CTN: Episode 8 of Prayer & Purpose with Margie Fleurant

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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. Goes into the hearts

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

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results. Welcome to our broadcast, Prayer and

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Purpose, and I'm your host, Margie Florent. We're

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gonna go ahead and we're gonna continue. on the

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subject of the purpose and the power of praying

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in tongues. I just want to remind you that Jesus

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spoke often about the Holy Spirit and his coming.

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As a matter of fact, in the New Testament alone,

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the Holy Spirit is spoken of 264 times with 60

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or more in the Gospels. As a matter of fact,

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The last words that Jesus spoke before he went

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up into the heavens, he said, don't do anything

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until you be endued with power. from on high

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because you're gonna receive power when the Holy

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Spirit has come upon you so wait until this promise

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is manifested and when the day of Pentecost had

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fully come the the believers were in the upper

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room and the Bible says that the Holy Spirit

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was poured out and when he was poured out he

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came in like a rushing mighty wind. And the Bible

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says he sat upon them. And the word of God goes

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on to say that the initial sign of the manifestation

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of the Holy Spirit was not just his presence,

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but that they all began to speak. in other tongues

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as the spirit gave them utterance so that leads

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me to believe that tongues is an essential part

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of the believers walk with god and it's essential

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that we stir up the gift of god that is within

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us and that tongues has a part to play in our

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walk with God, in our empowerment as a believer,

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as well as in our prayer life. We're not going

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to go into all the things that we said in our

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last broadcast. I just want to pick up where

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we left off, and that is praying in tongues is

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praying in line with God's perfect will, purpose,

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and order. I believe that the reason why more

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people aren't using their prayer language is

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because they don't understand this biblical proof,

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this biblical proof that the Bible talks about.

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So praying in tongues is the perfect prayer.

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We're going to go ahead and reread Romans chapter

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8. Verse 26, it says here, likewise, the spirit

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also helps in our weakness, for we do not know

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what we should pray for as we ought. But the

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spirit himself makes intercession for us with

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groanings which cannot be uttered. Now he. Who

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searches the hearts knows what the mind of the

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spirit is because he makes intercession for the

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saints according to the will of God. And the

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scripture goes on to say, and we know. That we

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know that we know I added the know that we know,

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but we know that all things work together for

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the good to those who love God, to those who

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are called according to his purpose. So we said

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praying in tongues is praying in line with God's

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perfect will, purpose and order. So when you

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and I pray in tongues and we stir up. the gift

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of God that is within us. My friends, we are

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praying his plans. We are praying his purposes

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and we are praying according to the will of God.

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Times that we don't know how to pray. Times where

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we're at a loss for words, times when our children

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are struggling and we don't know exactly how

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to pray after we've prayed all the scriptures.

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We can trust the ministry of the Holy Spirit

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to help us pray in perfect order according to

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what they need in their lives. So it says here

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when we pray in tongues, we are praying according

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to. The will of God. Now the spirit and the word,

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they agree. So when you are praying in tongues,

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you are praying in agreement with the scriptures.

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The Holy Spirit does not deviate from the word

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of God. Neither does praying in tongues. But

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when we pray. in tongues, we are praying about

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things we don't know. We are praying about things

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we don't understand in our mind. We are praying

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about things that have not been revealed to us

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in this natural realm. But the Holy Spirit knows.

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He knows everything. The Bible says he searches

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the hearts and he knows what is the mind of the

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spirit and he makes intercession according to

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the will of God. So the Holy Spirit knows everything.

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He knows exactly what the needs are and he knows

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exactly how to pray according to those needs.

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Now, you've heard me say this before. I'll say

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it again. Prayer opens up the door for God to

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work. So when we pray in tongues, we are opening

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up the door for God to work in the realm of the

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spirit. We don't always know. What is happening

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in the spirit when we are praying in tongues?

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But I can guarantee you that praying in the Holy

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Ghost is praying according to the will of God,

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his plans, his purposes and his will, not just

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for your life, but also in the prayer of intercession

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on the behalf of other people. Now, I'm going

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to go ahead before we take a break here, and

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I'm going to read you from first John. chapter

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five and this is very exciting because it says

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here in first john 5 14 now this is the confidence

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i love that word confidence this is the confidence

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that we have in him that if we ask anything according

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to his will he hears us and if we know he hears

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us Whatever we ask, we know we have the petitions

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we have asked of him. So my friends, we said

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it when the word of God said it. Most importantly,

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when you pray in tongues, you are praying according

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to the will of God. And when you do, you can

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have confidence. You can have confidence that

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not only does he hear you, but whatever you've

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prayed in tongues. You can know that you have

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the petitions that you have desired of him. So

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I just want to encourage you just to pray more

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in the Holy Ghost. We said it in our last broadcast.

