🎙️ Prayer and Purpose Podcast | CTN Episode 4

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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. Today

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we're gonna be talking about the foundations

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of prayer. But before I dive into my teaching,

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I just want to take a moment to remind each and

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every one of you that it's very important to

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have a balance of both devotional time in the

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word of God and prayer in the presence of God.

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The Bible says whoever builds his life, builds

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his house on a good foundation, which is hearing

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the word of God and doing the word of God, that

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when the storms come and the winds come and beat

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against your house, Your house won't fall. Why?

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Because you've built your life. You've built

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your home. You've built your ministry. You've

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built even your purpose. on the word of God.

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And therefore, when storms come or discouragement

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comes, you have a foundation, which is the word

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of God. You know the scriptures and therefore

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your house won't fall. So it's good. And it's

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it's important to have your devotional time,

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your study in the word of God. But it's also

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important to have a balance of a prayer life.

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It's very important. We've said this before.

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I'll say it again. What's more important on a

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bird? the left wing or the right wing. You need

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both to fly. Let me put it like this. We need

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both to fly. So it's just very important that

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you maintain a balance. And you'll also find

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in your walk with God that there'll be times

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when you'll need to study more. And so follow

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after the Holy Spirit because there may be something

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he wants to teach you and guide you into concerning

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the scriptures. And then maybe at times you need

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to pray more because there's some things coming

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up the road ahead that he wants you to give birth

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to. Some things coming up the road ahead regarding

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your family or your children that he wants you

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to pray into. So it's very important also, yes,

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to have a balance, but also to remember. to be

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led by the spirit of God. The Bible says those

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that are led by the spirit of God are the sons

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of God. And the Holy Spirit is here to lead us,

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to guide us into truth, to lead us and guide

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us on the best path for our life. And so it's

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important to listen to his voice. So while we

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may say it's important to have a balance, you

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will find that there may be times when you need

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to study the scriptures more and your prayer

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life isn't as much or. You may find that you're

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praying a lot more and you're meditating on scripture,

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but your prayer life has more preeminence. Okay.

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So we're talking about the foundations of prayer.

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And I'm very excited about sharing this with

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you today. Leroy Brownlow once said, let us not

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neglect prayer just because we do not fully comprehend

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the infinite power of the God at whose throne

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we kneel. He said, I do not know everything about

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gravity, but I know it works. So let's talk about

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what we do know about the foundations of prayer.

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OK, number one, the four simple foundations of

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prayer. Number one, number one, you have to ask.

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I'll just stay with me. You have to ask, ask,

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seek, request and inquire is mentioned 100 times

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in the Bible. Ask is mentioned 33 times. When

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God says something one time, he means it. When

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God says something 33 times, you better believe

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he is trying to get your attention. John Wesley

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once said, it seems like God is limited by our

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prayer life, that he can do nothing for humanity

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unless someone asks him. Now, why? Why is that,

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Margie? Why? Why is that the case? That God seems

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to be limited by our prayer life and that he

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could do nothing for humanity unless someone

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asked him. I'm going to give you the number one

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thing. Number one, because God is not running

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everything in this world. He, my friends, does

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not have everything under control. Now, when

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I'm speaking in a church or in a women's event

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or a conference, and I say those two sentences,

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very often I could feel people in the congregation

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or in the audience somewhat put the brakes on

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or their spiritual antennas go up or they question,

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what? I've always thought that God has everything

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under control. I always thought that, you know,

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que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be. But

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my friends, I'm going to prove to you in the

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scripture that God does not have everything under

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control. And that's why you and I as believers

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have to take our place in prayer, have to take

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our authority in prayer, have to use the name

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of Jesus, have to speak the word of God. And

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when we do, this kind of praying opens up the

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door for God to work. The Bible says in James

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4, 2, we have not. Because we ask not. So let's

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dive into why we need to ask. Prayer is necessary

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because man, after the death, burial, and resurrection,

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man is God's avenue into the earth or into the

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world. Therefore, it is necessary that we ask.

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Let's go into Genesis chapter 1. Right from the

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beginning, Genesis 1, 26 and 27 says, God said,

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let us make man in our own image according to

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our likeness and let them have dominion over

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the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air

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and over the cattle and over all the earth and

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over every creeping thing that creeps upon the

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earth. So God created man in his own image, in

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the image of God, he created them male and female.

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Okay. And he said, he blessed them and he said,

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be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue

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it and have dominion. over the fish of the sea,

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over the birds of the air, over every creeping

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thing that moves upon the earth. So God said

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to Adam and Eve, he said, I am giving you dominion.

