1: an excellent resource to go through as, as a small 630 00:39:00,690 --> 00:39:03,850 S1: group or Sunday school class, that kind of thing. Just 631 00:39:03,850 --> 00:39:06,730 S1: go to Chris. Org. We've got a bunch of links 632 00:39:06,850 --> 00:39:09,170 S1: for you there. Take me to that moment where you 633 00:39:09,170 --> 00:39:11,169 S1: and your son were talking about this, you know, how 634 00:39:11,210 --> 00:39:13,609 S1: do we. You read a passage of Scripture and how 635 00:39:13,610 --> 00:39:16,089 S1: do you what questions do you ask? And you can 636 00:39:16,090 --> 00:39:19,410 S1: go through this and journal, etc.. What what came out 637 00:39:19,410 --> 00:39:20,010 S1: of that? 638 00:39:20,930 --> 00:39:23,690 S2: Well, we were talking I'd been reading some, some things 639 00:39:23,690 --> 00:39:25,969 S2: and he and I were talking and I said, well, 640 00:39:25,969 --> 00:39:28,009 S2: here's the things you need to do. And he made 641 00:39:28,010 --> 00:39:32,089 S2: the statement, rightfully so, dad, can you just make that 642 00:39:32,090 --> 00:39:35,770 S2: simple for the rest of us? Um, and I thought, 643 00:39:35,770 --> 00:39:40,489 S2: you know, uh, my dad was a was a simple person. 644 00:39:40,489 --> 00:39:45,170 S2: He had a very simple faith. Um, um, and I thought, 645 00:39:45,170 --> 00:39:47,730 S2: what would I say to my dad at this point? 646 00:39:47,930 --> 00:39:49,930 S2: What would I hear him saying to me? And what 647 00:39:49,930 --> 00:39:53,650 S2: can I say to my son? And so, uh, that 648 00:39:53,650 --> 00:39:58,730 S2: drove me to thinking about, uh, that that table conversation 649 00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:02,009 S2: where we sit around with those notepads and all we 650 00:40:02,010 --> 00:40:04,129 S2: did was here's what we heard God say, and here's 651 00:40:04,130 --> 00:40:07,140 S2: how we respond. Then it dawned on me. The best 652 00:40:07,140 --> 00:40:10,660 S2: thing to do for prayer is read the passage. Study 653 00:40:10,660 --> 00:40:14,100 S2: the passage. What is God saying about himself here? And 654 00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:16,859 S2: then how do I respond to that? And that be 655 00:40:16,860 --> 00:40:19,980 S2: the focus of what I pray for? Um, one of 656 00:40:19,980 --> 00:40:23,140 S2: the things I've shared with some friends of mine is 657 00:40:23,140 --> 00:40:27,460 S2: how this process has freed me in my prayer life, 658 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:30,299 S2: because I used to have the practice of having an acrostic, 659 00:40:30,300 --> 00:40:35,940 S2: and I would pray I would use the acts adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication. 660 00:40:36,180 --> 00:40:38,100 S2: And there were some days you had to think, okay, 661 00:40:38,140 --> 00:40:40,899 S2: what am I going to do? Write for adoration today 662 00:40:40,900 --> 00:40:43,660 S2: that I didn't write yesterday? Or, you know, what am 663 00:40:43,660 --> 00:40:46,580 S2: I going to write for Thanksgiving? And so you get 664 00:40:46,580 --> 00:40:50,700 S2: caught up in the process. And so the practice becomes the, the, 665 00:40:51,100 --> 00:40:54,700 S2: the focus and not actually talking and listening to God. 666 00:40:55,180 --> 00:40:58,700 S2: And so by, by making that shift for me of okay, 667 00:40:58,739 --> 00:41:00,860 S2: what what are you saying God. And how do I 668 00:41:00,860 --> 00:41:05,180 S2: respond to it? Um, it moved me out of that 669 00:41:05,580 --> 00:41:09,700 S2: mechanical approach to prayer, to where it was freeing for 670 00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:14,100 S2: me and for me. It helped me rediscover prayer, um, 671 00:41:15,060 --> 00:41:19,540 S2: for my own life and for my, um, and others 672 00:41:19,540 --> 00:41:21,980 S2: who are around me. Uh, I still will have a 673 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:25,379 S2: prayer list. It's not with me. In the mornings when 674 00:41:25,380 --> 00:41:27,700 S2: I pray, I keep it away from me so I don't. 675 00:41:27,700 --> 00:41:30,100 S2: I won't be tempted to go look at it, because 676 00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:32,540 S2: then it'll get in the way. But what I find 677 00:41:32,580 --> 00:41:36,860 S2: is when I'm praying God somehow, whatever I'm reading that morning, 