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You are not praying out of your head. You are

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praying out of your heart. It's your spirit by

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the Holy Spirit within you making expression

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and praying according to. the will of God. Okay.

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We're going to take a break here and we're going

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to continue our teaching when we get back. The

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Lord spoke to me one day. He said, Margie, many

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of my people desire to be intimate with me. They

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desire to spend time with me. They desire to

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have a vibrant prayer life, but they just don't

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know where to begin. They just don't know how

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to start. So I wrote this book with that in mind.

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Encountering God through prayer. Simple strategies

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to develop a powerful prayer life. I take the

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reader from the very basics. Begin where you

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are. Begin with 15 minutes. Find a quiet place

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in your house. Go into a closet if you have to.

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Shut the door. Just begin where you are. And

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I teach the reader about the heart of the Father.

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Because if you don't know who God is, you're

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not going to understand his character and his

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nature, and you'll be afraid of him. So I go

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into the heart of the Father. Who is the Father?

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What's his character? What's his nature? And

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then I take the reader all the way up into what

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I call contemplative prayer. So if you would

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like a wonderful resource on how to begin your

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prayer life, I encourage you to get this book,

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Encountering God Through Prayer. Go to my website

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at margieflaurent .org. So let's continue with

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our teaching. So we know that when we pray in

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tongues or pray in the Holy Spirit, we are praying

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according to the will of God. But it doesn't

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just stop there. Notice in Romans 8, it says,

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and all things work together for the good to

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them who love God and are called according to

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his purpose. So when you pray in tongues, you

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pray in the Holy Ghost. It sets in motion for

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all things to work together for your good, for

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the plan and the purpose of God for your life.

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Let me just share a brief story with you. This

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is this is one of my favorite stories to share.

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When I was getting ready for ministry and preparing

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for ministry, I spent. weekends with God. Month

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after month after month after month, I spent

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weekends with God. praying seeking god i didn't

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know what to pray how to pray i had just graduated

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from bible school i was uncertain about my future

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i was uncertain as to where i should live i was

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uncertain as to where i should go so i would

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pray the scripture i would pray things like father

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i thank you that you go before me and you you

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know you order my steps you said in your word

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that the steps of a good man are ordered and

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established by you. I thank you that your word

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says that. And then I would pray the scripture

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that Lord, now I just pray that you would go

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before me and prepare the way, make the crooked

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way straight and the rough places plain. And

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after I prayed everything I know to pray, according

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to the scriptures, I just went ahead and prayed

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in tongues. So Weekend after weekend after weekend,

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I would walk the floors in my apartment and I

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would pray in tongues. I would pray in the spirit.

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I would pray like this. I thank you, Father,

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that all my steps are ordered and established

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by you. I trust in you with all of my heart.

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I lean not to my own understanding, but I acknowledge

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And you would say to me, well, Margie, did you

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know what you were praying about? I didn't know

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what I was praying about. All I knew was that

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the Bible says that when you pray in tongues

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or pray in the Holy Ghost. all things work together

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for the good. I didn't understand that when I

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was praying in tongues, I was going into the

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realm of the spirit and I was bringing things

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by the spirit into divine alignment, that all

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my days are numbered in his book, that he knows

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all the plans he had for me, plans to prosper

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me and not harm me. But I didn't know what those

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things were. So I would pray in tongues and I

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prayed an hour. And I prayed two hours. Sometimes

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on a Saturday night, I would just pray three

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hours. And this went on and on and on. Till one

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day, I received an invitation to come to the

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east coast of the United States, specifically

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New Jersey. And I was asked to speak at a conference.

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And I accepted that invitation. And when I came

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to the east coast of the United States, We had

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a powerful meeting. I made some new friends.

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I made some new connections. And then as time

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went on, one door opened and then another door

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opened and then a church opened and then another

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church opened and things just began to open and

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blossom. And I just want you to understand, I

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was very young at the time. I was only like 23

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years old. And God was just opening up all these

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doors. I was anointed. I mean, it was amazing.

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To be honest, it was totally amazing because

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I knew who I was and I knew who God was. And

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I knew that this wasn't from me. Even the gift

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and the calling wasn't from me. I had a grace.

