When did you last pray about the show? Practical conviction on prayer
- When's the last time you prayed about this show — that it would do what God wants out of it?
Convicted by their own discussion, the hosts admit they used to pray for the show on Monday-night drives in but stopped five to eight years ago — and even then it was dictating ('bless what we do') rather than asking what God wanted. They get practical: release the 'I statements,' pray for your enemies first to get oriented, then say 'I'm listening.' Expectations for how God answers differ (Ephesians offices — teachers, preachers, prophets); one host got a quiet affirmation 'Jesus is Lord,' his wife 'child, I'm here,' while others get hyper-specific words — not every prayer ends with a burning bush. Open-ended listening has already changed habits: choosing to talk to God on the drive instead of sermons, being 'escorted' to Starbucks, expecting God to speak even after fifteen years on one prayer.
More on Holy Spirit
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'When God is silent': what counts as hearing from the Lord?
- What does it mean to 'hear from the Lord,' and how often should we expect it?
Mike brings a question from his Bible study, whose paragraph heading was 'when God is silent': the author wrote that he experienced God's silence for a couple of weeks and freaked out, and Ben expected a relatable years-long drought story — 'Oh, two weeks.
From No. 603 · Found Out
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Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
- Should following Jesus feel more comfortable as time goes on?
A host asks whether following Jesus should feel more comfortable as time goes on — noting the low-level tension many feel around am-I-doing-enough and the stigma that contentment equals laziness.
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Do accountability partners actually work?
- Do accountability partners actually do anything?
Mike raises his accountability-partners question: the standard dude-circle advice to get a buddy to hold you accountable for Bible reading, porn, church attendance, and drinking.
From No. 598 · Emphasis | Accountability, Worship and Praying with Strangers
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Mike frames the question: are more people hearing from God?
- Does it seem like more and more people are hearing from God — and is that real or a lie and a huge distraction?
Ben asks Mike for a two-sentence framing; Mike says listening to the book of Job while mowing made him furious when Bildad 'received a word from the Lord,' turning a bad human argument into an unarguable divine claim.
From No. 597 · Maybe A Word From God