Prophetically Praying Parents - Session 2 Part 2

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You pray it and he can answer it.

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The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man

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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.

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Goes into the hearts of the people,

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doesn't return void, it produces results.

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Zachariah 12, 10, you have the spirit of prayer

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already on the inside of you.

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Amen.

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Amen.

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And he longs to make an expression through you.

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He longs to make intercession through you.

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The scripture says there's a spirit of praise

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and supplication on the inside of us.

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And so many of us are just pushing it down.

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He wants to arise.

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See, we said it earlier, we are the house of prayer.

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So when we release that spirit of prayer,

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we're releasing Jesus in the earth.

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Amen.

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But we have to stir it up.

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Isaiah 64, seven, there's none that calls upon my name

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and lays hold of him.

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When what we have to do is we have to stir up

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that spirit of prayer.

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Let's face it, how many of you feel like praying?

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Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

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Sometimes yes, sometimes no.

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No matter what, we are disciplined.

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That's right.

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See, prayer goes from sacrifice to joy.

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First it's a sacrifice, then it's like joy.

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From a desire to a discipline, and then it becomes a delight.

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It's just like working out in the gym.

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Who feels like going to the gym?

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Especially on January 2nd.

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Do you know how many gym memberships are written up

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the day after New Year's Eve?

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I see it every time.

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We kind of laugh, those of us that are gym rats,

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do I have any gym rats in here?

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Yes.

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You know what I mean?

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Yeah.

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I'm a home gym.

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How many of you know what I mean?

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We kind of stand there, we kind of make fun of the newbies,

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and we're the gym rats.

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And they come in and the gym is packed,

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and we're annoyed because they're using our equipment.

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You can't get your workout in.

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It's ridiculous, because they're there,

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they're slow, they're out of shape.

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Ha ha ha!

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You get your reps in and move on.

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Ha ha ha!

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I'm a muscle guy, I've worked in gym.

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They have a desire to work out,

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then they need the discipline,

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and then after a while it becomes a delight.

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We see every time, like if you're at the gym,

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I always say to a trainer,

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I'm not the best one, trainer,

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say give them three months,

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three months, they're supposed to be empty.

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And they'll have to pay for the rest of the year

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for their gym notes.

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Right.

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Yeah.

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But you see, it's the same way, you know,

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with prayer and developing and strengthening

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your prayer muscles.

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Right.

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You know, the more you do it, the more you like it,

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and then after a while you crave it when you don't do it.

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Do you guys know what I'm talking about?

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Yes.

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Because the presence of God is very,

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you just, you can crave His presence.

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Oh, absolutely.

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And if you don't have it for a while,

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you're like, Angie says, you're knocking, seeking,

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is that how you do it?

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Yes, seeking and knocking.

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Asking, seeking and knocking.

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You just, you keep going before Him going, hello, hello,

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hello, hello, hello, hello.

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I'm here.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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Okay.

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But you have to stir it up, okay?

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Acts 1a, listen, you are empowered to pray

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by the Holy Spirit.

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Yes.

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Acts 1a, you shall receive power

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when the Holy Ghost has come upon you.

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You have power to pray.

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But it's important that we begin at home.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Absolutely.

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Jesus said in that scripture, He said,

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begin at Jerusalem, He said, begin at Jerusalem,

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then Samaria and Judea, or maybe I'll mix them up,

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and then I want you to go to the other

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most parts of the world.

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Right.

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Our Jerusalem is our own homes.

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Right.

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Amen.

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And remember that there's no time or distance in the Spirit.

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That's right.

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When you pray.

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Right.

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Though we're absent in the flesh,

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we're present in the Spirit.

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That's right.

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There's no time, no distance.

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Eternity is in your heart, your prayers are eternal,

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and long after you've left this earth,

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your prayers will continue to be answered.

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Yes.

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Glory to God.

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That's right.

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Say it.

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Are you kidding me?

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Not kidding.

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I'm kidding.

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Screw you, Dele.

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Well, that settles that.

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That's all we're doing.

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I'm on a roll today.

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Yes, you are.

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You're crazy.

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You're on fire.

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You're so quiet all the time.

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You're so quiet.

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Really?

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No.

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This brings to my remembrance my dedication.

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This book is dedicated to you, the intercessor,

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who will lay up treasure in heaven,

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and lives not for this world.

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I don't know if that's proper grammar.

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This is my first book.

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But for eternity, this book is also dedicated

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to my Lord Jesus Christ.

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If it weren't for you, I couldn't be who I am today,

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or what I will be in the future.

