WEBVTT - The Goodness of Prayer 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:04.360 Coming to you from the Morning Star Mission sponsored studio. 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:08.120 This is Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:00:08.480 --> 0:00:12.360 Well, this past winter, as it typically is in Chicago, 0:00:12.400 --> 0:00:17.160 one of those cold, cold nights, Chicago gets brutally cold 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:19.800 in the winter. In case in case you live outside 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:22.480 of Chicago and haven't heard that, well, this was one 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:25.040 of those cold winter nights. I was leaving a basketball 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:27.440 game with my daughter and a couple of her friends. 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:31.000 We get in the car and the car will not start, 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:34.360 which is not a great situation to be in at 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:37.000 any point in time, but definitely not when you have 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:39.360 other people's kids. Yes, with little ones? 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:40.680 Yes, exactly. 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.760 So I give it a couple tries. Nothing. Nothing, nothing. 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:47.159 And now I'm starting to think, okay, I call my 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:49.720 husband like, ah, I'm going to need some help here. 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.160 I got a car full of kids and I can't 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.120 get the car to start. And so then I did 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:58.920 what I should have done initially, and I just said 0:00:59.020 --> 0:01:02.220 out loud, I said, okay guys, let's pray. I said, God, 0:01:02.500 --> 0:01:04.340 I really need you to start this car. And it 0:01:04.340 --> 0:01:06.459 was such a simple I mean, the prayer was like 0:01:06.459 --> 0:01:10.220 two seconds. So I gave it a try again, and 0:01:10.220 --> 0:01:13.820 I heard a little something. And then the very next 0:01:13.819 --> 0:01:18.780 try after that started up. Wow. And and it was 0:01:18.780 --> 0:01:24.540 such a we were all like like, whoa. It was 0:01:24.540 --> 0:01:29.300 such a cool, simple answer to prayer that we all 0:01:29.340 --> 0:01:30.180 got to see. 0:01:30.220 --> 0:01:32.259 It's real life. And what a good thing that you, 0:01:32.540 --> 0:01:36.580 your kids and these other kids got to see it. 0:01:36.620 --> 0:01:38.459 And it was, it was it just was one of 0:01:38.459 --> 0:01:40.980 those very small things. And it was like, of course 0:01:41.020 --> 0:01:45.140 God started my car. I prayed, and of course he did. 0:01:45.140 --> 0:01:47.259 Why am I surprised? It was one of those sweet 0:01:47.260 --> 0:01:51.260 little moments celebrating the the moments that felt little, the 0:01:51.260 --> 0:01:54.220 moments that felt huge times when you prayed and you 0:01:54.220 --> 0:01:59.800 know you saw God move 800 555 7898. Let's go 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.360 back to the phone lines. We've got Debbie calling in 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.360 this morning from Illinois. Tell me about a recent answered 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:06.720 prayer that you've seen. 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:10.560 So I have a friend who has a really mean 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:15.320 brain cancer, and she was having surgery in January, so 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.280 she had a whole bunch of us family and friends praying. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.720 And I knew when her surgery was. So I was 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.520 praying during that. And she told me afterwards that the surgeon, 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:27.959 who's not a Christian, had hoped to remove 50% of 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:31.959 the tumor bulk and he was able to get 95% 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:37.800 out and that he felt someone or something operating with him. 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:45.239 Wow. Wow. Debbie. That's incredible. This is the. The doctor 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:45.959 said that. 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:50.440 The doctor said that even though he's not a believer 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:53.359 and he doesn't necessarily believe in prayer, but she had 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.900 all of us praying And and he got almost all 0:02:56.940 --> 0:02:59.900 of it out and. Yeah, he felt someone with him. 0:02:59.940 --> 0:03:01.459 Wow. That's incredible. 