1 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,720 Greetings everybody. This is Doctor John you at the 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,200 senior pastor at Inglewood Baptist Church here in Rocky 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,680 Mount, NC. Thank you for joining us again 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,320 for another episode of Walking in prayer. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,000 I hope you've enjoyed this podcast series. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,720 If you haven't listened to some of the other episodes, here's 7 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:24,680 kind of the idea behind what we're doing. 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,800 We, we thought about how could we help somebody who might be 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,320 out walking their neighborhood or maybe walking in the gym or, 10 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:34,440 or just out walking with your spouse somewhere or some 11 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,200 friends. Or maybe you're driving and 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:38,680 you're playing this as you drive. 13 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:42,360 Or maybe you're at home during your personal quiet time and you 14 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,960 just wanted some guides for how to pray for different areas of 15 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,560 life for others as well As for yourself. 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,680 So it's always exciting that you join us. 17 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,720 We're we appreciate it very much and we appreciate the feedback 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,320 that we've received on this. We're going to also be talking 19 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,400 down the road about how to how to have a great personal Bible 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:00,440 study. So we're going to be talking 21 00:01:00,440 --> 00:01:02,560 about that. So you watch for that as that 22 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,920 comes down the road. But today in our podcast, today, 23 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,600 our episode is about walking in the word. 24 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:12,280 And I'm privilege to be joined by our discipleship pastor here 25 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,280 at Inglewood, Jordan Reese. Thanks for being here. 26 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,760 It's good to be here. And so we're going to talk a 27 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,640 little bit as you begin your walk or you begin your quiet 28 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,160 time or you're driving down the road, keep your eyes on the 29 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,680 road. But as you're engaging in this, 30 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:28,520 we're going to be walking with you about how do I, how do I 31 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,960 pray the word of God into my life, the life of others and 32 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:35,680 into the events around me. And so we're going to talk some 33 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:40,080 about that because an essential part of discipleship, in fact, 34 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,840 we're going to be sharing about that here a lot at Inglewood. 35 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:46,440 An essential part of discipleship is that a disciple 36 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,240 engages the Bible. So let's talk about that for a 37 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:51,720 few minutes. Kind of what does that really 38 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,160 mean? What does it mean to engage the 39 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:54,720 Bible? What are some ways we can do 40 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,560 that? And what's the relationship 41 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,440 between engaging the Word and and abiding in prayer? 42 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,360 Yeah, well, when we talk about engaging the Word, we mean more 43 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,440 than just reading Scripture. It's about dwelling in it, 44 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,040 meditating on it, and letting it shape our thoughts and who we 45 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,920 are. Abiding in prayer means living 46 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:19,840 in a posture of ongoing dependence on God, and these two 47 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,680 are really deeply connected. When God's Word fills our minds, 48 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,240 it fuels and guides our prayers. And when we pray, it deepens our 49 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,480 hunger and understanding of the Word. 50 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:36,600 So several things happen when we join the two together and we 51 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,000 actively pray the scriptures. So number one, it keeps our 52 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,200 prayers aligned with God's will. First, John 514 says this is the 53 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,560 confidence we have before Him. If we ask anything according to 54 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,640 His will, He hears us. And when we pray God's Word, we 55 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:55,920 know we're asking according to His will, not just according to 56 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:59,400 our own sometimes self-centered desires. 57 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:02,840 It trains our hearts to want what God wants. 58 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,360 And then it also gives us confidence in boldness. 59 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,320 Hebrews 416 tells us, let us approach the throne of grace 60 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,360 with boldness. Man, when you pray Scripture, 61 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,360 you're standing on God's promises. 