How Do We Pray: The Theology of Prayer

Lisa Harper's Back Porch Theology

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Talk Radio, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 30 March 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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How do you pray? During today’s conversation on Back Porch Theology, we’re rolling up our sleeves in this second of a 4-part series on prayer and getting practical because we’re going to talk about the awesomely vast and varied praxis of prayer. In my experience, far too many of us have been taught - overtly or tacitly - that there’s one “right” way to pray and unfortunately the implication we perceived is that we’re a square peg in the round hole of prayer and don’t know how to “correctly” commune with God. The prayers recorded in the redemptive history of God’s people are wonderfully diverse. There are short prayers and long prayers and quiet petitions and shouted pleas, they reflect both the rapture and the rupture of real people experiencing real life! What IS a common denominator in the conversations people had with our Creator in Scripture is the awareness that we humans can’t make it by ourselves - we NEED His divine help! So please grab a cup of coffee or glass of sweet tea or thimble full of wheat grass juice, a couple of snacks, your Bible and a prayer journal if you have one - otherwise a couple of sticky notes will do - and come hang out on the porch with us. We’re really glad you’re here.

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0:24.2	forward slash arc. The link is also in today's show notes. Access more. During today's episode on Backported theology, we're rolling up our sleeves in this second of a four-part series on prayer and getting practical because we're going to talk about the awesomely vast and varied praxis of prayer.
0:51.5	In my experience, far too many of us have been taught overtly or tacitly that there's
0:57.0	one right way to pray. And unfortunately, the implication we've perceived is that we're a square peg in
1:04.3	the round hole of prayer and don't know how to correctly commune with God. But that rigid and myopic
1:10.2	view of prayer is not biblically defensible,
1:13.7	because the prayers recorded in the redemptive history of God's people are wonderfully diverse.
1:20.6	There are short prayers and long prayers and quiet petitions and shouted pleas.
1:25.2	They reflect both the rapture and the rupture of real people experiencing real
1:29.6	life. What is a common denominator in the conversations people had with God in Scripture is the
1:36.0	awareness that we humans can't make it by ourselves. We need His divine help. We require God's provision and protection and guidance and grace in order to access the abundant life Jesus promised.
1:51.7	Prayer is not like the sport of shooting clays, where you have to have unique equipment and expertise, therefore only a few excel at it.
2:00.5	Prayer is for everyone who wants to have a vibrant,
2:04.5	intimate relationship with the triune God who loves us more than we can possibly ask or imagine.
2:10.0	So please grab a cup of coffee or a glass of sweet tea or a thimble full of wheatgrass juice.
2:16.6	A couple of snacks, your Bible, and a prayer journal
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