Author Kellie Lane discusses the power of prayer, and how she reaches uses Facebook live-streaming to reach millions.
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Every weekday,
Monday through Friday,
Kellie Lane prays live
on Facebook at 5:55 AM.
But she's not alone.
Her Facebook prayers
reach millions of people.
NARRATOR: Dr. Kellie Lane spends
every morning on Facebook,
praying for the nation.
Thank you for this day, Lord.
Thank You, God, for seeing
fit to breathe new air
into our lungs.
Lord, we look forward
to the blessed moments
of this day, God.
NARRATOR: Her
social media videos
reach more than 45
million people every week.
But before Kellie was
praying in live posts,
she was praying for a
breakthrough in her own life.
Kellie was a single mom who
endured heartache and abuse
in three failed marriages.
In her book, "When
God is Silent,"
Kellie shares how her
prayers were answered
and shows us what we can
do while waiting on God
in any difficult situation.
Please welcome to the
"700 Club" Kellie Lane.
It's great to have
you here, Kellie.
Thank you.
You didn't always pray with
the kind of certainty and power
that you pray with today.
There was a time
in your life where
you made some foolish choices.
Talk about that.
For many, many years, I rarely
prayed, rarely read my Bible,
and just didn't seek God and
just multiple failed marriages,
just a lot of bad decisions.
I even contemplated suicide,
just all types of things.
My life was just in disarray.
Would you have
considered yourself
a Christian at that time?
I thought I was.
TERRY MEEUWSEN: You know what,
isn't that so interesting
that we do that?
We have all of this available
to us from the Lord.
We give ourselves His name,
but we don't walk the walk.
DR. KELLIE LANE: No, and
I even sang in the choir.
I mean, I was a member of the
church, sang in the choir.
But no, I didn't know God then.
I didn't know Jesus then.
You have, as was mentioned
in the piece we just watched,
endured some real losses
and things that any of us
would have considered
personally failures
in your life, bankruptcy,
some divorces.
You had, well, anyway, several
things that you went through.
DR. KELLIE LANE: Foreclosure.
Foreclosure.
Both my parents died.
I mean, all of these things
are very intense, deep things.
During that time, you
felt like God was silent.
So how did you
keep on keeping on?
I'm a very inquisitive
person by nature.
And I literally began to
do internet searches on
does God really answer prayer.
I really did.
And somewhere along
the way, I just
felt like that's why I titled
the book, "When God is Silent,"
because I was praying but it
just seemed like He was not
answering my prayers.
And somewhere along the way,
I began to say, you know,
I'm not the only one that feels
like God is not answering.
But what I found out was that
it's a lot about positioning,
getting serious
about God, developing
an intimate
relationship with Him.
And when you do that--
TERRY MEEUWSEN: As in praying
at 5:55 in the morning.
Yeah, but I was
praying at midnight then.
I was up at midnight.
That's the midnight hour.
I was desperate.
Because when you're
desperate, you
will do what it
takes to get answers.
So what was the turning
point in your life, Kellie?
After my mom was
diagnosed with cancer,
right around the same time that
my third divorce was final,
and I mean, I was
a professional.
I was doing well professionally.
But my life was just miserable.
And I had three small
children, even a son.
And I just did not want
to continue like that.
And I remember
saying just one night
in November, back
in like 2012, God,
if You could do
anything with my life,
I mean, I'm reading
His Bible as best
as I can understand it because
I don't really understand it.
But if You could do anything
with me, God, I surrender.
And I think that was the key.
Just when you get
to that place where
it's like, if you don't do
this, I know it can't be done.
Yeah.
Just understanding
the kind of surrender
that God honors is the
process, don't you think?
I do.
I mean, it's one thing
to say we surrender.
It's one thing to
say I give it to You.
Sing it.
Yeah.
In choir, in church.
He just keeps saying over
and over, more, more, more.
Yeah, I want more.
I want everything.
