WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:09.800 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, definitely for children of 2 00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:16.480 all ages. Welcome to another edition of Let's Get Biblical 3 00:00:17.480 --> 00:00:20.640 with your host, a man formerly in the world of 4 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:24.519 entertainment as a stand up comedian and actor, and now 5 00:00:25.440 --> 00:00:26.920 an evangelist for Christ. 6 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:38.159 Here he is your host, my host, power host Kde. 7 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:41.079 Thank you, mister movie Bone, and thank you for listening 8 00:00:41.159 --> 00:00:43.960 to another episode of Let's Get Biblical right here on 9 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:48.159 your favorite podcasting platform, whether it's Spreaker, Spotify, Apple, iTunes, 10 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:51.600 Google Play, and more. We thank you guys for following 11 00:00:51.679 --> 00:00:54.000 us over the last several years, and especially you guys 12 00:00:54.039 --> 00:01:02.640 in seventeen countries worldwide, including Vietnam, Beans, Mexico, Spain, the 13 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.400 continent of Africa, the good old United States, and of 14 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:09.439 course our friends to the north Canada and our friends 15 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:11.879 to the South Mexico. Thank you, guys for listening to 16 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.200 Let's Get Biblical. What is this about? What did you 17 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:18.280 stumble upon? My goodness, graciousness, does not sound like a 18 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:22.680 biblical podcast to me, Some of you white haired wisdom 19 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:25.359 carriers of faith, and maybe even some of you non 20 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:27.719 believers and atheists out there going wait a minute, there's 21 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:31.400 something different about this guy. Delivering the Gospel. Yes, that's 22 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:33.799 our goal. As a former stand up comedian actor, I 23 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.000 love to take the scriptures of the bibl e the 24 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.000 basic constructions before leaving Earth manual, wrap them around your life, 25 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:43.599 my life, and the collective world around us with the 26 00:01:43.640 --> 00:01:48.760 forms of using testimony transparency, which is very key these 27 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:52.000 days in hopes of transformation in your life, my life, 28 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:54.799 and again the collective world around us. So let's get 29 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:58.680 started with another episode of Let's Get Biblical with kad 30 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.000 and today. If you listen, last week we talked a 31 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.799 lot about the power of prayer, and we are going 32 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:08.159 to talk about that direct connection that we have with God. 33 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:10.639 You may be a non believer and you're questioning yourself 34 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:13.080 right now. Have you ever picked up your cell phone 35 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:16.400 and never had coverage? Nah, We've always had great carriers 36 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:20.120 out there. Come on, Nah. You know Grandpa's cell phone, 37 00:02:20.360 --> 00:02:22.560 you know it still flips open and he can't really 38 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:25.400 see the letters and the connections horrible. Maybe you have 39 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:28.719 T Mobile at and T and those connection is not 40 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.800 always the best in certain places. Well, the connection with 41 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:35.919 God is always consistent through the form of prayer and 42 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:39.199 as a matter of fact, legendary hip hop singer said 43 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:45.439 it best himself, especially when I was younger. Mc Hammer. 44 00:02:46.560 --> 00:02:51.719 Mc Hammer said it best. You got to pray just 45 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:58.199 to make it today. And you know what, he was right. 46 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.800 You know I heard this song many many moons ago 47 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:06.560 as a young child, a teenager, many moons ago. We're 48 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.879 not going to go how many moons by the way, 49 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:12.159 but he was right, we have to pray just to 50 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:14.479 make it today. Now, you may be a non believer, 51 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:17.560 guess what. It's okay, you can still pray. You may 52 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.080 be an atheist, guess what. You can still question God 53 00:03:21.039 --> 00:03:23.919 by the form of prayer. But how do I pray? Katie. 54 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:26.120 We're going to talk a little bit about that today 55 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:28.960 and the acronym that I use and the phrase that 56 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:30.919 I use. We shared it last week, we shared a 57 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:32.680 lot on the show, and I felt like we needed 58 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:35.599 to share it again today, and that is, if you 59 00:03:35.639 --> 00:03:37.560 want to be rich in life, you got to be 60 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:43.560 po Poe pray over everything. Oh it's that easy. It 61 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:47.479 is that easy. But there's a trick to it. I 62 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:51.159 knew it. I knew it. It's like buying something on 63 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.759 a CVC or on TV. The price is too good 64 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:58.240 to be true. Katie, No, you have to have faith, 65 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:03.599 you really do. You have to have faith. You have 66 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.280 to have faith in the fact that there is someone 67 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.199 that loves you so much, that is willing to listen 68 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:11.960 to you at all times. And guess what, when you 69 00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:15.199 