0:03:01.500 --> 0:03:04.660 Debbie, thank you so much for sharing that story. Calling 0:03:04.660 --> 0:03:08.500 in this morning from Illinois. Wow. Uh, Esmeralda, first time 0:03:08.500 --> 0:03:12.100 caller from Chicago. Tell us you've seen God move when 0:03:12.100 --> 0:03:13.820 you prayed. Tell me about it. 0:03:15.460 --> 0:03:18.980 Hi. Good morning. Um, I just wanted to share that, um, 0:03:18.980 --> 0:03:22.540 I got saved 18 years ago, and I was the 0:03:22.540 --> 0:03:25.419 first one in my family. So I've been praying for 0:03:25.419 --> 0:03:30.419 salvation for the rest of my family for 18 years. And, uh, 0:03:30.460 --> 0:03:35.340 last year, I got saved and got baptized. And this Easter, 0:03:35.340 --> 0:03:38.940 I just baptized my sister, my sister in law. And 0:03:38.980 --> 0:03:41.740 like the family starting to come to the Lord. And 0:03:41.740 --> 0:03:45.780 I'm just so excited that everybody's finally starting to come 0:03:46.100 --> 0:03:49.260 to know God. And I'm just so excited for what 0:03:49.260 --> 0:03:52.100 he's doing in my family, because I've been praying for 0:03:52.100 --> 0:03:54.680 18 years for them. I've been standing in the gap 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.280 and believing that they're all going to be saved. 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:03.600 Wow. Esmeralda, first time caller from Chicago. 18 years of praying. 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:06.160 And you see God move. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:07.280 Incredible. 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:08.040 Oh my God. 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.120 Sure, there was some discouragement along the way. 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:10.880 Oh, absolutely. 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:12.400 For sure, for sure. 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:15.200 Wow. I love these stories. Keep them coming. You want 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.200 you got a story? You want to celebrate with us? Share. 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:21.200 Share with us the time. Let's go with recent stories. 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:24.520 The last time you you've seen God move in response 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:30.599 to prayer. 805, 55, 7898. Go to Luke 11. Now 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.200 Jesus was praying in a certain place. This is starting 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.000 with verse one. And when he finished, one of his 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:38.040 disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray as 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:41.039 John taught his disciples. And he said to them, when 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:45.680 you pray, say, father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:48.520 Give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.860 our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted 0:04:51.860 --> 0:04:56.980 to us and lead us not into into temptation. This particular. 0:04:57.020 --> 0:04:59.260 The Lord's Prayer, you see in several of the Gospels. 0:04:59.260 --> 0:05:02.500 So maybe when you memorized it, it was a different cup. 0:05:02.540 --> 0:05:05.780 The words were a little different. But we when we pray, 0:05:06.020 --> 0:05:10.140 we're praying for God's name to be revered and honored. 0:05:10.300 --> 0:05:13.900 We're praying for his kingdom to come, for his purposes 0:05:13.900 --> 0:05:16.780 to be accomplished on earth as they are in as 0:05:16.779 --> 0:05:20.460 they are in heaven. We're praying for provision our daily bread, 0:05:20.500 --> 0:05:24.220 trusting that God ultimately is the one who supplies our needs. 0:05:24.420 --> 0:05:27.779 We're praying that as God has forgiven our sins, that 0:05:27.779 --> 0:05:31.339 we're able to forgive others who've sinned against us. We're 0:05:31.339 --> 0:05:38.099 praying for protection against temptation, against evil. Prayer works. We're 0:05:38.100 --> 0:05:40.940 called to ask and to seek and to knock and 0:05:40.940 --> 0:05:44.820 to trust that our Heavenly Father not just hears, but responds, 0:05:44.820 --> 0:05:49.140 have you seen this to be true? 800 555 7898 0:05:49.140 --> 0:05:54.400 share your answered prayer with us. 800 555 7898 let's 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.520 go back to Carrie. First time caller. I think we 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:59.080 got the connection squared away. So your daughter had a 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:02.800 college decision to make. Tell us what happened when you prayed. 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:05.440 Yes. Can you hear me? Okay. 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:06.320 I got you. 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:10.320 Okay? Okay. So my youngest is my youngest. I've been 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:12.839 praying for about a year. Um, that God would just 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:15.479 guide her in her decision because she was applying to 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.280 Christian schools, secular schools. And it looked like the Christian 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:20.479 schools were going to be out of the out of 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:25.279 the choices to expensive, different reasons. And, um, it just 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.760 blindsided us. We had a little meeting with her, the other, 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.279 you know, maybe two weeks ago. And to touch base 0:06:31.279 --> 0:06:34.599 with her. Okay. This is what these different schools would 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.600 cost and this is what your person would be afterwards. 