1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,960 Hello and welcome to the Arise Church Podcast. 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,080 We are so glad you're here and want to thank you for joining us 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,120 today for the audio version of our Sunday morning message. 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,560 We want to invite you to join us in person at our Sunday morning 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,960 celebration every Sunday at 10 AM. 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,640 We are located on Old Jenks Rd. in Apex, NC. 7 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,600 Today we're so excited and honored to have a really good 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,680 friend of ours, Doctor Jerry Scott and his wife Julie. 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,840 They have been to Arise Church now several times, but they 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,840 serve in the eastern part of the world, specifically in the 11 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,400 Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. 12 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,320 And Jerry is what in our denomination is called a global 13 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:50,600 associate director. It's very, very fancy title, but 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,480 it's actually really appropriate because he overseas in that part 15 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,040 of the world, more churches in his region than any other region 16 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,000 on the planet. For Foursquare, I think you said 17 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:07,040 yesterday, 35,000 churches, 38,000 churches, Foursquare 18 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,680 churches. So in the United States, for 19 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,520 context, in our country, there's about 1300 Foursquare churches. 20 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:15,800 In his region of the world, there's 38,000. 21 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,680 So it's a huge difference, but they're so humble. 22 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,480 We've been so gracious to us and we've just become good friends 23 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,160 over the years. And so I just encourage you to 24 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:28,400 open up your heart to receive today. 25 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:31,640 He's got a great word that the Lord's put on his, on his heart. 26 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:33,880 He's funny, he's got great stories. 27 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,600 He's very self deprecating, which I appreciate because it 28 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,520 just makes me feel normal. It's like, oh good, God can use 29 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,840 me too. And so I just love that about 30 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:44,880 him. But would you please help me 31 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,440 welcome both of them, both Doctor Jerry Stott and his wife 32 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:56,520 Julie? Well, praise the Lord, very good 33 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,560 to see you all today. I had the the great privilege of 34 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,440 seeing a number of you yesterday and that was fun. 35 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:06,720 That was a that was a fun day yesterday. 36 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,120 Just a joy. But it's always a joy for us to 37 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:15,240 be here with you. And yes, we've been here to 38 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:19,560 arise Church of a number of Times Now and I'm watching 39 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:24,840 something develop in you and it's exciting to me to watch, I 40 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,800 have to tell you, because I'm watching and experiencing what 41 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,880 the Lord is doing here and the the freedom that is developing 42 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:41,120 here. And it even hits me because I 43 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,040 remember when we first came, what I felt. 44 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,600 I, I don't mean to put myself out there on the thing, but I 45 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:49,520 really do know the presence of the Lord. 46 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,840 There was a time in my life where I was literally caught up 47 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:58,080 into, I don't know what even like what Paul, the apostle Paul 48 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,840 said into the heavenly realm. And I've experienced the 49 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,560 presence of the Lord in such a way that now I know when he's 50 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,920 there and when he's not there and when he's in a church and 51 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:14,440 when he's not in that church. And, and because we travel to so 52 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,320 many churches and I go in and out, it is so refreshing to me 53 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:21,920 when I come into a church, I go, oh, right away, He's here. 54 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,400 He's here with you even before you start to worship. 55 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,480 He's here and and so I love that about you. 56 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,800 I love being here with you and seeing so many of you, my 57 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,880 friends here. Well, I want to jump into right 58 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:41,480 away, jump into something I, I felt to share with you because 59 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:47,160 of where I believe you are AT and maybe a little bit of a next 60 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:52,040 steps for you as a church, because you're a church that's 61 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,400 believing for the Lord to move mightily correct. 62 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,040 You're believing for a mighty move of the Holy Spirit. 63 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,400 So I, I want to talk to you a little bit about a very simple 64 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:06,240 and a subject you, you know, you should know about. 65 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,000 But it's a subject that we, we know we should know about, but 66 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,840 we don't always do. And it's something that we know 67 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:15,960 we should do and we really know we should do it. 68 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,240 And we sometimes feel guilty because we don't. 69 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,440 And that's the, that's the subject of prayer. 70 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:25,040 And then someone goes, oh, no, yeah, I know I need to do that. 71 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,920 But I, I, I don't do that. But one of the things that I've 72 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:35,200 studied a lot, I've studied a lot, but one of the things that 73 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:40,320 I've really studied is revivals throughout history. 74 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:44,920 And one of the things I found that with revivals throughout 75 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:52,480 history is that they always, always, always seem to start 76 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,560 with this thing called prayer. They don't just come. 77 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:03,160 They come when people pray. And so as I as I, I, I, I read 78 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:04,400 and study it again. I love it. 79 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,560 I witness, I go, oh, yeah. What what was the first steps 80 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,800 before the revival? Yeah, it was prayer. 81 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:14,520 And, and you read about like crazy ones, like, you know, in 82 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:18,200 the 19th century was Charles Finney and, you know, the great 83 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,600 evangelist Charles Finney. But he had, and he had revivals 84 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:26,360 where people would be a mile down the road, you know, back 85 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:29,680 before they had a car and everything was still horse and 86 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:34,120 buggy or horse or walking. And as they're getting close to 87 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,640 the Revival center, people are just falling to the ground and 88 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:43,720 repenting and calling out on God for and they don't know why or 89 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,920 when Charles Finney was on a train one time and just his 90 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:49,600 train came into a town and stopped in a town. 91 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,480 And when it stopped the, the people in the town who were 92 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:56,920 different ones fighting and other things, they immediately 93 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,880 they just fell to their knees and they began to call out on 94 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,960 God and repent. And no one had any understanding 95 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:08,160 of why would they do that. But it was because someone first 96 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:12,440 prayed Charles Finney would go up on the on the usually before 97 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,840 a a great event, and he'd go up on the hills or whatever around 98 00:06:15,840 --> 00:06:18,360 the city or town where they were going to minister. 99 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:21,600 And he'd just roll around on the ground and pray for some days 100 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,480 before believing for a move of God. 101 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,360 And then the move of God came and it was just that simple. 102 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,520 Or the Welsh revival, which I won't go into because I have a 103 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,440 lot of stories on that with Evan Roberts, The Who young man who 104 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:39,760 began to pray for his community. And it, it made such an impact 105 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,400 that the people, literally, and some of the people in the 106 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,520 stories there are some pretty vile people. 107 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,400 You know the man, mostly they, they all worked in the mines, 108 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,240 but after their job, they lived in the bar until they went home, 109 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,800 crashed out and got up and went to the mines again in the 110 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,560 morning and then went back to the bar. 111 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,200 And, and, but with Evan Roberts, when he began to pray for his 112 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,480 community, everything, everything, everything changed. 