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That's actually not the dedication I wanted to read.

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But what I did want to read.

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Maybe you're supposed to.

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That's what we got for free.

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What I did want to read, I guess it's a different book,

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was I dedicated one of my books on prayer

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to my small, to my children.

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Men to them.

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But I said, listen, and this is mama talking.

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That's right.

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It's like a devil.

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Mom, after I've left this earth,

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my prayers on your behalf will continue to avail to us.

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Amen.

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So mama's gonna have an influence

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even when I'm in heaven and I'm not on the earth.

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That's right.

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That's right.

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That's how powerful your prayers are.

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You think about the prayers of Jesus,

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those prayers have not been answered.

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That's right.

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They're still yet coming to pass.

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Yes.

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That's why we can't grow weary in well-doing.

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Yes.

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We will reap a harvest of blessings

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if we don't faint, if we don't move on.

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That's right.

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Okay?

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I got it.

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What's that?

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Just water.

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It's all good.

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You're good.

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I got it.

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Okay, I want to go into Luke 11 and then we're gonna close.

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Can I have like 15 more minutes?

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You can have all this in one.

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Yeah, we're good.

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Yeah, I guess.

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Please.

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People.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Bye guys.

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Let me, we'll talk about this.

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You know, back in the day,

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I'm talking, back in the day, you know,

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when I was first starting ministry

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and I would have three scriptures on the pulpit

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and it was just like, I preached, you know,

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you know how we did, preached with three scriptures,

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no outlines, now I have 10 pages.

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Everything's highlighted.

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But I remember going to these churches

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and we would have revival and moves of God

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and I just would be preaching

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and carrying on until 11 o'clock at night.

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Amen.

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I was single back then.

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I never had kids, even though I'm single now,

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but I didn't know back then that people had lives.

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They didn't pick their kids up,

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get them ready for school.

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Wesley doesn't.

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So people had lives.

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Give me 15 more minutes.

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Yeah, please.

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Okay, look here at Luke chapter 11.

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Verse one.

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No, he's okay.

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Verse one.

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Verse one.

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You there?

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Yes.

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Ready.

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Almost.

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Now it came to pass as he, speaking of Jesus,

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was praying in a certain place when he sees

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that one of his disciples said unto him,

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Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

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I want you to notice they didn't say,

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Lord, teach us to preach.

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Yeah.

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Teach us how to operate in the prophetic.

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Right.

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Teach us how to flow in the gifts.

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Teach us how to raise the dead.

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They noticed that Jesus had an element about him

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that made him different.

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Yeah.

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And they noticed that he had the power

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and the presence of God always with him

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ready to heal the sick and cast out devils.

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Right.

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They noticed that there were times

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when the more famous he became,

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the more he would withdraw and pray.

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They noticed that after healing the man

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with the withered hand, the religious,

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or the people in that day were really mad about it,

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but instead of Jesus retaliating in the flesh,

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what did he do?

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He went up to a mountain to pray

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and literally spent the whole night in prayer unto God.

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And when he came out of that place to pray,

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that's when he made decisions.

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He chose his disciples.

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Yeah.

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They noticed he was a man of prayer.

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That's why they didn't say anything other than,

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teach us to pray.

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We wanna be like you.

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Amen.

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The Bible says that he would go

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and the disciples watched him.

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They said he would go sometimes early in the morning.

282
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He would go out and he would depart

283
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in a solitary place to be alone.

284
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They watched him.

285
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Where's Jesus?

286
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When he's up in the mountain again, what's he doing?

287
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He's praying to his father who sees in secret.

288
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He's praying to his father.

289
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He's developing intimacy with his father.

290
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He's building himself up.

291
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He's getting the mind of Christ.

292
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He's getting the wisdom of God.

293
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He's hearing by revelation.

294
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And then he would operate.

295
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They noticed that about him.

296
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Yeah.

297
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What about when John the Baptist passed away?

298
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Was beheaded, actually.

299
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He just went up into the mountain and he prayed.

300
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So here we have the disciples.

301
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They said, Lord teach us to pray.

302
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Now, let's see what he says.

303
00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:57,480
Are you there?

304
00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:58,300
We're there.

305
00:09:58,300 --> 00:09:59,140
Verse two.

306
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It says here, and when you pray,

307
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I love this, say, our father.

308
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This is a whole nother message,

309
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but I just want to highlight it here.

310
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The very first thing he taught them to do

311
00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:14,720
when it came to prayer was,

312
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you're not gonna pray to Jehovah Jireh.

