1 00:00:00,300 --> 00:00:01,900 In the name of the Glorious Trinity. 2 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:04,000 Father and Son and Holy Spirit forever. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Amen. Glory be to the Everlasting 4 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,500 mercies which sent you on to us. Oh Christ, the light of the 5 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:14,700 world and the life of all give us wisdom by a law and Enlighten 6 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:18,600 our impulses, by your knowledge sanctify, our souls by your 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,200 truth and Grant that we may be obedient to your words and make 8 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:24,400 fulfill your Commandments at every hour. 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,300 O you who enlightens the rationale with the knowledge of 10 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:32,299 your greatness? Do Enlighten oh my Lord are 11 00:00:32,299 --> 00:00:35,500 thought that we may meditate upon your holy and divine 12 00:00:35,500 --> 00:00:40,000 scriptures at all times. Lord of all Father and Son and 13 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,300 Holy Spirit forever. Amen. 14 00:01:07,100 --> 00:01:09,900 Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, gotten Morgen 15 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:15,300 guten Abend gotten my German. I need to brush up on beloved 16 00:01:15,300 --> 00:01:19,000 Brothers and Sisters in Christ, welcome to the double, edged 17 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,700 sword podcast Ministries, good to have you again. 18 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:28,500 And if it's your first time that you listening, 150 gazillion 19 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:31,700 percent sure. That you're going to love the 20 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:33,300 message. You know why? 21 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:37,100 Because God is giving this message through his son. 22 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:39,300 Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. 23 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,300 That's why we love the hear the word. 24 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:45,300 We love to hear the word of God because our souls that have been 25 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:49,900 Sanctified by the Holy Spirit yearn to be fed on the word of 26 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:53,600 God. Your words were like a food as 27 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,600 the psalmist says. So welcome again. 28 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,300 And thank you for your for your feedback. 29 00:01:58,300 --> 00:01:59,900 Please don't stop those feedback. 30 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,600 And most importantly, don't forget to share, don't be 31 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,800 greedy. And keep this for yourselves, go 32 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,400 out and share it. You know, Jesus said to his 33 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,199 disciples, what you whispered amongst one. 34 00:02:10,199 --> 00:02:14,000 Another now, going Proclaim it on the rooftops, so you go and 35 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,800 do that. And and I'm sure that God will 36 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:23,500 work his amazing glorious ways and plans and miracles, in the 37 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:26,900 hearts of those who are listening, Christians are 38 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:29,700 non-christians. If we have friends listening to 39 00:02:29,700 --> 00:02:32,900 this, This to this podcast, welcome. 40 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:37,900 And we truly welcome you and we pray that you know, Jesus 41 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:41,100 Christ, Our Lord, Our Savior who is the savior of the world? 42 00:02:41,100 --> 00:02:45,100 Who is the Son of God? Will Enlighten you Enlighten 43 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:48,600 your minds Enlighten, your hearts that you two can perceive 44 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,100 and understand and accept his way. 45 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:54,300 He's truth, his life glory be to his name. 46 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:59,900 This is the second episode on result, salt of the earth. 47 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:04,300 Salt. Isn't it salt? 48 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:05,600 Yeah, but we're talking about salt. 49 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:09,100 So, Stephen and Audrina. Where is it mining? 50 00:03:09,100 --> 00:03:11,400 Like, yeah. Miming. 51 00:03:12,300 --> 00:03:15,100 This is we're going to talk about light when it's going to 52 00:03:15,108 --> 00:03:17,200 take a while until we reach like, but we're talking about 53 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:22,000 the salt of the world Jesus in Matthew chapter 5 verses 13 to 54 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,800 16 instructs that you to his disciples are the salt of the 55 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,500 earth or the world. But if the salt from The insipid 56 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:36,000 pasta blend what with what shall it be seasoned. 