Prophetically Praying Parents: Session 3, Part 1

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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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Okay, well it's good to be here again.

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Good to have you.

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We have been on assignment.

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Yes.

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God's been at work.

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Amen.

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Amen, we've been learning how to pray for our children.

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But specifically today, I'm gonna go ahead

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and open up with our text.

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It's Psalms 127, verse three and four.

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Says, behold, children are a heritage from the Lord.

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The fruit of the womb is a reward.

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Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,

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so are the children of one's youth.

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And we're gonna talk today about

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what a praying parent can do.

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So we're just gonna go ahead and jump right in.

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So how do we pray for our children?

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In other words, where do we begin?

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First of all, we must know his general will.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Right?

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We must know his general will.

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Hosea 4.6 says, my people are destroyed

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because of a lack of knowledge.

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And I think that's why many families are destroyed.

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Many things are happening because we don't have knowledge

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of how to pray for our children.

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But what I love about what we're doing here

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is that Romans 10, 17 says that faith comes by hearing

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and hearing by the word of God.

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And as far as I know,

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we're gonna get into a little bit of faith today.

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Okay, so where do we begin?

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We must know his general will.

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Number one, 1 Timothy 2, 4 says,

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I would that all men be saved

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and come to the knowledge of the truth.

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It's God's will that all of your children are taught by him

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and that their peace is undisturbed.

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It's his will that they be saved.

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Acts 16, 31 says, believe in the Lord

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and you will be saved and your household.

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So you can stand on this promise.

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This is the promise of God

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and all the promises of God are yes and amen.

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And you can stand on this word and say, no, devil, no.

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All of my children will be saved

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and great will be the peace

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and undisturbed composure of my children.

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The scripture says he sent his word and he healed them

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and delivered them from the destruction of the enemy.

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So we thank God for the word of God

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that his word doesn't return void,

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that it will produce and accomplish

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what it's been sent forth to do.

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Amen. Okay.

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So believe in the Lord and you will be saved

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and your household.

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Romans 1, 16 says, for I am not ashamed of the gospel

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because it is the power of God

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that brings salvation to everyone who believes,

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first the Jew, then to the Gentile.

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So the gospel is the power of God onto salvation.

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That word salvation is soteria

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and it means healing, deliverance, safety and soundness.

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So if you have any questions about any of these things

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in regard to the rising generations that are in the earth,

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this is God's will.

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It says will that they be saved

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and come to the knowledge of the truth.

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It's his will that they be healed in their body.

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It's his will that they be delivered from the evil one.

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It's his will that they be safe when they go to school.

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It's his will that they have a sound

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and well-balanced mind.

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So there's just, everything is right here,

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to know his general will.

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And we know that 1 John 2 says,

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beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things

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and be in health just as your soul prospers.

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So God's will is that they prosper

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and that they're in health even as their soul prospers.

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So we've got all the bases covered here, amen?

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Here's some more promises to encourage.

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I said in my book, Contend,

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stirring the hearts and destinies of our children in prayer.

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We have, I think it's like 65 promises

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in the very back of the book.

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So there's a promise that meets the need for your children.

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As a matter of fact, we're gonna get into it,

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it's coming up in my spirit now.

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When you pray for your children,

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find a scripture that meets their need.

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And agree with the word of God.

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And that's what you present before the throne room of grace.

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Don't pray the problem over and over and over again.

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Intercession, it's repetition praying,

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oh, opportunity praying with opportunity.

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Pray the promises of God that are yes and amen.

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Pray the word of God.

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Don't pray the problem over and over and over again.

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That's just digging yourself into unbelief.

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It's just, it's really,

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let not that man think he'll receive anything from the Lord.

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Pray the answer.

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The answer is the word of God.

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Now it's okay to acknowledge the problem

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because we all know as prophetically praying parents

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or grandparents, we think, a lot of us think a lot.

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And we're gonna talk about this as time goes on.

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But as you watch over your family in the spirit,

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sometimes you pick up on things

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or you just know things in your head.

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And so it's hard sometimes as parents

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not to be concerned or worried,

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but we don't wanna pray worried prayers.

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This is not in my notes right now.

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We don't wanna pray worried prayers.

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We wanna pray the word of God mixed with faith.

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And that's what produces results on the behalf of your children.

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Don't pray worried prayers.

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We can acknowledge the problem because all right, Lord,

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you know what's going on, da, da, da, da, whatever,

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but pray the answer.

