Prayer & Purpose with Margie Fleurant | CTN Episode 32

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pray it and he can answer it. The effectual fervent

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prayer of a righteous man avails much. God will

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put the prayer in your heart to pray so that

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he can answer it. It goes into the hearts of

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the people, doesn't return void, it produces

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results. So I really felt in my heart to talk

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tonight about intercessory prayer and just back

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to the basics. Now I'm fully aware because I

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have every single teaching, I think we've been

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doing this for three years, of what we've been

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teaching on. Someday I'm going to put it in a

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book. We're just piling them up. And so I'm aware

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that we have taught on this subject before, but

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it always comes out different. I felt like the

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Lord was saying to me that there's new people

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that are coming to prayer. Prayer, what are we

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calling it now? Prayer. service. And so we're

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going to have to go over some basic things. Okay.

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So we're going to talk about intercessory prayer

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and back to the basics. We're going to go ahead

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and start at Luke chapter 11, verse one. It says

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here, and it came to pass that as he was praying

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in a certain place, when he's speaking of Jesus

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ceased, that one of his disciples said unto him,

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Lord, teach us to pray. They didn't say, Lord,

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teach us to preach. Lord, teach us to prophesy.

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Lord, teach us how to move in the gifts of the

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Spirit. They said they watched the life of Jesus,

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and they noticed that he always ministered out

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of a place of overflow, that he was never tired,

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that he always had a word and season for everyone,

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that he was just right on, that miracles flowed

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out of him consistently. He wasn't hot one day

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and cold the next. He had a consistent walk with

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his father. So I believe this question comes

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from a place of curiosity because I believe that

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they realize that the secret the success of Jesus's

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personal life and his ministry was that he is

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or was a man of prayer and the scripture proves

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it out because it says in Luke 5 15 and 16 that

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the more famous he became The Bible says the

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more he would just withdraw and pray. You know,

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I think it's a problem in leadership. You know,

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people get really famous and get really busy.

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And all of a sudden, the first thing to go is

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their prayer life. Because we have, there is

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so much to do. But let me tell you, if we seek

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first the kingdom, put him first, all the things

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that we have need of, all the problems that arise,

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God said, I'll take care of it if you just keep

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me first. Amen? And it says over in Luke 6, 11

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through 13, after the healing, the man with the

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withered hand, the religious people of that day

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were filled with rage. Kind of like how it is

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today in the day and the hour that we live in.

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Because people are filled with rage. I think

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we're living in the days of, I believe it's Acts

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2, that why do the heathen rage and the people

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imagine vain things? You know, people are just

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mad at Christians or mad at church. And there's

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just, there's an atmosphere of of warfare coming

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from the enemy, but he also works through people.

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So after this man was healed, the religious people

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of that day were filled with rage. But the Bible

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says Jesus went up to the mountain and he spent

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the whole night in prayer to God. All night.

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In prayer to God. But he was the word that was

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made flesh. He dwelt amongst us. He came from

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the heart of the Father. Why would he need to

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pray? Because he wanted to maintain his connection

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with the Father. And it's annoying to me when

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I see, you know... People, they're just so busy,

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they don't have time for God. And it's very important

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that we always maintain our intimacy with him

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so that we're always ministering out of our overflow,

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not of our reserve. And then it says here in

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that scripture, and when the daylight came, he

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chose his disciples. So he, I think, I mean,

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I'm just saying out of my head, he was probably

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praying for direction. And when he came out of

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that place of prayer, he made the decision as

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to who his disciples were to be. We find in Mark

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1, 34 and 35, then he healed many who were sick

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with various diseases and cast out many demons.

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Now, in the morning, having arisen a long while

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before daylight, He went out and he departed

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to a solitary place and there he prayed. So he's,

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you know, he's casting out demons. He's working

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the works of him that sent him while it's called

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day. But he still was a man of prayer. He would

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withdraw and pray. Matthew 14, 13 says, now after

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the death of John the Baptist, when he heard...

