1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,240 Welcome to the official podcast of Rock Hill Baptist Church 2 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,480 where we are focused on glorifying God, spreading the 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,840 gospel, and making disciples of Jesus Christ right here in the 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:16,520 heart of Greenville, SC. Each week we bring you a life 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:20,600 changing word from our Senior Pastor, Pastor Matthew D Long 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,760 Junior, or one of our anointed guest speakers. 7 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,920 We pray this message strengthens your faith, deepens your 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,479 understanding, and empowers you to elevate in every area of your 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,840 life. Let's join the service already 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:49,360 in progress. Romans chapter 12 verse one 11 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:50,720 through 2. Thank you for John. 12 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,080 Appreciate you guys. You just track along with me. 13 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,840 We're going, we're going to move all throughout the night. 14 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:09,240 I I want to share Romans chapter 12, chapter 12 verses 1 and 2, 15 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:18,240 chapter 12 verses one and two. I think that's where I want to 16 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:29,560 go. Didn't say I want to go, let's 17 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:46,800 go to Matthew. After that, which was around 18 00:01:47,280 --> 00:02:05,160 July of July of 2024, I was at my office and and the the Lord 19 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,600 really began to speak to me about this year elevate. 20 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,800 This year Elevate. We were going through evolve and 21 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,560 young. I've said this, but I don't know 22 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:19,320 if I said this publicly, but 2024 was just a hard year for 23 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,000 me. That prophetic word. 24 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,120 Evolve was tough. It was tough to live out. 25 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,440 I was trying to preach as as much as I could. 26 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,160 I was trying to, but it was hard to digest. 27 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,520 I'm like, there's some words God give you that. 28 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,280 She's like, I don't like this one. 29 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,680 It's it's like medicine you get from your parents and not, not 30 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:45,600 all of it is a cherry flavored. Sometimes it, it is Castor oil. 31 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,640 It's, it's it, it don't taste good, but God knows it's good 32 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,800 for you. And so the Lord gave me this 33 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,320 instruction and he began to talk to me about the technology that 34 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:00,600 we need for the future. He said there's a technology for 35 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,480 every area in gift. There's a technology for the 36 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,120 Apostolic. There's Apostolic technology, 37 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,280 prophetic technology, evangelistic technology, 38 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,880 pastoral technology. Tell me there's a technology for 39 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:16,680 emerging and for emergence. There's a technology for 40 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,280 leadership. There's a technology for 41 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:23,200 fellowship. I'm going to say it again, 42 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:27,080 there's a technology for fellowship, he said. 43 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,920 Oftentimes this is the Lord game. 44 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:32,680 He says we struggle and not give things and graces because we 45 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:37,160 don't know the technology of what we are in and what we have 46 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,120 or where we are. So the question becomes, how do 47 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,920 we find good success? We find good success when we 48 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,200 search the scriptures for the technology of where we are, the 49 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,160 technology for the age, technology for the period of 50 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,320 time, technology for the era that we're in. 51 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,520 There's a technology for every dispensation. 52 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,680 I think the problem is we are willing to become students of 53 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,000 the past instead of proving students of the present. 54 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,400 And if we can say students of the present long enough, we will 55 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,760 receive the technology for that day. 56 00:04:15,240 --> 00:04:18,600 I think COVID really showed us the digital divide. 57 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,000 It showed us how how easy there are those who have some 58 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,920 technology and those who do not. So this is various social 59 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,640 economic backgrounds is also in that same predicament where a 60 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,040 certain spiritual level, certain types of people have different 61 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:37,480 technological skills and are able to advance at different 62 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,560 levels. So we have to learn the 63 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:46,960 technology of an elevated space. We have to learn the technology 64 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,720 of an elevated place. The word for this year is 65 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:51,560 elevated. Help me out. 66 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,160 Turn to the neighbors. Elevate, elevate. 67 00:04:55,160 --> 00:05:00,880 So because we have to elevate, we have to change up a tad bit. 68 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:07,480 Brother, Brother John, when I was younger, I can remember my 69 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,840 grandmother's house. We had this Rotary. 