113 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,120 First, the bars closed down because nobody was out there 114 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,000 drinking and partying anymore at night. 115 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,600 Secondly, the Football League closed down because all the all 116 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,800 the football players decided to go be missionaries and so it 117 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,880 emptied them out. It it just changed everything. 118 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,200 The mines closed down. And the reason the mines closed 119 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,240 down where all the men worked is because they had to close them 120 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,760 down for a while because back then they had the the mules 121 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,760 brought the ore out of the mines and they were trained by the 122 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,560 miners and the miners had trained them all to respond to 123 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:45,360 their commands with curse words. So when they got saved and 124 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,600 filled with the Holy Spirit and they wouldn't use those words 125 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,120 anymore, the mules didn't know what to do and they couldn't get 126 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,320 them out to get them to work. So they had to shut the mines 127 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,720 down, retrain the mules to get them back in on on track, 128 00:07:56,920 --> 00:08:00,000 literally. So then of course you have the 129 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,760 Azusa St. revival, which actually even Foursquare has its 130 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:08,520 roots some back into that which was the nineteen O 6 revival 131 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,960 there on Azusa St. in Los Angeles. 132 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:17,360 But a revival where where a man just went to praying, believing 133 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:21,640 for the Holy Spirit. And it came in such power. 134 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,000 I mean, he put his head in an apple cart. 135 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:27,960 William Seymour put him put his head into an apple cart and just 136 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:32,640 prayed God send the Holy Spirit. And it came in such a way that 137 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:37,360 the, literally the, from around the world, when travel wasn't as 138 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:42,360 easy as it is now, people came to experience the Azusa St. 139 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:47,440 revival where they even had the fire department come three times 140 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,000 because people said the top of the horse barn where they were 141 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,560 meeting, it was an old horse barn where they met the, the, 142 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,680 the people outside said that it's on fire. 143 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:58,640 It's on fire. And the police, they were, they 144 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,760 would call the fire department and they'd come and go. 145 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:04,240 There's no fire, but the fire, the Holy Spirit was there. 146 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:08,640 And it all started with a man who said, I'm going to pray till 147 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:13,600 the Holy Spirit comes. So we find this and again, we as 148 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,080 Christians, we all know this is so important, but we don't 149 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:21,000 always do it and we don't know how to do it and we don't really 150 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,960 realize the impact. I have a friend of mine who is a 151 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,360 one of our Foursquare pastors in one of the island nations. 152 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,840 And he has the largest Foursquare church in this, in 153 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:37,800 this nation. And he, he actually came from, 154 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:42,680 he was born in an island off of the main island where he lives, 155 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,920 an island. And the island where he live, 156 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,120 where he was born was known as the Witchcraft Island. 157 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,320 And it's just filled with witchcraft, filled with people, 158 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:53,680 this. And that's the family he grew up 159 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:56,160 in. Well, now, because he's family, 160 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,960 he still goes back to see them, though he's a pastor and he has 161 00:09:59,960 --> 00:10:02,240 to go back to Witchcraft Island to visit. 162 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:07,520 And his aunt, his auntie is one of the the lead witches in the 163 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,040 island. And it's so interesting. 164 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:13,360 He he he came back one time and he says, yeah, I saw the family 165 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,040 and saw my auntie. And my auntie was laughing at me 166 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:24,200 one day and said, said, oh, you, you Christians said if you only 167 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:30,680 knew what power you have when you pray, you would pray so much 168 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:33,600 more. Who was this coming from? 169 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:39,320 Like, OK, I get it. I need to change some things. 170 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:45,000 So we as believers have to know the power of what prayer will do 171 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:51,600 in changing everything around us even. 172 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,840 And I'll share this last testimony before I get into what 173 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:55,760 I want to really share with you today. 174 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:04,800 I remember and it was back, I think in like 901990 or 91 where 175 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:10,360 there was a group of believers at Halloween that decided to 176 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:14,880 have a prayer meeting on Halloween just to pray the Lord 177 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,120 would cover everything. And, and you know how we as 178 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,280 Christians do, we don't really have Halloween. 179 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:23,080 We have Harvest day and we do these other things because we're 180 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,360 not going to celebrate in that same way. 181 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:29,240 So these Christians decided to call and open up for all the 182 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,040 churches in the, in the city. This was in the city of San 183 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:35,400 Francisco to pray on Halloween night. 184 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,920 So they go, great, OK, we're all going to just pray and all 185 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,720 churches can come together and we don't, regardless of the 186 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:44,560 denomination. So they gathered to pray and 187 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:47,840 they rented a building. And when they they rented the 188 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:51,080 building for the night, just to be in there to pray, all of a 189 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:55,080 sudden the Satanist in the city, and I don't know if some of you 190 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,640 remember that San Francisco used to be the headquarters for the 191 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:00,600 Church of Satan. Remember, it was the guy was 192 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:02,800 Anton Lavey or something who ran the place. 193 00:12:02,800 --> 00:12:06,600 And he was the, you know, the chief Satanist head of the 194 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,200 Church of Satan. And so one of the Satanist high 195 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,400 priest came down to the church. I mean, not the church, but the 196 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,920 building that the Christians rented. 197 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:21,040 And he drew a chalk circle or something around the entire 198 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:24,600 building. So it caught the attention of 199 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,560 the news media. And so the news comes out and 200 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:31,520 sees this thing going on. And so says to the Satanist high 201 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:35,440 priest, So what are you doing? Like what's going on here? 202 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,800 And the Satanist high priest says, well, we're we're here to 203 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:40,920 protest against these Christians. 204 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,600 What are you threatened with them for? 205 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:46,160 Say that? But process. 206 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:52,400 So, so why, what's the problem? Well, this is our night, OK? 207 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,880 And, and so why, why do they bother you? 208 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,880 Well, they're here to pray and that affects our atmosphere, 209 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,800 really. So, so the this reporter goes on 210 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,040 and asks a few questions and then says to the Satanist high 211 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,320 priest, do you have anything else, anything else you want to 212 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,000 say? And the Satanist high priest 213 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:22,200 says, well, we just want to encourage all other religions to 214 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,240 come and stand with us against these Christians. 215 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:31,280 Doesn't that tell you something? You have some power when you 216 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:36,560 pray. Something happens when you pray. 217 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:41,560 So of course we know, we know why we should do these things 218 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:43,400 because we, again, we always feel the guilt. 219 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,000 And I, I had to learn about prayer in a little bit of an 220 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,320 uncomfortable way because I was a young pastor. 