Teach Us to Pray

Through this podcast, we’ve learned how powerful prayer can be. But did you know there are different types of prayers?Ephesians 6:18 calls believers to pray “with all kinds of prayers and requests” (NIV). In today’s episode learn 4 of 8 types of prayers and how to pray each prayer type with examples given from the Bible. Be sure to check out part 2 of this podcast to learn the final 4 types of prayers. The 8 Types of Prayers (1-4):1. A Prayer of Supplication2. Intercessory Prayer3. A Prayer of Thanksgiving4. A Prayer of PraiseNext episode, we’ll look at the last 4!Resources Mentions in This Podcast:Download Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer. Connect with Christina Paterson: https://www.belovedwomen.orgStudy the Bible with Christina and Beloved Women at https://www.belovedwomen.org/join Scriptures in the Podcast are from ESV and NIV.Episode Image Credit: Getty/Yelyzaveta Hryhorieva Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

As much as we've learned about the numerous benefits of prayer so far in this podcast, you'd think it would always come easy. Sometimes we just don't feel like praying. Feelings should not be ignored. They are indicators as to what deeper may be going on within us that needs to be addressed. In today's podcast, we discuss some of the feelings that challenge our desire to pray so that we can find the faith to keep praying anyway.Key Takeaways:• In your feelings of grief and sadness, God is with you. He is not only with you; the Bible tells us He is close.• Our struggle with doubt can often be rooted in our view of God and what we know about Him or what we don't know about Him.• God is not mad at you; He is mad for you.• When we feel guilty, the last thing we need to do is run from God, that is the time we need to run to God to receive the grace and forgiveness our souls desperately need. Resources Mentions in This PodcastDownload Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide at www.belovedwomen.org/prayer-guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.Connect with Christina PatersonWebsite: www.belovedwomen.orgYouTube: www.youtube.com/BelovedWomenTVInstagram: www.instagram.com/BelovedWomenFacebook: www.facebook.com/BelovedWomenScriptures in the Podcast are from NIV, ESV or NKJVEpisode Image Credit: Getty/Jorm Sangsorn Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Once we put on the armor of God described in Ephesians 6 the apostle Paul admonishes believers to pray. In today’s episode learn why prayer is so important when it comes to overcoming spiritual warfare and how to use the power of prayer to proclaim the victory that is yours in Christ. Resources Mentioned in This Podcast:Download Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer. https://www.belovedwomen.org/prayer-guide/Stand Firm Bible Study: https://www.belovedwomen.tv/stand-firm-bible-study-series Connect with Christina Paterson: https://www.belovedwomen.orgStudy the Bible with Christina and Beloved Women by downloading the Beloved Women app:  https://www.belovedwomen.org/joinScriptures in the Podcast are from ESV, NKJV, NIV. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The stress, pressure, and overwhelm we feel in busy seasons of our lives does not come from God. Jesus gives us peace, no matter how busy life may get. This is why the busier we are, the more time we need with God. In today's episode, we discuss grace-filled practical ways to make time for prayer when life is full.Key Takeaways• We can't compartmentalize our relationship with God and feel like the only time God is pleased with us is when we're praying.• God is not going to be less powerful if we don't spend time praying to Him today. We will be less powerful if we do not spend time praying to Him today.• There is nothing that can fill you up like God can.Resources Mentions in This PodcastDownload Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide at www.belovedwomen.org/prayer-guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.Connect with Christina PatersonWebsite: https://www.belovedwomen.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BelovedWomenTVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/BelovedWomenFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BelovedWomenScriptures in the Podcast are from NIV, ESV or NKJV Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

