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Hey, Bible readers! In addition to our regular eight-minute daily podcast of The Bible Recap, we also have a second daily podcast that follows our daily Bible reading. In The Bible Recap, we'll be recapping what we just read in Scripture, and this podcast will be our prayer of response to God about what we just read. Since it's a podcast devoted to prayer, we're calling it The Bible Kneecap, like kneeling in prayer.
Each day's episode will post immediately after the Bible Recap, so you can listen to them back-to-back. So our suggested order will be read, recap, respond. Lots of listeners tell us the Bible Kneecap Prayers help them build out their understanding of what we've just read even more. In this podcast, we use a prayer method called PRAY. It's an acronym that stands for Praise, Repent, Ask, Yield.
Each day, we'll be changing up what we're praising God for. That's the P in the PRAY acronym. Our praise will usually connect to the God shot from that day's episode, since that's where we saw God's character or attributes on display. After that, we'll point you to some ways to R, repent, A, ask, and Y, yield. But those will obviously look different for each person from day to day, depending on what's happening in your heart and your life.
Before we begin, one thing I want to point out is that following along with pre-written prayer is not meaningless or vain. Even Jesus himself gave us a prescribed prayer to pray when he gave his disciples the Lord's Prayer. Old Testament Jews and the believers of the early church glorified God and took comfort in praying the prayers of the Psalms written by David and many others. Those prayers not only help us connect with God, but they help teach us his character as well.
As you listen to my prayer each day, echo it back to God in your own heart and feel free to expound on it in your own words. We want this to serve not only as a teaching tool, but as a catalyst for your own extended conversations with God after I say Amen. So, without further ado, here's today's episode of our daily prayer podcast, The Bible Kneecap, which corresponds to today's reading from The Bible Recap.
Father, we come to you in the name of your Son Jesus, empowered by your Spirit within us. We praise you for being a God who blesses and who curses. You are so much better than fair. And as your children, we bask in your complexity. We will never understand all your ways, but we know you always know what is best and you always do what is best. Have mercy on me, a sinner.
We repent of our sins before you, God, whether it's something as subtle as jealousy and anger, or even if it's the full-blown manifestation of those things in murder. From the hatred in our hearts to the hatred in our hands, the blood of your Son Jesus is sufficient to cover it all. There is no sin so great that your love and mercy isn't greater still.
We ask you to remind us of what you've given us to steward today. Help us to make wise decisions when it comes to caring for your creation. Your plan to make all things new has already begun, so continue working that out in us today. Make our hearts for your creation mirror your heart.
We surrender our lives to you, Lord. Every moment of our day, every decision we make, we yield our will and way to your perfect will and way. Open our eyes this week to how your blessing surrounds and saturates your kids. We love you too. Amen.
Today we're giving all of you a free preview of our second daily podcast that's available to Recaptains at the Bible Kneecap tier or higher. This free episode is just to help you see what the daily episodes are like, in case you want to add this one- to two-minute prayer podcast to your daily routine. If you want to join our crew of supporters, visit thebiblerecap.com forward slash recaptains or click the Recaptains link in the show notes. Add us to your daily routine.
As you're signing up to be a ReCaptain, just look for the Bible Kneecap tier, or you'll also automatically get this podcast when you sign up at any higher tier. Once you sign up, you'll get a personal private link to the podcast, along with instructions on how to add that link to your Podcatcher app. If you're already a ReCaptain but are below the Bible Kneecap tier, all you have to do is log into your account and adjust your membership accordingly.