57 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,200 It is fit for nothing but to be thrown out and be trodden Under 58 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:41,800 Foot by. Man you are the light of the 59 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,500 world. A City built upon a hill cannot 60 00:03:44,500 --> 00:03:48,400 be concealed last segment or last. 61 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:53,000 Yeah, last segment, we spoke about understanding and Define 62 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,700 defining salt. And as we said, we don't need to 63 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:59,800 reinvent the wheel, the wills of been invented. 64 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,700 Ship Mari issue. Dad of nerve, of Hadith had 65 00:04:04,700 --> 00:04:07,400 Eartha a Palestine are Village in. 66 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:11,700 You know the year eighty fifty eight, fifty a d-- has defined 67 00:04:11,700 --> 00:04:13,900 salt. Some of the characteristics of 68 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:18,500 salt salt, he says he writes possesses many Powers. 69 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:24,100 It gives a taste to the insipid - the blandness the packet, - or 70 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:28,300 the boringness, or the inactivity in activeness of a 71 00:04:28,300 --> 00:04:30,100 life. And we know that the world 72 00:04:30,100 --> 00:04:32,400 pertain To life. And we read from Colossians 73 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:35,500 chapter 5, verses 5 to 6 chapter 4, I'm sorry. 74 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:39,000 Verses 5 to 6 st. Paul instructs, Walk in wisdom, 75 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,700 towards them without without that means, outside the church. 76 00:04:44,100 --> 00:04:47,200 And that's what we focused on those who are not in the church, 77 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,600 those who are not increasing them, those who are outside of 78 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,500 the church and redeem your opportunity, and let your speech 79 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:59,900 at all times, be with Grace, as it were seasoned with salt and 80 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:03,000 no, you You, how you ought to give an answer to everyone and 81 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,800 we concentrated more on speech, the tongue what we say can be 82 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:15,300 Bland, or can bring savior flavor to the lives of those who 83 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:18,800 are not with Christ or those who are with Christ. 84 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,100 I'm going to talk about that today. 85 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:25,600 And how we can, we can be a flavor to those increase in them 86 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,300 in the church who are a little bit Bland in their lives. 87 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:32,400 James Chapter 3 Verse 6 now, Tongue is a fire and the world 88 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:35,800 of sin is like a forest and this time, which is one among our 89 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:39,600 members Mars or defiles our whole body and it inflames the 90 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,100 series of Our Generations that roll on like a will and it 91 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:47,700 itself is on fire. What we're going to concentrate 92 00:05:47,700 --> 00:05:52,100 today is now to those who are within to our Christian brothers 93 00:05:52,100 --> 00:05:56,200 and sisters, how do we become? Well no I shouldn't you know 94 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:01,600 I'll rephrase that we are. We do not become Jesus said you 95 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:05,200 are not, you will become not you. 96 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:09,600 Maybe not choose to be no you are. 97 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,200 And we ascertained from our faith to our baptism to our life 98 00:06:15,300 --> 00:06:19,400 being called Christians. We are the light of the world. 99 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:22,600 So how do we sometimes? Are the salt of the world but 100 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:25,500 increasing them in our, in our Christian Life, our brothers and 101 00:06:25,500 --> 00:06:27,800 sisters at times, maybe even our own lives. 102 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,000 We see that truly there is a lot of Fitness. 103 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,700 There is a lot of blandness pack Hooter in our Christian Life. 104 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:38,400 So today we're going to talk about those within within the 105 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,900 church within the faith brothers and sisters. 106 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,300 I'm going to say it again. Brothers and sisters, not 107 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:50,200 friends. You know. 108 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,500 I'm sure you've noticed. When I welcome everyone, I 109 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:56,700 welcome our brothers and sisters and friends. 110 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,500 Why do I stress brothers and sisters? 111 00:06:59,900 --> 00:07:02,300 Who is my brother? Who is my sister. 112 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:04,800 Now, if we're going to talk biologically, I don't have a 113 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,100 brother, so this doesn't apply to me. 114 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:11,400 Only the term sisters will apply to me, but when we say brothers 115 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:13,900 and sisters as Christians, we are talking. 