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That's a key word. That word dominion is R -A

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-D -A in the Hebrew. And it means to tread, to

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rule, to rule, to have dominion. And it means

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to dominate. The English definition means to

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rule or to have authority. So God created Adam

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and Eve in his own image, in his own likeness.

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And he put Adam and Eve in the garden and he

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said, I am now giving you dominion. I'm giving

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you the authority. I want you to tread. I want

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you to have dominion. I want you to dominate.

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He gave the dominion over to Adam and Eve. But

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this is what happened. But let's just say this

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first before I tell you what happened. He didn't

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say. I'm going to dominate you. Adam originally

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had dominion upon this earth and in the world.

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In a sense, he was the God of this world. You

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can also look into Psalms 8, 6. But Satan came

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and this is what happened. He lied to Satan.

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Adam committed high treason. And what he did

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is he sold out to Satan. He turned this world.

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He turned the earth. over to Satan because he

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committed high treason and because of his disobedience,

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because he did not honor and listen to the voice

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of the Lord, his God. Now, before we go any further,

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we're going to go ahead and we're going to take

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a break here and I will see you shortly. Early

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in 2025, I had a dream that I'd like to share

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with you. I dreamed I was a guest speaker in

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a church. During the preaching, I had a vision

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of a great ship. I saw the ship going straight

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and it was moving fast and furious ahead on the

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water. Then I saw the ship suddenly turning to

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the right. I said to the people, the ship is

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turning, but we must continue to pray into it.

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It's not in time to stop praying. I could see

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that the ship was turning and the church was

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at the helm of the ship. causing the ship to

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turn. Upon awakening, God gave me an assignment,

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and the assignment was, and still is, to mobilize

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prayer. We are praying together on our KIU prayer

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conference call. I would love it if you could

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join us. If you'd like more information, go to

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my website at margithlaurant .org, or the number

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is on the screen. I look forward to praying with

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you. Now let's go back to the broadcast. So let's

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continue with our teaching. We said that in Genesis

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one, that God gave dominion to Adam over all

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the works of his hands. He didn't say, I'm going

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to dominate you. No, he said to Adam, I'm giving

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you dominion. And what we find in the scripture

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is that Adam turned the dominion over to Satan

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who was already roaming about. Okay. So he turned

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them. world over to satan he lied to him and

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he did what some would call high treason and

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sold out to satan now can you prove that to me

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in the scriptures margie can you prove it i'm

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going to prove it to you through the bible luke

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4 6 and the devil said to jesus all this authority

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i will give to you and all the glory listen to

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this for this has been delivered to me And I

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give it to whomever I wish. Now, this was a real

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temptation. This is when Jesus was up in the

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wilderness. He was led by the spirit up into

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the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. So

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this was a real temptation. And Satan literally

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said it had been delivered to him. And he said,

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I can give it to whoever I wish. But what he

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wanted was. He wanted Jesus to bow down and worship

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him. But Jesus didn't do that. Here's another

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scripture. Second Corinthians four, three and

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four says, but if our gospel is veiled, it is

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veiled to those who are perishing, whose mind

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the God of this world or the God of this age

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has blinded, who do not believe. lest the light

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of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is

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the image of God, should shine on to them. So

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here's another scripture that says that Satan

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is the God of this world. That's the beauty.

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We're going to get into this, but I have to just

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say it right now because I'm so excited. That's

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the beauty of being in Christ, in him, in whom

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we have redemption. We now have the authority.

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We now have the dominion in Christ Jesus to come

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against the works of the darkness and take authority

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over him. And through our God -given authority,

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we can change things. And we said that before

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in our other episode. Prayer opens up the door

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for God to work. Prayer changes things. And you

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can change things by taking your place, taking

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your authority in the place of prayer. But let's

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keep... establishing this so we get it in our

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hearts and in our minds. You know, the Bible

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says that faith comes by hearing and hearing

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by the word of God. So I'm going to give you

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a lot of scriptures today. Here's another scripture.

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First John 5, 19 says, for we know that we are

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of God and the whole world lies under the sway

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of the wicked one. Okay. But like I said, We

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now have been given the authority by Jesus. What

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was lost in Adam was restored in the death, burial

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and resurrection of Jesus. Actually, the Bible

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says in Revelations, behold, I was dead, but

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now I am alive forevermore. And I have the keys

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of hell, death and the grave. The keys were symbols

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of authority. And the beauty of it is in Matthew

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28, 18, Jesus said to his disciples and we are

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his disciples. Right. He said to his disciples,

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all authority has been given to me in heaven

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and in earth. Now, I want you to go there for.

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And then he talks about in my name, you'll cast

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out devils in my name. You lay hands on the sick

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in my name. He talks about the authority that's

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in his name. And when we use his name, he backs

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up his name. He is there to perform the power

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that is behind his name. So the dominion and

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the authority has been restored back to the church.