62 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,240 That gives you confidence because you're not relying on 63 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:23,280 your own words, but God's truth. And then third, it provides 64 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,280 words when we just don't have any. 65 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,080 In Romans 8, verse 26 says the Spirit himself intercedes for us 66 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,600 with inexpressible groanings, and sometimes we don't know what 67 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,680 to pray. In those moments, the Scripture 68 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,920 gives us vocabulary for our grief, joy, fear, and hope. 69 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,520 And the the Psalms especially give us prayers for just every 70 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:52,120 opportunity. And then it it unites us with 71 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,600 the global and historic church because Christians across the 72 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,240 world and across history prayed the same scriptures. 73 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,760 So when we pray the Psalms, the Lord's Prayer, or Paul's 74 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:07,120 letters, you're joining in a timeless chorus of believers. 75 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,200 Yeah, that's really good. That's a great introduction. 76 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,440 And, and I think what I, I really like about some of the 77 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,519 language that we're going to be using in our, our essentials for 78 00:04:16,519 --> 00:04:18,360 discipleship. When we talk about some of these 79 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,880 active verbs that we're using here, we talk about engaging and 80 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:23,960 we talk about abiding. You know, these, these aren't, 81 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:26,840 just as you mentioned, these aren't just studying, these 82 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:29,240 aren't just reading. This isn't just a knowledge base 83 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,320 kind of thing. How, how many verses can I read 84 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,760 today or, or how long could I pray today? 85 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:35,800 Or did I make it through my prayer list today? 86 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,800 These really are verbs and activities that should impact 87 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:43,720 the way we live and the way we walk and, and how we're doing 88 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,440 that. So, so as you're beginning your 89 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:49,040 walk or your quiet time right now or as you're driving, I want 90 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,880 you to spend a couple of moments and, and ask yourself, am, am I 91 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:56,000 really, am I really engaged in the word of God that way? 92 00:04:56,000 --> 00:05:00,800 Am I really abiding in prayer this way to where I can not only 93 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,080 pray scripture into my life and the life of others, but I can 94 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,280 apply it. So I want you to take a moment 95 00:05:06,280 --> 00:05:09,000 and, and maybe even, maybe even rank yourself a little bit. 96 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:13,200 If, if I were to say one to five, you know, 1 is I'm, I'm 97 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,000 pretty weak in these areas and five, I'm really strong. 98 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,080 What number would you pick for yourself or for your family? 99 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,520 And to think about how could I improve in these areas? 100 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,240 So as you're walking along right now and you're looking around or 101 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,680 you're driving while you're in your room and having your quiet 102 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:33,080 time, I want you to reflect and ask yourself these things for 103 00:05:33,080 --> 00:06:32,080 justice a moment while we pause. The. 104 00:07:12,400 --> 00:08:10,800 The. The. 105 00:08:49,830 --> 00:09:33,130 The. And not only do we want to think 106 00:09:33,130 --> 00:09:37,090 about these foundational issues of engagement and abiding, but 107 00:09:37,450 --> 00:09:40,570 let's talk for a few moments about how do I pray the word 108 00:09:40,570 --> 00:09:43,640 into my own life? This may seem different. 109 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:45,880 This might be a new concept to your, maybe it's something 110 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:47,960 you've been doing your entire Christian journey. 111 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:51,880 But but think about Scripture passages, promises of scriptures 112 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,680 that that you can claim and you can personalize. 113 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:01,640 Think of something like the Lord's Prayer or Psalm 23 where 114 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:05,320 you put your own name, you put your own life into the middle of 115 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,160 it to where you're actually the one who's experiencing that. 116 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:16,040 Think about verses like Philippians 4-6 and seven where 117 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:21,800 Paul writes his church and says, he says you can go to God with 118 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:25,960 all of your anxiety, with all of your worry, and you can do it 119 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:29,480 with a spirit of Thanksgiving. And you can let your request be 120 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:32,800 made known to Him and he'll give you a peace that surpasses all 121 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,960 understanding and will guard your heart and mind. 122 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,480 What if you prayed that way in the first person to say, God, 123 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:44,800 here are my anxieties, here are my worries right now, and I come 124 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,760 to you and I'm thankful that I can come to you because I know 125 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:51,600 that you're listening. I know that this is real and I'm 126 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,920 talking to you. And I know that in the in the 127 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,240 midst of this, not only are you going to hear me about my 128 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,000 specific anxieties and work in those areas, but you're also 129 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,320 going to help me to be at peace, not because of my own strength, 130 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,760 not because of my own power, not because I've named it and 131 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,800 claimed it, but because Jesus Christ is guarding my heart and 132 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,680 mind. And so to think about how you 133 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,000 could personalize passages of Scripture. 