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Thank you for listening to the 
river. 

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Bend Church podcast Reverb in 
church exists to lead all people

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to know love and live New Life 
in Jesus Christ. 

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We hope that you enjoy this 
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We are in week 2 of a series 
called, your will not mind. 

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That's what you see there on the
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Your will not mine. 
And so today is week 2 of the 

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series, but technically, it's 
day one of our 21 days of 

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fasting. 
In prayer and so I'm really 

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excited that. 
So many of you have chosen to go

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on this journey this year with 
us and maybe a lot of you for 

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the first time 21-day season of 
fasting and prayer. 

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And here's what I really believe
in anticipate that this will be 

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one of the most powerful Seasons
that we've ever been in as a 

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church. 
I don't know about you but I'm 

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anticipating God to show up and 
do something. 

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There's some addictions that 
need to be broken. 

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There's healing that we need, 
there's restoration that we need

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God knows that our city needs to
an outpouring of the Holy 

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Spirit. 
And so, I'm praying that as we 

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go through this season, and not 
only, we are going to experience

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the power of God, but it even 
flow out into this community 

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flow out and where we live at 
Oakwood where we live right here

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at Gainesville and wherever you 
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If you're watching online and 
you're taking this challenge to 

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go on this journey with us. 
But here's the question that I 

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asked last week and I want you 
to think about it. 

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Do you want 2023 to be your best
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Yes or no. 
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Anybody that says, no. 
I've kind of picked up. 

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Pete, you know, 2022. 
But here's what here's what the 

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way I think about. 
If 2022 was a great year for 

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you, can it be better? 
We serve a God who always wants 

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to give us better I believe. 
But if 2022 was a challenge for 

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you, like it was for many of us.
What a 23-inch 2023 could be 

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different God wants to do more. 
Now I want you to know 

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something, I didn't say to you 
want this to be your easiest 

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year yet. 
This is not some easy. 

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Believe is mm. 
I'm not trying to give you some 

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Prosperity Gospel. 
If you'll just, you'll just 

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believe in God, your life's 
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That's contrary to the Bible. 
By the way, here's the thing. 

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If you want it to be your best 
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means? 
You're going to have to make 

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some hard choices fasting and 
praying for 21 days is not easy.

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Is it? 
It's not easy even think about 

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it. 
I'd be really honest. 

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Pastor confessional, I was 
really, really nervous yesterday

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about starting this commitment 
before the Lord of intentionally

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seeking him and I'm a pastor I 
basically get paid to lead the 

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church. 
It's an honor and a privilege 

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but yet even in myself, there 
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It's a big commitment when you 
actually write it out on paper 

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and saying God, I'm gonna commit
something to you because I want 

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to take that seriously whether 
you no matter what your fasting 

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from or what your prayer life is
going to look like that 

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commitment is Big, it's not 
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But what is best and what is 
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Often the same thing, are they? 
And so remember what Jesus said 

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I couldn't help. 
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Matthew 7, he said this, you can
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through the narrow gate, the 
highway to hell is Broad and it,

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and its gate is wide for the 
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the gateway to life is very 
narrow. 

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And the road is difficult and 
only a few find it. 

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This is Jesus pulling no punches
here, like, she's just like, uh,

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you know, the highway to hell is
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There's a lot of people 
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realize it, but then there's 
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It's very Very narrow and the 
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Now I know that Jesus is talking
about the choice to either 

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follow him or not. 
Follow him in this in this 

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scripture, but I think this 
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Even as followers of Christ to 
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to be separated from God, but 
that there are things in 

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following Christ that are hard. 
Do you know the reason we didn't

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grow more in 2022 in our 
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What because God didn't want us 
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You know, the reason that we 
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step into everything God has for
us in the year before and what? 

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Because God didn't want to give 
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I mean, scripture, you have a 
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to give us good things or do 
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It's because we chose many 
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over the difficult way. 
So in setting the stage here, as

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we choose to do a hard thing, 
which is fast and pray, I really

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believe that's going to be the 
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God's going to take us down to 
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in this new year. 
So Church what I'm saying is I 

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want all God has for you this 
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I want all God has for your 
family, this year, God's best 

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over your family. 
That's my prayer this morning. 

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God, I just prayed the best over
the church, the best over your 

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home's. 
The best over your kids lives, 

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the best, over what he wants to 
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Oakwood and so it's a narrow 
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It's a difficult road to walk 
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But it's not impossible. 
We're going to do it together. 

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Let me give you the reality for 
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Here it is. 20:23 will be and I 
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I'm not seeing this as some kind
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Just I am optimistic. 
I'm an optimist but I'm not 

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overly optimistic when it comes 
to scripture, I believe I have 

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faith but I can't say this with 
confidence. 2023 will be my best

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year yet. 
I believe this about myself. 

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If I live this entire year under
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be my easiest year. 
There'll be times where I won't 

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be happy. 
If I do this, they'll be times 

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where I'm going to have greater 
struggles because of this but 

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I'll get to the end of the year 
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This was my best year yet 
because spiritually it was my 

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best year because I lived it 
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here's the statement, that's 
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entire Series. 
This this Lord, your will not 

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mine. 
Can I just address how difficult

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of a prayer that is the prey? 
How can we say your and will not

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mind and then actually it lead 
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Well, I'm not going to unpack 
all of these today but I would 

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encourage you to go back and 
watch last week's message 

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because I did there. 
There are four reasons that I 

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gave you. 
That we should always pray, your

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will not mind. 
And here's the first one. 

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You have a God who loves you 
unconditionally Let me take that

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even further, you've got a God 
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know how to love yourself. 
Think about the person that 

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loves you most in life that love
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unconditional. 
Love that God has for you. 

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Do you know how he proved his 
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He gave up the very best of 
Heaven for you and I that was 

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Jesus. 
When he stepped out, he proved 

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his love, he loves you. 
Unconditionally no longer is it 

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based on whether you follow the 
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person, bad person. 
If you walked in the room and 

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attic this morning, God loves 
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that's never smoked if you walk 
in here divorced and you got a 

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broken past, listen, God loves 
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This been married forever. 
So God brings you in and look he

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goes I love you. 
Unconditionally the world has 

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told you and maybe even some 
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your lesser than because of your
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through, I'ma tell you 
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Bible, God always because of 
Jesus Christ, he always loves 

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you unconditionally he's not 
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you. 
That's the foundation of being 

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able to pray God your will not 
mine but here's the second 

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reason. 
God always knows what's best for

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me. 
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We don't always know what's best
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Do we? 
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You ever made a decision and you
just knew it was the right thing

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only to find out. 
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God will never make a bad 
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Think about that. 
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We have an omnipotent God who 
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He sees both ends of Eternity, 
he says, hey I know you think 

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you know what's best for you but
I know what's best for you. 

