{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a6b70fa4940a17541ab5ac7/6aa050d53dd40cf71e4903e8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Time to Pray","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a6b70fa4940a17541ab5ac7/1788891246137-3cea3983-5bea-44d3-bbf8-d14856095e6f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Prayer may be the most talked-about and least-practiced thing in the church. In this Wednesday night message, Pastor Mike Mack walks straight through Scripture to make one case: God's people are meant to pray. He starts where Jesus starts — \"always to pray and not lose heart\" (Luke 18:1) — and shows that the unjust judge of that parable isn't a picture of God but the opposite of Him. Where a worn-down judge finally gives in, our Father hears gladly and answers speedily. From there he opens John 17, Jesus praying for Himself, for His disciples, and — 2,000 years ahead of time — for us, then follows the early church through Acts, where every advance is preceded by prayer and the room itself shakes when believers pray together. Warm, plainspoken, and full of Scripture, it ends where it should: not with more talk about prayer, but with prayer.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Living Word Family Church"}