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Finding Peace in Crisis Through Prayer
December 1, 2025 · 28 min
Discover how prayer can transform your crises into miracles with wisdom from Deborah Smith Peggae.
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Emergency Prayers: Turning Crises into Miracles 0:14 You know, sometimes times I get the strangest phone calls and even some strange letters and some strange needs, but I have found the Holy Spirit will0:26 help you. And I remember 1 time a man called me, and he said he was going to go to prison. And he wanted to leave his wife. He had 2 grown sons and marry another woman before he went0:38 to prison. And I said, Lord, help me to have the right answer. So I said to him, are you handsome? Well, no. Not really. I said, is this woman young?0:50 Yes. I said, are you bald headed? Yes. I said, are you kinda fat and overweight? Yes. I said, well, why would she want you? You know? And so we got to pray. Now1:02 you say, well, I bet he never contacted you again. Yes. He did. He went to prison. He came out okay, and he stayed with his wife, and his children are serving God. So, you know, when we1:14 get these letters, they are very important to us, and we love to pray for you and love for you to call in for prayer. And today, you say, well, you know, I have kind of an emergency. I don't1:26 know what to pray. So I love this with Deborah Smith Begay. She has emergency prayers. I remember 1 time my husband and I were driving someplace, and there was a1:38 car accident at the side of the road, and they didn't want us to stop. But we prayed in the car, and we prayed for healing and help. How do you know what to pray? You say sometimes your mind just1:50 goes blah blank. That's why I want you to watch today, and that's why I want you to get her book. I'm gonna use this book. I mean, it is a very powerful thing for me2:01 in my life because people are calling me and talking to me, sometimes even in airports, and I need to know how to pray and so do you. Stay right there.2:14 We need God's help and fast. For your gift of 25 dollars or more, we will send you Deborah Paget's book, emergency prayers, God's help in your time of need. This book offers readers a 9 12:26 1 prayer book for life's many circumstances and needs. Brief, immediate, and heartfelt. These prayers bring God's word to your mind as they lift up your cries for help at home, financial direction,2:37 resisting temptation, and guidance with decisions. We'll also send you Marilyn's book, what every person wants to know about prayer. Through this powerful book, you'll experience real breakthroughs and discover practical2:49 steps to effective prayer. As an added bonus, we'll include Marilyn's new devotional, time with him, 365 days of refreshing, peace, and hope in his presence. In this daily3:00 Bible reading plan, you'll find direction about what to read every day, key words to meditate upon, and thoughts and insights into each scripture reading. We'll also include the prayer scripture card. Call or click to3:12 receive this valuable resource.3:14 Everyone has emergencies. Right? But did you know you can win in an emergency? And today, we have our special guest, Deborah Smith3:26 Peggae, on emergency prayers. Now you say, well, yeah, I'm in an emergency, but I don't know what to pray. Well, you're gonna know. And God is gonna speak to you in such a special,3:38 special way. So get ready. Are you ready? Are you ready for a miracle? Are you ready to see your emergencies turn into miracles because you know how to pray?3:51 You say, I don't know if I'm ready. Well, get ready, honey. Because here is Deborah. And to me, Deborah is 1 of my very favorite guests. If I had you every day, it would be fine.4:02 The feeling is so mutual. I'm so delighted to be here with you, Marilyn.4:05 And this book and all your books are pungent, and they really are where you live. And is God's help in your time of need? Yes. So, Deborah, tell us about that because,4:17 honestly, everybody has crisis, but they can wipe you out.4:21 They can wipe you out. And I probably wanna start with a a wipeout story because4:26 Tell us about a wipeout story.4:28 Well, I several years ago, my husband had he lost 3 siblings within a 14 month period. And it was, just just too much. And the last 1 that we had his funeral on a Wednesday, and my4:40 husband had to have cancer surgery on Friday. Wow. Yes. And so I brought him home, and my mom took sick of Sunday. And I thought I better keep her in my house because I don't like how she's breathing or whatever. So I4:51 was taking her down for breakfast on that following, Monday and, Wednesday, and she died. She had a heart attack and died.4:59 And Deborah, I didn't know that.5:00 Yeah. And it was just the most critical time. And I had a book due, and I had a speaking engagement that I couldn't change because I had overbooked myself and canceled them the first year, the year before. And it just5:11 seemed like it was overwhelming, but I I never think overwhelmed. And so this is kinda maybe the, 1 of the basis of the books. I I don't I try not to get overwhelmed. I don't like to use that word.5:23 We have to learn how to cast the cares before Jesus. And I know that sounds like