116 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:18,800 We are referring to those in Christianity and it's very 117 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,700 simple, very simple. Paul sets, a straight in 118 00:07:22,700 --> 00:07:27,400 Galatians, chapter 3 verses 26 to 27 and this is how we are 119 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:31,400 salt for. You are all children of God. 120 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:37,800 So if Stephen and Audrina and myself and you are children of 121 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:43,100 God, how by faith in Jesus as the Messiah. 122 00:07:45,500 --> 00:07:49,200 So for all children because we have faith and those who have 123 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:53,000 been baptized into Christ, have put on the Christ. 124 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,200 So we've all had, we all have faith, we have been baptized, we 125 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,300 become the children. If we are all children, then we 126 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:03,200 are Brothers and Sisters in Christ. 127 00:08:03,500 --> 00:08:06,300 So we refer to each other brother and sisters in sisters. 128 00:08:06,300 --> 00:08:11,300 Now if there is no faith in Christ the Messiah and no 129 00:08:11,300 --> 00:08:14,900 baptism, well then that person becomes our friend. 130 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,300 Because that person is a fellow human being and we love and 131 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:20,600 respect and we pray that they too. 132 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,500 One day will come to the knowledge of Truth, which is the 133 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:27,400 Lord Jesus Christ, the truth of God, which is only seen in Jesus 134 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:33,400 Christ, and I put to death with Christ to to gain or to receive 135 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,299 that glorious title. The adoption of children, being 136 00:08:37,299 --> 00:08:41,799 the children of God. So as I said, we refer to, we 137 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:44,500 are referring to those within the church within the faith. 138 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,900 Do we? Let me ask a question, do we as 139 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:49,500 the salt of World Salt of the world? 140 00:08:49,500 --> 00:08:52,800 Not not become as the salt of the world. 141 00:08:53,100 --> 00:08:59,700 That means we are, do we provide flavor, Saviour, Saviour, I'm 142 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:02,800 sorry A Taste of life to each other. 143 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,100 Let us always keep in mind beloved. 144 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:14,600 As Christians children of God, brothers and sisters of Christ. 145 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,300 Co-heirs with Christ of the Glorious Kingdom. 146 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:25,300 You know what I say these words, I get goosebumps co-heirs, you 147 00:09:25,300 --> 00:09:27,800 know, who's the richest in the world. 148 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,900 Let's take what's-his-name, Microsoft, which is the Bill 149 00:09:30,900 --> 00:09:36,300 Gates Bill Gates. Just imagine you're a CO are Of 150 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:40,600 his inheritance talking billions of dollars, right? 151 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:47,700 Which is perishable one day, it will mean nothing the stocks 152 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:51,000 Shibu and what have you will mean, nothing one day. 153 00:09:51,100 --> 00:09:56,000 Saint Peter said, sit straight, everything will melt, but we try 154 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,400 to Fathom this and if you're driving stop because I don't 155 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:04,900 want to crash and God forbid. You are a co-heir with Christ 156 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:07,900 because of your faith. Your baptism of the Glorious 157 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:11,800 Kingdom of Heaven that God has prepared for all those for his 158 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:13,600 servants. Well, he's good and Faithful 159 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,900 Servants, but we have an obligation to one another in 160 00:10:17,900 --> 00:10:24,100 Proverbs 27:17, we read as iron, sharpens, iron. 161 00:10:24,900 --> 00:10:29,100 So one man, sharpens, the countenance, the person, the 162 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:34,200 Persona of a brother or sister, or even of a friend, not only in 163 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,600 the Chris and them even of a friend. 164 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:43,600 And so, to answer our question, how do we as salt become a 165 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:46,100 flavor, a taste of life to others? 166 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:53,300 Bishop Murray issue that comments, salt constricts, 167 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:59,100 Titans compresses and dries up. What does it drive up? 168 00:10:59,100 --> 00:11:03,800 Dry up. The dampness that parents the is 169 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,500 that is the parent of slackness and Pew or rottenness. 