Get in front of God and say I'm going to get in your Bible. I mean somebody says God doesn't speak to me read the Bible. He's speaking to you and just say holy spirit causes scripture to really leap up that I need right now that for this situation that

my family needs that our neighborhood needs give me a scripture for this bring it alive

then you stand on that scripture having done all to stand

stand therefore that's why he says praying always

welcome to Welcome to conversations with John and Lisa Baveer and John. We just barely touched the surface on prayer and I think a lot of people are not praying because

they're either ashamed they didn't pray for a long time don't know how to

pray and we're talking about...

Or they're discouraged, they've not seen prayers answered prayers.

So let's keep talking about prayer.

We barely touched the surface.

So one of the prayers that you and I were talking about was the prayer of Petit. the

surface so one of the prayers that you and I were talking about was the prayer of petition and supplication.

Correct.

Yeah, do you have a story around that?

I got lots of stories, but to petition means to make a request of someone in authority,

supplication means to humbly entreat authority. So they're very similar.

And I look at the prayer petition and it's specific. I have a very specific need.

So are you saying that we can be specific with God?

Yes, absolutely. Lisa, I'm going to give two examples of petition because I think one people would say,

oh, that's because of your calling, which is true, and all of us have callings. The other one though is something that

you will see how God takes great interest in our personal lives. The first one

of course is when back in 1991 when God spoke to me and said son I want you to write I

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