Welcome to the Prayers of Rest podcast. I'm your host, Ashrida Chuchu, and this week we kick off our bonus mini-series

that serves to bridge season one and season two of the Prayers of Rest podcast. If you missed the update last week,

I encourage you to go back and listen to it now. But the short version is that in season one

of the prayers of rest podcast, God has brought together listeners from over 100 countries

around the world, and he's made it clear that what I thought would be just a summer project actually

is something that will continue into the foreseeable future. I'm planning season two this

month as we speak, and I'll share more details about that in the coming weeks. But in the meantime,

I have heard from so many listeners who have shared that this podcast is an answer to

prayer. Let me just read their own words. This is from Safe Sales. I so appreciate Ashrita's

honest prayers and the moments with gentle prompts that she provides to encourage me to connect

purposefully with God. I have a lot of toxic thoughts and beliefs,

but I feel like she's holding my hand to help me believe and trust in truth again.

Thank you so much for leaving that review.

I am blessed by each and every review and rating and email that I received.

I am thrilled to be continuing this podcast

into the fall because in my own life, I've been disciples by women and men of prayer who have

taught me how to pray, how to pray scripture, how to pray in faith and with power, but also

how to rest in prayer, how to be quiet in God's

presence. And I want to pass that on to you, not just in the form of our typical prayer podcast,

which will continue in season two, but also in this bonus mini series that we're starting today,

I will teach you how to pray so that you can

rest in prayer any time of day. But before we dive in, I just want to give a quick shout out

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