CTN TV Episode 12 House of Prayer 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. Hello. Hello. Nice to be here tonight.

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Before we get into the Word, I just want to share

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that I did bring my books with me. This is Encountering

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God Through Prayer. This particular book takes

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the reader right from the very start. Where do

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I begin? You begin with 15 minutes. You find

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a quiet place in your house, and you dedicate

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that place as your prayer spot. I teach the reader

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how to enter into the presence of God. Of course,

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if you're learning how to pray, you have to know

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the heart of the Father. Because the Bible says

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that when you come to God, you must believe that

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he is. Well, who is he? So we do put that particular

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information in the book. And I go into, I take

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the reader all the way from... Begin where you

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are all the way to contemplative and meditative

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prayer. So if you could help me, Pastor David,

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I'd like to give it to this man in the white

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hat. God bless you. This particular book is Decision

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Time. Now, this is my now daughter -in -law,

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and my son took this picture, and I wanted to

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use the picture. I thought it was perfect for

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this book. Decision Time, The Place in Prayer

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of Surrender. This book is about one of the prayers

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spoken of in the Word of God, the prayer of dedication

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and consecration, where you pray, not my will,

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but your will be done in my life. It is the kind

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of prayer that you can pray repetitively, meaning

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over and over and over again. It's the prayer

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that Jesus prayed when he was in the Garden of

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Gethsemane, and he was having... He was having

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trouble not with his heart, his spirit. He was

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having trouble in his soul. He said, my soul

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is exceedingly sorrowful unto death. His disciples,

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as you know, didn't stick with him. But he prayed

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himself to a place of surrender and a place whereby

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he set in motion the will of God and a place

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whereby he was strengthened to do the will of

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God. Now, you know we can't do it on our own.

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It comes from the heart. Now, I wrote this book

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because... When I turned 50, 17 years ago, I

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knew that... I know, I know, I know, I know,

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I know. I don't mind telling my age. But I knew

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that God had something coming up the road ahead.

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And I'm going to be honest with you, and I know

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Pastor Tricia can testify, I didn't know if I

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wanted to do it. I had taken time off of ministry

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to raise my kids, and they were coming into driving

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age and college, and I knew instinctively that

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on the inside of me, God was calling me back

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into the public ministry, and I didn't know if

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I wanted to put up with the warfare, the rejection,

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the hell, the opinions of people, and so on and

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so forth. So it took me three months. To you

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know, I was ignoring God You know when God speaks

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to you he's talking and you're supposed to go

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like this, but I was going like this Kind of

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like what my dog does when he doesn't want to

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like do what I asked him to do How many of you

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have a dog? I have a little Shih Tzu, you know

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I just was going like this because I didn't want

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to look at him. I Didn't want to look at him

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So anyway, three months after my birthday, I

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was in a workout class and I was laying on the

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mat. And right during the stretch time at the

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very end, the Holy Ghost just came upon me. You

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know, the Holy Ghost can encounter you anywhere.

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Holy Ghost came upon me and I just surrendered

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to him. I said, not my will, your will be done

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in my life. And now we're continuing on. You

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know, it's not a time for us to retire. It's

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a time for us to re -fire. So I'd like to give

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it to this gentleman with the blue shirt. You

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guys good? Then I have this book, Receive, the

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steps to the prayer of faith. And I'll tell you

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this, again, this is my son's picture. Why did

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I write this book? I wrote this book because

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People are confused. They mix up the different

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kinds of prayer with different rules, and that's

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why they're not getting results in their prayer.

