Prayer for the Common Christian: Episode 792
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Learning to pray, plus thoughts on sexual purity before marriage, and what to do when singleness feels like suffering.
Featured musical artist: David Baloche
Roundtable: How to Pray in a Meaningful Way
Some people seem to pray with ease, while others struggle with it. Are there “good” prayers and ways to pray? Our guests discuss some of their challenges with prayer, how they’ve learned to pray, and what it means to be honest with God. If you find prayer a difficult discipline, you’ll be encouraged by this conversation.
Culture: Sexual Purity in Preparation for Marriage
If you grew up in the church, you may have been taught (or at least assumed) that a discussion around purity was about not having sex before marriage. But instead of a list of don’ts, what if it’s something deeper and ultimately freeing? Tovares Grey is back to discuss ideas around biblical sexuality that are helpful in preparing for a godly marriage. As the founder of Godly Dating 101, he’ll share misconceptions he had about sex, sin and temptation; why we should trust God with our sexuality, and how God redeems sexual brokenness in those who want to be healed.
Godly Dating 101: Discover the Truth About Relationships in a World That Constantly Lies
Inbox: Suffering in Singleness?
Our listener is struggling to see singleness as a gift. While the Bible says it’s an honorable calling, what do you do when it feels more like suffering? Lisa Anderson weighs in.
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, it is that time of year when people contact you and ask you to bless them as we are in the Christmas season and heading into a new year with a monetary gift. |
| 0:12.2 | And you know what? |
| 0:12.8 | I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
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| 0:50.9 | year here at boundless as we continue to provide great content and conversation |
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| 1:10.0 | Hey everyone. Welcome to this week's episode of the Boundless Show, Lisa Anderson here with you. And as I often do, a little preview of what's coming up. Later on for our inbox, a listener is struggling with how the Bible calls singleness a gift and refers to it as that in certain circumstances. So the listener is saying, hey, this feels |
| 1:29.9 | more like suffering, but how can this listener reconcile this dilemma? Well, I'm going to weigh in on |
| 1:35.5 | that. And then for our culture segment, Tavares Gray is back with us. You probably remember that we |
| 1:41.3 | had him and his wife Safa on a few months back to talk about their book |
| 1:44.8 | Godly Dating 101. |
| 1:46.5 | Well, he is back today to discuss pursuing purity in preparation for marriage, specifically |
| 1:52.1 | around the mind and the heart and sexual purity, so you don't want to miss that. |
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