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Is it possible to pray often… and still miss the heart of prayer? In this episode, we unpack Jesus' teachings on vain repetition versus persistent prayer. With two biblical examples of each, we explore how to avoid hollow, routine prayers and instead lean into bold, consistent, and heartfelt conversation with God. Whether your prayer life feels dry, repetitive, or just weary—this is your invitation to rediscover the power of earnest asking. Includes a practical 7-day challenge to revive your connection with God.Practical Challenge: The Seven-Day Prayer Check-InSet aside 5 minutes daily for prayer.Begin each time by asking God to help you pray sincerely and not just repeat words out of habit.Write down your prayer focus or key requests each day in a journal.Avoid rote prayers. Use your own words.After praying, spend one minute in silence, listening or reflecting.At the end of the week, review your journal and note any changes in your heart, attitude, or sense of connection.DONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!Voices From The Past Volume 1 & 2"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/ LIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  ChatGPT is used in the development or this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

📖 Episode Summary:“It is a dangerous thing to refuse to go on knowing.” These words from Oswald Chambers aren’t just poetic—they’re prophetic. In this piercing episode, we unpack the sobering truth that revelation demands a response. To linger in the past, to park at the last place God met you without moving forward, isn’t just disobedience—it’s dangerous.Drawing from Hebrews 10, John 12, James 1, and Philippians 3, this conversation invites you to reflect deeply on the places you may have stalled… and the freedom found in renewed obedience.If you’ve felt stuck spiritually, if you’ve been living off of yesterday’s word without walking in today’s light—this episode is a call to movement, to maturity, and to revival.📝 Key Topics Covered:What Oswald Chambers meant by “refusing to go on knowing”Why lingering in yesterday’s revelation can become spiritual negligenceThe danger of softening conviction to stay comfortableHow truth once revealed makes us responsible for responseThe difference between remembering and respondingA biblical challenge to walk in the light we’ve been given📜 Scriptures Referenced (CSB):Hebrews 10:26–27 — The judgment that follows willful sin after knowing the truthJohn 12:35 — “Walk while you have the light…”James 1:22 — Don’t just hear the word — do itPhilippians 3:13–14 — Forget what’s behind, and reach forward🧩 Reflection Questions:Where have you stopped walking?What truth have you heard but not obeyed?Are you still holding onto an old moment with God… while ignoring His present voice?📌 Challenges:Don’t build a tent around what was — walk in what is. Ask God to show you where you’ve stalled — and respond while the light is still shining.💬 Quote Highlight:“God doesn’t just give revelation — He expects transformation.”DONATE our secure PayPal account. Donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelLIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org ChatGPT is used in the preparation of this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

The announced episode number is incorrect. Episode 537 was injected into the podcast in light of the immediacy of the situation. The following is a rework of the Charles Spurgeon Evening Devotion for June 22which was first published in 1866. The estimated writing year for June 22 devotion would have been Circa 1865 or early 1866. His words written down by candle or lamplight approximately 160 years ago are soberingly impactful and apply to us at this very moment in history. As soon as I read it I knew I had to shine the spotlight on its message. Spurgeon’s devotion is in the public domain and copyright free.DONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!Voices From The Past Volume 1 & 2"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/ (Ctrl+click to follow the link)  LIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  Empowering Encouragement Now segments are based in part on C.H. Spurgeon's Morning & Evening Devotions (public domain.)ChatGPT and/or Bard may be used at times to expedite research material for this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

Well, here we are once again, at the doorway to the end of days...or so it seems. I recorded this podcast on Friday, June, 20, 2025. I recorded it on my IPhone immediately after receiving a special text that included an early morning emergency message from Pastor Jack Hibbs. You need to listen to this episode to gain understanding and context on these world happenings. This episode will bring peace to your heart in the midst of this terrible world agitation. As we see a few days later, Pastor Jack was spot on his warning!DONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!Voices From The Past Volume 1 & 2"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/ (Ctrl+click to follow the link)  LIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  Empowering Encouragement Now segments are based in part on C.H. Spurgeon's Morning & Evening Devotions (public domain.)ChatGPT and/or Bard may be used at times to expedite research material for this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