You know, and He
begins to press you,
until you're like, for real,
like, face on the floor,
no, I'm serious now.
If you don't do
this, I cannot go on.
Tell me about your prayer
line and how that started.
During that
time, back in 2012,
after my third
divorce, a few months
after, I was like, even
though I was kind of ashamed,
everybody was making fun
of me, like in my community
about me being just a failure
basically, I was like, God,
I still desire a husband.
And I was like, if you're
that God who answers prayer,
I want you to prove
it in my life.
I want you to give me
a husband, a real one.
Because I'm going to serve You
for real now, like I'm serious.
And I want twins.
And if you'll do these things
for me, I'll give you my life,
and I'll tell the world
about this process
and how faithful You are and
that You do answer prayer.
And that's what started the
prayer line because I was up
anyway from 12:00
to 3:00 every night,
pacing the floor in prayer.
And like five ladies agreed to
do this prayer line with me,
and that's how it started.
TERRY MEEUWSEN: And
you found the husband.
Yeah.
You had the twins.
In one year's time.
TERRY MEEUWSEN: And so
talk though about learning
to pray powerfully.
I begin to look up
scriptures, internet search.
In that book you
didn't really understand.
Yes, because I didn't
understand it at that time.
A lot of people don't
understand the Bible,
that it's God's beautiful
love story to us,
that it's one whole
big beautiful message.
So I began to Google scriptures.
And I began to pray
the scriptures back.
And I know that was
the Holy Spirit.
Even though I've been
in church a long time,
but when I began to
pray His Word back,
there was power in praying
the word of God back to Him.
And slowly things began
to change in my life.
That is a revelation
that many people who
have found victory in
their lives talk about,
the power of the Word,
not just the Word of God
but the words we speak.
And you talk about that as
well, you know, that we declare,
that we say.
His authority.
Based on what He says.
Yes like You
said, God, You said,
you know, and if You
said it, I believe it.
And just a lot of
people speak negatively,
and all the negative
things that I've spoken,
that happened, too.
And somewhere along the way,
especially when God gave me
those twins, because
I kept saying it,
and people, even my
family was like, girl,
God is not going
to give you twins.
I said, oh, yes, He is.
Yes, He is.
And He did it.
There are no twins in my family.
TERRY MEEUWSEN: Wow.
None, none, but I believed
it with my whole heart.
TERRY MEEUWSEN: Well,
and He wants to be known.
He wants us to know that
when we pray wholeheartedly,
full out, that He does hear us.
You know, you're a mom.
You're a nurse practitioner.
You've got so much
going on in your life.
You're so busy, but you have a
message that's for everybody.
What do you say to Christians?
There are people who are
watching and listening
right now, who feel like
God is silent, like they're
praying at a stone wall.
What do you say to them?
Do not give up.
Sometimes it takes [INAUDIBLE].
It took David 22
years from the time
he was anointed, when
Samuel anointed him,
to the time he took
over all of Israel.
But he never got
out of position.
He never complained,
and he never
questioned God about what
His will was for his life.
And I've learned,
Joseph, same way.
To keep praying, and if
you're physically able,
throw some fasting on
top of those prayers,
and it will move the
mountains in your life.
So I would just say, if you've
been praying, I don't care,
five years, 10 years, seven
days, one day, keep praying.
And as you continue to pray
and get into God's presence,
your prayers will shift until
they align with his will.
And then He will do even more
than you can ask or think.
TERRY MEEUWSEN: Get
serious about it.
Yes.
Wow, well, Kellie's book is
called "When God is Silent."
It's available where
books are sold.
You can check out our
web exclusive interview
with Kellie on Facebook.
If you'd like to watch that,
and I suggest that you do,
go to facebook.com/700club.
Plus I want you to
know you can join
Kellie and our own Charlene
Aaron every Thursday to pray.
They're going to
be doing that live.
So just go to CBN News Facebook
page for all the details,
and be there for all of that.