#020: When Prayer Becomes a Chore [Podcast]

Dr Taylor Marshall Podcast

Dr. Taylor Marshall

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2014

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

I talk a lot about Mental Prayer, but personally I get bogged down and often it feels like a chore. A reader named Alex wrote me about when "prayer feels like a chore." I can relate. Trust me. In today's podcast, I talk about my own struggles and give three suggestions to overcome the idea that prayer is a chore - something to merely check off the list. Also, due to the overwhelming response - the old intro music is back! I also talk about Saint Alexander and the death of the heretic Arius who died on the toilet (as depicted in the image below). You won't want to miss that story. It's in this podcast's "Saint of the Week" feature. (http://taylormarshall.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Death-of-Arius-on-toilet.jpg) Click to Listen: When Prayer Becomes a Chore If audio player does not show up in your email or browser, click here to listen (http://media.blubrry.com/taylormarshall/content.blubrry.com/taylormarshall/TMShow_020_Prayer_as_a_Chore.mp3). [Visit the Taylor Marshall Podcast ARCHIVE to explore other topics by clicking here for podcast archives. (http://taylormarshall.com/taylormarshallshow)] Proverb of the Week: Prov 15:29 Tip of the Week: email subscriptions to blogs Saint of the Week: St Alexander of Constantinople (and the death of Arius on the toilet) Latin Word of the Week: precari Please Share Your Feedback * Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 55,110 downloads! * Please click here for an easy way to leave a question. (http://taylormarshall.com/ask) * A huge "THANK YOU" to all 102 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taylor-marshall-show/id689871918). * If you're new, you can rate this podcast by clicking here (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taylor-marshall-show/id689871918) and then "View in iTunes." From there you can leave a review. * I appreciate you for this!

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Taylor Marshall Show episode 20.
0:03.2	Today we talk about what to do when your prayer life feels like a chore.
0:07.6	Oh, and by popular demand, the old intro music is back.
0:12.0	Here it is. And the Okay. Okay, so the old intro music and outro music is back. As soon as I put up episode 19 last week, I started getting almost immediate feedback on Facebook, email, and on the blog saying
1:00.5	I don't like the new intro.
1:02.1	I'm like, man, people don't like the new intro. I'm like, man, people don't like the new intro.
1:04.3	We'll wait, we'll see. Maybe more positive feedback will come back.
1:08.8	As you know, if you listen to episode 19, I kind of was going for that Hobbit-esque Irish
1:15.0	Gaelic sound even had an Irish guy speaking on there and I thought it was really
1:18.8	cool I like it still like it but I started getting the negative feedback and Joy, my wife, who listens to all
1:25.0	the podcasts. She hadn't listened to it yet. And so that evening I said, hey, I got a big surprise
1:29.0	for you. I put a new intro music on the podcast.
1:34.0	Check it out.
1:35.0	So she went to the other room after the kids,
1:37.6	I can't remember if the kids were down or not,
1:38.6	but anyway, she went to the other room
1:39.7	and I could hear her listening to it on the laptop.
1:44.2	And after a while, she came back in the room
1:46.8	and she didn't say anything.
1:48.3	And then later that night we were getting ready for bed.
1:50.2	And so I said, so what'd you think of the new the new podcast intro?
1:54.4	She's like well I kind of like the old one better. I was like,
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