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Not only does God know what's 
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The third reason, is this God 
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What's best for me now, I'm not 
trying to make the gospel really

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personal where it's only about 
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It's not. 
But what I'm saying is me means 

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that if I'm a part of the Church
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going to do what's best for his 
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he's always working all things 
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And for the Global good of his 
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That's what God is constantly 
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He's always working for the best
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And so, God always does what's 
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You never have to wonder if God 
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And then you don't have to 
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to do what's best. 
Now, here's the, here's the 

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tension Point sometimes, God, 
allows pain and don't make any 

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sense. 
And we don't have all the 

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answers for it on this side of 
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There's just no answers for some
of the loss and some of the pain

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that we go through and I think 
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Sometimes a look at God and go 
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How could you call this? 
This is what's best for me when 

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I've been serving you and doing 
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But here's the stories. 
A lot of us have though. 

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Once you get to the next season,
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that God all the pain you, let 
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It had a purpose. 
It wasn't wasted. 

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Like you, you were with me and 
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Here's the fourth reason that we
should pray, your will not mine.

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Is we have a God that wants a 
relationship. 

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He always wants us to Tell him 
what we want, he welcomes it 

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throughout scripture, he 
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Jesus said, ask me seek me knock
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Like, have this relationship. 
I want to hear your heart and so

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many times as we learned to 
pray, will pray things and God 

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will just start pouring out his 
blessings, see prayer aligns, 

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our heart with the heart of God.
Here's what I want to do in the 

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time we have together today. 
Unpack a passage that I've 

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actually never preached before 
and you know 18 years I don't 

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think I've ever preached it. 
I've talked about it, I've 

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alluded to it but I've never 
kind of gone through and 

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unpacked. 
This scripture so rarely do I 

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get to a place after preaching 
for so many years where I said, 

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you know what, I've never I 
don't have any notes where I 

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preach this before and so it's 
the first time but I felt like 

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it's a very strange passage for 
kind of kicking off, 21 days of 

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prayer. 
And then also feel like it's a 

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powerful passage but it's the 
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He was in the garden called 
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And so let me ask you a 
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What would you do if you knew 
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Don't answer that one night to 
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Like what would you do? 
I tell you. 

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What I wouldn't do not listen, I
wish I was so spiritual and say,

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you know what, been, you know, 
got less come gather and have a 

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prayer meeting. 
That's what Jesus did. 

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Literally, the night before he 
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He said, I think I'm going to 
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I don't know what y'all do. 
I know you got bucket list and 

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it probably prayer meeting is 
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You know what I mean? 
But for Jesus here, he's like 

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the night before he would go to 
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He gathered, his closest 
followers, and they had a prayer

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gathering on a mountain. 
If I'm really, really honest, I 

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got a little convicted about it.
When I first realized that never

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really put that together before.
Jesus had one night to live, he 

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knew he had one night to live. 
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He went to the mountains. 
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Posted a prayer meeting and he 
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learned from Jesus and I hope 
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Here's what it says that Jesus 
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Grove called Gethsemane and 
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what the word means, Olive press
actually, the go there, and they

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would crush the olives to get 
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interesting and actually, just 
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Jesus would be crucified. 
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were, As for the oil, Jesus body
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for the Salvation of the world 
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poured out across the Earth. 
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it's outside Jerusalem, he says 
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larger with him. 
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and pray, he took Peter and 
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John and he became anguished and
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this, who's another one of the 
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was a doctor and he wrote that 
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He became so, so painfully just 
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began to sweat drops of blood. 
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watch with me. 
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bowed with his face to the 
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Praying my father. 
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cup of suffering. 
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Jesus was a man and probably in 
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suffer but the cup wasn't the 
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This cup of suffering, it wasn't
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literally being nailed there. 
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mocked and stripped naked and 
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piece of it, but he know if you 
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what the cup of suffering was it
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the world being poured out. 
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There was a moment on the cross 
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back, on his son because the 
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of sin. 
He poured out every wrong thing 

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that you and I've ever done said
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world, he poured out that sin 
that judgment the cup of 

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suffering was the father looking
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So I'm going to pour my judgment
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your father, pouring out wrath 
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That's what he said. 
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take it away. 
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yet. 
I I want what your will to be 

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done. 
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Then he returned. 
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returned and he found the 
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So it's like normal Church 
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every week. 
I'm just kidding. 

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He returned to the Stables. 
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Don't you? 
Two stay here and pray with me. 

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We're gonna have a prayer 
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returned and he found them 
asleep and so he says to Peter 

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Peter, couldn't you watch me one
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Why would he point out Peter? 
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Peter be the first one to say, 
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goes up, but you can't even pray
for me and stay awake for like 

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30 minutes. 
Keep watching pray, so that you 

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will not give in to Temptation 
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the body is weak. 
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and he pray the same prayer, my 
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If this cup cannot be taken 
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prayer. 
Unless I drink it, your will be 

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done when he returned to them 
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He found them what sleeping 
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their As open. 
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be, he says the same things 
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disciples and said, go ahead and
sleep have your wrist, but look,

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the time has come. 
The son of man is betrayed into 

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the hands of Sinners up. 
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And so they went towards the mob
Judas, that was leading the mob 

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towards Jesus. 
He says, look my betrayer is 

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here. 
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sort of New Year in a season of 
fasting and praying I couldn't 

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help but notice there are 
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here's here's how I think 
today's going to hit. 

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I don't expect you to remember 
every lesson, but I think we're 

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going to get to one of them out 
of what Jesus teaches here about

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pray. 
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and that's going to be the one 
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for you and so I hope you'll 
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I all I'm asking is there's 
going to be one of these lessons

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that we learn and it's just 
going to speak to your heart and

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God is going to go. 
That's why you came today, like 

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that's the piece for you. 
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First, it says Jesus took his 
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He went to the Olive Grove guard
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them and then he said to them, I
want you to stay here while I go

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over there and pray. 
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little further. 
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John. 
They go a little closer to where

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Jesus actually bowed down to 
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And so I learned something. 
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prayed a lot in private, he 
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overnight, he would pray and him
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We don't know what he prayed. 
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Down out there when he was when 
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But in this situation, where his
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the point of death, he was 
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He was anguished about what was 
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the burden that he carried. 
You know the first thing you see

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that he took people with him on 
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first lesson here you have to be
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He invited other people in. 
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taught that we should go into 
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and pray in private, and the 
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he'll bless us openly like, I 
get that but also corporately 

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speak to him. 
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that praying together. 
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strong argument that you show me
a family who prays together at 

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home. 
There is a spiritual strength 

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and that family that others 
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If the enemy has taught you as a
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not good enough. 
Or as a husband out of the fact 

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that you're not good enough 
prayer Warrior to pray at home. 