The Holy Spirit is not only with us and near us but in us as believers. He enables our prayers. This connects us to God every moment of our lives, no matter how busy life gets. In today's episode, learn how to sense the leading of the Holy Spirit in your life so you can connect with God every moment. Prayer is unlocked when we team up with the Spirit. Enjoy! Resources Mentioned in this Podcast: How to Hear God Through His Word How to Hear God in Prayer How God Speaks Through Your Current Circumstances How God Speaks Through Our Past Experiences How God Confirms His Word Download Christina's Free 5-Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer. Take the Prayer Personality Quiz to learn how you best Hear from God and communicate with Him: https://www.prayquiz.com.CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA:Go to her site, www.belovedwomen.org, and study the Bible with her in the Beloved Women app available in the Apple and Google Play stores, where she invites busy women to fill up on God’s love and truth through online Bible study, practical Christian living, and authentic womanhood. https://www.belovedwomen.org/join/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us. Scriptures are taken from ESV. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

We may not hear God in a loud and thunderous voice, but God still speaks to His people if we’ll listen. In fact, there are many ways that God speaks to us, and in this episode, I share with you the two major ways that God speaks to us through our circumstances. RESOURCES:Take the Prayer Personality Quiz to learn how you best Hear from God and communicate with Him: https://www.prayquiz.com.CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA:Go to her site, https://www.belovedwomen.org, and study the Bible with her in the Beloved Women app available in the Apple and Google Play stores, where she invites busy women to fill up on God’s love and truth through online Bible study, practical Christian living, and authentic womanhood. https://www.belovedwomen.org/joinScripture from ESV, NIV & NLT. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

As Christians, we have VIP access to Heaven through prayer but has guilt, intimidation or anything else stifled your confidence to come to God in prayer? In this episode of Teach us to Pray, Christina shares why we can approach God’s throne of grace with confidence as we’re instructed to do in Hebrews 4:16 and 3 ways to start praying confidently. Resources Mentioned in This Podcast:Download Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer: https://www.subscribepage.com/prayerguideConnect with Christina Paterson: https://www.belovedwomen.orgStudy the Bible with Christina and Beloved Women by downloading the Beloved Women app: https://www.belovedwomen.org/joinScriptures in the Podcast are from ESV. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

We often talk about how to pray to God and how we can hear from Him. But have you ever wondered if God hears your prayers? In this episode learn the 5 signs to look out for to know that God hears you when you pray.Resources Mentioned in This Podcast:Download Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer: https://www.subscribepage.com/prayerguide Connect with Christina Paterson: https://www.belovedwomen.orgStudy the Bible with Christina and Beloved Women by downloading the Beloved Women app: https://www.belovedwomen.org/joinScriptures in the Podcast are from ESV. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

1 Thessalonians‬ ‭5:17‬ ‭instructs believers to pray without ceasing, but have you ever wondered if this type of continual prayer was possible and if so, how to do it? In today’s episode, Christina explains what it means to pray without ceasing and three important ways you can start this life-changing type of prayer today. Resources Mentioned in This Podcast:Download Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer. Connect with Christina Paterson: https://www.belovedwomen.orgStudy the Bible with Christina and Beloved Women at https://www.belovedwomen.org/joinScriptures in the Podcast are from ESV, NLT, NIV. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

We've been on such a fruitful journey on this podcast. We've learned that prayer is the way we communicate with the Maker of the Universe, and He not only hears us, but He also responds. We've learned that through prayer, we access healing, wisdom, discernment, peace, protection, joy, and so much power we could never experience on our own. On our last podcast in this series, we share specific prayers that can drastically change your life. We also close out this series by praying together over these areas so that you can start experiencing the benefit of prayer today.Key Takeaways:•If changing our thoughts from negative to positive can turn our day from good to bad, they also have to power to direct the course of our lives.•Our Heavenly Father is ready and willing to guide and direct our steps and provide us with His wisdom and discernment to make the right decisions.•Even when we are weary and weak, the Lord is willing and ready to grant us His strength to surrender to the things we think I can't do or be.Resources Mentions in This PodcastDownload Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide at www.belovedwomen.org/prayer-guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.Connect with Christina PatersonWebsite: https://www.belovedwomen.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BelovedWomenTVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/BelovedWomenFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BelovedWomenScriptures in the Podcast are from NIV, ESV or NKJVEpisode Image Credit: Getty/mhatzapa Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

