Well, Greg, in the last episode we talked about prayer, and I have more prayer questions to follow from those.

All right.

And this first one comes from Aaron.

I hear people say they, quote, prayed for this when it comes to material things such as a house, a new job, etc.

I know prayers are not a wish list, and I find myself wondering if we have the right idea about prayer.

Shouldn't I be praying for my soul rather than a diet version of prosperity gospel?

Well, I'm pausing because I'm trying to think of what to make of the last phrase.

The suggestion is that if you're praying for things, for yourself, that it's, I don't know, how do they keep a

watered down version of the prosperity gospel. I don't know, how do they... The prosperity gospel, Aaron.

A watered-down version of the prosperity gospel.

I don't, oh, he, Aaron, the other Aaron.

Yeah.

I don't see it that way.

I think prosperity gospel is taking a legitimate thing and pushing it to an illegitimate extreme, and in so doing,

changing the focus entirely to dependence on the father in a humble way for what he says he will,

he wants us to appeal to him for, and two, an interesting getting things in some magical way through prayer and faith, okay?

That's what they call it, name it and claim it, and, you know, the word faith, stuff like that,

because the emphasis is way different.

But that doesn't mean because some people abuse the notion that

there isn't a appropriateness to ask for things. So think of what Philippians is it for. Be anxious

for nothing. But in everything, with prayer and supplication, with Thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.

So there's a very clear statement there of Paul's that we are to pray about things, and sometimes we're anxious.

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