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

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You pray it and he can answer it. The effectual

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fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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God will put the prayer in your heart to pray

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so that he can answer it. It goes into the hearts

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of the people, doesn't return void, it produces

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results. We need you, Jesus. We need you. We

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surrender to you. We delight in you. It's all

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about you. This is what we live for. This is

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why we breathe. This is why we do it. We do.

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You have a people who are called by your name,

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who have said yes to the call to prayer. You

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know, I just heard him say, I know it's a very

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popular scripture. But the Bible says, call upon

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me and I will answer you and show you great and

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mighty things. And then I heard him say, I am

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not a man that I should lie. Neither the son

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of man that I should repent. What I've spoken,

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I am going to make good. and I'm speaking things

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over your life, and I'm speaking things over

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your family, and you're going to see God do some

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new things, some great and mighty things in your

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families. Not hope so. Not maybe so. Not if.

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Guaranteed. The Bible says the effectual, fervent

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prayer... of a righteous man avails much. I love

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it when a people who are called by his name decide.

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Everyone say decide. That they're not going to

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go to a service where they're just going to get

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fed. Gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme,

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gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme,

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gimme, prophesy to me, prophesy to me, prophesy

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to me, prophesy to me, gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme.

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but of people that have decided that they're

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going to give, say, of themselves over unto God

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for prayer. God said, I sought for a man amongst

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them that would stand in the gap and put up the

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hedge. Thank God he's finding us in here today.

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You know what I'm seeing in my spirit? I'm seeing

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in my spirit an alarm going off in our nation.

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That would state the obvious, but I'm not stating

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the obvious. I'm telling you what I'm seeing

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in my spirit. There's an alarm, and the alarm

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is a red alarm. That's a warning, right? never

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before are in need of some strong mothers and

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fathers. Not just to mentor them, which we're

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doing, but we've got to water those teachings

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and the things that we're sharing with them and

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the ways that we're raising our kids. We need

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to water those things in prayer. The Spirit and

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the Word, they agree. So many have neglected

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their prayer lives and have turned away from

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all those things and looked at those distractions.

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And God is turning our hearts back to Him. And

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that's the focus and that's the purpose of Kingdom

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Intercessors United. To strengthen you in the

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Word of God. To pray. and to lay hands on each

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and every one of you for an impartation. An impartation?

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Do you believe spiritual things are transferable?

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Spiritual things are transferable. Spiritual

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things are transferable through association,

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who you hang around. That's why it's important

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who you're aligned with. And I know for me, I'm

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getting ready to make some changes. Spiritual

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things are transferable through whose ministry

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you follow closely or who you sit under. Spiritual

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things are transferable through the laying on

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of hands. And God said to Timothy, he said, stir

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up the gift of God that's in you through the

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laying on of hands. God is going to stir you

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up in all three areas today. I just heard it

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again. And he said, I'm going to show you some

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great and mighty things. You know, the Bible

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says, can a nation be born at once? Can something

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happen in your family overnight? Absolutely,

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without question or hesitation. When Zion, which

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is the church, travails, she brings forth her

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children. And God knows we're putting ourselves

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in a position to travail. Everyone say travail.

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You know, it's just like, you know, as moms,

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we carry that baby for nine long months. And

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then there comes a point, there comes a time

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under heaven. Because to everything there is

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a season and a time and a purpose under heaven.

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There comes a time when that which you have been

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carrying, you open up and that which you've been

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carrying is born. That's why we've got to just

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keep doing what we're doing. I told Faye and

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I told Pastor Mark, I said it to their group

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a couple weeks ago. I probably shouldn't say

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this, but I am. because it's my meeting i could

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do whatever i want by the holy ghost who is the

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captain and the leader you know i just was getting

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like discouraged with kiu and you know the holy

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ghost said he said don't you grow weary and well

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doing he said how do you think i feel he said

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you look way back into the early church there

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was 500 that started in the upper room 500. But

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you know what happened? They heard the promise.

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They got to hear it right out of the mouth of

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Jesus. They heard the promise. Wait, tarry ye

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here till you be endued with power from on high.

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Wait, wait, wait. And you know what? They grew

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weary in well -doing. They didn't see the manifestation.

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They drew back. And you know what the interesting

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thing is? Is at the end, When the promise was

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to be born, there was only 120 left in that upper

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room. Can I just say something? And I know you're

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the same. I am going to be the remnant. And so

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are you. When you hear the sound of the trumpet

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and you hear the Holy Ghost calling you to prayer,

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you respond. I am not stopping. I am not quitting.

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Though the vision tarry, you wait for it. We

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are not of them that draw back. We are of them

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that press toward the mark for the prize of the

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high calling of God in Christ Jesus. I refuse

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to quit. And let me just tell you something.

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So do you. And when you get up in the morning

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and when I get up in the morning, the devil is

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afraid. He's not happy about what you're doing.

