{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"New Song Students OKC","title":"Real Life - Prayer Is...","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2560,"description":"JAMES 5:13-18 PRAYER IS…OUR VIEW OF PRAYER DETERMINES HOW WE PRAYMost Christians view prayer as “something I SHOULD do”, rather than “something I GET to do”. It would of course be a rather low-voltage spiritual life in which prayer was chiefly undertaken as a discipline, rather than as a way of co-laboring with God to accomplish good things and advance His kingdom purposes.” Dallas WillardWE MISS OUT ON THE POWER OF PRAYER WHEN WE SEE IT AS A CHORE. 5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.MATTHEW 6:5-6Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”MATTHEW 6:1JESUS MODELED CONSISTENT, PERSISTENT, AND INTIMATE PRAYER.After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.MATTHEW 14:23It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.LUKE 6:12 In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there.MARK 1:35IF JESUS HAD A POWERFUL PRAYER LIFE, SO CAN I.PRAYER IS RELATIONAL9 Pray then like this:“Our Father in heaven,MATTHEW 6:9It was very unusual for the Jews of that day to call God “Father” because it was considered too intimate. It is true that God is the mighty sovereign God of the universe who created, governs, and will judge all things – but He is also to us a Father.David GuzikPRAYER IS SPIRITUAL WARFARE“You are in a spiritual battle. If you are ignorant or ignore that fact, you probably aren’t winning the battle.”For...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BjiZxrt0a9mZ2dDE8857wRItwuk9xfgMH36A4JE3q70/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3OTc4LzE2OTMw/NzI5MzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}