1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:05,560 We've been doing a series called Teach Us to Pray. 2 00:00:06,560 --> 00:00:10,800 And I was thinking as as I was praying yesterday, have you ever 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,120 seen a man eat oysters? I don't know why people do 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:19,320 something so stupid. You, you pay an enormous amount 5 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,920 of money and you don't actually eat it. 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,280 You sort of, you sort of, have you seen it? 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,760 You sort of like that, that, that I don't know what you do. 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:30,040 You don't chew it. You don't, you don't bite it. 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:34,000 You sort of, it's a funny, it costs a heck of a lot of money 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,080 and, and you sort of almost like strangle it to death and then 11 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:44,400 you swallow it one shot. I put prayers a bit like that. 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,000 Hey, it's like, what are we doing? 13 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,720 Lord? It's like, and, and if you open 14 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,800 the fridge, the the last thing you would choose is the celery 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,360 sticks. Hey, I mean, you'd rather take a 16 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:58,280 little bit of peanut butter or, or the leftovers on the night 17 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,880 before, but pray sometimes like choosing the celery sticks. 18 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,200 It's like it's like really healthy and it's really, really 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:07,040 a good choice, but it's not easy. 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,520 I mean, it's, it's quite difficult. 21 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,960 So, so we've been sort of labouring through prayer and 22 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:15,560 learning how to pray and trying to understand pray. 23 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,320 We're not saying we've arrived. We're just saying it's 24 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:21,800 absolutely vital and key. And so one of the things I do 25 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,640 over this church is I pray 13 prayers over you every single 26 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,440 day of my life. And I'm trying to pray some of 27 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:28,320 them. I want to pray them. 28 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:31,520 If you can just close your eyes, open your hands, sit. 29 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,600 I want to pray 2 prayers, one from Ephesians 6 and one from 30 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,680 Ephesians chapter 3. It should be going up. 31 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:46,440 Just receive. These are the prayers I pray for 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,920 you. Finally, be strong in the Lord 33 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:54,840 and in His mighty power. I met a man here just in a place 34 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:56,720 of prayer. I met a man who's really didn't 35 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,080 know where else to go, so he came here today because his life 36 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,920 is falling apart. I want to say to you, Sir, 37 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,440 finally be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. 38 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,000 You've got no strength left in your own situation or your 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,960 circumstance. You've got no control right now 40 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,800 over what is happening in your life. 41 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,320 I say be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. 42 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,400 Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand 43 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,640 against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against 44 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:28,720 flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, 45 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,480 against the powers of this Dark World, and against the spiritual 46 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,640 forces of evil. In the heavenly realms, enemy 47 00:02:36,640 --> 00:02:40,560 hates God's people, hates you, hates your marriage, hates your 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,320 well-being, hates your health. But God is fighting a battle way 49 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,320 above us, way above us in the heavenly realms. 50 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:52,280 God is fighting Jesus, is seated at the right hand of the Father, 51 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,040 interceding on your behalf. Therefore, 3 CI and everybody 52 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,080 visiting us, those from Cienico, those who have come for the 53 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:00,800 first time, put on the full armor of God. 54 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,720 And when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your 55 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,720 ground. And after you've done everything 56 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,400 to stand, I pray mighty God that not one person in this 57 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,680 auditorium will buckle over today because of the pressure 58 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:17,240 that they're facing, their circumstances and situations, 59 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,680 their relational tensions. They will not buckle. 