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it, the Bible says he departed from there by

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boat to a desert place by himself. John the Baptist

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was actually somebody who understood the ministry

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of Jesus and what the purpose and the call was.

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And I'm sure that they had to have a pretty close

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relationship with one another. So for Jesus,

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instead of retaliating, he went into the presence

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of God and he prayed. Matthew 14, 23 says, and

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when he had sent the multitudes away, he went

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up. to the mountain by himself to pray. Now when

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evening came, he was alone there. So Jesus was

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a man of prayer. And specifically tonight, we're

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getting back to basics and we're going to talk

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about the prayer of intercession. And I don't

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want to take a lot of time to go through the

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whole entire thing because we really want to

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make time for prayer tonight because we have

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some important things that we need to get to

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when it comes to prayer. But the prayer, of intercession

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is one of the prayers spoken of in the Word of

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God. And we're going to get into the definition,

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but the prayer of intercession is not praying

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for yourself. The prayer of intercession is standing

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in the gap, putting up the hedge, and praying

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on the behalf of a city, of a region, of a family

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member, of a church, whatever the case may be.

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Instead of turning the focus inward, you're turning

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the focus outward, and you're not thinking about

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yourself, you're thinking of the needs of others.

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As a matter of fact, John 15, 12, and 13 says,

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Jesus said, greater love Has no man than this

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that a man would lay down his life for his friends.

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And this speaks to me of the prayer of intercession.

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It's operating in the commandment of love whereby

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you are walking as Jesus walked. And he said

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the greatest act of love you could do for anybody

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is to lay down your life and become an intercessor

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for someone. We could say we love our brother,

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we love our sister, we love our pastors, but

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do we pray for them? I think it's very important

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to check ourselves in that regard. I feel like

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sometimes we get too self -centered and self

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-focused. And did you know that when the Lord

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turned the captivity of Job, you know when that

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happened to him? When he prayed for his friends.

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Not only that, but God gave Job twice as much

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as he had before. When did that happen? When

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he prayed for his friends. And if you take care

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of God's business, he'll take care of your business.

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And the beauty of the prayer of intercession

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is that when you stand in the gap and you pray

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for someone else, listen, my friends, you are

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literally laying up treasure in heaven. And not

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only that, but when you walk in the commandment

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of love, which is the greatest commandment, amen,

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when you walk in the commandment of love, you're

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sitting in motions all... in motion all the blessings

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of Deuteronomy 28 to come upon you and overtake

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you. Because God said, if you obey my commandments,

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all these blessings will come upon you and overtake

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you. What is the commandment that we have under

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the New Testament? The law of love. So when you

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make a decision that you're going to practice

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the prayer of intercession, you're going to get

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your eyes off of yourself and you're going to

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pray for someone else. Just get ready to receive

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some blessings. That's good preaching. So what

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is the prayer of intercession? We already said

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it by the Holy Ghost. It's prayer for another.

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Ezekiel 22, 24 through 30 says, I sought for

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a man among them that would stand in the gap

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and put up the hedge. So an intercessor is one

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who stands in the gap before God. An intercessor

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is a mediator, a go -between, one who interposes

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between parties at variance for the purpose of

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reconciling them. And variance just means where

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there's a lack of agreement or a lack of harmony.

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So you could think about somebody that you know

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that doesn't know Jesus, right? So you're an

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intercessor and you make a decision. Everyone

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say decision. I'm going to pray for that person.

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So you make a decision. I'm going to pray for

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that person. So you're doing, as Job said, you're

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laying one hand on that person and you're laying

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one hand on God. I saw for a man among them that

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would stand in the gap. You're laying one hand

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on that person and one hand on God and you're

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acting as a mediator. And because of your position

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in Christ, whatever you ask in my name, that

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will I do that the Father may be glorified in

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the Son. So when you ask and believe on the behalf

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of someone else, you speak the word of God over

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them. You ask that they have an encounter with

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Jesus Christ. God will rise up and he will do

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what you ask. Now we understand that people's

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wills are involved. How many of you know that?