170 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:15,000 So salt has this effect that it constrict it compresses the 171 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,100 depth and then plus causes the salt to be slack. 172 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,500 Let's talk about that slackness. And this is where we all where 173 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:24,700 we all fail. Where we all drop the ball. 174 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:30,300 One of One of many of them you know significant areas of a 175 00:11:30,308 --> 00:11:33,600 Christian Life Christian obligation, our Christian Duty, 176 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:40,200 our Christian gifts, where slackness is exhibited and I 177 00:11:40,208 --> 00:11:43,700 believe the main reason for this being complacency, you know, 178 00:11:43,700 --> 00:11:46,400 this ain't his fire engine is trying to compete. 179 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:49,100 I'm just gonna raise my voice. You're not until it got. 180 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:50,200 There you go, it's gone away now. 181 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,800 He'll go. So one of the very significant 182 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,100 areas of our Christian Life, obligation Duty gift. 183 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:59,600 As I said, we're slackness is exhibited and I believe, as I 184 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,800 said in the main reason, for this being complacent 185 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:08,700 complacency And complacency in praying. 186 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:14,000 This is where we become Bland. And if we are bland, if this 187 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:19,500 salt of God, of Christ is Bland. How are other people going to be 188 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:26,500 flavored complacency? Sainte-marie should add comments 189 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:30,700 is the killer of zeal for life in the Lord, when you become 190 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:33,700 complacent. You know, that first step you 191 00:12:33,700 --> 00:12:38,000 take I'm gonna pray tonight because I was in Bible studies 192 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,500 here, this Sunday. I'm going to miss church, you 193 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:43,400 know. Let me tell you how credit card 194 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,900 Works. Let's go into Finance. 195 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,600 Yeah I think they they psychologically created the 196 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:54,900 minute. You miss one payment because you 197 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:58,000 have plenty of credit and you got to make the next payment. 198 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,400 Next thing you know that you've accrued so much credit that it's 199 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,200 out of order. That's how it works, you become. 200 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:10,000 Complacent in not paying when we become complacent in our 201 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,800 Christian life, especially in our Peril. 202 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,300 And I'm going to tell you why I'm saying prayer, not 203 00:13:15,300 --> 00:13:18,700 attending, church reading, the holy scriptures, Etc. 204 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:25,400 No, in praying that one time you miss that one time. 205 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,300 You're reluctant nine out of ten times. 206 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:33,800 That's the beginning of complacency Someone said, if you 207 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:37,900 don't feel like praying, pray, make sure you pray, 208 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:42,000 specifically, when you're tired and you'll lakhs, then you don't 209 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,200 feel like praying, get on your knees and pray. 210 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,600 And I'm going to give you an example of a very simple 211 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,700 effective prayer prayed with all the, with the heart with the 212 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:53,200 soul and the mind. Why am I saying prayer beloved? 213 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,700 Because praying Is entering before God's presence. 214 00:13:57,700 --> 00:14:00,300 Now this it's not this topic is not about praying we're talking 215 00:14:00,300 --> 00:14:03,300 about being salt. So how do you become salt is? 216 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:04,900 First of all, you need to be praying. 217 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:09,700 If I'm going to encourage someone, be a flavor in 218 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:12,400 someone's prayer life. If I'm not praying, how am I 219 00:14:12,408 --> 00:14:16,400 going to be doing it? Someone said to me Robbie, why 220 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:19,700 is it that some people are effective with their messages? 221 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:23,100 And some people are not and I think this is the reason when 222 00:14:23,100 --> 00:14:26,000 you believe in something. When you We believe in you 223 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,600 practice that something that's the time you become really, 224 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:32,900 really effective. If I found a medicine or a 225 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:35,200 medication or a solution to coronavirus. 