313
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Right.

314
00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,000
You're not gonna pray to Jehovah Nisi.

315
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You're not gonna pray to Jehovah Sidkenu.

316
00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,960
But you're not gonna pray to a God or Rapha.

317
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You're gonna pray to your father.

318
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Yeah, amen.

319
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He introduced them to the heart of the father.

320
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Right.

321
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Yes.

322
00:10:37,700 --> 00:10:40,920
When you pray, you say, our father.

323
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And then he goes on, in heaven,

324
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Hallowed be your name, your kingdom come,

325
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your will be done, as in heaven,

326
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earth as it is in heaven.

327
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Now look at this, verse three.

328
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Give us, day by day,

329
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our daily bread.

330
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And forgive us our sins,

331
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for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us.

332
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And do not lead us into temptation,

333
00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,980
but deliver us from evil.

334
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So he's teaching them to pray,

335
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and he's saying when you pray,

336
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if you need bread, you go to your father.

337
00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,840
You need daily bread, you go to your father.

338
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And you ask him for your bread.

339
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You know what this reminds me of?

340
00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,680
Reminds me a lot of the prayer of faith.

341
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Yeah.

342
00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:36,640
Right.

343
00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,960
You need bread, you go to your father,

344
00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,400
who will richly supply all your needs

345
00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:46,920
according to his riches and glory by Christ Jesus.

346
00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,240
When you're in trouble, you go to your father.

347
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When you need anything, you go to your father.

348
00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,000
It's the prayer of faith.

349
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You see that?

350
00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:57,680
Yes.

351
00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:59,600
But Jesus didn't stop right there.

352
00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,800
He went right into the prayer,

353
00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,760
I'm gonna show you this, of intercession.

354
00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:04,820
Amen.

355
00:12:04,820 --> 00:12:08,260
So he's teaching them how to get their own needs met,

356
00:12:08,260 --> 00:12:09,680
but he flips a switch,

357
00:12:09,680 --> 00:12:12,880
and now he's teaching them about the prayer of intercession.

358
00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,280
And he's given us keys and strategies

359
00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:19,280
as to how we can pray to meet another person's need.

360
00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,120
Yes.

361
00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,180
Not our own needs.

362
00:12:22,180 --> 00:12:23,020
Are you there?

363
00:12:23,020 --> 00:12:24,320
That's good.

364
00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:26,280
Do you know that Brother Hagen said many times,

365
00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,400
he says, if we're not careful and we don't teach it,

366
00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,920
the art of intercession is gonna be lost.

367
00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:31,760
Right.

368
00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:33,320
Yep.

369
00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,200
That's why I'm glad I'm alive.

370
00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:36,600
Amen.

371
00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:37,960
And I'm glad you're alive.

372
00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,800
And other prayer leaders are alive.

373
00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,080
That have laid down the mantle

374
00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:43,920
of teaching the people how to pray.

375
00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:44,760
Amen.

376
00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:45,600
So needed.

377
00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,160
So here we go.

378
00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:50,240
And he said to them, which of you,

379
00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:54,280
now you are the intercessor, keep that in mind,

380
00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:58,160
which of you shall have a friend?

381
00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,800
Now that friend is God our Father,

382
00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,160
El Shaddai, if I can call him that,

383
00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,080
the God who's more than enough.

384
00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:06,920
Yes.

385
00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:08,360
How many of you have a friend like that?

386
00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,200
Yeah.

387
00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,960
So which of you have a friend and you the intercessor,

388
00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:18,040
you go to him at midnight and you say to him,

389
00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,800
friend, lend me three loaves.

390
00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,680
He was very specific in what he wanted

391
00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:30,040
from his capital F, friend.

392
00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:33,520
He says, I'm coming to you and I need three loaves from you.

393
00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,940
Now I want you to notice it said midnight.

394
00:13:37,940 --> 00:13:41,840
To me, it kind of speaks volumes in that

395
00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,040
it was a very inconvenient hour of the day.

396
00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:44,880
Right, yeah.

397
00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:45,720
It was pretty impossible.

398
00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,680
Who's gonna get up at midnight?

399
00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:48,840
Right.

400
00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:52,400
But this intercessor, if you're staying with me

401
00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,200
in this teaching, he's going to him and he's saying,

402
00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,920
I need three loaves, it's midnight, I'm coming to you.

403
00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,880
And he goes, I need three loaves for what?

404
00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:06,880
Verse six, for a friend of mine or a child of mine

405
00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,020
or a grandchild of mine or a niece of mine

406
00:14:10,020 --> 00:14:11,800
or a godchild of mine.