221 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,760 Julie and I were young pastors. I think I was all of 21 or 22 222 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,440 years old. And we were, we were at this 223 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:59,080 church, we were associate pastors. 224 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:03,240 And the pastor, though, decided to teach on prayer. 225 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,280 OK. So he teaches a little series on 226 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:07,560 prayer. And he says, and we as a church 227 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:11,000 are committed to prayer. And so he says from now on in 228 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,800 this church until Jesus comes, we're going to have prayer every 229 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:19,560 morning at 6:00 AM, seven days a week. 230 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:21,680 And Pastor Jerry's going to lead it. 231 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,920 And so. Oh, yeah, thank you. 232 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,440 Julie remembers every day I had to head to the church 5:00 in 233 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,440 the morning and, you know, be there to open the doors at 5:30 234 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,120 and wait for everybody to come for the prayer meeting that the 235 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:42,400 pastor called. And So what do we do? 236 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,000 Like how to do and the whole thing, it was scheduled to be 237 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,480 for an hour. And so I watch people learning 238 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,680 to pray. Now after the pastor taught on 239 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,440 this, of course, everybody's excited. 240 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,640 Yes, we're going to pray, we're going to pray, we're going to 241 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,520 pray for an hour. And those those disciples that 242 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,200 couldn't pray with Jesus for an hour, we're not going to be like 243 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,920 them. We're going to pray. 244 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,640 And I'd watch these people pray so that we'd gather, we'd all 245 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,840 come together and we'd circle around at the front like right 246 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,880 here. And as we, we would get around 247 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:16,720 in circles. It was, yes, Lord, yes, Lord, I 248 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:22,840 just pray and I pray, Lord, for our church, Lord, yes, Lord, and 249 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:27,000 I pray, we pray, we pray for our pastor, Lord, yes, and yes, we 250 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,600 pray for our pastor and we pray for the children's ministry, 251 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:33,480 Lord, And we pray for our city that should send revival, Lord 252 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:38,640 and, and Lord, yes, Lord, we just pray for our pastor and for 253 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:43,360 our church and Lord, and all the children, Yes, Lord, we'll pray 254 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:45,680 for the children. Yes, Lord, yes, Lord. 255 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,640 Well, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 256 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,160 Because you know, you don't know what else to say. 257 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:54,320 I mean, that's the perfect thing to say. 258 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,600 And so yes, Lord, and yes, we're going to go and we're going to 259 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,480 pray, Lord. And it'd be, I, I checked the 260 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,840 clock, it was about 5 minutes. Everybody was finished praying, 261 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:07,360 always, and everybody who said their little prayer was done. 262 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:14,440 And so then they did what you do at 6:00 in the morning and 263 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:15,680 you're still tired. You. 264 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,760 Well, I'm just going to get before the Lord here, you know, 265 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,040 I'm going to get before the Lord. 266 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:24,240 And so you go find a nice little Pew or seat and you kind of get 267 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:28,680 down and you get there on your knees and you go, yes, Lord, Oh 268 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,400 yes, Lord, yes, Lord, Hallelujah. 269 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,840 And I, I literally, I'm telling you the truth, I'd walk around, 270 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:42,200 I could hear these people snoring all over the place 271 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:43,600 during the thing. Why? 272 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:49,920 Because we didn't know how to pray yet. 273 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,480 We knew we needed to and we didn't. 274 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:52,800 We, but we didn't know how to do it. 275 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,840 So, so I really began getting into some things and I wanted to 276 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,680 teach these people things and I needed to be able to lead them 277 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:04,240 in prayer for that hour so that we actually prayed. 278 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:07,359 And we didn't do that. Get down and sleep at the Pew. 279 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,760 So of course, Jesus had the disciples come to him and they 280 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,560 said, Lord teach us to pray. Luke 11 and one, teach us to 281 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,560 pray. And then of course, you know 282 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:22,319 also that the Lord gave us what we know, as we call it the Our 283 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:27,560 Father Prayer or the Lord's Prayer and where Jesus in 284 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:31,240 Matthew chapter 6 and and 9. And I want us to look at these 285 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:32,960 scriptures. You know it very well. 286 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,480 Pray then in this way, our Father, who art in heaven, 287 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,600 hallowed be thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done 288 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:43,480 on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day Our Daily 289 00:17:43,480 --> 00:17:45,040 Bread. Forgive us our debts, as we've 290 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,520 also forgiven our debtors and lead us not into temptation, but 291 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:51,200 deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom and the 292 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:52,800 power and the glory forever. Amen. 293 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:57,440 OK, we all know that, right? Is that all we need to do? 294 00:17:59,120 --> 00:18:03,240 Oh, but most people don't know that because we go and I, I had 295 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,080 to time this a number of times, a number of times I've timed it. 296 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,000 I can say that prayer in 10 seconds. 297 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:15,600 And if I'm looking relaxed, like I'm really praying 13 seconds. 298 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:21,720 So is that all we're called to do So then I that's why I looked 299 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:24,320 at that and I went because that's what people would do as 300 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:25,840 well. We'd get into our prayer time. 301 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,320 They'd pray a few things and then they'd give off their 302 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:29,840 hallelujahs. And then when they didn't know 303 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,440 what to pray anymore, they'd go our Father who art in heaven, 304 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:34,520 hallowed be thy name, They'd get through it. 305 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,640 But we always felt, and I believe we always felt empty. 306 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,680 So this is what I began to share with them. 307 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:45,600 The first thing is this Jesus, I want you to notice something 308 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:52,360 when he said pray in this manner, notice he didn't say 309 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:55,720 pray this prayer. Really. 310 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:59,320 Oh no, no, Jesus said pray this prayer. 311 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:00,760 I've been taught that my whole life. 312 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,560 No, Jesus didn't say pray this prayer. 313 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,440 He said pray in this manner, this fashion. 314 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:11,200 The in the Greek language, it's a Hutu and it, it doesn't, it 315 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:16,320 simply means in this fashion, according to this way or, or, or 316 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:20,040 according to this layout, according to this kind of this 317 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,520 plan here you, you pray in this direction. 318 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,080 He didn't say pray this prayer, but we've been taught this is 319 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,560 the prayer you pray and it's and it's great to pray that I'm not 320 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,200 I'm not saying anything's wrong with that, but Jesus says no 321 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,520 pray in this direction, pray in this matter. 322 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:40,680 So I began to look at this and I and I thought well, and so I 323 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,960 told these folks and I did some studying. 324 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,040 I learned some things. So let's take some time to pray. 325 00:19:46,360 --> 00:19:49,120 Now when we time we come to pray, we're of course coming to 326 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:51,760 the presence of the Lord. So how do you come into the 327 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,400 presence of the Lord? You enter his gates with 328 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:59,440 Thanksgiving and doing it into his courts with what praise so 329 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:02,840 we would take a time and just begin to thank the Lord and 330 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,840 glorify him and and Lord, we praise you. 331 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:09,960 We worship you today. We invite your presence here, 332 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,280 Lord with us today. We welcome you in and we just we 333 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:18,120 just come before you with with open though we're tired, Lord, 334 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,960 open and and glad hearts just to be in your presence, Lord. 335 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,120 So come and fill us today and be in our midst. 