Why This Matters: Prayer

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Many of us wonder ‘Is prayer really THAT powerful?!’ In part three of Pastor Erwin McManus’ series ‘Why This Matters,’ he helps us grasp the power of connecting with God through prayer.

Growing up in El Salvador with a religious background, Pastor Erwin was mostly taught that the power of prayer was found in repetition. In this conversation, he helps us shift our perspective as he shares that the true power in prayer is found in listening to God.

Based on the story of Elijah in 1 Kings 18, we learn that prayer connects us to what God wants to do in and through us. Elijah prayed for the rain to stop and it did at his command. Similarly, Pastor Erwin shares about a time when he prayed for the rain to stop for an event he had planned in college. The rain stopped specifically on his college campus and enabled his event to go as planned when many classmates expected it to be canceled.

Tune into this incredible message to learn how to connect to God through prayer.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Erwin Raphael McManus. I'm the lead pastor of Mosaic. Welcome to our podcast.
0:14.1	Thank you for joining us today. I hope this talk inspires you, encourages you, and transforms you,
0:19.8	and that this is just the beginning of a conversation between you and Jesus. Enjoy the message.
0:25.6	So today we continue our conversation why this matters. And I'm specifically choosing
0:32.3	different topics that sometimes we assume they matter, but we don't really question why they matter.
0:39.2	We began by talking about the church, and why does it matter that we come together? Why does it
0:44.6	matter that we become a unique community that moves together through life? Why does the church
0:49.8	matter? And we saw that the church wasn't supplemental. It is essential for human experience
0:56.0	and for spiritual growth and vitality. We also looked together at why giving matters. And
1:02.5	one of the early conversations that all of us really have in our faith journey is about our money.
1:07.9	And that always becomes so tense in it. And it becomes an area of real concern and skepticism.
1:15.4	Why does the church talk about money? But the reality is that the church doesn't just talk
1:20.0	about money. All human beings talk about money. In fact, money affects everything in the world.
1:24.8	And if we didn't talk about money, we would probably avoid one of the most important
1:29.4	topics in human experience. Because what matters to you shapes who you are. And your
1:36.6	posture toward consuming and creating is shaped around the generosity of the human spirit.
1:43.8	So giving generosity is not supplemental. It is essential. And it matters. And what I want to
1:49.8	talk to you about today is prayer. I mean, why does prayer matter? Does it really matter
1:56.4	whether you pray about something or whether you live a life or prayer? Does prayer actually
2:01.2	do anything or make a difference in any way? I mean, I think all of us have probably had the
2:06.6	experience that we've prayed for something with such desperation and nothing happened. Or at least
2:12.0	nothing that we wanted to happen happened. And if you have grown up with any kind of religious
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