The episode opens with a promotional announcement: “Divine five one five presents kneeling at the throne, a prayer experience, a sacred gathering to live a life of unceasing prayer.” Listeners are invited to join on “Saturday, February twenty eighth at eleven AM at twelve thirty Winter Street Northeast” for a live encounter teaching how to bring prayer into everyday life through God’s Word and practical application. Registration is fifteen dollars, seats are filling fast, and listeners are told to register at “www.dot divine five one five dot com forward slash experience.”
Valarie Rocha then welcomes listeners to the Intercessor’s Corner, describing it as a place “where life’s questions and topics are met with biblical truth and spirit led wisdom,” and introduces the week’s work to “fuel and fortify your prayer walk.”
She states the episode’s focus: keeping our hearts soft before God, and reads Ezekiel 36:26: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.” Valarie explains that a soft heart, sensitive to the Holy Spirit, allows us to hear God clearly. She notes that when life disappoints and reminds us of failures, it’s easy to become guarded and distant, but prayer keeps hearts tender, humble, and open to God’s work and aligned with Him.
She continues that when we draw near to God in prayer, He meets us with love, wisdom, and peace that surpasses what we go through. A soft heart allows God to shape, correct, and comfort us. Prayer protects us from becoming hardened by difficult experiences “despite the level of intensity.” Having a close relationship with God, she says, keeps us strong, grounded, and secure no matter what life brings.
Valarie then leads a prayer asking God to “keep my heart soft before you,” to help lay aside distractions, to stay open to God’s voice, be sensitive to the Spirit, and trust in all of God’s ways. She asks God to remove anything that causes resistance, declares a choice to remain sensitive to the Spirit and to obey God’s command, and closes the prayer, “May you be glorified both now and forever. Amen.”
The episode closes with Valarie thanking listeners for joining the Intercessor’s Corner and encouraging anyone encouraged by the word to subscribe to Divine’s podcast “so you’ll always be fueled for your weekly prayer walk.”
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