336 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,960 And then of course. We would then begin to come to a 337 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,880 place of pray and so I, I would say to him this, and it was some 338 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:35,640 of it was from my study, but I'd say, OK, let's start, start. 339 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,360 How did Jesus tell us to pray? He said, well, when you start 340 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:41,320 out and when you pray, you pray to your father, Didn't he, 341 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:46,160 Didn't he say that your father who loves you, your Father who 342 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:49,760 knows everything about you, your father who loves you and is 343 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:52,760 concerned about you so much that Jesus said not even a Sparrow 344 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,160 falls. It doesn't go outside his 345 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:58,680 notice, right? So regardless of maybe how your 346 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:04,680 earthly father situation was, you have a heavenly Father that 347 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:12,280 is always all loving, all caring, always there for you. 348 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,000 What I loved about it too. What, what Jesus told us in 349 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:19,120 Matthew 711, He says, if you being evil know how to give good 350 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:22,200 gifts to your children. And who was he saying you being 351 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,160 evil? He's talking to the Jews in 352 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,840 this. He's talking to the people of 353 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:31,040 God, He says, and you being evil know how to give good gifts to 354 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:35,440 your children. How many of you parents you know 355 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:36,960 how to give good gifts to your children? 356 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,480 That's what we do. If you being evil, know how to 357 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:46,120 give good gifts to your children, how much more will 358 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:50,840 your heavenly Father give you? What is good to those who ask 359 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,880 Him or others? Of course, the other verse says 360 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,760 it this way. How much more will the Father 361 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,360 give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him? 362 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,800 So I bring the people in. I said, OK, right now, let's 363 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,120 pray. The Father was going to give you 364 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,800 the Holy Spirit today. He's going to send the Holy 365 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,720 Spirit on you. And John 1416, what does He say? 366 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,720 I'm going to ask the Father and He's going to give you a helper 367 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:15,920 that's going to be with you to help you today. 368 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,880 So as we start our day, we're going to have help. 369 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:23,040 We have help to start this day. The Lord is going to be with me 370 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:24,760 and the Holy Spirit's going to guide me. 371 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,120 What does he also say? The helper, the Holy Spirit, 372 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:30,280 whom the Father will send in my name, He's going to teach you 373 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,360 all things. So I have, thank you, Lord, that 374 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:36,640 I have a teacher today. The Holy Spirit is going to 375 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,320 teach me and lead me. And Lord, would you send the 376 00:22:39,320 --> 00:22:43,360 Holy Spirit to teach my children today and lead them today and 377 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:46,560 guide them today. Father, send this on me today 378 00:22:47,120 --> 00:22:49,440 that you would be you would be a part of our lives. 379 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,320 Father, we welcome you and then and and I would use this 380 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:57,600 opportunity to say, Holy Spirit, you're welcome in my life today. 381 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,880 Come and fill me today. Come and work in me today. 382 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:03,120 And then of course, he, you know, the prayer, he says 383 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:10,080 hallowed be thy name. Now hallowed simply means holy. 384 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,880 It really it just means holy. Now, what does holy mean? 385 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,320 Well, from from what we see in the scripture, something that 386 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,080 was holy just simply meant it was set apart. 387 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:26,240 When it's set apart for a specific purpose, it's holy 388 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,040 because it's set apart for the Lord for a specific purpose. 389 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,920 So he says hallowed or holy be thy name or set apart. 390 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:39,600 Your name is set apart for a work, for a plan, for a purpose. 391 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:42,720 And it's very interesting because if you look at the 392 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,880 Scripture, how many know that the Lord has a whole number of 393 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,880 names that in the, in the Scripture they are, we call them 394 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:52,440 the compound names of God. We know that we really look at 395 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:58,360 his name as Yahweh, or it would really be, I think Java, or we 396 00:23:58,360 --> 00:24:01,600 call it Yahweh. And then that became to us in 397 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,680 English the word Jehovah or Jehovah. 398 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:10,400 But then it we have all these compound names of God to 399 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,640 understand who he is and what he does. 400 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,920 And so I would bring the people into a place of prayer and you 401 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:21,480 can learn this and do this as well and and remember who he is. 402 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:27,000 So when you start your day, I realized God or Jehovah, you are 403 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:31,440 also named Tasid canoe, which means the God who is our 404 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,320 righteousness. So Lord, thank you today that 405 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,880 you are my righteousness. Oh Lord, yeah, I had a bad day 406 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,000 yesterday or I went through that yesterday, but today you are my 407 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,840 righteousness. I am righteous not because of me 408 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,600 what I've done, but I am righteous because of you. 409 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,960 Your righteousness covers me. And then we we also see that 410 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:56,040 that name of the Lord Maketish, Jehovah Maketish, which means 411 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,800 our sanctifier. And so Lord, because you're my 412 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:00,600 righteousness, I'm righteous in you. 413 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,640 But now you are the one who sanctifies to me, and you make 414 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,760 me holy today because of your righteousness. 415 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,400 And you are now in the making, in the process of making me 416 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,000 holy. You are my sanctifier. 417 00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,880 You of course, and you guys all know this one or most of you 418 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:19,440 will know this one. He's also called Jehovah Jireh. 419 00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:23,760 Oh, I let there's that, that famous song on the Christian 420 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:25,800 Jireh. More than enough. 421 00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:30,720 My wife loves that song. He's your provider. 422 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,880 So as you start your day and you're praying and asking the 423 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,640 Lord, I, I bring everyone to remember. 424 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,720 Remember the Lord is your provider today. 425 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:41,080 He is Jehovah Jireh. And Lord, I thank you that 426 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,640 you're going to make every provision for me today, for my 427 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,960 family, my children, my church, and all that I need. 428 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:49,360 He, of course, is also known as Jehovah. 429 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:54,920 What Rapha, who is what? The Lord, my healer. 430 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:58,880 He's the Lord, my healer. So today I thank you, Lord, that 431 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:02,240 you are my healer. You are the healer in my family. 432 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,920 You're the healer of my friends and those I care about, Lord. 433 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,640 And so you lift up those who are suffering or struggling and you 434 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:12,000 pray for them right then every day, Lord. 435 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:16,680 You're my healer today. And I recognize that Lord the 436 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:20,120 Devil will not rob me of that, because you are my healer and by 437 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:25,600 your stripes I am already healed, whether I whether I feel 438 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,960 well or not. Today I am trusting in the Lord 439 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,480 my God, who is my healer. He is of course, also called 440 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:37,200 Jehovah Nisi, the Lord my banner, who goes before you and 441 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,720 you go in that name and you go out in that name. 442 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,240 He is the one that's there for you. 443 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,480 He's Jehovah Rohi, and you'll know this one, the Lord who is 444 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,880 my shepherd, the Lord who is my shepherd. 