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I had an anointing. I would get up with like

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four scriptures and a little piece of paper,

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and I would preach my heart out. People would

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get saved. People would get filled with the Holy

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Spirit. And back in the day, we would have three

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nights of revival, and we just had a major move

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of God. And eventually, I ended up on the east

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coast of the United States, specifically, again,

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New Jersey. And one day, somebody came up to

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me and said, wow, you know, how did you build

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your ministry? Like, how did this happen for

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you? And I was just like, well, I don't know

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how it happened. You know, yeah, I obeyed God.

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Yeah, I took some steps of faith, but I don't

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really know how all these connections happened

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and how this anointing came and how just these

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alignments came. And one day I was praying and

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the Holy Spirit whispered something into my heart.

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And he said to me, do you? remember all those

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weekends? I could feel the Holy Ghost. All those

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weekends you spent with me. He said that was

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not wasted time. He said that was not only preparation

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time for what you are walking in today. He said,

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but when you prayed in tongues, you prayed according

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to the will of the Father, the will of God. for

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your life you you by your prayers and by my spirit

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made the crooked way straight the rough places

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plain the mountains and the hills broke before

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you into and into singing the trees of the field

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clapped their hands you by praying in the holy

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ghost went into the realm of the spirit and you

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took out obstacles Things were removed. Connections

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were made. Things came into alignment. So I just

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want to encourage those of you that have not

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been stirring up your prayer language, stir up

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the gift of God that is within you. You may not

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understand what you're praying about or what's

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happening, but the Bible says, he that searches

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the hearts. knows what is in the mind of the

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spirit or in the mind of God. He knows everything

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about your future and he knows everything about

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your present and your future. And he knows exactly

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what needs to be prayed for. It's like I told

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my kids when they were, you know, thinking about

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college and where they should go and what they

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should do or what career they would take. I would

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say to them, pray in tongues, pray in the. You

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don't know everything. But the Bible says that

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eternity is in your heart. And when you pray

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in tongues, you're praying out of that place

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of eternity where God knows everything, things

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that you don't know. So pray in the Holy Ghost.

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And that's what I want to encourage you to do.

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in the Holy Ghost about things you don't know,

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things you don't understand, things that are

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mystery to you. Because when you pray in tongues,

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you are praying the mysteries of heaven. And

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then eventually he will cause your thoughts to

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become agreeable with his thoughts. And then

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your plans will succeed. Okay. So again, we're

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going to take a break here and I look forward

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to seeing you when we come back. My book, Contend,

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Stewarding the Hearts and Destinies of Our Children

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Through Prayer, is one of my most favorite projects

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thus far. In this book, I teach the reader how

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to pray effectively for their children, their

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grandchildren, and the rising generations that

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are in the earth today. Make no mistake about

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it. There is war over the hearts and the destinies

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of our children. And this book will equip you

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as to how to... pray effectively for those young

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people in this book i teach you about the power

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and the purpose of praying in tongues i show

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you what a prayer alert looks like there are

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sample prayers not only that there are outlines

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at the end of each chapter so if you run a bible

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study you can use this book as a springboard

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to teach others how to pray for their children

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go to my website at margieflorent .org and And

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pick up your own copy. Okay, let's go on. When

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you are praying in tongues, you are speaking

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or praying to God. This is very important. You

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are praying to God rooted and grounded. from

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your right standing with him in Christ. You see,

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when you were born again, the Bible says you're

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not only in, you are a new creation in Christ

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Jesus. So you are in Christ. You are in him.

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The Bible has multiple scriptures about in him,

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in whom, in Christ. It just goes on and on and

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on. So you are in Christ. OK, legally right now

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you are in Christ. And when you pray in tongues,

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you are speaking or praying to God rooted and

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grounded from this place in Christ. Now, here's

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the beauty. When you pray in tongues and you're

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praying from that position, there is faith from

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this place. and not unbelief what does that mean

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that means that when you're praying in tongues

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you are praying in faith you are not praying

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unbelief have you ever prayed in unbelief i know

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i have especially worry prayers the worst thing

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in the world is praying worry prayers you're

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praying worry prayers things you're worrying

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about and you're talking about it you're worried

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worried worried no when you pray in tongues you

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are praying in a place of faith and not unbelief

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so you can have confidence that you're praying

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in faith there is no fear in this place so when

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you're praying in tongues you're not you're not

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praying out of fear but we know that god has

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given us a spirit of fear but of love and of

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power and of a sound mind so when you're praying

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in tongues you're praying from a place of stability

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And there is no fear in this place. There is

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confidence in him and there is no insecurity.

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So when you're praying in tongues, you're praying

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it from a place of confidence and not insecurity.