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:40.120 And then she just threw us a curveball and said, 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.760 I think I want to go to this school, which 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:46.720 had been off the off the list, and it was 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.780 a Christian school. And I just feel I just am 0:06:49.779 --> 0:06:53.140 so grateful because I really feel like God answered my prayers. 0:06:53.140 --> 0:06:55.820 And I, you know, um, spoke to her when she 0:06:55.820 --> 0:06:57.060 didn't even realize it. 0:06:57.060 --> 0:07:01.380 So that's awesome. Carrie. First time caller from Illinois. Uh, 0:07:01.380 --> 0:07:05.900 praying for direction for God's will to be accomplished in 0:07:05.900 --> 0:07:08.580 your life. That's a great prayer to pray as you're 0:07:08.580 --> 0:07:13.580 trying to to discern, uh, job and career and what 0:07:13.580 --> 0:07:16.420 step to take here. Ask God to show you. And 0:07:16.420 --> 0:07:19.060 I believe he will. Let's go to Angela. First time 0:07:19.060 --> 0:07:23.060 caller from Illinois. Angela, tell me you recently saw God 0:07:23.060 --> 0:07:24.580 move in response to prayer. 0:07:26.420 --> 0:07:31.860 Um, yes I did. Um, in 2003, my dad passed away, um, 0:07:32.060 --> 0:07:36.020 in December. In November of 2003, I was fired from 0:07:36.020 --> 0:07:40.380 my job. Um, in December of 2003, my sister passed away. 0:07:40.740 --> 0:07:43.220 So I had gotten really discouraged and everything, but I 0:07:43.220 --> 0:07:46.000 was praying because I didn't want to lose my home, 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:49.640 you know. And a company came and paid up my 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:54.760 rear of my home. Um, like $38,000 they paid to 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:56.920 get me caught up with my mortgage and everything. And 0:07:56.920 --> 0:08:00.160 so now God has answered, I have a job. Now 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:03.600 I'm doing great. So he's just faithful. And I just 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:05.560 want to let people know not to give up on 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:08.720 him and trust him along the journey. We all hit 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.840 bumps on the road, but he is faithful even in 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.200 the journey we go through. So be encouraged. Don't give 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:16.720 up and just keep trusting him. 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.720 Oh good word Angela. First time caller from Illinois. Keep 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.560 them coming. We're celebrating on this National Day of Prayer. 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:27.400 The simplicity of an answered prayer, of seeking God, of 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:31.920 asking and seeking and knocking and seeing God move as 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:37.000 we know he does. 805 55 7898. Shelly calling in 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.520 this morning from Wisconsin. Tell me your answered prayer story. 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:43.840 We're celebrating a national day. 0:08:45.510 --> 0:08:50.030 Oh, boy. We got connection issues this morning. I apologize 0:08:50.030 --> 0:08:53.110 for that. We'll try to get reconnected with Shelly from Wisconsin. 0:08:53.150 --> 0:08:55.310 If you've got a story, we'd love to hear from you. 0:08:55.309 --> 0:09:02.589 800 555 7898 800 555 7898. I'm Ali, this is 0:09:02.590 --> 0:09:03.790 Carly Crew mornings. 0:09:04.190 --> 0:09:07.230 He's a sports fanatic with a stat for anything you 0:09:07.230 --> 0:09:11.470 can think of. Young Thunder is in the crew. It's 0:09:11.470 --> 0:09:13.750 curling crew on Moody Radio. 0:09:13.990 --> 0:09:16.429 We're asking you this morning on this National Day of 0:09:16.429 --> 0:09:20.750 Prayer to to share your victory stories. The time most recently, 0:09:20.750 --> 0:09:23.390 I'm asking for the recent ones where you prayed and 0:09:23.390 --> 0:09:28.350 you saw God move that simple. 855 five 7898 we're 0:09:28.350 --> 0:09:30.750 going to go back to Shelly from Wisconsin. Shelly, give 0:09:30.750 --> 0:09:31.470 me your story. 0:09:32.750 --> 0:09:33.070 Hi. 0:09:33.390 --> 0:09:35.550 Um, yes, I'm from Wisconsin, and there was a night 0:09:35.550 --> 0:09:39.590 that my son was driving home from Minnesota to, um, 0:09:40.110 --> 0:09:43.490 to Wisconsin, and he got stuck in the Wisconsin Dells 0:09:43.490 --> 0:09:46.650 because his tire blew out. And it was 730 at night. 0:09:46.650 --> 0:09:49.569 And he called me. And, um, anyway, he had already 0:09:49.570 --> 0:09:51.290 called for a tow truck, but he had no place 0:09:51.290 --> 0:09:53.770 to stay. And then he had no ride from where 0:09:53.770 --> 0:09:56.770 he was getting towed to. So he was going to stay. 0:09:57.130 --> 0:10:00.330 And so we just prayed that somebody would come through 0:10:00.330 --> 0:10:02.130 for him. And he said he was going to call 0:10:02.690 --> 0:10:04.650 some friends. And I told him I could call and 0:10:04.650 --> 0:10:08.290 book him a hotel room. Um, it turned out he's 0:10:08.290 --> 0:10:10.690 only 20 years old, so he cannot get a hotel room, 0:10:10.890 --> 0:10:13.650 not even in the Wisconsin Dells for a 20 year old. 0:10:13.650 --> 0:10:17.770 So that was not an option. Um, but, um, so 0:10:17.770 --> 0:10:19.970 we got off the phone because tow truck came and 0:10:19.970 --> 0:10:23.730 he called maybe 30 minutes later and said his friend 0:10:23.730 --> 0:10:26.450 had told him to call a certain hotel in the 0:10:26.450 --> 0:10:30.250 Dells and tell them that pastor Bob had sent him. 0:10:30.730 --> 0:10:34.490 So he did that, and he he got the hotel room. 0:10:34.770 --> 0:10:37.410 And it turned out also that that where the car 0:10:37.410 --> 0:10:40.670 was towed to was right across the street. So then 0:10:40.670 --> 0:10:43.150 he didn't need a ride from. From there to there. 