{"id":304324,"date":"2017-01-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/seeking-gods-will\/"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T17:00:00","slug":"seeking-gods-will","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/seeking-gods-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking God&#8217;s Will"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Whitney tells believers how to put some spark back into their prayer life. 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Don Whitney says we ought to be teaching them how to pray the Bible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>I think the simplest way to do this, if you\u2019re praying with the family\u2014is whatever passage you\u2019ve read that night with the family\u2014have them pray about, at least, one thing that you read about that night. If you read John, Chapter 3, with the family: \u201cOkay; who do we know we can pray to be born again like Nicodemus was?\u201d Next night, John, Chapter 4: \u201cWho\u2019s a woman we know who needs to meet Jesus like the woman at the well?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou train the children to associate their prayers and get their prayers from the Bible; and secondarily, that means every prayer is different. It\u2019s not the same prayer every night, and yet a biblical prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, January 4<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ll talk about the significance of our prayers aligning with the Word of God as we talk today to Dr. Don Whitney about praying the Bible. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. We\u2019re going to give folks a little bit of a spiritual workout today\u2014take them to the spiritual gym and teach them how to use a new piece of equipment\u2014maybe it\u2019s not a new piece of equipment \/ maybe it\u2019s the piece of equipment that\u2019s been around the gym forever, and they just never knew how to use it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; and in a fresh way of using that piece of equipment. Dr. Don Whitney joins us, again, on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Don\u2014welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Thank you, Dennis. It\u2019s good to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Don is the professor of Biblical Spirituality at <em>The<\/em> Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. That\u2019s as opposed to <em>The<\/em> Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Fort Worth. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Here we go! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Seminary wars!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Seminary wars here; no doubt about it. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe\u2019s written a book that, if you haven\u2019t heard of it, you need to\u2014it\u2019s called <em>Praying the Bible<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you missed what he said earlier, you need to hear the answer to the question\u2014I\u2019m going to ask him again; because I thought, \u201cThis is one of the more <em>unique<\/em> answers to a question I think I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d I asked you what the most important lesson you had learned in over half a century of reading the Bible, praying, walking with God: \u201cWhat was the most important lesson you can pass on to other believers about prayer?\u201d\u2014and you said\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>I said to pray the Bible\u2014learning to take the words of Scripture and turn them into prayer\u2014something that anyone can do. That simple biblical practice is a <em>permanent<\/em> solution to an almost universal problem in prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>In fact, you said this is something of a life message for you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; I have come to the place of believing that, other than preaching the gospel, the main purpose I\u2019m on the planet is to spread this message of praying the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI pray every Christian on the planet will learn how to do this\u2014I think it\u2019s that fundamental and that helpful.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay; I want everybody, who\u2019s listening, raise your hand if\u2014occasionally, if not regularly\u2014your prayer life becomes boring. Hold your hand up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Keith, come on\u2014a little higher. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Tonda\/Keith\u2014okay. Dan?\u2014you out there? Okay; there we go. We have 100 percent agreement in here\u2014we do tend to pray the same old stuff\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and it becomes boring. I think we lose heart for prayer because of that; don\u2019t you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; yes, I do. I found it to be <em>almost<\/em> universal that people\u2014when they do pray\u2014tend to say the same old things about the same old things. Praying about the same old things is <em>normal<\/em>, because our lives tend to consist pretty much of the same old things. People tend to pray for their family, their future, their finances, their work or schoolwork if they\u2019re students, their church ministry, or the current crisis. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s hardly anything in your life that doesn\u2019t relate to one of those. They don\u2019t change dramatically very often. So if you\u2019re going to pray about your life\u2014and those things are your life\u2014then it\u2019s <em>normal<\/em> to pray about the same old things all the time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe problem is that we <em>say<\/em> the same old things about the same old things. You don\u2019t have to do that very long before that\u2019s boring. When prayer is boring, you don\u2019t feel like praying. And you don\u2019t feel like praying when you know you\u2019re about to do something and you know, in advance, it\u2019s going to be boring\u2014you\u2019re not excited about that. As a result, people don\u2019t pray, at least, with any fervency \/ with any consistency. They try to grind it out, maybe five to seven minutes; but it is duty prayer \/ it is obligatory prayer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe Holy Spirit causes us\u2014both Romans and Galatians tell us\u2014to cry out: \u201cAbba! Father!\u201d We don\u2019t just choose that\u2014anyone with the Holy Spirit really wants to pray; and yet, colliding with that impulse is the boredom that comes from saying the same old things. Most people conclude, Dennis: \u201cIt must be me. I guess I\u2019m just a second-rate Christian.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think there\u2019s a simple, permanent, biblical solution to that: \u201cWhen you pray, pray the Scripture.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You have some very practical, simple ways that we can engage around the Book of Psalms; and there\u2019s a reason for that. Explain to our listeners why Psalms is where we ought to begin.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Well, every book of the Bible is equally inspired; but the Psalms were inspired for a unique purpose. It\u2019s the only book of the Bible inspired by God for the very purpose of being reflected to God. \u201cThe Book of Psalms\u201d in Hebrew means \u201cThe Book of Praises.\u201d The Psalms were <em>songs<\/em> <em>to<\/em> God, inspired <em>by<\/em> God. We get the Psalms <em>from<\/em> God, but they were intended to be sung back <em>to<\/em> God\u2014it\u2019s the only book of the Bible for that purpose.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the Psalms, I believe, constitute, therefore, the <em>easiest<\/em> place in Scripture from which to pray Scripture. We take these words that have come from God\u2014we cause them to be the wings of our prayers back to God. We take words that have already originated in the heart and mind of God and circulate them through our hearts and minds to God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor example, the 23rd Psalm, which most of your listeners would be familiar with\u2014if I were going to do this\u2014maybe I\u2019ve already done my daily Bible reading\u2014and I say: \u201cNow I\u2019m going to pray; and I\u2019m going to pray, using one of the Psalms. Today, I pick the 23rd Psalm.