trite, but I remember going into my, garage, Marilyn, the night that we were planning the funeral, and I had to do all of that. I planned5:33 the funeral, got all the guests there, did the eulogy, all of that. You know? And it was all of this happened with it and still met all my deadlines, went to the speaking engagement, did all of that by the grace of God.5:44 By the grace of God. But I remember going into the garage that night, and I held in my arms, and I said, lord, I just receive your strength. I just receive your strength. That was my emergency prayer. I am saying, lord,5:55 I I can't handle this. I think that's critical in an emergency. We can't say I can't handle this. You can handle anything. You can handle anything that God allows to come into your way, into your path. And so that was6:05 that was an emergency prayer for me. So I wanted a tool. Now several people have asked me, why do you why do you teach people to pray in an emergency? You should be teaching them to pray all the time. Well, if I'm6:15 teaching you to pray the word Right. You can't wait till the last minute to learn the word.6:20 Right. Right.6:20 There's gotta be something that builds up to begin to pray an emergency prayer.6:24 So that's how this is birthed?6:26 Yes. Pretty much.6:27 Yeah. Now I would say to all of you, you have emergencies. Right? If you say you don't, you're lying. We'll cast that spirit out of you. But I believe this is a6:38 must for you. So call in. Maybe you're in an emergency right now and you need prayer, but also you need to get the book. Emergency prayers. And, Deborah, I feel like books are6:50 missionaries. Yes. You can pass them on. You can. They work while you sleep. And so get the book, but why don't you get 2 or 3? And then you know people who are in an emergency time, and,7:02 of course, we'd love to pray with you. Now tell us some of the prayers and how this is birthed. I want to know.7:08 Right. And so what we have, Marilyn, here is, a listing of prayers. So over 114 prayers, and they're categorized by, spiritual crises, physical crises. And, I mean, there are really are crises. Like, I'm in physical7:19 danger or my condition is terminal or my my loved one's condition is terminal. But I also have relational prayers. You're on the voice on the verge of a divorce and and those kinds of things and and school7:31 prayers, even school shootings. And I'm afraid of walking in fear of that. But in all of them, Marilyn, there's a common thread. And we gotta always put in an emergency, we gotta put God in perspective. Now what do I7:43 mean by that? You have to keep in mind that we see only what we see. And if we limit our faith to what we can do, the extent of our ability, we're gonna be feeling like we're gonna be, overwhelmed by the crisis. I love7:55 it, and I and and you're gonna help me tell this story. But in second in second Chronicles, when Jehoshaphat, when they came to him and said, 3 strong armies are coming. Right. I love that emergency prayer he sent up. He8:06 said, first of all and he he began to ask questions. He didn't just immediately pray. The Bible says he feared. But then it's a it's almost as if he came to himself, and he says, oh, lord god. Are you not8:18 god in heaven? First question. I know you see us. Are you not god in heaven? Rootest thou not over all the kingdoms? That's what he says. He's putting8:29 it in perspective.8:31 Exactly.8:31 In your hand, is there not power and might so that nobody can withstand you? I love that. You see how he just began to exalt who God was. And that's the key thing. No matter what the crisis is, first of all, God's not8:42 running around up there scratching and saying, like, oh my8:44 god. We're in a crisis. What a crisis. What am I gonna do?8:47 Gonna do? He always knows what he's gonna do. But the fourth question he asked, Marilyn, and I I encourage people to read this in second chronicles 20. He said, are you not our god? In other words, will you do it for us?8:59 And I just begin now in my own life. When I have a crisis, I just I make those declarations instead of questions. I said, oh, lord god. I know you're in heaven. You rule over everything. In your hand is power and might.9:10 Nothing's too hard for you. I know you'll do it for me.9:14 And so you have Yes. That prayer9:17 in here. Yes. And it's in the bible. Absolutely. In the bible.9:22 And the word works. The word works. You know, I think you've heard me share this. When I was 11 Yeah. I lived in a little town in Pennsylvania, and I God was drawing me. And I said, God, where are you? Are you9:34 in the Presbyterian church? Are you in the Catholic? Where are you? I wanna be where you are. He said, I'm in the word. Oh. And that's what happens when you get the prayer that is the9:45 word. Yes. So if you haven't called in with your emergency, and we don't counsel, but we do pray. So call in with any emergency. I don't know what it might be, and we9:57 wanna pray with you. But also, you gotta get the book. And this is a book you'll put by your bedside.10:04 Yes. And a lot of people tell me that they have, they've gone to a hospital with people with terminal conditions Oh. And just pray 1 of the prayers over them. And 1 person called back and said they had person was