The Big Episode About Prayer (And Talking About Your Faith in ANY Situation), with Rebekah Howe 

I want to scream YES, YES, YES, to your guest today. I am a power wheelchair user from a spinal cord tumor at the base of the brain stem. The chronic pain I was left in is far worse than my disability. But, yes, God's will not mine! I have been healed from being a complete quadriplegic on a respirator, and I will be healed completely when I go to heaven. My job is to joyfully live for Jesus and reflect His glory in the way I live. Pointing people to Him and sharing truth with everyone. God is good in all things. This crucible prepared me to have my husband of 46 years leave me for his transition to heaven 18 months ago. Jesus has carried me through every day. He is forever faithful!!!

Elephants have a sharp mind a soft heart and thick skin. 😊

Thank you for this episode! I watched with my 19yo daughter who also has Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome, and watching Rebekah talk was like watching an older version of my daughter. I’m so encouraged by their mindsets and the way they have their focus on eternity. This was very encouraging to my daughter to confirm what she already knows to be true and to encourage her in keeping her path. She also has had “declaratory prayers” randomly spoken over her - to the extent of someone asking her pain level before and after their prayer. Dealing with friends with a prosperity gospel mindset is a frustrating thing to face. Thank you for the encouragement in prayer and reliance on God!

My heart needed to hear this. I too am an introvert. Pray I can be a good elephant.

On the bit about prayer, I liked that it was an act of obedience - but also God is outside of time. So your prayers have been heard and known since the beginning of time.

My Faith to share the Gospel got stronger after watching this episode

Alisa, when you said I’m afraid to pray the “whatever it takes” prayer resonates so much. I have an amazing husband who is a non-believer but im afraid to say “please do whatever it takes for him to come to you.” I feel guilty and faithless about it but what you said was true and helped me feel not alone

I have to write again because I really resonate with the people praying healing over me every week and then wondering why I’m not better the next week! It was so infuriating because I could accept (more on some days than others) that God had willed our family to walk through the chronic illness fire. He was working his perfect will through our weaknesses. He was using our family as a testimony to others, Christian’s and medical personnel and others going through similar issues. And we are honored to be instruments of His purpose, but His grace we place our hope in Jesus! Thank you!!

I watched my mom's ministry field move as hee life changed through the years with her praying for her hospice nurse's son on drugs after their first meeting.

Thank you for this message! I know folks that believe that it is God's will for every person to be healed and they do not want to hear anything else. Thank you!

Wow, I just got an idea. Put the name in reminders on you phone. Just set them throughout the day, one by one. Start a prayer group fellowship. Worship, waiting, listening, intercession.

Great conversation. Very encouraging. Thank you for sharing!

My grandmother would take a plate of cookies to new neighbors and ask, "Do you know my Jesus?" This was years ago, and my dad saw and heard her do this. I think He let's us participate

I have talked to someone like myself that has physical problems that don't show. We felt that it is an advantage to have a disability that shows. No one sees the pain that we are in and expects us to be like a normal person and expects the same amount of effort.

"I can be SALT AND LIGHT because of the gift God gave me"

When sharing Christ with others... it's good to keep these 3 things in mind... 1. If Christ dwells within us, we are sharing Him just by BEING with people. Building rapport. Keeping commitments. Building trust. We can't SHARE the Word if we can't KEEP our word. 2. Keep in mind that WE don't do the convincing, changing, and transforming. The Holy Spirit does. We are called to be OBEDIENT... He does the convincing. 3. Don't get discouraged if you don't get to witness the person accept Christ. Imagine having a package of seeds and taking all the steps to turn them into a beautiful garden. There are countless steps involved. In one person's life, God may have 1,000 people be part of the process. You might plant the seed, or water it, pull weeds, or help prune and harvest. Your role in someone accepting Christ might be smiling at them in the grocery store and they (even subconsciously) notice the scripture on your shirt. Or... your role might be answering hard questions, sharing the gospel, or even "just" living a life that models the life of a follower. We are not typically going to be THE person in someone's life to plant, water, weed, prune, and harvest.