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Listen, that's a lie. 
I'm prove it to you in a minute.

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That's a lie. 
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wife here, you're a young woman 
here and you feel like, you know

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what, I don't know if I can pray
out loud in my own shirt, you 

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can. 
But there is a powerful and a 

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strength whenever you take other
people with you on the prayer 

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journey to, like, the people 
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pray together. 
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We don't take people with us on 
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why? 
I don't It's Pride, we have to 

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lay down our pride and others to
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others into our prayer life. 
Here's the first thing, we had 

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to lay down. 
You got to be willing to share 

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the need. 
We've grown. 

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We've grown so prideful in our 
culture that we don't want to 

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admit that we have spiritual 
needs, and that we can't meet it

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on our own. 
God put us here for together 

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prayer other people praying over
you and praying with you and you

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praying for them. 
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lay down as our insecurities 
because sometimes how many times

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would we love to be able to 
gather with people and pray, but

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you feel insecure about your 
prayer life because the enemy 

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has lied to you and said, you 
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out loud. 
I mean, you beat yourself Self 

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up. 
There's this insecurity even 

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though you want to go with other
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you've been in a group before 
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want to pray, probably something
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just I just don't know if I can 
do that. 

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I'm praying for you through this
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remove that bondage from our 
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We can talk to God. 
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He debunked the idea that you 
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prayer. 
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Babble on and on as the Gentiles
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In other words it doesn't matter
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How eloquent, Words are how much
Bible you know, how many 

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scriptures can you bring in? 
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It doesn't matter. 
He says they think their prayers

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are answered by repeating words 
again and again don't be like 

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them. 
Your father knows exactly what 

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you need before you ask. 
So the enemy will convince you 

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that you cannot pray well enough
and it will push you out of 

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corporate prayer. 
Like when we have a prayer 

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gathering tonight I know at 
Oakwood, there's a prayer 

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gathering at 4 p.m. tonight. 
All we're going to do is come in

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and worship and pray, it's going
to be at 5:00 here in 

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Gainesville. 
We're going to come in and 

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worship and pray some people. 
Are scared of prayer and they 

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push back. 
I'm praying in Jesus name that 

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you be drawn into it because 
it's powerful, but pray and take

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someone with you. 
Do you know, that's what we do 

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these connect cards, by the way.
So many of you are so open and 

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honest and you share prayers 
every week and our entire, our 

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entire staff. 
We get to pray through those 

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every single week. 
Pray through and pray with you 

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and pray for you. 
And sometimes you may hear from 

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us about what we're praying from
you. 

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But every single week I can 
assure you that we are praying 

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through those. 
And so that's kind of one of the

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ways that we come together. 
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Jesus teaches us something else 
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Spiritual battles can be won in 
prayer before the crisis shows 

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up in our life. 
The cross was the next day for 

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Jesus. 
He knew that he was aware that 

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the time had come his struggle 
with that Judgment of the 

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father, being poured out on him.
It weighed Heavenly have a 

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heavily on him but do you know 
how he won the victory? 

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How he modeled the victory? 
Could be one that you got to 

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pray before the crisis comes 
every single person is good at 

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praying in a crisis. 
When your kid gets sick and you 

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can't do anything and you know, 
it's out of your hands. 

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Guess what? 
We all get really good at 

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praying when things are falling 
apart and you've done 

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everything. 
You can you find yourself in 

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that moment where you're like 
God it's out of my hands. 

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I can't do anything. 
We get better at praying in 

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those moments, even if you're 
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But do you know what Jesus 
models here? 

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If you will do spiritual Battle 
Before the crisis shows up in 

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your life, you will be prepared 
for whatever he's called you to,

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for Jesus. 
It meant I'm going to be 

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obedient and go to the CrossFit.
Spiritually. 

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He'd won that battle in his 
heart and he modeled that for 

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us. 
You ever heard this idea of 

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being prayed up, how many of you
heard that before prayed up 

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prayed up? 
That's an old-school, you've got

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to be around church for a while.
My grandma, and I had an aunt, 

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who was Pentecostal? 
We should go Mississippi every 

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year. 
And boy, you talk about a prayer

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meeting I ever prayed. 
Was a Pentecostal spoil. 

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I guess turn up. 
It's awesome. 

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But but, but yeah, she was 
Pentecostal Chief. 

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That's what she'd always say. 
We gonna get prayed up. 

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I mean, I mean, prayed up, maybe
30 minutes of prayer before we 

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eat. 
No, Joe can't believe she would 

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be And for a while, we call it 
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30 more minutes for we eat. 
She can be praying for a while, 

448
00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:37,300
but prayer, I prayed up means 
this. 

449
00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,100
I'm going to get on my knees. 
I'm going to fight the spiritual

450
00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:45,200
battle before before the crisis 
shows up in my life while 

451
00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,200
everything's good. 
You know, in the greatest time 

452
00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,800
to pray is when everything's 
good. 

453
00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:52,900
God I'm not going to back off 
because you know what happens 

454
00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:55,100
when everything is good and we 
get comfortable, we stop 

455
00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:57,000
fighting and prayer. 
In the next thing was the enemy 

456
00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:00,500
do smack comes along and he 
finds a weakness. 

457
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:04,900
In us, but prayed up means, I'm 
gonna pray before the battle, 

458
00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:08,100
not just in the battle and so 21
days of fasting and prayer for 

459
00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,600
us. 
Here's how I see it. 

460
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:11,400
It's almost like a tithe of our 
year. 

461
00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,400
To the Lord. 
God, I'm gonna give you the 

462
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:16,700
first and best part of my year, 
my January, I'm gonna sacrifice 

463
00:21:16,700 --> 00:21:18,700
myself. 
I'm gonna be willing to pray and

464
00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:21,100
seek you because I want to fight
the spiritual, but I want to get

465
00:21:21,108 --> 00:21:24,200
my heart one over before I even 
face any of my battles of the 

466
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:27,300
rest of this year, there's going
to be 11 more months that I can 

467
00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:29,400
face battles this year. 
But Lord, I'm going to get my 

468
00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,800
heart right now because No, I 
know that. 

469
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,500
I need to be that. 
Listen, if you will fight in 

470
00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:37,800
prayer in secret, you will have 
power in public and people won't

471
00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,100
be able to explain it. 
They'll get around, you know, 

472
00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:42,800
gum and that person has the 
anointing of God. 

473
00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:44,800
There's something different 
about them, they may not know 

474
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,700
that it's because you were in 
your prayer closet, these first 

475
00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:49,800
21 days, you were seeking the 
Lord, maybe even fasting and 

476
00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,000
seeking the Lord. 
Let me give you a next. 

477
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,800
The next lesson that Jesus 
teaches us ties, right in here. 

