You guys, I love connecting with our Graceology community so much.

And I've got a really exciting schedule of spring events coming up and would love to meet you in person.

So over the next few months, I'm going to be in Iowa, Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Louisiana.

So if you're near any of these states, I want you to click the link

in the show notes, or you can swing over to gwensmith.net and find my schedule page to learn more

about these events, and I hope, hope that I can meet you there.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Graceology with Gwen Smith podcast. I'm Gwen Smith and I am so glad you've joined me today.

Around here we have fun, faith-focused, grace-filled conversations, all to help you know and trust God more.

Our discussions are honest, often humorous, and always practical, and they're going

to encourage you in meaningful ways to live out and lean on the grace of Jesus in the midst of

cluttered messy days. You got any of those? I know I do, and I can't wait to get to today's

conversation, which is all about putting the power back

in your prayer life.

My guest is best-selling author and Bible teacher Sheila Walsh.

Sheila is a mom, a wife, a popular speaker, and co-host of Life Today with James and

Betty Robeson.

Now over the years, you've likely seen her either on television

or on the Woman of Faith stage, but today she sits down with me for an incredible and moving

conversation that you guys are going to love. Prayer is our most powerful life-changing tool,

but if we're being honest, all too often it can seem like a struggle, like a chore. We go through

dark seasons when it just seemed hard to pray or we don't know what to pray or how to pray. We get

distracted. We can't stay focused and our minds wander is this sounding familiar to anyone. It's

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