70 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,600 It's good to see you. We had this Rotary telephone, 71 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,840 right? We put our finger on the number. 72 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,080 We will roll it all the way over to the cling and then put our 73 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,200 finger in another number. It might have been 3 and it 74 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:25,920 didn't go as far, but we rolled it every time. 75 00:05:26,840 --> 00:05:30,680 I remember as a child in Glenn doing that. 76 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:36,720 But but then I remember Braylon. I mean, I was around your age, 77 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,240 right? I was around almost 8 to 10 that 78 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:44,880 we went from that Rotary phone to a handheld phone. 79 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,120 Oh, are y'all? Are y'all with me? 80 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,400 You you tracking we we, we had that thing and you know it, it 81 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:58,480 would go but only so far huh. Unless you had, you know, the 82 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,160 corded phone. Y'all know them long cords. 83 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,680 But we had that handheld, you know had that long antenna. 84 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:14,240 They thought you were somebody. 2000s come in by 2K and all of a 85 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,040 sudden Spritz got this, this this little phone. 86 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,560 I never forget Jennifer Michelle having that phone. 87 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,080 Yeah. And I'm telling you, we thought 88 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,640 we were somebody for real because this one, a car phone, 89 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:33,000 this 1A Rotary phone. But this this was a cell phone 90 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:41,480 now, huh? What you talking about? 91 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:48,800 A cell phone we keep on going from early 2000s to mid 2000s. 92 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:52,440 We go from from that type of cell phone to to the Motorola 93 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,360 Razor phone. Thank you. 94 00:06:55,360 --> 00:07:00,720 I about forgot the name of it. The rate that's sleek, you know, 95 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:06,320 slender cell phone. And now they got iPhones and and 96 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,320 praise the Lord, there is no other cell phone. 97 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:14,960 That's all right. I got plenty of all the night. 98 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:18,320 Hallelujah to God. No, no, my, my point of, of 99 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,480 proving that and going through that is tech. 100 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,720 There's a technology for every age. 101 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:28,200 It is still a telephone, right? At the end of the day, it is 102 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,520 still used for communication purposes. 103 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:38,760 I might have learned how to call using the Rotary phone, but I 104 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:43,480 can't use a Rotary phone. Oh, come on, open your mouth. 105 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:48,400 Can't, can't use it right now. What is it going to plug into? 106 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:58,760 Houses aren't even built for that design and specification. 107 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,640 So. So we got to tap in to the 108 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,440 technology of the day. Thank you for John. 109 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:05,080 Help me out. Turn to the neighbor. 110 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:07,040 Turn it. Tap into the technology of the 111 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,920 day. All right, so we got to tap into 112 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:15,120 the technology of the day. To tap into the technology of 113 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:16,400 the day. There are some things that we 114 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,240 must recognize and realize. But I, I want to read what I 115 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:21,640 tell you. Romans 12/1 and two who got it, 116 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:22,680 read it for me. I beseech you, therefore, 117 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:24,760 brother, by the mercies of God, that she presents your bodies of 118 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:40,440 living sacrifice. Come on here. 119 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:58,720 I love it. Prayer is not just a spiritual 120 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,800 exercise, it's a technology. It's a divine system of 121 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,840 communication, activation and transformation. 122 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:11,000 Just as technology in the natural world changes, also, we 123 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,520 must be mindful of technology in the spirit realm changes as 124 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:16,920 well. You ready? 125 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:20,400 OK, make sure you sit down. I just clicked off my notes. 126 00:09:28,690 --> 00:09:32,050 AW told it says prayer is not preparation for the battle, it 127 00:09:32,050 --> 00:09:35,440 is the battle. Prayer is a fuel for the journey 128 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:37,960 of life, providing energy, strength and direction. 129 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,560 Whether life brings moments of extreme joy or deep despair, 130 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:47,360 prayer sustains and empowers us. So questions I want you to think 131 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,600 about tonight. It's who taught you how to pray? 132 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:55,160 Who taught you how to pray? Kensley, I want you to think 133 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:59,280 about how do you engage with the technology of prayer 134 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,800 effectively, Effectively, how do you pray? 135 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Well, we got to understand the technology or the functionality 136 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,120 of prayer. You ready? 