407
00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:12,640
Amen.

408
00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,240
For a friend of mine has come to me

409
00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,920
and I know who I am in Christ Jesus.

410
00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:19,480
I know all the scriptures.

411
00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:20,480
I could quote it.

412
00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:22,200
I'm the head, not the tail.

413
00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:23,840
I'm incomplete.

414
00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,040
I'm coming to you for a friend of mine

415
00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,240
who's come to me in his journey

416
00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:32,280
and I have nothing to set before him.

417
00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:33,640
I like to put it like this.

418
00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:37,360
A friend of mine has come to me in his journey in life.

419
00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:38,400
Yes.

420
00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,360
And in my self, I have nothing to give him.

421
00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:42,200
Yeah.

422
00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,160
That's why I'm coming to you.

423
00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:44,000
That's right.

424
00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,960
You own a cattle and a thousand else.

425
00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,800
You're our shadow.

426
00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:48,520
You're the god that's born in us.

427
00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:49,880
You're the Lord, our healer.

428
00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:51,080
You are everything.

429
00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:51,920
Yeah.

430
00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,800
I'm not coming here for my own needs.

431
00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,240
All my needs are met.

432
00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:56,080
Yeah.

433
00:14:57,200 --> 00:15:00,680
And verse seven, he from within will answer and say,

434
00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:01,640
don't trouble me.

435
00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:03,160
The door's now shut.

436
00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:05,480
My children are with me in bed.

437
00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:08,380
I cannot rise and give you.

438
00:15:08,380 --> 00:15:10,640
Wow, that sounds pretty discouraging.

439
00:15:10,640 --> 00:15:11,480
Yeah.

440
00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:12,320
Right?

441
00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:13,560
Right.

442
00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:16,680
But that's why the prayer of intercession is so powerful

443
00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:19,760
because you're gonna expect resistance

444
00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,000
when you start going to God on the behalf

445
00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,920
of whoever it is you're praying for.

446
00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,160
That's right.

447
00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:26,760
It may look impossible.

448
00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,920
You may sense that resistance.

449
00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,920
You may even hear, prayer's not working.

450
00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:32,240
Your prayers aren't working.

451
00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,400
And he goes, I cannot, but you know,

452
00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,280
this guy was not moved.

453
00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:37,120
Amen.

454
00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:37,960
I love it.

455
00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:42,240
Luke 18.1 says, men ought to always pray

456
00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:43,920
and not faint.

457
00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:44,760
That's right.

458
00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:47,000
Don't faint, don't quit, don't give up.

459
00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,160
We said it yesterday or last week, you know,

460
00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,000
sometimes things get worse before it gets better.

461
00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:54,840
Right.

462
00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:56,200
Because you're pressing in

463
00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,000
and you're moving into the enemy's territory

464
00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:01,040
and the enemy's been there a long time.

465
00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:01,880
That's right.

466
00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,160
You're knocking at the door on the behalf of your child

467
00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,960
and that enemy does not wanna give up.

468
00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,160
I just heard in my spirit, resistance.

469
00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,400
There's been so much resistance.

470
00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,200
It's just like a woman when she gives birth to a baby.

471
00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,040
Right.

472
00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:15,920
You know, what happens?

473
00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,760
You know, she has contractions and contractions

474
00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,320
and then she reaches that point, you know,

475
00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,480
where she's just gotta push and give birth to that baby.

476
00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,320
But just because we have the contractions

477
00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,760
doesn't mean that baby is not gonna be born.

478
00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:28,600
Right.

479
00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:29,440
Right.

480
00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,880
He goes, let's see what happens next.

481
00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:34,800
Verse eight, I say to you,

482
00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:37,480
remember Jesus is teaching them how to pray.

483
00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,160
I say to you, though he will not rise and give him

484
00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,440
because he is his friend,

485
00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,280
yet because of his persistence,

486
00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:46,120
Hallelujah.

487
00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,760
he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

488
00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,080
That word persistence,

489
00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:56,680
there's another word that is also used in the translation,

490
00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:59,360
because of his importunity.

491
00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:00,720
Yep.

492
00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:02,800
Now this is intercession now, you understand?

493
00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:05,680
This was only in this particular prayer.

494
00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:06,520
Right.

495
00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:09,680
He says, it's because of his importunity.

496
00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:11,360
He didn't quit, he didn't give up.

497
00:17:11,360 --> 00:17:12,960
He kept knocking at the door.

498
00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,000
He kept going to the throne of grace.

