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00:02 male announcer: This presentation is brought to you 00:03 by the friends of the Amazing Facts ministry. 00:07 ♪♪♪ 00:14 Doug Batchelor: Prayer for the Christian 00:15 should be like breathing. 00:17 If the Bible is the bread of life and if witnessing is like 00:21 letting your light shine and exercising, then prayer would be 00:24 the breath of the soul. 00:30 Doug Batchelor: You know, I remember hearing a story 00:31 years ago, I believe it was A.W. Tozer, a famous pastor. 00:37 He was sailing across the Atlantic Ocean on this ship, and 00:41 while he was there, the captain knew he was there, and he said, 00:43 "Could you please speak to our first class passengers?" 00:46 Well, a number of people came to one of the main cabins and he 00:49 talked to them about the power of prayer, and an agnostic, 00:54 he's on the ship back then, they didn't have a lot 00:55 of entertainment, he thought, "Well, I'll go, and I'll listen 00:57 to this preacher and see what he has to say." 01:00 And he listened and then some of the people that were 01:04 in third class said, "Any chance that Pastor Tozer 01:07 could come talk to us?" 01:08 He said, "I'd be happy to talk to them." 01:10 Someone asked the atheist or agnostic what he thought, he 01:13 said, "Well don't believe a word of it, I don't believe there's 01:17 a God, and I don't believe that He answers prayer." 01:20 But they invited them to come hear him talk, then, to the 01:22 third class passengers, and on his way he thought, "Well, I'll 01:26 stop by my room, I'm getting a little hungry, I'm going to get 01:28 a couple of oranges." 01:29 He got his oranges and he was walking back across the deck, 01:33 and there was a woman, an old woman sleeping on the deck, 01:37 she had fallen asleep trying to get some fresh air and she had 01:39 her hands down in her lap. 01:42 And the atheist, he had a sense of humor, he thought, "I can't 01:45 resist this," he quietly took two oranges out of his pocket 01:50 and he put one in each of her open hands as she was sleeping; 01:54 then he went on and he heard Tozer preach to the third 01:56 class passengers. 01:59 Well, he again talked about the power of prayer and he felt his 02:02 heart being stirred, but he said, "No, how could God answer 02:06 prayer, there really can't be a God that answers prayer." 02:09 At this point, he leaves the meeting, a friend said, 02:12 "Well, what did you think of Pastor Tozer's talk on prayer?" 02:15 He said, "I'm still not sure I agree with that babbler." 02:18 Then he walks down the deck and he sees the woman, that he had 02:21 placed the oranges in her hands, she's eating one of 02:24 the two oranges. 02:26 He said, "Well that looks like you're enjoying that," she said, 02:29 "Mister, you will never believe what happened." 02:31 She said, "I came up on deck because I've been struggling 02:35 with sea sickness, and I fell asleep, and I was dreaming 02:39 if I could only have an orange I would feel better, 02:42 and I started praying. 02:43 I said, 'Lord, I know I'm out in the middle of the ocean, 02:45 but if I could just have an orange I just feel like 02:47 that's what I need and I'd feel better.'" 02:50 She said, "I woke up and there was an orange in each hand," and 02:55 he was kinda stunned to hear that, that here he had been the 02:58 means of answering her prayer. 03:00 He said, "Madam, I probably ought to let you know that 03:02 I'm the one that put the oranges in your hands." 03:04 And she said, "Praise the Lord, He can even use an atheist 03:08 to answer my prayers." 03:10 So God is a God that answers prayer. 03:14 "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing." 03:18 This is something that we all need to do friends, understand 03:21 the priority of prayer. 03:25 Getting into this, let's talk a little bit about the foundation 03:28 of prayer. 03:30 Now if you're at all involved in real estate, you've probably 03:32 heard it said that there are three rules 03:36 for success in real estate. 03:38 I can almost hear it echoing through the online fiber 03:42 optics right now, it's location, location, location. 03:47 It doesn't matter if you buy a mansion that's out in the 03:49 desert, and nobody can get to it, and there is no facilities 03:54 or water around, doesn't do you any good. 03:57 Yet if you buy an old broken down house and it's in a really 04:00 nice neighborhood and it's located near transportation and 04:04 near services, you can put a mansion on it and then you've 04:07 got something, location. 