678 00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:40,500 S2: God has God. God speaks. I respond, and then he'll say, 679 00:41:40,500 --> 00:41:44,740 S2: oh yeah, by the way, remember somebody on my prayer list? 680 00:41:44,820 --> 00:41:49,900 S2: This would really encourage them today. And so then I may, 681 00:41:50,060 --> 00:41:51,779 S2: later on in the day text him and say, hey, 682 00:41:51,780 --> 00:41:53,900 S2: you came to my mind this morning while praying. And 683 00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:56,540 S2: here's why. Um, there's a group of folks who pray 684 00:41:56,540 --> 00:42:00,020 S2: for me every day. Uh, the person who prays for 685 00:42:00,020 --> 00:42:04,029 S2: me today, it knows I'm. with you today and they're 686 00:42:04,030 --> 00:42:07,589 S2: praying during this time. I had somebody who texted me 687 00:42:07,590 --> 00:42:10,549 S2: about 15 minutes before this interview said, hey, I just thought, 688 00:42:10,550 --> 00:42:12,430 S2: I thought you might like to know I have you 689 00:42:12,430 --> 00:42:14,390 S2: on my mind and heart today. I'm praying for you. 690 00:42:14,430 --> 00:42:16,270 S2: They had no idea I was going to be in 691 00:42:16,270 --> 00:42:18,989 S2: this interview. Wow. But it meant the world to me 692 00:42:18,989 --> 00:42:21,230 S2: that they would would send me that message. 693 00:42:21,670 --> 00:42:25,070 S1: How encouraging, but how encouraging. Okay, so here's the two questions. 694 00:42:25,190 --> 00:42:28,390 S1: The two questions. How does God reveal himself in this passage? 695 00:42:28,750 --> 00:42:31,669 S1: How should we respond to what he reveals? You write. 696 00:42:31,670 --> 00:42:36,030 S1: Create a journal for recording your prayers. Select a Bible book. 697 00:42:36,270 --> 00:42:40,790 S1: Let that book drive your prayer. Focus reading digestible sections 698 00:42:40,790 --> 00:42:44,550 S1: each morning. Record the date the passage reviewed, what God revealed, 699 00:42:44,550 --> 00:42:47,630 S1: how you responded. It's as simple as that. So I, 700 00:42:47,670 --> 00:42:48,470 S1: I think that. 701 00:42:48,510 --> 00:42:48,830 S2: Just. 702 00:42:49,110 --> 00:42:52,350 S1: That yeah, marked by prayer is the book. So here's 703 00:42:52,350 --> 00:42:54,710 S1: what I want you to do. I've got four minutes left, 704 00:42:54,750 --> 00:42:57,230 S1: a little less. I want you to be Miss Huffy 705 00:42:57,430 --> 00:43:00,310 S1: for somebody else. I know you can't make us biscuits 706 00:43:00,350 --> 00:43:03,710 S1: right now, but there's somebody who's struggling, who's in that 707 00:43:03,750 --> 00:43:07,710 S1: in that valley right now. And they're ready to give up. Or, 708 00:43:07,750 --> 00:43:10,710 S1: you know, they they don't. They are helpless and they just, 709 00:43:10,750 --> 00:43:13,150 S1: you know, are having a hard time hanging on to 710 00:43:13,190 --> 00:43:17,029 S1: that rope that is hanging down there. Uh, would you 711 00:43:17,030 --> 00:43:20,110 S1: pray for them where they are right now? 712 00:43:21,510 --> 00:43:26,790 S2: Sure. Lord, we come before you. We do. Thank you 713 00:43:26,790 --> 00:43:29,110 S2: for the day you've given to us the opportunity to share, 714 00:43:29,110 --> 00:43:32,989 S2: to think together, be encouraged, to be strengthened. Lord, there's 715 00:43:32,989 --> 00:43:35,589 S2: someone who's listened to us today. Who's who is in 716 00:43:35,630 --> 00:43:39,350 S2: that valley, down in that hole thinking. There's no way 717 00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:41,350 S2: I'm going to get out of this. Lord, help them 718 00:43:41,350 --> 00:43:44,510 S2: to seek you. Help them to wait to hear from you. 719 00:43:45,190 --> 00:43:48,589 S2: Help them to be patient, to not move until you 720 00:43:48,590 --> 00:43:52,390 S2: tell them to move. I know that's hard to do. 721 00:43:52,830 --> 00:43:56,470 S2: I felt that in my own life, Lord. Um, thinking 722 00:43:56,469 --> 00:43:59,630 S2: about how you, you you you've driven me to ask 723 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,560 S2: and pray repeatedly from Psalm 13. How long, Lord? How long? 724 00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,640 S2: And then being told, hey, just be patient. I'm up 725 00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:12,439 S2: to something. Let me be God. Uh, and