60 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,600 Lord God, they will stand in the grace and the goodness of an 61 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,120 almighty and powerful God. I pray, Lord God, that you would 62 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,000 put steel in their spines, Lord God, that the pressure that is 63 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,080 coming upon them would not buckle them in any way, Father 64 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,240 God, but that they would stand not because of a decision of the 65 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,040 world, Lord God, but because you're a mighty and strong God, 66 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,240 and because you overcame the enemy, Lord God, on the cross, 67 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,480 and you nailed every rule and regulation to that cross, and 68 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:47,200 you ended the war that is against us in a victory, Lord 69 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,080 God. And so I pray now that that 70 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,760 victory would be made present in every person's situation and in 71 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:56,160 every person's life right now, Lord, that victory would become 72 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,520 a reality inside of their hearts, inside of their 73 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,000 families, inside of their businesses, inside of their 74 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:02,360 homes, and inside of their health. 75 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,960 Father God, I pray mighty God that they would stand and after 76 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,120 doing everything, they would stand, Lord God. 77 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:10,320 And there's some even who said this morning, I'm going to 78 00:04:10,320 --> 00:04:13,360 buckle under this pressure. I pray Lord God, they will not 79 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,680 buckle, Lord God, because you are strong and you're powerful, 80 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,839 Lord God. And we don't have to hype it up, 81 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,440 Lord God, but we just believe that what you have done, Lord 82 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,920 God, is a complete work, and you are seated at the right hand of 83 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,160 the Father. And because of that, Lord God, 84 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,800 we can thrive on the earth as it is in heaven. 85 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,560 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your 86 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:43,000 waist, I break every lie, every condemnation, every heaviness, 87 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,760 Lord God, every half truth, every exaggeration, every 88 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,040 disqualification that has come across people. 89 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,080 I pray right now, Lord God, that the belt of truth will be 90 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,320 buckled around the waist of every person. 91 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,800 Your truth, Lord God, they are worthy. 92 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,000 They are your sons, they are your daughters. 93 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:08,560 They do qualify. The past is finished. 94 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,400 The mistakes are paid for. The depth of the darkness of the 95 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:16,760 debauchery of this sin is forgiven. 96 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:20,320 I put the belt of truth around their waist, Lord God, so that 97 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:24,400 their pants would not fall down and that they would be exposed, 98 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,520 Lord God, That the belt of truth would hold their clothing in 99 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,640 place, Father God, so that embarrassment would stop today. 100 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,520 Lord God, I pray that that belt of truth would hold their 101 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,720 clothes together so it will not flap around and they would trip 102 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,000 around, Lord God, but that your goodness and your kindness and 103 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,000 your grace and your love and your mercy would hold it all 104 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,320 together, Father God. I pray this over the people of 105 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,600 this church, Lord God. I prayed over the visitors, Lord 106 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,920 God, those who have stumbled in here, Lord God, because they've 107 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:57,320 listened to lies for so long, I pray that the belt of truth 108 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,520 would gird the loins of their minds. 109 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:05,440 Father God would completely and utterly take captive every 110 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:09,120 thought that is not from you. Heavenly Father, the Bible says 111 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,360 in Philippians. Therefore, whatever is true, 112 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:17,440 whatever is honorable, whatever is holy, whatever is pure, think 113 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,520 about such things. Stop believing lies, stop 114 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,360 believing half truth. Stop believing words that people 115 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,280 have spoken of. You believe the word. 116 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:28,440 Father, I pray the belt of truth around minds and hearts and 117 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,480 around bodies and around clothes. 118 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,040 Father, the belt that will hold things in place. 119 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:39,840 Mighty God, I pray for the breastplate of righteousness to 120 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:44,000 be put in place. Lord God, like a thick armored 121 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,080 guard over my heart and over my chest. 