🎙️ CTN Episode 18 | Praying for the Hearts and Destiny of Our Children (Part 1) 🙏

0:00 You pray it and he can answer it. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. God will put the prayer in your heart to pray so that he can answer it. It goes into the hearts of the people, doesn't return void, it produces results. We need you, Jesus. We need you. We

4:08 surrender to you. We delight in you. It's all about you. This is what we live for. This is why we breathe. This is why we do it. We do. You have a people who are called by your name, who have said yes to the call to prayer. You know, I just heard him say, I know it's a very popular scripture. But the Bible says, call upon me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things. And then I heard him say, I am not a man that I should lie. Neither the son of man that I should repent. What I've spoken, I am going to make good. and I'm speaking things over your life, and I'm speaking things over your family, and you're going to see God do some new things, some great and mighty things in your families. Not hope so. Not maybe so. Not if.

5:48 Guaranteed. The Bible says the effectual, fervent prayer... of a righteous man avails much. I love it when a people who are called by his name decide. Everyone say decide. That they're not going to go to a service where they're just going to get fed. Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, prophesy to me, prophesy to me, prophesy to me, prophesy to me, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme. but of people that have decided that they're going to give, say, of themselves over unto God for prayer. God said, I sought for a man amongst them that would stand in the gap and put up the hedge. Thank God he's finding us in here today.

6:50 You know what I'm seeing in my spirit? I'm seeing in my spirit an alarm going off in our nation. That would state the obvious, but I'm not stating the obvious. I'm telling you what I'm seeing in my spirit. There's an alarm, and the alarm is a red alarm. That's a warning, right? never before are in need of some strong mothers and fathers. Not just to mentor them, which we're doing, but we've got to water those teachings and the things that we're sharing with them and the ways that we're raising our kids. We need to water those things in prayer. The Spirit and the Word, they agree. So many have neglected their prayer lives and have turned away from all those things and looked at those distractions.

8:07 And God is turning our hearts back to Him. And that's the focus and that's the purpose of Kingdom Intercessors United. To strengthen you in the Word of God. To pray. and to lay hands on each and every one of you for an impartation. An impartation? Do you believe spiritual things are transferable? Spiritual things are transferable. Spiritual things are transferable through association, who you hang around. That's why it's important who you're aligned with. And I know for me, I'm getting ready to make some changes. Spiritual things are transferable through whose ministry you follow closely or who you sit under. Spiritual things are transferable through the laying on of hands. And God said to Timothy, he said, stir up the gift of God that's in you through the laying on of hands. God is going to stir you up in all three areas today. I just heard it again. And he said, I'm going to show you some great and mighty things. You know, the Bible says, can a nation be born at once? Can something happen in your family overnight? Absolutely, without question or hesitation. When Zion, which

9:39 is the church, travails, she brings forth her children. And God knows we're putting ourselves in a position to travail. Everyone say travail. You know, it's just like, you know, as moms, we carry that baby for nine long months. And then there comes a point, there comes a time under heaven. Because to everything there is a season and a time and a purpose under heaven. There comes a time when that which you have been carrying, you open up and that which you've been carrying is born. That's why we've got to just keep doing what we're doing. I told Faye and I told Pastor Mark, I said it to their group a couple weeks ago. I probably shouldn't say this, but I am. because it's my meeting i could do whatever i want by the holy ghost who is the captain and the leader you know i just was getting like discouraged with kiu and you know the holy ghost said he said don't you grow weary and well doing he said how do you think i feel he said you look way back into the early church there was 500 that started in the upper room 500. But you know what happened? They heard the promise.

11:08 They got to hear it right out of the mouth of Jesus. They heard the promise. Wait, tarry ye here till you be endued with power from on high. Wait, wait, wait. And you know what? They grew weary in well -doing. They didn't see the manifestation. They drew back. And you know what the interesting thing is? Is at the end, When the promise was to be born, there was only 120 left in that upper room. Can I just say something? And I know you're the same. I am going to be the remnant. And so are you. When you hear the sound of the trumpet and you hear the Holy Ghost calling you to prayer, you respond. I am not stopping. I am not quitting.

12:06 Though the vision tarry, you wait for it. We are not of them that draw back. We are of them that press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. I refuse to quit. And let me just tell you something. So do you. And when you get up in the morning and when I get up in the morning, the devil is afraid. He's not happy about what you're doing. He's not happy about what we're doing. But we're not going to quit. We're not going to fade. We're not going to give up. We're going to keep running the race that's set before us. We're going to keep looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of what he has begun in the earth, in the church world, and in this nation. But everything begins with prayer and is sustained by prayer. So I'm not stopping. Put your hand on your hip. Yes.