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So I received an inbox from a woman who's been

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in a lot of our Kingdom Intercessors United meetings

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where we bring churches together and we all pray

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corporately. And she inboxed me, and she's like,

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I have some personal needs, and I'm just going

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to stay home all day, and I'm going to spend

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time in the presence of God, and she was going

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to pray it through. So I said, Lord, she's not

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praying right. She's using that prayer of intercession

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rules. For the prayer of faith, whereby the prayer

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of faith is the prayer you pray to get your needs

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met on your own. You believe that you receive

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it and you have it and you thank God and you

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go forth and thank him. So that's why I wrote

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this book. I want to give it to this young lady

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with the pretty hair. This is my book, Decision

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Time. Everyone should read this book, especially

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those of you who are at a crossroads in your

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

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how God is leading you. This is the book where

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you reach a place where you say, Lord, not my

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will, your will be done in my life. I also include

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in this book. How to Hear the Voice of God, which

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is important when you're making decisions. If

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you go to my website at margieflaurent .org,

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you will see that this book is available to you.

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Lastly, my recent book is Contend, Stewarding

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the Hearts and Destinies of Our Children Through

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Prayer. I talk about in this book prayer alerts.

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I talk about the three dimensions of prayer.

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Do you know that there are other dimensions of

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prayer? We're speaking the word. There's praying

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in the Holy Ghost. But this particular book,

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I get into travail and intercession. I call it

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the inner workings of the Holy Spirit. There's

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about 85 promises at the back of the book. I

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talk about the different generations, their strengths,

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their weaknesses. There's a lot of stories in

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here about people who have... by the prayer of

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intercession, prayed their kids through and out

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of drug addiction, alcoholism, sickness, so on

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and so forth. It is a different kind of praying.

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And we're going to talk about that actually next

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week. Tonight is foundational. But weirdly, I'm

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going to give you this book. My little cutie

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pie with the worship leader and married to Sebastian.

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Oh. Maybe there might be a little baby in the

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oven someday. You might need that book. They're

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cute, aren't they? So tonight, I'm going to talk

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to you briefly. We're going to go 45 minutes

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tonight. I'm going to talk to you about foundations

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of prayer. Now, Pastor Tricia is exactly where

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a lot of the other leaders are in our region.

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It's time to lay a foundation. foundational truths.

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And when I was sitting there, I could just see

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the Lord just kept showing me, I'm laying in

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a foundation. It's foundational time. Some of

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you may know some of this, but I know that the

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Bible also says that faith comes by hearing,

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and hearing by the Word of God. And tonight,

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we're not only going to lay foundational truth,

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but we're going to starve your doubts and feed

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your faith. Amen? Okay, so it is very important

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that we build our lives and churches, first of

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all, on the Word of God. How many of you know

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that's true? Because Jesus said that when the

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winds come, Matthew 7, 24 and 25, when the winds

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come, he said, whosoever hears these sayings

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of mine, he said, and does them, I will liken

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him unto a wise man who built his house upon

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a rock. And when the winds come and the storms

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come and beat against your house, your house

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won't fall. Why? Because you studied to show

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yourself approved unto God, a workman that need

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not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word

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of truth. Your house will not fall because you

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put the word of God in your heart, and the word

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has not returned void, but it has accomplished

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and produced something in your life and in your

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heart, and that is faith to move mountains, faith

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to overcome adversity. Okay? So we need to make

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sure that we build our churches, build our lives

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on a beautiful, devotional time in the word of

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God. Amen. So when these things come, we're not

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shaken. We know that the word of God is forever

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settled and that we can stand on the promises

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of God, that all the promises of God are yes

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and amen. Okay? But it's also important that

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we develop a vibrant life of prayer. Jesus said,

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and he didn't say it, he quoted from it, the

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Bible says, will be called a house of prayer.

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So we build our lives on the word of God. We

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build our churches on the word of God. But it's

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also important that we have a vital, intimate,

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personal relationship with Jesus Christ through

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prayer. Amen. So let me ask you a question. What's

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more important on a bird? The left wing or the

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right wing? I love birds. I've got two feeders

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on my windows, and I specifically attract the

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red birds. Yeah. So I like to watch the birds.

