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Hey Forever GodGirl, I'm your host Iz, and welcome

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or welcome back to the Forever GodGirl Podcast

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in today's episode We will be talking all about

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praying for others If you recall, in last week's

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episode, we talked about how to pray in the first

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place. But now that you know how to pray, how

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do we make our prayers less selfish? What do

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I mean by that, you might ask? Well, sometimes

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our prayers can look a little bit like this.

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Dear Jesus, thank you for waking me up today.

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Thanks for all of my blessings. Please give me

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a new bike and a Nintendo Switch. Please convince

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my mom to buy the new PS5 for me because I really

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want it. Please give me this. Please give me

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that. Give me that. Give me that. Give me that.

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Amen. Do you see something wrong with that prayer?

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Because there really is. Did you notice that...

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All I prayed for was stuff I wanted and stuff

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for myself. Let me add some context. Just a little

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disclaimer, it's not bad to ask God for the stuff

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that we want or the stuff that we want help with.

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However, our prayers shouldn't be solely focused

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on what we want and just ourselves. Really? Of

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course. In the Bible, there are so many scriptures

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that talk about praying for others. For example,

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in Ephesians 6, 18, it says, pray in the Spirit

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at all times on every occasion. Stay alert and

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be persistent in your prayers for all believers

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everywhere. But when it comes to praying for

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others, we shouldn't just be praying for fellow

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believers. I mean, that's so important, but we

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should also be praying for unbelievers. What

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I mean by that is praying for the people who

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don't know Jesus yet, pray that they would be

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brought to Jesus, and pray that they would receive

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his awesome gift of free salvation. Now if you're

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one of those people who has been praying for

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an unbeliever to get saved for so long now and

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you feel like it's time to give up because God

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hasn't answered your prayers, then open your

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Bible and flip to Colossians chapter 4 verse

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2, specifically in the amplified version. which

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says be persistent and devoted to prayer being

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alert and focused in your prayer life with an

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attitude of thanksgiving great but what exactly

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does that scripture even mean glad you asked

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let me break it down a little bit more so What

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the scripture is saying to us is that we should

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pray with an expectation. That just means we

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have faith in our prayers because of the Holy

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Spirit. This scripture is also saying that we

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should be consistent, persistent, and diligent

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in our prayers. Okay? What does that look like?

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That means if you don't see your prayer being

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answered right away, you don't stop praying.

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It also means that you don't get discouraged

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in your prayer because of how long you've waited

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for your prayer to be answered. And it also means

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that you don't doubt your prayer. thinking that

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God isn't listening. And the big reason you don't

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want to doubt your prayer is because God will

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bless people because someone else prayed for

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them. You never know how God can work in somebody

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else's life because of your prayer for them.

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And lastly, when praying for unbelievers, our

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main focus in our prayer is that God would draw

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them toward himself, for them to be saved and

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to be blessed spiritually. So the next time you

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pray for that kid in your class who really needs

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Jesus, remember Colossians 4 verse 2. That's

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really helpful. But I still wonder what to pray

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when I'm praying for other fellow believers.

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I mean, they already have Jesus. What else do

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I need to pray for? them to have. If this is

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your question then open your Bible to Colossians

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1 verse 9 specifically in the easy English Bible.

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It says because of all that we have not stopped

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praying for you ever since the day that we heard

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about you. We ask God that his spirit will make

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you truly wise. He will help you to know clearly

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what he wants you to do. You will understand

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his true message. When it comes to praying for

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fellow Christ followers, then yes, we pray for

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their physical needs, whatever they need help

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with, but we also pray for their spiritual wisdom

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because our prayers for fellow Christians help

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to anchor them. Our prayers for fellow Christians

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will help to encourage their faith, especially

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when they're going through a difficult time.

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And guess what? our prayers for fellow Christians

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encourages us to wait a minute didn't you say

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we're praying for others yes I did and it encourages

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us because when we see our prayers for others

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being answered and how God is working in their

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lives it helps our faith too but if you're ever

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a little bit confused on what or how to pray

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for fellow believers Remember this scripture

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as well. In Philippians 1 9 -11, specifically

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in the NLT version, it says, Now it's time for

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our special segment. On today's special segment,

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song trivia! I hope that song made you dance

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cuz it sure did make me dance. But what song

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do you think it is? It's Tornwell's Let the Church

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Sing. Hey, no spoilers! But if you did get it

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right, give yourself a pat on the back. I absolutely

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love that song. But now it's time to talk about

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something a little bit more serious. Salvation.

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This episode is great and all, but if you don't

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have salvation then this can't help you. So if

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you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,

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then this episode will help you. But, if you

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don't have a personal relationship with Jesus

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Christ, then I invite you to give your heart

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to the Lord today. To receive Him into your heart,

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go to Romans 10, 9 -10. It says, If you confess

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with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in

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your heart that God has raised him from the dead,

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you will be saved. For with the heart one believes

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unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession

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is made unto salvation. If you said this prayer

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with sincerity, you are saved, and now have eternal

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life with Jesus. You are saved from all your

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sins, past, present, and future sins you may

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commit. Now, This truth is not a free pass to

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sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you power over

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all wrong choices and empowers you to spread

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the gospel to others. You are saved forever and

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your name is written in the book of life. Did

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you just give your life to Jesus? If you did,

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give yourself a pat on the back. I am so godly

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proud of you. Thank you so much for listening

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to this podcast episode. I trust that it helped

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you and that you learned something. And whether

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you're praying for unbelievers or Christ followers,

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remember these two scriptures, Colossians 1 verse

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9 and Philippians 1, 9 through 11. Hey, Forever

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