{"podcast":{"title":"RTTBROS","slug":"rttbros-107316","podcast_index_feed_id":107316,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/3001092/3001092-1652304774197-5e20feeb09c77.jpg","author":"Gene Kissinger","episode_count":1985,"summary":"We need to redeem the time as the passage in Ephesians 5 states BECAUSE the days are evil. It is vital as believers that we learn to discern. We need to acquire wisdom so we can walk in truth. Wisdom is word based and God given. We learn it from the word of God and ultimately from the God who gave us the Word. My brother Norman and I are going to be setting up a ministry and under this ministry umbrella we will establish a YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgGuqrDZ3ku7C78qrb4eOyQ Tik-Tok short form video here tiktok.com/@genekissinger_rttbros https://linktr.ee/rttbros","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T02:18:11.359324+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316"},"episode":{"title":"The Shot and the Prayer. #RTTBROS #Nightlight #America250 #Nation250 #USA250","slug":"the-shot-and-the-prayer-rttbros-nightlight-america250-nation250-usa250","published_at":"2026-06-08T12:32:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-shot-and-the-prayer-rttbros-nightlight-america250-nation250-usa250","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/RTTBROS/episodes/The-Shot-and-the-Prayer--RTTBROS-Nightlight-America250-Nation250-USA250-e3kg970","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/127be410/podcast/play/121168544/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-8%2F425726199-44100-2-e7566caa08c27.mp3","summary":"The Shot and the Prayer Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and courageous. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. — Joshua 1:9 THE STORY The night before the battle, Captain John Parker gathered his men. It was April 18th, 1775, and the British regulars were on the march from Boston. Parker's militia, farmers, tradesmen, ordinary men who had never been soldiers, assembled on the Lexington Green in the cold pre-dawn hours. They knew the British were coming. They knew they were outnumbered. Parker was a man of few words. The instructions he gave his men that morning have become famous: "Stand your ground. Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." What is less often told is what happened before those words. The men gathered in the meetinghouse the night before and prayed. Their pastor, Jonas Clark, had spent years preaching to these men about the rights of free people under God. They did not march out as strangers to the Almighty. They went as men who had committed their lives to His hands. Eight of them would be dead before sunrise. THE REFLECTION There is a word for what those men did on Lexington Green. It is not heroism, though they were heroic. It is not patriotism, though they were patriots. The word is obedience. They had come to believe, through years of preaching and prayer, that God had called them to this moment. And when the moment came, they showed up. Joshua 1:9 was written to a man leading a frightened people into an impossible situation. God's command was not "be fearless." It was "be strong and courageous," which implies that fear was present and had to be overcome. The courage God requires is not the absence of fear. It is…","meta_description":"The Shot and the Prayer Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and courageous. Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee wh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":160,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rttbros-107316/episodes/the-shot-and-the-prayer-rttbros-nightlight-america250-nation250-usa250/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rttbros-107316/the-shot-and-the-prayer-rttbros-nightlight-america250-nation250-usa250.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}