478
00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:59,000
The decision to pray is actually
the first step to obey or 

479
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,500
obedience. 
See, so many times when you have

480
00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:05,900
a hard time obeying God, think 
about Jesus, I don't think he 

481
00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:07,700
had a hard time obeying God. 
He was Jesus. 

482
00:22:07,700 --> 00:22:09,100
But you know what? 
He modeled for us. 

483
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,700
If you have a difficult task 
ahead of you and you know, God's

484
00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:14,500
called you to something really 
difficult. 

485
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,900
The first step, to, to obey, is 
actually pray. 

486
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,300
Let me go ahead and pray. 
If you are dealing with a 

487
00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:22,800
difficult journey ahead of you 
already know God has called you 

488
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,200
to an obedience in your life and
it's hard. 

489
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,800
It goes against your feelings 
that goes against the grain of 

490
00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:31,400
your normalcy, and gods go. 
No, I'm calling you out. 

491
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,600
I'm calling you to something 
difficult this year. 

492
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,600
You may not just take a step and
Obey him, but you know what? 

493
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,300
The first step could be this 
prayer. 

494
00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:43,300
She And because as we pray, 
we're going to lay our 

495
00:22:43,300 --> 00:22:46,000
everything before the Lord and 
say, God whatever you want, your

496
00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,500
will be done, not mine and so as
we pray to, we ask for boldness 

497
00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:52,300
and strength and then we get up 
and begin to walk towards him 

498
00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:54,700
after that. 
See, whether it's forgiveness 

499
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,700
are breaking strongholds or 
breaking addictions, or just 

500
00:22:57,700 --> 00:23:01,100
taking some bold step of 
obedience, the decision to pray 

501
00:23:01,100 --> 00:23:04,000
is often the first step towards 
obedience. 

502
00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,600
So I want to look at this next 
lesson here. 

503
00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:11,200
Did you notice this verse 40? 
Jesus returned to the disciples 

504
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:15,200
and found them sleeping. 
He said to Peter, couldn't you 

505
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,900
watch with me even one hour? 
And then he goes away and he 

506
00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:20,800
prays, and he comes back in when
he returns them. 

507
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,600
Again, verse 42 43, he found 
them sleeping for. 

508
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:25,800
They couldn't hold her eyes 
open. 

509
00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,800
And then we know the third time,
he comes back and he finally 

510
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,000
says, you know what just have 
your sleep. 

511
00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:32,600
As I read through this, the Lord
showed me something I hadn't 

512
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,800
seen before and it's this, the 
fourth lesson. 

513
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,000
There are some prayer burdens 
that only you can carry. 

514
00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:41,400
There are Some prayer burdens 
that only you can carry. 

515
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,400
God has given them to you to 
carry Jesus Took people with 

516
00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:45,900
him. 
Now again, we should not take 

517
00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:48,200
people with us but you notice 
they all fell asleep and he 

518
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:51,500
didn't He modeled something 
here. 

519
00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,100
There was a burden on his heart 
and obviously the burden 

520
00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:58,400
concerned him specifically. 
But you can't get mad at people 

521
00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:00,300
who fall asleep during your 
prayer times. 

522
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,400
When the kids were little, I 
think I've told you this before,

523
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,400
we had a table, looks like a 
square coffee table in our 

524
00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,600
living room and Andrew, and 
judder here. 

525
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,000
But they, we talked about this 
this week, they remembered it. 

526
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,000
But we got down around our 
table, right? 

527
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,400
We pray sometimes dad Force 
this, okay. 

528
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,700
I was trying to good pasture. 
I wanted it to be really 

529
00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:24,800
meaningful and I admit that the 
all sometimes it was just like, 

530
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,200
come on, dad, we're tired, but 
we would get down around our 

531
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,600
table and we would all go around
and pray and I think judge, you 

532
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,100
always like to be last. 
I would say, all right, who 

533
00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:32,800
wants to go first? 
He wants go last he wants. 

534
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,000
Go say so we get an order and 
then we pray, I can't remember 

535
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,900
Courtney, if you were like 
second or third in the order, 

536
00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:39,600
but we were praying we're down 
around our table. 

537
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,000
You know, I think I pray and 
then maybe Courtney prayed and 

538
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,400
she was like, dear Lord I just 
want to take it to some of the 

539
00:24:44,408 --> 00:24:48,300
songs. 
Y'all remember it was like 

540
00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:51,100
silent for like 10 seconds now 
sticking his, she emotional like

541
00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:54,600
it's the Lord moving as a spirit
moving her and then next thing 

542
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:58,600
she's like like she's sleeping 
she was out. 

543
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:00,300
So I was like Courtney, she 
goes. 

544
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:03,800
Huh? 
Like right there in the moment, 

545
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,200
she fell asleep. 
So I thought it was absolutely 

546
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,600
there. 
So I don't think that that's 

547
00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,000
what that's what that's what 
we're talking about. 

548
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,500
But I just thought, you know, 
it's easy to fall asleep 

549
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,900
whenever you pray and sometimes,
right? 

550
00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:16,200
Because I think we've all been 
there I'm gonna I'm gonna pray 

551
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,600
tonight. 
Next thing, you know, You're 

552
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:22,500
sawing logs, that's it. 
Jesus carried a prayer burden 

553
00:25:22,500 --> 00:25:25,500
and even though everybody slept,
he didn't get mad at them and he

554
00:25:25,500 --> 00:25:27,500
tried to wake him up, but he 
didn't get mad at them. 

555
00:25:27,500 --> 00:25:28,900
He just said, I'm going to carry
this. 

556
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,700
Don't get mad. 
If somebody else doesn't have 

557
00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:34,700
the same burden or is not broken
about the same things you are. 

558
00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,100
Here's what I actually believe. 
If you look at the diversity of 

559
00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:43,100
the church, everybody can't have
exactly the same burden, because

560
00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:45,500
we wouldn't get everything done.
We wouldn't have a burden to 

561
00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:48,200
accomplish everything. 
We're terrible at this church. 

562
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,100
We judge other people because 
they don't have the same 

563
00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:52,500
burdens. 
We do one of the things that 

564
00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:55,900
causes division in the church is
when somebody gets really 

565
00:25:55,900 --> 00:25:59,100
passionate about one thing and 
and you know a mission I'm 

566
00:25:59,100 --> 00:26:01,700
called to go overseas or I'm 
calling everybody else was like 

567
00:26:01,700 --> 00:26:03,700
well that's fine for you but we 
don't even really supported her 

568
00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:06,100
acknowledge it or maybe somebody
else you know. 

569
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,200
It has a specific call to do 
something in their city or in 

570
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,000
their community and and 
sometimes we can want to shun it

571
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,900
because we don't feel that same 
burden. 

572
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,600
And so, it works two ways. 
Listen, don't get angry. 