0:10:43.390 --> 0:10:47.470 That's awesome. Shelley from Wisconsin. When you ask God and 0:10:47.470 --> 0:10:49.390 you don't know how it's going to work out, but 0:10:49.390 --> 0:10:53.270 you seek God to order those details. And there's so 0:10:53.270 --> 0:10:56.030 much mystery here that we live with. Right? 0:10:56.070 --> 0:10:56.709 Oh, yeah, we. 0:10:56.710 --> 0:10:59.189 Live with mystery, knowing that we serve a God who 0:10:59.190 --> 0:11:01.109 can do anything. 0:11:01.150 --> 0:11:02.990 Yep. We don't know how it's going to happen. 0:11:03.110 --> 0:11:05.270 Impossible for him. There's not a single thing that he 0:11:05.270 --> 0:11:05.990 can't do. 0:11:06.030 --> 0:11:06.510 Correct. 0:11:06.550 --> 0:11:07.030 Right. 0:11:07.070 --> 0:11:07.710 Absolutely. 0:11:07.750 --> 0:11:11.630 And that's why we pray. Yeah. That's why. When in 0:11:11.670 --> 0:11:15.670 times where people are even people who don't believe. When 0:11:15.670 --> 0:11:18.110 people are at an absolute loss. 0:11:18.190 --> 0:11:18.590 Yep. 0:11:18.990 --> 0:11:20.870 That's why people cry out to God. 0:11:20.910 --> 0:11:23.190 Yeah. Because there's nothing he can't do. 0:11:23.230 --> 0:11:27.470 There's nothing he can't do. That's why in times of tragedy, 0:11:27.510 --> 0:11:32.110 people often offer up thoughts and prayers. And sometimes that's 0:11:32.110 --> 0:11:37.030 diminished as almost trite. And maybe there's no even no 0:11:37.070 --> 0:11:40.370 intention even to pray. But why do people offer it up? 0:11:40.370 --> 0:11:45.250 Because it's an acknowledgment that I can do nothing. Maybe 0:11:45.250 --> 0:11:46.290 God can. 0:11:46.330 --> 0:11:48.050 Yeah. I'm gonna take it to someone who can. 0:11:48.050 --> 0:11:51.250 And I'll be decisive in saying he can. Yes. And 0:11:51.250 --> 0:11:54.330 we go to Scripture, and we know that we're called 0:11:54.330 --> 0:11:58.370 to ask and to seek and to knock and to 0:11:58.410 --> 0:12:03.929 persist in prayer, trusting that our father desires to meet 0:12:03.929 --> 0:12:07.810 the needs of his kids. When's the last time you prayed? 0:12:07.809 --> 0:12:13.850 And you know it was God who answered? 800 555 7898. 0:12:14.050 --> 0:12:16.770 She was trying to earn her way to God, but 0:12:16.770 --> 0:12:20.290 God showed her she didn't have to. Ali is in 0:12:20.290 --> 0:12:23.610 the crew. It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:12:24.250 --> 0:12:28.690 When's the last time you prayed? And you know, God answered. 0:12:30.170 --> 0:12:34.250 I'm thinking about my own life. Does every time you pray, 0:12:34.290 --> 0:12:37.190 are you certain how God has answered or how God 0:12:37.190 --> 0:12:39.750 has responded. Definitely not. 0:12:39.790 --> 0:12:40.230 Nope. 0:12:40.429 --> 0:12:45.270 Definitely not. But there are times when you pray and 0:12:45.270 --> 0:12:48.590 when you get to see God move in a way 0:12:48.590 --> 0:12:51.990 when you can say definitively it was only God. And 0:12:51.990 --> 0:12:55.829 those moments, oh boy, did they build your faith. Oh boy, 0:12:55.830 --> 0:12:57.230 do they fuel you up. 0:12:57.350 --> 0:13:01.070 It's truly awesome. And the word used appropriately there? Yes, 0:13:01.110 --> 0:13:02.230 our God is awesome. 0:13:02.270 --> 0:13:04.990 Yes, awesome. He could do anything. So we keep going 0:13:05.030 --> 0:13:10.110 to him with any and everything, knowing that he supplies 0:13:10.110 --> 0:13:14.110 and there's an endless supply at the ready because our 0:13:14.110 --> 0:13:18.350 God is over everything. There's nothing he can't do. So 0:13:18.350 --> 0:13:21.550 go to him. Today we're celebrating these answered prayers. Let's 0:13:21.550 --> 0:13:24.270 go back to the phone. Uh, Carol calling in this 0:13:24.270 --> 0:13:27.870 morning from Illinois. Uh, tell me there's a situation right 0:13:27.870 --> 0:13:30.510 now that you're you're praying for and you're already seeing 0:13:30.510 --> 0:13:32.030 God move. Tell me about it. 0:13:33.830 --> 0:13:39.370 It's wonderful. My church friends in Barrington and I go 0:13:39.370 --> 0:13:43.970 on zoom to watch whenever I can. In other times, 0:13:43.970 --> 0:13:49.569 I've driven there. She was in a horrible, horrible accident. 0:13:49.570 --> 0:13:52.930 Car accident she had just dropped off. This was three 0:13:52.970 --> 0:13:57.810 Sundays ago. Dropped off. Another friend from church was on 0:13:57.809 --> 0:14:03.090 her way home. Had a horrible, horrible accident. Car accident? 0:14:04.410 --> 0:14:10.970 Excuse me. People in our church and Salem United Methodist 0:14:10.970 --> 0:14:17.530 Church in Barrington went to visit her every day. And 0:14:17.570 --> 0:14:21.770 if they couldn't go in the daytime, the early evening time, 0:14:21.810 --> 0:14:25.010 they would go and spend some time with her. I 0:14:25.050 --> 0:14:30.210 got to see her myself yesterday. She is a miracle. 0:14:30.850 --> 0:14:36.229 She is half Sitting up in bed communicating with everybody. 0:14:36.550 --> 0:14:41.350 And this was a woman that the doctor said, you've 0:14:41.350 --> 0:14:45.350 got to have the family come around. She is not 0:14:45.350 --> 0:14:51.190 going to survive. Her injuries are too horrible. And this 0:14:52.510 --> 0:14:58.310 is her name. She's a miracle. And God is raising 0:14:58.310 --> 0:15:02.350 her up for a new testimony. And the love of 0:15:02.350 --> 0:15:04.350 God through other people. 