137 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,080 Number one, it is to be connected to God. 138 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:14,640 Remember, I say connected to God. 139 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:18,720 I don't like your voice. Come on, say connected to God. 140 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,840 Connected to God. We've got to establish intimacy 141 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,000 with God. That's that's not connectivity. 142 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,760 Again, we got to establish intimacy with God before we get 143 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:37,680 deep and heavy tonight you got to establish intimacy with God. 144 00:10:37,680 --> 00:10:42,160 I'm going to say it again before we can go deep tonight, you got 145 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:49,720 to establish intimacy with God. So when we establish intimacy 146 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,920 with God, check this out, we can then upload requests. 147 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:58,720 We can then upload requests. How we do that? 148 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,120 We do that through supplication, through intercession, and we 149 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:08,000 also do that through petition. And this is where we get stuck 150 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,640 sometimes because we upload our request, right? 151 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,520 And after we uploaded, and thirdly, we got to download the 152 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:21,240 revelation. That's where we receive God's 153 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,320 wisdom, knowledge and instruction. 154 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,360 So we got Bishop Belton tonight. Hallelujah. 155 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:31,040 And when we do that, then we have to upload the spirit. 156 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,800 That's the renewal, empowerment, transformation. 157 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,280 And then this last piece, that's where I want us really to get. 158 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,120 And that's the transference of power. 159 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,920 That that is where there is an activation of faith, activation 160 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,960 of healing, activation of deliverance of gifts. 161 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:51,080 Miles Monroe says prayer is the most powerful tool that humanity 162 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:53,840 has been given to affect the heavens and the earth. 163 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,800 The most powerful tool given to us. 164 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:04,320 So how do we how do we begin this intimacy with God. 165 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:08,800 It's through consecration at the very root we on day three of 166 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,960 fasting it's lit. Hopefully you have established 167 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:17,000 your own regimen, your own thing that you've given up. 168 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:21,040 It is not me prescribed. This is establishing intimacy 169 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:28,600 with God. In doing so, we go to Romans 170 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,560 12/1. And two, that you got to present 171 00:12:31,560 --> 00:12:38,040 your body as a living sacrifice. That's a night you will have to 172 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:44,120 sacrifice your body. The yawns, because they're going 173 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:50,000 to come, the weariness, the tiredness, it's going to come. 174 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,040 As the Lord knows, I won't be at my bed. 175 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,680 You have to sacrifice it. The hunger, you have to 176 00:12:58,680 --> 00:13:05,960 sacrifice it, right? Let me do so. 177 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,680 Then we put ourselves in position for God to then 178 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,960 download or send back something to us. 179 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:14,240 That's going to be absolutely great. 180 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,840 So, so let me give you some some components of this technology 181 00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:24,400 tonight that we're going to use. Matthew chapter, chapter 18, 182 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:28,800 verse 19 and 20, Matthew chapter 1819 and 20. 183 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:32,680 I'm going to give you a lot of scripture. 184 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:37,720 Ain't got to flip to it until I tell you I ain't trying to wear 185 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,760 your fingers out quite yet. I believe you. 186 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:49,280 We got we got a way to go. Matthew 18, I believe 19 and 20. 187 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,840 Thank you, sister Princess, I'm telling you I appreciate you. 188 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,280 It says. And again I say unto you, that 189 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:02,920 if 2 of you shall agree on earth as touching anything, that they 190 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:07,120 shall ask, and it shall be done for them of my Father which is 191 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,560 in heaven. For where two or three are 192 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:15,440 gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 193 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:20,240 Is that your Bible said, I heard you turning Second Chronicles, 194 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,280 chapter 20, verse 2122. I preached it on Sunday, 195 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:28,440 preached it on Sunday. And when he had consulted with 196 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:33,440 the people Jehoshaphat, he appointed singers unto the Lord. 197 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,240 And that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went 198 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:42,280 out before the army, and to say, praise the Lord for his mercy 199 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:49,880 endureth forever. And when they began to sing and 200 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:54,360 to praise, the Lord sent ambushments against the children 201 00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,920 of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Sierra, which would come against 202 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,120 Judah, and they were smitten. You ready? 