499
00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,800
He was persistent.

500
00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:17,640
Yeah.

501
00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:22,120
That word importunity means the state or quality

502
00:17:22,120 --> 00:17:25,320
of being in importunate,

503
00:17:25,320 --> 00:17:28,360
persistent in solicitation.

504
00:17:28,360 --> 00:17:32,120
Solicitation as in treaty urging

505
00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:35,360
or a petition or request,

506
00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:37,360
persistent in asking or demanding.

507
00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:39,960
I want to clarify something here.

508
00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:44,040
We're not demanding of God on the behalf of another person.

509
00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,120
He would let all men be saved and come to the knowledge.

510
00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:49,440
We told you, no we didn't get there,

511
00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,800
but we will next week.

512
00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,320
Salvation is for all your children.

513
00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:54,960
All your children will be taught the Lord.

514
00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,720
Grace will be the peace of your children.

515
00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,480
So we're not demanding God to save our children.

516
00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,600
He said, I would that they be saved.

517
00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,920
We're demanding of the devil.

518
00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,280
Get your hands off of my child.

519
00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:08,120
That's right.

520
00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:09,840
You cannot have my child.

521
00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,200
Amen.

522
00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,840
That's exactly right.

523
00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,200
You're demanding of him.

524
00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,440
Yes.

525
00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,440
And I'm trying to close,

526
00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:20,640
but it's like Romans 15 one and Galatians six two.

527
00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,360
When you start to demand of the devil

528
00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:25,040
and pray the prayer of intercession

529
00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,560
on the behalf of your family, your child, whatever,

530
00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,200
there's a lifting up with the idea

531
00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:35,200
of completely removing that scribble of conscience

532
00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,680
so that band that's around their head

533
00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,120
and whom Satan, the God of this world

534
00:18:39,120 --> 00:18:40,280
has blinded their minds.

535
00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,120
Yes.

536
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,160
You're going in and the devil's blinded their minds.

537
00:18:43,160 --> 00:18:44,760
There's something wrong in their belief

538
00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:45,600
and in their mind.

539
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:46,440
That's right.

540
00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:47,280
They have a scribble of conscience.

541
00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:49,120
So you're going in, you're demanding the devil

542
00:18:49,120 --> 00:18:51,880
unlock that thing and you're heading resistance.

543
00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:52,720
Yeah.

544
00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:54,600
That's why you have to pray with importunity.

545
00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,440
Yeah.

546
00:18:56,360 --> 00:18:59,680
And all you're asking of God, ask for the heathen.

547
00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,280
They're your inheritance.

548
00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,120
Ask and I'll give it to you.

549
00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:05,440
You see the difference here?

550
00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,920
I used to call it the positive side of intercession

551
00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,120
and the negative side of intercession.

552
00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:11,560
I got that from Bobbie Jean Murr.

553
00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:12,400
That's good.

554
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:13,220
Is she still around?

555
00:19:13,220 --> 00:19:14,060
I think so.

556
00:19:14,060 --> 00:19:14,900
Yep.

557
00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:15,720
I love her.

558
00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:17,520
The positive side is where you go to God

559
00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,200
and the negative side is where you're contending

560
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,280
with the adversary.

561
00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,720
All right, two more scriptures and we're gonna close.

562
00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,000
Job 932.

563
00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:30,400
E.M. Bounds taught that perseverance

564
00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,960
is the essential element of prayer.

565
00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,080
Yes.

566
00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:39,640
Job 932 says,

567
00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:42,320
for he is not a man,

568
00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,040
as I am, that I should answer him.

569
00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000
And that we should go to court together.

570
00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,900
For he speaking of God is not a man as I am,

571
00:19:53,900 --> 00:19:55,000
that I should answer him,

572
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,040
and that we should go to court together.

573
00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,600
Neither is there any mediator between us

574
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,520
that might lay his hand upon us both.

575
00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,560
An intercessor is a mediator.

576
00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,440
And here's a visualization.

577
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:12,440
You lay one hand on God and one hand on your child

578
00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,680
or that person or that thing

579
00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:18,000
or whatever your target of prayer is.

580
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,520
And it's good to have prayer targets.

581
00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:20,360
Yes.

582
00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:21,920
Yeah, agreed.

583
00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,360
So it's laying one hand on God, you're the mediator.

584
00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:27,280
You're laying one hand on God, one hand on that person

585
00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:31,040
and don't let go.

586
00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:33,440
Job 2236.

587
00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,000
Then you will have your delight in the Almighty

588
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,720
and you will lift your face to God.