0:15:04.390 --> 0:15:09.150 Amen. Carol, thank you so much for calling in this morning. 0:15:09.430 --> 0:15:12.350 And I know that there were you and others were 0:15:12.350 --> 0:15:15.390 praying and you got to see. Or you're getting to 0:15:15.430 --> 0:15:17.950 see God move. Thank you so much for calling in 0:15:17.950 --> 0:15:22.470 this morning. Appreciate you. Jeremiah. Calling in from Arkansas. Tell 0:15:22.470 --> 0:15:25.870 me you prayed and you saw God move. Tell me 0:15:25.870 --> 0:15:26.630 your story. 0:15:28.030 --> 0:15:31.210 Yeah. I was at a youth event many years ago, 0:15:31.210 --> 0:15:33.770 and there was a band and I looked up at 0:15:33.770 --> 0:15:36.170 the sky. I was going through some personal stuff and 0:15:36.170 --> 0:15:39.330 I said in desperation, it's a God. I need you 0:15:39.330 --> 0:15:41.370 to show me how much you love me. I need 0:15:41.370 --> 0:15:44.210 you to show me a shooting star. And I know 0:15:44.210 --> 0:15:46.010 just kind of put my faith out there. I kept 0:15:46.010 --> 0:15:50.410 on looking and nothing happened. Well, the band was just 0:15:50.410 --> 0:15:54.010 getting off the stage, and the speaker gets up, grabs 0:15:54.010 --> 0:15:56.850 the microphone, and these are the exact words out of 0:15:56.850 --> 0:15:58.490 his mouth. He said, tonight, I want to talk to 0:15:58.490 --> 0:16:00.810 you about something different. I want to talk to you 0:16:00.810 --> 0:16:02.090 about shooting stars. 0:16:06.170 --> 0:16:07.570 That's something there. There you go. 0:16:07.610 --> 0:16:08.050 I love it. 0:16:08.930 --> 0:16:09.489 Boom! 0:16:09.530 --> 0:16:14.250 God does love us. And he really just took my 0:16:14.250 --> 0:16:18.330 faith to my trust in him to another level that night. 0:16:18.370 --> 0:16:19.330 It was amazing. 0:16:19.370 --> 0:16:22.610 Wow. Jeremiah. I love that story. That one. 0:16:22.810 --> 0:16:24.930 I was not expecting that. 0:16:24.970 --> 0:16:28.530 Wow. What a cool story. That took a turn, I 0:16:28.630 --> 0:16:31.630 love it. Let's keep it going. Rose from South Carolina. 0:16:31.910 --> 0:16:35.350 You prayed and you saw God respond. Tell me about it. 0:16:36.710 --> 0:16:39.710 Yes, ma'am. Um. I was in a dead end job, 0:16:40.430 --> 0:16:43.350 and it wasn't going anywhere. And I was staying in 0:16:43.350 --> 0:16:46.030 a hotel, and this was going on about six months. 0:16:46.030 --> 0:16:50.510 But I kept I kept praying, and God moved, and 0:16:50.510 --> 0:16:52.830 he removed me from that dead end job to the 0:16:52.830 --> 0:16:56.630 job that I was actually praying for, where I'm taking 0:16:56.630 --> 0:16:58.870 care of, end of life care for people. And I 0:16:58.870 --> 0:17:03.470 get to witness and see these wonderful people in their journey, 0:17:03.630 --> 0:17:06.190 going to heaven to be with the Lord. And then 0:17:06.190 --> 0:17:09.550 the ones that haven't heard about God. I have the 0:17:09.550 --> 0:17:13.109 opportunity of being able to witness to them and let 0:17:13.109 --> 0:17:16.230 them know that there is a better place than their 0:17:16.230 --> 0:17:18.790 pain is going to end. And I just, you know, 0:17:18.830 --> 0:17:21.310 I prayed for months that he didn't do it on 0:17:21.310 --> 0:17:24.710 my time. He did it when he knew his time. 0:17:24.869 --> 0:17:27.290 It was his time that he did it. He knew. 0:17:27.330 --> 0:17:30.090 He put me in a place. I'm out of the hotel. 0:17:30.130 --> 0:17:35.170 I have an apartment. I'm just driving. And I just 0:17:35.170 --> 0:17:37.970 want people to know. Don't give up on praying because 0:17:37.970 --> 0:17:40.290 he might not do it when you want it. He's 0:17:40.290 --> 0:17:42.250 an on time God. He'll give it to you when 0:17:42.250 --> 0:17:42.890 you need it. 0:17:43.090 --> 0:17:48.690 Oh, Amen. Thank you so much, Rose. That so, so rich. 0:17:49.250 --> 0:17:54.650 He may not do it when you want it. He 0:17:54.650 --> 0:17:58.410 may not even do exactly what you want him to do. Right. 0:17:58.890 --> 0:18:03.210 But you go to him with the faith that God can. 0:18:03.570 --> 0:18:07.410 That he's a faithful God man. Great stories. This morning 0:18:07.410 --> 0:18:09.090 you got an answered prayer you want to share. Give 0:18:09.090 --> 0:18:12.530 us a call 800 555 7898. 0:18:12.890 --> 0:18:17.490 She's a choreographer extraordinaire, and everything is Greek to her. 0:18:17.930 --> 0:18:21.609 Super die is in the crew. It's Carl and crew 0:18:21.650 --> 0:18:22.890 on Moody Radio. 0:18:23.410 --> 0:18:26.750 You know, when you think about prayer, the privilege that 0:18:26.750 --> 0:18:31.110 we have to come boldly to the throne of grace 0:18:31.109 --> 0:18:33.750 to receive the mercy and the help that we need 0:18:34.109 --> 0:18:37.230 in time of need. Let me read that to you accurately. 0:18:37.270 --> 0:18:39.430 Hebrews 416. Because this is the verse on my heart 0:18:39.430 --> 0:18:41.869 right now. Let us then, with confidence, draw near to 0:18:41.910 --> 0:18:44.550 the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and 0:18:44.550 --> 0:18:48.189 find grace to help in time of need. What a 0:18:48.190 --> 0:18:52.510 privilege that is. It's a privilege that we and we're 0:18:52.510 --> 0:18:56.430 not just throwing words out there when we go to 0:18:56.470 --> 0:19:01.710 God because of the power that we have, because of Jesus, 0:19:02.590 --> 0:19:06.790 we can go boldly for what we need. And I 0:19:06.790 --> 0:19:08.870 don't want that to be lost that this is it's 0:19:08.869 --> 0:19:11.390 not just like throwing words up there and hoping that 0:19:11.390 --> 0:19:13.670 something bigger than us hears. Hears them. 0:19:13.710 --> 0:19:14.270 Absolutely. 