{"podcast":{"title":"Become New with John Ortberg","slug":"become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281","podcast_index_feed_id":3584281,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2118006.rss","website_url":"https://becomenew.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vf7qw16bn8ahjt88h40xo04r9dgq?.jpg","author":"Become New","episode_count":1221,"summary":"Join John Ortberg each day for 10 minutes of spiritual guidance on the person we are becoming.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T14:23:56.357163+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281"},"episode":{"title":"63. How to Pray to Change Your Life","slug":"63-how-to-pray-to-change-your-life","published_at":"2026-08-19T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/63-how-to-pray-to-change-your-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2118006/episodes/19668097-63-how-to-pray-to-change-your-life.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2118006/episodes/19668097-63-how-to-pray-to-change-your-life.mp3","summary":"What if you prayed the Psalms as if they could really help? In this reflection on Psalm 30, John Ortberg explores the difference between simply reciting Scripture and allowing its words to become our own prayer. John shares the story of Rabbi Plotkin, whose life seemed to be falling apart. His marriage was ending. His future felt uncertain. Fear and self-pity had taken over. Then one morning, as he prepared to say the same prayers he'd prayed for decades, he challenged himself: “Don't pra...","meta_description":"What if you prayed the Psalms as if they could really help? In this reflection on Psalm 30, John Ortberg explores the difference between simply reciting S…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":641,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/episodes/63-how-to-pray-to-change-your-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/become-new-with-john-ortberg-3584281/63-how-to-pray-to-change-your-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}