Be My Guest: Kevin McCall, Asking for Signs, and the Holy Spirit
Ask Father Josh (Your Catholic Question and Answer Podcast)
Ascension
4.9 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Fr. Josh and Kevin McCall talk about prayer, asking God for signs and how to have a relationship with the Holy Spirit.
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Snippet from the Show
“When you pray with someone, it’s not about the level of revelation that you have, it’s about when you finish, does that person feel like they’ve been kissed by Jesus.”
SHOWNOTES
Glory Story (1:39)
Listener Feedback (4:08)
Kevin’s Story (7:22)
Praying for a Sign (26:44)
Hi Father Josh, I really love your Podcast. Thanks so much for helping me grow in my faith. I was raised in a Christian home but never attended Catholic school. I became Catholic as an adult. I still feel like I have so much to learn. ( I just graduated from a medical residency, so I struggle with finding time and constantly working on balance) I was wondering when you pray is it ok to ask for a sign from God? Or like say “Lord show me this sign, so I know this is what your leading me to do?” Is it wrong to pray for a sign? I never really have done this before but I have been so busy. I just said it in a prayer real quick.
I met this really cool guy on a plane and felt an instant connection to him. We kept in contact just as friends because we both been in the Navy. Later I found out he was raised Catholic. I felt like it was a sign from God that he might be the spouse I have been praying for. I kind of brushed it off and just focused on my life/residency saying God if it is really you please let him win this really hard fitness award out of like 45 people. I didn't tell him what I prayed for and like one day he just texts me a picture his award. He has a girlfriend now and I am nervous and I want to tell him how I feel now before he is married....or forever hold my peace” I know that he can always say “No”. I guess I am just trying to understand are these signs from God? I honestly am a pretty scientific and logical person so I really don't know what to make of it and to understand better Catholic teaching.
-Bridget
Building a Relationship with the Holy Spirit (32:51)
How do you “have a relationship” with the Holy Spirit? He seems like an idea.. not a person. I’ve been told to have faith and ask Him to come, but I’m sort of weary of doing that anymore because when I put my faith or expectation in God to show up to the other side of my prayer, I get let down. If I keep doing that, I’m scared I will lose my faith all together.
-Kathryn
Resources
- Fr. Josh Johnson - Broken and Blessed: An Invitation to My Generation
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| 0:00.0 | What's up and welcome to Ask Father Josh the Podcast |
| 0:02.3 | Why get to listen to your questions, pray with them and hopefully respond in such a way that it's helpful for you and your walk toward becoming the |
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| 0:23.7 | own questions your own comments and your own critiques from today's show and any show in the past history |
| 0:28.2 | at askfather Josh at ascensionpress.com |
| 0:34.2 | On today's show we're gonna be talking about prayer we're gonna be talking about signs from God |
| 0:38.7 | We're gonna be talking about the Holy Spirit and I have a very special guest in studio today |
| 0:43.9 | One of my good friends with one of my brothers in Christ an intentional disciple of Jesus Christ who every time I spend time with him |
| 0:51.2 | It's always life giving you you've heard me saying the past that we should always prioritize near cages of grace and near cages of grace are people |
| 0:57.3 | Places and things activities that can help us grow closer to God and this man right here is has always been always |
| 1:05.3 | Been in near-cation grace for me my guest today my special friend |
| 1:08.9 | I'm inviting to this show is Kevin McCall Kevin McCall welcome to the show |
| 1:13.1 | Thank you father good to be here hanging with you. Yes, so Kevin the way the show goes is |
| 1:18.5 | We always start off with a glory story and then after that we jump into some feedback and then after that |
| 1:24.6 | We're gonna get into the questions and so for today. So we're just gonna focus on two questions |
| 1:29.3 | Folks on like signs from God and and who is the Holy Spirit |
| 1:32.6 | But before we get to those questions. I want to ask your story before I ask your story though |
| 1:38.0 | I want to ask you what is a glory story that's happened to you something good beautiful |
| 1:44.3 | Amazing with God that's happened with you in the past week |
| 1:48.4 | Well dinner with you last night |
| 1:50.3 | It's nose was a pretty glory story. God is say loves and delicious seafood. You got good taste |
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