203 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,720 I got two more for you. Psalms 47 and one. 204 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,720 It's one of my favorites. Psalms 47 and one. 205 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:15,720 Oh, clap your hands, all ye people, shout unto God with a 206 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:19,520 voice of triumph. Psalm 47 and one. 207 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:28,160 Acts chapter 1625 and 26. Acts 162526 I'm giving you some 208 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:33,800 work, kids, that you met me. Acts 162526 says. 209 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:39,200 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed and sang praises unto 210 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,840 God, and the prisoners heard them, and suddenly there was a 211 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,640 great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were 212 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,080 shaken. And immediately all the doors 213 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,560 were open and everyone's bands were loosened. 214 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,240 Number one, we got to recognize the power of verbal agreement 215 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:57,240 and prayer and praise. Tell me out. 216 00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:58,680 Turn to the name and say, neighbor, you got to open your 217 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,520 mouth. Braylon missed it. 218 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,040 Come on one more time. Turn to the name and say, hey, 219 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,560 neighbor, you got to open your mouth. 220 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,600 You got to open your mouth. We have to come into verbal 221 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,760 agreement and prayer and then praise. 222 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:19,640 Matthew 18, verses 19 to 20 establishes agreement, gives 223 00:16:19,640 --> 00:16:23,440 unity in the Spirit. So when we verbally agree in 224 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,360 prayer, we agree by saying, Amen, uh huh. 225 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,840 We agree by saying, yes, Lord, thank you, Clarence. 226 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:38,680 We agree by saying let it be. So we agree by saying Jesus. 227 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,320 All right. We are spiritually aligning our 228 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:46,840 faith with God's will when we verbalize together our 229 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:51,440 agreement. Now I've said this before, but 230 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:55,960 silence is this is the sound of the enemy. 231 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:01,200 Whenever there is silence, it is the sound of Satan. 232 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,760 So it is important that we open up our mouth. 233 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:12,000 It's it's, it's important that we speak up. 234 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,280 Glory to God, thank you, praise them. 235 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:24,920 Let me tell you another not only does a verbal agreement in 236 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:30,040 prayer and praise establish unity in the Spirit, but say it 237 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,040 activates the authority of heaven. 238 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,920 That's good right there. It activates the authority of 239 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,760 heaven. And in Jewish tradition, 240 00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:42,800 witnesses were required to establish a legal matter. 241 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,400 So when we agree in prayer, we are bearing witness to the 242 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:53,400 promises of God. When we say yes, Lord, we are 243 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:57,680 saying, I cosign, uh huh. Yes, Lord, we say Amen. 244 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,360 Let it be so. Lord, we are literally 245 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,440 activating the authority of heaven on earth. 246 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:09,040 In the early church, Acts 4 and 24, we find that there they 247 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,320 lifted their voices with 1 accord. 248 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,160 When they lifted their voice with 1 accord, the Bible says 249 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,440 that the place that they prayed in was shaken. 250 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:26,640 That if we want heaven to kiss earth, if we want this world to 251 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:30,800 be impacted, we have to verbally agree with God. 252 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,200 Lord, I'm sorry, I feel my help are coming. 253 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,680 That that sometimes we struggle because we say everything except 254 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,000 for what God says. I'm sorry I feel them coming in 255 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,800 the roof and when we don't say but God says then we don't have 256 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:50,160 the echo of heaven on earth. Can I tell you something? 257 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:52,160 Thank you. I feel them. 258 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:55,800 I'm sorry. I issue right now is God has 259 00:18:55,840 --> 00:19:01,360 already spoken, but he's trying to use you and my voice to now 260 00:19:01,360 --> 00:19:05,680 say what he has spoken. But when we do not actually 261 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:11,280 articulate his word, it gets stuck in between heaven and 262 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,920 earth. So now we struggle with 263 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:19,480 frustration because God is trying to get a word to the 264 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,440 earth, but we appear. Come on, huh? 265 00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:26,000 I'm sorry. He came in the room on me. 266 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,680 So, so we got to, we got to open up our mouth. 267 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,000 We, we got to verbally say, yes, Lord, it is. 268 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,280 So we got to say, Lord, have your way. 269 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,800 We got to say the Lord is my shepherd. 270 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,160 We, we got to literally open our mouth. 