589
00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,400
You will pray to him and he will hear you.

590
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,600
You will also pay your vows.

591
00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,440
You will decide and you create a thing

592
00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:49,040
and it will be established for you.

593
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,640
And the light of God's favor will shine upon your ways.

594
00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:53,760
Now visualize this.

595
00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,400
You're laying one hand on that child, one hand on God.

596
00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:01,800
He will even the rescue or delivers another translation.

597
00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:06,800
The one for whom you intercede who is not innocent.

598
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,520
Now they're in the bars, they're doing drugs,

599
00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,360
they're in rehab, they're doing this,

600
00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:14,400
they're sleeping, oh my God, they're doing all this stuff.

601
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,000
He will even deliver the one for whom you intercede

602
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:18,120
who is not innocent.

603
00:21:18,120 --> 00:21:18,960
That's right.

604
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,840
And he will be rescued through the cleanest of your hands.

605
00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:22,680
Thank you, God.

606
00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:23,500
Amen.

607
00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:26,040
You're the churches of God, in Christ Jesus

608
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,440
and that's why the Holy Spirit emphasized that.

609
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,160
Your hands are clean.

610
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:31,480
Amen.

611
00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:32,600
You've got this.

612
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:34,160
We can rescue God.

613
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,280
You're rescuers.

614
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:36,800
That's right.

615
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:37,700
That's good.

616
00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,640
Jude 1.22 says, and have mercy on some who are doubting.

617
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,840
Save others, snatching them out of the fire.

618
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,480
You're pulling them out of the fire.

619
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,680
And the scriptures is hating even the garments

620
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,920
spotted by the flesh.

621
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,760
I remember one time, and we're gonna close right here

622
00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,920
and then we'll get into next week where we begin.

623
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,120
I remember one time we were doing, you know,

624
00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,520
we had so much fun.

625
00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,740
I've been doing this for 42 years.

626
00:22:05,740 --> 00:22:08,280
We've had a lot of fun, seen a lot of things.

627
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:09,880
Me and my prayer team one time,

628
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,520
we were getting ready to do a meeting

629
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,440
in one of the churches, I don't know which one.

630
00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,260
But I remember we were interceding,

631
00:22:16,260 --> 00:22:18,320
we were praying in the Holy Ghost.

632
00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,600
There was such an anointing on us to pray.

633
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,960
You know, you could be more or less anointed to preach.

634
00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,160
Just, and you know, and either way it's gonna work.

635
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,200
And you could be more or less anointed to pray.

636
00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:32,040
Yes.

637
00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,760
You could be anointed to pray.

638
00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,840
Remember that KIU event we did?

639
00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,000
One to two weeks before we knew

640
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,920
that we were getting shut down because of COVID.

641
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,240
And we were all sitting around,

642
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,880
it was Corp of United Prayer going,

643
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,080
what are we praying about?

644
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,800
We didn't even know, we were so burdened.

645
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:53,200
But we didn't know, Michael, he's groaning in the spirit.

646
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,040
We couldn't release that.

647
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,560
That was one of those videos.

648
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,400
Yeah.

649
00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,040
We're fully raised.

650
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,240
We're not editing it, you can't possibly edit

651
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:03,600
that whole entire prayer meeting.

652
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:04,440
Yeah.

653
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:05,840
We're not releasing that to the public.

654
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,120
Right.

655
00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:10,000
You know, we were so anointed to pray.

656
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,960
And we just took turns.

657
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:12,800
Yeah.

658
00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:13,800
It was amazing.

659
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,800
But I remember this meeting, you know,

660
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,520
we were so anointed, there was an anointing

661
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,800
that came on us in the room to pray.

662
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:23,960
And I started to have, I didn't know what it was about.

663
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:27,400
Then I was seeing, it was a seer anointing.

664
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:32,240
And I just started seeing people as we were praying,

665
00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,560
going into the pit, into hell.

666
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,160
And I saw as we were praying,

667
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:41,080
some of the descent into hell was slowed down

668
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,480
and others were completely lifted up out of the fire.

669
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,200
God, that's awesome.

670
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:46,840
Wow.

671
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,120
And that was the power of the prayer of intercession.

672
00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:52,520
Brother Hagen once said, or not once,

673
00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,360
because I've listened to him so much,

674
00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:58,800
he was casting the devil out of somebody.

675
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,640
And the devils were screaming.

676
00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,920
And at one point, the demons started screaming,

677
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:09,920
I hate intercessors, I hate intercessors,

678
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,000
I hate intercessors.