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So here's some more scriptures.

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Proverbs 22, six says, train up a child

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in the way that he should go.

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And when he's old, he will not depart from it.

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So some of you who have kids, young people,

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however old they are, we're talking about the babies

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that are born out all the way up to the millennials.

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You raised them in church.

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They were raised in church.

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They sat through worship services and they go off to college.

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And all of a sudden they're out partying

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and hanging out with their friends

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and doing things that you didn't teach them to do.

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But here's the deal.

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The deal is this.

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When you train up a child in the ways that they should go,

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when you put the word of God in their hearts,

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the word of God and all the things that they've received

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throughout all their forming years is going to come up

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and it's going to invade their mind and their soul

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and they will not be able to depart

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from what they've been taught.

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I am so excited this morning.

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Isaiah 54, 13.

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Here's another, a promise.

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I'm only gonna give you a couple.

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I'm not gonna give you all 65.

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All of your children shall be taught by the Lord.

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We already said it, but here's the reference.

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And great shall be the peace of your children.

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All of your children.

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Not just the two children.

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Every single one of your children will be taught

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by the Lord and great will be the peace

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and the undisturbed composure of your children.

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And let me just say this.

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That one child that some of you have

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that gives you the most trouble.

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She's an angel.

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She's right there.

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She's a true angel.

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She's an angel.

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She's even got a halo on her head.

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But that one, let me tell you.

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That one, I would have to say,

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is probably marked by God and set apart by God

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for the work of the ministry.

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And has some kind of gifting that the enemy is afraid

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of them developing in their life.

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That's right.

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Are you listening?

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Just remember, we said it before.

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We'll say it again.

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We're sin abounds.

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Grace does so much more about.

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That child needs more and more and more grace.

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But as parents, sometimes I think we need to say,

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give me grace.

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Give me grace to raise this child.

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Amen?

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Well, he said, I didn't know what I just heard in my spirit.

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My grace is sufficient for you.

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That's right.

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Thank you.

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Right?

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So we've got the grace that we need.

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And here's another thing.

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We've got the wisdom that we need to raise these children.

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And if we lack wisdom or we don't know what to do

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or how to answer their question or what exactly they need,

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we can pray and ask God for wisdom

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and he'll give it to us abundantly.

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Or we can read a book about raising kids.

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I actually recommend several books in my book,

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contend, because I feel like, I don't feel, I know,

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I feel like it's not just all prayer.

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Oh, sure.

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You gotta raise your kids' rights.

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You gotta understand their love language.

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You gotta understand, you know, the things,

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what kind of personality that they have.

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Because it really helps to help you develop

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a well-rounded child.

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You have to understand that, you know,

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we can't be always preoccupied

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and our kids don't have eye contact with us

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and our intention.

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Otherwise, that kid is gonna think they're not loved.

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So, yes, I believe in the power of prayer.

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I believe in prayer.

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But I think we also need to be

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a little more practical at times, amen?

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Amen.

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Okay, Philippians 1, 6 says,

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being confident of this,

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that he who has begun a good work,

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let's say in the rising generations,

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will carry on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ.

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Now, lastly, Isaiah 49, 25.

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Aren't you glad that I give a lot of scripture?

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Yes.

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Because this is what builds your faith.

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My son said to me one time, he said,

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Mommy, you know, I love that kids still call me Mommy.

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You know, that's a New Jersey thing.

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Did you guys know that?

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I'm not from here originally.

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It's a New Jersey Mommy is a New Jersey thing.

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Yeah, it's cute.

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I like it.

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But I don't know why I said that.

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Oh, my son said, Mommy,

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he said, you know what I like about your ministry?

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I go, what?

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He goes, you give a lot of scripture.

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And I said, you know, sometimes I think that's what we need.

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You know, I think storytelling is good.

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I think it's their windows to our messages.

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But giving scripture really lays that foundation.

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Amen.

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Isaiah 49, 25 says,

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I will contend with those who contend with you

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and your children, I will save.

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Amen.

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Hallelujah.

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I love this one.

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Your children, I will save.

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Okay.

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Now knowing his will builds confidence in prayer.

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Everyone say that.

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Knowing his will builds confidence in prayer.

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Verse John five, 14 and 15 says,

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this is the confidence that we have in approaching God.

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If we ask anything according to his will,

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he hears us.

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And if we know he hears us,

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whatever we ask, we know we have what we have asked of him.