122 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:53,520 Lord God, that when people are vulnerable, when people are 123 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:57,560 emotional or when people are rejected, when people are going 124 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,720 through stuff, Lord God, that I have a six inch armor plate of 125 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:05,960 righteousness guarding my heart. Lord God, and while people's 126 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,480 hearts even today are in different places, some hearts in 127 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:13,600 absolute turmoil, I place upon them the breastplate of 128 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:18,240 righteousness. Lord God, that no enemy can get 129 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,960 behind, that thick armor that protects. 130 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:24,080 Lord God, the provision that you have made for peace. 131 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:27,960 The Bible says in Colossians 3 to rule inside of my heart. 132 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,520 I pray that peace would come back into people's hearts, Lord 133 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,200 God, protected by the thick armor of righteousness. 134 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:39,200 Because we wear a breastplate, Lord, we think of that 135 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,240 breastplate that you wore in the book of Leviticus with 12 Stones 136 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,040 equally placed upon it, that every person as I met those in 137 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:51,320 the back row, every person in this auditorium is equally dear 138 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,800 and equally near to you. Lord God, as the enemy lies and 139 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,160 says you're not worth it. You don't make them. 140 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,400 You don't. I want to put the breastplate of 141 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,280 righteousness and place, Father God, that protects the people, 142 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:07,520 people that protects their hearts, that protects their 143 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:10,920 understanding. Father, that nothing can get 144 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,120 behind that plate. Lord God, nothing can get behind 145 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,480 that thick armament of your blood of righteousness that 146 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,760 covers my chest. And Lord God, that we would 147 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,120 worship with our hands in the air, not scared that something 148 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,400 would penetrate our hearts, that we would make ourselves 149 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,440 vulnerable, knowing that the breastplate of righteousness 150 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,760 would keep us secure and safe and constantly under your power 151 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,360 and under your care. I pray this over the people of 152 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,919 three C our Lord. I pray this every day over them 153 00:08:38,919 --> 00:08:41,640 Lord God and I pray nothing would get behind that 154 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,920 breastplate of righteousness. Not behaviour, not 155 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:47,600 disappointment, not disqualification, not bad 156 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,200 behavioural patterns. Nothing will get behind the 157 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,240 breastplate of righteousness. I pray now and place it upon 158 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,920 every member in this auditorium. Those who are sitting in the 159 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,400 overflow room are young children that are down there. 160 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,080 Lord, I pray the blessed prayed of righteousness over every 161 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,680 person in this church today. Stop panicking Sir. 162 00:09:06,560 --> 00:09:13,360 Stop panicking man, for my chest is safe and the secrets of my 163 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,880 heart are safe, and the deep things inside of my heart are 164 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,880 safe because they are protected by God. 165 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:27,320 Jesus Christ died so that I could be righteous and I don't 166 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,200 buckle over it says again in Romans 5I Stand in the grace of 167 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:32,960 God. I stand in the credited 168 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,000 righteousness of Christ. I do not buckle over when times 169 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,480 are tough. I do not get pushed down by my 170 00:09:39,480 --> 00:09:42,120 own behavioural patterns. I stand up under the 171 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:54,270 righteousness of the credited nature of God and with your feet 172 00:09:54,270 --> 00:09:58,030 fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 173 00:09:59,270 --> 00:10:02,110 I pray, Lord God, you've put a new set of shoes on every person 174 00:10:02,110 --> 00:10:06,830 here today, wherever our feet have taken us, wherever we have 175 00:10:06,830 --> 00:10:10,630 journey, rough ground, dry ground, burning ground. 176 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,440 I remember Lord God, walking down to Victoria Bay, Lord God, 177 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:17,840 with barefoot and hot tall and blisters under my feet. 178 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,880 And sitting here today are men and women who have walked on hot 179 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,720 tall for a long time. Father, would you put the shoes 180 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:28,280 of the gospel on their feet? Father God, those who are 181 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:32,080 blistered by disappointment, those who have walked, as we say 182 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:43,640 in Afrikaans, Yeheta, Lung butt, Grace Butt, those who have 183 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:50,920 walked along Dirt Rd., Father God, those whose feet are cut, I 184 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,160 said you would put unto their feet the shoes of the gospel, 185 00:10:55,680 --> 00:10:58,240 the shoes of the gospel. Lord God, when our feet have 186 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,800 taken us to the wrong places, Lord God, when we know we 187 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:04,320 shouldn't have been in those places, when we've chosen to go 188 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:05,880 left and we should have gone right. 