271 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:48,320 I'm getting ahead of myself, but but we have to say that because 272 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,720 of where we are at currently. Where we at currently. 273 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:56,600 All right, so I told you, number one, that with the power of 274 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,800 verbal agreement and prayer, one establishes unity in the spirit. 275 00:19:59,800 --> 00:20:01,800 2 it activates the authority of heaven. 276 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:08,200 But thirdly, it allows for praise to break chains. 277 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,080 It allows for praise to break chains. 278 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:18,000 Now, the truth of the matter is that you don't praise the way I 279 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,960 praise. I don't brace the way you brace. 280 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,600 But what we have to do is praise. 281 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,680 Can I? Another issue we have, Braylon, 282 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:36,360 is we don't engage in togetherness verbally or 283 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:39,680 physically. So it allows our neighbor to 284 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:44,080 stay in chains. And we don't realize that when 285 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,160 we come together, whether it's in church, at work, at home, 286 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:52,600 that sometimes your silence is allowing the enemy to reign in 287 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:57,480 the lives of those around us. I told you tonight, it's just an 288 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,880 intensive for you. So God is charging us tonight, 289 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,400 before we ever get deep into this, to realize we've got a 290 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,160 one. Open up our mouths. 291 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:09,960 We got to clap those hands. We got to move our bodies. 292 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:15,640 Because if not, your silence is allowing the suffering of your 293 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,960 neighbor. I'm sorry, OK? 294 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:21,840 I just want to teach a little bit. 295 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:27,400 Get set the stage #1 #1 the power of verbal agreement and 296 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,040 prayer. And praise 1 establishes unity 297 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,840 in the Spirit agreement. Agreement 2 activates the 298 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,920 authority of heaven 3 and also finds that praise breaks the 299 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,240 chain. So let's talk about this 300 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:43,360 clapping thing I told you in Psalms 47 and one. 301 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:48,840 I love the scripture. Shout unto God with a voice. 302 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:53,120 Clap your hands, I'm sorry, all your people, and shout unto God 303 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:57,720 with a voice of triumph. Here we find that clapping is a 304 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:02,000 weapon of warfare. I'm sorry I'm trying to come 305 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,000 back down since Jack, because I feel I'm all me heavy. 306 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:09,320 I'm trying to push them back. Clapping is a weapon of warfare. 307 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:16,040 It is not just something that's going to put a little pain in 308 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:22,400 between your hands, but clapping is a weapon of warfare. 309 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,480 Let me give you some scripture. Let me give you some scripture. 310 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:34,120 Second Kings chapter 13, verse 1718 and 19. 311 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,720 Read it on your own time because I got to give the mic up. 312 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,200 My time's almost done. I said 45 minutes an hour, and I 313 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,000 was going to be done with my first one ready. 314 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:55,000 Second Kings chapter 13 verses 17 through 19 it's it's a good 315 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,720 story. It's an easy 1 you could use it 316 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:01,240 for your devotion. 1 morning the private the prophet Elisha 317 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:07,320 instructed the king to strike the ground with arrows 318 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:12,040 symbolizing victory. Clapping is a prophetic 319 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,800 declaration of triumph. Matter of fact, clapping is not 320 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,240 just for rhythm. It's a spiritual weapon. 321 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:21,000 The the word for clap is is takah. 322 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,840 I must say, Takah, listen to this. 323 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,560 Say it one more time. I want you to hear taka. 324 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:35,440 He ain't saying T say taka, she said Taka. 325 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:39,320 Taka means to strike or drive in. 326 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:45,400 To strike or to drive in clapping is a prophetic art or 327 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,720 act of striking down the enemy's plants. 328 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,760 So when I said come on, let's clap our hands, it ain't just me 329 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:54,800 telling you a filler for the service. 330 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,680 That ain't just me to pass some time. 331 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:01,840 We are literally doing a prophetic gesture. 332 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:06,720 Every single time we clap our hands, we are striking down the 333 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:11,720 enemy's plans, right? OK, now let me give you another 334 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,920 one. Clapping is also a sound unto 335 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:20,440 heaven. Check this out for a reprieve. 336 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,960 Have you ever have you ever you might not might not. 337 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:25,760 Have you ever been to a show before? 