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So when you pray the will of God and the word of God,

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it will build your confidence in prayer.

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I've asked according to the will of God.

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And number two, when you know he hears you,

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you know you have the petitions you desire of him.

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Some people think, well, I don't think God hears me

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because when I pray, you know,

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it just feels like my words are going out

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and hitting the back wall and coming back and hitting.

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It doesn't, you can't be moved by what you feel.

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God said in his word, my eyes will be open

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and my ears attentive under the prayers

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that are made in this place.

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So when you pray for the rising generations,

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know that he hears you.

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Yes.

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And know that when you pray the word of God,

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that you will have the petitions you desire of him.

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I hesitated because he's talking to me

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and I'm trying to finish my sentence.

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It's very interesting how that works.

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Yes.

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Listen, let me just explain something to you.

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Sometimes when you pray for your children,

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things get worse before things get better.

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Right.

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Yeah, the words always test it.

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So why does it get worse at times before it gets better?

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Well, two things, or it could be one or another or both.

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Number one, you begin to pray for your children

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then the Holy Spirit, his ministry is to convict

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and convince them of their need for Jesus.

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I think that's John 16 or John 14, right?

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He's convicting them, you're praying.

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So you're releasing the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

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So he starts to hover around them

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and they're doing whatever they're doing

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and they're convicted and they're convinced

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of their need for Jesus.

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They sense a pull.

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I remember when I was in the process of getting saved

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because it took about a year,

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I could literally feel a pull.

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I was always really sensitive to the things of the Spirit.

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Some of you and some of you that are listening as a child,

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you would understand what I'm talking about.

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So I can remember the pull of something dark pulling me

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and then something this way pulling me.

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There was actually, I could actually remember

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being in my car then having this sense

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of there's some kind of war going on over my life.

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And it was either yield to this side or yield to that side.

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Well, you can't serve both.

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You have to give Jesus Christ absolute Lordship.

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But a lot of times they get worse because they're convicted.

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And when you get convicted,

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you're not happy drinking and hanging out the bars anymore

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and hanging out with your friends

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or doing whatever they're doing.

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Because the Holy Spirit beginning to shine the light

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on their hearts by revelation,

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that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life

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and that no man goes to the Father except through him.

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And Jesus is shining the light saying,

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this is not gonna satisfy you, you need me.

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I'm the author and the finisher of your faith.

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You need me to be happy.

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So their souls are troubled

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and their souls are being convicted.

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Or number two, the devil, it's just the devil.

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The devil doesn't wanna give up his stronghold.

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So he's fighting.

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He's, yes, yeah, we don't rest,

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there's always such a spirit of revelation in this church.

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We don't wrestle against flesh and blood.

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We're wrestling against principalities, powers,

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rulers of the darkness of this world.

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So the enemy, if he's got his hand on their life,

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he doesn't wanna give up.

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And he's not gonna give up easily or quickly.

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That's why you've got to keep on praying.

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This art of intercession, keep praying,

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keep bringing them before the throne of God,

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one hand on them, one hand on God,

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and keep praying for them.

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We're gonna talk about this next week.

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I'm gonna talk a lot about praying in the Holy Ghost

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and the power it produces.

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So the devil just doesn't wanna give up

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his stronghold over their life.

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So what happens?

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Well, how many of you remember the story

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of the little boy that had the demon

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and Jesus came and cast the devil out of the little boy

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and he commanded the evil spirit to leave.

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He had to leave.

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There was just no, the devil had to leave.

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That's it, you gotta go, you gotta go.

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This is my child, you gotta go.

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You can't have my child, you gotta go.

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No weapon formed against my child will prosper.

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You gotta go.

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So the enemy starts to get like, what, what, what?

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Does that praying parent really mean what she says?

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Or he says, what, what?

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And so finally when you're just, you're steadfast,

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immovable, always abounding in the work of prayer

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and intercession on the behalf of your kids,

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eventually the devil's gotta go.

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Right.

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Are you listening?

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So it's like when Jesus cast the devil out of that little

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boy, the Bible says, he knew he had to go,

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but the Bible says he tore him and then he left.

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So he put up a stake, put up a fight.

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See parents, caregivers, the devil wants you

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to quit praying.

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He wants you to throw up your hands and go,

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I heard all kinds of teaching on praying

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for the rising generations or praying for my kids

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and my grandkids and it's just not working.

