Talking with God: Ready, Willing, and Able

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges Christians face in prayer and the importance of understanding its significance.

It has often been said that prayer is the greatest force in the universe. And yet, it remains a largely untapped resource for so many Christians. Why is that? There are a lot of reasons why we don’t pray, but I think they can be summarized under two headings: We don’t know how it works. It feels very unnatural to talk to someone I can’t actually see and whose voice I’ve never literally heard. We don’t think it really matters. We take a fatalistic view. “If it’s supposed to h...

People in this episode

Host: Dave DeSelm

Topics covered

• prayer
• communication with God
• spiritual growth
• Christianity
• faith

Keywords

• prayer
• talking to God
• faith
• spirituality
• Christian beliefs

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