0:19:14.390 --> 0:19:15.630 Yeah. Throwing pasta at a wall? 0:19:15.670 --> 0:19:16.830 No, he does hear them. 0:19:16.869 --> 0:19:17.389 Yeah. 0:19:17.430 --> 0:19:19.469 And I hope that these stories this morning are an 0:19:19.470 --> 0:19:24.649 encouragement to you that going to God is not the 0:19:24.650 --> 0:19:29.530 last resort when we've exhausted all other options. Going to 0:19:29.570 --> 0:19:33.850 God is our first line of defense. It's our first option. 0:19:34.330 --> 0:19:36.489 The same way I want my kids to come to 0:19:36.490 --> 0:19:39.090 me first. I don't want them to try to beat 0:19:39.090 --> 0:19:41.649 their head against the wall, trying to solve the the 0:19:41.810 --> 0:19:45.970 thing and then come to me. Come to me first. 0:19:46.369 --> 0:19:49.090 And how much more our Heavenly Father, who has everything 0:19:49.090 --> 0:19:52.570 at his disposal, who owns the cattle on a thousand hills, 0:19:52.570 --> 0:19:56.890 who lacks nothing? We go to him with confidence. Have 0:19:56.890 --> 0:20:00.410 you seen God answer a prayer recently? You prayed, and 0:20:00.410 --> 0:20:07.050 you know with certainty that only God (800) 555-7898 let's go 0:20:07.050 --> 0:20:10.450 to Alvie from Alabama. Good morning Alvie. Tell me you 0:20:10.450 --> 0:20:13.649 saw God move in response to prayer. Tell me. 0:20:14.890 --> 0:20:17.090 Yes, I was coming out of Walmart. 0:20:17.330 --> 0:20:20.090 And I noticed there was nobody coming or going. And 0:20:20.090 --> 0:20:22.590 I was by myself out in the parking lot and 0:20:22.630 --> 0:20:24.949 I noticed these two men. They were on their phones. 0:20:25.109 --> 0:20:27.270 And the closer I got to my car, the closer 0:20:27.270 --> 0:20:29.950 they got to me. And it scared me so much. 0:20:29.950 --> 0:20:32.990 And I said, Jesus, I need you right now. Help me. 0:20:32.990 --> 0:20:35.429 I need you right now. And all of a sudden, 0:20:35.430 --> 0:20:38.149 this young man drove up and he got out of 0:20:38.150 --> 0:20:40.430 his car and he looked past me and I said, 0:20:40.470 --> 0:20:43.629 young man, could you hang around for a second? He said, yes, ma'am. 0:20:43.670 --> 0:20:45.750 I got you. And then he just got my card. 0:20:45.750 --> 0:20:48.630 And he said, hey, how are you doing? How's the family? 0:20:48.670 --> 0:20:50.989 I haven't seen you in a long time. And I said, oh, 0:20:51.030 --> 0:20:53.629 I haven't seen you either. How are you? How's the family? 0:20:53.830 --> 0:20:55.869 And he just. He took me all the way to 0:20:55.869 --> 0:20:58.109 my car and said, open your trunk, get in the car. 0:20:58.150 --> 0:21:00.030 I'll put your groceries in there. And you get in 0:21:00.030 --> 0:21:02.590 there and you take off. And I never saw that 0:21:02.590 --> 0:21:04.790 young man again. But you know what? He was an 0:21:04.790 --> 0:21:07.030 angel that God sent to me because I was scared 0:21:07.030 --> 0:21:09.669 that I could be. I'm 84 years old and I 0:21:09.670 --> 0:21:12.590 was afraid. And I have taken $200 out of the 0:21:12.590 --> 0:21:15.869 bank that morning in my purse. Cash. And I knew 0:21:15.910 --> 0:21:18.310 that it was God. I knew he heard me, and 0:21:18.310 --> 0:21:19.770 he answered right away. 0:21:20.090 --> 0:21:24.250 Oh, wow, Alvie. Wow, what a. 0:21:24.250 --> 0:21:24.650 Story. 0:21:25.290 --> 0:21:27.810 What a story! He brought her up right away. And 0:21:28.050 --> 0:21:31.090 in that moment, help was needed right away. And it came. 0:21:31.650 --> 0:21:34.290 What a sweet story. Oh my goodness. 0:21:34.810 --> 0:21:38.650 Hmm. Let's go to Jeff, also from Alabama. Jeff, tell 0:21:38.650 --> 0:21:41.609 me you prayed and you saw God move. Tell me 0:21:41.609 --> 0:21:42.210 about it. 0:21:44.250 --> 0:21:47.010 I was a new Christian. Today. I'm 80 years old, 0:21:47.010 --> 0:21:51.010 but I was about 30, and the church was praying 0:21:51.010 --> 0:21:54.010 for my back operation. And I was praying too, because 0:21:54.210 --> 0:21:56.929 it was a lower back and I knew some people 0:21:56.930 --> 0:22:02.250 had been paralyzed. Anyway, after the operation, the surgeon came 0:22:02.250 --> 0:22:05.250 in and he said, well, that was a first. I said, 0:22:05.250 --> 0:22:06.730 what do you mean, sir? He said, well, I've been 0:22:06.730 --> 0:22:09.810 doing this 20 years. And that's the first time that 0:22:09.810 --> 0:22:12.410 I opened your back up. And I went to get 0:22:12.410 --> 0:22:15.250 the bones out, the fragments out, and they all popped 0:22:15.250 --> 0:22:18.030 up to the top and were right there. I took 0:22:18.030 --> 0:22:19.830 them out and there were no other bones to be 0:22:19.830 --> 0:22:20.470 taken out. 0:22:20.510 --> 0:22:23.990 Oh, boy. And you knew immediately, Jeff. You knew. You 0:22:24.030 --> 0:22:25.390 knew what had happened, right? 0:22:26.670 --> 0:22:27.430 Amen. 0:22:27.430 --> 0:22:30.790 Amen. Jeff from Alabama. Thank you so much for your 0:22:30.790 --> 0:22:35.030 call this morning. Man, love hearing from you from across 0:22:35.030 --> 0:22:38.310 the country. You've got an answered prayer. Boy, I'm I 0:22:38.470 --> 0:22:40.350 am so encouraged this morning. 0:22:40.350 --> 0:22:41.109 What a great day. 0:22:41.350 --> 0:22:43.070 This has been. Yeah, I. 0:22:43.109 --> 0:22:46.909 Am so encouraged. What is it that you are dealing 0:22:46.910 --> 0:22:49.790 with today that maybe you've been slow to go to 0:22:49.830 --> 0:22:52.470 God with because you think, what's the point? Or I've 0:22:52.470 --> 0:22:56.109 already tried that. Let this be an encouragement to persist 0:22:56.109 --> 0:22:59.389 in prayer, that when when we are invited to ask, 0:22:59.430 --> 0:23:03.350 to seek and to knock, that is as real as 0:23:03.350 --> 0:23:06.510 real can be. Tell me your story. When's the last 0:23:06.510 --> 0:23:13.310 time you prayed? And you know it was God who answered? 