04:09 They say there are three rules when it comes to raising 04:12 children: Example, example, example. 04:18 And in prayer, in living the Christian life, 04:21 that's really the answer, it's prayer, prayer, prayer. 04:25 You're going to find it from cover to cover in the Bible. 04:28 Sometimes we get distracted with things that are of 04:31 less importance. 04:32 E.M. Bounds said, "What the church needs today is not more 04:36 machinery or better new organizations or more novel 04:39 methods but men and women whom the Holy Spirit can use, men of 04:43 prayer, mighty men in prayer." 04:47 Now if you come to church and you sing like an angel 04:49 but you seldom pray, your singing will not save you. 04:53 If you give generously to Christian causes, 04:56 that's wonderful, much appreciated, but you cannot buy 04:59 your way into heaven if you're not praying. 05:03 If you show up at every church work bee and you slave in the 05:05 kitchen but you don't pray, you're not going to be saved by 05:09 your good works. 05:11 At the same time, if you are praying the way you should pray, 05:14 you'll be singing and giving and serving, and so prayer is really 05:19 the foundation for the Christian experience. 05:22 So, let's talk a little bit about the formula for prayer. 05:27 Now, I'm not gonna suggest to you mixed a combination of 05:29 chemicals or kitchen ingredients and voila, you're going to have 05:32 secret prayer, but the Bible does say prayer is something 05:36 that we can study and learn to do better. 05:40 Luke chapter 11, verse 1, "It came to pass that as He, Jesus, 05:45 was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, one of his 05:49 disciples said to Him, 'Lord, teach us to pray--'" 05:54 not only did he say, "Jesus, teach us to pray, as John--" 05:57 John the Baptist-- "taught his disciples." 06:00 And Jesus never said, well, no, prayer's just something 06:02 you'll learn by feeling. 06:04 He agreed that it was something that could be taught. 06:07 And at that point Christ began to recite the Lord's Prayer, 06:09 He says, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father, which art 06:13 in heaven,'" so forth. 06:14 And when He gave the Lord's prayer, He didn't say make sure 06:18 and repeat this prayer, never said that, He said, "In this 06:21 manner therefore pray." 06:23 So in the Lord's Prayer you've got an outline for how we should 06:27 approach God in prayer, you've got seven petitions 06:30 in the Lord's Prayer. 06:32 It says, "Our Father," it's talking about God, asking Him to 06:36 lead us, to forgive us, and then you've got the petitions between 06:41 man and man, and it says, well, there it says, you know, lead 06:47 us, forgive us, feed us; talks about Thy name, Thy kingdom. 06:52 And so you've got the relationship between man 06:55 and God in the Lord's Prayer, and then you've got the 06:57 horizontal relationship. 06:59 Something else about the Lord's Prayer, never do you find the 07:02 word me, doesn't say lead me, guide me, feed me, deliver me, 07:05 it's lead us, guide us, feed us, deliver us, 07:09 and it's Thy kingdom, Thy glory, Thy name. 07:13 And so the key to successful prayer is it starts with God, 07:19 and it's thinking about others, what are the great commandments? 07:21 "Love the Lord with all your heart, love your neighbor as 07:25 yourself," someone once said that that's the secret to joy. 07:29 Jesus, others, you, J-O-Y. 07:34 Start with Jesus, others, you, if you keep that sequence the 07:38 way it should be, you end up finding happiness by blessing 07:42 and serving others and praying for others. 07:45 And so, well what do you do if you pray and your mind wanders? 07:48 Anyone out there you struggle with that? 07:51 You know, it just takes discipline, it's like you know, 07:54 when you're a child you're easily distracted, and one of 07:58 the things kids learn in school is they're taught to focus and 08:02 give their attention to things. 08:04 As you grow as a Christian, you'll notice that your mind 08:07 wanders when you're praying and just whenever you're aware of it 08:10 you bring it back. 08:12 Pray for the Holy Spirit as you pray, talked about that last 08:15 night, say, "Lord, help me to pray in the Spirit." 08:18 When your mind begins to wander with trivia, 'cause your mind is 08:22 swimming with millions of thoughts, bring it back, focus. 08:26 And when you talk to God, keep in mind you're not going through 08:29 a religious exercise, you are in the presence of the King of the 08:33 Universe and so focus on who you're talking to. 08:38 You know, it's something that your parents usually teach when 08:41 you're children and says when you're talking to someone 08:43 or we're there and talking to you, look at them, 08:46 give them your attention. 