then you enjoy, uh, 726 00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:15,240 S2: letting me do so. Lord, I pray for that person 727 00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:19,799 S2: that they will sense your your heart for them, your 728 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,080 S2: care for them and your love for them. Pick them up, 729 00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:27,520 S2: carry them, hug them, hold them, and remind them that 730 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:31,319 S2: you are God and you are in control. Lord, I 731 00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,640 S2: do love you and thank you for your son's holy 732 00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:35,799 S2: and precious name we pray. Amen. 733 00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:40,799 S1: And that's what you needed today. As you're listening, uh, 734 00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:45,280 S1: take that from give thanks to Miss Huffy because she's 735 00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:49,280 S1: the one who modeled for you. You know, just that 736 00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:53,400 S1: heart for that other person. Now go and do likewise. 737 00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:58,200 S1: You can become like her. Become more like Jesus is 738 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,640 S1: the point of this whole thing, right, Dwayne? 739 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:06,919 S2: Oh, yes. Without question. Yeah. Um, our prayer life is 740 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:09,520 S2: connected to our willingness to follow him. 741 00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:14,560 S1: Being marked by prayer. Wouldn't that be a great thing 742 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:18,000 S1: to have it said about you? Um. What are you 743 00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:23,080 S1: marked by? Great success. Oh, yeah. He's a great business person. 744 00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:26,640 S1: Or she's a small business owner or, you know, one 745 00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,800 S1: thing or another. I think being a great mom, great 746 00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,800 S1: dad's a good, good thing to have said about you. 747 00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,000 S1: But what if you walked in a room and and 748 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:39,360 S1: people would say, there's somebody who prays. I can just tell. 749 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:43,719 S1: There's somebody who prays. Um, Dwayne, you've done a really 750 00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:47,279 S1: good job with this book. Thank you for coming alongside 751 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,800 S1: us here today and letting us hear more from your heart. Okay. 752 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,600 S2: Thank you for allowing me to share about what God's 753 00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:55,520 S2: been teaching me. 754 00:45:56,840 --> 00:46:00,850 S1: Gary McCrary, also G. Dewayne McCrary. Did you not go 755 00:46:00,850 --> 00:46:04,609 S1: by Gary because it rhymed with McCrary or. No, it's 756 00:46:04,610 --> 00:46:05,250 S1: just no. 757 00:46:05,570 --> 00:46:08,210 S2: Because that's just what my dad went by. So I'm 758 00:46:08,250 --> 00:46:09,090 S2: Gary junior. 759 00:46:10,770 --> 00:46:16,089 S1: Dewayne McCrary. Marked by prayer. Five traits of people who pray. 760 00:46:16,530 --> 00:46:23,730 S1: It's our featured resource at Chris Dot again experienced helplessness. 761 00:46:24,250 --> 00:46:30,009 S1: Voice prayers informed by scripture. Exhibit personal grief over sin, 762 00:46:30,530 --> 00:46:35,049 S1: possess a deferred confidence, and are consumed with God's presence. 763 00:46:35,050 --> 00:46:38,050 S1: Those are the five traits. You can read more at Chris. 764 00:46:40,170 --> 00:46:43,770 S1: Thanks for listening. Our program is a production of Moody Radio, 765 00:46:43,810 --> 00:46:47,530 S1: a ministry of Moody Bible Institute. Online Chris Fabry.