226 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,800 Let's say, for example, and it's worked on me and I truly believe 227 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:42,100 in it. I'm ready to lay my life for it. 228 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:46,200 I'll be so much more convincing than when I think it's gonna 229 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,200 work. You know, take a try, may work 230 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:53,400 when you truly believe. In something that you say and 231 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:57,900 you do you'll be more effective when your prayer life is on fire 232 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:02,500 and prayer life, not meaning, you know, constantly repeating. 233 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:04,600 Oh Lord, Jesus Christ, Our Lord Jesus Christ. 234 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:08,600 You know the name Jesus Christ is such a powerful name for 235 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,500 those who continue to in the name of Jesus, in the name of 236 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:15,000 Jesus, in the name of Jesus, I have an issue with that because 237 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,300 I believe the name of Jesus. Shutters demon shutter in the 238 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:20,900 name of Jesus. You mention it. 239 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:27,500 Once once with Zeal with sovereignty, with respect it 240 00:15:27,500 --> 00:15:31,700 works, once you don't have to continue to repeat, repeat the 241 00:15:31,700 --> 00:15:35,300 name of Jesus, so when you're praying in, your prayer is, is 242 00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:38,400 on fire. And you're constantly entering 243 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:40,900 God's presence. Then you can be affecting. 244 00:15:40,900 --> 00:15:43,300 You can? That's your salt in someone's 245 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:46,300 prayer life. So prayer, life is entering 246 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:51,000 before God's presence. in order to communicate, To speak to 247 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:55,300 consult verbally, spiritually mindfully, with God, the 248 00:15:55,300 --> 00:15:57,900 almighty creator of all things visible. 249 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,600 And invisible, you can be reading the gospels cover to 250 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,800 cover your Bible cover to cover. It could take you a week a week, 251 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,300 you know in one week, you finish your Bible and you continue 252 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:11,100 doing. But when you're not talking to 253 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:15,200 the Lord, when you're not entering God's presence, then 254 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:21,600 there is something lacking. It's like last the the program 255 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:27,200 on fasting fasting must be accompanied by praying and must 256 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:29,100 be accompanied by reading the scriptures. 257 00:16:29,100 --> 00:16:31,200 If you're only fasting not praying, not reading. 258 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,100 Scriptures, it's just the spiritual diet. 259 00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:34,600 That's all you're doing. You're just dieting. 260 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:38,400 If you're reading the scriptures and you're not living the 261 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,900 scriptures, it's only Academia. You just learning a lesson if 262 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:46,200 you're just praying and not fasting and not reading the holy 263 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,900 scriptures. You're talking to a guy you just 264 00:16:48,900 --> 00:16:51,500 you just want to talk to God but you don't want to listen to God. 265 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,400 So that's why prayer is the most important. 266 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:57,500 And I think one of the most important factors in our lives 267 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:02,100 that we need to be on fire so that we can become that salt. 268 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:06,099 That flavor that tang in someone's prayer life in prayer. 269 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:10,900 There is an act Now, keeping in mind, this is for those that are 270 00:17:10,900 --> 00:17:15,800 within, when we pray, we Adorn God. 271 00:17:16,099 --> 00:17:21,400 There is a duration, we confess, confess our sins, our Frailty, 272 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:27,200 our unworthiness to be even calling God, our Father and 273 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,700 mentioning that that precious Almighty Majestic name of God, 274 00:17:31,900 --> 00:17:33,800 in our mouths, are defiled mounts. 275 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:38,700 I talked to a friend And every now and then, he forgot that I 276 00:17:38,700 --> 00:17:41,700 am a priest who throwing the effort and he guys, thank God. 277 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:45,100 But thank God, I'm thinking from that same mouth. 