\u201d I read the first line: \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd.\u201d I may say something like: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLord, thank You that You are my shepherd. You\u2019re a <em>good<\/em> shepherd, and You\u2019ve shepherded me all of my life. But oh great Shepherd, would You shepherd me in this decision I have to make about my future? Do I make that change or do I not? Do I make that move or not? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI pray You would shepherd my family today. Guide them into the ways of God, guard them from the ways of the world, lead them not unto temptation, deliver them from evil, and cause my children \/ my grandchildren to love you as their shepherd too. Cause them to be your sheep, as I am.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI pray for under-shepherds at the church. Please shepherd them as they shepherd us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, when nothing else comes to mind, you look at the next line: \u201cI shall not want.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMaybe you are in want about something, and you pray about that\u2014or you know someone who is in want\u2014or you say: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLord, I thank You I\u2019ve never really been in want\u2014I haven\u2019t missed many meals. But I know it pleases You to bring my desires to You. Would you provide those finances we need for those bills \/ for the car? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, when you can\u2019t think of anything else, you look down and whatever comes to mind from the next line. Maybe nothing comes to mind\u2014fine\u2014skip it. Go to the next line. Maybe you don\u2019t understand it\u2014fine\u2014go to the next verse. Maybe you understand perfectly, but nothing comes to mind to pray about\u2014fine\u2014go on to the next one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou really can\u2019t mess it up, because the Bible teaches us to pray about everything. Everything that comes to mind from the text is something we ought to pray about. I want to hasten to add\u2014I\u2019m not encouraging people to misuse the Bible \/ read something into the Bible. If we were preaching or teaching that we were interpreting the Bible, that would be incorrect; but that\u2019s not what we\u2019re doing. What we\u2019re doing is <em>praying<\/em>, primarily, and we\u2019re praying as we <em>glance<\/em> at the Scripture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m saying that whatever comes to mind, you turn that God-ward. Since we\u2019re to pray about everything, everything that comes to mind is worthy of prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think, if people will do that, their prayers will be <em>far<\/em> more biblical than they ever would be, making up their own prayers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When the disciples asked Jesus about how to pray, He gave us a model prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Is that not what we ought to be following, instead of just going to any passage in Scripture?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>No; we should be following that, but we know that it wasn\u2019t intended to be the only way to pray, <em>because<\/em> we see other prayers later in the New Testament by the Apostles. None of them simply repeat the model prayer. I believe, if you will <em>pray<\/em> the Bible, you will consistently pray the elements <em>in<\/em> the model prayer. You may not pray about every one of them every day. Psalm 150\u2014if you pray that one\u2014that\u2019s mostly just praise \/ not confession of sin, for example.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>But, generally-speaking, if you pray the Bible very consistently, day in and day out, you will pray <em>all<\/em> the elements of the model prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Let me ask you about group prayer and praying the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Two things\u2014first of all, as a husband \/ as a father, if you\u2019re leading the family at the dinner table, how do you pray the Scripture? Then, I\u2019ll come back to group prayer after that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>So, if it\u2019s one person asking the Lord\u2019s blessing on the meal\u2014a simple pattern, I think, is to\u2014almost whatever verse comes to mind\u2014if you have a Bible there, it\u2019s much easier\u2014but almost any verse that comes to mind, and ask the Lord\u2019s blessing on the food <em>through<\/em> that verse. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor example\u2014so if \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd,\u201d comes to mind: \u201cLord, as the good shepherd, You\u2019re the One who has provided us, Your sheep, with this food. Thank You. Amen.\u201d If it\u2019s Matthew 6: \u201cYou told us to seek first Your kingdom and Your righteousness. May this food that You\u2019ve given strengthen us to seek first Your kingdom and Your righteousness. Amen.\u201d So just very simply\u2014almost any verse that comes to mind \/ if you have your Bible in front of you, certainly that\u2019s easier. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut you know, Bob\u2014just like the table blessing\u2014for someone, who goes into a hospital room and visits with someone \/ or you\u2019re just called on spontaneously\/unexpectedly in some place, at the end of a Bible study or something, to close in prayer\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014almost any verse that comes to mind, you can use in that spontaneous moment\u2014instead of saying the same old routine \/ you know, \u201c\u2026lead, guide, and direct us,\u201d kinds of prayers\u2014something that\u2019s fresh and biblical.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And at what age can you start getting your kids involved in doing something like this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>When they\u2019re old enough to read, they can do this from the Bible\u2014and before that, even. I think the simplest way to do this\u2014if you\u2019re praying with the family\u2014is whatever passage you\u2019ve read that night with the family \/ have them pray about, at least, one thing that you read about that night. If you read John, Chapter 3, with the family: \u201cWho do we know we can pray to be born again like Nicodemus was?\u201d Next night, John, Chapter 4, \u201cWho\u2019s a woman we know who needs to meet Jesus like the woman at the well did?\u201d You train the children to associate their prayers and get their prayers from the Bible; and secondarily, that means every prayer is <em>different<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s not the same prayer every time; and yet, a biblical prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I have to ask you about the Bible study groups and the small groups that we\u2019re a part of, where, at the end of it, the group leader will say, \u201cOkay; who has a prayer request tonight?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe get into distant relatives\u2019 health issues\u2014that\u2019s the <em>dominant<\/em> prayer request that you get into.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; it\u2019s <em>okay<\/em> in most cases. I think the problem is\u2014you pray the same prayer you prayed for the person last week having the same surgery\u2014you just put a different name in the slot.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Different surgery or whatever.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; our hearts don\u2019t soar when we hear that kind of praying\u2014we just kind of politely endure it. But if you use the Scripture to pray\u2014and there are two or three different methods you can do in group prayer\u2014it makes it fresh \/ it makes it different\u2014and yet, not <em>merely<\/em> different, though that alone is worth it \/ just not saying the same old things about the same old things\u2014that <em>alone<\/em> is worth knowing how to do this. But it\u2019s even better than <em>that<\/em>\u2014we\u2019re praying <em>inspired<\/em> words. The words we\u2019re praying have a supernatural quality\u2014these are the words of God that we\u2019re praying.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If I\u2019m the group leader, give me one way that I can incorporate praying the Scriptures as a part of our small group.