now10:14 back to work. It's amazing because you know what? The word works. That's what I like. When you pray the word, you pray the will of God.10:22 And see, emergency prayers are miracles. Yes. They're the opportunity10:27 Yes.10:27 For a miracle.10:28 Yes.10:29 So that's what you were saying. I'm showing you how to pray in your miracle Yes. For whatever your crisis is.10:37 Right? Yes. And I have a friend who says because where there's a crisis, Christ is. And and she and she could say that because she had, her 4 children 2 children to die in an accident at once. It was10:49 just amazing. And if you meet her, she's so full of joy because God carries you through a crisis. And you have to expect that. You seem I think we dread the pain of a crisis or whatever. I think we just gotta begin to11:00 flow and say, Lord, I know that whatever is going down, you got me.11:04 And see, I think a lot of times we feel betrayed by God Yeah. In a crisis. Where is God? Well, God is there.11:12 He's there.11:12 But if you know what to pray Yeah. It is such a blessing Yes. And such a blessing to you. And, Deborah, I know you've been in crisis in your life.11:22 Crisis.11:22 A few thousand.11:24 Professional crisis. I've I've been called upon to sometimes to to ask something or to answer a question that I just didn't know the answer. I remember once we were in a meeting, and, we were talking about overhead rates11:34 for the upcoming year. And I know the Lord himself said it's gonna be a lot higher than they're expecting. And I said, I'm not gonna say that because that's way out of the ballpark. And I'm thinking they said, so what do11:42 you think? And I'm like, oh god. I wasn't planning to say anything. And I said, well, I think it's gonna be 1 89. That's a big number when it should be, like, 1 25. And everybody's like, no. No. It came out to be just11:53 that. Well, after that, the the head man who was in that meeting, he said, nobody can predict those things like Deborah Piguet. I thought to myself, I had no idea what I was talking about.12:02 It's wisdom of the Holy Spirit. Yes. And I know 1 time I was gonna go speak in something, and I'm so nervous. And I said, Lord, what do you want me to do? He said, I want you to have fun.12:14 What? Have fun. And so I think prayer brings you into a faith relationship when you pray the promise. And what I love about this, you pray the promise that goes12:26 with the problem. Yes. See, a lot of times, we don't know what the promise is Yes. That goes with the problem. So we just pray the problem.12:35 Oh, that's so good.12:35 Promise that changes the problem.12:38 Oh, that's so good.12:39 So I want you to call in, and I want you to tell us briefly the problem. Then we're gonna pray the promise with you that God can do in your problem.12:51 And then you're gonna get the book, and you're gonna keep it by your bedside, and you're gonna pray promises. Now we're gonna be right back. We've just hit the tip of the iceberg. Honey,13:03 God has unusual miracles for you. He's gonna talk to you. He's gonna change you. He's gonna transform you. Stay right there.13:13 We need God's help and fast. For your gift of 25 dollars or more, we will send you Deborah Peggay's book, Emergency Prayers, God's Help in Your Time of Need. This book offers readers a 913:25 1 1 prayer book for life's many circumstances and needs. Brief, immediate, and heartfelt. These prayers bring God's word to your mind as they lift up your cries for help at home, financial direction,13:37 resisting temptation, and guidance with decisions. We'll also send you Marilyn's book, what every person wants to know about prayer. Through this powerful book, you'll experience real breakthroughs and discover practical13:48 steps to effective prayer. As an added bonus, we'll include Marilyn's new devotional, time with him, 365 days of refreshing, peace, and hope in his presence. In this daily14:00 Bible reading plan, you'll find direction about what to read every day, key words to meditate upon, and thoughts and insights into each scripture reading. We'll also include the prayer scripture card. Call or click to14:11 receive this valuable resource.14:14 Are you tired? Are you broken? Do you feel far from God? I want you to know that God is a God of forgiveness. He says that if we confess our sins,14:27 he is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This forgiveness is available to anyone,14:39 anywhere, at any time. Does this sound too good to be true? Can you imagine a God who loves you, who sent his son to die for you, and who wants14:51 to welcome you into his kingdom of love. This is God's invitation to you today. He loves you and wants to save you. Call out to him today.15:03 Pray now. Ask him to be the Lord of your life. He is waiting for you. Did you15:15 ever look at a mountain of a problem? The doctor says you're gonna die or you've lost all your money or you're in bankruptcy or your husband says I'm leaving you. I don't care15:27 a snap about you anymore. And you think, oh my goodness. And we look at the mountain instead of speaking to15:35 it. Yes.15:36 And what I like about your book, Deborah, is that you show us the prayer to pray that moves the mountain.15:43 Well, and and because the word moves the