What happens when striving finally gives way to surrender?
What happens when the prayer stops being about doing more… and becomes about being received?

In this final episode of Season Three, I’m not bringing you a lesson — I’m bringing you a prayer.

“Lord, teach me how to be loved.”

This episode shares the story behind the song Lord, Teach Me — a song written not from confidence, but from a place of surrender. Not from performance, but from stillness. It came out of a moment when I stopped trying to prove, fix, or produce… and finally let myself be held by God.

This is not a typical teaching episode.
It’s an invitation.

An invitation to stop striving.
An invitation to rest in presence rather than answers.
An invitation to receive what Christ has already given.

As we close out this season, I also want to invite you into two spaces that continue the journey beyond this podcast:

A quiet, reflective space on YouTube where Scripture and original instrumental music create room to slow down and sit with the Word without pressure.

Watch on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@LyricandLetterStudios

Join us as we return to Thematic Verse Mapping on December 5th at 6:30 PM Eastern, continuing on the first Friday of every month. If you’ve been longing to go deeper into Scripture in a way that invites understanding without overwhelm, you are very welcome to join us.

Learn more here:
https://www.ThematicVerseMapping.com

If something stirred in you this season—a prayer, a question, a moment of recognition—I would genuinely love to hear from you. This space has never been about speaking at you. It has always been about walking with you.

(Available on all major platforms)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0J1Vr48OHKnAAc3byAbD50?si=5cd3facfd14f4aa0

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/bj/song/lord-teach-me/1852228989

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As we head into a holiday pause, I want to thank you for spending this third season with me. I’m grateful for every listen, every quiet moment, and every heart that has shared space here. When we return in the new year, we’ll continue weaving together Scripture and worship—bringing in new releases, original songs, collaborations, and whatever the Lord places on my heart to draw us deeper into Himself.

This episode ends not with more words…
but with a prayer set to music.

Have a beautiful day in the Lord.
God bless.

11/6/25 Update: Spotify took down the original version of this podcast on 10.29.25 with no warning. Unfortunately, that has forced me to remove the song from this episode. At the end, I have directed listeners to click on the links below to listen to the song. I apologize about the incovenience. Thanks for the "warning" Spotify. You can listen to this podcast in full on the ⁠YouTube podcast link⁠.

What does it really mean to “dwell in the house of the LORD”? In this episode we linger in Psalm 27:4—David’s “one thing”—and trace that longing from the wilderness tabernacle to Moses’ prayer, the sons of Korah’s song, Jesus’ call to abide, and the forever-dwelling of Revelation 21. Rebecca also shares a personal moment from this week that re-centered her heart on holy habitation—delighting in God Himself, not merely His gifts.

In This Episode

• Psalm 27:4–6 — the grammar of worship: dwell, behold, inquire

• Exodus 25; 29; 33; 40 — the miškan (tabernacle) and God’s chosen nearness

• Psalm 90:1 — before tents and temples, God Himself is our dwelling

• Psalm 84 & the sons of Korah — redeemed lineage, redeemed longing (“Better is one day…”)

• John 15 & 14:23 — abiding as joyful union; the Spirit making His home in us

• Ezekiel 37 → Revelation 21 — from “The LORD is there” to “Behold, God dwells with His people”

• Pastoral invitation — trading spiritual hurry for a life of holy habitation

Scriptures Mentioned (select)Psalm 27; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 84; Psalm 90:1; Exodus 25, 29, 33, 40; Numbers 16; Numbers 26:11; 1 Chronicles 9:19; John 14:2–3, 14:23; John 15:1–11; Ephesians 2:19–22; 1 Peter 2:4–5; Revelation 21:1–4, 22–23.

Listen to “Psalm 27” by Steffany Gretzinger

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What if the intimacy that was broken in Eden could be restored in you — right here, right now?

From the garden’s first whisper of temptation to the upper room’s rushing wind, Scripture tells one continual story: God’s desire to dwell with His people. To not just be known about, but known.

In today’s episode, we sit with “Holy Spirit / The Dove” by SEU Worship — a breathtaking blend of two worship anthems that together become a single cry for nearness: “Holy Spirit, You are welcome here.”

But this isn’t just a song.
It’s an invitation.

An invitation to return to the intimacy the serpent tried to steal in Genesis 3:5 — when he twisted the word yada, “to know,” into counterfeit knowledge apart from God.

An invitation to walk again in the fellowship Jesus promised in John 14:16–17 — “You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.”

An invitation to open the temple of your heart and let the Spirit flood every corner of your life.

Because the Spirit who hovered over creation, descended like a dove at Jesus’ baptism, and filled the upper room with wind and fire — that same Spirit abides in you.

In This Episode:
• Trace the theme of intimacy lost in Eden and restored through the Holy Spirit
• Discover how Mary’s anointing at Bethany and David’s psalms of longing reveal the heart of worship
• See how the prophets — from Isaiah to Habakkuk — understood intimacy with God in glory and in quiet
• Learn how yada, the Hebrew word “to know,” becomes the undercurrent of relationship through the whole of Scripture
• Be invited to turn from self-reflection to face-to-face communion with the living God

Listen to “Holy Spirit / The Dove” by SEU Worship:
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