134 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:18,760 Maybe it's it's from your devotional book this morning 135 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:21,040 that you're reading, or maybe it's for your Connect group 136 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,040 lesson next Sunday, or maybe it's something you heard in a 137 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,480 sermon and there's a scripture passage. 138 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,120 How do you personalize that in your life and make that your 139 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:32,880 own? So take a few moments and 140 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,800 whatever passage you might be in today in your personal time or 141 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:42,160 something you remember from this week or some favorite verse, how 142 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:43,880 could you put your name in there? 143 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,040 How could you put yourself in the middle of that verse and 144 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:51,080 pray that as you walk and as you work through prayer right now? 145 00:12:52,750 --> 00:13:44,280 The. The. 146 00:14:27,120 --> 00:15:03,000 The. The. 147 00:15:47,130 --> 00:15:49,690 Well, let's also talk and this, this will be an important part 148 00:15:49,690 --> 00:15:54,160 of this because, you know, we want intercession to always be a 149 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,800 part of what we're doing, even in our our connect group 150 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,200 ministry that that Jordan actually leads. 151 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,600 We're implementing a new intercessory prayer strategy 152 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,240 through our reach ministry. But how do we pray the word into 153 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,600 the lives of others? We got, we got to think about, 154 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:11,760 you know, there's, there's more than one kind of person out 155 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,560 there that they're the people we don't know, people we've never 156 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,840 met that person X out there, so to speak. 157 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,120 And, and sometimes we pray for all the missionaries in the 158 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:20,880 world and that kind of thing. We're all the lost people in the 159 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:22,600 world. But then they're also people we 160 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,560 know by name. So, Jordan, talk to us a little 161 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,560 bit about some of those ideas. Yeah, just just like we would 162 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:32,360 insert our name into those passages and pray those things 163 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:37,240 according to God's will, we can take that same principle and and 164 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,280 just insert somebody's name into Scripture and use it to pray for 165 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,880 the people around us, whether that means those that we don't 166 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,200 know personally. So let's just say the people in 167 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:51,560 your neighborhood as you walk, local leaders or school 168 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,640 officials or missionaries serving overseas families and 169 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,320 your community that are struggling or people who are far 170 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,360 from God, who've never heard the gospel. 171 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:05,720 And those people you do know by name that you see fairly often, 172 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,359 like your family praying for your husband or wife or 173 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:14,400 children, parents or siblings, church members, those that are 174 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:18,680 in your connect group, your pastor, friends in the 175 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,800 congregation. Even if you think about the 176 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,160 people you work with, their friends and neighbors. 177 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,839 Here's an example. So from Colossians chapter 1, 178 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:31,400 verses 9 and 10, here's what this says. 179 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,280 We're asking that you may be, you may be filled with the 180 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,520 knowledge of his will and all wisdom and spiritual 181 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:42,040 understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully 182 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:46,160 pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing 183 00:17:46,280 --> 00:17:49,760 in the knowledge of God. What if you prayed this prayer 184 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:54,760 for someone by name? Maybe something like Lord, I 185 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,360 pray that Sarah would be filled with the knowledge of Your will 186 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:00,720 and all wisdom and spiritual understanding. 187 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:05,160 Help her walk worthy of Your name and bear fruit and every 188 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,120 good work growing her in the knowledge of you. 189 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:14,320 Yeah, and that is such a powerful thing to do because as 190 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,560 you said earlier, Jordan, you know, at the beginning, when we 191 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:21,160 pray the word of God, we know we're praying God's will. 192 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:22,880 We, we don't, we don't have to wonder about that. 193 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,880 Is it, is it OK for me to pray this for somebody? 