278 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,300 The f word comes out, and then God comes out, you know, is it 279 00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:50,200 st. James says, how come from a 280 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:54,500 fountain both bitter water and good clean water come out. 281 00:17:54,900 --> 00:17:59,400 All right, so prayer is a duration is confession is 282 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,400 Thanksgiving and his supplication there. 283 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:06,300 It is acts so to become effective. 284 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:09,800 Someone's prayer life, our prayer life has to be on pain. 285 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,400 We're going to talk about how we do this. 286 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,900 Philippians chapter 4 verses 4 to 7 Paul writes and Paul writes 287 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:20,100 rejoice in our lord always. And again I say rejoice and that 288 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:22,100 your humility be known to every person. 289 00:18:22,300 --> 00:18:25,400 Our Lord is near, do not be worried for anything. 290 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,100 Listen to this, do not be anxious. 291 00:18:27,100 --> 00:18:30,700 Do not be worried for only thing, but always look at what 292 00:18:30,700 --> 00:18:33,800 Paul says, not attend church do good. 293 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,300 Give arms. Help the needy know. 294 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,300 No, but always in prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving, 295 00:18:40,300 --> 00:18:42,900 let your request be known before God. 296 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:49,600 Now as Blissful as tranquil as it seems it at times, becomes 297 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:54,100 burdensome and that's where we become inconsistent and it 298 00:18:54,108 --> 00:18:57,000 doesn't take any effect. So what do we do? 299 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,600 You know Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5 16 to 18. 300 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:05,500 Pray without ceasing Pray, without ceasing. 301 00:19:05,500 --> 00:19:08,300 When I read this was, I don't want 24 hours a day. 302 00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:10,800 I'm going to be on my knees, praying, and praying and 303 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,300 praying, lovely, Steno to be realistic. 304 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:16,100 That's not what Paul is saying. We're going to talk about that. 305 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:20,200 So then being the salt of the world and effective salt to 306 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,900 those within, we need to bring flavor to the prayer life of 307 00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:26,400 others. If our Christian brothers and 308 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:31,600 sisters are not praying, Then how can you claim that you have 309 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:35,900 a good relationship with God? It's like me sitting, he and 310 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:38,700 calling Steven and Audrina. Yo, guys are always going to be 311 00:19:38,700 --> 00:19:41,400 the guinea pigs, right? Calling Stephen and Audrina and 312 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:44,600 saying, listen, let's just come together and read the gospel and 313 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,700 everyone read by themselves. No, communication, no 314 00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:50,500 discussion. How is their growth in that? 315 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:55,300 Unless I we read, we pray, we read, we discuss, and we build 316 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:59,200 each other up. So our prayer life, examine your 317 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:05,700 Life if your prayer life is not on par with the scriptures will 318 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:09,200 then you cannot be effective. But if it is then there's the 319 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:10,800 salt. That's what Jesus says. 320 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,700 Now, you are that salt that will give that will make effect that 321 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:18,300 will preserve that brother and sister who does not have the 322 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:22,000 that active prayer life. How, how believe in the power of 323 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:25,800 prayer, trust in the power of prayer, be persistent. 324 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,100 Be persevering, you know, what is it allowed? 325 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:31,700 Dan said to Jasmine, do you believe me, was it? 326 00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:34,500 Do trust me? All right, twice, he said it 327 00:20:34,500 --> 00:20:37,700 first, he said it, and then the second time he said it, he gave 328 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:40,200 himself away. He said, do trust me, do you 329 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:45,400 trust in the power of Prayer? Keep a regular prayer life. 330 00:20:46,100 --> 00:20:48,800 We have our personal life, private prayer life. 331 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,300 We have our public prayer life. Now this is not just about 332 00:20:52,300 --> 00:20:57,200 praying, this is just just looking at being that salty that 333 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:02,500 black that that Tangy that flavory salt in our prayer life. 334 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,900 So that we can tell us. You know, if I if I when I say 335 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:11,400 to people just pray it sometimes comes along as yeah that's just 336 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,700 a cliche, Robbie everyone. Just pray, just pray. 337 00:21:14,900 --> 00:21:17,600 But when you say, listen, let me give you some examples, pray, 338 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:20,600 truly pray. I've been in this situation and 339 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,100 there's no other way but praying and consistently praying and 340 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:27,800 persistently praying and perseverant. 