{"id":1475,"date":"2023-03-27T11:27:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2023-03-27T11:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:27:35","slug":"o-ongoing-prayer-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=1475","title":{"rendered":"O &#8211; Ongoing Prayer  ::  COMMISSION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 3\/26\/23 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer is important.<\/strong>  <strong>As we look to Jesus, we see he prayed a lot!  <\/strong>He prayed at His baptism.  He prayed before calling the disciples.  He prayed at the feeding of the multitudes.  He prayed all the time.  He prayed before His arrest.  He prayed after His resurrection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ongoing-prayer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ongoing-prayer.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ongoing-prayer-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ongoing-prayer-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Why do we pray?  <strong>We pray to connect spiritually to God. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We pray to receive wisdom in life&#8217;s decisions. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We pray to have strength when the stakes are high. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We pray to take advantage of the blessings of prayer. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We pray to prepare ourselves for battles yet to come. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you make prayer an integral part of your lives?  You <strong>set aside deliberate time to pray. <\/strong> You <strong>don&#8217;t let fear of &#8220;virtue signaling&#8221; prevent you from teaching others to pray. <\/strong> You <strong>share stories with others of answered prayers.   <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4092\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1475-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230326OngoingPrayerCOMMISSION.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230326OngoingPrayerCOMMISSION.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230326OngoingPrayerCOMMISSION.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230326OngoingPrayerCOMMISSION.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=1475-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2023\/20230326OngoingPrayerCOMMISSION.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20230326OngoingPrayerCOMMISSION.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 3\/26\/23 by Pastor Steve Shields. Prayer is important. As we look to Jesus, we see he prayed a lot! He prayed at His baptism. He prayed before calling the disciples. He prayed at the feeding of the multitudes. He prayed all the time. He prayed before His arrest. 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