13:10 Even now he's imparting strength to you. Spiritual things are transferable. I hear him saying, I am strengthening with might by my spirit in the inner man of each and every one of my people that are here, that are called by my name, that have decided to humble themselves and pray. I can feel it right here. He's strengthening you already. You will not be the same after this meeting. There is something about this particular meeting. I don't know. We've had six or seven of these. There's something about this meeting. I'm telling you, God is going to do a new thing. We are going to keep moving. And I hear the Holy Ghost saying this prayer movement is going to continue to gain momentum. Because you know what?

13:57 This is the deal. I'm just going to say it. People are bored with church. to be an intercessor on the behalf of humanity. And if you're not giving of yourself in prayer, you will grow weary and you will get tired because it gets real tiring with the whole me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me. Aren't you tired of the me generation?

14:47 I'm so ready to move into the new, but it's going to take a shift in my people. A shift of, instead of being introverted, looking out and looking up. to the fields. They're ripe unto harvest. Though the visionary wait for it because there is going to be a great harvest that is coming in these last days. And we are living in the last days. And he's calling a remnant unto himself that will say yes to the call to prayer. My book, Contend, Stewarding the Hearts and Destinies of Our Children Through Prayer, is one of my most favorite projects thus far. In this book, I teach the reader how to pray effectively for their children, their grandchildren, and the rising generations that are in the earth today.

15:41 Make no mistake about it. There is war over the hearts and the destinies of our children. And this book will equip you as to how to pray effectively for those young people. In this book, I teach you about the power and the purpose of praying in tongues. I show you what a prayer alert looks like. There are sample prayers. Not only that, there are outlines at the end of each chapter. So if you run a Bible study, you can use this book as a springboard to teach others how to pray for their children. Go to my website at margieflorent .org and pick up your own copy.

16:29 we might do some things a little different next year. We ought to like, should I say it? I'm not committing to this. I'm thinking about it. We ought to do like a two or three day prayer seminar and bring the diehard teachers that are my age into this area and get them to fan the flames of prayer. Because my people perish for a lack of knowledge. So God has a plan. And what we want to do is we want to get hooked up with his plan, his purposes, what he wants to do, and just say, yes, Lord. Do you remember, Cheryl, the days of old when we would pray for an hour?

17:27 Nobody was looking around. Everybody was just groaning in the Spirit if that's how the Holy Ghost was manifesting in intercession. And we just entered in. We yielded. What happened to that spirit of prayer? It's called the spirit of grace and supplication. God is reviving it. So don't grow weary in well -doing, Mrs. Florent. Faye Scott Gordon. Those of you that are prayer leaders, Pastor Mark, Angel Marano, my friend Karen Fontana, who has paved the way, especially in praying for the youth. We just got to keep doing what we're doing. Though the vision, we'll wait for it. Our prayers are working. They're availing much. And you don't always see what they're doing. only does my father who sees in secret, not only does he reward you for your praying, my father who sees in secret sees the effects of all your prayers. And in the realm of the spirit, the highway is being built. The crooked ways are being made straight and the rough places are being made plain. Angels are being set up over here. Angels are being set up over there. Demons tremble when you pray in tongues. They don't understand the mystery. They

18:57 tremble. All they know is, is when you pray in tongues, his camp is demolished. When you pray in tongues, it goes into the realm of the spirit and aborts his plans, purposes, and schemes. Well, you know, we don't want the church to pray in tongues anymore. What are we doing? When we're praying in tongues, He that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not unto men but unto God, how be it in the Spirit. You speak mysteries. You speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. When you don't know how to pray, what to say, what to do, you have the Holy Ghost within you who rises up within you and prays the absolute perfect prayer. I wonder why the devils attack tongues so much. You know, you think about the, you can be seated, but I'm not done. You can keep playing.

19:56 This isn't my message. You think about the early church when that was born. At the birth of the church age, what was the very first thing that manifested? And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. And they all began to what? Speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them mutterings. times Jesus talked about the Holy Ghost, it was 200 and something, maybe less. I know in the New Testament, I think it was 233 times he was mentioned. But he talked about the Holy Ghost all the time. We need the Holy Ghost in prayer.

