Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools Podcast Laboring in Prayer (Praying for the Lost) ft. JT Thomas
Nov 14, 2022
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What Travail Prayer Actually Is
- Travail is a guttural, embodied prayer that groans and weeps, aligning our pain with God's desire for new life.
- J.T. Thomas ties it to African American history of slavery and shut-in all-night groaning prayers that birth breakthrough and rain.
Shut-In All Night Groaning Prayer Meetings
- J.T. Thomas recalls shut-in all-night prayer meetings where people groaned and wept without words until the Spirit prayed through them.
- He describes the experience as raw, physical labor of prayer that moves from the belly into rivers of living water.
Prayer As Wrestle And Co-Laboring With God
- Laboring prayer is a wrestle with God, like Jacob, that risks damage but seeks blessing and alignment with God's purposes.
- Thomas frames prayer as co-laboring: God invites people to dig wells and go into the labor room with him.