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I usually try to record these podcast episodes in such a way that they're timeless in a sense that

I know people listen to these at different points, not everybody listens to them right when they

come out on that particular day. But today I want to just reflect as we pray on something that's

going on right now in my life and in the church family I'm a part of on Sunday just a few days ago,

we were in Isaiah 55 and God's invitation to seek Him, call on Him while He may be found. And I

invited people to do that and just left some space for that to happen. And in that particular

gathering at 11 o'clock on Sunday, where we normally end by 12.30, that gathering continued till almost

four o'clock with people just staying and praying and confessing sin and worshipping and seeking

God in such a way that the next morning I was just sensed in a strong way that we needed to gather

again on Monday night. And so we invited people to gather in Prompt to Gathering and 700 plus

people showed up to seek God more. And there was a hunger for God that was palpable in the room.

And I felt like the only way I could stop that gathering from continuing was if we worked to

make it possible to gather again the next night. And so we did. And I just see a hunger for God and

more of God we've we've read about this in places like Asbury and other college campuses. And I'm

seeing this in different ways across the church. And I just want to encourage you today on this

pray the word podcast to seek God in your life, in your family, in your church, family, and

don't hold back. And I don't say that just because the book I just wrote as that title, but because

that's what God's word says. And Isaiah 54, do not hold back from God and all that he has for you.

I believe God's spirit is moving in a powerful way right now, certainly in specific places. But

God can be sought in every place where we are. And today I want us to pray according to Luke 15

verse 20 in light of that, the parable, the prodigal son, when Jesus gets to the point in that

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