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He's not happy about what we're doing. But we're

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not going to quit. We're not going to fade. We're

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not going to give up. We're going to keep running

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the race that's set before us. We're going to

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keep looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher

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of what he has begun in the earth, in the church

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world, and in this nation. But everything begins

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with prayer and is sustained by prayer. So I'm

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not stopping. Put your hand on your hip. Yes.

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Even now he's imparting strength to you. Spiritual

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things are transferable. I hear him saying, I

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am strengthening with might by my spirit in the

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inner man of each and every one of my people

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that are here, that are called by my name, that

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have decided to humble themselves and pray. I

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can feel it right here. He's strengthening you

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already. You will not be the same after this

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meeting. There is something about this particular

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meeting. I don't know. We've had six or seven

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of these. There's something about this meeting.

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I'm telling you, God is going to do a new thing.

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We are going to keep moving. And I hear the Holy

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Ghost saying this prayer movement is going to

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continue to gain momentum. Because you know what?

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This is the deal. I'm just going to say it. People

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are bored with church. to be an intercessor on

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the behalf of humanity. And if you're not giving

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of yourself in prayer, you will grow weary and

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you will get tired because it gets real tiring

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with the whole me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me,

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me, me, me, me. Aren't you tired of the me generation?

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I'm so ready to move into the new, but it's going

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to take a shift in my people. A shift of, instead

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of being introverted, looking out and looking

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up. to the fields. They're ripe unto harvest.

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Though the visionary wait for it because there

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is going to be a great harvest that is coming

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in these last days. And we are living in the

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last days. And he's calling a remnant unto himself

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that will say yes to the call to prayer. My book,

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Contend, Stewarding the Hearts and Destinies

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of Our Children Through Prayer, is one of my

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most favorite projects thus far. In this book,

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I teach the reader how to pray effectively for

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their children, their grandchildren, and the

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rising generations that are in the earth today.

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Make no mistake about it. There is war over the

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hearts and the destinies of our children. And

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this book will equip you as to how to pray effectively

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for those young people. In this book, I teach

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you about the power and the purpose of praying

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in tongues. I show you what a prayer alert looks

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like. There are sample prayers. Not only that,

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there are outlines at the end of each chapter.

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So if you run a Bible study, you can use this

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book as a springboard to teach others how to

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pray for their children. Go to my website at

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margieflorent .org and pick up your own copy.

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we might do some things a little different next

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year. We ought to like, should I say it? I'm

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not committing to this. I'm thinking about it.

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We ought to do like a two or three day prayer

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seminar and bring the diehard teachers that are

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my age into this area and get them to fan the

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flames of prayer. Because my people perish for

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a lack of knowledge. So God has a plan. And what

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we want to do is we want to get hooked up with

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his plan, his purposes, what he wants to do,

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and just say, yes, Lord. Do you remember, Cheryl,

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the days of old when we would pray for an hour?

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Nobody was looking around. Everybody was just

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groaning in the Spirit if that's how the Holy

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Ghost was manifesting in intercession. And we

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just entered in. We yielded. What happened to

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that spirit of prayer? It's called the spirit

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of grace and supplication. God is reviving it.

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So don't grow weary in well -doing, Mrs. Florent.

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Faye Scott Gordon. Those of you that are prayer

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leaders, Pastor Mark, Angel Marano, my friend

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Karen Fontana, who has paved the way, especially

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in praying for the youth. We just got to keep

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doing what we're doing. Though the vision, we'll

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wait for it. Our prayers are working. They're

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availing much. And you don't always see what

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they're doing. only does my father who sees in

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secret, not only does he reward you for your

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praying, my father who sees in secret sees the

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effects of all your prayers. And in the realm

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of the spirit, the highway is being built. The

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crooked ways are being made straight and the

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rough places are being made plain. Angels are

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being set up over here. Angels are being set

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up over there. Demons tremble when you pray in

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tongues. They don't understand the mystery. They

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tremble. All they know is, is when you pray in

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tongues, his camp is demolished. When you pray

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in tongues, it goes into the realm of the spirit

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and aborts his plans, purposes, and schemes.

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Well, you know, we don't want the church to pray

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in tongues anymore. What are we doing? When we're

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praying in tongues, He that speaks in an unknown

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tongue speaks not unto men but unto God, how

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be it in the Spirit. You speak mysteries. You

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speak the wisdom of God in a mystery. When you

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don't know how to pray, what to say, what to

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do, you have the Holy Ghost within you who rises

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up within you and prays the absolute perfect

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prayer. I wonder why the devils attack tongues

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so much. You know, you think about the, you can

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be seated, but I'm not done. You can keep playing.

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This isn't my message. You think about the early

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church when that was born. At the birth of the

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church age, what was the very first thing that

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manifested? And they were all filled with the

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Holy Ghost. And they all began to what? Speak

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in other tongues as the Spirit gave them mutterings.

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times Jesus talked about the Holy Ghost, it was

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200 and something, maybe less. I know in the

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New Testament, I think it was 233 times he was

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mentioned. But he talked about the Holy Ghost

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all the time. We need the Holy Ghost in prayer.