really dig into your faith and that relationship is strong, 70 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.680 you can feel him respond. He may respond in the 71 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:24.560 form of something you're reading, something you're listening to, maybe 72 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:30.000 a you know, a podcast, I don't know, maybe a song, 73 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:34.480 maybe a billboard, maybe a bumper stick or T shirt 74 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:38.079 and it just is like, wow, that hit me. Maybe 75 00:04:38.199 --> 00:04:42.480 something you're scrolling on social media. He speaks to us 76 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:46.319 in many ways. But our direct connection our flip phone 77 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.560 to God. Man, I use the word flip phone, our 78 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:52.360 cell phone to God. I'm still stuck on Uncle Joe 79 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:54.560 and Grandpa's flip phone. I'll be honest with you. We're 80 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:59.319 having fun today. Our direct connection, our cell phone to 81 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:03.120 God is the form of prayer. You know. The crazy 82 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:06.040 thing is we have the Internet and cell phones in 83 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:08.560 front of us, and we use it for the most obscure, 84 00:05:09.720 --> 00:05:13.680 mindless stuff. But you can put in how to pray 85 00:05:14.040 --> 00:05:17.279 and it comes up. I just tried it just for 86 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:19.160 the sake of the show to see what it would say, 87 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:21.519 because I have my own things to say, and we 88 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:23.720 are gonna dig into the Bible with a couple scriptures 89 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:26.759 wrapped around prayer, and we're gonna talk about how to 90 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:29.519 pray because some people don't know how to pray. Do 91 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:31.480 I just close my eyes, open my ead? You know? 92 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:34.720 Do I I say something like the disciples did? Do 93 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:37.079 I got to have big, long words in order to 94 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.120 get to the Lord. No, not at all, because the 95 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.959 key is faith that you're speaking to him. The next 96 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:48.759 key ingredient is also knowing. He already knows your heart. 97 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:51.439 He knows what you're gonna say before you even say it. 98 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:53.879 So you're like, so, what's the sense, Well, you got 99 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.040 have faith to speak to him. Okay, I know what 100 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:58.000 my kids are doing in the other room when it 101 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:00.639 gets really quiet. Parents, you know what I'm talking about, 102 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:04.399 and they know that I know without even speaking to me. 103 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:08.160 So it's up to them to act upon what they're 104 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:09.959 gonna do in a good way or a bad way. 105 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:15.000 But when you google about prayer, it's pretty interesting. It 106 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:18.839 says prayer in the Bible is a heartfelt conversation with God, 107 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:29.040 truth facts, absolutely encompassing praise, confession, thanksgiving and requests and 108 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:34.079 is central to a believer's relationship with him. Boom nailed 109 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.360 it right on the money way to go Google. That 110 00:06:37.519 --> 00:06:42.000 is absolutely right. That is all perfect. Praise Lord, thank 111 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:44.079 you for this day. Thank you for waking me up. 112 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.439 We always forget about the little things to praise him for. 113 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:50.279 It's not the amount of money in your pocket. You 114 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:52.560 want to praise them for your health, even if you're 115 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:55.959 sick today. Guess what you're breathing when you pray for 116 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.720 the little things, including Thanksgiving and praise. Thank you for 117 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:04.040 this day, regardless of how bad of a day I'm having. 118 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:06.519 But I know you're in the midst of it. That's 119 00:07:06.600 --> 00:07:13.000 confession requests. Lord. I'm having trouble right now, financially, I'm 120 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:15.120 having troubles with the best friend. I'm having troubles with 121 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.959 a spouse. Lord, this is what's going on. I need 122 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:23.839 your help. This builds that relationship. I have a few 123 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:26.839 friends that reach out to me and they always ask 124 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.040 for prayer, and I say, well, why don't you pray 125 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.800 and I'll pray with you. Oh I do no, no, no, 126 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:35.480 I don't know what to pray for. I know I'm 127 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:38.480 I'm going through a relationship with you. Well, I don't 128 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:43.839 know what you're going through because you're not allowing to 129 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.879 develop a relationship with me to fully know what I 130 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:52.160 need to pray for. You. See, God knows everything. He knows, 131 00:07:52.360 --> 00:07:54.560 so just open up your heart to him. What is 132 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.879 the purpose of prayer. It's just communication with God, it 133 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:04.000 really is. I think that you're gonna hear from Him again. 134 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:07.480 That's that faith thing. When you don't think something's gonna happen, 135 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:12.040 you have no faith. Now there's different types of prayer 136 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:17.600 as well, prayers of confession, Lord, I have sinned, Lord, 137 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:22.759 take away my sin. I have the sin of watching pornography. 