189 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,800 I ask that you would shoe the people of Three CI with the 190 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:18,480 shoes of the gospel of peace. It says we continue to pray. 191 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,480 I didn't. I wasn't going to do this, just 192 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:22,400 just receive. I pray these prayers. 193 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,320 I've prayed these prayers for years of your lives. 194 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:30,360 I remember preaching to a man, he was on drugs and he said I 195 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,920 don't want to listen to you. And one day after dancing 196 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:38,000 barefoot on a glass where glass bottles had been broken in 197 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,600 Johannesburg and he was full of Red Bull and cocaine, he phoned 198 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,320 me and I went and picked him up and he's flat with his feet 199 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:49,600 absolutely cut by the glass of dancing and the cocaine and the 200 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,520 scripture came to mind. My feet are fitted with the 201 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,560 readiness of the gospel of peace. 202 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,520 Oh God, would you re shoe like people specialize in re shoeing 203 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:01,920 horses so that they can function properly? 204 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:05,480 Would you re shoe the people of three CR who are here today 205 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,160 whose feet are cut and broken from the despair of their own 206 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:12,560 journeys and their own choices? Father God, would you just place 207 00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:17,920 upon them the kindness of the gospel on their feet so that 208 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,240 every step they take does not hurt them? 209 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:25,720 Father God but heals them. I pray for healing to come upon 210 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:31,920 their feet. God, some have made one bad 211 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,440 choice after the next. It feels like everywhere you've 212 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:41,200 put your foot has been wrong. I pray that God today would put 213 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:54,670 new shoes on your feet. In addition to all this, take up 214 00:12:54,670 --> 00:12:58,960 the shield of faith which you can extinguish all the flaming 215 00:12:58,960 --> 00:13:03,360 errors of the evil one just if you left-handed or right-handed, 216 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:11,400 just lift your hand by faith. And I pray, Lord God, that this 217 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:16,320 shield of faith will protect the people of this church from every 218 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,640 one of the flaming arrows of the Evil 1. 219 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:35,400 Every lie, every scheme of the enemy, every poisonous comment 220 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:41,280 from people's mouths, every backhanded backstabbing 221 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,680 criticism will be absorbed by the shield of faith. 222 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:51,000 Now Lord God, I pray we cannot go into this world innocently 223 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,840 thinking it is a neutral ground. Lord, it is a battlefield that 224 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,640 is taking place in the heavenlies and it wants to 225 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,920 destroy God's people. And I pray, Lord God, that you 226 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,240 would protect. I pray that you would absorb by 227 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,680 your grace, every arrow that is aimed at the people of this 228 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:10,440 church. I pray that you would absorb it, 229 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:14,320 Lord God, every fiery arrow that is aimed at their bodies, their 230 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:17,800 heads, their mind, their sexuality, their finances, their 231 00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:20,080 marriages, their children, their upbringing. 232 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,120 For God, ever arrows aimed. I pray to be absorbed by the 233 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:27,320 shield of faith right now in the name of Jesus, I pray for your 234 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,920 grace Lord God, I pray for your amazing power. 235 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,640 I pray Lord God, that no arrow can penetrate your faith. 236 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,240 No arrow can penetrate that protection that is over the 237 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:58,550 people of this church. Take the helmet of salvation and 238 00:14:58,550 --> 00:15:00,670 the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 239 00:15:01,910 --> 00:15:03,750 Let's put your hands on your head if you don't mind. 240 00:15:04,190 --> 00:15:07,030 This is not going according to plan but but but I don't know 241 00:15:07,030 --> 00:15:09,390 when last you just got prayer. Just pray. 242 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:16,880 I pray Lord God, the helmet of salvation over every single 243 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:21,840 person in this auditorium in the overflow room at the kids 244 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,000 ministry and over our families, whether they're here or they're 245 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,720 in cynical. I pray the helmet of salvation. 