RLCSAC Sermon Podcast · Lead Pastor: Dean Deguara

Calling on the Name of God | Teach Me How to Pray | Pastor Dean Deguara

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Prayer is "a private pursuit that leads to a public display of God's glory in your life."

1. RLCSAC Sermon Podcast features Pastor Dean Deguara teaching on "Calling on the Name of God" and "Teach Me How to Pray." 2. Dean Deguara serves as lead pastor at Real Life Church in Sacramento, and his role matters because he is teaching the sermon and leading the prayer response. 3. The episode asks what Jesus meant by "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name" and why that phrase changes prayer. 4. Dean says he has been building his prayer life since age 19, and he tells the church that the model "changed my life," "changed my family," and "changed my legacy." 5. He reads Matthew 6:5-8 to argue that prayer should not be a public performance for people on street corners or in synagogues. 6. He says the prayer closet is "for an audience of one" and that "your father who sees in secret will reward you openly." 7. Dean defines prayer as "a private pursuit that leads to a public display of God's glory in your life." 8. He contrasts simple prayer with "long, elaborate prayers" and says prayer is talking to God, listening to God, and obeying God. 9. He says needs-first prayer can reveal worry, lack of trust, doubt, and unbelief, then points to Matthew 6:31-33 as the better order. 10. He uses an Amazon cart analogy to say prayer should not be treated like placing orders for fast delivery from God. 11. Dean says "hallowed" means to set God's name apart, honor his name, and reverence his name above needs and chaos. 12. He says calling on God's name first reveals God's nature, while a needs-first posture reveals human need and insecurity. 13. He says Yahweh or Jehovah is the relational name of God and repeats that it appears 6,519 times in the Bible. 14. He cites Exodus 3:14, where God tells Moses, "I am who I am," and uses that passage to describe God as ever present, ever faithful, and ever active. 15. Dean says the church should think of Jehovah Sidkenu as "the Lord, our righteousness" and pray from forgiveness rather than shame. 16. He then names Jehovah McAdish, Jehovah Shalom, Jehovah Shammah, Jehovah Rapha, Jehovah Jireh, Jehovah Nisi, and Jehovah Rohi as names that describe sanctification, peace, presence, healing, provision, victory, and shepherding. 17. The tone is sermon-driven and highly exhortational, with repeated prompts like "Say this with me" and "Everybody say Jehovah." 18. The format blends Bible reading, short teaching blocks, congregational call-and-response, and guided prayer. 19. People who want a Bible-based prayer framework will likely find this useful. 20. People looking for a short, low-context devotional may skip it.

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