138 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:26.079 I drink too much, I put needles into my arms, 139 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:29.680 I beat my spouse, I hurt my kids. You know 140 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:33.600 the sins that you have, so does he, and you 141 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:38.000 need to go to him openly confess. One of my 142 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:42.840 favorite ways to praise or prayer. See how prayer and 143 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:46.919 praise go together, is to praise I love. I don't 144 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:48.879 have to drop to my knees all the time. I 145 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:51.919 don't have to go to my bedside. These are all 146 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:56.360 things that TV and stuff show you. Yes, it's cool 147 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:59.320 to do from time to time, absolutely because it shows 148 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:03.679 humility when you drop to your knees. But man, he 149 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:05.799 loves to hear us sing. You may be the worst 150 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:09.159 singer in the world. Okay, unless you're in the shower, 151 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.279 of course, I get it. But when I start singing 152 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:17.440 songs of praise, when I'm listening to say Kay Love 153 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:21.639 and other great Christian music out there, Zach Williams, Jeremy Camp, 154 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:25.159 things of that nature, La Craye, Andy minneow, and I'm 155 00:09:25.200 --> 00:09:29.000 just singing these things things I hear in church. Man, 156 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:32.879 he just starts smiling. That's a form of prayer. We 157 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:36.679 don't have to have these elaborate, crazy prayers. And I 158 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:38.480 joke around all the time when we talk about this, 159 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:40.279 and one of the things I love to say is 160 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:43.519 we don't have to say things from the King James 161 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:47.320 Bible where they're big, deep words, Thou shalt now owl 162 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:51.799 brown cow. You know we don't have to say that. Lord, 163 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:56.120 I need you. I'm having a horrible day. You know what. 164 00:09:56.440 --> 00:10:00.240 You may be new in faith, and you may use explicitives, 165 00:10:01.039 --> 00:10:05.240 you may what the's going on? Why the am I 166 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:09.360 going through this? And I'm being honest with you because 167 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:13.399 I know where you're at. I've been there many have too. 168 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:18.039 But the moment that you show whom humility and you 169 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:22.960 become humble, especially in prayer and speaking to him, man, 170 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:29.120 it's an amazing, amazing feeling. Prayers a petition request God's 171 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:34.960 help for personal needs. Those prayers of thanksgiving is expressing gratitude. 172 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:40.879 Another one is called innercessary prayers. Pray on the behalf 173 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:44.000 of others. A mother sick, I pray for her health. 174 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:47.600 My best friend is going through it. I do a 175 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:52.279 lot of intercessory prayers with friends and brothers at church 176 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:57.519 and what they're going through. You see. The things that 177 00:10:57.559 --> 00:11:01.799 you need to remember is to be consistent, pray without ceasing. 178 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:05.279 What does that mean. You may hear that it means 179 00:11:05.320 --> 00:11:07.440 pray all the time, and you may not be there 180 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:09.559 yet because you may be new in faith. So what 181 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:13.799 would I do if I'm not? You know, been in 182 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.519 the walk with Jesus for a long time, Katie, Well, 183 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:21.399 morning afternoon, whenever you get a chance, when you get 184 00:11:21.440 --> 00:11:25.720 that nudge, Lord, thank you for this package arriving, Lord, 185 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:29.080 thank you for this food. Then eventually you're gonna be 186 00:11:29.360 --> 00:11:32.080 so grateful for the things that you have, regardless of 187 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:34.200 the situations you may be in. Then you're gonna start 188 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:37.399 praying for those situations. Then you're gonna pray for others. 189 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:40.759 But you got to be consistent and eventually you're gonna 190 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:46.000 pray over everything. Be po to be rich in life. 191 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:49.039 And I love this because I pray all the time. 192 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:53.279 I'm walking through my house, I'm cleaning, and I'm just 193 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:57.039 kind of got thoughts on my heads of the Lord. Man. 194 00:11:57.799 --> 00:12:02.159 I'm grateful, Lord, thank you, even when I'm going through it. 195 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:06.600 Why am I fighting with my wife? Lord? It's constant? 196 00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:09.279 Why are my kids acting up? Things of this nature. 197 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:14.399 Consistency is key. Faith and trust. We started the show 198 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:20.559 with faith and trust. Right, be honest, be simple, don't 199 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:23.799 do these big, elaborate prayers. There's nothing wrong with just 200 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:27.039 being simple. He knows where you're at in your walk, 201 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:31.600 He knows what's going on in your life. And when 202 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:34.759 you let go and let God, like we talked in 203 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:39.399 the last episode, this happens with prayer too. Let go 204 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:43.960 and let God. He already knows. He already knows the 205 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:47.440 plans that He's made for you. We make them harder. 