Prayer Is Your Problem | S3 E3

Jesus said that apart from him we can do nothing, and prayer is what you do if you actually believe it. Yet a pastor can go years without praying and no one would ever know, because the sermons still get written and the schedule still gets kept. So why do so many Christians, pastors most of all, treat prayer as filler, a last resort, or a guilt trip? This week, the profs call prayerlessness what it is, take on the Reformed habit of explaining away “you have not because you ask not,” weigh whether posture matters, and offer practical counsel for young Christians and prayerless pastors alike.

SKIP AHEAD.
(00:00) Coming up...
(00:21) Intro
(01:28) No One Thinks They Pray Too Much
(05:28) “Lord, Teach Us to Pray”
(08:58) Prayer as a Stage Transition
(10:15) Three Reasons Most People Pray
(13:15) Prayerlessness Is a Sin
(17:00) Spurgeon’s Boiler Room: Fact or Preacher Story?
(21:10) The Van That Wouldn’t Start
(23:54) C.S. Lewis on Small Prayers
(25:43) The Reformed Sovereignty Hurdle
(28:06) Sounding More Like Schleiermacher Than Calvin
(32:01) Must Every Prayer Say “If It Be Your Will”?
(37:54) Kanye and “My Will Be Done”
(39:37) In the War Room, Never on the Battlefield
(43:26) Prayer Cloths and Magic Spells
(46:44) Does Posture Matter?
(53:28) Advice for Young Christians
(56:58) Prayer Partners and Praying on the Go
(1:01:13) Advice for Prayerless Pastors
(1:04:22) Spurgeon: “Keep Up the Prayer Meeting”
(1:07:26) Outro

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