341 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:32,400 Perseveringly, if there's a word perseverance Lee, praying and 342 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:35,600 waiting for the God for God to to reply. 343 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:39,600 So we have our private prayers. We have our public press, 344 00:21:40,100 --> 00:21:44,700 private prayers are at home and if we We don't have a private 345 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:47,900 prayer life at home. We cannot be effective in a 346 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,300 public prayer life. Let me give you an example of a 347 00:21:50,300 --> 00:21:55,700 drummer or a guitarist, who's in a band, if the drummer, and the 348 00:21:55,700 --> 00:22:02,300 guitarist doesn't continually practice at home and Implement, 349 00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:05,000 his rolls his fillings. I was a drum eyes drunk. 350 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:09,600 Anyway, if you if a drummer, is just comes to this that gig. 351 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:14,900 And just plays during that gig and has no other private 352 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,500 practice sessions where he's increasing his ability, he's 353 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,900 over to be that effective is going to be Bland. 354 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:25,500 He's going to be monotonous. If a soccer player doesn't kick 355 00:22:25,500 --> 00:22:29,000 the ball at home and practice his soccer skills. 356 00:22:29,300 --> 00:22:32,400 When he comes into the team, he's going to be very Bland, but 357 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:36,600 when a soccer player has perfected, a certain specific 358 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:40,000 skill, brings it to the team, then that effect. 359 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,900 The whole team, it enhances the whole team and you know, the 360 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:48,500 team could be winning and being Victorious, so it's the same. 361 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:52,100 If we are lacking in prayer, privately then our public prayer 362 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:55,900 will not be, not be quite effective if I may say. 363 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,400 So. Believe in the power of prayer 364 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:03,200 give testimonies how do you become salt in someone's prayer 365 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:04,100 prayer? Life. 366 00:23:04,300 --> 00:23:08,400 Give give your testimony of how effective and consistent prayer 367 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,500 life has reshaped. Or spiritual. 368 00:23:10,500 --> 00:23:12,200 Let me give you a specific example. 369 00:23:12,300 --> 00:23:15,300 And I always remember this, when I talk about pray, there was at 370 00:23:15,300 --> 00:23:21,000 one time in my Ministry. I was truly confronted with an a 371 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,700 challenge. I would be on my knees every 372 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:29,500 day, every afternoon. Every, every time I thought 373 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:32,700 about that challenging circumstance, I would be on my 374 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:37,500 knees and Trust, not trust me. Trust God, God just made it. 375 00:23:37,500 --> 00:23:39,900 Did he just fixed it? God. 376 00:23:40,100 --> 00:23:41,700 Perfect timing. Now sometimes when you're 377 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:46,100 praying, yes, things get worse. But continued, Continuum of 378 00:23:46,100 --> 00:23:48,400 guys. God has a perfect plan for you. 379 00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:54,600 In Psalm 55:17 at evening at dawn and at noon, I shall 380 00:23:54,600 --> 00:24:00,000 meditate and speak. And make my voice heard so, 381 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,800 become that salt in someone's prayer life because if a person 382 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:07,400 is not praying, as I said, has no relationship with God. 383 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:09,500 There is a, it's like when we just, you know, some people say 384 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,800 I went I go to sleep. I always do the sign of the 385 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:18,000 cross in sleep. Excellent but just imagine I see 386 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:22,400 you and every time I see you, I've wave my hand and I don't 387 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,800 say anything. I don't even say hello or peace 388 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:29,200 be with you the next day. I just wave my hand and it goes 389 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,300 on for months. What do you think there's 390 00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:34,200 something wrong with that are be because you're not speaking. 