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We need him. Listen, I do 99 and 9 tenths of

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my praying in other tongues. Right? I mean, you

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go away for five days to seek God and you pray,

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Day in and day out, after a while, you start

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running out of your understanding. The Apostle

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Paul said, I thank my God. I speak in tongues

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more than you all. So I just want to encourage

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you to stir up the gift of God. Amen? Praise

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God. Thank you, Angel. Isn't she a blessing?

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That's my girl. How long have we been friends?

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38 years. 38 years. Yeah. We've been together

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for a long time. Thank you, Jesus. How is everyone

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today? How many of you ran into that detour over

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by the parkway? Thank God for the GPS. Amen?

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I'm going to talk today for a little bit, and

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then my sister -in -law, Kathy Bixle, is going

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to come right up behind me. I want to talk to

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you about contending for the hearts and destiny

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of our future leaders, which would mean our children.

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Now, when we talk about praying for our children

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or our future leaders, We're not just talking

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about the children that were born from your womb.

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Because many of you have birthed spiritual children

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and they didn't come out of your body. They were

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birthed through you in the spirit. When we talk

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about these children, we're talking about your

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cousin. We're talking about any child that you

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have in your sphere of influence. There is war

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over the destiny and hearts of our children.

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I have never had such a prayer assignment and

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a prayer burden like I have had in the last four

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months. If any of you have been on any of our

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prayer calls, you know that to be true. And when

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we decided to do this KIU event, the Holy Ghost

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said, you make that the theme. Then you film

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it, and then you put it up over the Internet

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and get that word out into all the world. There

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is war. against the hearts and the destiny of

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these children. Let me tell you my story real

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quick. I was 34 years old, 33 -ish, and I was

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sitting in the front row of Faith Fellowship

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Ministries. Pastor Dave, I believe, was teaching.

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And when I was sitting there, the Holy Ghost

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said to me, you're going to have trouble conceiving.

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Aren't you glad for the Holy Ghost? He always

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shows you things to come, and he warns you. You

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know the prophecies given that you can war, a

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good warfare. Do you know that that child that

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you have the most war with is probably the child

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that's the most marked? Are you listening to

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what I'm saying? He said, you're going to have

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trouble conceiving, but the Holy Ghost said,

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he said, fear not. He said, you are going to

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conceive. He said, and your firstborn will be

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a son, and you're to call his name John, and

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told me several things about him. I called him

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Jonathan when he was born. I didn't think God

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cared, but now they call him John. Everybody

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calls him John. So what happened is my story,

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my journey, was that it was true. I was having

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a very difficult time conceiving. So my husband

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and I were connected with Bill Cooper, who was

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a doctor in Pennsylvania. And so we went to see

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him, and to make a very long story short, it

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was in the best interest of me, in order to get

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pregnant, to go through what's called in vitro

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fertilization. Okay? We're talking 26 years ago.

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It's not as popular as it is today. So I remember

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coming home after one of the treatments, and

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I remember pulling into my garage, and I remember

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pulling in, turning my car off, and the Holy

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Ghost said, He said, You're going to have twins

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in your first pregnancy. and you will get pregnant

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through in vitro fertilization. He said, and

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in your second pregnancy, you are going to have

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a singleton, and you will get pregnant on your

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own. I wrote it down. I still have the original

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piece of paper. These children were destined

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to be mine, not only as a natural parent, but

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as a spiritual parent, as a watchman, as a woman

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of God watching over their lives and making sure

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that that which God has called them to do is

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surely going to come to pass. And there is no

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other love like a mother's love. Right? You start

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messing with the kids. And a father's love. You

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start messing with the kids and the claws come

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out. The horns come out. You will climb over

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any mountain. You will do anything for your kids.

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Do you know that the greatest thing we could

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do for our children really is to lay down our

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lives and to pray for them and sow into them

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in prayer? So this is the cool thing. The very

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first in vitro fertilization. shot that we did,

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procedure that we did, I got pregnant. That's

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a miracle. How many of you have some miracle

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kids? You weren't supposed to have babies, you

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know, this, that, and the other thing, and then

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you get pregnant. Like, hello? To some of you,

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it's a little bit of a shocker. But let me tell

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you what, God has everything under control. So,

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about... 30 weeks into the pregnancy, I went

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into preterm labor. Not fun. I was put on complete

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bed rest. They gave me this medication to try

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to stop the contractions. You know, and that

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was the day of my shower, remember? And so they

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held off the contractions and held off the contractions

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as long as they possibly could. But ready or

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not, these babies were coming. This is my book,

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Decision Time. Everyone should read this book,

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especially those of you who are at a crossroads

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in your life. You don't know what to do. You

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don't know how God is leading you. This is the

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book where you reach a place where you say, Lord,

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not my will, your will be done in my life. I

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also include in this book. how to hear the voice

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of God, which is important when you're making

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decisions. If you go to my website at margieflaurent

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.org, you will see that this book is available

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to you. Thank you so much for tuning in to today's

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podcast. It has been such a joy sharing this

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time with you. For more inspiration and resources

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on today's topic, please visit our website at

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margieflaurent .org.