573
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,900
If other people don't feel your 
burden, if God's given you the 

574
00:26:18,900 --> 00:26:22,100
burden, maybe you're the only 
one that has that burden, don't 

575
00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:23,200
you? 
Let go of it, don't you get 

576
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,000
tired of praying about it and 
seeking it out, but church, we 

577
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,700
have got to learn to celebrate 
the burdens of others and come 

578
00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:32,400
along and hold up some arms. 
We got to come along and listen 

579
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,100
to more unified. 
We are all this diversity that 

580
00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:37,800
comes together all the That are 
in the house today, when we come

581
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,100
together and get unified, 
there's a lot of movement of God

582
00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:44,700
that can happen. 
Let me flip the script for a 

583
00:26:44,708 --> 00:26:47,500
minute. 
Now, Peter didn't say this, or 

584
00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:50,900
at least, I think maybe he did 
say it, but they didn't record 

585
00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:53,300
it in scripture. 
But, you know, Peter was the guy

586
00:26:53,300 --> 00:26:55,300
that was like, Jesus, I will die
for you. 

587
00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:57,400
They will not take you. 
I mean, he was the first one to 

588
00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,300
speak up. 
So, when Jesus goes back down, 

589
00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:01,700
remember, he said, Peter, 
couldn't you even watch with me 

590
00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:03,900
one hour? 
It didn't record what Peter 

591
00:27:03,900 --> 00:27:06,000
said, but I bet you Peter said, 
Lord, I'm not going to let you 

592
00:27:06,008 --> 00:27:07,900
down this time. 
Like I will never go to sleep on

593
00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:10,200
you again and then he comes back
and he finds him asleep. 

594
00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:11,900
Peter's, like I'm going to pray 
with you. 

595
00:27:13,300 --> 00:27:15,700
I thought about it. 
It's kind of little side note 

596
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:17,700
here. 
If you do tell someone, you're 

597
00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:19,500
going to pray for them. 
Don't lie about it. 

598
00:27:21,100 --> 00:27:22,800
Don't lie about it. 
Alright? 

599
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,100
We got to have a real living 
room talk here for a minute. 

600
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,500
How good are we at saying? 
You know what? 

601
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:33,000
I'm praying for you. 
Pair hands, we send these 

602
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,800
messages, I'm not saying you're 
not but I mean, come on. 

603
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,000
How serious are we about our 
prayer life, when we tell people

604
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,600
we're praying for, do we really 
believe that we're going for the

605
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,100
god of the universe, who can do 
anything, and you can do all 

606
00:27:45,100 --> 00:27:48,200
things and who will want to pour
out blessings on on his 

607
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,100
children, who will want to bring
healing? 

608
00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:53,100
Who will want to bring 
wholeness, or do we? 

609
00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:56,500
Just go is our prayer, no deeper
than I prayed for you. 

610
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,000
Sometimes we say, I prayed for 
you and they can easily mean. 

611
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,100
Yep. 
That was my prayer. 

612
00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,200
So let me tell you, I've talked 
about this before. 

613
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,600
Let me tell you how we can, how 
can we can change this in our 

614
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:10,800
lives. 
First, ask people right there on

615
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,300
the spot. 
If they, if there's a prayer 

616
00:28:12,300 --> 00:28:14,200
need, can I pray with you right 
now? 

617
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,600
Can I just pray over you right 
now? 

618
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:18,800
Do you know how forgetful we 
are? 

619
00:28:19,500 --> 00:28:21,000
You mean to? 
And then you get down the road 

620
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,200
if you'll just say right now. 
Hey, can I lift you before that?

621
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,200
You have a moment for me to lift
it, whether it's on the phone. 

622
00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:26,400
I've even done this through 
text. 

623
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,800
If I couldn't talk to somebody, 
literally just start typing out 

624
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,800
a prayer in Jesus name over. 
D and just send it. 

625
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,300
I want to pray for you right 
now. 

626
00:28:33,300 --> 00:28:36,100
I want to stop and get my mind 
in that right now. 

627
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,100
And so it's that instead of 
saying praying for you, say, I 

628
00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:42,400
prayed for you and here's what I
prayed, or can I pray with you 

629
00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:44,600
right now? 
There's a powerful powerful 

630
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,600
message in there. 
Tucked in there right here, I'm 

631
00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,800
going to give you another 
powerful lesson when Jesus came 

632
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,400
back and find the guys asleep. 
Here's what he says, keep 

633
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:54,400
watching. 
Pray. 

634
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,100
He didn't just want them praying
for him. 

635
00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:58,000
He said, keep watching pray, so 
that she won't give in to 

636
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,400
Temptation for the spirit is 
willing. 

637
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:03,200
But the body is weak. 
Can it tell you what? 

638
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,400
Jesus said here watching and 
praying stay awake and pray to 

639
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,600
fight Temptation? 
Here's what he was saying, 

640
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,600
prayer is the key to overcoming 
temptation. 

641
00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:17,400
It's hard to pray when you're 
tired, but it's easy to send 

642
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:23,000
when you're tired ever. 
Notice that So I think Jesus 

643
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,300
here said you know your flesh is
really weak. 

644
00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:28,500
I know the spirits willing you 
want to do the right thing Peter

645
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:31,200
and guys you want to do the 
right thing but prayer is the 

646
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,700
only way that you're going to 
actually move into fighting 

647
00:29:33,700 --> 00:29:38,100
against temptation. 
One scholar that I read this 

648
00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:41,100
week in study and said that you 
know Jesus knew that Peter would

649
00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:43,900
deny him the next day. 
He said I wonder if Peter had 

650
00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:46,500
stayed awake and prayed through 
that night would have had the 

651
00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:49,100
strength to go to the Cross 
beside Jesus. 

652
00:29:49,700 --> 00:29:51,500
What do you said? 
No nail Me to the Cross now. 

653
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:53,700
Ultimately, no. 
That wasn't what God wanted but 

654
00:29:53,700 --> 00:29:55,900
we do have had the strength then
if he had stayed awake and 

655
00:29:55,908 --> 00:29:58,700
prayed that night, I don't know,
but it's hard to pray when 

656
00:29:58,700 --> 00:30:01,200
you're tired it's easy to send 
when you're tired and so Jesus 

657
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:06,000
is like stay awake and pray. 
When does the enemy attack us? 

658
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,900
Most it at night when we're 
tired or in it, when our bodies 

659
00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:14,900
are exhausted, that seems to be 
an opportune time old things 

660
00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:17,000
come back on us. 
I would, I'd be willing to argue

661
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:20,600
even in in people that I know 
other course of my life, friends

662
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,100
that I've met with addictions 
often slip back in a moment of 

663
00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:27,500
being exhausted. 
It's A coping mechanism. 