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>If you have the passage in front of you\u2014maybe you\u2019ve already read the passage\u2014you pick and choose the phrases most easily understood and conducive to prayer, and you throw them out as needed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we\u2019re a group right here, and I say, \u201cAlright, now, let\u2019s pray,\u201d\u2014and I throw out the phrase, \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd,\u201d\u2014then I\u2019m quiet and just let people pick up on that\u2014that \u201cHe would shepherd this guy to get a job,\u201d \u201c\u2026shepherd this person who\u2019s going to have surgery,\u201d and so forth. Then, when it\u2019s quiet, I\u2019ll throw out, maybe, \u201cI shall not want.\u201d I avoid phrases that may be difficult to understand or some people maybe wouldn\u2019t know what to do with. That way, people\u2014I\u2019ve discovered people pray more to the point \/ they pray more brief prayers, which is often good in a group setting\u2014like on a Wednesday night and people are tired already. <em>More<\/em> people will pray\u2014not just one or two people pray\u2014but they pray these biblical prayers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How many years have you been doing this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Almost every day of my life since the first of March, 1985.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Over 31 years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Something like that; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Have you found a couple of go-to passages for you, as a husband to\u2014first of all, pray for yourself; secondly, pray for your wife; and third, to pray for your children?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Well, the 23rd Psalm is hard to beat in this regard \/ in praying for all of us. Then, just the classic passages\u2014like Ephesians 5 and others that deal with the family\u2014just to <em>pray<\/em> those things. I mean, those are the most relevant passages to family life\u2014and so to use those as the words I would <em>pray<\/em>, which keeps me lashed to God\u2019s will for the family, which keeps me close to the most important issues, biblically, for a family member. Just the classic passages are the best. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut one of the great things about this method is almost any passage is relevant, because a family needs patience. Well, I guess, \u201cLove is patient, love is kind,\u201d\u20141Corinthians 13. But there may be very important things in <em>your<\/em> marriage, let\u2019s say, that <em>aren\u2019t<\/em> represented in the classic texts on marriage and family. Maybe something about finances\u2014that\u2019s a struggle in your family right now\u2014so you pray that passage about being a good steward, as a couple.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>If your family\u2019s struggling with getting along with each other, as ours did\u2014I\u2019m sure yours didn\u2019t, Don, as you were raising your kids\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Oh, of course not \/ of course not.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I wish we\u2019d had this; because I think 1 Corinthians 13 would have been a <em>great<\/em> passage to\u2014first of all, for Barbara and me to focus on in praying for <em>us<\/em>, that we\u2019d demonstrate it in our lives: \u201cLove is patient, love is kind, it is longsuffering\u2026\u201d all the way through that passage in 1 Corinthians 13\u2014but that also maybe, as you knelt beside your kid\u2019s bed in the evening \/ as you put them to sleep\u2014when they\u2019re wanting to talk\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014you could take a Bible in there with you, open it to the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Psalm or to 1 Corinthians 13, and just say, \u201cFather, would you help Ben and Samuel\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>How\u2019d you pick those names?\u2014just out of the air? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Not out of the air; because the light in the kitchen\u2014that was hanging right underneath where their bedroom was\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014they would wrestle upstairs, Don, and that light would bounce. It would bounce as one of them got thrown to the floor with a body pin or something. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I think this would help parents not lose heart in prayer\u2014to have more of a purposeful passage of Scripture you\u2019re working your way through and praying for your kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s not mere words into the air\u2014you\u2019re actually taking these children before God and saying, \u201cWould you teach them how to love?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. And you know what else\u2014it\u2019s hard to pray that hypocritically. It often causes kind of a short interruption in prayer to say: \u201cYou know what? I need to confess something here before I can pray this further. We need to be patient, and kind, and so forth. Well, I wasn\u2019t very patient tonight at dinner, and please forgive me for that.\u201d The Word does its work\u2014it instructs, it teaches, it edifies, it convicts\u2014<em>while<\/em> you\u2019re praying. That doesn\u2019t happen when you make up your own prayers very much. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Think about the Beatitudes\u2014Matthew, Chapter 5.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That would be a great passage of Scripture to work your way through, as a family\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014just talking about who\u2019s blessed, who\u2019s happy, and \u201cWhat kind of attitudes does God truly bless in a family?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m just also thinking about some of these passages in Scripture, where somebody may go, \u201cAlright, I know some Scripture works here, but\u2026\u201d Here\u2019s an example\u2014the [beginning] of Psalm 137\u2014it\u2019s one of the imprecatory\u2014it\u2019s: \u201cBy the waters of Babylon, we laid down our lyres.\u201d We\u2019re in captivity in Babylon \/ it ends with this statement\u2014I remember the first time I read it\u2014\u201cBlessed are those who take your little children and dash their heads against a rock,\u201d\u2014something like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Right; right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; so I\u2019m not trying to imagine what I\u2019m going to do when I come to that in my prayer journal. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; that\u2019s right. I think, first of all, we put all the Psalms in the mouth of Jesus\u2014someday, He\u2019s going to do far worse to His lifelong, unrepentant enemies than just smash their heads against a rock. The other thing is\u2014I don\u2019t think we put people\u2019s names in there anymore\u2014but I put the enemies of my soul in those passages or our national sins. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve prayed God will do that with abortion in this country \/ with racism in this country. I put the sins that come out of the sin factory that beats in my own heart and pray that God will do that kind of destruction against them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut you know what? If someone is trying this and they\u2014say, three days from now, and they get to that very passage and they say: \u201cYou know, on the radio program, they talked about how to pray this kind of passage. I forget what they said,\u201d\u2014fine\u2014go on to the next passage; that\u2019s okay. Nothing says you <em>have<\/em> to pray over every verse \/ nothing says you have to finish the Psalm. You really can\u2019t mess it up\u2014that\u2019s a beautiful thing about it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; I\u2019m looking at a familiar passage that follows\u2014Bob loves to cause trouble<strong>. <\/strong>[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>\u201cStump the professor!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cO daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, bash their heads against a rock.\u201d Wow!