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Start your comeback at Purdueglobal dot edu. 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 4: Welcome to the Joe Lostine Podcast. Help us continue to 29 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 4: share the message of hope with those all over the world. 30 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 4: Visit Joelostin dot com slash give Hope to give a 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 4: gift today. 32 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 5: Thank your mother. 33 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 6: We're hanging on to you. Hey, man, you may be seated. 34 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 6: You know, we have such a privilege in prayer. You know, 35 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 6: sometimes we take prayer for granted, but prayer is a privilege. 36 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 6: It's talking to God, communicating with God. You see, the 37 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 6: Bible says that when our spirit connects with God's spirit, 38 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 6: something incredible happens. We are ignited with the power of 39 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 6: Almighty God. See, the strongest part of you is not 40 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 6: your physical body. It's not your emotion or your souls realm. 41 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 6: The strongest part of you, the eternal part of you, 42 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 6: is your spirit. Man, and when you connect, the strongest 43 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 6: part of you with the strongest force in the universe. 44 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 6: There's an exchange that takes place. There's a powerful transformation 45 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 6: that takes place. See, God is a big God. He 46 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 6: flung the stars into space. He's in full control. Just 47 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:48,360 Speaker 6: like we're saying about God is unshakable. He's huge, and 48 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 6: we have the privilege to commune with this huge God. 49 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 6: We cannot take for granted that we can speak to 50 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 6: God and that God hears us. It says in Roman's aid, 51 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 6: God's spirit testifies with our spirit. You see, God's spirit 52 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 6: is constantly telling our spirit when we get into communion 53 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 6: with him, who we are, what we can do. Our 54 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 6: spirit is picking up the signals of God. It's changing, 55 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 6: it's growing, it's taking on a new dimension, a heavenly dimension, 56 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 6: a dimension that you can't get on this earth. You 57 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 6: can only get it when you ignite and connect your 58 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 6: spirit with God's Spirit. Now that sounds far out, doesn't it. 59 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 6: But it's the truth. 60 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 2: It's the truth. 61 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 6: You are a spiritual being and you were designed to 62 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,880 Speaker 6: connect with your spiritual father. In fact, when Jesus left 63 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 6: this earth, you know what he said, He said, I'm 64 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 6: leaving the Holy Spirit here with you. The person of 65 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 6: the Holy Spirit. That's who we get to talk to 66 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 6: every single day. Paul told us and encouraged us all 67 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 6: through the New Testament to pray continuously, to pray without ceasing, 68 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,119 Speaker 6: to pray all kinds of prayers, all kinds of requests, 69 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 6: all kinds of petitions to God. He was saying, go 70 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 6: for it. Talk to God, Talk to God. 71 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 7: Wow. 72 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 6: Isn't that incredible that God doesn't judge us when we 73 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 6: talk to him. He communes with us. Think about when 74 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 6: your child comes up to you, you don't judge them. 75 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 6: Your heart goes out to them. You want to help them. 76 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 6: The first thing that you want to do is fix them, 77 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 6: encourage them, strengthen them. You're looking at what they're doing right, 78 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 6: not what they're doing wrong. Well, when you come to God, 79 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 6: he is looking at what you're doing right. He sees 80 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 6: that recreated spirit within you, and he is connecting his spirit. 81 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 6: The very lifeline of heaven is being connected to you. 82 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 7: You know. 83 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 6: Jesus gave us an example of a that he had, 84 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 6: and it says that Jesus would often withdraw to lonely places, 85 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 6: leaving the crowd to connect with his father in heaven. 86 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 6: He also told us this in Matthew six. But when 87 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 6: you pray, go into your room and shut the door. 88 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 6: He says, when you pray to your Father, who is unseen, 89 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 6: in secret, he will reward you openly. You see, Jesus 90 00:05:32,320 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 6: was saying, not only do I need to get away 91 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 6: from the crowds, my crowded life, the needs of the world, 92 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 6: to get with my Father, but you should too. We 93 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:49,719 Speaker 6: must withdraw from this busy schedule, from this crazy, hectic 94 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 6: world and get. 95 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:51,839 Speaker 2: Alone with God. 96 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:57,479 Speaker 6: We need to meet with God every single day alone. 97 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 6: In fact, Jesus said in Matthew six, he says, when 98 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 6: you go into your room and you shut the door, 99 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 6: you pray in secret, and God will reward you. In secret. 100 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 6: God will communicate and bear witness with your spirit that 101 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 6: you are a child of the most high God. You 102 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 6: are connecting the strongest part of yourself with the strongest 103 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:30,800 Speaker 6: force of the universe. You are transforming your inter life, 104 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:36,039 Speaker 6: your inner life. That's where the spirit dwells. The Bible says, 105 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 6: it's the spirit of the man that sustains the man. 106 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 6: We want our spirits to be strong, and the only 107 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 6: way we can do that is when we come into 108 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 6: this personal relationship with God. You know, it's interesting because 109 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 6: when Joel and I were dating, we would just get alone, 110 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 6: look into each other's eyes, sit over dinner. We really 111 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 6: wouldn't even have to say much. Somehow, when we were together, 112 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 6: we just had this connection. We fell in love that way. 113 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,600 Speaker 6: Can you imagine if we dated and we never got 114 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 6: a loan, all we did was hang out with all 115 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 6: our friends. He was always with his buddies. His buddies 116 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 6: were always around. My girlfriends were always there, always doing something, 117 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:21,480 Speaker 6: always distracted. Would we have fallen in love the way 118 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 6: we fell in love, when we just sat with each other, 119 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 6: looked at each other, got to know one another. It's interesting. 120 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 6: I know him quite well. In fact, we were married 121 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 6: eight years before we had our son, Jonathan, so we 122 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 6: spent a lot of alone time together. I know what 123 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 6: he likes to eat. I can pretty much tell you 124 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 6: what he likes and doesn't like. In fact, if we're 125 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 6: not together somehow, if an if I'm by myself and 126 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 6: a situation arises, I just know what he would tell 127 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 6: me to do. Now, if I do it or not, 128 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 6: that's another sure. Somehow, from being with him and building 129 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 6: this relationship, I know what he would want me to do. 130 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 6: And you know that's how it is with our relationship 131 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 6: with God. We learn about God, we develop this relationship, 132 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 6: this intimacy with him when we're together, when we're away 133 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 6: from the distractions, just when we're gazing into his eyes, 134 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 6: simply sitting at his feet. You see, when we set 135 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 6: ourselves apart, God sets us up to win when we're 136 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 6: willing to let go of the distractions, to push through 137 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 6: getting alone with Him. And I can tell you that 138 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 6: there is a push through that you have to do 139 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 6: because sometimes you can sit there and you don't know 140 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 6: what to do. Maybe you take a scripture and you 141 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 6: just ponder it over and over. Maybe you sit there 142 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 6: and you just say God, I thank you, I love you, 143 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 6: thank you for breath to breathe, thank you for this day. 144 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 6: Thank you from olding me and making me who I am. Father, 145 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 6: I want to know you more, reveal yourself to me. 146 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:01,319 Speaker 7: God. 147 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 6: I don't know what that intimacy looks like for you, 148 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 6: but I can tell you this that you have a need. 149 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,240 Speaker 6: The only thing that's going to satisfy your soul, the 150 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 6: only thing that's going to give you vision for your life, 151 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 6: is to sit at the feet of Jesus, to set 152 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 6: yourself apart to say it's worth it, It's worth building 153 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 6: a relationship. See, Jesus is waiting for you. He's waiting 154 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 6: to fill you with victory. He's waiting to fill you 155 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 6: with joy. 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