206 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:51.600 When we let go, things start to happen a little 207 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:55.960 bit easier. Maybe a rocky road, but see that big 208 00:12:56.080 --> 00:13:00.679 rock on the road. Normally in the past we'd be 209 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:02.759 so upset we try to kick it, break our toe. 210 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:07.080 Bad things happen. Right well, he's teaching you now, hey, 211 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:10.399 I'm lighting your path. Watch out for that rock. You're like, okay, 212 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.879 you move around it, stupid rock. You know, you just 213 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:19.159 move on the path will get easier, especially through prayer. 214 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:24.399 It does. Will you go through bad times. Absolutely, this 215 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:27.799 is not a special magic or fairy dust being sprinkled 216 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:30.279 upon you where you're invisible to bad things in life. 217 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.559 When we go through things, it's to test our faith 218 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:37.919 to God and it builds us to be stronger. And 219 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:42.240 your testimonies in those situations are to be shared with others, 220 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:44.960 just like I share with you. I love the power 221 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:50.360 of prayer, and when I first started out, I was like, Eh, yes, 222 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.320 dear God, you know I don't know what to prayer for. 223 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.399 I pray for my kids and their health, and you 224 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:03.320 know things could be better. But you know, I guess 225 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:07.639 I know what you're doing. I was being heartfelt regardless 226 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:10.840 if I was questioning, and my faith was kind of wavering. 227 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.840 But when I remained consistent in prayer, that relationship got bigger. 228 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:20.360 My faith became stronger. I became more honest, more simple, 229 00:14:21.120 --> 00:14:25.919 and all of a sudden, just doors were knocking, doors 230 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:30.240 were opening up, and just so amazing things started happening. 231 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:34.840 Now again, bad things do happen, But when you stay 232 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:37.919 consistent in prayer, that is opening up in that cell 233 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:41.200 phone to the Lord and saying, hey, what's up. I 234 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:43.039 need to talk to you. I want to share a 235 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:45.919 song with you, guys here in this break. I saw 236 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:49.519 it on the Internet and what attracted me to it 237 00:14:49.679 --> 00:14:52.679 was the two artists, Luke Combs and George Straight. Now 238 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:55.279 I want you to pump the brakes. This song is 239 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:59.159 not by country legends Luke Colmbs and George Straight, but 240 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:04.000 all over the internet that there's an AI version. Fans 241 00:15:04.080 --> 00:15:06.399 come together and put these two guys together on a 242 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:08.679 track and it sounds like them. I would love to 243 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:12.240 know who actually supplies the music. Is it a robot? 244 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:16.559 Is it actually somebody real? And you're like, this show 245 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:19.399 just took a turn, Katie, Now you're talking about AI. Hey, 246 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:22.360 it happens. But this song is so powerful and it's 247 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:25.519 called the power of Prayer. No matter who sings it. 248 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:27.600 If you want to look it up and download it 249 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:31.679 in your you know, favorite warship songs or whatever you 250 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.879 guys do to listen to. It is Luke Comb's George 251 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:39.200 Strait the power of a prayer. Check it out and 252 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:42.679 when we return, let's get into those scriptures about prayer 253 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:47.240 and should we be alone, won't we pray? We'll talk 254 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:50.320 about that to close out the show. 255 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:57.000 I've been down on my knees in the midnight rain, 256 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:02.759 trying fin hold through the herd. 257 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:07.279 And the pain ever tear that falls. 258 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:13.519 He's counted them all, every stormble I take. 259 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:16.879 He still lesser's the car. 260 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:25.799 I've seen the storms roll in, I've seen rivers revise. 261 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:31.919 But I've never been lost to the Father's eyes. 262 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:39.559 From the chapel pews to the quiet nighter, I've seen 263 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:45.039 love rebuilt by the power of a preyer. 264 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:50.039 The power of a preyer. 265 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:56.559 He can move the storm, he can deal Lot. 266 00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:58.480 And Kenny. 267 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:08.240 Hall through the darks, not through the heavy. There's a 268 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:22.759 lot that shine on a par whim broadsis there. Hold 269 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:35.559 on to the power of a prayer. Absolutely, hold on 270 00:17:35.680 --> 00:17:38.960 to the power of a prayer. It is so impactful, 271 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:44.119 it is so powerful. It is our direct connection to Christ. 