08:48 If you're talking to your kids, they're just going like this, 08:50 you say, "That's kind of rude." 08:51 Well, sometimes we do that with our prayers, we're just you 08:53 know, I've got to go through this ritual of repeating the 08:55 same thing, which brings me to the next point. 08:59 When you pray, try not to keep saying the same thing, because 09:04 it's not that God doesn't know what you want, but it's good for 09:07 you to really think about different ways to articulate 09:10 what the needs are, and don't always have your prayers just be 09:14 about you and your needs or what your wants are, intercede on 09:18 behalf of others. 09:19 I've got a text message the other day and someone said, 09:22 "Please pray about this or that," right there in my office 09:25 by my chair, I dropped to my knees and I prayed for them. 09:29 Frequently, people will say, "Pastor Doug, can you pray for 09:31 me about this and that?" 09:33 and I say yes and then later I forget. 09:35 So a few years ago I learned that if I don't want all these 09:38 things to rise up against me in the judgment, when someone says, 09:41 "Pastor Doug, can you pray about this or that?" I say, 09:43 "Let's do it right now." 09:46 And so whenever you're impressed about praying for something, 09:49 no time like the present, you pray at that moment. 09:53 Something else I think is helpful in prayer is I've got an 09:56 acronym that's on the screen, it's sorta a summarization 10:00 of what's in the Lord's Prayer, adoration, confession, that 10:04 would be another repentance, confession, thanksgiving, always 10:08 thank the God before you give Him your shopping list, 10:11 and supplication, part of supplication is not only 10:13 for your needs, it's talking about the needs of others. 10:16 And so there's a formula to successful prayer and so focus 10:21 on these things. 10:23 Talk a little bit, point number three, about the frequency 10:27 of prayer. 10:29 Well, I think everyone knows the story about Daniel in the lion's 10:31 den, and it tells us in chapter 6, verse 10, that, "When he knew 10:35 the writing was signed, he went to his upper room and he opened 10:39 his window and he got on his knees, and he prayed three times 10:42 that day just like he had done ever since he was young." 10:45 And I think one reason that Daniel prayed three times is 10:48 Daniel was also a Bible reader, and he read where King David 10:51 said, in Psalm 55, verse 17, "Evening and morning and at noon 10:57 will I pray and cry aloud, and He will hear my voice." 11:02 It's not a mandate that you must pray three times a day, here it 11:05 talks about a morning and an evening prayer, and it says, 11:09 again, 2 Chronicles 13:11, "And they burn to the Lord every 11:14 morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense." 11:19 And so they had this pattern in the temple that incense, you can 11:23 read about this in Revelation also, that altar of incense 11:26 represented the prayers of God's people, so these sacrifices and 11:30 the incense aroma that was ascending to God, 11:33 that would happen with the priest's intercession, 11:36 and Jesus is our high priest. 11:39 So, take time every day for feeding your soul, communion 11:44 with God, sometimes our morning prayers, we're asking for 11:47 guidance and particulars, evening prayers we're praying 11:51 for mercy and asking for power to do better the next day, 11:54 thanking God for His blessings. 11:57 So, talking a little bit about the frequency of prayer, why 12:01 don't we talk about how often we should pray, and I don't just 12:03 mean two or three times a day. 12:06 1 Thessalonians 5:16, now friends, if we capture what I'm 12:09 about to talk about now, I think you'll be able to embrace just 12:12 what's so important about a revival. 12:15 "Rejoice always, pray without ceasing." 12:20 "Pastor Doug, how do you pray without ceasing?" 12:21 You walk around all the time looking up or looking down 12:24 you're gonna collide with things, and how can you do your 12:27 work if you're praying without ceasing? 12:29 Well you know the Bible says that Enoch walked with God, the 12:34 Bible says Noah walked with God, no doubt Abraham and Moses and 12:38 many of these patriarchs and prophets, they walked with God. 12:42 And I think it's interesting the Bible tells us Enoch walked with 12:46 God, he was the seventh from Adam and he was not, for God 12:50 took him, he went up, he was translated without seeing death. 