How to Pray
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 8 March 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
By definition, a disciplined life of prayer takes work and dedication. Yet this pursuit is more than worth it. Today, R.C. Sproul considers the rich communion we enjoy with the Lord through the privilege of prayer.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | The two most important things that we have to remember when we speak to God is that we have to remember who he is and we have to remember who we are. |
| 0:10.0 | And as long as we remember those two things, we will be in a proper posture and attitude of reverence and adoration as we engage in conversation with him. |
| 0:23.6 | Questions about prayer and even struggles with prayer can be common for all Christians, |
| 0:32.6 | whether seasoned saints or new believers. So why is it that regular, thoughtful prayer can sometimes be so |
| 0:40.0 | difficult? Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and thank you for joining us today for renewing your mind. |
| 0:46.3 | I don't think it's an overstatement to say that every Christian wishes they pray just a little bit |
| 0:51.8 | more. So with this desire, why is it that the worries of this |
| 0:56.1 | world and the busyness of this life still seem to get in the way? Well, on Saturdays, we're |
| 1:02.2 | working our way through R.C. Spurals series, five things every Christian needs to grow. And today we get |
| 1:08.3 | to his lesson on prayer. Today's message actually follows five others |
| 1:13.0 | that we featured earlier this week on the Lord's Prayer. So be sure to go back and listen |
| 1:18.1 | wherever you listen to podcasts if you missed any of them. Here's Dr. Spraw on How to Pray. |
| 1:24.2 | Today we're going to continue with our series on five things every Christian needs to know. |
| 1:34.3 | We're looking at those five means of grace that are necessary for us to pay diligent attention |
| 1:40.3 | to in order to grow up into full conformity with the image of Christ. |
| 1:46.0 | And they are studying the Bible, prayer, worship, service, and stewardship. |
| 1:54.0 | We've already looked at the business of studying the Bible, and so today we're going to turn |
| 2:00.0 | our attention to prayer as a means of grace. |
| 2:04.5 | And if you recall, when we looked at Bible study, the first lecture I gave to the question of why |
| 2:11.0 | we should be engaged in Bible study. And then the second question was the practical answer to the question, |
| 2:19.0 | how can we become effective in our study of sacred scripture? And I'm going to follow |
| 2:25.4 | somewhat the same procedure with respect to this question of prayer. In today's message, |
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