679
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,800
And Brother Hagen goes, of course.

680
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:18,800
They're the ones.

681
00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:20,920
Right.

682
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,760
Yeah, they're a huge problem.

683
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,280
And the demons revealed their strategy, you know?

684
00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:27,120
Yeah.

685
00:24:27,120 --> 00:24:28,120
God's strategy.

686
00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:28,960
Yes.

687
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:30,640
Because there's some people never be saved,

688
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,720
never be delivered unless somebody prays for them.

689
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:33,560
That's right.

690
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:34,640
That's how I got saved.

691
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,600
I believe somebody who was praying for that person

692
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:37,880
was getting delivered from the devil.

693
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:38,720
Amen.

694
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,640
So lift up the idea of completely removing

695
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,200
that strip of conscience off of them

696
00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,280
so that some other labor could come in and finish the work.

697
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:46,120
Yes.

698
00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:48,840
Some plant, some water, God gives you.

699
00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:49,680
That's right.

700
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,200
That's why I have an even team ministry.

701
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:52,040
That's right.

702
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:52,880
Yes.

703
00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:53,720
I don't want to do it all by myself.

704
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:54,560
Exactly.

705
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:55,400
That's my job.

706
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:56,240
Thank you.

707
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:57,160
I have a measure of anointing that I carry

708
00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:59,440
in a certain area, and I'm just gonna do my job.

709
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:00,280
Amen.

710
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:02,920
Okay, in conclusion, I want to read this to you.

711
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,200
And I know many of you have heard me read this before,

712
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:06,760
but bears repetition.

713
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:07,800
That's right.

714
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,360
I'm gonna say it anyway.

715
00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:11,040
How many of you know John Ramirez?

716
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:11,880
Yes.

717
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:12,720
Yep.

718
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,160
Have you ever watched his videos?

719
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:15,000
Yes.

720
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,880
Okay, I'll tell you why I watched him,

721
00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,880
because his calling was, there's a scripture that says,

722
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:24,640
rather don't partake with the unfruitful works of darkness,

723
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,120
but rather expose them.

724
00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:32,120
So John Ramirez, he was a high level ranking warlock.

725
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:36,280
Like people, for real.

726
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:37,120
Yeah, trained by the superiors.

727
00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:40,320
Get your head out of the sand, for real.

728
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,240
There's devil worshipers in the earth today

729
00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:45,400
that are trying to destroy your family.

730
00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,240
Yes.

731
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,080
That's right.

732
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,240
Why do you think the divorce rate is so high?

733
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,440
The devil's trying to destroy the family, the children.

734
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,280
Yeah.

735
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,200
So he was a high ranking demon.

736
00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:01,800
So his, not demon, he was a high ranking warlock.

737
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,040
So his calling was, at this point,

738
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,000
was exposed to the works of the devil.

739
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,640
Now what I like about John Ramirez,

740
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:08,760
and if this wasn't true,

741
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,680
I wouldn't listen to him, to be honest.

742
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,480
He was discipled under David Wilkerson.

743
00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:14,960
See, he was discipled.

744
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:15,800
Hello?

745
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:16,880
Yes.

746
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:17,720
Okay.

747
00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:18,880
And David Wilkerson,

748
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,920
you can't get any more solid than him, right?

749
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:21,760
That's right.

750
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:22,600
Exactly.

751
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,360
We men all agree on everything, but so what?

752
00:26:24,360 --> 00:26:27,000
At least he was a good, strong, solid man,

753
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000
who discipled his people.

754
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:29,840
That's right.

755
00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,040
And so he gets saved, and this is what he said

756
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,360
when he was exposing the works of darkness.

757
00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:40,360
His actually, his father was actually the devil, John said.

758
00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:42,000
He would come in and sit with him and talk to him.

759
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,160
Yep.

760
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,680
And he would speak in demonic tongues.

761
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,680
We can't get the church to pray 15 minutes

762
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:48,720
in Holy Ghost tongues.

763
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:49,560
That's right.

764
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,280
We've had witches come in and pray in tongues.

765
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:52,120
Oh yeah.

766
00:26:52,120 --> 00:26:52,940
We've had it.

767
00:26:52,940 --> 00:26:53,780
Oh I know.

768
00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:54,620
I know.

769
00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:55,460
Most worried.

770
00:26:55,460 --> 00:26:56,300
I know.

771
00:26:56,300 --> 00:26:57,140
I know.

772
00:26:57,140 --> 00:26:57,980
I know.