445 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:52,480 So yes, Lord, even though I walk through the valley of the shadow 446 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:56,360 of death, I don't have to fear any evil because you are with 447 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:58,520 me. Your rod and your staff, they 448 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,680 comfort me. You prepare a table before me 449 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,680 today in the presence of my enemies, and you've anointed my 450 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:09,840 head with oil today and my cup overflows. 451 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,160 Why? Because you are my shepherd 452 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,920 today, Lord, and you will see me through your Jehovah Shama, 453 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,280 which is means the God who is there. 454 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,280 And I like that because he's the God who is there in every 455 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,600 situation that you face, every circumstance you face, and 456 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:31,240 nothing escapes his notice. That's who he is. 457 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:35,600 He's you'll know this one. He's he's Jehovah Shalom. 458 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,560 We we know that one right? He's the Lord who is our peace. 459 00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,880 We heard it today, the one who will keep us in perfect peace 460 00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:48,120 and the one who gives us the peace that surpasses all 461 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:53,240 understanding that that will will guard our hearts and our 462 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,280 minds when nothing else makes sense. 463 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,800 But Lord, as I start my day with you today, I thank you that you 464 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:04,160 are my peace. Bring peace to my situation now. 465 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,360 Bring peace in my family today and cover me. 466 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,040 He, of course, is as well, and I like this one. 467 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:17,440 He's called Jehovah Gamola, which means the Lord of the 468 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,760 payback. He's the Lord of the payback and 469 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:24,560 we know the Scripture says he's the rewarder of those that 470 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:28,360 diligently seek him. And whatever has happened to 471 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:31,520 you, whatever you faced or you've gone through, as you 472 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,760 serve the Lord and follow him, he is the Lord of the that's 473 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:39,520 going to pay back in your life. Whatever's been taken from you, 474 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:44,240 whatever the enemy's tried to, to steal, to kill and destroy, 475 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:48,840 the Lord has come to bring you life and life more abundantly. 476 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,320 Correct. He is the Lord of the payback 477 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:57,080 Jehovah Gamola. I and I even wondered I'm not 478 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,680 sure about this is just my theory. 479 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,880 I wondered if they got this is where we got the the the word 480 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:05,200 Mullah. Give me some Mullah Gamola. 481 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,360 Give me you know, take care of him. 482 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,000 The Lord is the Lord of the payback. 483 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,000 And of course you'll know this one. 484 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:13,680 It's it's a different compound name. 485 00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:17,080 He is also, haven't you ever heard of, of his name, El 486 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,200 Shaddai? El Shaddai, which means the 487 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,600 source of blessing. That is all. 488 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:26,480 Oh, I like this. It's all around me. 489 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,920 I have blessing all around me. Because what does the Bible tell 490 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,040 us when we follow him and serve him? 491 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,160 These blessings shall follow you. 492 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:40,360 These blessings shall come upon you, and these blessings will 493 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,280 overtake you, which means what? They're ahead of you. 494 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,160 Blessings are ahead of you. You don't know anything about, 495 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:48,920 but you're going to walk into it. 496 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,920 So you let me tell you what, so you're here praying. 497 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,440 You don't even know what at first you're praying about All 498 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,920 of a sudden by the time you get to here, you're pretty happy. 499 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:03,840 Hey, I can do this today. The Lord is the Lord is my 500 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,280 source of blessing. Then of course, how we first 501 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,560 really when we start at the beginning, we started with that 502 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,160 name Yuval or we look at as Yahweh. 503 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,680 But that's actually when Moses had the encounter with the Lord 504 00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,880 and said, who do I if I'm going to go down and talk to Pharaoh, 505 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,640 so and who do I say sent me and who are you and what's your 506 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:27,480 name? And the Lord said what I am that 507 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,520 I am. Everybody remember that story 508 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,800 for those of you that never watched the old 10 Commandments 509 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:40,080 movie. I am that I am that I am but but 510 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:48,480 I like to look at it this way. He said I am that I am and I, I 511 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,480 don't know if he said it exactly that way. 512 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:55,440 I like to believe that he said, Moses, who are who are you? 513 00:30:56,040 --> 00:31:03,680 I am that I am so I am that. What do you need? 514 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,680 I am that. What are you going through? 515 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,040 What situation you're in? What problem is there? 516 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,080 What is there in existence that you need? 517 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,640 I am that. I am that. 518 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:21,280 I am, just so you know, I am I am that. 519 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:29,000 And then of course, we have the most famous name which we know 520 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:36,480 this, the name that is above every name, Jesus, that 521 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:40,120 everything in my life and everything around me will bow to 522 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:45,200 that name of Jesus. And let me, let me look at this. 523 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,080 We're just getting started in our prayer. 524 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,840 Then we come to him and say, so Lord, because you are all of 525 00:31:53,840 --> 00:32:02,240 that. Then thy Kingdom come, Thy will 526 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:08,560 be done on earth, in my life on earth the way it's done in 527 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,560 heaven. And you know the, you know, the 528 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,440 translation of what a Kingdom is. 529 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,120 You might not know this. You say, oh, Kingdom. 530 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,200 Well, you know what, what a Kingdom, how they translate 531 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,840 this. A Kingdom is wherever it's it's 532 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:27,560 not that complicated. A Kingdom is wherever a King's 533 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:32,160 rule and reign is acknowledged and obeyed. 534 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:40,400 You go, OK, so I bring people to think, well, how much of the 535 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,640 Kingdom do you want in your life? 536 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,600 Oh, I want all the Kingdom. Well, how much of your life 537 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:53,760 acknowledges and obeys the king? So it's a good opportunity to 538 00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,800 take in, in your in your morning time with the Lord or whenever 539 00:32:56,800 --> 00:33:00,440 it is that you choose to pray that you say, oh Lord, examine 540 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:05,000 my heart, examine my life. How much of my life is committed 541 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:09,760 and surrendered to you? Is there territory in my life 542 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:14,200 that is not completely committed to your Kingdom where you've 543 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,720 stepped in? Are there areas of my life where 544 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,200 the Kingdom of darkness may have a bit of a foothold or a bit of 545 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,400 a place in my life? And so, Lord, today as I 546 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,760 acknowledge who you are, as I recognize who you are, I also 547 00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,080 surrender to you right now. Lord, I surrender and say thy 548 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,520 Kingdom come take over this every area of my life. 549 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,920 Lord, I surrender this to you today. 550 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:37,760 I surrender these things to you today. 551 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,320 May I surrender these weaknesses to you today. 552 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,960 Your Kingdom come and your will be done in my life. 553 00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,360 That heaven would rule and reign in my life today and there would 554 00:33:48,360 --> 00:33:51,360 be no other. And so, Lord, I set that before 555 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,520 you today. See, the Kingdom only comes to 556 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:57,640 the degree that you acknowledge and obey the King. 557 00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,440 And I can preach a whole nother sermon on that. 558 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:12,080 But we won't. But we do come to a place where 559 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:17,320 we say, search me, O God, and like David prayed, created me a 560 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:21,040 clean heart. O God, renew a right or 561 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:26,960 steadfast spirit in me. Then of course, yes, Thy will be 562 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,880 done on earth as it is in heaven. 