mountain.15:45 Exactly. And15:45 that, you know, Marilyn, I said, that's gonna be your legacy because you have taught from my early days of the bible encounter, which is called something else now. Uh-huh. But, you taught us how to learn the word. Right.15:55 And so15:55 we can declare the word because there's power in the word. It has life.15:59 Well, and if you speak to the mountain and move it Yeah. You get what's on the other side.16:04 Right? Yes. Yes.16:06 And I love this emergency prayers Yes. Get you speaking to the mountains in your life and get the reward on the other side.16:14 I think some people are overwhelmed by the mountain. We we we we limit it because we can't see over it, but I like the fact that you're bringing that out. There is there is an another side to the mountain.16:22 Yeah. That's why you're talking to it. Yes. Because you're gonna get what's on the other side. But how do you talk to it? Yes. And so these emergency prayers tell us how to move our mountain. Yes. Right? Yes. But get16:34 what's on the16:35 other side.16:36 Tell about some of these prayers.16:37 Well, and I wanna talk about, even at the Red Sea when when Moses was standing there and, you know, that was a crisis. Guess. You know? And and at 1 point, god says, just just stop praying. Just just get moving. Yeah.16:49 You know? Because we do something and god does something. I always say we do the natural, he does the supernatural Right. Because we're in partnership with him. And we have to remember that. Always put it in perspective.16:59 Say, god, I know you can. Start with that. Start with that. I don't care how big the the facts are because you see mountains are very real. Right. Sometimes reality can come and sabotage our faith. And that's where we17:11 gotta be careful. But that's why I like when Abraham, the bible says, he didn't consider when God said, you're gonna have a son. The bible says, he didn't consider those facts, the fact that his body was dead. He didn't17:21 consider the fact that, his wife's body was dead as well. It says, but he was strong in faith, giving glory to God. And I think the first thing you need to do in a crisis is, lord, I wanna thank you because I know you're17:33 up to17:33 something. Sweet. I wanna thank you. I give glory to God17:37 because whenever it's happening, it's gonna work together for my good. Marilyn, that has been my salvation. That's why I'm still saying today. Yeah. I just believe that everything is gonna work. Ultimately, somehow,17:48 somewhere It's gonna work together. For my good.17:51 And she tells you what prayers to pray. So you say, well, I'm in a crisis. You know, my children are a mess. They're the pits. And, you know, now my health. I got a bad report18:03 about my health. And I got a bad report about a whole lot of things. And so you're looking at your bad reports, but I want you to get the book and look at the good reports that18:15 you pray. You know, God gives promises that fit problems. So we want you to call in, and we're gonna pray with you and I'll counsel you. But you gotta have this emergency18:27 prayers. And I told Deborah, I think this is her best book, and I like a lot of your books.18:32 Thank18:32 you. But this is where the rubber meets the road.18:35 It's it's actually my second best selling book. Believe it or not.18:38 I can I can believe that?18:39 And, Marilyn, I had a medical crisis once, and it was it was serious. And it and it happened appeared to me to happen at the wrong time because the lord had just led me to leave my job, comfortable job that I love and go18:51 out and speak and write full time. And then I developed a condition where, I ended up having to have brain surgery. Yeah. And I could be talking to you before I had the surgery, and I would just shut down, and I couldn't19:01 loosen my lips. Like, I have to talk like this. And I'm like, oh, I don't wanna have brain surgery. You know? Because something could go wrong, and they tell you all the things that could go wrong. And I'm thinking I19:10 could come out of this not talking, and God just called me out to speak. I'm thinking, well, then then I'm gonna be then I'm gonna speak. So I would show up in places without before I had the surgery. Didn't know if I19:20 was gonna be able to complete the message or anything because I never knew when that pain was gonna grab me and it just erased me. Yeah. And I said, you know what, god? I'm gonna show up anyway. I'm just gonna believe19:29 you and put you on the spot. And, you know, once I had to put, fill my mouth with sponges because I couldn't move my lips like that without it being too painful. They said it was 1 of the most painful diseases known to19:40 man. And god sustained me. I had the surgery and came out talking like this.19:44 And how long ago?19:45 This was in 2006. And here we are.19:48 Here we are. Here we are with you speaking19:51 Yes.19:51 Writing Yes. Opportunities that won't stop.19:55 And he and he and it shocked the doctors. The the another doctor came in who didn't do the surgery for my follow-up. And he said, I need you to read this list as fast as you can. And I read it so fast, and he was like,20:04 he took he looked at the chart and he said, now you you did have the surgery. I didn't