When God Is the Only Audience
Before The Noise
Chad Prather
5.0 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
In Matthew 6:1-18, Jesus confronts performative religion and calls His followers back to authentic faith. This teaching walks verse by verse through Jesus' words on giving, prayer, fasting, and the danger of practicing righteousness to be seen by others. We explore what it means to live for God's approval instead of public applause, why private devotion matters more than public display, and how the Father who sees in secret transforms the heart. If you are searching for a clear explanation of Matthew 6, a deeper understanding of the Lord's Prayer, or biblical teaching on hypocrisy, prayer, fasting, and genuine devotion, this episode brings clarity, conviction, and practical application.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to Before the Noise, the place where we slow down before the chaos kicks in every weekday. |
| 0:05.2 | Join us for more at BeforeThe Noise.com. Let's go. Good morning, everybody. It is Wednesday, February 11, 2026. Welcome to Before the Before. Chad Prather, if you're new here, I am glad you decided to join us this morning. |
| 0:18.0 | If you're over on X, over on YouTube, on Facebook, I'm glad you're there. Welcome. Come on |
| 0:24.5 | over and join us on Rumble on the live chat. Just search Chad Prather. And subscribe to my |
| 0:30.9 | channel. If you're here today, click like, go ahead, get that out of the way. We appreciate all |
| 0:35.6 | the help that we can get when it comes to the |
| 0:37.8 | algorithms. These are my devotional thoughts. We're working our way through the book of Matthew, |
| 0:42.5 | specifically chapters 5 through 7, which is maybe a little more well known as the sermon on the |
| 0:48.7 | mount. These little segments that we're doing, I'm calling them just kind of wallowing in the |
| 0:53.6 | word a little bit |
| 0:54.8 | there's no outline for it I have not been preparing an outline because I didn't know how long we |
| 0:59.7 | were going to stay here so many of you have said you know why don't we are there going to be any more |
| 1:06.2 | outlines that are provided over at before the noise.com on the blog category. |
| 1:11.4 | Not right now. |
| 1:12.8 | It's not me being lazy. |
| 1:14.3 | It's just me not knowing the direction we're going per se. |
| 1:17.8 | We're just kind of wallowing in this moment in the scripture. |
| 1:21.7 | And I don't really know where I'm going. |
| 1:23.3 | So I don't have much of an outline in regards to that. |
| 1:25.4 | So be patient. Please have some grace. I know that those of you an outline in regards to that. So be patient. |
| 1:27.7 | Please have some grace. |
| 1:28.8 | I know that those of you get used to having the notes. |
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