{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Dialog","title":"1.42 / Is manifesting biblical?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3062,"description":"Archaeologists have found ancient Hebrew inscriptions that pair God's name with a Canaanite goddess: \"Yahweh and his Asherah.\" Israel didn't trade God for Baal. They kept both, just in case. An insurance policy.\nWe still do it. We just call it something else.\nA guy DM'd me on Instagram and asked if we'd ever talk about manifesting. So Nick Surface and I did, and to answer it we had to go back to Mount Carmel, where Elijah asked Israel, \"How long will you go limping between two different opinions?\" (1 Kings 18:21)\nIs manifesting biblical?\nManifesting says you are the source of your reality. That puts you on the throne. If you think you control your life, you don't worship God. You worship yourself. God isn't concerned with moving in your direction. He has a plan, and your decision is whether you'll be part of it.\nIs prayer just Christian manifesting?\nIn one sense, yes. If you want to manifest something, pray about it. But prayer isn't a transaction. \"Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart\" (Psalm 37:4). Delight in Him, He changes the desires of your heart, and then He gives you what He wants for you.\nContract or covenant?\nNick put it this way: in a contract, you build the breakup before you ever break up. God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8). You can't do enough good to make Him love you, or enough bad to make Him stop.\nScriptures\n1 Kings 18:21 · Psalm 37:4 · Romans 5:8 · Romans 4:17 · Ecclesiastes 3:11 · Proverbs 18:21 · Proverbs 3:5-6 · Ezekiel 36:26 · Ephesians 3:20 · Luke 18:1-8 (quotes: ESV)\nThinkers and books\nA.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God · Arthur C. Clarke · Socrates and the sophists · Charles Capps\nChapters\n0:00 Cold open and show intro\n0:53 Before we pressed record\n4:12 What is manifesting?\n5:10 We're created to worship (A.W. Tozer)\n9:10 Worship is what you believe controls your life\n10:12 Idolatry isn't just ancient: Baal, the storm god\n13:01 Ancient worship...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7YsfA4gq5VzjhvmKvDET1pQqT0OM6yxv1laklKclR7g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZWZh/MTRmZDEzOWRjZGQz/Y2M2NThkNzYwOTJj/ODA4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}