January 18, 2022

#10: Why Pray?

52 minutes

Prayer is an important part of how we engage in relationship with God. It remains, however, a mysterious practice to many Christians. In this episode, Stan and JP discuss key beliefs about the role of prayer in the life of the believer. They investigate the purpose of prayer and why so many Christians feel frustration around the discipline of prayer.

In this podcast we discuss:

What prayer is

The relationship of prayer to God’s foreknowledge

How we should understand unanswered prayer and disappointment with God

Why God doesn’t interfere with our free will

Prayer pitfalls: hat untrue ideas we might have about prayer

How prayer helps us co-labor with God toward his purposes

Why we should ask many people to pray for a specific request

The value of written prayers in our formation

The possible relationship between our personality type and prayer life

The role of persistence in our prayer life.

Resources mentioned during our conversation:

Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God (not mentioned, but also see his Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God)

Dallas Willard, A Paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer

JP Moreland, A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles: Instruction and Inspiration for Living Supernaturally in Christ

Thomas Aquinas, A Prayer Before Study

James Sire, Learning to Pray Through the Psalms

James Sire, Praying the Psalms of Jesus

Chester P. Michael & Marie C. Norrisey, Prayer and Temperament: Different Prayer Forms for Different Personality Types

C. S. Lewis, Letters to Malcolm, Chiefly on Prayer

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By Stan W. Wallace

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