Our Secret Weapon for the Battles of Life—Prayer: Bishop T.D. Jakes & Lt. Col. Dan Rooney
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
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🗓️ 12 November 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Can you remember praying for something with everything you had, but felt your pleas went unanswered? Maybe you’ve prayed a silent prayer, unable to find the words, and God moved everything into place better than you could’ve imagined. Regardless of how we perceive it or how we’ve experienced it, prayer is powerful, and it can change things—whether it’s your circumstances, or even you. Throughout his personal life and his forty-year ministry, Bishop T.D. Jakes has seen firsthand how the earth moves when women engage in prayer. And now that our world is facing battles on so many fronts, he urges everyone to pray both offensively and defensively, because it has the potential to change the world. Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rooney, a fighter pilot and PGA professional, considers himself a vessel of impact, noting that the only way he was able to achieve his goals was because God was on his side. By dedicating himself to 30 minutes of prayer a day, Lt. Col Rooney has learned how to engineer a life of fulfillment, noting that as a faith-based person, we often have to jump before we’re ready. Driven by his God-given purpose, Lt. Col Rooney’s organization Folds of Honor is assisting families of fallen and disabled veterans, showing that when we dedicate ourselves to the Lord, He will use you as an instrument for good.
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Interview Quotes:
“This is a good time to amass women and challenge them to pray, because we are being attacked on so many fronts today: personally, nationally, medically, economically.” - T.D. Jakes
“Every woman has to use prayer both as offense and defense.” - T.D. Jakes
“Every choice you make follows a logical path. And it starts with, I won't do that. I can't do that. I'd like to. I'll try. I can. I will.” - Lt. Col. Dan Rooney
“I dedicated myself to thirty minutes of daily prayer. And it was a life changing gift that the Air Force, probably above all else, gave me.” - Lt. Col. Dan Rooney
“I would say the defiant thread of true greatness in faith-based people is you get to a place in your life and you’ve got to go before you're ready...This reckless faith that I've learned as a fighter pilot in an inherently very dangerous business is such a gift. Life is not a dress rehearsal.” - Lt. Col. Dan Rooney
“He picks the least among us, but He picks the willing.” - Lt. Col. Dan Rooney
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| 0:00.0 | Join us on Tuesdays this fall for the Jesus Calling stories of faith television show on Circle TV |
| 0:07.0 | hosted by country music superstar Lauren Elena. |
| 0:10.5 | Each week we'll talk with people from all walks of life about their heart aches, their victories, |
| 0:16.2 | their joy, and their pain, and how their faith kept them going through it all. |
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| 0:38.0 | Most of my grandmothers were praying women. |
| 0:41.0 | So I say, dream like your daughter, dream that the sky is the limit, |
| 0:45.8 | dream that you can reach the stars, dream that you can go where no other woman has ever gone |
| 0:50.8 | before, but while you dream like your daughters pray like your |
| 0:54.7 | grandmother. Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. We've all heard stories have |
| 1:00.0 | answered prayers and how praying for people can have power and others lives. |
| 1:04.0 | But why is choosing to make prayer an ongoing part of our lives important, even if we don't |
| 1:08.9 | always see or understand if our prayers are answered? |
| 1:12.0 | Our guests this week, Bishop Tedy Jakes and |
| 1:14.3 | Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rooney, have seen from different perspectives the power of |
| 1:18.3 | prayer not only the kind that others do on our behalf but the discipline of incorporating this act of faith into our daily lives. |
| 1:26.0 | For more than 40 years, Bishop T. D. Jakes has helped millions of people realize their purpose |
| 1:34.3 | through his life-changing ministry and champions for people of all ages, races, |
| 1:38.7 | and backgrounds to find their purpose and passion. Early on Bishop Jakes has recognized the extraordinary |
| 1:45.5 | role of women in the church and believes they have power to change the world. |
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