272 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:52.039 It really is so Katie, how do you pray, Where 273 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:55.359 do you pray? When do you pray? Well, there's different 274 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:57.519 forms of prayer, as we talked about before the Break. 275 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:01.480 You can pray consistently in your mind to the Lord. 276 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:05.799 You know that still voice that you have and it 277 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:08.559 sounds like you're talking to yourself or am I just 278 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:12.599 the only one? You know? I'm actually writing a children's 279 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:17.559 book called If Not If. Actually it's called Imaginary Friend, 280 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:19.960 and it kind of upset me when the movie came 281 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:23.359 out with Ryan Reynolds. But it's actually called My Imaginary 282 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:26.119 Friend and it's a children's book. I always thought it 283 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:30.319 was my brother who had passed away that has always 284 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:33.000 been around me speaking to me. You know, I always 285 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:36.480 had that imaginary friend in my life, and I realized 286 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:40.000 when I got older, it's Jesus speaking to me. He's 287 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:43.039 always been right there, you know. So you get that 288 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:46.680 still faint voice. And but I'm going through on my day, 289 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.319 you know, like I said before the Break, when I'm 290 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:52.519 cleaning or whatnot, I'm just being thankful or Lord, I 291 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:55.079 need help with this, and I don't say it out 292 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:58.319 loud all the time. You got to be careful with 293 00:18:58.400 --> 00:19:02.319 your prayers. Can ill you that because if you're speaking 294 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:05.759 the prayers out loud alone. I've learned this over the 295 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:11.880 last couple of years that there's another person listening, and 296 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:16.519 that's the opposition. He's gonna love to twist your words. 297 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:21.720 He's gonna go to God and say, Hey, you remember 298 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:26.279 what Joni Janey, Mark John, whoever the name is that 299 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:34.400 of praying, said about Hey, Lord, please strengthen me, make 300 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:38.880 me stronger. Hey, give me that opportunity. God, let me 301 00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:40.960 test them, because I know they're not going to go 302 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.000 to you, but let me test their strength. That's when 303 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.039 we go through these things to make us stronger. You 304 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:51.680 asked to be tested, so you're sitting there saying, Lord, 305 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:54.640 give me strength. Well, you've got to be tested. You 306 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.680 can't just walk into a gym look at the weights 307 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:59.480 and say, oh, I walked out and now I've got 308 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:05.559 six packs as No, you gotta be tested. So hotch 309 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:10.359 how you say things, where you say things, maybe even 310 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:13.960 just as you go into prayer, close your eyes like 311 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:17.200 I do, and think of the words that you're going 312 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:20.480 to say to Jesus, Dear God. I come to you 313 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:25.039 in the precious name of Jesus, Dear Lord, help me 314 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:28.359 with this and that but when you speak it out 315 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:32.240 loud alone the opposition's listening. He's going to try to 316 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:35.319 twist what you say and try to manipulate things in 317 00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:37.160 your life because he knows you're trying to go to 318 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:41.880 the Father. So be careful with what you pray. Get 319 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.480 around like minded believers. Pray in a group once you 320 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:51.559 feel comfortable, pray alone. Pray alone. That's your intimate moment 321 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:57.920 with the Lord. What does the Bible say about prayer? Tons, tons, 322 00:20:58.119 --> 00:21:01.079 It's like the basic foundation almost if you go through 323 00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:05.319 the Bible, mark chapter eleven, verse twenty four. Therefore, I 324 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:12.359 tell you, whatever whatever you ask in prayer, believe that 325 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:17.200 you have it and receive it. There's the key. Some 326 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:19.319 people will just read over that. Therefore, I tell you 327 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:22.039 whatever I ask in prayer, believe that you have it 328 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:24.880 and it will be yours. It says right there, God, 329 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:26.839 it'll be mine. Why haven't you given it to me? 330 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:31.480 Have you believed? Have you believed? I told you at 331 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:36.519 the beginning of this program, right, I said? Faith? Therefore, 332 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:41.200 I tell you whatever you ask in prayer, believe that 333 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:46.680 you have it, and believe that you've received it, and 334 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:49.640 it'll be yours. The key words are believe and received. 