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You know, you can't make somebody, you know,

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have an encounter with Jesus. You can't make

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somebody change their life. You know, but you

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can. influence the atmosphere that is around

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them. Now, New Agers understand this. There is

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a spiritual atmosphere. And when you begin to

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pray for someone, you're going into the atmosphere

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that is influencing them. Romans 15, 1, Galatians

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6, 2. And you're literally lifting up. with the

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idea of completely removing that negative influence

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off of them so that their eyes can be opened

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and that they can see the light of the goodness

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of God and therefore it can lead them to repentance.

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Such an anointing in here tonight. An intercessor

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is as a lawyer who pleads the case on the behalf

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of another. Now, if anybody's ever been in court,

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and I know some of you probably have, when you're

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an intercessor, you are as a lawyer, and you're

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pleading the case before the court of heaven.

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And what are you using as the law? You're using

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the word of God. For example, thou shalt be saved.

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And your household. For example. All my children

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will be taught of the Lord. And great will be

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the peace. And the undisturbed composure of my

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children. For example. Lord behold their threatenings.

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But grant unto your servants. That with all.

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boldness they will speak your word and then we're

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just going to go and ask for even more. And that

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signs and wonders would be done by the name of

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thy holy child Jesus. So you're acting as a lawyer

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but you're using the word of God. You're not

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praying your opinion on somebody that is witchcraft.

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You're praying the word of God. You're speaking

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the word of God. You're saying what the Bible

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says. You're not praying the problem over and

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over and over and over and over. You're praying

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the answer. Praise God. Webster says an intercessor

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or intercession means to plead or make a request

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on the behalf of another. To intervene with the

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purpose of producing agreement. The Greek word

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means to get the ear of the king on the behalf

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of another. So we're intercessors. We're standing

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in the gap. We are in Christ and he is in us.

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We stand complete in him. As a matter of fact,

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the Bible says that as he is, so are we in this

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world. And that Jesus ever lives to make... intercession.

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So when we begin to pray on the behalf of someone

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else, we're standing in Jesus, in Christ, in

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our authority, and we're getting the ear of our

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heavenly father, who is the king of kings and

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the lord of lords. Intercession involves taking

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a hold of God's will, his word, and his promises,

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and refusing to let go until it comes to pass.

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Now this is the thing about intercession, the

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prayer of intercession. And this is what makes

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it different. That some prayer assignments and

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prayer focuses that you have, you may see results

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after a day. Or you may see results after three

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days. Or you may see results after a week. Or

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it may take months. Or for some, it may take

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years. And for others, that person gets saved

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on their deathbed. But no matter what, the Bible

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says the effectual, fervent... prayer of a righteous

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man avails much. That's why you can't stop praying.

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You can't lose hope. Jesus said in Luke 18, 1,

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men ought to always pray and not faint. You've

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got to keep on standing. And let me tell you,

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when you're standing in the gap for somebody

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and you're believing God for somebody, it's very

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important that you watch what you say out of

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your mouth. We know that life and death are in

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the power of the tongue. But in the realm of

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the Spirit, when you've been praying for somebody,

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you start speaking the wrong things. You're negating

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your prayers. Amen. There's a story in Daniel,

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I believe Daniel 10, where Daniel set himself

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to seek the Lord. And he was praying 21 days.

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And there was no answer coming. But he stood

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there anyway. And finally there was an angel

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dispatch, or some people think it's Jesus, and

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said, Daniel, From the first day you prayed.

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Everyone say first day. Your prayers were heard.

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And he said, but the prince of the kingdom of

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Persia withstood me for 21 days. But he said,

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but I have come because of your words. So it's

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very important to watch what comes out of your

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mouth when you're praying for someone. There

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are several prayers spoken of in the Word of

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God. The prayer of intercession is just one of

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those prayers spoken of in Ephesians 6 .18. And

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this particular book, Marked for Intercession,

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teaches the reader how to pray for your family,

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how to pray for your friends, how to stand in

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the gap for a nation, how to pray for leadership,

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and it goes on and on and on. I would encourage

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you to get this book and dive in deep. so that

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you can be that man, you could be that woman

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that would stand in the gap and put up the hedge

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and be the love of God expressed in the earth.