563 00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:31,960 And we come to a place and we look at our life while we're 564 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:35,040 praying and we say, Lord, am I going into places that are my 565 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,840 will or the steps I'm taking your will, What are what? 566 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,440 What am I doing? I love the Scripture, Proverbs 567 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,840 3, verse 5 and 6. And you all probably know this 568 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:45,920 well. Trust in the Lord with all your 569 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:50,760 heart and don't lean on your own understanding, which means don't 570 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:53,880 try to figure it out yourself what's going on in your life. 571 00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:58,520 Just in all your ways, acknowledge Him and he is the 572 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,760 one who will direct your steps or make your path straight. 573 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:08,960 So I bring people to say you pray this Lord, I'm surrendering 574 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,880 all my heart and life to you, but I'm trusting you. 575 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,880 You're going to direct my steps. And how many know God is big 576 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,840 enough and faithful enough to do that. 577 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:18,480 He can turn the things around in your life. 578 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:21,680 And that's why we pray. Here's here's one of the things, 579 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,480 one of the reasons why we pray in the Spirit. 580 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,840 Romans 8 and 27, you'll know this. 581 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,840 So he who searches the hearts and knows what the mind of the 582 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:33,720 Spirit because he intercedes or prays for you, the Saints 583 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:39,320 according to the will of God. So Lord, we pray today and we 584 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:45,080 surrender to you that we would walk according to your will, not 585 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:49,800 what it looks like for us, what it looks like for you, because 586 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:54,400 you are the God who puts our steps in order and brings us to 587 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,920 the place in life that you've called us to be. 588 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,120 And yes, Lord, though as we looked at before, we may go 589 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:05,760 through the valley of the shadow of death, but we trust you, 590 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:09,560 Lord, we will get through the valley and we will get to the 591 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,840 other side. Lord, You're the one who ordains 592 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:17,520 our steps, and the steps of a good man or woman are ordered by 593 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,760 the Lord. And so order our steps today and 594 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,800 take us to the place you'd have us to be because we want your 595 00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,680 will to be done. And so Lord, give us today Our 596 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:30,400 Daily Bread. Take care of us, Lord, We trust 597 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,960 in you. We trust you for the provision 598 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,680 that we need today with our family. 599 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:39,120 We trust you for the provision we need today for for our 600 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,560 children. We trust you with the provision 601 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,600 we need in our church, our community, for the breakthrough. 602 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,880 We trust you, Lord, You are going to bring about what we 603 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:54,040 need today, this day, Our Daily Bread. 604 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:01,200 And of course, Lord, we know that because we serve you Father 605 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:06,920 and you're a good Father, that you know what we need before we 606 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:11,080 even ask it. So we have faith in you today. 607 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,160 We don't have to be anxious or worry. 608 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,440 You will take care of us. And he does. 609 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,080 He always takes care of his children, doesn't he? 610 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:23,080 He takes care of his his people completely and totally and he's 611 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:24,920 faithful. How many have found that? 612 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:28,320 As as with all the years that you've been believers, how many 613 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:29,880 have found that God always made away? 614 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:34,400 And how many And how many of you, though sometimes you had 615 00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,960 sometimes that were a little iffy. 616 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,400 You were like, oh, it's not looking too good here. 617 00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:42,840 But but how many know He always made a way And you go, how did 618 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,680 he make a way? Well, because he's a waymaker, 619 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,400 He just knows how to make a way when there is no way. 620 00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:55,280 And even when you say, oh, this is bad, well God will be with 621 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:56,800 you. Someone says he goes, oh, I 622 00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:58,480 don't know, this looks pretty bad. 623 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:03,200 But God always makes a way. He just does that. 624 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:08,800 So Lord the Father knows what you need before you even ask 625 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,840 him. So usually when I come to this 626 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:15,560 place in prayer, tell you the truth, I'm not even asking, I'm 627 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:20,320 just saying to the Lord, give us this day, Our Daily Bread and 628 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,200 Jesus, you are the bread of life. 629 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,680 So really Jesus, today is all I want is you. 630 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,600 You're the bread that has come down from heaven. 631 00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,920 So I'm looking for you today, Lord, I'm thanking you that 632 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,920 you're with me and that Lord healing is the children's bread. 633 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,920 And I just received that today, Lord, for all the things in my 634 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:39,960 life, and I begin to name them. What it, what is it that we 635 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,680 need? Name those things, whatever it 636 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,840 is that you need in your life. And I of course also know that 637 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,240 what does the Bible say? Man does not live by bread 638 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:51,800 alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. 639 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,600 So I say, Lord, give me a fresh word today. 640 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,680 How many, how many know? It's so wonderful when you get a 641 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,520 word from the Lord and all of a sudden you just go, Where did 642 00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,480 that come from? Well, it's a word from the Lord. 643 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,480 And the Lord brings you a word from heaven when you need it, 644 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,880 when you need it. So I asked the Lord for that 645 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,760 then, of course, but and we're just still getting started and I 646 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,160 have 7 minutes and 36 seconds left. 647 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:22,640 Forgive us our debts as we forgive. 648 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,560 So this is a prayer time where I'm able to come and I'm able 649 00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:30,000 to. And how many know actually, you 650 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:34,160 really have to do monitor your life every day because how many 651 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,200 know things and hurts and things that people have done can creep 652 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:41,360 up real quickly. And you have to come to a place, 653 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,920 you say, Lord, so forgive me today. 654 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:51,240 Forgive me, Lord, for the things that happened yesterday or 5 655 00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:54,720 minutes ago or whenever. Forgive me Lord. 656 00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:01,760 And Lord, today I choose to forgive those who've hurt me. 657 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:09,160 I'm making the decision, Lord. I'm choosing to put those. 658 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,560 Those offenses, those hurts, those things aside, because 659 00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:18,440 you've forgiven me, Lord, I'm going to walk in freedom today. 660 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,320 I thank you that your blood cleanses me today. 661 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:28,960 It washes me, it restores me, and I release those who have 662 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,280 sinned against me. I'm making a decision today, 663 00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:38,600 Lord, to forgive those. And how many know you do that in 664 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,360 your morning prayer time or whenever your time is all of a 665 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,160 sudden you're going to step into a place of freedom. 666 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:49,160 And that's why I, I look at this Lord's Prayer and then I go, Oh 667 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:54,800 my goodness, this was brilliant. Well, of course it's brilliant. 668 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,520 It came from Jesus. But but I do, I look at it and 669 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,680 then as I get through and I go, Oh my goodness, he's so smart. 