664
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,500
Marriages are often sacrificed 
when a person is completely 

665
00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:34,400
exhausted mentally and 
emotionally exhausted, that's 

666
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,900
when things get sacrificed. 
And you know what? 

667
00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:40,300
Your enemy knows that Jesus said
here, hey, I know you're tired, 

668
00:30:40,300 --> 00:30:42,300
but there's going to be times 
where you need to stay awake and

669
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:44,100
pray. 
You need to pray through, you 

670
00:30:44,108 --> 00:30:46,700
need to pray through. 
And if you pray through what 

671
00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:50,500
happens is many times, the Lord 
will finally bring a peace upon 

672
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,900
you. 
You ever just find yourself 

673
00:30:52,900 --> 00:30:55,400
burden at night and tempted to 
just go down a path that you 

674
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:56,700
know, you should. 
Never go down. 

675
00:30:57,600 --> 00:31:00,600
I pray that during this 21 days,
if that happens to you, wake up 

676
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,800
in the night and you're tempted 
and you your mind, struggling 

677
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,500
and wandered that you literally 
just get out of your bed and get

678
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:07,800
on your knees and go to the 
Lord. 

679
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,700
Just start praying. 
Just sit before him until you 

680
00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:13,200
feel a peace. 
Come sit before you him until 

681
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:18,400
you know that he is with you and
he has you So, we give you 

682
00:31:18,408 --> 00:31:21,700
another lesson here. 
How many times did Jesus, pray? 

683
00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:23,900
The same exact prayer? 
Three times here, right? 

684
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,200
He prayed he came back. 
He prayed he came back. 

685
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:27,900
Father, your will be done. 
Not mine. 

686
00:31:27,900 --> 00:31:30,000
I'd like for this cup to be 
taking more to Thatcher will, 

687
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:34,200
but if your will not mine. 
So here, Jesus, is wrestling 

688
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:37,400
with the wrath of God being 
poured out on him. 

689
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,400
But did you notice that every 
time he prayed, he did not get 

690
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,400
an answer, not recorded the 
father. 

691
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,200
Didn't say there's no other way.
The father didn't say there is 

692
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,300
another way it was like, there's
no way, Jesus is praying and we 

693
00:31:48,300 --> 00:31:51,800
don't see the father's response.
Doesn't it say it clear that 

694
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,200
glaringly obvious. 
That Jesus prayed a prayer in 

695
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,000
the father did not speak back to
him. 

696
00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:58,500
He didn't say, no Jesus, there 
is no other way. 

697
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:01,800
Keep going, I learned so much 
when I read that though. 

698
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,800
You know what I learned, here's 
the lesson persistence in prayer

699
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,600
will bring Clarity of God's 
will. 

700
00:32:08,500 --> 00:32:13,100
Jesus modeled this persistence 
in prayer, God didn't say, okay,

701
00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:15,500
Jesus there's another way 
without the cross. 

702
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,400
And so what did Jesus do? 
He just persevered in the 

703
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:19,900
direction? 
He already knew he was called 

704
00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:22,500
too. 
God didn't show up and neither a

705
00:32:22,508 --> 00:32:25,700
firm nor change the direction he
just said, you know, the purpose

706
00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:28,700
that you were called too long 
ago and so just keep walking 

707
00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:30,300
that path. 
There is no of the way but I 

708
00:32:30,300 --> 00:32:31,500
love that. 
He modeled it here. 

709
00:32:31,500 --> 00:32:35,700
It was persistence in prayer 
that he basically got the answer

710
00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:37,500
Clarity of God's will. 
I'm heading in the right 

711
00:32:37,500 --> 00:32:39,500
direction. 
I'm going into the right thing 

712
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,300
Alston. 
No answer means stay the path 

713
00:32:42,300 --> 00:32:44,500
that you're on. 
Is it a holy path? 

714
00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:47,400
Is it a Godly path that God puts
you on that path to begin with? 

715
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,800
Did you pray and God didn't 
change the direction. 

716
00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:51,900
He didn't show you anything. 
Thing else to do, he didn't 

717
00:32:51,900 --> 00:32:54,000
reveal something. 
That usually is a calling to 

718
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,900
just keep going on the path that
you're on. 

719
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,400
It's not a sin. 
If it's not a sinful path, if 

720
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,600
it's an honoring path to God, 
and God hasn't given clear 

721
00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,600
direction and you have to keep 
on being faithful. 

722
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,600
It's too many people give up too
soon. 

723
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,000
What I mean by that. 
I mean, you, you know, you had a

724
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,700
God moment where you felt the 
spirit of God move in your life 

725
00:33:12,700 --> 00:33:15,200
and you started down that path 
with him, like assured. 

726
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,400
Like I know I'm going in this 
Direction, Lord, this is what 

727
00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:20,800
seems like what you laid in 
front of me and say, you start 

728
00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:22,200
going in the direction of the 
calling. 

729
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,000
But then, over the long time, 
even though nothing has changed,

730
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,400
you feel like you just need to 
change in your life and you pray

731
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:29,900
about it and God doesn't give 
you an answer. 

732
00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:32,500
He didn't give you a new job. 
He didn't change the direction. 

733
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:33,800
He didn't tell you to move 
cities. 

734
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,700
He doesn't change everything. 
And you know what? 

735
00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:39,100
Usually that means keep Being 
faithful in faith. 

736
00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:43,100
God is going to work in time. 
And tell you how it's happened 

737
00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:47,800
to me over the course of years. 
I knew that I was called to do 

738
00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,000
something for the Lord when I 
was about 13 years old and you 

739
00:33:51,008 --> 00:33:53,500
go Joe, how did you know that? 
Well, I couldn't articulate all 

740
00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:55,500
of it, but I can go back and 
tell you like, I knew that God 

741
00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:59,600
was calling me when I was young,
but I was 28 years old 2008. 

742
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,400
I was sitting in a conference 
and there's this guy named 

743
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,000
Henry. 
Blackaby was just that I was 

744
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,000
actually a little bitty card, 
just a few people sitting in a 

745
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,100
bill room. 
And as I was sitting there, God 

746
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:09,300
is just speaking to me through 
this guy, this preacher that was

747
00:34:09,300 --> 00:34:11,900
preaching. 
And and and and I was all ready,

748
00:34:11,900 --> 00:34:13,400
sir. 
Serving in Ministry at the time,

749
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:17,300
but my call was clarified in, my
heart was inaudible, but in that

750
00:34:17,300 --> 00:34:19,300
room that day, I felt the Lord 
say to me. 

751
00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:23,300
Hey, I'm calling you follow me. 
It was almost like a response to

752
00:34:23,300 --> 00:34:24,400
these the Lord. 
I'll follow you. 