12:54 We are now living in what I think is the last generation and 12:58 I think it's the--we're in the last millennium before we spend 13:02 the millennium with Christ, and this is the time where God 13:05 is looking for people that will be translated. 13:08 One of the characteristics of those who are translated when 13:11 Christ comes, translated means, like Elijah, 13:13 you're caught up without dying, they walk with God. 13:17 Doug: Here at Amazing Facts International 13:20 we strive to reach the world with the amazing truths 13:23 of the Bible and proclaim the love of Jesus. 13:26 We print thousands of easy-to-read materials 13:29 such as books, tracks, and fully 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stay 14:23 in a state of awareness of God's presence, and it's a wonderful 14:27 thing if you can do that, friends. 14:29 You know, it's a lot easier to live a holy life if you sense 14:31 God is right there with you, it's when we have separated 14:35 ourselves from God or we try to follow Him from a distance we 14:38 get into trouble, "Pray without ceasing." 14:42 Luke 18:1, Jesus said, "Men ought always to pray and not 14:49 lose heart," don't get discouraged in your prayers. 14:52 You say, "Oh, but Pastor, I've been praying about this thing 14:55 20 times," or, "I prayed about this for years." 14:57 You know Elijah prayed seven times before the rain came, 15:01 prayed one time the fire came, he prayed seven times before the 15:05 cloud came that brought the rain; be persistent in prayer. 15:09 I've talked to many spouses, might be a husband or wife, 15:14 and they either married an unbeliever or they were 15:16 converted and their spouse wasn't, or they got married when 15:22 they weren't believers and they got reconverted. 15:24 And they say, "You know now I want my spouse to be converted," 15:28 and they prayed for them 15, 20, 25, 30 years and they think, 15:35 "Is the Lord ever gonna hear my prayers?" 15:37 and then they're converted. 15:38 I know parents that prayed for their kids for 50 years and then 15:43 they were converted, and I know parents that they prayed for 15:47 their kids till their dying day and they don't realize that God 15:52 made a withdrawal on their prayers after they died, and 15:56 their children were saved and they're gonna be so happy to see 15:58 them in heaven. 15:59 So they've been storing prayers so to speak, and then God's 16:02 gonna surprise them, might even answer the prayers after the 16:05 parents are already gone. 16:06 Do not lose hope or become indifferent, or discouraged is 16:12 the word I'm looking for, in your prayers. 16:15 Colossians 4:2, "Continue earnestly in prayer, 16:19 being vigilant in it with thanksgiving." 16:23 Colossians 1, verse 3, it says, "We give thanks to God the 16:27 Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you," and as 16:31 I mentioned, in your prayers, make sure to mingle in your 16:35 gratitude and your thanks. 16:37 Someone once said that, "When you're grateful you make the way 16:43 for further or future benefits." 16:46 You know, if I ever helped somebody, and they never say 16:48 thank you, you know I might not make a big deal of it, 16:51 but I'm less inclined to help them next time. 16:54 When we're grateful to God, I think you pave the way 16:57 for future benefits, always incorporate thanks in 17:00 your prayer. 17:01 "Oh, but Pastor Doug, I'm going through such trials I forget to 17:03 be thankful," you know Daniel thanked the Lord before he went 17:06 to the lion's den? 17:07 In his prayer he gave thanks, so we should always, Paul says, 17:11 "Thank God in everything," don't forget to be thankful, 17:14 world becomes a better place when we do. 17:17 Luke 21:36, Jesus said, "Watch therefore, and pray always that 17:22 you might be counted worthy to escape all these things," 17:26 talking about the trials at the end of time, we might be there 17:28 now friends. 17:29 "Watch therefore, pray always that you might be counted worthy 17:32 to escape all these things that are going to come to pass, and 17:36 stand before the Son of Man," when Jesus comes in His glory. 17:40 You want to be ready for the Second Coming, we should be 17:42 watching and praying now. 17:44 Ephesians 6:18, "Praying always with all prayer and supplication 17:50 in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance 17:54 and supplication for all the saints," well, there's a lot of 17:57 alls in there; all prayer, being watchful, all perseverance 18:02 and supplication for the saints. 