246 00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:36,200 Lord God, I was 10 years old when my dad bought me a 247 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,000 motorbike. I was 10 years old and he said 248 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,480 this is the conditions. You never get onto your 249 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,840 motorbike unless you put your helmet on. 250 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,440 You never get on your bike unless you put your helmet on. 251 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,480 You do not go out of your house unless you put your helmet on. 252 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,040 You did not go out of your house unless you put your helmet on. 253 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,960 It's dangerous out there. The road is slippery. 254 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,280 And I pray right now, Lord God, that the helmet of salvation, 255 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,920 everything you say about salvation, Lord God, Yasser 256 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,680 Sotira, the spaciousness, the grace, Lord God, you didn't come 257 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,400 to help us, You came to save us. You came to save us. 258 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,000 That Lord God, every time we go, I do remember your salvation 259 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,440 over our minds. Lord God, that you would protect 260 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,280 our minds, that when we go into the marketplace you would 261 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,160 protect our minds. Father God, 262 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:45,240 I have a crash helmet. Don't look at me. 263 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:49,360 I have a crash helmet that I keep because it was once and my 264 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,040 wife was pregnant with my daughter. 265 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:54,120 I looked behind to see if I was putting dust in their face. 266 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,920 When I looked back, the road had disappeared and I went over the 267 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:00,680 top of my motorbike and I went straight into a rock, smashed my 268 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:03,640 face, cut my nose off. You can see the scar on my nose. 269 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:07,520 It cut my nose off, but I had a full face guard guarding my 270 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,079 face. Here I was an Underberg. 271 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,040 I thought, I'm going to lose my nose. 272 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,359 They raced me off, couldn't even pick the bike up. 273 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,000 Raced me off to the hospital and I got there. 274 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,160 There was a Doctor Who had specialized in motorbike 275 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:23,599 injuries and he spent about 2 1/2 hours knitting my nose back 276 00:17:23,599 --> 00:17:25,920 together. And he kept saying to me, the 277 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:33,040 helmet saved your face. And every time I remember the 278 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:37,160 scripture and I look at the scar across my nose for two years, 279 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:39,120 I've absolutely no feeling in my nose. 280 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:42,680 Every time I look at my nose in the scar, instead of thinking I 281 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:45,440 wish I didn't have that scar, I just remembered, Thank God I had 282 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:49,120 a helmet on. And I pray for your helmet to be 283 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,480 upon every single member of this church. 284 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:58,720 Father God, over their thinking, over their futures, over this 285 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,160 nation. Don't be scared in South Africa, 286 00:18:01,360 --> 00:18:02,880 God knows how to take care of you. 287 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,000 We are saved to be alive in this country at this time. 288 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,800 Sometimes it feels like a slippery motorbike going 289 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,640 downhill. But we have the helmet of 290 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:15,760 salvation and the ANC and the EFF and the DA are fighting for 291 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,560 positions over Swanee and the mayor gets fired. 292 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:22,680 But on top of my head I have the helmet of salvation, and God 293 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:24,760 keeps reminding me what he promised me. 294 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:33,280 I pray this over three CI Lord God and the sword of the Spirit, 295 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:36,960 which is the word of God and Father God. 296 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:38,400 I pray that we would wield the sword. 297 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,200 We think of so many times when the devil came to Jesus. 298 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:46,080 If you are the Son of God, he said, it is written, it is 299 00:18:46,120 --> 00:18:48,760 written. It is written. 300 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,760 And when you think you were alone, the Bible says that Jesus 301 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,960 is seated at the right hand of the Father, interceding on your 302 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,160 behalf. So when you're feeling lonely, 303 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:00,640 it is written that he is sitting and praying for you. 304 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,360 And when you are feeling like an orphan and alone, the Bible says 305 00:19:05,360 --> 00:19:08,440 you are the Son of God. We can't go to God and say our 306 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,680 Father who art in heaven without understanding that you have the 307 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,800 full rights of a son and a daughter. 308 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:17,040 It is written. And so we go to war on the word 309 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:19,440 of God. We built this church on one 310 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:24,360 little verse of Scripture. Be still and know that I am God. 311 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,400 And every time the money stopped, God said be still and 312 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,840 know that I am God. I stand in this auditory. 