How can we practically pray for our enemies when we’re hurt and it feels unfair. How can believers answer God’s call to pray for those that cure you when it comes more naturally to pay them back. In today’s episode, learn 5 important reminders to empower you to pray for your enemies and how to practically pray for them. Resources Mentions in This Podcast:Download Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer. Connect with Christina Paterson: https://www.belovedwomen.orgStudy the Bible with Christina and Beloved Women at https://www.belovedwomen.org/join Scriptures in the Podcast are from ESV.Episode Image Credit: Getty/lemono Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Have you ever had to lift up a desperate prayer? Throughout the Bible, we see people in desperate need to seek God through prayer. In today's podcast, we'll look at their desperate prayers, and God's responses to those prayers, that we may learn more about prayer in our own desperate situations. Key Takeaways:• In our desperate times, there is a pouring out and a casting. It's not holding in all our feelings and emotions while trying our best to act as if they don't exist. It's being real with God about what we want, what's hurting us, and what's troubling us.• It's important not only to be desperate for our prayer to simply be answered but to be desperate for the God who answers prayers.• We serve a God who knows what it's like to be desperate, to suffer, to hurt. We are never alone. When we find ourselves in situations where God is all we have, we often discover He's all we ever needed. Prayer Resources to Help You Learn How to Pray:Download Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide at www.belovedwomen.org/prayer-guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.Connect with Christina Paterson:Website: https://www.belovedwomen.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/BelovedWomenTVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/BelovedWomenFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BelovedWomenScriptures in the Podcast are from NIV, ESV or NKJVEpisode Image Credit: Getty/Aleksei Morozov Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

f you have ever wondered, why should I even pray if God already knows everything today's episode is for you. Today's episode offers three reasons why we should continue to pray, even though God already knows what's going to happen. Editor's Note - We're sharing some of Christina's most popular episodes from the archives. This episode first aired in August 2020. Key Takeaways:• Prayer is not only about asking for what we want but about growing and developing our relationship with God.• God is everything that we need, even when he doesn't give us everything that we want. • Our prayer requires faith because we don't know the outcomes, but it ushers us into the presence of the one who does.Download Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide at www.belovedwomen.org/prayer-guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.Connect with Christina PatersonWebsite: www.belovedwomen.orgYouTube: www.youtube.com/BelovedWomenTVInstagram: www.instagram.com/BelovedWomenFacebook: www.facebook.com/BelovedWomenScriptures in the Podcast are from NIV, ESV or NKJVEpisode Image Credit: Getty/Aleksei Morozov Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