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So let's just go through some scriptures. I'm

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not going to give you all of them because there's

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many, many, many scriptures about who we are

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in Christ. Here's one that I really like. First

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Corinthians 130 says, but of him you are in Christ

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Jesus who became for us wisdom from God and righteousness

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and sanctification and redemption. So when you

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pray in tongues and I pray in tongues, you are

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praying with wisdom. The Bible even says we speak

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the wisdom of God. In a mystery. So when you

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pray in tongues. You are praying with mystery.

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In your right standing. And in your place of

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redemption. 2 Corinthians 2 .14. Are you ready

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for a lot of scripture? 2 Corinthians 2 .14 says.

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Now thanks be to God. Who always. causes us to

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triumph in Christ and through us diffuses the

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fragrance of his knowledge in every place. So

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when you pray in tongues, remember we said you're

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praying from your place of in Christ rooted and

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grounded in him. When you pray in tongues, you

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are praying from a place of triumph and victory.

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I love that. You're not praying. from a defeated

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place you are praying from a place of triumph

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and victory 2nd Corinthians 5 19 through 21 God

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was in Christ reconciling the world to himself,

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not imputing their trespasses to them and has

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committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now,

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then we are ambassadors for Christ as though

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God were pleading through us. We implore you

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on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God for

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he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us.

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That we might become the righteousness of God

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in him. So when you are praying in tongues. You're

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standing as an ambassador for Jesus Christ. In

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the realm of the spirit. You are standing as

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an ambassador for Jesus Christ. For your folks

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of prayer. And you are standing boldly before

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the throne room of grace. And you. are praying

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the perfect will of God for the focus of your

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prayer. You are standing as an ambassador for

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Christ with his authority in the place of prayer.

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I love that. That's why the devil hates it. When

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believers pray in tongues, because we're praying

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the will of God, the word of God, the promises

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of God that are all yes and amen. And we're praying

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with authority. Ephesians 1, 3 says, blessed

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be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing

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in the heavenly places. I love this. You. are

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praying from a place of being blessed don't you

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just love that ephesians 2 6 god has raised us

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up together and made us sit together in heavenly

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places when you are praying in tongues you're

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praying from heaven's perspective not an earthly

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perspective and heavenly perspective you you're

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praying in the holy ghost goes beyond the natural

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and goes into the realm of heaven's perspective

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you are praying above and beyond anything of

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this earthly realm and you know the bible says

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he is able to do for you exceedingly abundantly

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above all you could ask hope dream or desire

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when you pray in tongues that's the exact place

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you're praying from first timothy 1 14 says And

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the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant

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with faith and love, which are where in Christ

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Jesus. So you're praying from a place of faith.

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You're praying from a place of love, which is

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in Christ Jesus. First John one forces in him

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was life, which is Zoe, the God kind of life.

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And the life was the light. men so when you're

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praying in tongues you are praying like we said

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from a place of eternity your prayers are not

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bound by time that's why when I was in Oklahoma

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and I was praying for what I was going to be

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doing in New Jersey I was not bound by time I

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was already praying the future out in the spirit

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You are praying from the realm of eternity. You

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may be praying for people you have not met yet

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and will be connected to in the future. You are

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praying into things that have not yet manifested,

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but will because you are praying according to

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the will of God. Okay. Second Corinthians one

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20 for all the promises of God in him are yes.

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And in him, amen. To the glory of God through

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us. You're praying from a place of yes and amen.

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2 Corinthians 5 .21 says, He made him to be sin

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for us who knew no sin that we would become the

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righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. So you

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are praying from your right standing in Christ

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Jesus. Wasn't this amazing today? I hope you

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enjoyed it. And we're going to continue this

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teaching in our next broadcast. God bless you.

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There are several prayers spoken of in the word

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of God. The prayer of intercession is just one

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of those prayers spoken of in Ephesians 6, 18.

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And this particular book marked for intercession.

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teaches the reader how to pray for your family,

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how to pray for your friends, how to stand in

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the gap for a nation, how to pray for leadership,

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and it goes on and on and on. I would encourage

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you to get this book and dive in deep so that

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you can be that man, you could be that woman

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that would stand in the gap and put up the hedge

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and be the love of God expressed in the earth.

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You can go to my website at margieflorent .org

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and not only will you find my book, but I also

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have a workbook that goes with the subject of

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marked for intercession. You pray it and he can

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answer it. The effectual fervent prayer of a

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righteous man avails much. God will put the prayer

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in your heart to pray so that he can answer it.

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Goes into the hearts of the people. Doesn't return

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void. It produces results. Thank you so much

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for tuning in to today's podcast. It has been

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such a joy sharing this time with you. For more

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inspiration and resources on today's topic,