670 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:07,360 Wow. Because we need to do this every 671 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,800 day. Don't we forgive us our deaths 672 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,120 as we forgive? And remember, of course, what is 673 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:15,160 it, what it's so good about? And I do keep referring to 674 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,840 mornings because often that's when people do pray. 675 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,640 But it's remember, he says. And his mercy is new. 676 00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:29,440 Every morning you get a brand new start, a brand new start. 677 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,480 His mercy's new every morning. Then of course, once you get 678 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:36,160 that stuff straightened out and you've forgiven and you know 679 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,120 you're forgiven and you've released that, then you can 680 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,760 start your day and say so. Lord, lead us not into 681 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,880 temptation today, but deliver me from evil. 682 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,040 Of course, submit yourself to God. 683 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:52,120 James 47, resist the devil, and the devil will flee from you. 684 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:57,280 So Lord, I pray that I won't be in any trap today of the enemy 685 00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:01,560 that no weapon formed against me today will prosper. 686 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,240 It won't have a place in me. It's not going to get through to 687 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:09,560 me. And then I often as I begin 688 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:13,280 coming to a close in the time of prayer with people, I, I often 689 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,280 would bring them to Ephesians chapter 6 and you'll know these 690 00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:19,000 verses. Most of you will Ephesians 691 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,400 chapter 6 and 10, which says finally be strong in the Lord 692 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:27,640 and in his mighty power. And then he says, so put on the 693 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:32,720 full armor of God so that you can take a, a stand against the 694 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:35,800 schemes of the devil. And of course then he tells us 695 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,560 and, and Paul describes or gives us the picture of that Roman 696 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,960 soldier, which at the time were the most was the most invincible 697 00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:49,040 army in in the time and that Roman soldier who has his armor 698 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,920 on and he says, take up the belt of truth. 699 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,240 And so I say, yes, Lord, today I'm going to walk in the truth. 700 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,160 I'm going to live by the truth. I'm going to live by the truth 701 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,640 of your word. You tell me, Lord, surely you 702 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,800 desire truth in the inmost parts. 703 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:06,240 And so I make my decision. You told us, Lord, we shall know 704 00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:08,520 the truth, and the truth will make us free. 705 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,600 So I choose to live by this, and I'm not going to listen to any 706 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:16,480 lies of the enemy. Today I'm going to walk in this. 707 00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:20,080 Then he says with the breastplate of righteousness. 708 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:24,640 So now I'm starting my day and I'm going, you know what, I'm 709 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:28,400 right with God. I'm covered with God and I have 710 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:32,800 His righteousness on me. So there is no guilt, there is 711 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:36,400 no shame, there is nothing in on the inside but His 712 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:40,000 righteousness. That covers me today as I go 713 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,680 into my day, I'm standing. I'm standing in Him and I'm 714 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,080 protected. And if the devil wants to come 715 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,320 and say something to me or put something on me, I'm covered by 716 00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:52,120 the righteousness of Jesus in me right now. 717 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:56,040 And I understand that and I might, oh, I like this. 718 00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:59,160 And my feet are fitted with the readiness that comes from the 719 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,880 gospel of peace. I only walk in you, Lord, you 720 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:08,320 are, we are standing in this world on your word and we stand 721 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:15,680 on the on Jesus, the solid rock that I stand and I'm going 722 00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:19,360 forward today. I'm not sitting down. 723 00:44:19,720 --> 00:44:24,760 I'm going forward today, Lord. I'm not sitting in my misery or 724 00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:26,920 shame. I'm going forward, my Lord. 725 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:31,400 And he says we take up the shield of faith, which look what 726 00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,520 it says, which can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the 727 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,280 evil 1. Which means this, no matter what 728 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,680 the enemy sends your way or tries to send towards you, you 729 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:44,440 have a shield that stops it. And when he throws A fiery dart 730 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,920 at you, you're able to stand up and say no, But I believe in 731 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:50,720 God. I have faith in God. 732 00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:53,120 This will not penetrate through me. 733 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:57,680 My faith is in him and it will extinguish what's he say? 734 00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:01,360 Meaning it's going to put out the fire of all the arrows of 735 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:04,200 the evil one. No matter what he says, it is 736 00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,800 cut down. So surely he is bore my 737 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,120 sickness. I put that surely he has covered 738 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:12,680 me. Surely I am belong to God and 739 00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,200 I'm putting on the garment of praise for the spirit of 740 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,240 heaviness. I'm going to walk with him. 741 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:20,560 And then he then he comes to this in that in in that time in 742 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,280 Ephesians and he says and take up the helmet of salvation. 743 00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,880 And you know what I I I may be a little strange, but this is what 744 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:30,240 I pictured years ago when I thought of this take up the 745 00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:32,840 helmet of salvation. Well, obviously, where does a 746 00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:36,800 helmet go over your head? What does the Bible say? 747 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:40,560 We have the mind of Christ. We have a different mind. 748 00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,680 We we think. How many have noticed since you 749 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,640 became a Christian? You do think a little different? 750 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,640 I would hope so, but I like this. 751 00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,800 He says we take up the helmet of salvation. 752 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,560 Now how did we receive salvation? 753 00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:56,840 Because of the blood of Jesus, right? 754 00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:01,360 So I picture now, yeah, this is just in my mind, and this isn't 755 00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:05,760 necessarily in the Bible, but I picture that helmet as just a, 756 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:10,840 just a covering of the blood of Jesus covering my mind. 757 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:16,000 And so I picture putting that on and I go, well, the blood of 758 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:19,600 Jesus covers my mind. So all this junk, the enemy's 759 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:23,720 trying to send my way, the blood of Jesus is covering my mind. 760 00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:28,600 He's covering my mind so I can take every captive, every 761 00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,960 thought, and make it obedient to Christ. 762 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:37,440 Every thought gets covered over by the blood of Jesus that takes 763 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:42,480 and washes and makes things all, all things whiter than snow. 764 00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:45,800 Whatever's there, that blood covers it. 765 00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:50,600 But that blood also protects me. I love this verse, Hebrews 9 and 766 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:51,760 verse 14. You'll know it. 767 00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:57,680 How much more than will the blood of Christ, who through the 768 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:01,640 eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, Listen to 769 00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:04,640 this Cleanse even your conscience. 770 00:47:06,720 --> 00:47:09,480 So even your guilty thoughts. Oh, yeah. 771 00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:11,760 But, Lord, you know what I did? No. 772 00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:13,800 Well, no, no. I thought that was covered. 773 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:16,440 That was only the devil that reminds you of what you did. 774 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,880 You know, only the devil reminds you of what you did. 775 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:21,360 God never says. Oh, yeah. 776 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,320 Well, I I still remember what you did. 777 00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:28,960 Did did God ever say that? No, it's always the devil, and 778 00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:32,440 that God never says that because what has been washed in the 779 00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:35,080 blood is washed in the blood, and it is whiter than snow. 780 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,440 So how much more will the blood of Christ, through the eternal 781 00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:41,280 Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our 782 00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,880 consciences from acts that lead to death. 