18:04 Now, I talk about the fortitude of prayer. 18:07 John 15, verse 4, Jesus said, "Abide in Me and I in you. 18:12 The branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the 18:16 vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me. 18:19 I am the vine, you are the branches, he that abides in Me, 18:23 and I in him, bears much fruit." 18:27 This abiding in Christ talking about, in our prayers, 18:31 just be in Christ, pray in His name, pray in His Spirit, 18:34 praying in His name really is more than just using His name 18:38 like it is the period at the end of a sentence. 18:41 You say, "In Jesus's name, amen," and say, "Okay, I guess 18:43 my prayer is done," it's not like the stamp of approval on 18:47 the end of your prayer. 18:48 You're saying that through His name, that's what gives your 18:52 prayers efficacy, it's through His name, that's what gives our 18:56 prayers authority, and it's in the Spirit of Christ we're 18:59 praying in His name. 19:02 John, 1 John 2, verse 24, "Therefore let that abide in you 19:08 which you heard from the beginning. 19:10 If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you 19:12 will also abide in the Son and the Father, and whoever abides 19:17 in Him, perseveres in prayer, does not sin." 19:22 Now just a couple of words about the physics of prayer, and what 19:25 I mean by that is, might even talk a little bit about 19:28 a reverent posture when we pray. 19:31 Acts 21, verse 5, "When we accomplish those days, we 19:35 departed and we want our way; and they all brought us on our 19:39 way with wives and children, until we were all out of the 19:42 city, and we knelt down on the shore and we prayed." 19:46 Now I wanna make it clear, you can pray in just about any 19:50 situation, you can pray in a lion's den when you're 19:54 surrounded by cats, you can pray while you're swimming like Peter 19:58 when he was drowning, Jehoshaphat prayed while he was 20:02 leading an army, Jehu prayed while he was driving a chariot. 20:06 Jonah prayed while he was being digested, Nehemiah prayed while 20:09 he was building, he also prayed standing there before the King. 20:13 Elijah prayed out in the desert, Paul prayed while he was 20:15 sailing, Elisha prayed in an attic, David prayed in a cave, 20:20 Philip prayed under a tree, so you can pray anywhere, 20:23 you can pray all the time. 20:25 But I think that it's important that at some point during the 20:27 day and in every worship service, God's people get on 20:30 their knees before the Lord and pray, just a few words on that. 20:35 Acts 9, verse 40, "Peter put them all forth 20:39 and he knelt down and prayed," and resurrected Dorcas. 20:44 Acts 20, verse 36, "When he had thus spoken, he knelt down and 20:48 he prayed with them all." 20:50 Acts 7, verse 59, "They stoned Stephen, calling upon God," 20:55 Stephen was calling upon God, "And saying, 'Lord Jesus, 20:57 receive my spirit.' 20:59 And he knelt down and he cried with a loud voice, 'Lay not this 21:03 sin to their charge.'" 21:04 The last words of Stephen was a prayer for those that were 21:07 killing him; some of the last words of Jesus was, "Father, 21:10 forgive them, they don't know what they do." 21:12 It's interesting, these converted people, their dying 21:15 prayer was for others, tells us something about the Spirit. 21:20 And then you've got Ephesians 3:14, 21:22 "For this cause I bow my knee unto the Father 21:25 of our Lord Jesus Christ." 21:26 Now, I'm just giving you a few, but it seems like you know we're 21:30 living in an age where church is just become, it's a marketing 21:34 thing, let's find out what the people want and let's give it to 21:36 them, and if they're uncomfortable kneeling down then 21:39 don't make them kneel; and I think we're losing the sense 21:42 of reverence. 21:43 You know, when we come before the Lord in our personal 21:45 devotions we should try to kneel, now some people when you 21:48 get old, you get down and you can't get back up, God 21:50 understands that, or you know if it's not practical. 21:54 I've been places where someone says, "Let's kneel," and they 21:57 have you all kneel on rocky ground and it's digging into 21:59 your knees and you can think about your prayer. 22:01 So God wants us to be practical, but let's, in our interest of 22:05 being practical, let's not start drifting from the importance 22:08 of a posture of reverence when we talk to God. 22:12 And then there's the fervency of prayer, that means you just put 22:17 in your heart and soul into it. 22:19 Hebrews 11, verse 6, "But without faith it's impossible to 22:23 please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is," we 22:27 read this last night but notice, "And He is the rewarder of those 22:32 who diligently seek Him in prayer." 