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And I wanted to bring this scripture in because

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this is one of my favorite. First Corinthians

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two eights has. But we declare God's wisdom and

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mystery that had been hidden and that God destined

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for our glory before the time began. None of

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this, none of the rulers of this age knew or

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understood it. In other words, the devil didn't

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understand the plan of redemption. The devil

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didn't understand what God was going to do through

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Jesus's death, burial and resurrection. The devil

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didn't understand that Jesus was coming to the

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earth as the second Adam and what was. lost in

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Adam was going to be restored in Jesus, the dominion

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and the authority that was lost in Adam. Jesus

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came to the earth as the intercessor, and he

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was the one that brought back that dominion and

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gave it, gave the keys, gave the dominion back

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to the church. So here's the scripture. It's

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one of my favorite. It says none of this, none

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of the rulers of this age understood it. For

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if they had, listen to this, they never would

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have crucified the Lord of glory. Because the

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enemy just played right into the plan of redemption.

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And if they had known the power and the purpose

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and what was in store for this earth. through

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the plan of redemption, they would have never

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crucified the Lord of glory. When Jesus was on

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that cross, I can guarantee all the devils and

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all the demons and all the workers of darkness

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in the spirit realm, they were happy, they were

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cheering, they thought they had him, but they

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did not understand. that the same spirit that

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raised Christ from the dead, he was going to

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quicken the more Jesus and he was going to bring

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him back out of that grave and that Jesus would

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be raised by the glory of the father. They did

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not understand that what was lost in Adam was

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going to be restored. And at the birth of the

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church age, when the time had fully come at the

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birth of the church age, suddenly all. these

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little christ -like ones were born again they

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were baptized in the holy spirit they received

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to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all

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the power of the wicked one. They were little

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Christ like ones in the earth that were released

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because when they accepted Jesus Christ as their

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personal Lord and savior, they became one with

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him and Christ in them. The hope of glory was

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now present in the earth. And now they had to

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deal with the church, the body of Christ rising

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up and taking her place. I love that. Don't you?

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Ian Bounds once said, if prayer puts God to work

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on the earth, then by the same token, prayerlessness

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rules God out of the world's affairs and prevents

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him from working. Now, before we get into the

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scriptures that talk about asking, I just want

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to say this. You, my friends, have power. You

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have the authority. And I don't want to hear

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you say that you don't know enough Bible, that

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you don't know enough of the word of God. You

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know more Bible than any generation that's ever

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walked the face of this earth. You have to, first

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of all, understand that the name of Jesus has

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all power and all authority on this earth. And

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in one of our broadcasts, we will teach on it.

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And you also have to understand that prayer,

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your prayers. Your prayers open up the door for

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God to work. Okay. So when we come back, I'm

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going to talk to you about all the scriptures

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that talk about how you have to ask. The Lord

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

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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. Okay, so you have to

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ask. I'm going to give you a lot of scriptures.

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And like we said, faith comes by hearing and

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hearing by the word of God. It's not case at

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all, set all. You've got to take your place.

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You've got to take your authority. You have to

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ask because man is God's avenue into the earth.

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Okay, Matthew 6, 8 says, therefore, do not be

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like them for your father knows. The things you

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have need of before you what? Ask him. Matthew

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7, 11 says, if you then being evil or natural

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know how to give good gifts to your children,

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how much more will your father who is in heaven

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give good things to those that what? Ask him.

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Matthew 18, 19 says. Again, I say to you that

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if two of you will agree on earth as touching

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anything, they shall what? Ask. It shall be done

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for them by my father, which is in heaven. That's

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the power of agreement. And I love having a prayer

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partner that when I'm feeling a little bit weak,

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I could go to my prayer partner. We can agree

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together as touching anything and it shall be

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done by and for us by my father, which is in

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heaven. John 14, 13 says, and whenever you ask,

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Jesus said in my name that I will do that the

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father may be glorified in the son. John 15,

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16, you did not choose me, but I chose you and

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appointed you that you should go and bear fruit

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and that your fruit should remain. And whatever

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you ask the father in my name, he may give it

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to you. John 16, 23 says, and in that day, you

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will ask me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to

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you, whatever you ask the father in my name,

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he will give it you. James 4, 2. And you're going

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to hear me quote this scripture a lot. You have

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not because you ask not. You want things to change?