783 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:48,000 Why? So that we may be free to serve 784 00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:51,280 the living God. So, Lord, today I'm free. 785 00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:56,000 Oh, Lord Jesus, I don't have. You mean I don't have to think 786 00:47:56,000 --> 00:48:00,440 about that and how bad I was and what I did and I, you're not 787 00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:05,800 making me feel guilty today. And I'm sorry that some people 788 00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,200 say you have to do this. I don't have to beat myself 789 00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:16,160 today all over again. No, you're free today because 790 00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:21,240 the blood of Jesus is enough to cleanse your conscience, cleanse 791 00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:25,000 your mind, and then of course he says and then take up the sword 792 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:27,640 of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 793 00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:32,360 And that is when I'm coming to a close in prayer and time, but 794 00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:35,960 I'm able to say now, Lord, I'm going to walk in your word and I 795 00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:38,360 have your word. And anything the enemy does try 796 00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:41,360 to send me, I can come right back with your word, the sword 797 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:44,600 of the Spirit, and cut that. And it's a double edged sword, 798 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:48,280 so I can take it and cut it on any side, whichever way it 799 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:50,840 comes. So guide me today by your word, 800 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:56,160 Lord, may I hear your voice by your word, teach me today and 801 00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:59,680 then I just come to a place and then finally in that prayer say, 802 00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:06,560 so today, Lord, yours is the thine is the Kingdom, Thine is 803 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:13,320 the power and the glory forever and return back to a time of 804 00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:17,880 praise. But I'm able to then say into 805 00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:22,760 the the folks praying you kind of ready to do your day now can 806 00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:27,040 can you Are you ready to kind of take on whatever you have out 807 00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:29,800 there today before you go to work, before you go to your job 808 00:49:30,240 --> 00:49:32,760 or before you get your kids all up to get them to school or 809 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:37,080 whatever you have to face all of a sudden you go, oh, I think I'm 810 00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:42,720 ready. I'm ready to do this, boy, when 811 00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:48,200 I woke up I wasn't ready, but I'm ready now Lord, I'm 812 00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:52,960 confident, I'm assured, I've done business with you and 813 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:57,720 everything that needed to be done is done today and I'm 814 00:49:57,720 --> 00:50:00,840 ready. For this is the day the Lord has 815 00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:06,960 made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. 816 00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:18,120 And devil, you will have no place in my day, because my King 817 00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:23,280 goes before me and I'm walking in his steps today. 818 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:27,440 Amen. And now let's start the day. 819 00:50:30,720 --> 00:50:35,600 So I want to encourage you. I'm telling you, you may have a 820 00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:41,200 another way that you may feel the Lord lead you to pray. 821 00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:46,240 But again, I tell you that what Jesus gave us as a pattern, 822 00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:54,480 again, is so brilliant beyond our imagination because it 823 00:50:54,480 --> 00:51:01,000 literally covers anything we could possibly come up with or 824 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,440 think or any obstacle that there might be. 825 00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:09,080 So I'd like to just pray with you and I'll turn it back, then 826 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:13,400 turn over to Pastor Ty. But I want to ask you in this 827 00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:16,640 very quickly, and I'm going to ask you for a show of hands. 828 00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:25,000 How many would say to me today and to the Lord, Yes, Lord, I 829 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,480 believe you are calling me to be a person of prayer. 830 00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,320 How many would just raise your hand with that? 831 00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:37,000 I hope that would be all of you. Yes, Lord, I do believe I need 832 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:41,800 to pray. And Lord, I'm making a 833 00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:49,000 commitment to you today by your strength, by your grace, by your 834 00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:54,920 covering your power, You will lead me to be a person of prayer 835 00:51:56,080 --> 00:52:00,560 that I would have that time to spend with you and watch you 836 00:52:01,360 --> 00:52:06,560 explode life in my life, my family's life. 837 00:52:07,560 --> 00:52:10,840 So Lord, I make a commitment that I won't just hear this 838 00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:16,200 word, I'll begin to act out this word, I'll begin to live this 839 00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:22,960 word, and I will be one of your people called to pray and be in 840 00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:28,560 your presence all the days of my life in Jesus name. 841 00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:34,640 So how many can say, yes, I want to do that and I'm going to try. 842 00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,640 And God gives us grace. He knows us, He knows what we're 843 00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:42,960 all about. Nevertheless, his his cry every 844 00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:44,880 day. I know his heart is every day. 845 00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:48,520 He wants to spend that time with you and he wants to show you his 846 00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,720 power and how he can work and change your life. 847 00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:54,520 Now, if you, if you're here today and you've just come into 848 00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:58,200 the church and maybe you don't even know Jesus, this is the 849 00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:01,440 day. You can also say, wow, this is 850 00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:02,840 the day. I want to give everything over 851 00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,640 to him. I want to give everything over 852 00:53:05,640 --> 00:53:06,840 to him. If everyone here could just 853 00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:08,640 close your eyes for a moment, I want to just pray. 854 00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:12,760 If there's anyone here, if you're here today and you don't 855 00:53:12,760 --> 00:53:15,480 know Jesus then right now, would you just, would you just pray 856 00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:21,440 this with me? Dear Jesus, I acknowledge and 857 00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:25,600 understand you are the Lord. You are the king. 858 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:30,040 You died for my sins and I turn my life over to you. 859 00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:36,320 Would you forgive my sins? Lord, cover me by your blood and 860 00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:41,800 I make a decision today to surrender my life to you, that I 861 00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:45,080 would walk with you all the days of my life, that you would be my 862 00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:49,000 Lord, You'd be my savior. You would be the one who would 863 00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:52,960 bring victory in my life because I belong to You from this day 864 00:53:52,960 --> 00:53:55,600 forward. So Lord, would you come in my 865 00:53:55,600 --> 00:54:02,160 heart, set me free, wash me and cleanse me and take control and 866 00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:09,560 I pray this in Jesus name, Amen. If you pray that it really works 867 00:54:09,720 --> 00:54:14,120 every time, if you're serious with God, God is serious with 868 00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:17,720 you and he will take your life right where it is. 869 00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:21,880 That commitment fill you with his Holy Spirit and give you 870 00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:24,320 power and change your whole life forever. 871 00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:28,440 Pastor Ty. Can we thank Pastor Jerry so 872 00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:30,840 much? Thank you. 873 00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:35,720 We stand to your feet. Thank you, thank you, Father, we 874 00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:42,560 receive this word that I believe was delivered the right time for 875 00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:47,240 us, for this church, and for individuals who are here today. 876 00:54:47,240 --> 00:54:50,080 So Lord, may it fall into good ground. 877 00:54:50,840 --> 00:54:57,120 So it will produce what Jesus said 3060 and even a hundredfold 878 00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:06,520 answered prayers, breakthroughs, miracles, divine appointments, 879 00:55:07,240 --> 00:55:10,040 favor upon favor. I thank you for all of these 880 00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:15,600 things, Lord, that is produced from a prayer life that's set on 881 00:55:15,600 --> 00:55:18,560 fire by heaven. So Lord, we thank you for the 882 00:55:18,560 --> 00:55:21,760 Word. We receive it in Jesus name. 883 00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:25,800 Can we thank again Pastor Jerry and just thank the Lord for His 884 00:55:25,800 --> 00:55:31,000 Word today? We want to thank you again for 885 00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,000 joining us for the Arise Church podcast. 886 00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:35,440 We hope you were encouraged by what you heard today. 887 00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:39,000 You can find us.online@arisechurchn-c.com and 888 00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:43,200 on Instagram at Arise Church NC. If you need prayer or support or 889 00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:46,280 are interested in learning more about Arise Church, we encourage 890 00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:49,640 you to connect with us online or in person at our Sunday morning 891 00:55:49,640 --> 00:55:51,720 service. Thank you and God bless.