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And it's a horrible thing when one of the birds

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hits the window, because they break a wing, and

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sure enough, that bird is laying there, and I've

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been known to pick the bird up and pray over

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it. If one of those wings are broken, that bird

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can't fly. That bird needs both wings in a healthy

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manner to fly. Right? What's more important for

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you and I as Christian believers? We need a balance.

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Everyone say balance. We need a balance of the

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Word of God, putting the Word of God, teaching

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the Word of God, devotional time, but we also

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need... a vibrant prayer life with our lord and

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savior jesus christ so i'm going to be honest

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with you for me it was way easier for me to spend

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a lot of time with god and pray because that's

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my heart even when i was a little girl i used

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to sit in the back of my yard and i used to look

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up and i would sit on a tree stump as a little

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girl and i used to look up into the sky and i

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wanted to see god's face I didn't even know that

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that was in the Bible. Are you listening? How

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many of you want to see his face? And I used

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to hide in bushes, and I just wanted to know

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him. So it was easy for me to be a person of

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prayer and want to seek his face and learn of

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him and all of that kind of intimacy with him.

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But God had to deal with me. He said, you need

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to spend more time in my word because you, girl,

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need both to fly. And so therefore, I had to

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bring more of a balance into my walk with God.

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So for me, what I did, and maybe this is going

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to help you, this was not prepared. What I did

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is I created a lot of audio CDs. Now, we call

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them podcasts, whatever. I can't keep up. How

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many of you can keep up? I just can't. We created

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a lot of audio, media, Scripture tapes with different

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subjects. And so what I would do, like if I had

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one on faith, I would read my own voice, my media

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person, read all the Scriptures on faith, right?

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Or if it was the heart of the Father, all the

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Scriptures that talk about the heart of the Father.

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Or love, the love Scriptures I've been listening

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to a lot lately because I need to walk more in

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love. I would just put the Word of God in my

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house by just listening. Again, faith comes by

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hearing and hearing by the Word of God. I didn't

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necessarily put those CDs on or those tapes on

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to get a teaching. I just wanted the word of

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God to go into my heart because the word of God

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doesn't return void. It is an incorruptible seed

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that goes into your heart. It lives and abides

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forever. It divides asunder soul and spirit,

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and you're able to discern the thoughts and the

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intents of the heart. So I just kept putting

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the Word of God, putting in the Word of God,

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putting in the Word of God, and then, you know,

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now we have podcasts, we have all kinds of things.

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But I just want to encourage every one of us,

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as we go into these two nights, two Wednesdays

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of teaching on prayer, make sure you have a balance

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of the Word of God and prayer. Don't make the

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same mistake I did. Okay? Now, what are the rewards

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and benefits of being a person of prayer? Psalm

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1611 says, in his presence is fullness of joy.

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When you're a man and a woman of prayer, you

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are strong. Because the joy of the Lord is our

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strength. So when you're a man and a woman of

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prayer and you're spending time in the presence

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of God, it strengthens you with might by his

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spirit in your inner man. You're in his presence.

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You are downloaded with his presence, which a

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part of his character is joy, and that joy is

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your strength. It strengthens you. Okay? What

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else? When you are a person of prayer, it creates

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intimacy and friendship with God. Prayer produces

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intimacy. I just want to say hello to everybody

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online. You know, this gospel of the kingdom

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is going to be preached to all nations, and then

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the end will come. The word of God is going forth,

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and it doesn't just stop right here with us.

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It's going to keep going and going and going

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and going and going. But prayer produces intimacy.

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Prayer produces intimacy with the one you pray

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to. You are changed into the same image from

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glory to glory. Show me your face. I want to

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see your face. I want to know and learn your

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ways. Teach me your ways, O Lord. Even on my

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bed, I meditate about you day and night. Right?

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Prayer produces intimacy with the one you pray

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to. Here's a good one with the one you pray for.