194 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,040 You know, this is the word of God in somebody's life. 195 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,520 And so, and we also know that the word of God doesn't return 196 00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:36,000 in a void way. So there's a power here. 197 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,440 There's, there's more than just a, a word. 198 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,040 This is the word of God. So this is a powerful thing that 199 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,080 can Pierce. And so I, you know, I, I, one of 200 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,040 my favorite life verses. I don't know what sometimes I'm 201 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,440 not sure what that phrase means, but a verse that has been very 202 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,840 meaningful to me and to my wife is second Corinthians 517 a a 203 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,400 common verse. Therefore, if anyone is in 204 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:59,360 Christ, he's a new creation. The old things have passed away. 205 00:18:59,360 --> 00:19:02,080 All things have become new and part of that's just because of 206 00:19:02,080 --> 00:19:04,400 part of my testimony. But but I think about what what 207 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,800 about my next door neighbor? What, what if I said, Lord, I, I 208 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:13,720 pray that Norman becomes a new creation and I pray that all the 209 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:18,320 old things in Norman's life would pass away and that, that 210 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:22,400 all things would become new in Norman's life because of what 211 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,960 you're doing, because of what Christ, Because in that same 212 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,800 chapter, you could even go on to say because of the ministry of 213 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:31,680 reconciliation that Christ brings. 214 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:35,680 So just think as you're not only reading and studying scripture 215 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:39,440 for the application of the word into your life, but to think, 216 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,200 how could I actually use this as my prayer format? 217 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:44,880 You mentioned the Psalms and that, you know, that's, that's 218 00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,080 almost their design. I mean, these were songs, these 219 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:49,080 were the the very first praise courses. 220 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:54,160 And to think about how David was using this almost as his prayer 221 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,000 language. It was he was singing unto the 222 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,600 Lord and, and these were prayers of praise and oftentimes 223 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,400 intercession. And a lot of times supplication 224 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:08,760 was praying for himself. And so to think through even a 225 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:10,960 study of the Psalms that way would be powerful. 226 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:14,000 So as you're walking, as you're working through your prayer time 227 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,360 right now, just. Think about those people there. 228 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,320 There, there's somebody that you might see right now you're 229 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,440 walking, you're you're looking at a house or you're driving. 230 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,680 You see people in a car or you're sitting in your living 231 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,280 room praying. And you think of that next door 232 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,400 neighbor or the person across the street or the person you 233 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:35,960 just saw at the store or the restaurant or maybe a family 234 00:20:35,960 --> 00:20:39,520 member that you've been burdened about for years and you don't 235 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,800 know how to pray anymore. You've been praying and praying 236 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,480 and praying for some of these people and nothing seems to 237 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,760 happen. Well, well, try praying this 238 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,200 way. Let's see what happens when you 239 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,200 pray God's word into their life. So you do that right now. 240 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,720 Put somebody's name into a verse, nothing else. 241 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,800 Use John 316 to put their name right in there and and you spend 242 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:59,190 a moment doing that. The. 243 00:22:36,600 --> 00:23:24,200 The. The. 244 00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:45,880 The. The. 245 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,160 One last thing I'd like to talk about before we go and Jordan, 246 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,280 if you have any comments, it'd be great just to think about 247 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:04,480 some of the other episodes that we've done. 248 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,280 There have been various topics and this might be the first one 249 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,240 you're listening to. So you'll one go and look for 250 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,520 the others. But we've talked about how to 251 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,480 pray in, for example, for people who are sick. 252 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,680 We, we've talked about how to pray for people who are 253 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,080 spiritually lost. We've had, we've talked about 254 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,040 how do we pray for those who are spiritually wandering away from 255 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:28,080 the Lord, They're not active in his fellowship or the church, 256 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:30,520 etcetera. We've talked about in here how 257 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:34,200 to how to pray and worship. And then we're also going to 258 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,960 have episodes down the road at least about missions and perhaps 259 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,120 other subject matters. So so think about how applying 260 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:46,880 these principles from today's episode into those into those 261 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,760 other areas as well would be applicable. 