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You can go to my website at margieflorent .org

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and not only will you find my book, but I also

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have a workbook that goes with the subject of

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marked for intercession. I'm hearing a scripture

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in my spirit. God said, I would that all men

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be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth.

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He said all men. There's no predestination in

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God. I don't know, it's a doctrine somewhere

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that floats around in religious worlds. God said,

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I would that all, nope, they're not too far gone.

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Look at Saul on the road to Damascus, persecuting

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the church, going the wrong way, heading in the

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wrong direction. What happened? He had an encounter

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with Jesus Christ. He was driven off of his horse.

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fell to the ground, and an audible voice actually

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spoke to him. Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting

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me? And this came to me in a revelation. I believe

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it came in this church. Because you know sometimes

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when you preach, you say things you never heard

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yourself say before or think before. Because

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it's not me that's teaching. It's me, yeah, but

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it's also by the Spirit. And yet it occurred

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to me that... I bet you the early church got

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a hold of what Jesus said. And Jesus said, pray

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for your enemies. Bless those that persecute

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you. I believe they prayed for him. And as a

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result, Saul had an encounter with Jesus Christ.

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And his name was changed to Paul. Praise God.

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Okay, I got to figure out where we're going because

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there's so much coming out. The call to intercession

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is for all believers. the mediator or intercessor

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in prayer was prevalent in the Old Testament

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in the lives of you ready guys I'm just gonna

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let my wife do all the print no it is a matter

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of fact if just you both could just get into

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agreement there's so much power in your agreement

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especially with a husband and a wife who are

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in covenant, who are speaking the same thing,

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believing the same thing, on their same path.

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Old Testament intercessors we see in the life

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of Abraham, Moses, David, Samuel, Hezekiah, Elisha,

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Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. Under the old

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covenant, and then we have Anna. You know, anybody

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know about Anna? She was a real prophet, not

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a fake one who wanted a title. Her job was to

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prophesy concerning the Messiah, and then she

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prayed it through until it happened. But under

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the old covenant, not everyone had access to

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God. So God called the leaders, priests, and

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prophets of Israel to intercede on behalf of

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God's people. In the new covenant, that's all

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changed. Now we all have access to God through

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Jesus Christ, who, like I said earlier, is the

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ultimate intercessor. The intercessor is on the

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inside of you. He ever lives to make intercession.

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He wants us to yield to him and loose him and

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let him go. Okay. Kenneth E. Hagin once said,

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if we are not careful, the art of intercession

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will be lost to the generations to come. Not

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here at New Beginnings Church. I've never been

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anywhere, and I travel, I've been in ministry

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46 years, I've never been to a church where people

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were so hungry for prayer. And to learn about

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prayer, I believe that's one of the reasons For

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your success in what God is doing in and amongst

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you. I also believe that the people that are

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running this church. Have wisdom and revelation

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and intelligence. They're not compromising. They're

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staying true to the word of God. But they're

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also learning how to reach the culture. So how

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do we pray? First Corinthians 14 15. I'm going

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to turn there. And we're almost done. I love

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it when the Holy Ghost helps. like this in a

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different way because we get a whole lot said

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quicker how do we pray first corinthians 14 14

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says for if i pray in a tongue i pray i pray

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and when you pray he didn't say if you feel like

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it No, he said, and when I pray in a tongue,

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my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

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That's why we do a lot of praying in tongues

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around here. And you guys don't seem to have

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a problem with it. And we had people last time

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that were filled with the Holy Ghost and they

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spoke with tongues. That was just incredible.

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There's my girls back there. Check it out on

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Instagram. They're right there in the picture.

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What is the conclusion then? will pray with the

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spirit that's tongues that's Romans 8 when I

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don't know you know I don't know what to pray

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I'm going to yield to the Holy Spirit who searches

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the hearts, knows what is in the mind of the

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Father, knows what's in the hearts of people.