My daughter and I have Ehlers Danlos, and some other diseases, I’ve had over 15 surgeries and chronic pain. I have also grieved the loss of my “normal life”. More than that I’ve had to see my daughter suffer with some of the most severe elements of this and other issues. Without Jesus, and being able to lean on Him, I’d be lost. I firmly believe he allows this so I would slow down from my 120% in everything from raising and homeschooling four kids to ministry, etc…..to just slow down and spend time with God, and use it as a testimony, and of course disciple my kids. There’s so much more nuance than I could share here……thank you for this wonderful conversation, affirmation and continually helping me to think critically, and pointing me to God.

Yes, as God wants us to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind, strength, and our neighbor, I like to pray for others in every area of their life: physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally.❤

So wonderful and nourishing to listen to this today. Thank you.

Nicely done! I appreciated the clarity that your guest offered that God does heal, sometimes in stages, and sometimes He does not, and our assignment on earth suddenly takes a life-changing turn. It was interesting how you felt about the man in the restaurant asking everyone to join him in prayer. Something to think about.

I enjoyed the sabbatical podcasts, Alisa! Thank you! Enjoyed this interview as well and will probably listen to it again.

Loved this episode so much! I was really excited to hear Rebekah on your show. I met her a few months ago at ETS and had just wonderful interactions with her. She is so kind!

The testimony is very heart warming. My New Year’s resolution hasn’t been broken - take one day at a time. “Thy will be done.” I love the way this video is PRO LIFE. This is the stamp , the mark of authenticity, counter cultural narrative - no prosperity gospel , what a relief ! Saint Paul was scourged , shipwrecked, full stomach, empty stomach- hated to the extent that the Jewish leaders decided not to eat or drink until he was dead. Paul was a success story in reverse - this may be the cost of following the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus never said we will all ‘feel good ‘ all of the time. Our emotions can feel sky high and euphoric sometimes, at other times in the depth of depression and despair- we have to treat both with caution. Christians who have suffered much have precious gifts to impart - that’s what they have taught me. Their faith has been tested by fire , as in a crucible, and their heart is pure.

God absolutely responds to our prayers. Examples all over the OT especially, Moses is a really good example how God notifies him destruction is coming, but when Moses intercedes God changes His response. God definitely didn't "learn" anything. He knew Moses completely, and by telling Moses the coming consequences He absolutely knew Moses would intercede. I believe had Moses not interceded then God would have let His wrath come to Israel, as He is not a liar, but He knew Moses would intercede. From the beginning of human creation God put us in working relationship with Himself, giving us dominions and jobs that He could have done Himself (like naming the animals for example), but He chose to allow us to come alongside Him, to work with Him, to have a relationship with Him. He doesn't determine our actions, but He definitely interacts to help influence our actions and choices. We have to choose life or death. We have to choose humility or pride. That's God's gift to us as part of being made in His image. Those who declare that God determines all things including evil have to contend with God's own words in Jeremiah and Ezekiel: - Regarding the sins of Israel, "which I [God] did not command or decree, nor did it come into my mind" (Jer 19:5b) - God clearly states here that He does not determine evil - "As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live" (Ezek 33:11a) - If God determines people not to turn from sin for His glory then He would be a liar in saying that the resulting death is not pleasurable to Him. How can something unpleasurable for God be something He determines for His glory? It's as if He's saying "yes, yes" and "no, no" at the same time which is considered a fleshly response according to 2 Cor 1:17

Thank you so much to your guest! Such helpful reminders re: prayer

Thank-you Alisa for this RU-vid video. I just watched it this morning, although I intended to watch it when it came out 2 weeks ago. I was truly encouraged by it. I was encouraged that I too can continue to be faithful, be growing, be praying, be unafraid of being vulnerable and taking the next step. It was great to encouraged without being preached at! Thank-you and please thank Rebekah for me. P.S. Being an introvert myself, it was great seeing two introverts sharing like this!

Pray without ceasing……….🙏

Thank you both! This was encouraging!

Prayer, what it looks like it’s importance as well as “ministry” and what it looks like are all what I’ve been thinking about these days. Thank you for this interview so encouraging

Amen and Amen

GOD Bless the book. AMEN.

God hears every one of your prayers and this world is his response.

Just finished hearing your book, thanks for this, very informative…and helpful

OK, I am somebody who 100% believes in God’s perfect, good will. His sovereignty and his love is my comfort. But I definitely think it’s OK to keep asking… for healing, for people to come to Christ-knowing that thy will be done… I do see Christ at the end of his life here on earth asking three times to have something taken from him, but not his will God will be done!There is a tension. I think I have found a place where I feel just fine asking continually for healing for other people, and even in ourselves for some things, but then at the end saying, ‘but YOUR perfect will be done’, and being surrendered to whatever that is!