313 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:35,000 I think if God can give me brick and mortar, how much more can 314 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,280 God give us salvation? How much more can God give us 315 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,080 healing? How much more can God give us 316 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,080 forgiveness? Brick and mortar is nothing to 317 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,600 God. We take the word Lord God, and 318 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,360 we do warfare over every mind heart us wield the spirit of 319 00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:50,200 your word, Lord God, over every person in this auditorium. 320 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,200 Everything we've preached on. I just wield that sword, Lord 321 00:19:53,200 --> 00:20:01,840 God now in the name of Jesus. And pray in the spirit on all 322 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,960 occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. 323 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,520 So this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for the 324 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,040 Saints. I pray now, Lord God, I don't 325 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,800 know sometimes what to pray. People don't even understand 326 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:16,320 sometimes the prayers. And I don't want to confuse you 327 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,520 with pray in the spirit, but it just means it comes a time when 328 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:21,840 we come to the end of our language. 329 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:27,760 You don't know what to say. I say God, you know every 330 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,040 person, you know every hair on their head, you know every 331 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,320 detail of their lives. I pray now, Lord God, for every 332 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,960 person in this auditorium. You know the situations. 333 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:45,440 God, Quesidia Abbasilitia, namato Kusiki abbasiti. 334 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:57,200 I don't know what words to pray, God, but she I do not know the 335 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,360 depths of the pain. I do not know the urgency of the 336 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,240 rental payments. I don't know those things, but 337 00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,560 you do, Lord God. And I pray in the Spirit on all 338 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,640 occasions for the people in this church. 339 00:21:32,050 --> 00:21:49,880 And so I kneel humbly. And so I kneel humbly in all 340 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:56,320 before the Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and kneel 341 00:21:56,320 --> 00:22:00,240 before you, Lord God, because every prayer, Lord God, in the 342 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:05,520 Old Testament was done standing. But when we come into the New 343 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,840 Testament, we come into the presence of our Father, we just 344 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,680 kneel. We just kneel. 345 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:16,720 We need you, God. I saw kneel humbly before the 346 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,400 Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the perfect Father. 347 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:22,720 All of you have had imperfect fathers. 348 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,000 You've had absent fathers who had abusive fathers, alcoholic 349 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:31,120 fathers, disappearing fathers, never lasting fathers. 350 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:33,640 I kneel before the perfect Father. 351 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:36,880 I kneel before the perfect Father. 352 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,360 And even in that you should be healing should come into your 353 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,920 heart. We can't constantly go back to 354 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:47,000 the brokenness of our own families. 355 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,400 When we come under the prayer of God and the Word of God, healing 356 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,560 should take place. I kneel before the perfect 357 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:57,680 Father of every Father and child in heaven and on earth, and I 358 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,280 pray that He would inveil within you the unlimited riches of His 359 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,560 glory, that something would unlock inside of you and His 360 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,840 favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost 361 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,160 being with His divine might and explosive power. 362 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:16,680 I pray today that something deep would happen inside of your 363 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:19,880 hearts. It says in John chapter 6, I 364 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,760 have come that you might have life and life eternal. 365 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,880 I'm so worried by so many people who've been in the church a long 366 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,320 time and they just have life. They don't have eternal life. 367 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:34,000 When God comes and lives in my heart, He gives me eternal life. 368 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,960 I do not get worried by 30 or 40 year decisions because I'm just 369 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,720 here for a little bit of time as the eternity of God grips my 370 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,920 heart and I spend my life serving God getting ready for 371 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,040 that day. And they've been offended and 372 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,120 being overlooked and being not promoted makes absolutely no 373 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:55,560 difference to me because eternity dwells within my heart. 