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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, you are the God who works wonders. And like Manoah, we believe you will fulfill all your plans and keep all your promises. We praise you for being resourceful for the way you use sinners like us in your plan. We are so grateful to be used by you, even though our hearts and actions may be off track somewhere in the process. Thank you that we can't ruin your plan and that we can't out-sin your grace and mercy. Have mercy on me, a sinner.
We repent of our sins and turn to you, and we ask you to make our hearts clean. Like Samson, we've kept secret about our sins. We've hidden them away in hopes they'd never be noticed or written down. But because you see all things, we know they've been accounted for. And because of the blood of your son Jesus, we know they've been paid for.
Direct our steps, God. Keep us from sin. Our sins have been paid for, but they were costly. So help us to never take that lightly. Every sin is an affront to you and your character. So help us identify any lies we believe about you or your protection or your provision that prompt us to sin.
Correct those lies through the truth of your word and the prompting of your spirit. Uproot the lies the enemy uses to entice our flesh. We don't want to agree with him. We know he's a liar and we know you are the truth. We surrender our lives to you, Lord. Every moment of our day, each decision we make, we yield our will and way to your perfect will and way. 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. And if you want to join our crew of supporters, visit thebiblerecap.com forward slash recaptains or click the Recaptains link in the show notes.
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.