Prayer School | May 2, 2025 – Part 2

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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. It doesn't return void. It produces

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results. This is God's promise. Now, all of the

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promises of God are yes. And amen. You can stand

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on that promise according to Matthew 7, 24 and

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25. No matter what comes, I already prayed. I

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already have the promise. God said he would answer

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my prayer. Well, what about the time frame between

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the time you prayed it and then the time that

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the answer comes? There's always this gap. Are

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you listening? That's why it's very important

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after you've prayed your prayer and stood on

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the promise, you hold fast the confession of

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your faith without doubting. Negate your prayers

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by wrong speaking. There is just something to

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be said about the teachings of Kenneth E. Hagin

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that laid the foundation, and I think some of

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us have let it slip, me included. Okay? So find

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a promise that meets the need. Agree with that

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promise. Present it before the throne. Let your

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requests be made known unto God, your Father,

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right, who's not withholding anything from you.

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And then after you've prayed the prayer, Just

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watch what you say. Believe that you receive

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it and you'll have it. This is where faith comes

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in. Faith believes before it sees. It's not the

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Thomas kind of faith. I'll believe it when I

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see it. Well, blessed are those that believe

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and haven't seen. Right? That's why faith is

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a force. And it goes, it's in the unseen realm.

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And once you've released your faith and it is

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activated, don't negate it by what you say out

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of your mouth, no matter how tempted you may

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be. Are you listening? I'm believing God for

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a husband. Hey, come on, we're family. Don't

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look at me like I'm not human. Very human. Two.

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are better than one. And by the way, I heard

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that audibly on the inside of me one morning

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when I stepped out of my bed, put my left foot

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on the floor, and I heard audibly on the inside

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of me, two are better than one because you have

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a better or greater reward. So I just believe

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that I receive and I do natural things, you know,

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and I wait on the Lord. But I believe that I

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receive, and I believe that God has. Why am I

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saying all my stuff? Because I'm human. God's

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got a guy for me. But if I get a check in my

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spirit, now this is a very human level. If I

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get a check in my spirit, follow after peace,

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and you're following after God. There might be

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somebody in here who needs to hear this, and

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I get to tell you all my business. It's usually

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how it works. You know that, right? That's always

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how it is. So that's the promise. So I believe

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that I receive and I let the peace of God that

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passes all understanding guard my heart and my

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mind. I don't worry. I don't fret. I don't have

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any anxiety about anything. I trust in the Lord

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with all of my heart. I lean not to my own understanding,

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but I acknowledge him in any person that comes

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across my path who might be interested. I acknowledge

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him. If I get a check, then goodbye. If you're

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a weirdo, goodbye. Why am I saying all this?

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Believe that you receive it and you will have

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it. So that's my promise. Two are better than

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one. There's so many promises in the word of

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God for what is going to meet your need. Are

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you listening? Okay, so find the promise that

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meets your need. Here's another one, 3 John 2,

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1. Beloved, I pray that in every way you may

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succeed and prosper and be in good health physically,

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even, just as I know your soul prospers spiritually.

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That's another translation. That's amplified.

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So, Kenneth E. Hagin got healed off of this scripture

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physically. See, everything you have need of

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is in the word of God. He got healed physically

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because of this scripture. He said, Lord, you

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know that it's my desire to be healed physically,

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to get up and to walk and not be paralyzed and

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laying on this bed. And he prayed this prayer.

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He believed that he received and he laid there

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in the bed. And then one day he said, why am

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I not healed? And the Lord spoke to him and said,

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a healed person doesn't lay in bed. A healed

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person gets up and gets out of the bed. So he

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put out. Action to his faith. And so he put action,

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and he moved a little bit. He started moving,

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and the power of God hit him. He felt the virtue

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of the Holy Ghost, and the power of God hit his

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body. In his case, electricity. Some people feel

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something. Some people don't. We can't put God

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in a box. And he said he was instantaneously

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healed. He prayed this prayer, the prayer of

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faith, for his physical healing. Even in the

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little things, like a parking space. I'm telling

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you. Can I get a witness? Even I cannot parallel

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park. It is a thing. It's a problem. Because

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if I go somewhere, I have to be like, all right,

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if I'm going to a certain restaurant, do I have

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to parallel park? Because then it's a problem.

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So I call ahead. So believe God, even for a parking

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space, is exercising your faith. Don't rely on

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everybody else to do it for you. You can do it

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yourself. Well, you know, my husband, he's really

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strong. My husband, you know, he'll do it. No,

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you have your own walk with God. You have your

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own walk of faith. Without faith, it is impossible

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to please God. So exercise your own faith. You'd

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be surprised. You know, the New Agers, they think

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they got it all going on. Oh, you release this

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and the spirit and this and that. No, we have

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it better than the New Agers because they got

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it from us. Release your faith and believe God

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for a promise. Believe God for a parking space.

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Here's something I did when I first went to Rhema.

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When I first went to Rhema, I was 19 years old.

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I didn't have any money. And nowadays I look

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back, I go, oh my God, I would never do that.

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What was I thinking? I wasn't thinking. That's

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the best part in some regards. Are you listening?

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Sometimes we lean to our own understanding and

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we talk ourselves out of it. Out of the promise

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of God. That's why I tell people, everyone who

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asks for the baptism of the Holy Spirit receives.