374 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,200 And I pray that eternity would be released inside of the hearts 375 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,240 of people that we wouldn't make one week and two week and 376 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,120 three-year decisions. We will make eternal decisions. 377 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:10,080 Father, stop bitterness, stop hatred, stop cruelty, stop 378 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:18,200 rejection. Then by constantly using your 379 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:22,760 faith that the life of Christ may be released deep inside of 380 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,680 you. What we're doing here is not 381 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:31,480 some shallow Sunday event where we sing 30 minutes of songs and 382 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,880 listen to a preach and go home. No, we are asking God to do 383 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,160 something deep inside of our hearts. 384 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,600 Lord God, I pray that you get to the depths of every man and 385 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,200 every woman and every child to realize that they were designed 386 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,400 with a purpose to serve you, that you didn't mess up when you 387 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:51,800 made their DNA, that you made them alive in South Africa at 388 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:53,960 this time. I pray that you would do a deep 389 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,160 work in people's hearts that would not live frivolous lives. 390 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:02,520 Father God, that you would not live shallow lives. 391 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,240 And when I say I love you, I mean I love you. 392 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:19,640 It means I deeply love you. And the resting place of His 393 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,040 love will become the very source and root of your life. 394 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,920 Then you'll be empowered to discover what every holy one 395 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:32,280 experiences, the great magnitude of the astonishing love of 396 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:38,120 Christ in all its dimensions. I pray today, Lord, as it says 397 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:43,400 in the NRVI, pray that together we would experience how wide and 398 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:48,760 deep and long and high is the love of God. 399 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,120 And you're sitting and you're thinking God's love is not wide 400 00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:55,560 enough to get me. God's love will get you. 401 00:25:56,360 --> 00:25:58,720 It's wide enough. I don't care if you wired to the 402 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:02,240 left or you're wide to the right, God's love is wide 403 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,960 enough. I don't know how deep you've 404 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:05,720 gone. I don't know how dark you've 405 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,720 gone. I don't know how many levels of 406 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,360 depravity you've gone. But I want to tell you today 407 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:19,200 you're sitting here. The love of God is deep and high 408 00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:25,520 and long. God's in it for the long haul. 409 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:30,440 God's in it for the long haul. Unlimited patience. 410 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:34,360 In the book of one Timothy in me, the worst of sinners, God 411 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:36,200 displayed his unlimited patience. 412 00:26:36,360 --> 00:26:38,360 How long is that? It's long. 413 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:43,160 Longer than you will live. The love of God is longer than 414 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,640 you will live. The love of God is longer even 415 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,040 than the sin that you're caught in now. 416 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,360 The love of God is longer. God's love will outlast your 417 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:58,740 sin. How deeply intimate and far 418 00:26:58,740 --> 00:27:01,920 reaching is His love. How enduring and inclusive. 419 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,920 It is endless love beyond measurement that transcends our 420 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,400 understanding. This extravagant love pours into 421 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,680 you until you're full to overflowing with the fullness of 422 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:17,600 God. I pray, Lord God, that every 423 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:19,960 man, woman and child would leave you a full today. 424 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:28,080 Not harmful. Full, full, full, Lord God, full 425 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:32,160 to the fullness of the overflowing fullness of God. 426 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,240 Never doubt God's mighty power to work in you and accomplish 427 00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,960 all that He, all of this. He will achieve infinitely more, 428 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,760 say infinitely more than your greatest request, your most 429 00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:49,880 unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination. 430 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:54,480 He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power constantly 431 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,360 energizes you. Heavenly Father, I pray in the 432 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:02,760 name of Jesus that you would protect these people and you 433 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,880 would provide for them in Jesus name, Amen.