Presence Pioneers

In today's episode, Matthew sits down with Peter Leithart, a Presbyterian Minister with 2 masters degrees, 10 kids, and a PhD. They'll discuss what the Bible says about worship.LINKS FROM THIS EPISODETheopolis Institute • https://theopolisinstitute.com/staff/peter-leithart/The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONCurrently, Dr. Leithart is in a training and teaching position at the Theopolis Institute. He has a focus on liturgy, and how worshipping biblically can affect us. He believes that it starts in Gen

In this episode, Matthew teaches on a somewhat controversial topic - speaking in tongues.The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONMatthew starts by looking at Paul, and his statements in 1 Corinthians. He actually says in chapter 14 that he prays in tongues "more than anyone" at the church in Corinth, which is described as a spirit-filled church. If praying in tongues was such an important part of Paul's prayer life, shouldn't we stop and consider that for ourselves?Then, Paul also says "I wish

In this episode, Matthew gives a quick teaching on our role as worship leaders (not just the musician kind), starting with Adam and ending with Jesus.The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONWe are all called to be priests and kings! What does that mean, though? It really just means that we are here to minister to God. We do that through our worship, and through our love. Our job is to keep the earth a resting place for God's presence.In Genesis, God created the Earth to be a place for worship of Him. We tend t

In this episode, Matthew talks with David Sliker, a senior leader at IHOP-KC. They discuss the current state of our nation and the world, and what the Bible says about how we should respond. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEDavid's Website • https://www.davidsliker.com/homepageIHOP-KC • https://www.ihopkc.org/The Nations Rage - Book • https://www.davidsliker.com/The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONThey start with David's history in the prayer movement, when he visited Kansas City in October of 1999. A friend men

In this episode, Matthew catches up with Chris Burns - author, worship leader, and most definitely a presence pioneer. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEChris' Site • http://burnsministries.comPioneers of His Presence • https://amzn.to/37qk8FXThe Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONChris got radically saved at 19 while touring with his band, and had no background in the church. He jumped right into leading worship and found himself enjoying extended, prophetic times of worship right away. He loved finding others who felt

Basically, we need help to live our lives for God. In this episode, Matthew dives in to how to get that help from the Holy Spirit.The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONMatthew starts out listing several verses that indicate our need for the Holy Spirit in order to pray or worship (all are listed above). So it's clear that the Bible is saying we need help! We need the Holy Spirit to be present in our lives. He believes that the baptism of the Holy Spirit can be an ongoing thing in our lives, but often we don&

In this episode, Matthew catches up again with David Fritch, discussing his new course. David takes us through some ways to study the Bible that take it from a struggle to something supernatural.LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEDavid's Website • http://davidfritch.comDavid's New Course • https://www.davidfritch.com/bible-studyDavid's Book • http://amzn.to/2DCs8CIThe Bible Project • https://bibleproject.com/The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONDavid began his deep dive with the Bible began when he was asked to

In this episode, Matthew chats with Patricia Bootsma, a prophetic leader in the prayer movement both in the US and Canada.LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEPatricia's Website • http://patriciabootsma.comElection Prayer Group • https://www.facebook.com/Firewall-USA-104656064697171/Connect on Facebook • https://www.facebook.com/bootsmapatricia/School of Revival • http://schoolofrevival.com/A Lifestyle of Divine Encounters (book) • https://amzn.to/3cI93ReRaising Burning Hearts (book) • https://amzn.to/2HFPKMNThe Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepi

In this episode, Matthew reconnects with Kirk Bennett, a senior leader at IHOP-KC who launched a house of prayer in Charlotte, NC that impacted Matthew's own journey in learning how to pray. They discuss Kirk's process over the course of his life on learning how to meditate on scripture to sustain praying for long stretches of time. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEKirk's Website • http://7thunders.orgBible Meditation Made Simple • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcP1MkLUKscKirk's Facebook Group • https://www.facebook.com/groups/639260839570070/Book Mentioned by Kirk on Martyrs • https://www.amazon.com/Their-Blood-Christian-Martyrs-Twentieth/dp/0801065151The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE •

If you've ever struggled in prayer, this is the episode for you! Matthew has a quick teaching on using the prayers in the bible and how it can change us.LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEApostolic Prayers Download • http://bit.ly/ApostolicPrayersThe Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONSo what are apostolic prayers? They are simply the prayers of the apostles in the Bible! Matthew says they can still be prayed by us, maybe when we're looking for the words or wanting to be sure we're praying for what God wants.Firs

In this episode, Matthew gives a short teaching about what God is like. The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONIn John 17, Jesus begins to pray for us. This gives us insight into the relationship of the Trinity. God Himself, in the Trinity, is a family- therefore, the basis for our unity is Their unity. We also see that God and Jesus love each other. This shows how the bible can say that God IS love in 1 John 4:8, because within that one God, the three Persons love each other. John Piper says it this way: "