338 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:31,880 And at the end of the show you think, my lamb, that thing was 339 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,200 good. And you get the clapping and you 340 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:43,160 clap and you clap and who was on stage comes back on stage. 341 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:48,000 The our clapping is a repriver for heaven that we literally say 342 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:56,360 God, encore, encore, encore, do it again, God, do it again, God. 343 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,080 So our clapping is just ain't clap, clap. 344 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:03,760 No, no, our Clapper is saying do it again, Lord, do it again, 345 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,440 Lord, and strike down the enemy's plans. 346 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:11,680 Oh my God, ain't that good. OK, I got to move over because I 347 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:12,720 ain't got but a few minutes left. 348 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:18,240 Clapping is a weapon of warfare. But then also we got to lift our 349 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:23,440 voice in warfare. Now the voice is another weapon. 350 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,920 I told you earlier, you open up a mouth, but the voice is a 351 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:33,760 weapon to silence the enemy. It's it's, it is a weapon to 352 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:37,320 silence the enemy. Now let me break it back down. 353 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,640 Bring it back down so you can hear me again. 354 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:44,360 I told you that when you are silent, that is the sound of the 355 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,520 enemy. But check this out. 356 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:51,400 But when we use our voice, we then silence the enemy. 357 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:55,680 I ain't got time to go there. I feel them. 358 00:25:55,680 --> 00:26:00,760 But I'm a I'm a leave it alone that we have to use our voice to 359 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:06,080 then shut down the enemy. Now y'all know like I know 360 00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:09,120 sometimes the enemy, he don't come with a audible sound. 361 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:10,560 Sometimes he come in a little letter. 362 00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:17,160 Y'all know how that letter can say a whole lot to you so you 363 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,680 got to go and you got to use your sound against that too. 364 00:26:21,120 --> 00:26:24,680 Every those thoughts. Is that not what the word say 365 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:29,880 that try to come contrary to the word willed way of God. 366 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:33,160 It's just the cast. We cast it down by speaking the 367 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,680 word thank, thank you. That was I needed that right 368 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,960 there. So we got to use our voice, our 369 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,000 voice. You ready? 370 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:47,000 Joshua chapter 6, verse 20. Joshua chapter 6, verse 20, 371 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:50,120 Glory to God. Hallelujah. 372 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:57,560 Joshua chapter 6, verse 20. Because the text we all should 373 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:05,360 know, I'll be to you well, the old school be to you Sunday 374 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:10,760 school. I said it, I thought about it. 375 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:17,200 That's antiquated Joshua chapter 6, verse 20. 376 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:22,560 The Israelites shouted and the walls of Jericho fell down. 377 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:29,600 The sound in the natural caused a shift in the supernatural. 378 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,600 I'm going to say that one more time. 379 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:38,400 The sound in the natural caused a shift in the supernatural. 380 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,600 But I feel that Randy borders coming on me that sound does not 381 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,960 die. Sound reverbs. 382 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,520 It keeps on going until it can no longer be measured. 383 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,880 I think it was National Geography who had had did this, 384 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:06,160 this study of sound, and they showed that sound when it is 385 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:12,920 utilized in the earth, when we give sound, put off sound that 386 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:18,480 it looks like bounces on the earth, that it almost looks as 387 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:23,200 if somebody just jumps on the earth. 388 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:30,480 Can I tell you that every single time, Dickenhauser, you open 389 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:37,080 your mouth and you give God your sound that physically God can 390 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:41,320 see your sound? That a prayer. 391 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,840 Oh, I feel like going there, Dick, help me that a prayer that 392 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:50,920 you might have prayed 10 years ago could be bouncing around you 393 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:57,960 and God literally sees you. Can I tell you that your sound 394 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:02,800 is so important that allows God come here because you need some 395 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:07,680 Bible right? To inhabit, to live in, to 396 00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,320 dwell, to step in. Why? 397 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:13,440 Because your sound allows God to locate you. 398 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,680 Save it me, Bradley, I said your sound allows God to locate you. 399 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,840 So you can't just get caught up in your own self. 400 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,240 I'm sorry, this thing is good. You can't get caught up in your 401 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,520 mind. You got to come out of your mind 402 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,440 and let God come through your mouth. 403 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:33,840 You in the room. I said you got to get out of 404 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:38,600 your mind and let God come through your mouth because God's 405 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,920 trying to respond to himself. I'm sorry. 