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You have to ask. You want, you know, circumstances

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to be different? You have to ask. Psalms 2 .8

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says, ask for the heathen. Ask of me and I will

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give you the nations or the heathen, another

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translation says, for your inheritance and the

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ends of the earth for your possession. Matthew

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7, 7 and 8 says, ask and it will be given. Seek

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and you will find. Ruth Bell Graham once said,

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God has decreed to ask to act in response to

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prayer. Ask, he commands us, and Satan trembles

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for fear that we will. See, the enemy doesn't

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want you to pray. The enemy doesn't want you

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to ask. The enemy doesn't want you to take your

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place. But remember this, greater is he that

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is in you than he that is in the world. Don't

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allow the enemy to drive you off your knees and

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keep you from praying. You take your place. in

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prayer because my God said that we have the authority

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and whatever we ask and whatever we bind on earth

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is bound in heaven. Now, before we close today,

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I want to tell you a story about a man by the

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name of John Ramirez. I don't know if any of

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you ever heard of John Ramirez, but John was

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a Satanist high priest at one of the highest

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levels. And he got born again in 1999 and he

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was discipled. under the ministry of david wilkerson

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which leads me to believe he was trained right

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okay and in his new season of his life his ministry

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now is to expose the work of darkness in other

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words His mission is now exposing how the kingdom

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of darkness works, which helps me because I do

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a lot of teaching on prayer. And I want to understand

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how does prayer open up the door for God to work?

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How does using our authority work? What does

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it look like? So somebody like John Ramirez,

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he told us about the secrets of the kingdom of

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darkness. Here's the thing about John Ramirez.

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He said himself before he got born again, his

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father was the devil. He said he would chant

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all night and into the morning in what he called

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demonic tongues. He said he would leave his body

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and put curses over cities, over regions, over

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states, and over countries. Okay, so he was a

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pretty powerful guy in the realm of the darkness.

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So he would leave his body. Here's the point

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I want to make before we close. John would leave

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his body, go into a neighborhood. in the spirit

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realm in order to weaken it in the natural realm.

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So he was operating in witchcraft. Think about

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it. He would leave his body. He would, I guess,

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astral plane or whatever you call it, over neighborhoods

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in the spirit realm. And his mission was to weaken

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it first in the spirit realm, and then it would

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manifest in the earthly realm. Real briefly here,

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that's how your prayers work on the good side.

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When you pray, you're affecting the spirit realm.

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You're going into the spirit realm and you're

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affecting the spirit realm. And eventually it

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will manifest in the natural realm. But it works

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the same way in the kingdom of darkness. If you

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want to change something in the natural, go to

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the spirit. And that's what John said. He would

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go into the neighborhood in the spirit realm

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in order to weaken it in the natural realm. He

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would speak word curses over a neighborhood.

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Now listen to this. If he saw people praying,

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he said, and I'm quoting him, there was no accomplishment

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in that neighborhood. Think about it. He said

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that neighborhood was blessed. And sanctified

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through prayer. And you couldn't touch it. He

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said other neighborhoods. He said it was party

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time. And he also said I hated the prayers of

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the church people. So I just want to encourage

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you. Rise up. Take your place in prayer. You

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have not because you ask not. Begin to ask God.

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And the Bible says whatever you ask according

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to the scriptures. He hears you. And if you know

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he hears you, you know that you have the petitions

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you desire of him. Now, before we go, I have

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it in my heart today to pray for you. Okay? And

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these are the two things I'm going to pray for,

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for you. Number one, the Lord said to pray for

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you that you would be anointed with fresh oil

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according to Psalms 92 .10. And he said, number

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two, pray and ask for the listeners. ask that

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they would have a revelation of my heart and

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a revelation of the scriptures when they read

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my word. And so that's what I'm going to do today.

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I'm going to go ahead and I'm going to pray for

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you. Now, listen, there's no time and no distance

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in the spirit. Though we're absent in the natural,

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we're present in the spirit. So when I pray,

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I want you to lift up your hands wherever you

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are, and I want you to receive. the prayer that

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I am praying over you. So Father, I just come

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before the throne of grace on the behalf of my

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listeners. Lord, I lay one hand on you and one

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hand on them. And Father, I ask that you, Lord

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God, would anoint my listeners with fresh oil.

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And not only that, Father, I ask that the eyes

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of their understanding would be enlightened.

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that they would come to know and understand the

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secrets of your heart, who you are, what your

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love is, and what your purpose and your plan

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is for them and for their lives. And we give

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you, Jesus, all the praise, all the honor, and

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all the glory. And we thank you. Now, there it

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is. There's the presence of God. Just receive

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his presence. Thank you, Father, for anointing

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my listeners with fresh oil. Thank you for the

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presence and the power of the Holy Spirit coming

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upon them. I thank you for that. And I praise

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you for it in Jesus' name. 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, please

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visit our website at margiefleuron .org.