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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 margieflaurent .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. How many of you have

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some people you don't like? How many of you have

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some people that have despitefully used you and

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persecuted you and hurt you? You know, the Bible

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says, pray for your enemies. Bless those that

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curse you. When you pray for your enemies, you

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know what happens? You begin to see them the

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way God sees them. And you know, when I learned

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a long time ago, I'm still grasping it, but...

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Hurting people hurt people. So if somebody's

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hurt you and been mean to you, I would just want

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to encourage you to pray for them. You don't

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have to necessarily be reconciled to them. Sometimes

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we need to go no contact to protect ourselves.

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And that's healthy, and that's a healthy boundary.

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But we can pray for them in the secret place.

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You know, the Bible says, though I'm absent in

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the flesh, I'm present with you in the spirit.

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We can pray for them and not even be in their

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presence. So prayer produces intimacy with the

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one you pray to, the one you pray for, and king

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of kings, the one you pray with. So when you

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all gather together and you all pray with one

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another in one accord, in one place, there's

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a meshing and there's an intimacy that's produced

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in and amongst you. And God said, that's when

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I can command my blessing. So prayer produces

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intimacy with the one you pray to, the one you

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pray for, and the one you pray with. What else

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about the rewards of being a person of prayer?

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Is everybody good? Listen, I'm just going really

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fast here. Are you good with that? And Ray, I

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gave him a ton of scriptures. So I just believe

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that the Spirit of God just wants this word to

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go out and go into your hearts because he's doing

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a new thing in the prayer ministry here, in and

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amongst us. Not only collectively, but in and

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amongst you individually. He is doing a new thing.

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He wants to take us to another level, but he's

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got to lay some foundation here. So what else

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is good about being a person of prayer? It says

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here, Hebrews 11, 6, without faith, it is impossible

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to please him. For he who comes to God must believe

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that he is, and he is what? He is a rewarder

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of those who diligently seek him. I'm going to

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read another scripture, and then I want to comment.

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Matthew 6, 6, but when you pray, go into your

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room. That's a secret place, secret chamber,

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an intimate place. And when you've shut the door,

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pray to your Father who is in the secret place,

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and your Father who sees in secret will reward

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you openly. I love that part about the God who

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sees. You think you're in your prayer chamber

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and you're all by yourself. He said, my eyes

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will be upon you. My ears will be open and attentive

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unto the prayers that are made in this place.

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He sees you when you pray. Whether you feel like

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it or don't feel like it, we're not moved by

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what we feel. We're moved, see, by what the Word

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of God says. The Word of God says He sees you

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when you pray. And He's got His eyes wide open.

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And for some that have father issues, He's not

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looking at you and He doesn't have an angry face.

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He's looking at you, and he's smiling. Because

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for many of you, he's saying, well done, thou

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good and faithful servants. You've been faithful

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over little. I'm going to promote you, and you'll

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be ruler over much. That's why, you know, we

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can't look at ourselves. You know, we look at

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all of our weaknesses and all of our stuff. And

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you know what the Lord said to me one day? He

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said, the more you look at yourself, the more

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you are a crippled person. He said, I want you

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to look unto me, the author and the finisher

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and the perfecter of your faith. Don't look at

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yourself. Look unto him. We are what we are by

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the grace of God anyway, aren't we, my friends?

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Right? But this part about the reward, this is

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my personal opinion. This is what I would like.

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What is the reward? I used to ask my friends,

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what do you think the reward is? Nobody has an

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answer. Maybe you guys. Everybody has an answer

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or a different opinion. Do you know what I would

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want that reward to be personally? I would want

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it to be when I come out from the presence of

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God after my secret time with him, I would love

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it if the reward is his presence is upon me and

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I go my way and he gives me rest. I would love

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it if I was a fragrance of Jesus everywhere I

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went because I went into the presence of God.

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I communed with him and that presence is on me.