805, 55, 78, 98. 0:23:13.350 --> 0:23:15.770 Barbara calling in. This is our third call in a 0:23:15.770 --> 0:23:18.530 row from Alabama. What's going on in Alabama? 0:23:19.010 --> 0:23:19.810 I love Alabama. 0:23:19.850 --> 0:23:20.290 I love it. 0:23:20.330 --> 0:23:23.170 Barbara, give it to us. Tell me your answered prayer. 0:23:24.570 --> 0:23:25.129 Yes. 0:23:25.410 --> 0:23:29.730 My husband's going through a terminal illness, and he had 0:23:29.730 --> 0:23:32.290 put in an application to get a loan to repair 0:23:32.290 --> 0:23:36.129 the house. The application came through, but he died before 0:23:36.130 --> 0:23:39.169 he could sign it. And this young man of Donald's 0:23:39.170 --> 0:23:43.850 and his wife, one one has a construction building. Building business. 0:23:44.490 --> 0:23:48.690 And he said God spoke to his heart that night 0:23:49.690 --> 0:23:53.530 to rebuild someone, a home. And he revealed our home 0:23:53.530 --> 0:23:54.889 without cost. 0:23:56.130 --> 0:23:56.690 Whoa! 0:23:56.970 --> 0:23:58.050 My goodness. 0:23:58.090 --> 0:23:58.810 Barbara. 0:23:59.609 --> 0:24:00.930 That's incredible. 0:24:01.609 --> 0:24:03.810 Barbara, what did you. How did you. 0:24:03.810 --> 0:24:05.210 Respond to that? 0:24:06.690 --> 0:24:08.450 I repeat. 0:24:09.450 --> 0:24:12.210 Tell me, what was the response in your heart when 0:24:12.210 --> 0:24:14.600 you hear that? You you had to have known that 0:24:14.600 --> 0:24:15.879 this was God moving. 0:24:16.960 --> 0:24:18.840 I dance like David. Dance? 0:24:19.760 --> 0:24:20.480 Yes. Wow. 0:24:20.920 --> 0:24:25.920 Barbara from Birmingham. So many incredible stories this morning. 0:24:26.240 --> 0:24:28.959 You can take him out of Alaska, but you can't 0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:32.879 take Alaska out of him. Carl is in the crew. 0:24:33.040 --> 0:24:35.640 It's Carl and crew on Moody Radio. 0:24:35.840 --> 0:24:39.359 If you've not heard. Today marks the National Day of Prayer. 0:24:39.400 --> 0:24:42.000 This is a tradition that was formally established back in 0:24:42.000 --> 0:24:47.240 1988 by President Ronald Reagan to encourage unified public prayer 0:24:47.240 --> 0:24:51.000 across the nation. Joining me right now, Doctor Ronnie Floyd, 0:24:51.000 --> 0:24:53.440 he's a former president of the National Day of Prayer 0:24:53.480 --> 0:24:57.119 task Force and an advocate for national prayer and spiritual 0:24:57.119 --> 0:25:01.120 awakening in America. Why do we celebrate on a day 0:25:01.119 --> 0:25:03.480 like today, a national day of prayer? 0:25:03.760 --> 0:25:07.840 Well, I believe Ali is an incredible opportunity to live 0:25:07.840 --> 0:25:12.340 in a country that believes so much in religious liberty 0:25:12.619 --> 0:25:18.500 that we can call people to one day, where everyone 0:25:18.500 --> 0:25:22.980 from every persuasion can talk to God about the future 0:25:22.980 --> 0:25:26.780 of our country. Not that we have to have permission 0:25:26.780 --> 0:25:30.619 to do that, but we live in a wonderful, wonderful 0:25:30.619 --> 0:25:36.340 country that permits prayer anytime, anywhere. And we thank God 0:25:36.340 --> 0:25:37.139 for that. 0:25:37.619 --> 0:25:41.300 Let's pause right there, because that's something in of itself 0:25:41.300 --> 0:25:44.419 worth celebrating. I think sometimes we can take for granted 0:25:44.740 --> 0:25:48.179 the fact that the ability to come together and pray 0:25:48.859 --> 0:25:55.020 without opposition is a real gift that doesn't exist everywhere 0:25:55.020 --> 0:25:55.940 in the world. 0:25:56.260 --> 0:26:00.020 Yes, it really is. Ali, when you think about today, uh, 0:26:00.020 --> 0:26:03.340 there would be thousands of prayer gatherings to happen in 0:26:03.340 --> 0:26:09.020 all kinds of places and all kinds of ways that's 0:26:09.160 --> 0:26:13.320 conducted at the local level. And so I believe what 0:26:13.320 --> 0:26:15.320 we're going to see is that we're going to see 0:26:15.640 --> 0:26:19.920 hundreds of hundreds of thousands of people come together all 0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:25.040 over the country and try, at whatever level their prayer 0:26:25.040 --> 0:26:28.360 life is, to join together with others to pray for 0:26:28.359 --> 0:26:33.119 our nation. That is a fantastic blessing God has given 0:26:33.119 --> 0:26:35.520 to us and we give him praise for that. 0:26:36.040 --> 0:26:40.760 So, Doctor Floyd, how do we pray for our country? 0:26:40.800 --> 0:26:45.800 You know, it's we're living in a time where politics 0:26:46.000 --> 0:26:50.480 and religion have become intermixed in a way that can 0:26:50.600 --> 0:26:55.560 promote division and confusion rather than unity. Um, at least 0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:58.560 that's how we see it play out. How do we 0:26:58.560 --> 0:27:01.120 pray for our country, for somebody who goes, well, what 0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:02.640 does that even look like? 0:27:02.960 --> 0:27:05.479 Well, I believe, first of all, we start by saying 0:27:05.480 --> 0:27:09.020 we pray biblically. Uh, what does the Bible say about that? 0:27:09.020 --> 0:27:12.020 The Bible talks about praying for the leaders of our country. 0:27:12.300 --> 0:27:16.740 The Bible talks specifically about what those matters should be 0:27:16.740 --> 0:27:21.180 concerned about. And also we come together in relationship to 0:27:21.460 --> 0:27:24.580 praying not only for our leaders, but to pray for 0:27:24.660 --> 0:27:27.860 our churches across the nation, uh, that they would rise 0:27:27.859 --> 0:27:30.899 up and be the salt and the light in this 0:27:30.900 --> 0:27:33.060 day and hour of our country. We can pray for 0:27:33.060 --> 0:27:36.460 the issues of our country. We can pray for the 0:27:36.460 --> 0:27:41.100 security of our nation. We should always be a concern. 