In the Christian life, prayer is powerful. Through the power of prayer, lives are changed, bodies healed, and hearts transformed. The good thing about prayer is it doesn't have to be complicated. The five-minute prayer at the sink washing dishes can be just as effective as the hour prayer in your prayer closet. The effectiveness of your prayer does not have to do with rituals, long length, and big words. In today's podcast, we discuss five practical and simple ways that lead to more effective prayer. Editor's Note: We're bringing some of our favorite episodes of Teach Us to Pray out of the archives for you to discover or rediscover again. This episode originally aired in August 2020.Key Takeaways:• Once we pray about it, we need to let the worry go, and trust that whatever we prayed about is safely in God's hands. • Prayer schedules take the pressure off feeling like we need to spend 12 hours praying for everything at once by conveniently breaking up our prayer time.• When we don't place limits on when we should pray, it becomes a natural rhythm in our lives, and we become less likely to skip this powerful discipline. Resources Mentions in This PodcastDownload Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide at www.belovedwomen.org/prayer-guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.Connect with Christina:Website: www.belovedwomen.orgYouTube: www.youtube.com/BelovedWomenTVInstagram: www.instagram.com/BelovedWomenFacebook: www.facebook.com/BelovedWomenScriptures in the Podcast are from NIV, ESV or NKJV. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Editor's Note: We're bringing some of our favorite episodes of Teach Us to Pray out of the archives for you to discover or rediscover again. This episode originally aired in August of 2020. As much as we've learned about the numerous benefits of prayer so far in this podcast, you'd think it would always come easy. Sometimes we just don't feel like praying. Feelings should not be ignored. They are indicators as to what deeper issues may be going on within us that needs to be addressed. In today's podcast, we discuss some of the feelings that challenge our desire to pray so that we can find the faith to keep praying anyway.Key Takeaways:• In your feelings of grief and sadness, God is with you. He is not only with you; the Bible tells us He is close.• Our struggle with doubt can often be rooted in our view of God and what we know about Him or what we don't know about Him.• God is not mad at you; He is mad for you.• When we feel guilty, the last thing we need to do is run from God, that is the time we need to run to God to receive the grace and forgiveness our souls desperately need. Resources Mentions in This PodcastDownload Christina's Free 5 Day Prayer Guide at www.belovedwomen.org/prayer-guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer.Connect with Christina PatersonWebsite: www.belovedwomen.orgYouTube: www.youtube.com/BelovedWomenTVInstagram: www.instagram.com/BelovedWomenFacebook: www.facebook.com/BelovedWomenScriptures in the Podcast are from NIV, ESV or NKJVEpisode Image Credit: Getty/Jorm Sangsorn Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

There is no need for New Year’s resolutions if you have not unlocked the power of prayer in your life. Prayer has the power to make this a great year so join me as we pray 3 life-changing prayers for your best year yet. RESOURCES: Download Christina's Free 5-Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer. Take the Prayer Personality Quiz to learn how you best Hear from God and communicate with Him: https://www.prayquiz.com.CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA:Go to her site, www.belovedwomen.org, and study the Bible with her in the Beloved Women app available in the Apple and Google Play stores, where she invites busy women to fill up on God’s love and truth through online Bible study, practical Christian living, and authentic womanhood. https://www.belovedwomen.org/join/ Scriptures are taken from ESV. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

There are so many ways in the Bible that God speaks to His people because God wants to speak to us, and as we look at the story of Christ’s birth, we learn God speaks in various ways. In today’s episode, we’ll see how God speaks through angels, the Holy Spirit, dreams, and confirmation and how all of that is confirmed through the birth story of Jesus to learn what that means for how God speaks to us today.  Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

There are so many ways in the Bible that God speaks to His people because God wants to speak to us, and as we look at the story of Christ’s birth, we learn God speaks in various ways. In today’s episode, we’ll see how God speaks through angels, the Holy Spirit, dreams, and confirmation and how all of that is confirmed through the birth story of Jesus to learn what that means for how God speaks to us today.    Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

It’s during Christmas that we celebrate the birth of our Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. It’s ironic because this is also one of the year's busiest, most hectic, and stressful seasons. If you are feeling the pressure of trying to do everything before the year ends, like getting Christmas gifts, preparing for family visits, and more, this episode is for you. Listen to learn how to prayerfully stay peaceful this Christmas season.    Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

We’ve talked a lot about the various ways that God speaks to His people. Have you ever wondered about prophecy as a way that God speaks to us? You may wonder what prophesy is, whether it still exists today, and how we can know. We’ll discuss all that and more in today’s episode.  Download Christina's Free 5-Day Prayer Guide to help you put into practice the powerful habit of prayer. Take the Prayer Personality Quiz to learn how you best Hear from God and communicate with Him: https://www.prayquiz.com.CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA:Go to her site, www.belovedwomen.org, and study the Bible with her in the Beloved Women app available in the Apple and Google Play stores, where she invites busy women to fill up on God’s love and truth through online Bible study, practical Christian living, and authentic womanhood. https://www.belovedwomen.org/join/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us. Scriptures are taken from ESV. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.