Titus 2:11-12 -"For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age." The sober life isn’t just a clean life. Integrity begins in quiet places. This episode explains how we restore integrity in worship and leadership. Let this series stir a holy dissatisfaction with the norm. Let it ignite a longing for something more beautiful, more sober, and more real. Christ is worthy of a consecrated Church. Disclaimer: This podcast series reflects the personal spiritual convictions and commentary of the host. It does not make or imply accusations against any individual. While it may reference well-known trends or publicly reported stories within Christian culture, it seeks to address systemic issues, not personal grievances. All references are either generalized or drawn from public reporting. The intention of this content is to encourage discernment, promote accountability, and call the Church to deeper holiness—not to incite division or condemnation.DONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/ (Ctrl+click to follow the link)  LIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  ChatGPT and/or Bard may be used at times to expedite research material for this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

Welcome back to part two of our series. In just the last few days of this writing, a major exposé dropped—documented by dozens of interviews—revealing deep moral compromise tied directly to sexual promiscuity along with the habitual use of alcohol by one of Christian music’s most recognizable voices. This story, as heartbreaking as it is, isn’t an isolated one. Influence is a sacred responsibility. But in the Christian music industry, we’re watching that influence turn into indulgence...Disclaimer: This podcast series reflects the personal spiritual convictions and commentary of the host. It does not make or imply accusations against any individual. While it may reference well-known trends or publicly reported stories within Christian culture, it seeks to address systemic issues, not personal grievances. All references are either generalized or drawn from public reporting. The intention of this content is to encourage discernment, promote accountability, and call the Church to deeper holiness—not to incite division or condemnation.DONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/ (Ctrl+click to follow the link)  LIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  ChatGPT and/or Bard may be used at times to expedite research material for this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

Welcome to this first episode in our 3-part series, “The Bar in the Room.” In this series, we’re not here to make alcohol the chief of sins. We’re here to hold a light up to a pattern that’s spreading unchecked in Christian music culture—one that is quietly shifting the atmosphere from hospitality to hedonism. 1 Peter 5:8 calls us to be alert, to be sober-minded. Because the enemy prowls, looking for someone to devour. And he doesn’t always come roaring. Sometimes he comes clinking in a glass...DONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!Voices From The Past Volume 1 & 2"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/ (Ctrl+click to follow the link)  LIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  Empowering Encouragement Now segments are based in part on C.H. Spurgeon's Morning & Evening Devotions (public domain.)ChatGPT and/or Bard may be used at times to expedite research material for this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.At times, I also quote from the NIV version of the Bible - Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®

Charles Spurgeon wrote a profound statement in his evening devotion for May 7th: "We would not wish to enter heaven till our work is done, and it may be that we are yet ordained to minister light to souls benighted in the wilderness of sin." That word "benighted" sparked my curiosity. It is a power-packed Old-English word that paints a haunting image in you soul. I pray that this podcast moves you to action to in being a light bearer of Jesus Christ to those who are not just people walking through the dark. These are people who have become part of it. When you awaken to the full truth about the condition of lost souls without Christ, it will overwhelm you with compassion to move out of your comfort zone, beyond yourself, into the wilderness of sin to reach those whose instincts, fears, and MEMORIES are TRAINED IN THE NIGHT.DONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/ (Ctrl+click to follow the link)  LIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  ChatGPT and/or Bard may be used at times to expedite research material for this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.

This episode focuses on a serious but often overlooked spiritual danger: when faith slowly turns into presumption.At first glance, they look alike. Faith believes God can move mountains. Faith trusts His promises. Faith stands firm. But presumption hijacks that language and runs with it… without relationship, without reverence, and without surrender. In Charles Spurgeon’s Morning by Morning devotion for May 25th , and he writes: “It is not faith to test the Lord, and expect that He will deliver when we are acting out of step with His will. Faith is obedient; presumption is self-willed.”Let that sink in. Faith is obedient. Presumption is self-willed. In many circles today there’s no room for sanctification, no willingness to be pruned. Just momentum, branding, and hustle — baptized in Bible verses. Charles Spurgeon reminds us that the promises of God are not licenses for recklessness, but assurances for the obedient heart.DONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)  The Four Spiritual Laws - how you can be born again and have eternal life?The Spirit Filled Life- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!"Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/ (Ctrl+click to follow the link)  LIFE HELPSgwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  Empowering Encouragement Now segments are based in part on C.H. Spurgeon's Morning & Evening Devotions (public domain.)ChatGPT is used to expedite research material for this podcast.Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.