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And when I leave, I'm mantled with it. That's

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why sometimes we go places and people react,

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and you don't know why. Well, because you're

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a carrier of the presence of God. And when you

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seek him, you will find him. When you knock,

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the door will be open. When you spend time with

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him, you become what you behold. You become like

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him, and you carry his essence with you. Listen,

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there's something true about that. Have you ever

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hung out with somebody and you can still sense

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their essence? Yes? Spiritual things are transferable.

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You've got to watch who you hang around with.

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They're transferable through the laying on of

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hands. You better watch who lays hands on you.

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It's transferable through you associate with,

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and it's transferable with whom you sit under.

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That's why when I come here, I get all revved

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up in the prophetic. Because you pick up the

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spirit of the church, wherever you go and who

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you sit under. I know that's right. So, when

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you pray, the Bible says, now you can't see this

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either, but this is by faith. But listen, heaven

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is for real. I'm telling you, heaven is for real.

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Heaven is for real. We're here on this earth,

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but this is just our earth suits. Do you understand

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that? You are a spirit. You have a soul, and

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you live in a body. This is your earth suit.

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And when you leave, you're going to be with Jesus

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and all your relatives and everybody that's up

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there in heaven. So this is really happening.

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When you pray, while you're here on this earth,

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your prayers go up. before the throne room of

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grace, and they are like an incense. Well, who

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said that? The Word of God. So when you pray,

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know that that's exactly what's happening. Okay,

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Catherine Coleman once said, wow, we're doing

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great on time. The greatest power given to any

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individual is the power of prayer. How many of

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you know that Catherine Coleman operated in signs

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and wonders and miracles, the working of miracles,

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the gift of faith and the gift of healing? She

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operated in the three power gifts that I'm believing

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God for to manifest in this day and in this hour

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that you and I are living in. If Catherine Coleman

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got to see it, I want to see it. We have not

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seen those three gifts manifested in my lifetime.

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But we've seen of the revelation gifts, we've

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seen the utterance gifts, but how many of you

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know there's nine gifts of the Spirit? So she

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said the greatest power given to any individual

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is the power of prayer. She had a life of prayer,

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Easter, and she had a life of surrender. I think

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that's a very powerful combination. Jesus in

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his earthly ministry was a man of great prayer.

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Have you ever thought of that? Have you ever

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thought about that online? Jesus was a man of

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great prayer. That's why when the disciples came

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to him, they said, Lord, you know, we've been

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watching you. And sometimes you disappear. And

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sometimes you disappear all night. And sometimes

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you go up into a mountain by yourself. There's

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a lot of things that you're doing, and we're

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kind of getting a... get in a drift that you're

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praying to your father in secret. And they watched

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him. Don't you watch people that are successful?

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And they watched the power went out of him and

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into people's bodies and people were healed.

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He always ministered out of his overflow. He

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never ministered leaders out of his reserved.

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Why? Because he was a man of prayer. So they

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watched Jesus. And one day they came to him and

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they said, Lord, teach us to pray. Yeah, we could

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go to Bible school. We could learn how to preach,

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homiletics. We could learn how to move in the

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gifts of the Spirit. We could learn all these

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things. But I think the greatest lessons we can

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learn is lessons on prayer. Everything flows

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from our intimacy with God. Amen? Okay. Leroy

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Brownlow once said, let us not neglect prayer

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just because we do not fully comprehend the infinite

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power of the God whose throne we kneel. I do

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not know everything about gravity, but I know

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it works. We're going to talk before closing

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and demonstrating prayer. The four foundations

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of prayer. Let's talk about what we do know.

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How do we get knowledge of what we do know? Because

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we go to the scriptures. What did God say about

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prayer? Number one, you have to ask. Ask, seek,

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request, and inquire is mentioned 100 times in

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the Bible. Ask is mentioned 33 times. When God

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says something one time, he means it. Thank you

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so much for tuning in to today's podcast. It

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has been such a joy sharing this time with you.

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For more inspiration and resources on today's

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topic, please visit our website at margiefloran

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.org.