Prayer 02: Talking With God

Rule of Life

Practicing the Way

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 700 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

If you have any amount of experience with prayer, you probably have questions. Why does God answer some of my prayers and not others? Why does God wait to answer my prayers? If Jesus came to seek and save the lost and if prayer is powerful, then why doesn’t God seem to answer prayers for my lost friends and family? These questions can compound into confusion about God Himself and eventually lead us to think: Do my prayers matter? Do they matter to God? And do they matter in the real world and in the lives of real people? This episode includes personal stories about unanswered prayer, what prayer says about the character of God, and how different cultural traditions interact with these questions. You’ll also hear wisdom from Strahan Coleman, Pete Greig, and every day apprentices of Jesus. These podcasts accompany nine Practices developed by Practicing the Way. Thanks to the generosity of The Circle, these Practices are now free. To learn more about The Circle or to participate in the Practice with your church, community, or small group, visit www.practicingtheway.org.

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0:00.0	Sometimes we get to witness the slam-dump miracles like you just talked about,
0:05.0	and it's the most incredible and beautiful thing to witness.
0:09.0	And sometimes the miracle that we are longing for and hoping for and praying for doesn't happen.
0:17.0	And that is the darker side of prayer that we often don't talk about enough.
0:21.1	It is excruciatingly painful.
0:25.4	You're listening to the Rule of Life podcast by practicing the way.
0:34.5	In each season, we explore an ancient practice from the way of Jesus and its relevance
0:39.6	for the modern era. podcast by practicing the way.
1:06.8	This is Season 2 on prayer and episode 2, and I am not John Mark Comer.
1:14.4	Are you sure?
1:16.2	Yeah, I'm getting really used to following him.
1:19.0	But my name is Tyler Staten, and I'm going to get to host us for this particular session.
1:26.1	I'm here with a cast of familiar characters to you at this point of
1:30.1	you list episode one.
1:31.8	Of course, John Mark Comer, founder of practicing the way.
1:35.7	Gemma Ryan of Oak's Church, Brooklyn, and Reward Sabonda, who's a contributor to Upper
1:42.0	Room in Dallas.
1:43.9	And our four stepstep process, or four-stage process of prayer that we're walking through in both
1:51.0	the practice and this podcast series goes like this, talking to God.
1:57.0	That was episode one, talking with God, listening to God, and being with God.
2:02.5	And up for today is talking with God.
2:06.9	So we began the last episode with a few lines from Jesus,
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