tell him I talked fast anyway.20:13 See, what she did is she took the promise Yes. That went to the problem. She spoke to the mountain with the promise.20:20 Yes.20:21 She didn't talk about the mountain. She spoke to it. And look what you got. Yes. Look what you got.20:27 You get God's results. You just gotta do it. You just gotta stand out there on faith and not and let and listen, cast down those imaginations because your mind can work against you, especially if you're a highly logical20:37 person. Really. If you're really logical and you can figure things out, you know, you're just gonna limit God. You're gonna figure them all the way down to the level of your problem that you can see. And so I sometimes20:47 I'll just say, brain, stop. I'm not I'm not considering those facts. I'm just gonna be strong in the word. I'm gonna decree the word. The Bible says you shall decree a thing, and it'll be established. I believe that. Now20:59 that's way out there for some people. Like, yeah. No. That's not for everybody. I mean, I've had people who are high in the faith realm supposedly, you know, in Christian to say, that's now don't overpromise. That's not21:09 what I'm like, I believe the word.21:12 Too late to tell me not to.21:13 Too late.21:14 It's been working too long. Since I was 23, I started speaking the word. And now Yes. I'm gonna be 87.21:23 And21:23 you're gonna tell me it doesn't work, honey. Too late. But what I did is what's in this book. Yes. And what you have put in this book is what you have done. I've done it. And so you have the lifestyle Yes.21:35 To go with it.21:36 And people will wonder why you have the joy.21:38 It's not like,21:38 where where's that coming from? Yeah. Like, what's the secret to that? The word.21:43 The word is the joy. Now you need to call in. And, again, we like to pray with you. And so, you know, you can tell us we're not gonna take a long time for counseling, but21:55 tell us and then let us pray with you and then get the book. Or I say books are missionaries. They work while you sleep. So get 5 or 6 of them and pass them22:06 out around. We give people candy, make them fat. We give them flowers. They will. Give them something that transforms. That is so key.22:18 Yes.22:18 So tell us about some of the prayers in here. Okay.22:21 So let me just tell you22:22 something. Please.22:22 I'm gonna give you a a a sort of a list. Prayers for emotional crisis. It says I'm having I'm having thoughts of suicide. You know, suicide is in the news a lot these days.22:31 I know.22:31 Because people don't have any hope. I know. Hope is in the word. Life can never be hopeless. There's always another opportunity. So there's a prayer in in there for that. Even if you're consumed with envy or guilt is22:43 tormenting you, you that's a crisis.22:45 Uh-huh. You know, if you22:46 can't go forward because you're feeling so guilty and so I read a scripture the other day, and I can't remember remember exactly where it was. But it says, when the sin has been forgiven, no more sacrifice is required.22:56 You can stop sacrificing your joy on the altar of guilt. If you just decide, you know, God, I thank you for your forgiveness. I thank you for your faithfulness, and I receive that. And so for every problem you could23:06 potentially have in these major areas, God has a promise for it that you can pray in your crisis just like David did, just like Hezekiah when God said you're gonna die, all of that. God says, I got you23:18 covered.23:19 And see, this is what I love, Deborah. This is where we all live. Feel it. I mean, this isn't way up there, but this also tells you how to overcome secular thinking.23:30 Yes.23:31 You know, because you have people who say to you, well, what makes you think you can do that? You know? Well, I'll tell you what makes me think I can do that. Right. The word makes me think.23:40 And and mine is working. Now peep I'll I'll people will say, well, I'm not sure. I said, well, it works for me. I'm not gonna shove it down your throat, but this works for me. I have joy.23:49 Exactly. And the promise Yes. Is what gives you the joy. Yes. So when you wake up in the morning and you pray what the promise is23:58 Yes.23:58 You have joy throughout your day. Yes. And so maybe you're waking up and thinking, oh, brother, another day? No. No. Another miracle time. And you can pray24:11 promises for that day that can just be transformational. Now, Deborah, I love you. I guess you know that. I've known you a long time, and I know how these24:22 promises work. You did. And I've seen them work in nations, and I've had so many people tell me, well, you can't do it. You're a woman. Really? And, you know, and you're an old woman24:34 now.24:35 I love how you defy those facts.24:37 Yeah. The Bible says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Yeah. So what do I say? What people are saying or what he says? So this is a really wonderful24:49 time Yes. For us. And I wanna thank you for being on this program and giving us this book for emergency prayers. Thank you, Merrily. Now see, I like to use it because I'm a pastor's wife.25:01 Yes.Show more In this video 0:00 Emergency Prayers: Turning Crises into Miracles28:30
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