Stand in Prayer: Learning to Pray with Purpose, Power, and Intentional Strategy with Liz Holtzman

Send me a text and let me know your thoughts!Forty years in prayer ministry will teach you a few things. But what Liz Holtzman has learned goes far beyond what to say — she's learned WHY it works, and that knowledge changes everything.Liz is a retired special education teacher, intercessor, Bible study author, and longtime leader in Moms in Prayer International. Her new Bible study, Stand in Prayer: Purposeful Prayer with Powerful Outcomes, grew out of decades of teaching sixth graders, mentoring women, and showing up to pray when she didn't always have the words.In this episode, she pulls back the curtain on the prayer model she's used and taught for years — walking us through the power of praise, confession, thanksgiving, and requests, and why the sequence matters more than we realize. She also shares how to mine Scripture for prayers that align with God's will, a stunning answered-prayer story from the villages of Cameroon, and what she discovered about intercession in the aftermath of her husband's sudden death.If you've ever felt like your prayer life was flat, scattered, or powerless — this episode is for you. Pull up a chair. This one goes deep.📖 Liz's books:Stand in Prayer: Purposeful Prayer with Powerful Outcomes (Bible Study)Proven: Praying for Your Children (Scripture Prayers for 31 Character Traits)Romans 8:26 (NIV)❝  In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.  ❞James 1:5 (NIV)❝  If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.  ❞Psalm 100:4 ❝  Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.  ❞00:00  —  Introduction & Welcome01:45  —  Meet Liz Holtzman: Educator, Author, and 40-Year Intercessor03:30  —  The Sunday Night Dinner That Started Everything06:00  —  From 6th Grade Prayer Committee to Bible Study Author08:15  —  Defining Prayer: Why It's Harder Than It Sounds11:00  —  Prayer as Relationship: The Communication Framework13:30  —  The Four-Part Prayer Model: Praise, Confession, Thanksgiving, Requests16:00  —  Why Praise Comes First — And What It Actually Does19:30  —  Praise Silences the Enemy: Psalm 8:2 Explained22:00  —  Confession Without Condemnation: The Role of the Holy Spirit24:30  —  Thanksgiving Builds Faith — And Fights Doubt27:00  —  Praying with Pure Motives: How the Model Helps You Self-Check30:00  —  Using Scripture to Pray: Practical Tools and Strategies33:30  —  Live Prayer Example: Praying for Emma (Brain Tumor Diagnosis)38:00  —  James 1:5 in Action: Praying for Wisdom over Medical Teams41:30  —  Proven: Scripture Prayers for Your Children's Character45:00  —  Sample Prayer for Courage (1 Chronicles 28:20 + Ephesians 2:10)48:30  —  Using a Concordance and Online Bible for Prayer Research51:00  —  Context Matters: How to Use Scripture Without Cherry-Picking54:30  —  The Power and Purpose of Praise Revisited57:00  —  When My Husband Died: Groans Too Deep for Words (Romans 8:26)01:01:00  —  Praying in Agreement with the Holy Spirit01:04:00  —  The Cameroon Story: 31 Villages, One Old Man01:09:30  —  The Maka People: A 30-Year Thread God Was Weaving01:14:00  —  Solar Bibles and God's Continuing Story01:17:30  —  When God Doesn't Answer the Way We Hoped01:20:00  —  The Presence of God Through the Hard Things01:22:30  —  All Kinds of Prayers Count: From Groans to Liturgy01:24:30  —  Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Liz's Bookshttps://uppbeat.io/t/ian-aisling/lake-marie-i License code: SD5UK9UFKT8P5DRHWelcome to Just Talkin' About Jesus.I'm Jan Johnson, a seasoned believer who loves relationships and, you know, just talkin' about Jesus.Here you will find testimonies of those who God has changed through his grace.Stories of feeling unworthy because of being sex trafficked, or of radical redemption of a woman who grew up with abuse, neglect, abandonment and drugs. A story of an abortion survivor. This and more. Lean in now. Consider subscribing to this podcast, YouTube and Substack- all with the same name: Just Talkin' About Jesus!https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesushttps://jan-johnson.com/https://justtalkingaboutjesus.com/https://janjohnsonauthor.substack.com/https://www.youtube.com/@JustTalkinAboutJesusThanks for listening!If you have a story to tell, check out the form on my website- justtalkingaboutjesus.com.I'd love to connect with you!No, really.... hit me up!