In this episode, Matthew chats with Dr. Lester Ruth, author and historian at Duke Divinity School. They discuss the last 2000 years of Christian worship, and why we worship the way we do now. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEReg Layzell • https://iversonministriesinternational.org/reg-layzell-apostle-of-praise-worship/Lovin' On Jesus • https://www.amazon.com/Lovin-Jesus-Concise-History-Contemporary/dp/1426795130The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONTo start with, Matthew asks Dr. Ruth why - why is church history impor

In this episode, Matthew chats with Jeremy Perigo - a university level educator who also helps build worship and prayer communities around the world. They discuss some of the friction that comes from being in those sometimes very different camps, as well as what Jeremy calls "indigenous songs".LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEDordt University • https://www.dordt.edu/Jeremy's Music • https://open.spotify.com/artist/69dOogwa62X3kr4bK5vUmsThe Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONJeremy has been all over - London, th

In this episode, Matthew talks with Jose Diaz, an engaging intercessor and teacher currently based in Philadelphia. If you've ever been in a season or setting where you felt unseen, this episode is for you.LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEJose's Site • http://jose-diaz.orgThe Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONJose starts in with his backstory - about 10 years ago, at a hard place in his life, God began calling him to things he didn't even understand. God told him he'd be a Samuel, and would lead worshipers

In this episode, Matthew has a chat with R.A. Martinez, worship leader, songwriter, founder of Maps Global, and author. They talk about the story behind Maps Global, and about R.A's new book, The Joseph Journey : What Every Pioneer Needs to Know. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEBuy The Joseph Journey book by R.A. Martinez - https://amzn.to/3jwxhQJMaps Global • http://mapsglobal.orgThe Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONMaps Global started with R.A. having dreams about worship and prayer events happening in unreached

In this episode, Matthew gives a personal teaching based in Matthew 25 and the facets of Jesus reflected in those parables.The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/gfw9vHRESOURCES FROM MATTHEW • http://presencepioneer.comINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneer/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneer/EPISODE DESCRIPTIONParable # 1: The Wise and Foolish VirginsTo the foolish virgins in this story, Jesus says they did not know Him. The oil here, that the wise virgins had enough of, represents intimacy. He is revealing Himself as a bridegroom who wants to know us! He's gone away to prepare a place for us, but He's coming back to fulfill His covenant with us. Our e

This is a quick update from Matthew Lilley regarding why have we not released any new podcast episodes since the end of April, as well as some resources to help you while the podcast slows down.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/presence-pioneers-worship-prayer-and-revival-podcast/donations

Burn 24-7 recently hosted a 168-hour Global Virtual Burn from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday – “From Hosanna To Hallelujah.” This unique episode is a discussion with some of the #VirtualBurn team that helped organize this innovative online event. The team shares some of the testimonies of how God used this to reach hundreds of thousands of people, some of the challenges of pioneering this kind of digital worship initiative and an inside look at the technology used to pull it all off./// Podcast DescriptionThe Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/geDMQXINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneers/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneers//// Panelists For This EpisodePanelist

In this episode, Matthew chats with Johan Heinrichs - a member of the Presence Pioneers podcast production team! Johan is also a full time "prayer missionary", like Matthew, with an interesting journey. LINKS FROM THE EPISODE:https://sanctuaryhop.com/burningrooms/https://sanctuaryhop.com/staffsite/johanheinrichs/The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/geDMQXINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneers/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneers/Johan's journey to full time prayer started when he was a small boy. He tells an incredible story about a vision he had at age 5, and he never stopped feeling that pull towards God. Matthew and Johan also discuss what it

In this episode, Matthew gives a teaching on some of the reasons for night and day prayer and worship, as well as some practical steps to take at the end. ///The Presence Pioneers podcast exists to help YOU and your community experience and host the presence of God through day & night worship & prayer – because we believe God’s presence changes everything. Hosted by Matthew Lilley, episodes feature short Bible teachings and interviews with key leaders in the prayer & worship movement.SUBSCRIBE • http://eepurl.com/geDMQXINSTAGRAM • http://instagram.com/presencepioneers/FACEBOOK • http://facebook.com/presencepioneers/EPISODE DESCRIPTION1. Jesus is worthy.Revelation 4&5. The angels around the throne are not there by obligation, but fascination. When you really understand who Jesus is and what He’s done, praise just flows inevitably.2. Day and Night Worship is the environment of Heaven.Matthew 6:10 - Jesus prayed for heaven to come to earth, and heaven includes night and day worship and prayer. Wh