\u2014Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnyway, Psalm 138, the last couple of verses there\u2014this is a great one, especially in these days, which are troubling days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re facing a lot of fear today\u2014as we look at the political landscape, the economy, things that are happening in the world \/ terrorists\u2014verses 7 and 8 say, \u201cThough I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve my life.\u201d That partial sentence, right there, would be worthy, saying: \u201cGod, thank You that You know where we are. You know what\u2019s going on in our lives, as a nation. Would you protect us?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cWould You preserve our lives?\u201d Then verse 8 says, \u201cThe Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.\u201d What a great promise!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cFather, would You work that out in our lives, as a husband and a wife, but also in our children, our grandchildren, and their children?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cwho will live in perhaps even more troubled times.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Exactly. Then it says: \u201cYour steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of Your hands.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Just asking God: \u201cWill You make sure You protect us again? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWill You not forsake us in the midst of the trouble we walk in?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just think you\u2019re adding a fresh dimension to prayer, Don, that\u2014who doesn\u2019t need, I think, a breath of fresh air in their prayer life?\u2014because, as you\u2019ve said, it can get boring\u2014we do say the same old thing many, many times over and over again.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; and it\u2019s not just that there are different and fresh words\u2014though that alone was worth listening to the broadcast \/ that alone was worth the time invested\u2014but it\u2019s even <em>better<\/em> than that. As I said, we\u2019re praying <em>inspired<\/em> words. There\u2019s a supernatural <em>quality<\/em> to these words\u2014it\u2019s the words of God that we\u2019re praying, and they <em>never<\/em> get old.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And can I just thank you for the fact that this book is less than 100 pages?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>You\u2019re welcome! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I mean, you have kept this simple\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; it is simple!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014so that anybody can pick this up, and glean from it, and start applying it. Al Mohler, who is your boss at Southern Seminary, says this little book is explosive and powerful. That\u2019s what you\u2019re hoping it will be in the lives of so many.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; certainly. I think it is <em>transformative<\/em>. Of all the things I teach, this is the thing\u2014somebody will say, \u201cYou came to our church ten years ago and taught this, and I\u2019m still doing it every day.\u201d I <em>love<\/em> to hear that\u2014I hear that more than anything else I teach.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Has anybody done this in the history of the church?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; sure they have\u2014although, I hadn\u2019t come across it; and I am a student of history and theology\u2014I hadn\u2019t come across it that much that I <em>remember<\/em>. Now, I am aware of some books that \/ where they will take a topic, let\u2019s say\u2014and they\u2019ve collected a lot of verses on anger: \u201cIf your problem is anger, you pray these verses,\u201d \u201cIf your problem is financial, pray these verses,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a great service, to have them all collected; but in daily life, I don\u2019t come to my devotional time and say: \u201cOkay; what is my problem today?\u2014and what is the topic?\u201d and go through that. I\u2019m just reading the Bible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt is a great practice. First of all, I almost always go to the Psalms; but it may be that you\u2019re reading in Ephesians 5, let\u2019s say, today, in your daily reading of the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou say: \u201cYou know what? I don\u2019t want to go over to the Psalms. This really ministered to me. I want to go back and pray through what I just read through.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWith this method, you don\u2019t need another book \/ you don\u2019t need any other resources\u2014just you, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit. It\u2019s so simple\u2014<em>a<\/em><em>nyone<\/em> can do this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>The point is: \u201cGet in the Book. Let the Book get in you and work its way through your heart and turn it into a prayer for yourself, for your spouse, for your kids, your grandkids, your descendants, for your community, for your nation, and for your world.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; just talk to God about what you see in Bible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; and what you\u2019re burdened by\u2014and just cast your cares before Him, because He cares for you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Thank you, Don, for writing this book.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Thank you for having me on!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If you need some coaching\u2014if our listeners need some coaching in this discipline of praying the Bible, go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order a copy of <em>Praying the Bible<\/em> by Don Whitney. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt will not take you long to read this book; but it\u2019ll give you very helpful, specific direction on how you can more effectively pray God\u2019s Word throughout the year. Again, the title of the book is <em>Praying the Bible<\/em> by Don Whitney. You can order, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can order by phone at 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-358-6329 \/ 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, this time of year is a time for new patterns and new habits. For some of us, that means we pay additional attention to our food intake every day or our exercise regimen. For others, there may be new spiritual disciplines, like praying or like Bible reading\u2014things that you\u2019re developing as a part of your life in the new year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re hoping that some of you\u2014who are regular <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners and who have listened long enough to understand what we\u2019re all about\u2014our mission of effectively developing godly marriages and families \/ providing practical biblical help and hope for couples and families, day in and day out\u2014we\u2019re hoping that many of you will join with fellow listeners and become Legacy Partners in 2017. A Legacy Partner is somebody, who says, \u201cThis ministry is significant, and we\u2019d like to provide monthly support.\u201d That monthly support is the financial backbone \/ it\u2019s the financial foundation for this daily radio program. Legacy Partners really are the key investors in the work that God is doing through this ministry. It\u2019s easy to become a Legacy Partner. You can do that, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to become a Legacy Partner. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re praying that, during 2017, we\u2019ll see a significant influx of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners, who will step forward and say, \u201cWe want to join up and help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> every month.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, become a Legacy Partner, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY and say, \u201cI\u2019m ready to join the team and become a Legacy Partner.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you\u2019ll tune in again tomorrow. We\u2019re going to talk about your money tomorrow. We\u2019ve been talking about your prayer life; now, we\u2019re going to talk about your money. We\u2019re really meddling here, at the beginning of 2017. Ron Blue will be here, and we\u2019ll talk about some of the fundamental\/foundation things we need to be thinking about as we manage our money in the new year. So I hope you can tune in for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t______________________________________________________________________________\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\"><u>donating today<\/u><\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2017 FamilyLife. 