753
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:26,300
What do you want me to do? 
And literally in my heart, I 

754
00:34:26,300 --> 00:34:28,000
felt him. 
Say, follow me and I'll show you

755
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,199
just keep following me and that 
led me all the way to where I am

756
00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:32,699
today. 
Do you know why that's important

757
00:34:32,699 --> 00:34:34,199
to go back to that calling 
though? 

758
00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:37,100
It's because many times I've 
been beat up and I wanted to go 

759
00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:40,000
back to construction if I'm 
really, really honest with you. 

760
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:41,900
There's some days where I go, 
you know what, I just want to go

761
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,000
Go back and build houses. 
Again, I was good at that and it

762
00:34:45,007 --> 00:34:47,400
was easier. 
Sometimes. 

763
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,500
Listen, that's mmm. 
In my weak moments here. 

764
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,400
But you know what, the lord 
always does, I know I'm where 

765
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,600
I'm supposed to be doing. 
I supposed to be doing, I'll go 

766
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:58,200
back to that calling, he hadn't 
changed it even when you pray. 

767
00:34:58,200 --> 00:34:59,900
Sometimes God, will you change 
the direction? 

768
00:34:59,900 --> 00:35:02,800
This is hard and he'll go 
nothing crickets. 

769
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,300
You know what that means? 
I've already called you just 

770
00:35:05,300 --> 00:35:08,100
keep putting your feet in the 
direction of obedience that you 

771
00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:12,100
already knew so many times. 
My calling from 2008, has kept 

772
00:35:12,100 --> 00:35:14,300
me getting up another day and 
fight another day. 

773
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,700
And so, maybe you need to hear 
that. 

774
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,100
If you're in a tough season 
right now, God hadn't shown you 

775
00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:21,100
another way, keep being 
obedient. 

776
00:35:21,100 --> 00:35:21,800
Right? 
Where you are. 

777
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:26,300
Keep on praying and obeying the 
last word that you heard only 

778
00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:29,000
give you the last the last 
lesson, I'll share with us 

779
00:35:29,008 --> 00:35:33,000
today. 
Jesus got up from his prayer and

780
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,000
he headed towards Judas. 
He headed to meet those that 

781
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,000
were going to arrest him. 
And here's the lesson, we have 

782
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,700
to move our feet in the 
direction of our prayers. 

783
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,100
We gotta move our feet in the 
direction of our prayers. 

784
00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:48,000
Look, what Jesus said, here up, 
let's be going. 

785
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,500
He didn't say up. 
Let's be running further to the 

786
00:35:50,500 --> 00:35:52,800
mountains. 
He got it up. 

787
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:54,800
It'll be D. 
It said, look my betrayer is 

788
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,500
here. 
He was going to meet Judas. 

789
00:35:56,500 --> 00:35:59,700
He did not run from God's will 
even though it was painful. 

790
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,300
This is what it means to have 
faith is to get up and just walk

791
00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:06,200
towards the direction. 
You think. 

792
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:08,300
God has you going in? 
What did he call you too? 

793
00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:12,500
So I've gotten this question 
over over time. 

794
00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:18,100
What if I'm trying to follow 
Jesus, but I'm going in the 

795
00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:22,200
wrong direction. 
I think a lot of, a lot of 

796
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,500
Believers get paralyzed because 
the like, God, I need you to 

797
00:36:24,500 --> 00:36:26,300
show me. 
I want to move my feet in the 

798
00:36:26,308 --> 00:36:28,300
direction on my prayers, but 
like, your lord, you go. 

799
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,500
You got to show me, God. 
I don't know what to do. 

800
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,800
And what happens is, instead of 
just like stepping out on faith 

801
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,500
anywhere, we just get paralyzed 
when we sit still, and then, in 

802
00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:41,000
the next year, you're in the 
same place. 

803
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,400
And in the next year, you're in 
the same place, I heard a quote 

804
00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:49,200
from Elizabeth Elliott Here's 
what she said. 

805
00:36:49,900 --> 00:36:54,300
You can't steer a parked car. 
And when I read it, I was like, 

806
00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:56,800
what in the world is that me? 
So I had to go as in ag a book. 

807
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:58,800
I think called through the gates
of Splendor and I wouldn't get 

808
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:00,200
the book. 
I was I got to see what's, what 

809
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,100
in the world is he talking 
about? 

810
00:37:01,100 --> 00:37:03,900
You can't steer a parked car? 
What kind of invitation is that?

811
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,900
But what she said is, she said 
if God is leading you in a good 

812
00:37:08,900 --> 00:37:11,200
direction and you've prayed 
about it and you feel that 

813
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,800
you're gifted for and you feel 
that there's a drawing towards 

814
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:18,300
it, our God is a god of action. 
And so unless he has told you to

815
00:37:18,300 --> 00:37:21,700
be still and not go, it's often 
really good to just start in the

816
00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:22,600
direction. 
You think. 

817
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,900
God has called you to start 
preparing for the direction. 

818
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:28,700
You know why? 
Because once you start the car 

819
00:37:28,700 --> 00:37:31,600
rolling, it God is Sovereign 
enough that if you're heading in

820
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,100
the wrong, good direction. 
He'll head you in the better 

821
00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:36,300
Direction. 
He I'd grab the wheel and say no

822
00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:38,600
no no I know you were trying to 
serve me over there and do good 

823
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,600
and you were living holy. 
But I'm gonna grab the wheel 

824
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:44,000
here and we're going to take a 
right, not a left and so that 

825
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,600
helped my heart so much like 
just do something for Jesus. 

826
00:37:47,900 --> 00:37:49,800
Just get passionate about 
something. 

827
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,100
Start moving in a direction, 
pray about it. 

828
00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:55,700
Seeking ask if your gift sets as
the Lord equipping you to do, 

829
00:37:55,700 --> 00:37:58,400
what he's calling you to start 
moving in that direction and 

830
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:02,900
even if you get it wrong, God 
will come in and go, I'll 

831
00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:05,000
redirect. 
You, are you doing this? 

832
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,200
Because you love me. 
Are you serving me or using your

833
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:08,900
gifts to me? 
And as you go in that direction,

834
00:38:08,900 --> 00:38:10,800
he is Sovereign enough to grab 
the wheel. 

835
00:38:12,300 --> 00:38:17,200
If I'm really, really honest. 
Whenever I felt called to 

836
00:38:17,207 --> 00:38:20,900
RiverBend, I did not know 100% 
all supposed to come here. 

837
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:24,300
You like Cho. 
You move to a new church without

838
00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:27,200
knowing 100% yet. 
Every time I've ever moved or 

839
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:31,400
made a big transition, I was not
100% on the flip side, I can 

840
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:35,000
tell you 100%, I know. 
But God is always going to ask 

841
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,300
you to start the car moving and 
trust him. 