406 00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,680 I'm sorry. I'm not the guest tonight, but I 407 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:51,120 feel his glory. God's trying to come to us and 408 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:52,600 He's trying to do that through us. 409 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:58,440 So when we don't allow God through us, we live with this 410 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,880 constant battle that is not ours. 411 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,800 I'm sorry. I just I'll give you the profit 412 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,640 a little later. But but but we live with this 413 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:12,000 that we should not fight in, we should not deal with because God 414 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,800 loves us so much. So he wants his reflection, He 415 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:21,720 wants his sound, He wants his essence, his being not to just 416 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,240 be in us, but to come through us. 417 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:26,920 OK, I'm going to leave it alone. I'm going to give it over. 418 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:31,760 So we got to lift our voice. We got to clap our hands and we 419 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,680 got to do it together. We got to do it together. 420 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:40,480 We, we, I'm going to say again, we've got to do it together, not 421 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,840 not just in church, but but your family. 422 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:46,880 You got to do it together. You're going to have to practice 423 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:49,240 at the house. We're going to have family time. 424 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:51,640 We're going to pray. You're going to say Amen. 425 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:52,680 You're going, we're going to pray. 426 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,760 You're going to say Jesus, you're going to pray, You're 427 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,920 going to say thank you, Lord. I'm a prayer and I'm going to 428 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,960 say thank you, Jesus. I'm a prayer and I'm going to 429 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:06,400 say, yes, Lord, we've got to get in the habit of doing this if it 430 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,720 is. I mean, literally, I've been 431 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,600 feeling this for a long time. If we do not get in the place of 432 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:19,400 training and discipling, we will lose more time than we have 433 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:21,480 living in this earth. I'm sorry. 434 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:26,040 There's, there's an extreme importance that we allow our 435 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:31,960 family groups to come back to the point of being trained and 436 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:37,320 this spiritual warfare tactic of clapping using our voice 437 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:42,120 together, is that OK? The technology of prayer 438 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:48,240 incorporates all of this. So when we're praying, it's more 439 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:52,480 than us closing our eyes. It's more than us using our soft 440 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:57,880 voice that that, come on, stay with me, that when we pray, we 441 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:04,680 have to actually engage completely intentionally. 442 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,160 You can't allow something distract you, but you're going 443 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,480 to have to lock in with yourself and with your neighbor. 444 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:19,080 And when we do that, we are able to get from God immediately what 445 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:23,840 we need. I know folks are like God don't 446 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,360 speak. He does speak. 447 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:27,520 The problem is we can't hear him. 448 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,520 Why? Because we in our minds, we in 449 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:38,200 ourselves. Come home, Dick, Andy, go teach 450 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,600 for me tonight. But we we do, we get stuck in 451 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,920 ourselves and it causes us to lose time. 452 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,160 Time is not who, let me say it's another way. 453 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:57,320 God is not bound or constrained by time, but he gives time as 454 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:01,320 you come here, you're ready. He gives time as something for 455 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:06,840 us to use as a tool. The issue is anything you don't 456 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,120 know how to use becomes a weapon. 457 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:14,720 So time becomes weaponized in our life and we say Lord, five 458 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:19,480 years done went by Lord 20 years of no, because we got to learn 459 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,360 how to come in. But they say redeem the time and 460 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,800 that what your Bible say we got to do that. 461 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:29,480 How do we do that for I got to get myself together. 462 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,240 I'm going to get myself all that together. 463 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,080 You ready to come back in baby now. 464 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,120 So I'm going to go into a short period of prayer. 465 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:47,280 I want you within yourself to really go to God. 466 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,760 We, we, we got to do some repentance first. 467 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,040 We, we got to 1st go to God and say, Hey, let me get rid of some 468 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:58,160 of this. I want you to let all that go. 469 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,160 I want you to talk to the Lord for yourself. 470 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:06,360 Then I'm going to shift in prayer and just go with this the 471 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,960 the Spirit. 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