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If you read John, Chapter 3, with the family: \u201cOkay; who do we know we can pray to be born again like Nicodemus was?\u201d Next night, John, Chapter 4: \u201cWho\u2019s a woman we know who needs to meet Jesus like the woman at the well?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou train the children to associate their prayers and get their prayers from the Bible; and secondarily, that means every prayer is different. It\u2019s not the same prayer every night, and yet a biblical prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Wednesday, January 4<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I'm Bob Lepine. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ll talk about the significance of our prayers aligning with the Word of God as we talk today to Dr. Don Whitney about praying the Bible. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. We\u2019re going to give folks a little bit of a spiritual workout today\u2014take them to the spiritual gym and teach them how to use a new piece of equipment\u2014maybe it\u2019s not a new piece of equipment \/ maybe it\u2019s the piece of equipment that\u2019s been around the gym forever, and they just never knew how to use it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; and in a fresh way of using that piece of equipment. Dr. Don Whitney joins us, again, on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Don\u2014welcome back.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Thank you, Dennis. It\u2019s good to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Don is the professor of Biblical Spirituality at <em>The<\/em> Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. That\u2019s as opposed to <em>The<\/em> Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Fort Worth. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Here we go! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Seminary wars!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Seminary wars here; no doubt about it. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe\u2019s written a book that, if you haven\u2019t heard of it, you need to\u2014it\u2019s called <em>Praying the Bible<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf you missed what he said earlier, you need to hear the answer to the question\u2014I\u2019m going to ask him again; because I thought, \u201cThis is one of the more <em>unique<\/em> answers to a question I think I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d I asked you what the most important lesson you had learned in over half a century of reading the Bible, praying, walking with God: \u201cWhat was the most important lesson you can pass on to other believers about prayer?\u201d\u2014and you said\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>I said to pray the Bible\u2014learning to take the words of Scripture and turn them into prayer\u2014something that anyone can do. That simple biblical practice is a <em>permanent<\/em> solution to an almost universal problem in prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>In fact, you said this is something of a life message for you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; I have come to the place of believing that, other than preaching the gospel, the main purpose I\u2019m on the planet is to spread this message of praying the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI pray every Christian on the planet will learn how to do this\u2014I think it\u2019s that fundamental and that helpful.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Okay; I want everybody, who\u2019s listening, raise your hand if\u2014occasionally, if not regularly\u2014your prayer life becomes boring. Hold your hand up.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Keith, come on\u2014a little higher. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Tonda\/Keith\u2014okay. Dan?\u2014you out there? Okay; there we go. We have 100 percent agreement in here\u2014we do tend to pray the same old stuff\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014and it becomes boring. I think we lose heart for prayer because of that; don\u2019t you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; yes, I do. I found it to be <em>almost<\/em> universal that people\u2014when they do pray\u2014tend to say the same old things about the same old things. Praying about the same old things is <em>normal<\/em>, because our lives tend to consist pretty much of the same old things. People tend to pray for their family, their future, their finances, their work or schoolwork if they\u2019re students, their church ministry, or the current crisis. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThere\u2019s hardly anything in your life that doesn\u2019t relate to one of those. They don\u2019t change dramatically very often. So if you\u2019re going to pray about your life\u2014and those things are your life\u2014then it\u2019s <em>normal<\/em> to pray about the same old things all the time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe problem is that we <em>say<\/em> the same old things about the same old things. You don\u2019t have to do that very long before that\u2019s boring. When prayer is boring, you don\u2019t feel like praying. And you don\u2019t feel like praying when you know you\u2019re about to do something and you know, in advance, it\u2019s going to be boring\u2014you\u2019re not excited about that. As a result, people don\u2019t pray, at least, with any fervency \/ with any consistency. They try to grind it out, maybe five to seven minutes; but it is duty prayer \/ it is obligatory prayer. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe Holy Spirit causes us\u2014both Romans and Galatians tell us\u2014to cry out: \u201cAbba! Father!\u201d We don\u2019t just choose that\u2014anyone with the Holy Spirit really wants to pray; and yet, colliding with that impulse is the boredom that comes from saying the same old things. Most people conclude, Dennis: \u201cIt must be me. I guess I\u2019m just a second-rate Christian.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think there\u2019s a simple, permanent, biblical solution to that: \u201cWhen you pray, pray the Scripture.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You have some very practical, simple ways that we can engage around the Book of Psalms; and there\u2019s a reason for that. Explain to our listeners why Psalms is where we ought to begin.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Well, every book of the Bible is equally inspired; but the Psalms were inspired for a unique purpose. It\u2019s the only book of the Bible inspired by God for the very purpose of being reflected to God. \u201cThe Book of Psalms\u201d in Hebrew means \u201cThe Book of Praises.\u201d The Psalms were <em>songs<\/em> <em>to<\/em> God, inspired <em>by<\/em> God. We get the Psalms <em>from<\/em> God, but they were intended to be sung back <em>to<\/em> God\u2014it\u2019s the only book of the Bible for that purpose.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the Psalms, I believe, constitute, therefore, the <em>easiest<\/em> place in Scripture from which to pray Scripture. We take these words that have come from God\u2014we cause them to be the wings of our prayers back to God. We take words that have already originated in the heart and mind of God and circulate them through our hearts and minds to God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor example, the 23rd Psalm, which most of your listeners would be familiar with\u2014if I were going to do this\u2014maybe I\u2019ve already done my daily Bible reading\u2014and I say: \u201cNow I\u2019m going to pray; and I\u2019m going to pray, using one of the Psalms. Today, I pick the 23rd Psalm.\u201d I read the first line: \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd.\u201d I may say something like: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLord, thank You that You are my shepherd. You\u2019re a <em>good<\/em> shepherd, and You\u2019ve shepherded me all of my life. But oh great Shepherd, would You shepherd me in this decision I have to make about my future? Do I make that change or do I not? Do I make that move or not? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI pray You would shepherd my family today. Guide them into the ways of God, guard them from the ways of the world, lead them not unto temptation, deliver them from evil, and cause my children \/ my grandchildren to love you as their shepherd too. Cause them to be your sheep, as I am.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI pray for under-shepherds at the church. Please shepherd them as they shepherd us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, when nothing else comes to mind, you look at the next line: \u201cI shall not want.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMaybe you are in want about something, and you pray about that\u2014or you know someone who is in want\u2014or you say: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLord, I thank You I\u2019ve never really been in want\u2014I haven\u2019t missed many meals. But I know it pleases You to bring my desires to You. Would you provide those finances we need for those bills \/ for the car? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, when you can\u2019t think of anything else, you look down and whatever comes to mind from the next line. Maybe nothing comes to mind\u2014fine\u2014skip it. Go to the next line. Maybe you don\u2019t understand it\u2014fine\u2014go to the next verse. Maybe you understand perfectly, but nothing comes to mind to pray about\u2014fine\u2014go on to the next one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou really can\u2019t mess it up, because the Bible teaches us to pray about everything. Everything that comes to mind from the text is something we ought to pray about. I want to hasten to add\u2014I\u2019m not encouraging people to misuse the Bible \/ read something into the Bible. If we were preaching or teaching that we were interpreting the Bible, that would be incorrect; but that\u2019s not what we\u2019re doing. What we\u2019re doing is <em>praying<\/em>, primarily, and we\u2019re praying as we <em>glance<\/em> at the Scripture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m saying that whatever comes to mind, you turn that God-ward. Since we\u2019re to pray about everything, everything that comes to mind is worthy of prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think, if people will do that, their prayers will be <em>far<\/em> more biblical than they ever would be, making up their own prayers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>When the disciples asked Jesus about how to pray, He gave us a model prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Is that not what we ought to be following, instead of just going to any passage in Scripture?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>No; we should be following that, but we know that it wasn\u2019t intended to be the only way to pray, <em>because<\/em> we see other prayers later in the New Testament by the Apostles. None of them simply repeat the model prayer. I believe, if you will <em>pray<\/em> the Bible, you will consistently pray the elements <em>in<\/em> the model prayer. You may not pray about every one of them every day. Psalm 150\u2014if you pray that one\u2014that\u2019s mostly just praise \/ not confession of sin, for example.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>But, generally-speaking, if you pray the Bible very consistently, day in and day out, you will pray <em>all<\/em> the elements of the model prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Let me ask you about group prayer and praying the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don:<\/strong> Yes; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Two things\u2014first of all, as a husband \/ as a father, if you\u2019re leading the family at the dinner table, how do you pray the Scripture? Then, I\u2019ll come back to group prayer after that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>So, if it\u2019s one person asking the Lord\u2019s blessing on the meal\u2014a simple pattern, I think, is to\u2014almost whatever verse comes to mind\u2014if you have a Bible there, it\u2019s much easier\u2014but almost any verse that comes to mind, and ask the Lord\u2019s blessing on the food <em>through<\/em> that verse. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor example\u2014so if \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd,\u201d comes to mind: \u201cLord, as the good shepherd, You\u2019re the One who has provided us, Your sheep, with this food. Thank You. Amen.\u201d If it\u2019s Matthew 6: \u201cYou told us to seek first Your kingdom and Your righteousness. May this food that You\u2019ve given strengthen us to seek first Your kingdom and Your righteousness. Amen.\u201d So just very simply\u2014almost any verse that comes to mind \/ if you have your Bible in front of you, certainly that\u2019s easier. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut you know, Bob\u2014just like the table blessing\u2014for someone, who goes into a hospital room and visits with someone \/ or you\u2019re just called on spontaneously\/unexpectedly in some place, at the end of a Bible study or something, to close in prayer\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014almost any verse that comes to mind, you can use in that spontaneous moment\u2014instead of saying the same old routine \/ you know, \u201c\u2026lead, guide, and direct us,\u201d kinds of prayers\u2014something that\u2019s fresh and biblical.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And at what age can you start getting your kids involved in doing something like this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>When they\u2019re old enough to read, they can do this from the Bible\u2014and before that, even. I think the simplest way to do this\u2014if you\u2019re praying with the family\u2014is whatever passage you\u2019ve read that night with the family \/ have them pray about, at least, one thing that you read about that night. If you read John, Chapter 3, with the family: \u201cWho do we know we can pray to be born again like Nicodemus was?\u201d Next night, John, Chapter 4, \u201cWho\u2019s a woman we know who needs to meet Jesus like the woman at the well did?\u201d You train the children to associate their prayers and get their prayers from the Bible; and secondarily, that means every prayer is <em>different<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s not the same prayer every time; and yet, a biblical prayer.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And I have to ask you about the Bible study groups and the small groups that we\u2019re a part of, where, at the end of it, the group leader will say, \u201cOkay; who has a prayer request tonight?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe get into distant relatives\u2019 health issues\u2014that\u2019s the <em>dominant<\/em> prayer request that you get into.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; it\u2019s <em>okay<\/em> in most cases. I think the problem is\u2014you pray the same prayer you prayed for the person last week having the same surgery\u2014you just put a different name in the slot.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Different surgery or whatever.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; our hearts don\u2019t soar when we hear that kind of praying\u2014we just kind of politely endure it. But if you use the Scripture to pray\u2014and there are two or three different methods you can do in group prayer\u2014it makes it fresh \/ it makes it different\u2014and yet, not <em>merely<\/em> different, though that alone is worth it \/ just not saying the same old things about the same old things\u2014that <em>alone<\/em> is worth knowing how to do this. But it\u2019s even better than <em>that<\/em>\u2014we\u2019re praying <em>inspired<\/em> words. The words we\u2019re praying have a supernatural quality\u2014these are the words of God that we\u2019re praying.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If I\u2019m the group leader, give me one way that I can incorporate praying the Scriptures as a part of our small group.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>If you have the passage in front of you\u2014maybe you\u2019ve already read the passage\u2014you pick and choose the phrases most easily understood and conducive to prayer, and you throw them out as needed. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIf we\u2019re a group right here, and I say, \u201cAlright, now, let\u2019s pray,\u201d\u2014and I throw out the phrase, \u201cThe Lord is my shepherd,\u201d\u2014then I\u2019m quiet and just let people pick up on that\u2014that \u201cHe would shepherd this guy to get a job,\u201d \u201c\u2026shepherd this person who\u2019s going to have surgery,\u201d and so forth. Then, when it\u2019s quiet, I\u2019ll throw out, maybe, \u201cI shall not want.\u201d I avoid phrases that may be difficult to understand or some people maybe wouldn\u2019t know what to do with. That way, people\u2014I\u2019ve discovered people pray more to the point \/ they pray more brief prayers, which is often good in a group setting\u2014like on a Wednesday night and people are tired already. <em>More<\/em> people will pray\u2014not just one or two people pray\u2014but they pray these biblical prayers.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>How many years have you been doing this?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Almost every day of my life since the first of March, 1985.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Over 31 years.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Something like that; yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Have you found a couple of go-to passages for you, as a husband to\u2014first of all, pray for yourself; secondly, pray for your wife; and third, to pray for your children?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Well, the 23rd Psalm is hard to beat in this regard \/ in praying for all of us. Then, just the classic passages\u2014like Ephesians 5 and others that deal with the family\u2014just to <em>pray<\/em> those things. I mean, those are the most relevant passages to family life\u2014and so to use those as the words I would <em>pray<\/em>, which keeps me lashed to God\u2019s will for the family, which keeps me close to the most important issues, biblically, for a family member. Just the classic passages are the best. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut one of the great things about this method is almost any passage is relevant, because a family needs patience. Well, I guess, \u201cLove is patient, love is kind,\u201d\u20141Corinthians 13. But there may be very important things in <em>your<\/em> marriage, let\u2019s say, that <em>aren\u2019t<\/em> represented in the classic texts on marriage and family. Maybe something about finances\u2014that\u2019s a struggle in your family right now\u2014so you pray that passage about being a good steward, as a couple.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>If your family\u2019s struggling with getting along with each other, as ours did\u2014I\u2019m sure yours didn\u2019t, Don, as you were raising your kids\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Oh, of course not \/ of course not.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I wish we\u2019d had this; because I think 1 Corinthians 13 would have been a <em>great<\/em> passage to\u2014first of all, for Barbara and me to focus on in praying for <em>us<\/em>, that we\u2019d demonstrate it in our lives: \u201cLove is patient, love is kind, it is longsuffering\u2026\u201d all the way through that passage in 1 Corinthians 13\u2014but that also maybe, as you knelt beside your kid\u2019s bed in the evening \/ as you put them to sleep\u2014when they\u2019re wanting to talk\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014you could take a Bible in there with you, open it to the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Psalm or to 1 Corinthians 13, and just say, \u201cFather, would you help Ben and Samuel\u2026\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>How\u2019d you pick those names?\u2014just out of the air? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Not out of the air; because the light in the kitchen\u2014that was hanging right underneath where their bedroom was\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014they would wrestle upstairs, Don, and that light would bounce. It would bounce as one of them got thrown to the floor with a body pin or something. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut I think this would help parents not lose heart in prayer\u2014to have more of a purposeful passage of Scripture you\u2019re working your way through and praying for your kids.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It\u2019s not mere words into the air\u2014you\u2019re actually taking these children before God and saying, \u201cWould you teach them how to love?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. And you know what else\u2014it\u2019s hard to pray that hypocritically. It often causes kind of a short interruption in prayer to say: \u201cYou know what? I need to confess something here before I can pray this further. We need to be patient, and kind, and so forth. Well, I wasn\u2019t very patient tonight at dinner, and please forgive me for that.\u201d The Word does its work\u2014it instructs, it teaches, it edifies, it convicts\u2014<em>while<\/em> you\u2019re praying. That doesn\u2019t happen when you make up your own prayers very much. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Think about the Beatitudes\u2014Matthew, Chapter 5.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>That would be a great passage of Scripture to work your way through, as a family\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014just talking about who\u2019s blessed, who\u2019s happy, and \u201cWhat kind of attitudes does God truly bless in a family?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019m just also thinking about some of these passages in Scripture, where somebody may go, \u201cAlright, I know some Scripture works here, but\u2026\u201d Here\u2019s an example\u2014the [beginning] of Psalm 137\u2014it\u2019s one of the imprecatory\u2014it\u2019s: \u201cBy the waters of Babylon, we laid down our lyres.\u201d We\u2019re in captivity in Babylon \/ it ends with this statement\u2014I remember the first time I read it\u2014\u201cBlessed are those who take your little children and dash their heads against a rock,\u201d\u2014something like that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Right; right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Okay; so I\u2019m not trying to imagine what I\u2019m going to do when I come to that in my prayer journal. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; that\u2019s right. I think, first of all, we put all the Psalms in the mouth of Jesus\u2014someday, He\u2019s going to do far worse to His lifelong, unrepentant enemies than just smash their heads against a rock. The other thing is\u2014I don\u2019t think we put people\u2019s names in there anymore\u2014but I put the enemies of my soul in those passages or our national sins. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019ve prayed God will do that with abortion in this country \/ with racism in this country. I put the sins that come out of the sin factory that beats in my own heart and pray that God will do that kind of destruction against them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut you know what? If someone is trying this and they\u2014say, three days from now, and they get to that very passage and they say: \u201cYou know, on the radio program, they talked about how to pray this kind of passage. I forget what they said,\u201d\u2014fine\u2014go on to the next passage; that\u2019s okay. Nothing says you <em>have<\/em> to pray over every verse \/ nothing says you have to finish the Psalm. You really can\u2019t mess it up\u2014that\u2019s a beautiful thing about it.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; I\u2019m looking at a familiar passage that follows\u2014Bob loves to cause trouble<strong>. <\/strong>[Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>\u201cStump the professor!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cO daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, bash their heads against a rock.\u201d Wow!\u2014Bob.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnyway, Psalm 138, the last couple of verses there\u2014this is a great one, especially in these days, which are troubling days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re facing a lot of fear today\u2014as we look at the political landscape, the economy, things that are happening in the world \/ terrorists\u2014verses 7 and 8 say, \u201cThough I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve my life.