About This Episode Why does a sovereign God tell us to pray? He knows what we need, does what He pleases, and can't be changed by human manipulation. If we're honest, sometimes it can seem like prayer is pointless, and that makes it even more difficult to "pray without ceasing." In this episode, I explore why prayer isn't our way of changing God's will, but His way of changing ours.

Timestamps: 00:00 Intro and the "problem" of prayer 7:25 Understanding whom we pray to 10:22 3 things prayer accomplishes in Christians 11:03 #1 Prayer acknowledges that God is God 12:33 #2 Prayer demonstrates our trust in God being God 20:11 #3 Prayer asks God to act as God 54:19 Reminder why my content isn't short! 54:48 Summarizing this discussion

Book mentioned: "Sovereignty of God" by AW Pink

Scripture Used: Matthew 6:8b Psalm 115:3 1 John 5:14-15 James 4:1-3 2 Corinthians 12:8-9 Psalm 50:12-15 Jeremiah 29:11-14 Romans 8:28-29 1 Thessalonians 4:3

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If Satan's very nature makes him incapable of things like whispering lies into our minds or personally attacking thousands of people at once, what do we make of the verses that imply we need to watch out for his attacks? This episode digs in to a part of language we use every day that can help us better distinguish between the being known as Satan and the world system he's responsible for.

Scripture Used: Matthew 4:13-16; Isaiah 9:1-7; Matthew 27:46; Psalm 22; Matthew 12:22-26; 1 Thessalonians 2:18; Acts 7:1-9; 1 Corinthians 7:5; James 4:1-10; James 1:13-14; James 3:14-16

Satan Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5oAvNLE5030_XWDG9oWCKfB4aMbXMUbh

Song of Songs for Singles: https://a.co/d/cF5K9Jf

Theology with Chris Lenoir: https://youtube.com/@theologywithchrislenoir?si=s2uMfl4BpLB2cA-O

Thinklings Podcast: https://thinklingspodcast.com/category/podcast/

Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 6:47 Modern synecdoches 9:26 Biblical synecdoches 25:38 Satan as a synecdoche

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When suffering, sometimes we go into "survival mode" and set aside may important things in our lives. Sometimes, we wonder if we should bother reading the Bible when it's too difficult. This episode helps you think through how we should understand the effects of suffering on our Bible reading, how to be on guard against the deceptiveness of our flesh, and how to rejoice in giving God everything we have in our daily devotions (especially when we don't have much to give).

Scripture Used: Psalm 34

Conscience book: https://a.co/d/bGNjmOB

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