{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Made to Pray Podcast","title":"Slow Down and Linger: Making Room to Encounter God","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2729,"description":"What if the thing standing between you and a deeper encounter with God isn’t that He’s far away—but that life has trained you to move too quickly?\nWe live in a culture of hurry. We rush, multitask, fill our calendars, check the box, and move on to the next thing. And sometimes that same hurry follows us right into our time with God.\nBut encounter is slow and intentional.\n\nThis week on Made to Pray, we’re continuing the conversation we began last week about repentance, surrender, and returning to the presence of God. Because sometimes redigging the wells means doing the work of removing what has blocked the flow—and then learning how to stay, wait, and linger again.\nWe’re sharing some of our own encounters with God—the moments that marked us, changed us, redirected us, and became reminders we could return to later.\n\nKarrilee shares an unforgettable encounter that began with God repeatedly prompting her to read the book of Hosea. What she eventually discovered in Hosea 2:16 shifted the way she understood her relationship with God: He wasn’t simply calling her to obey Him as Master. He was inviting her into deeper intimacy.\n\nWe also talk about:\n✨ Why encounters with God can become markers we return to throughout our lives\n✨ What it means to truly know God—not simply know about Him\n✨ Why we may need to create intentional space to linger in His presence\n✨ Recognizing and responding to the promptings of the Holy Spirit\n✨ Remembering the places where God has met us before\n✨ The beautiful picture of the Shepherd leading His sheep beside still waters\n✨ Becoming sensitive again to the presence and voice of God\n✨ Asking God to reawaken our hunger for Him—not simply for what He can do for us\n\nAnd then, as always, we pray.\n\nWe pray for fresh encounters with God. For interruptions from the Holy Spirit. For old testimonies to be remembered and new ones to be written. For hearts that are sensitive to His voice. And for the willingness to slow down long enough to recognize that...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zNHYAr8iAFNpcz_KBkNK5BccyeoYgKTgWkhvGGuyAhw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYjZl/YzBmZjk2MjhiM2Vm/MTg2NGUwODFjZjY5/MWQzZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}