335 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:53.119 You got to believe that you already have it before 336 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:55.240 you even get it. Dear Lord, I know you're going 337 00:21:55.279 --> 00:22:03.559 to deliver this. I know because it is in the mist. Now, Katie, 338 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:07.640 what happens when prayer doesn't work? Where was your faith? 339 00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:12.240 Where was your belief? That's the first thing I'll ask you. 340 00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.680 You know, sometimes people think that prayer is a scratch 341 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:19.759 off ticket. Dear Lord, I need a million dollars. Dear Lord, 342 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:23.240 I need a million dollars and everything will be fine. Well, 343 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:26.759 you haven't been able to manage the money you have. Now, 344 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:29.440 that's why you're in the predicament you're in. What makes 345 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:31.200 you think I'm going to give you a million dollars 346 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:37.279 right now? But guess what, Hey, I'm going to give 347 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:40.400 you a day off with pay Watch what happens. Let 348 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:43.559 me see how you appreciate that blessing if you pass 349 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:47.400 it by and not thank him like we said beginning 350 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:54.240 of the show, prayers of thanksgiving, gratitude, there's one of 351 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:58.319 the reasons why you may not get money. But prayer 352 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:01.599 is not about money. It's not It's about building your 353 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:05.000 personal relationship with Christ. You're going to go to one 354 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.200 of your friends that you haven't spoken to in years, 355 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:11.160 say hey, I need to borrow a million dollars. What 356 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:14.839 are they going to tell you? Even if I had it, 357 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.720 I'm not gonna give it to you because you're not 358 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:19.119 going to be in that situation. And plus you haven't 359 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:21.960 talked to me in years. But guess what, I do 360 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:25.400 need somebody to help me out on this job. You 361 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:28.440 can make X amount of money. You're gonna take advantage 362 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:30.200 and take that job? Or are you gonna walk away? Go? 363 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:30.759 No? 364 00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:37.359 Thanks, humility, thankfulness, gratitude start there, Mark Chapter eleven, verse 365 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:40.440 twenty four. Therefore, I tell you whatever you ask in prayer, 366 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:44.960 believe that you have it and received it, and it 367 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:50.119 will be yours Romans eight twenty six. Likewise, the Spirit 368 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:54.079 helps us in our weakness, for we do not know 369 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:58.160 what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit 370 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:02.279 himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 371 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:06.680 The Spirit intercedes on our behalf. It is almost like 372 00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:11.359 our lawyer to God. Sometimes you may pray something while 373 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:14.359 you're weak, and you forget certain things, but Spirit knows 374 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:17.720 and goes to the Lord and says, hey, we need 375 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:21.799 to help this one out. If you move to Matthew 376 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:26.160 chapter six, verse six. But when you pray. I love this. 377 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:30.720 Go into your room and shut the door, and pray 378 00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:35.119 to your father who is in secret, and your father, 379 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:40.200 who sees in secret, will reward you. I love this 380 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:42.640 because people ask where should I pray? How should I 381 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:47.559 pray in secret? This is a command. This is go 382 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:51.759 in your room, shut the door. When I record this podcast, 383 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:55.920 when I'm studying my Bible, when I'm praying, I'm literally 384 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:59.839 in a closet. I've developed a podcast room out of 385 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:02.599 a closet in my home. You're like, dang, it must 386 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:09.680 be a huge closet. No, but it's intimate. I can 387 00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:11.759 feel the presence of the Lord in the Holy Spirit. 388 00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:17.119 It's amazing, and when I go to him in these moments, 389 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:26.000 a whole new world just opens up. I'm thankful for 390 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:28.880 the things that the Lord has given me. I'm not 391 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:32.400 a millionaire, nor would I want to be more money, 392 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:39.240 more problems. But if blessings like that are bestowed upon 393 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:43.480 me or my children, then they need to understand how 394 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:46.319 to be humble in those moments when given certain things, 395 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:51.640 whether it's money, health, and opportunity. I am blessed with 396 00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:55.480 opportunities by the Lord, and I am so thankful for them. Daily. 397 00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:59.000 My wife and I have been able to build a 398 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:02.279 decent business on opportunities that God has given us. He 399 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:08.359 hasn't given us a million dollars opportunities, and we take 400 00:26:08.400 --> 00:26:13.720 advantage of them, and we're gracious and humble in those opportunities. 401 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:17.799