773
00:26:57,980 --> 00:26:58,820
I know.

774
00:26:58,820 --> 00:27:00,920
He said he'd pray all night and into the morning.

775
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,640
If you're hungry enough for God,

776
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,680
you'll spend time with him.

777
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,480
This guy was hungry to be promoted in the demonic realm.

778
00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:10,300
Right.

779
00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:12,320
Okay, he said he would leave his body

780
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:16,820
and put curses over cities, regions, states, and countries.

781
00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:18,960
He what?

782
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:19,780
Yep.

783
00:27:19,780 --> 00:27:20,620
Even after people spoke to him.

784
00:27:20,620 --> 00:27:21,460
Oh my God.

785
00:27:21,460 --> 00:27:23,040
In tongues of interpretation, what is that?

786
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,880
I'm scared of all the prophetic, the scene?

787
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:27,080
Oh, what is that?

788
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,000
Let's shut him down.

789
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,280
Let's not let the prophet speak.

790
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,520
No, no, no, no.

791
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,560
This guy from the demonic realm left his body.

792
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:35,400
Right.

793
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:38,640
Right?

794
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:40,680
To everything that's in the kingdom, there's a counterfeit.

795
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:41,520
That's right.

796
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,000
Didn't they transport somebody in the book of Acts?

797
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,480
They went from one place to another?

798
00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:46,320
Yeah.

799
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:47,160
Philip.

800
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:48,240
Philip, but he took his body with him.

801
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:49,680
Oh, he took his body with him.

802
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,480
God took his body with him.

803
00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,920
That translated spirit, soul, and body to another place.

804
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:54,760
He didn't get it.

805
00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,160
It was an out of body experience like Satan does with people.

806
00:27:58,160 --> 00:27:59,720
It's an out of body experience.

807
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:00,680
It's totally different.

808
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:01,560
That's demonic.

809
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:03,280
Yeah, that's astral projection.

810
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,400
That's astral projection.

811
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:06,480
So he'd leave his body.

812
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,280
He'd put curses.

813
00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,280
He'd go, now here, now we're gonna close.

814
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,800
He would go into neighborhoods in the spiritual realm

815
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,960
in order to weaken it in the natural realm.

816
00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:17,800
Yeah.

817
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:18,640
Yeah.

818
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:19,720
Ooh.

819
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:20,600
That's real.

820
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,040
He'd speak curses.

821
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,800
That's why life and death, those are the power.

822
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:25,640
That's right.

823
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:26,480
Yeah.

824
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:27,920
That's why we gotta watch what we say about our kids.

825
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:28,760
That's right.

826
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,320
That's right.

827
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,640
We gotta watch what we speak over our families.

828
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,120
Yes.

829
00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:38,480
Because the demonic people, they understand words.

830
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:43,240
That's why we pray the word of God over our families.

831
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,080
Right.

832
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,760
Then he said, if he would see people praying,

833
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,200
he said, this is how he talked.

834
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,000
He's one of those New Yorkers.

835
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,000
And then right there, he went, oh my God.

836
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,000
And now they know, like, that's what they're doing.

837
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,000
And now they know.

838
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:59,000
That is it.

839
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:00,000
Is it true?

840
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,000
Is it true?

841
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,200
He said, if he would see people praying,

842
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,120
he said, this is how he worded it.

843
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,560
There was no accomplishment in that neighborhood.

844
00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:10,480
Huh.

845
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:11,320
There it is.

846
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:12,160
Is what?

847
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:15,400
He said, if he would see people praying,

848
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:18,600
there was no accomplishment in that neighborhood.

849
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:19,440
Yeah.

850
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:20,640
He stopped them.

851
00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:21,480
Yeah.

852
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:22,320
Yeah.

853
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,920
This is why I wanted to read and listen to him

854
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,840
because I'm teaching on prayer,

855
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,440
and it's almost like, Lord, show us more

856
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:31,320
about the spirit.

857
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:32,160
Right.

858
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,000
Yeah.

859
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,160
Absolutely.

860
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,880
He said that neighborhood was blessed.

861
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,120
He said, sanctified through prayer,

862
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,480
and you couldn't touch it.

863
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:42,880
He said, other neighborhoods, it was party time.

864
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:43,720
Mm-mm.

865
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:44,560
Mm-mm.

866
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:48,600
Lord, teach us to pray.

867
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:49,760
That's right.

868
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,600
Thank you so much for tuning in to today's podcast.

869
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,760
It has been such a joy sharing this time with you.

870
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,480
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871
00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,600
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