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Let me just, let me just say this,

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prayer opens up the door for God to work.

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That's right.

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We have not because we ask not.

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When you ask and you pray and you stand and you watch,

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God will work and the devil has to flee.

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There's no question about it.

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That's why I read you that example

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of the John Ramirez testimony.

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You mean he said there were the places that he went

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where there was praying parents or people,

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he, there was quote, no accomplishment.

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He couldn't do what he desired to do

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in the witchcraft realm and in the word curses.

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So don't underestimate the power of your prayers.

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That's right.

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Don't think, well, you know, maybe you're a new Christian

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and you, you're just getting a hold of this.

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Don't underestimate, you have scripture.

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I have scriptures in my book.

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You have everything you need to have

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a successful prayer life.

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And here's another thing.

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Don't think it's too late for your child

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and you should have started when they were babies.

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It's never too late.

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It's never too late.

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You can start right where you are right now.

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It is never too late.

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Are you with me?

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Okay.

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So knowing his will will increase your faith.

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What is faith?

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Hebrews 11, one, amplified.

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Now faith, you know what I like about faith?

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Faith is now.

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That's right.

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Right.

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You know, here's another thing.

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Faith is not only now, faith is of the heart.

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And faith is a spiritual force

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that goes out into the realm of the spirit

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and it produces results.

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It is a spiritual force.

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Okay.

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So now faith is the assurance,

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the title deed, the confirmation

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of things hoped for divinely, listen, guaranteed.

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All my children will be taught of the Lord.

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Great will be the peace and the undisturbed composure

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of my children.

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Divinely guaranteed.

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That scripture is divinely guaranteed

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on the behalf of your children.

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And the evidence of things not seen,

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the conviction of their reality,

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faith comprehends as fact

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what cannot be experienced by the physical senses.

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So faith is certain and isn't concerned

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about the circumstances, actions, words,

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or behavior of our children.

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Yeah.

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But instead looks at the promises of God for our children.

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I'm not moved by what I see.

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I'm not moved by what I hear.

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Your child may come home and curse at you

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and carry on and be high and all that.

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You just can't be moved.

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Yeah, set boundaries, obviously.

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Be a parent, but don't be moved by what they say.

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Don't be moved by how they're acting.

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Don't be moved.

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You just be moved by what you be moved

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on what the word of God has to say about your children.

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James 1.6 says, but when you ask,

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you must believe.

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Yeah.

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And not doubt.

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I have no doubt that all my children

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are taught of the Lord and greatest is their peace.

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Do they sometimes have these little hills and valleys?

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Yes, but I don't doubt.

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I'm not gonna doubt.

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I'm gonna stand.

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Our children, the rising generations

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are counting on us to stand in the gap for them.

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Amen.

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Because we are like the errands and the herds

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on their behalf.

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We're holding up their arms and they need our support.

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I don't wanna go back over that,

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but they need our support

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because there's so much war in the earth today.

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Yeah.

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Isaiah 61 through five says that there's darkness,

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gross darkness is covering the earth,

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but we know the light of God is also rising.

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But my friends, these young people,

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the rising generations,

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there's never been a time like this time.

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Gone are the days of catching lightning bugs,

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putting them in a jar and shaking them

503
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and hanging out in the backyard.

504
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Oh yeah, right now.

505
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I know the poor lightning bug.

506
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I can't believe I did that.

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Okay, they're living in a completely different world.

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So they're depending on us.

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But when we ask, we must believe and not doubt

510
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because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea

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blown and tossed by the wind.

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I'm gonna, I was gonna get into this later,

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but I'll get into it now.

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When you pray for your child or your children or whoever,

515
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it's very important to watch what you say about them,

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even under your breath when you're by yourself

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and you're frustrated.

518
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Yeah.

519
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Hello.

520
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Right.

521
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Hello.

522
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That's the book I'm gonna write right here.

523
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Okay, because life and death are in the power of the tongue.

524
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Notice John Ramirez said, he said,

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he said he would go over cities and neighborhoods

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and areas, he would put what kind of curses?

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Word.

528
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Word curses.

529
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The power of the tongue.

530
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It is a creative force.

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So after you've prayed and you stood and you've interceded

532
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and done everything you know to do, watch what you say.

533
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Yeah.

534
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Watch what you tell your girlfriends when you call them

535
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or your friends over dinner as couples.

536
00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:02,120
Watch what you say.

537
00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:05,640
You know, my child is doing da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.