0:27:41.260 --> 0:27:44.340 And then I would always encourage people to pray for 0:27:44.340 --> 0:27:47.179 the revival of the church and the next great awakening 0:27:47.180 --> 0:27:50.100 in the United States of America that will be so 0:27:50.100 --> 0:27:58.300 powerful that it will transcend all denominational, generational, cultural, racial, 0:27:58.300 --> 0:28:01.220 and ethnic lines, and that we would see the next 0:28:01.220 --> 0:28:03.580 great move of God in our generation. 0:28:04.060 --> 0:28:07.480 From your standpoint, Point. Does that excite you? Do you 0:28:07.480 --> 0:28:11.160 have an expectation? Because it's easy to get discouraged when 0:28:11.160 --> 0:28:14.280 you see trends in culture, when you see division, when 0:28:14.280 --> 0:28:17.960 you see confusion. Do you hold out hope that we 0:28:18.280 --> 0:28:21.280 will see an awakening in our lifetime? 0:28:21.560 --> 0:28:25.400 I do believe that. I pray like that, and I 0:28:25.400 --> 0:28:28.560 pray that we will live to see this. Ali. And 0:28:28.560 --> 0:28:30.920 but we're have already seen many great things that God 0:28:30.920 --> 0:28:36.240 is doing around the country. And, uh, regardless of what happens, uh, 0:28:36.240 --> 0:28:40.719 with the thermostat or the temperature of Washington, DC or 0:28:40.840 --> 0:28:45.400 any state capital. Listen, God is alive. Jesus is real. 0:28:45.760 --> 0:28:49.600 He is the one who is the reason we are 0:28:49.600 --> 0:28:52.640 coming together in the National Day of Prayer to talk 0:28:52.640 --> 0:28:57.000 to him about our nation. And with that being our focus, 0:28:57.360 --> 0:29:01.320 God will bless that, and those who do it will 0:29:01.320 --> 0:29:04.780 be blessed. And for those who are going to these 0:29:04.780 --> 0:29:09.700 gatherings really engage in the gatherings. And if you're not 0:29:09.700 --> 0:29:11.780 able to go to one of the gatherings, or you're 0:29:11.780 --> 0:29:14.220 a city or town does not have a gathering to 0:29:14.220 --> 0:29:18.860 your knowledge, pray for your country right where you are. Also, 0:29:18.860 --> 0:29:22.140 in the workplaces you can pray. Obviously in the churches 0:29:22.140 --> 0:29:25.220 you can pray. We need to pray for our country, 0:29:25.260 --> 0:29:29.300 not just on the National Day of Prayer, but every day. 0:29:29.700 --> 0:29:33.980 There's not a day that goes by Ali. For decades, 0:29:33.980 --> 0:29:39.660 I have lifted up every president for decades by name 0:29:39.660 --> 0:29:42.180 and their family, as well as the vice president of 0:29:42.180 --> 0:29:45.740 the United States. Doesn't matter what the political party is. 0:29:46.020 --> 0:29:48.780 I mean, they are our leaders. And the bottom line 0:29:48.780 --> 0:29:51.300 is the Bible tells us to pray for the leaders 0:29:51.300 --> 0:29:53.820 of our nation. And I've done it in the same 0:29:53.820 --> 0:29:56.740 regard to the states in which I've lived. 0:29:57.060 --> 0:29:59.020 So I'm going to ask you to lead us in 0:29:59.020 --> 0:30:02.020 prayer right now. Would you just lead us? And we 0:30:02.120 --> 0:30:06.200 will join hearts together across our listening area with a 0:30:06.200 --> 0:30:09.200 prayer for our nation. Doctor Floyd, will you lead us? 0:30:09.360 --> 0:30:13.760 Absolutely. Father in Heaven, we pray today for America. We 0:30:13.760 --> 0:30:16.320 love this country and we thank you for the privilege 0:30:16.320 --> 0:30:19.080 of living in it. You have given to us the 0:30:19.120 --> 0:30:22.880 gift of religious liberty, Lord, and that's a right that 0:30:22.880 --> 0:30:25.320 you give us that we can come to you anytime, 0:30:25.320 --> 0:30:28.880 anywhere about anything. And today we come to you about 0:30:28.880 --> 0:30:33.840 our nation. Oh, God, would you please bring our nation 0:30:33.840 --> 0:30:37.800 together for your glory? I pray for the next great 0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:41.720 move of God all across this nation that will result 0:30:41.720 --> 0:30:46.360 in many people, millions of people, coming to faith and 0:30:46.360 --> 0:30:50.640 trust in Jesus Christ. We lift up our leaders, whether 0:30:50.640 --> 0:30:54.240 it's at the local level, the state level, the national level, 0:30:54.480 --> 0:30:58.000 and we pray for their safety. We pray, Lord, that 0:30:58.000 --> 0:31:03.100 you would lead them in a way that we can 0:31:03.100 --> 0:31:08.100 see good occur all around us, and we pray for 0:31:08.100 --> 0:31:11.940 the prosperity of our regions and the prosperity of our 0:31:12.100 --> 0:31:16.180 our states and the prosperity of our nation to God's glory, 0:31:16.180 --> 0:31:19.460 so that America can be a tremendous blessing to the 0:31:19.460 --> 0:31:24.220 entire world. Most of all, giving the world the hope 0:31:24.580 --> 0:31:29.220 of Jesus Christ, that he is the Savior of the world. 0:31:29.220 --> 0:31:32.500 And we pray this in his name. Amen. 0:31:32.900 --> 0:31:35.340 Doctor Floyd, thank you so much. I want to point 0:31:35.340 --> 0:31:38.780 you as you're listening to some resources that are available. 0:31:38.820 --> 0:31:42.060 Doctor Floyd is an author. He's a podcast host. Also, 0:31:42.100 --> 0:31:44.180 want to get you linked up on what's going on 0:31:44.180 --> 0:31:47.340 in your area for National Day of Prayer? Just text day. 0:31:47.580 --> 0:31:49.500 All of that will be in this one keyword. Just 0:31:49.500 --> 0:31:55.380 text day to 800 555 7898. Text day D a 0:31:55.420 --> 0:31:59.220 y to 800 555 7898.