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| Sheila Walsh: The Truth About Prayer | 5 Minutes with Jesus | July 6, 2026
- Prayer is all about relationship.
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- It's about talking with the one who has loved you every
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- Single moment of your life.
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- What does the bible actually say about prayer?
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- I mean, that's a big question.
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- When my son was younger and we had a few of his friends
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- Spending the night,
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- I decided to ask them the simple question
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- Okay, boys, what does the bible say about prayer?
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- The responses were interesting, to say the least.
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- Here's just a few of them.
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- Don't even try it if you're mad with your dad
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- Because god will not be listening.
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- Wash your hands first.
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- Remember to say amen or everyone's food will get cold.
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- Think about others before you think about yourself.
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- Just concentrate on god and try not to fall asleep.
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- Not quite.
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- The answers are expected, but one thing was clear.
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- If you think about it,
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- They're all attached to behavior rather than relationship.
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- And that's important.
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- Prayer is all about relationship,
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- Not about behavior.
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- So what does god's word actually say?
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- Several things became immediately clear.
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- Number one, we're called to pray with a clean heart.
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- We read.
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- If i had not confessed the sin in my heart,
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- The lord would not have listened.
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- But god did listen.
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- He paid attention to my prayer
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- So confession is an essential part of prayer.
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- When we are called to pray, believing,
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- You can pray for anything.
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- And if you have faith, you receive it.
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- Matthew 21.
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- With faith, you simply start where you are
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- And ask the holy spirit to increase your faith.
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- It's not something you just conjure up on your own.
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- In fact,
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- Luke records the disciples asking jesus
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- To increase their faith.
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- He says, the apostles
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- Said to the lord, show us how to increase our faith.
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- The lord answered,
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- If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed,
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- You could say to this mulberry tree,
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- May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,
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- And it would obey you.
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- So it's not the size of our faith that matters,
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- But the power of the god that we are praying to.
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- Then we're called to pray in christ's name.
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- You can ask for anything in my name, and i will do it
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- So that the son can bring glory to the father.
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- Yes, ask me for anything in my name and i will do it.
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- That's john 14.
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- In this text
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- We read that
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- Whatever prayers we ask in jesus name will be answered
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- So that god the father will be glorified.
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- This is such an incredible gift,
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- But the authority were given can be a dangerous thing.
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- I think it's easy to tag in jesus name, amen
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- To the end of our prayers without thinking
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- Through the full implications of what that means.
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- Coming in someone's name means you represent that person.
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- You've been granted the authority to speak for them.
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- Like, for example, when police officers or fbi agents
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- Present themselves at someone's home,
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- They produce identification to show that they have
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- The authority of the agency they represent behind them.
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- Likewise, when we say in jesus name.
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- We're saying we're in royal business.
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- Understanding that has helped me to be bold and prayer,
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- But also be careful
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- That my requests are in keeping with the character of christ.
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- I have a fresh sense of what an honor is to be able
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- To come to god in his son's name.
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- If you are a fan of the
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- Television show saturday night live in the late 80s,
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- You might remember a character created by dana carvey.
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- Her name was enid strict.
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- Affectionately referred to as the church lady.
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- She was a very prim, proper,
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- And pious host of a talk show called church chat.
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- As she interviewed celebrities, the church
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- Lady used her platform to rail against their ungodly behavior.
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- Interestingly enough,
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- I saw an interview
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- With dana carvey and he said he based
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- The character on women from the church
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- He attended when he was growing up, who would keep track of his
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- And other others attendance and judge them accordingly.
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- I found that very sad.
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- Wonder how many people have encountered
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- A church lady growing up and because of her strict views,
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- They think god judges them.
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- According to their church
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- Attendance or anything else in their behavior,
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- That he answers their prayers based upon their adherence
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- To rules defined by culture more than by scripture.
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- I can't imagine many people would want
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- To pour out their heart to someone like that.
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- Let me remind you, god is not like that.
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- Prayer is all about relationship.
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- It's about talking with the one who has loved you
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- Every single moment of your life.
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- It's pray.
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- Lord, that's an incredible thought that we have
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- Never lived an unloved moment in our lives.
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- Sometimes it doesn't feel that way, lord.
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- But i pray that
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- We will not allow our feelings to speak louder than your word.
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- Your word tells us what is true, and we choose to
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- To stand on your truth.
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- Thank you that you love us and we get to come as we are
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- In jesus name. amen.
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