22:35 You know, I wonder how many miracles have happened because 22:38 somebody prayed five minutes longer; some people give up. 22:42 You know, we just read where Jesus said that parable about 22:45 the woman who persisted in prayer, she just kept coming 22:48 back, she kept coming back. 22:50 And finally, that unrighteous judge says, "Give her what she 22:53 wants, she is wearing me out," and Jesus said, "Look what the 22:56 unrighteous judge says, how much more will your Father in heaven 23:00 answer His children that cry to Him day and night?" 23:03 So be persistent in your prayers. 23:06 Jeremiah 29:13, "You will seek for Me and you will find Me when 23:11 you search for Me with all of your heart." 23:14 You need to put all your weight into that prayer when you're 23:17 praying for those miracles, and then you know, 23:21 you've got the effectiveness of prayer. 23:23 Miracles happen when God's people pray. 23:26 The Bible, from cover to cover, is the story of how 23:29 prayer works. 23:31 Joshua prays and the sun stands still; children of Israel, 23:35 caught with the Egyptians breathing down their necks, 23:38 and it says, "They cried unto the Lord," 23:40 the Lord parts the Red Sea. 23:42 Hezekiah prays, angel of the Lord goes out 23:45 and 185,000 enemy are slain in one night. 23:49 God fights for them when they pray. 23:52 The Bible tells us Jonah prayed, and you know, even when you 23:55 think your situation is hopeless, that's when I think 23:59 God does His best work. 24:00 When you think, "Lord, I'm gonna pray but it's not looking good," 24:04 He said, "Well, I can do anything." 24:06 Jonah is in, he's in the digestive system of a sea 24:09 monster at the bottom of the mountains, he's in the dark and 24:12 he's suffering for his own sins. 24:14 But in that dying moment he lifts his prayer and somehow his 24:19 prayer gets from the farthest point from heaven you could be 24:22 on earth, submarine, God hears his prayer and He works a 24:26 miracle, and not only does the fish bring Jonah to the surface, 24:31 he then deposits him on dry land; God is a good God. 24:35 Elijah prays, fire and rain comes out of heaven; Shadrach, 24:40 Meshach and Abednego I think they claimed the promise that 24:42 says, "When you go through the fire I will be with you," 24:45 God answered their prayer and He air-conditioned the furnace, 24:49 so God is a God that works miracles. 24:52 And make sure when you come to the Lord and you pray, 24:56 as Jesus said, you've been reconciled with others. 24:59 We talked about this. 25:01 When you bring your gift to the altar, if you have odds with 25:04 someone else, be at peace as far as you can humanly do, 25:08 can't change everything. 25:10 Be reconciled with others and then come 25:11 in the Spirit of Christ, and He will not turn you away. 25:15 God is more willing to answer your prayers 25:18 than you probably are to ask Him. 25:20 I heard a parable one time about this man gets to heaven, angel's 25:24 showing him around the golden streets and the palaces and it's 25:26 all very beautiful. 25:28 And then out there in the middle of the City of God are these 25:32 huge Amazon warehouses, there's just acres and acres of 25:35 warehouses, and he's thinking, "What in the world would angels 25:39 be storing up here in heaven?" 25:41 And he asked the angel, said, "What's with all 25:43 the warehouses?" 25:44 He said, "Those are full of prayers that we wanted to answer 25:46 but nobody made a withdrawal." 25:49 There are so many prayers that God wants to answer that have 25:53 not been answered because we don't ask. 25:54 Jesus, "Up to now you have not asked, 25:57 ask that your joy might be full." 26:00 So friends, pray. 26:02 There's so many things to pray about, but start making it 26:04 a habit to talk to God and walk with God 26:07 and you will experience revival. 26:13 male announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing 26:16 free resource. 26:17 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, you can 26:19 download a digital copy straight to your computer or 26:22 mobile device. 26:23 To get your digital copy of today's free gift, simply text 26:26 the keyword on your screen to 40544, or visit the web address 26:31 shown on your screen. 26:33 And be sure to select a digital download option on the 26:35 request page. 26:37 It's now easier than 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