262 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,840 And and think about how you could pray for, you know, pick 263 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,400 passages out and and pull, you know, somebody know that is 264 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,840 grieving. Pull Psalm 46 out and just put 265 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,160 their names in there and and pray that God would be an ever 266 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:07,760 present help in the time of trouble for blank, you know, and 267 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,480 and just start inserting personalized scripture. 268 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:15,040 Apply it to their lives and and pray that God would fulfill 269 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,040 those promises. And and what what I pray happens 270 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:23,240 is that not only do you find yourself in a deeper, maybe 271 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:27,640 fresher, more creative prayer experience where you're not just 272 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:32,120 reciting things, but I also pray that it draws you into the word 273 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:36,160 and that you find yourself in that both and that Pastor Jordan 274 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,880 was talking about earlier, that that becomes a part of who you 275 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,360 are. Jordan, you have any final 276 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:44,200 comments? Yeah, I think the hope is here 277 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,200 that this would truly transform your time with the Lord. 278 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:54,720 And as you, as you open up your time of devotion, whenever that 279 00:26:54,880 --> 00:27:00,760 might be in the day, that maybe you you have a Bible reading 280 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:04,400 plan that you've done and, and maybe prayer is a struggle. 281 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,040 Maybe the reading is the easy part and knowing what to pray 282 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,040 and how to pray, maybe that's the struggle. 283 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:15,040 Well, maybe incorporating some of this into your devotion time 284 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,160 every day as you read scripture looking for ways to pray, that 285 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,520 Scripture will help draw you into a deeper prayer life and a 286 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,680 deeper walk with the Lord. Yeah. 287 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:30,160 In fact, that that's, that's been a problem of mine, to be 288 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,320 honest with you in the past. I, I, I, I don't seem to have as 289 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,320 much trouble studying the Bible. I, I, I enjoy that I get into 290 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,040 that. Probably that's the teaching and 291 00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,520 preaching part of my life. Probably sometimes I find myself 292 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,440 in prayer. It's not that I don't pray. 293 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,920 It's the fact that I find myself just being kind of stale 294 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,640 sometimes. And I need, I need something 295 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,440 injected into my prayer life that'll bring new life to it. 296 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,360 And the word of God would be the best thing for that. 297 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:57,880 I mean, there wouldn't be a question about that. 298 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,320 So, so I'm going to give you one more pause just for a moment, 299 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,240 and I want you to just think through some of these other 300 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,440 areas that I've mentioned and just some of these principles. 301 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,560 Take a few moments to pray this way and then I'll come back here 302 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,560 in a few moments as you continue to walk or drive or pray right 303 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,000 now and we'll close this time together. 304 00:29:16,110 --> 00:29:53,640 The. The. 305 00:30:52,720 --> 00:31:35,510 The. The. 306 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,560 The. Well, I just want to thank you 307 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,440 again for joining us for this episode. 308 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,080 These have been a lot of fun and I hope that they're meaningful 309 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,560 to you. I hope that you will listen to 310 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,320 all of them. I feel like that all of them 311 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:25,200 really kind of go together to create a, a total picture of 312 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:28,160 mosaic, so to speak. Pastor Jordan, thank you so much 313 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,320 for joining us for this one. Thanks for having me. 314 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,880 And for those of you who are in our area, and if you don't have 315 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:39,240 a church home, we would love to see you at Inglewood Baptist 316 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:41,880 Church here in Rocky Mount. God's really blessing us. 317 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,720 We're seeing people saved and baptized. 318 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,360 Pastor Jordan's leading an incredible small group ministry. 319 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,800 We have small groups for every single age and family ministries 320 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,640 for every single age. And so if you don't have a place 321 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:57,040 to worship, a community, a fellowship of faith, please join 322 00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:58,120 us. We'd look forward to seeing you 323 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,120 any Sunday or any Wednesday night. 324 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,000 You come find us and let us know that you heard about us on this 325 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,520 podcast and we'd love to meet you and greet you. 326 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,880 So thank you for joining us. We look forward to having you 327 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,440 join us for our next episode.