\u201d That partial sentence, right there, would be worthy, saying: \u201cGod, thank You that You know where we are. You know what\u2019s going on in our lives, as a nation. Would you protect us?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cWould You preserve our lives?\u201d Then verse 8 says, \u201cThe Lord will fulfill His purpose for me.\u201d What a great promise!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u201cFather, would You work that out in our lives, as a husband and a wife, but also in our children, our grandchildren, and their children?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cwho will live in perhaps even more troubled times.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Exactly. Then it says: \u201cYour steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of Your hands.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Just asking God: \u201cWill You make sure You protect us again? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWill You not forsake us in the midst of the trouble we walk in?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just think you\u2019re adding a fresh dimension to prayer, Don, that\u2014who doesn\u2019t need, I think, a breath of fresh air in their prayer life?\u2014because, as you\u2019ve said, it can get boring\u2014we do say the same old thing many, many times over and over again.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; and it\u2019s not just that there are different and fresh words\u2014though that alone was worth listening to the broadcast \/ that alone was worth the time invested\u2014but it\u2019s even <em>better<\/em> than that. As I said, we\u2019re praying <em>inspired<\/em> words. There\u2019s a supernatural <em>quality<\/em> to these words\u2014it\u2019s the words of God that we\u2019re praying, and they <em>never<\/em> get old.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And can I just thank you for the fact that this book is less than 100 pages?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>You\u2019re welcome! [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I mean, you have kept this simple\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; it is simple!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014so that anybody can pick this up, and glean from it, and start applying it. Al Mohler, who is your boss at Southern Seminary, says this little book is explosive and powerful. That\u2019s what you\u2019re hoping it will be in the lives of so many.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; certainly. I think it is <em>transformative<\/em>. Of all the things I teach, this is the thing\u2014somebody will say, \u201cYou came to our church ten years ago and taught this, and I\u2019m still doing it every day.\u201d I <em>love<\/em> to hear that\u2014I hear that more than anything else I teach.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Has anybody done this in the history of the church?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; sure they have\u2014although, I hadn\u2019t come across it; and I am a student of history and theology\u2014I hadn\u2019t come across it that much that I <em>remember<\/em>. Now, I am aware of some books that \/ where they will take a topic, let\u2019s say\u2014and they\u2019ve collected a lot of verses on anger: \u201cIf your problem is anger, you pray these verses,\u201d \u201cIf your problem is financial, pray these verses,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s a great service, to have them all collected; but in daily life, I don\u2019t come to my devotional time and say: \u201cOkay; what is my problem today?\u2014and what is the topic?\u201d and go through that. I\u2019m just reading the Bible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt is a great practice. First of all, I almost always go to the Psalms; but it may be that you\u2019re reading in Ephesians 5, let\u2019s say, today, in your daily reading of the Bible. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou say: \u201cYou know what? I don\u2019t want to go over to the Psalms. This really ministered to me. I want to go back and pray through what I just read through.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWith this method, you don\u2019t need another book \/ you don\u2019t need any other resources\u2014just you, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit. It\u2019s so simple\u2014<em>a<\/em><em>nyone<\/em> can do this.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>The point is: \u201cGet in the Book. Let the Book get in you and work its way through your heart and turn it into a prayer for yourself, for your spouse, for your kids, your grandkids, your descendants, for your community, for your nation, and for your world.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Yes; just talk to God about what you see in Bible.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Yes; and what you\u2019re burdened by\u2014and just cast your cares before Him, because He cares for you.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Amen.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Thank you, Don, for writing this book.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Don: <\/strong>Thank you for having me on!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If you need some coaching\u2014if our listeners need some coaching in this discipline of praying the Bible, go to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. You can order a copy of <em>Praying the Bible<\/em> by Don Whitney. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt will not take you long to read this book; but it\u2019ll give you very helpful, specific direction on how you can more effectively pray God\u2019s Word throughout the year. Again, the title of the book is <em>Praying the Bible<\/em> by Don Whitney. You can order, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can order by phone at 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-358-6329 \/ 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou know, this time of year is a time for new patterns and new habits. For some of us, that means we pay additional attention to our food intake every day or our exercise regimen. For others, there may be new spiritual disciplines, like praying or like Bible reading\u2014things that you\u2019re developing as a part of your life in the new year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re hoping that some of you\u2014who are regular <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners and who have listened long enough to understand what we\u2019re all about\u2014our mission of effectively developing godly marriages and families \/ providing practical biblical help and hope for couples and families, day in and day out\u2014we\u2019re hoping that many of you will join with fellow listeners and become Legacy Partners in 2017. A Legacy Partner is somebody, who says, \u201cThis ministry is significant, and we\u2019d like to provide monthly support.\u201d That monthly support is the financial backbone \/ it\u2019s the financial foundation for this daily radio program. Legacy Partners really are the key investors in the work that God is doing through this ministry. It\u2019s easy to become a Legacy Partner. You can do that, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call 1-800-FL-TODAY to become a Legacy Partner. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019re praying that, during 2017, we\u2019ll see a significant influx of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> listeners, who will step forward and say, \u201cWe want to join up and help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> every month.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, become a Legacy Partner, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY and say, \u201cI\u2019m ready to join the team and become a Legacy Partner.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you\u2019ll tune in again tomorrow. We\u2019re going to talk about your money tomorrow. We\u2019ve been talking about your prayer life; now, we\u2019re going to talk about your money. We\u2019re really meddling here, at the beginning of 2017. Ron Blue will be here, and we\u2019ll talk about some of the fundamental\/foundation things we need to be thinking about as we manage our money in the new year. So I hope you can tune in for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. 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