842
00:38:37,300 --> 00:38:40,600
Trust him in a Direction. 
Have you prayed about it? 

843
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:42,500
As God moved me at all? 
Yes he had. 

844
00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:44,100
He had moved me here we begin to
pray. 

845
00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:46,400
Nick sent back and I'll sound 
booth this morning. 

846
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,500
He sent me a message on Twitter,
it wasn't like Heavenly dropped 

847
00:38:49,500 --> 00:38:51,800
it, you know, Heavenly drop of 
like hey this is it. 

848
00:38:51,900 --> 00:38:55,600
It was like Hey you know, you're
praying about lead pastoring, 

849
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,400
there's a church reaching out to
you. 

850
00:38:57,700 --> 00:39:00,400
We wrote we wrote up here and 
rode through the parking lot and

851
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:01,900
then the Lord began to affirm 
it. 

852
00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:05,000
Say, you know what, this is it, 
this is what I have for you 

853
00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:07,700
church. 
I don't know which one of these 

854
00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:09,700
lessons was for you this 
morning, but here's the 

855
00:39:09,700 --> 00:39:13,700
ultimate, here's the bottom line
of it is to go Jesus, you're 

856
00:39:13,700 --> 00:39:17,100
will not mind because I know you
love me because I know you won't

857
00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,100
good for me because I know 
you'll do what's best for me 

858
00:39:19,100 --> 00:39:20,800
because I know you want a 
relationship with me. 

859
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,800
Your will not On Lord. 
That's what I'm saying today. 

860
00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:28,400
So I wanna invite you want 
invite you to pray that prayer. 

861
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:32,100
Your will not mind board. 
But let me give you give you 

862
00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,600
this thought. 
As we wrap up the back to what 

863
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,600
we talked about early, the 
decision to pray is the first 

864
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:41,000
step to obey God has more for 
you. 

865
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:44,700
He has a best for you in 2023. 
I really believe. 

866
00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:49,000
It begins with the decision to 
pray, maybe the decision to pray

867
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,500
and to fast, your will not mind 
is a transforming prayer that 

868
00:39:52,500 --> 00:39:55,500
we're going to pray. 
So here's what I want to invite 

869
00:39:55,500 --> 00:39:59,200
you here, and it Oakwood today. 
I want to invite you to let me 

870
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,100
pray over you, and actually let 
us pray for each other. 

871
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:05,600
If you're going on this journey,
you're going on this pier 

872
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,600
adjourn and you want to pray 
like Jesus, and you want to 

873
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,300
learn from from how he prayed, 
and then maybe there's some 

874
00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:12,100
breakthroughs in your life. 
You're praying against some 

875
00:40:12,100 --> 00:40:14,200
addictions. 
You're praying for some family 

876
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,100
members to know Christ, you're 
praying for healing or 

877
00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:18,900
restoration. 
You're praying about a sickness 

878
00:40:18,900 --> 00:40:20,400
that you're dealing with in your
body. 

879
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,400
I want to ask you in just a 
moment to stand. 

880
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,900
Maybe you're just taking this 
seriously for the first time or 

881
00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:28,600
maybe you're just taking it 
seriously again this year and 

882
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,400
you go Joe. 
I really want to do well over 

883
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,100
these next 21 days. 
I believe it. 

884
00:40:33,300 --> 00:40:35,000
With prayer. 
And so I want you to be praying 

885
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,500
to the Lord, and I'm going to 
pray for you both here and in 

886
00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:41,000
Oakwood. 
So just a moment, I'll do that. 

887
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,700
We ask you to Bow all over bow, 
your heads with me if you will 

888
00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:46,000
at Oakwood just for a moment and
here's what I want to ask you to

889
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,600
do if that's you you go. 
That's me. 

890
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,500
I got big prayers Bowl prayers. 
I'm praying during this 21 days.

891
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,400
I need prayer, I need you to 
pray over me that I can truly 

892
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:55,700
live. 
The your will not mine. 

893
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,800
Here's what I want you to do. 
Just stand to your feet right? 

894
00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,700
Where you are all over the 
house. 

895
00:40:59,700 --> 00:41:02,000
If that's you stand up, I'm 
going to pray for you. 

896
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,400
Oakwood you to stand to your 
feet right now. 

897
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,600
All over the place. 
If you're going, man. 

898
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,200
Hey, I'm going on this journey. 
This year, I need prayer. 

899
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:10,500
I need help. 
Getting this right as we go 

900
00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:17,900
forward. 
So father, I just want to lift 

901
00:41:17,900 --> 00:41:20,900
up all my friends that are here 
now God, those are the standing 

902
00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:23,300
got it. 
Oakwood I want to pray in Jesus 

903
00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:26,300
name that just your power and 
your strength would come Lord. 

904
00:41:26,300 --> 00:41:28,800
It is hard to say, your will not
mine Jesus. 

905
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:30,700
We see how you model that 
prayer. 

906
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,000
We have all these lessons that 
we learn, but that don't make it

907
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,100
easy. 
And so God, I'm asking you, when

908
00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:38,400
will you give us the strength to
say yes to you to do the right 

909
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,900
things as we move? 
Lord Lord to try something new 

910
00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:44,000
to step out on Faith. 
Lord to know that even if this 

911
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,500
is the direction fasting, and 
praying that we're going to move

912
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:49,400
in this direction, we're going 
to move towards you. 

913
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:53,100
Lord, I believe that there's 
some being called two big things

914
00:41:53,100 --> 00:41:55,400
in both things. 
Lord their dreams you planted in

915
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:57,600
hearts and have been lying 
dormant. 

916
00:41:57,900 --> 00:42:00,400
There's callings on people's 
lives that they haven't stepped 

917
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,900
into and so Lord. 
I want to pray through this 21 

918
00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:04,700
days. 
Will you call us higher Lord? 

919
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,800
When you call out those that are
supposed to serve you and unique

920
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,100
ways? 
Lord will you All people deeper 

921
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,100
into a relationship to know you 
more. 

922
00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:14,200
Will you call us further into 
surrender? 

923
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:18,000
Father, may this be the most 
powerful season that we've ever 

924
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,500
had in our lives as we pray 
together over the next 21 days 

925
00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:23,000
and we'll give you all the glory
Lord help us. 

926
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:26,700
As we set out on this journey, 
as we set out on this journey in

927
00:42:26,700 --> 00:42:29,300
Jesus name, everybody said, 
amen. 

928
00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:31,800
When you stand to your feet and 
less worship together today. 

929
00:42:33,700 --> 00:42:36,300
Thank you for listening to the 
Riverbend Church podcast. 

930
00:42:36,500 --> 00:42:39,400
Learn more about who we are as a
church and how to connect Can 

931
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,600
head over to our website 
Riverbend church. 

932
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:42,300
That life