538
00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,760
It's okay to acknowledge things,

539
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:12,760
but don't make it a practice of digging a hole of unbelief

540
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,240
and nullifying your prayers.

541
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:16,080
There you go.

542
00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:17,200
That's good.

543
00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:18,960
Yes.

544
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:19,800
Say la.

545
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,000
Say la.

546
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:21,840
Think about it.

547
00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:22,680
Right.

548
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:23,500
Right?

549
00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:25,640
So think about Daniel chapter 10, right?

550
00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:27,680
Daniel chapter 10.

551
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,480
Daniel set himself to seek the Lord.

552
00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:31,960
You're gonna set yourself.

553
00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,800
I'm actually gonna do it this week.

554
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,600
I'm setting myself to have prayer.

555
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,480
My prayer target's gonna be praying for my kids.

556
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,320
I'm gonna put a picture, their picture,

557
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,280
I have a picture of all five of them.

558
00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,480
I have a daughter and one son.

559
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,000
I'm gonna put them on the table

560
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,120
and I'm gonna make a time that I'm gonna pray

561
00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:53,000
this week every day and I'm gonna walk the floors.

562
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,200
I'm gonna look at that picture or hold that picture

563
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,080
as a point of contact and I'm gonna pray for my kids.

564
00:23:58,080 --> 00:23:59,600
I'm gonna pray things in English

565
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,400
and then I'm gonna pray for them in the Holy Ghost.

566
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,240
So I'm gonna set myself to pray for them.

567
00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,060
Yeah.

568
00:24:05,060 --> 00:24:05,900
Okay?

569
00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:10,900
Now Daniel set himself to seek the Lord and he prayed.

570
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:16,160
And the Bible says he was in the presence of God 21 days.

571
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:17,000
Okay?

572
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:22,000
But the angel and their answer was dispatched right away.

573
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:24,480
How many know the story?

574
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,040
I'm not getting into it, go look it up.

575
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,360
Daniel chapter 10.

576
00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:28,520
You'll see it, it's right there.

577
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:29,840
It's a principle.

578
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:33,920
And the angel or the, I think that an angel

579
00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,920
visited him and said, Daniel, oh man, greatly beloved,

580
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,560
understand the words that I speak to you.

581
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,560
So the answer was already on its way.

582
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,800
But there was all this hindrance in the atmosphere.

583
00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,120
And thank God Daniel didn't give up.

584
00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,200
Thank God Daniel didn't start speaking.

585
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,180
I guess God doesn't hear me.

586
00:24:54,180 --> 00:24:56,840
I guess my prayers aren't working.

587
00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:57,840
He didn't say that.

588
00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,480
He remained steadfast.

589
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,000
He remained immovable.

590
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,680
He remained where he knew in faith.

591
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,360
Yeah.

592
00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:07,280
Okay, now that's the Old Testament.

593
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,660
How much more under the New Testament?

594
00:25:09,660 --> 00:25:12,000
The promises of God are yes and amen.

595
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:12,840
Yes.

596
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,200
We have a better covenant based upon better promises.

597
00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:16,120
Right.

598
00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:20,440
So the angel said, Daniel, you're a man greatly beloved.

599
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,320
He says, understand.

600
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:26,720
He said, listen, I have come because of your words.

601
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:29,760
What's the point?

602
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:33,280
The point is watch what you say and confess out of your mouth

603
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,480
after you prayed for your kids.

604
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:36,320
I've done it.

605
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:37,160
We've all done it.

606
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,000
Have we done it?

607
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:38,840
Yes.

608
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,020
I don't know about you, but I talk to myself.

609
00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:43,560
Do you talk to yourself?

610
00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:44,880
Am I the only one who talks to myself?

611
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:45,720
Sometimes I've got children.

612
00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:46,560
Sometimes I don't.

613
00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,760
I talk to myself.

614
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:49,720
We all do it.

615
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:50,560
Right?

616
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:52,520
Sometimes I'll by myself in my house

617
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,400
and if something's going on with my kids,

618
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,400
I find myself talking to myself out loud.

619
00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:00,600
And then I gotta watch

620
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,160
because out of the abundance of the heart,

621
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,480
the mouth speaks.

622
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,680
So if we're worried or concerned about our children,

623
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,480
if we're not careful, we'll speak things out of our mouth

624
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,560
even when we're by ourselves or in the car

625
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,040
and we'll nullify our prayers.