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He searches the hearts, and I'm going to pray

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according to the will of God when I don't know

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how to pray about a particular situation. So

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he says here, what is the conclusion? I will

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pray with the Spirit. I will. Also pray with

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the understanding. The understanding, like we

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said, is not your will. I just pray that Pastor

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Joe, I pray that he would do such and such. No,

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you don't do that. You pray the scripture. I

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just pray that my daughter would marry that handsome

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young man that's sitting over there in that row

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over there in the church. They may not be compatible.

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You pray the scripture. Father, you said in your

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word, it's not good that man is alone. So I pray

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that you would send a helpmate suitable for my

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daughter in Jesus' name. And then you pray in

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tongues. I pray a lot in tongues. Because when

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you're praying in tongues in the prayer of intercession,

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you're making the crooked way straight, the rough

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places plain. You're going into the realm of

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the spirit and things are coming into alignment.

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He'll cause the right person to come across the

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path of your daughter at the right time. Why?

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Because you're praying according to the will

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of God. He says, I will also pray with the understanding,

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which I said was the word of God. And we're just

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going to throw this in for the worship part of

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your services. I think we need to get back to,

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I will sing with his spirit and I will also sing

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with the understanding also. And so how do we

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pray? We're going to pray the Ephesians prayer.

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I call them the basic prayers. I'm just going

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to take a second to do this. You don't have to

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know a lot to pray effectively. So what are the

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Ephesians prayers? You know, for Ephesians 1,

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17 through 22, it's the scripture says, I just

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pray. You could put the person's name in there.

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I do not cease to give thanks for Pastor Joe.

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I pray that I make mention of him in my prayers,

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that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father

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of glory, may give unto him the spirit of wisdom

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and revelation and the knowledge of him. Lord,

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may the eyes of his understanding be enlightened.

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When he sits in his office and he studies your

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word, I pray that the Holy Spirit would anoint

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him with fresh oil, that you would come upon

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him and anoint him and open up the eyes of his

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understanding. So you pray the scripture. Where's

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another scripture you could pray? You could pray

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the Ephesians 3. Look at Ephesians 3, 14. For

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this reason, I bow. I have a reason. For this

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reason. Sometimes you have the reason to pray.

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You know. I see that person. They're on drugs.

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They're doing a lot of bad things. So I have

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a reason to pray. Well, what about things you

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don't see that may be the reason they're doing

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drugs? Sometimes we need to get to the core of

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the issue that the Holy Spirit knows. And that's

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when praying in tongues comes in. He says here,

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for this reason, I bow my knees to the father

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of the Lord Jesus Christ. And it goes on to say,

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I pray that then put the person's name. Jeremy

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would be strengthened with might through his

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spirit in the inner man, especially when he's

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a Christian. That Christ would dwell in his heart

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through faith, that Jeremy would be rooted and

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grounded in love, and that Jeremy may be able

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to comprehend with all saints what is the width

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and depth and height, and that he would know

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the love of Christ. And lastly, when we pray,

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we're going to use our authority. I don't want

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to use my authority. I'm scared of the devil.

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Greater is he that's in you than he that's in

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the world. You have on the full armor of God.

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You are able to stand against the wiles of the

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devil. Those things that are not flesh and blood,

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but principalities, powers, and rulers of the

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darkness of this world. When you go into the

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prayer of intercession, you're going in clothes

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in the armor of God. And you're using your authority

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in prayer. The Bible says in Mark 16, these signs

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will follow them that believe. They will cast

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out devils in my name. So we use our authority

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in the name of Jesus. Amen. So what are we going

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to do tonight? We are going to intercede. Well,

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we can say it like this. For tonight, we're going

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to intercede for the Easter services and those

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that will be attending. Thank you so much for

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tuning in to today's podcast. It has been such

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a joy sharing this time with you. For more inspiration

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and resources on today's topic, please visit

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our website at margiefloran .org.