391 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:38,400 It's the same talk to the Lord, go into the presence of the Lord 392 00:24:38,500 --> 00:24:41,600 so that you can be effective bear each other's burdens. 393 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:48,500 Paul says, in Galatians, 6:2 bear the burdens of one, another 394 00:24:48,500 --> 00:24:51,800 for, in this way, you fulfill the law of Christ. 395 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:54,500 We need to be concerned about one another. 396 00:24:55,100 --> 00:24:57,500 We need to be concerned about our Christian brothers and 397 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:01,400 sisters in our church has at home, our parents, our friends, 398 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:04,700 our cousin's, our relatives. We need to be we need to carry 399 00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:07,800 that burden. And how do we do that beloved? 400 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:10,200 How do we do that? We bring it to Christ. 401 00:25:10,700 --> 00:25:13,900 Come on to me all you. Who labor and are forced to Bear 402 00:25:13,900 --> 00:25:15,500 burdens. How do we bring it to cross 403 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:18,000 through prayers? Do we pray for one another? 404 00:25:18,100 --> 00:25:21,100 You know, we quickly, we're ready to quickly myself. 405 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,000 I stand corrected, I stand rebuked. 406 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,100 And I'm a little bit hit with hypocrisy. 407 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:32,500 I'm quick to point the finger at someone and say, look at this 408 00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:36,200 person's social media. Look how this person is being is 409 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,600 dressed how this person, you know, conducts him or herself as 410 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:43,800 opposed to. Bending my knees and coming to 411 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,100 the lawn saying, Lord help this person. 412 00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:52,800 Lord deliver this person that effective prayer. 413 00:25:53,000 --> 00:26:01,300 Lord, Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me him, her Sinners. 414 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:09,100 So beloved to become salt in the most effective way in someone's 415 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:14,600 life is to bring that person. Bring flavor bring tang in that 416 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,900 person's prayer, life encouraging, come to Prague. 417 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,800 You know, we don't have that, we should establish a prayer group 418 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:22,700 in the church where we just come and pray. 419 00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:26,200 Yes, we have our Vespers. We have our metin prayers, which 420 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,900 is early early morning. We have a morning prayers, but 421 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,900 personal reflection where we come together, some of the crew 422 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:38,300 from the Saints Peter and Paul Parish in Sydney will recall 423 00:26:38,300 --> 00:26:40,800 that. We, the core group of that 424 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,300 Parish would come together in prayer. 425 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:47,000 We would be praying for hours and I specifically remember one 426 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:52,200 night, we prayed for about an hour and a half, and we prayed 427 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:55,800 for rain. When we stopped praying, we 428 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,100 didn't pay attention Nina's Haroon. 429 00:26:58,100 --> 00:27:01,700 If you're watching says, Hey guys, do you hear that? 430 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:03,900 We said what it was pouring outside. 431 00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:07,600 It was pouring rain and this is not one of those are. 432 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:10,000 Maybe I saw a vision. No, it was actually pouring I 433 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,500 have. I have six other people to 434 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:13,700 testify that. Yes, it was pouring. 435 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:18,700 Through prayer. We have caused people to come to 436 00:27:18,700 --> 00:27:23,500 Christ through prayer. So, to be salt, we are salt 437 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:25,900 actually have a look at our prayer lives. 438 00:27:25,900 --> 00:27:30,100 Let's examine our prayer life, so that I can be that Tangy 439 00:27:30,100 --> 00:27:33,700 salt, that can preserve the rottenness of someone's prayer 440 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:36,800 life. And that, that person you, we 441 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:42,000 bring in the presence of God and cause that communication to be 442 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,200 between that person that brother that's it. 443 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:49,700 The and God himself to whom be glory now in at all times and 444 00:27:49,700 --> 00:27:51,600 forever. 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