626
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:14,920
Yeah.

627
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:15,760
That's good preaching.

628
00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:16,580
Glory be to God.

629
00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:17,420
Thank you, Jesus. Amen.

630
00:26:17,420 --> 00:26:22,420
Yes, it is. Amen.

631
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,280
Matthew 14, 22 through 23.

632
00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,680
Peter stepped out of the boat in faith,

633
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,480
but he began to look at the circumstances or the wind

634
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,160
and he got into fear.

635
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:37,440
Don't get into fear.

636
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,640
And remember this, delay is not denial.

637
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,080
Right.

638
00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,700
Delay is not denial.

639
00:26:44,700 --> 00:26:46,300
God made a promise to Abraham

640
00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:49,200
that he would become the father of many nations.

641
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,320
But let me tell you, this is what Abraham did.

642
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,680
He considered not the circumstances,

643
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,040
he considered not his body now dead,

644
00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,040
neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.

645
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:02,360
But the Bible says he was strong in faith.

646
00:27:02,360 --> 00:27:03,200
Yes.

647
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,560
He didn't give up hope.

648
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,160
He knew that faith and hope went together.

649
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,040
It was the substance of things hoped for,

650
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,160
the evidence of things not seen.

651
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:15,080
If God had promised it, he was going to perform it.

652
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:19,160
He stayed in faith, delay is not denial.

653
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,520
And it took 25 years for that promise to be fulfilled.

654
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:24,360
Right.

655
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,600
So remember, delay is not denial.

656
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,280
Okay, so how does a parent pray?

657
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:33,920
Are you ready?

658
00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,320
That was all the intro.

659
00:27:36,140 --> 00:27:38,720
Okay, 1 Corinthians 14, 15.

660
00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,600
It says, I can quote it.

661
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,960
It says, I will pray with the spirit.

662
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,640
I will pray with the understanding also.

663
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,320
So in launching how to pray for our children,

664
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,880
we pray in the spirit, which is tongues,

665
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:56,220
which we'll talk about next week,

666
00:27:56,220 --> 00:27:58,480
which is a powerful prayer.

667
00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:03,080
And we also pray with our understanding.

668
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,880
And we said it, take their need to the word of God.

669
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,400
That's what you present before the throne of God.

670
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:10,600
Right.

671
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,960
So we pray with our understanding.

672
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,300
We agree with the word and not the problem.

673
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:20,520
We find the promise that meets their need.

674
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:24,240
We agree with his word and we present his word

675
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,880
before the throne of grace.

676
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:27,280
See, here's in my notes.

677
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:28,840
Don't pray the problem over and over.

678
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,240
Don't pray worried prayers.

679
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,080
Yeah.

680
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,360
Right.

681
00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:34,240
Right.

682
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,160
Isaiah 55, 11 says that the word of God,

683
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:38,640
when you pray the word of God,

684
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,920
the word of God goes forth,

685
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,040
then it does not return void,

686
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,200
but it prospers everywhere it sends.

687
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,040
That's right.

688
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,480
When you pray the scripture over your young people,

689
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:53,120
and what's actually happening is,

690
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,520
it's creating an atmosphere around them

691
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,700
that they can't see and you can't see.

692
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,400
Number two, Jeremiah 1, 12.

693
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,180
God said, you pray my word?

694
00:29:04,180 --> 00:29:07,240
I am ready to perform my word.

695
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:11,760
Psalms 107, verse 20 says, he sent his word.

696
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:12,880
And he did what?

697
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:13,720
He healed them.

698
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:14,560
Right.

699
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,280
And delivered them from their destruction.

700
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,880
Matthew 8, 8, remember the servant?

701
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,600
He came to Jesus and he said,

702
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:26,120
speak a word and my servant will be healed.

703
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:27,400
Just speak the word.

704
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,440
See, this is the beauty of prayer.

705
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,920
Though we're, I think it's Colossians 2,

706
00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:34,400
though we're absent from them in the natural,

707
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,080
in the flesh, the Bible says,

708
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,120
we could be present with them in the spirit.

709
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:39,400
That's right.

710
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,560
And when you're praying the word of God over them,

711
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,760
that word of God is creating an atmosphere for them.

712
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:46,600
That's right.

713
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:47,880
New Agers call it energy.

714
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,160
It's creating a Holy Ghost energy.

715
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:51,000
Right.

716
00:29:51,000 --> 00:30:06,400
.