Welcome to the Voodchurch Podcast. When you pray, are you close? We often focus on

persistence in prayer. Overlooking the promise we've been given of proximity. God is

close to us. His word reminds us that he draws near to his children. In today's

message, speaker and author, Lisa Harper, shares the promise we have in prayer

and this message, how much more? This week paid the way for children going back

to school at our annual, I love my city, Back to School Drive. Fill a backpack

online at Voodchurch.com forward slash I-L-M-C. Let's lean into the message

together. Thank you, Jesus. I will actually two qualifications. One is Pestera

Adriene. I am so sorry you're sitting right there because I so respect you. I'm a

spitter, y'all, and I don't mean to. I've tried to reign myself in but when I get

excited about Jesus, I spew. And so this is going to be kind of baptismal row which

will be very unfulfilling if you're straight up Pentecostal. It'll be cool if

your Presbyterian because it'll just be a sprinkling. But it's gonna get a

little wet up in the house. But speaking of wet, we were so excited to come

here. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, which is why I talk funny. But we just

think Miami's so cool until I got here and it's so hot. I've developed a deep

hatred for Miami just the last 24 hours. Yesterday we were walking down by the

down by the pier in Coconut Grove and we kept seeing all these bikers and it

just reminded me of home because I love to ride. I'm almost 60. I'll be 60 when

y'all are fasting. In my birthdays in August, I was watching that and I thought

man, I dodged a bullet to miss the fasting because I think Keto's from the

devil. But anyway, when I turned 40, I decided if I didn't get a husband, I'm

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