🔥 AMEN 🔥💥💯

I would love to hear more about your friend's description of our custom crafted crucible of suffering. I always thought of suffering as only physical.

Yes, I have eds as well❤️🙏

Why no more thumbs up possible?

Beautiful!! 💎✨ 😻

Please provide the two favorite book titles from your guest’s 2023 reading list. I’m especially interested in the one on unity.

Tech note : Alisa, PLEASE...ask your guests to speak into the microphone and notch up the volume on your console. Please and thank you ( low talkers) ( the ambient noise here is louder than my top volume)

Hello Alisa, I am a regular watching your videos. This one is not the best. I'd love to get into some conversation with you about it. The guest is doing a lot of pop theology and armchair philosophy without any scholarly lens or biblical grounding. Just one example: In the Lord's prayer, we are not simply praying "They will be done" as if resigning one's self to one's fate. We are asking that we would see the heavenly kingdom, where God's will of volition is taking place, be manifested in our world, where God's will of volition is not taking place. One day, we will see God's will of volition take place on earth, and that includes healing from every ailment. In the meantime, we are interceding that such healing would be present on earth now, in ever-growing measure, even before the Lord's second appearing when he will make all things right. There is a lot more I could say, and a paper I'd like to share, but that is all too much for a RU-vid comment. Oh, and one more quick thing in the way of suggestion: (I'm at twenty minutes through), while that lady who prayed on the spot with Rebekah may have had a faulty view of prayer, I do favor the idea of praying with someone on the spot when they present a prayer request, rather than trying to put it on a list and then pray through a list later on. I do see how if we just say we'll pray, we are likely to forget and not pray. But the idea of putting it on a list is not the only way to conquer that. Praying in person, whether aloud or silently, before moving on with the day, ... I think that's a better way. But that's just my preference; there's nothing particularly unbiblical about having a list and praying later. I have found that praying with people right there and then, is often a way of discipling others and being discipled. We practice our faith together and in community, learning from one another and teaching one another, encouraging one another, building one another up, etc. And sometimes it is a discipleship step for unbelievers as well - the unbeliever who is prayed for, or the unbelievers who are watching. But never should we set prayer up as a magic act where we're going to say the magic words and see how "it works".

I can totally understand when you say that you had to stop using some Christian words. I’m in Canada and in university where I even fear having people find out I’m Christian. I just pray for more strength but it still feels so disheartening having to hide my faith. What do you recommend?

I've gathered Rebekah reads a lot (about 600 books in a year). Can anyone tell me if she reads philosophy too? Thank you!

when will your book be available in german?

@alisachilders - Does RU-vid allow you to approve/reject which ads play on your channel? Because if you are able to, I thought you would care to know that an ad for some New Agey, Laws of Attraction guru stuff just played before your episode. Cheers.

If an operation could restore your mobility, would you refuse to have it because your disability is a gift?

For Jesus I do a street outreach for the preborn baby, using scripture and abortion photos. God the Father blesses us - the listeners and me the messenger. I pray afterwards for those I have met- those who welcome the message and for those who may have been hostile.

Jesus was the perfect expression of the Father. He never turned anyone away who came to him with faith for healing. But he was limited in the number of miracles by the unbelief in Nazareth. The prayer for God’s will to be done is a prayer for God’s kingdom and Lordship to be on the earth-Jesus was not praying for a specific need. When the will of God is known from scripture, there is no need to add, “if it be your will.” When I am praying for unbelievers to be saved, I never pray, “if it be your will” because we already know God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. We also already know the will of God concerning healing. (James 5:14-15, Psalm 103:2-3) Therefore, we continue to seek it.

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I'm surprised with all the surgeries as they usually won't operate on many eds patients

M26: that's almost an average of 2 books a day🤔

Praying "thy will be done" may seem like a humble prayer of knowing one's relationship to a god who has all sovereignty over every aspect of your life, but it really just sees to boil down to praying "God, go ahead and do whatever you want to do even though, suppressed deep down, I'd like things to be different". If praying this prayer is what helps you get through hardship and enables you to to build resilience and see how all of life give us new opportunities for our circumstances, by all means, keep using the prayer hack, but I "pray" you may someday realize it's you doing the work, not some god.

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