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He that seeks, finds. When people start getting

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into the thinking realm, they get out of the

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spirit realm. They don't always release their

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prayer language. So I tell them, stop thinking

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and start drinking. So I had $50 in my pocket.

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God called me to Rhema. I did have some friends.

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You know, I wasn't. I was pretty stable back

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then. More so now. But, you know, I didn't make

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such a rash, crazy decision. Did have friends.

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Did have some connections. I had $50. I went

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there believing God. Believing God. Because,

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you know what? Sometimes I think it's better

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when we're not schooled in a lot of unbelief.

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Because we just have that childlike faith. And

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so I got involved in this little church. I found

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this little church. I don't even know how it

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all happened. But I prayed a prayer of faith

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like this one we're talking about. I said, Lord,

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I didn't have a car either. I said, Lord, I need

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a car. That's my need. So I'm asking you for

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a car, and I'd like it to be little. I was really

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specific. I want it to be blue, and I want it

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to get good gas mileage. Maybe I should do that

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with the guy. what I need. I'd put that part

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of it in God's hands. So I laid that all out

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and, you know, I just was like, and that's it.

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And from that moment on, I didn't think about

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it. I didn't say, I didn't confess anything negative.

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I just stood on the promises of the word of God

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that said he'd provide all my needs. So about

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two weeks later, not even, the pastor's wife

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came up to me and she said, Can I ask you, do

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you need a car? I said, yes. And she said, well,

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we have somebody that has a car, and they'd like

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to give it away, and if you would like it, they

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would like for you to have it. I said, absolutely.

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Absolutely. So I went with someone to go pick

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up the car, and when we pulled up, it was little,

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it was blue, and it got good gas mileage. It

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was old, but I didn't care. And I had to learn

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how to drive it because it was a stick shift.

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You know, you think God's just, you know, but

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there's always going to be, you know, a learning

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curve sometimes, right? So that was the answer.

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It was the first time I ever really got an answer

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to prayer. It was so fun. It's fun believing

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God. It's fun to exercise your faith. Believe

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God for a pair of socks. It's fun. And then there's

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times also he'll give you the desires and the

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secret petitions of your heart. I wanted a dog

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in the worst way. And you know what? I did the

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research. I'd used my head. I made sure he was

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hypoallergenic. I wear a lot of black and white.

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So I wanted him to match me. And I just wanted

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the whole thing. And in three months, I found

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this picture of this little dog on the internet,

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puppiespot .com, purebred Shih Tzu, 100%. And

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I just knew that was my dog. See, the least thing,

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and I know that God gave me that dog. I'm telling

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you, he gave me that dog. God will give you the

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desires and the secret petitions of your heart.

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Don't be afraid to ask. I talk to people and

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they're like, well, I don't want to bother God.

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I don't want to bother him. You're not bothering

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him. It is my father's good pleasure to give

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you the kingdom. My God delights in the prosperity

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of his servants. It makes him happy when you

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ask. Okay, so we're going to close. Lastly, here's

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another scripture. Healing for your body. Is

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any among you sick? The Bible says, The prayer

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of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will

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raise him up. Then that scripture goes on to

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say, I rarely quote the beginning part. I always

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quote this, the effectual fervent prayer of a

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righteous man avails much. I'm so over it, this

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whole sickness thing and disease thing. The prayer

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of faith will save the sick. The Lord will raise

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you up. Is any sick among you? Let him call for

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the elders of the church. And the Bible says

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the prayer of faith will save the sick and the

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Lord will raise him up. So this is your homework.

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This is your homework. Okay. Remember, we've

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been giving homework. We haven't given homework

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in the last couple weeks because our homework

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was to pray for the Easter services. And how

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many of you saw amazing results? Didn't you sit

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there and go, we prayed about that. We prayed,

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oh, that person that sat in the back, we prayed

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for that person. So your homework is. To get

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a piece, if you don't have a journal, then get

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a piece of paper. Write down, find a scripture

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that meets your need. Write down your prayer

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request. Let your petitions, I don't know, this

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is a scripture I keep hearing. It wasn't in my

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notes. Let your petition be known unto God. And

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the peace of God that passes all understanding

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will guard your heart and mind through Jesus

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Christ. So write down your petition and then

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just let the peace of God rule in your heart.

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For everyone who asks, receives. Believe that

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you receive it. Lord, I receive it by faith now.

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I have it now. That's why now faith is. Faith

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isn't in the future. Right now, that's faith.

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When you pray, your faith is activated and God's

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going to work. And then put the date next to

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it. That's your homework. Okay? Now, we're going

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to go into prayer, but I wanted to play a song

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for you. And I'm going to read you the description.

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How many of you have ever heard of Jason Upton?

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You know, I guess now we'd say he's old school.

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He never used to be old school. I guess I'm old

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school now, right? But he's anointed. Jason Upton

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and his band were engaged in concert worship

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at a college auditorium in Alexandra, Louisiana,

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when a God incidence miraculously happened while

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Jason was totally consumed by the Holy Spirit,

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as he often is. And this is the description of

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what we're going to play. I'll summarize the

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testimony of Michael, a band member, below that

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I heard and watched on a video of his testimony

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on YouTube. Michael, one of Jason's band members,

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was checking the soundtrack equipment, recording

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the concert, when he looked up at the ceiling

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and saw fog floating around. He figured it was

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the condenser in the air conditioner.