20:37 We need him. Listen, I do 99 and 9 tenths of my praying in other tongues. Right? I mean, you go away for five days to seek God and you pray, Day in and day out, after a while, you start running out of your understanding. The Apostle Paul said, I thank my God. I speak in tongues more than you all. So I just want to encourage you to stir up the gift of God. Amen? Praise God. Thank you, Angel. Isn't she a blessing?

21:20 That's my girl. How long have we been friends? 38 years. 38 years. Yeah. We've been together for a long time. Thank you, Jesus. How is everyone today? How many of you ran into that detour over by the parkway? Thank God for the GPS. Amen? I'm going to talk today for a little bit, and then my sister -in -law, Kathy Bixle, is going to come right up behind me. I want to talk to you about contending for the hearts and destiny of our future leaders, which would mean our children.

22:14 Now, when we talk about praying for our children or our future leaders, We're not just talking about the children that were born from your womb. Because many of you have birthed spiritual children and they didn't come out of your body. They were birthed through you in the spirit. When we talk about these children, we're talking about your cousin. We're talking about any child that you have in your sphere of influence. There is war over the destiny and hearts of our children.

22:55 I have never had such a prayer assignment and a prayer burden like I have had in the last four months. If any of you have been on any of our prayer calls, you know that to be true. And when we decided to do this KIU event, the Holy Ghost said, you make that the theme. Then you film it, and then you put it up over the Internet and get that word out into all the world. There is war. against the hearts and the destiny of these children. Let me tell you my story real quick. I was 34 years old, 33 -ish, and I was sitting in the front row of Faith Fellowship Ministries. Pastor Dave, I believe, was teaching.

23:37 And when I was sitting there, the Holy Ghost said to me, you're going to have trouble conceiving. Aren't you glad for the Holy Ghost? He always shows you things to come, and he warns you. You know the prophecies given that you can war, a good warfare. Do you know that that child that you have the most war with is probably the child that's the most marked? Are you listening to what I'm saying? He said, you're going to have trouble conceiving, but the Holy Ghost said, he said, fear not. He said, you are going to conceive. He said, and your firstborn will be a son, and you're to call his name John, and told me several things about him. I called him Jonathan when he was born. I didn't think God cared, but now they call him John. Everybody calls him John. So what happened is my story, my journey, was that it was true. I was having a very difficult time conceiving. So my husband and I were connected with Bill Cooper, who was a doctor in Pennsylvania. And so we went to see him, and to make a very long story short, it was in the best interest of me, in order to get pregnant, to go through what's called in vitro fertilization. Okay? We're talking 26 years ago.

25:13 It's not as popular as it is today. So I remember coming home after one of the treatments, and I remember pulling into my garage, and I remember pulling in, turning my car off, and the Holy Ghost said, He said, You're going to have twins in your first pregnancy. and you will get pregnant through in vitro fertilization. He said, and in your second pregnancy, you are going to have a singleton, and you will get pregnant on your own. I wrote it down. I still have the original piece of paper. These children were destined to be mine, not only as a natural parent, but as a spiritual parent, as a watchman, as a woman of God watching over their lives and making sure that that which God has called them to do is surely going to come to pass. And there is no other love like a mother's love. Right? You start messing with the kids. And a father's love. You start messing with the kids and the claws come out. The horns come out. You will climb over any mountain. You will do anything for your kids.

26:38 Do you know that the greatest thing we could do for our children really is to lay down our lives and to pray for them and sow into them in prayer? So this is the cool thing. The very first in vitro fertilization. shot that we did, procedure that we did, I got pregnant. That's a miracle. How many of you have some miracle kids? You weren't supposed to have babies, you know, this, that, and the other thing, and then you get pregnant. Like, hello? To some of you, it's a little bit of a shocker. But let me tell you what, God has everything under control. So, about... 30 weeks into the pregnancy, I went into preterm labor. Not fun. I was put on complete bed rest. They gave me this medication to try to stop the contractions. You know, and that was the day of my shower, remember? And so they held off the contractions and held off the contractions as long as they possibly could. But ready or not, these babies were coming. This is my book, Decision Time. Everyone should read this book, especially those of you who are at a crossroads in your life. You don't know what to do. You don't know how God is leading you. This is the book where you reach a place where you say, Lord,

28:08 not my will, your will be done in my life. I also include in this book. how to hear the voice of God, which is important when you're making decisions. If you go to my website at margieflaurent .org, you will see that this book is available to you. Thank you so much for tuning in to today's podcast. It has been such a joy sharing this time with you. For more inspiration and resources on today's topic, please visit our website at margieflaurent .org.