1 00:00:00,100 --> 00:00:01,500 Hi. This is Dave Olson. 2 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,700 I'm the senior leader of Hartman church located in Ankeny Iowa. 3 00:00:05,100 --> 00:00:08,000 I hope the following message, challenges and courage's, and 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,200 ultimately changes you, thanks for joining us. 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,700 Finishing the first week of the fast today, so hey, two more 6 00:00:16,700 --> 00:00:19,100 two, more of these. And it we're going to Chow Down, 7 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:23,100 Hallelujah. But in the meantime, the purpose 8 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:25,800 of this fast is not to look forward to the meal at the end. 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,900 As much as I talk like it is, I apologize. 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:33,600 We're asking God for breakthrough. 11 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:38,500 We're asking the Lord. To let Heaven open over this 12 00:00:38,500 --> 00:00:43,900 house for this nation. And this region, And so I want 13 00:00:43,900 --> 00:00:47,800 to talk about that, a team of us, that the team gets together 14 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,700 back in the production room on Sunday morning. 15 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:52,800 And usually, when faith is leading, she'll say Pastor, if 16 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,400 you want to join us, you're welcome to and I'll jump in 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,200 there and it was already on my radar to do. 18 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:01,400 So, and we got in there and everything that we're talking 19 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,800 about just was in line with what I felt. 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:08,800 The Lord was saying this morning, we want heaven to open. 21 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:17,100 Our human skills are not are not enough, they're not great 22 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:19,500 enough. We're not insightful enough, 23 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:24,700 we're not creative enough. We're not brilliant enough to 24 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:30,500 produce, what our heart longs for The only thing that can give 25 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:34,400 us what we long for, is the outpouring of the spirit of the 26 00:01:34,408 --> 00:01:37,000 Living God, and that's what we're asking. 27 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,000 God for, that's what this fast is for. 28 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,300 And so I want to talk about that. 29 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:47,400 That idea I want to talk about. An open Heaven. 30 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,200 I want to talk about how we get there. 31 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:57,000 You know, when we're praying and fasting, we're asking God. 32 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,800 To pour out upon us. This church for the last 20 33 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:05,500 years has been about Revival and the outpouring of the spirit. 34 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,900 But I'ma tell you, we need another outpouring. 35 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:12,800 I need another outpouring, I am desperate, for a fresh touch 36 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,300 from God, what I have is not enough. 37 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,000 The gap between, what? Where we're at and what I feel 38 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:24,900 like God wants to do through us is a gap, only God can fill and 39 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:31,000 so we've got to cry out to God. But when we're crying out to 40 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:35,200 Heaven, there's really three components to that, if you will. 41 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:39,800 There's contending with God. There's contending With the 42 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,300 Enemy and there's contending with ourself. 43 00:02:43,300 --> 00:02:46,300 And all three of those are very important, and if you don't 44 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:51,200 understand that, then you can get yourself sideways and blame 45 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:52,900 God, for what the enemy is doing. 46 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:55,500 And blame the enemy for what God's doing. 47 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:58,900 And that's a very dangerous place to get, because if you're 48 00:02:58,900 --> 00:03:03,900 blaming the wrong person, you're going to take The enact you're 49 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:06,700 going to take the wrong measures to solve the problem. 50 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,200 And so, you can, you can put it this way, there's a prayer 51 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,300 component because we're dealing with God, we're crying out to 52 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:17,000 Heaven, we're saying God pour out of your spirit. 53 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,000 There's a spiritual warfare component because we're dealing 54 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:27,400 with a very real devil. There are principalities and 55 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,200 powers that fight the move of God. 56 00:03:31,100 --> 00:03:34,000 And they need to be contended with Paul put it this way we 57 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:37,300 wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 58 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:42,500 principalities and Powers, he says, we literally wrestle with 59 00:03:42,500 --> 00:03:47,200 the spiritual entities to displace them so that God can 60 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,400 pour out upon us. You say Pastor, do they really 61 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,700 need to be dealt with in order for God to pour out upon us? 62 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:59,400 Well, Daniel went on a 21-day fast and when the angel arrived 63 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:05,800 a little worse for the wear, he said I left Heaven, the day you 64 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:10,800 started fasting, but I was hindered by the Prince of 65 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:13,600 Persia. It's what the New Testament. 66 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:18,399 Calls a principality, a prince over a geographic region. 8, 67 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,700 municipality that It's the same idea over to geographic region 68 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:26,800 and that particular Spirit was over the geographic region. 69 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,700 Of Persia, matter of fact, the angel said, after I deal with 70 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,600 you I've got to move on and on when I have to deal with the 71 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:39,700 prince of Greece, So there was a spiritual warfare component to 72 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:42,800 prayer and if we don't understand that sometimes we 73 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,000 think we're trying to talk god into something. 74 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:51,300 He is very, very eager to do. But then there's also the human 75 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:54,600 component. You can say there's a prayer 76 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,900 component, there's a spiritual warfare component, and then 77 00:04:57,900 --> 00:05:01,000 there's a sanctification component. 78 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:06,500 We have to deal with us and sometimes the resistance and us 79 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,900 is greater than the resistance in the second heaven. 80 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,000 And make no mistake about it. The resistance in the second 81 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:19,000 heaven uses the resistance resistance, in us, as a handle 82 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:24,600 to hold on, to And he uses that, as his legal authority to 83 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,000 resist, the prayers of the Saints. 84 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:31,700 We've talked about this before. And usually fact of the matter 85 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:34,300 is, we talked about it, this time of year during the 21-day 86 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:39,500 fast. That we can actually cancel our 87 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:46,100 prayers with our Behavior. You are the first fruits of your 88 00:05:46,100 --> 00:05:49,000 own intercession. You are the beach head of God's 89 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,900 invasion. I saw little meme the other day 90 00:05:52,900 --> 00:05:57,600 at said, once you turn 40 years either getting out of you have 91 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:01,300 to get into smoking meat, or really do a deep dive into World 92 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:05,400 War Two as a guy, okay? That's, I've done both. 93 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,100 And if you look in WWII, if you remember, the Allied Forces 94 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:18,700 trying to invade Europe, again, Britain knew the Americans knew 95 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:21,900 the Canadians knew, the Australians new this Force. 96 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:26,400 This, this the Allied Forces new, we've got to get our feet 97 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:32,300 on France and if we can secure a beachhead in France, we can take 98 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,100 Europe back from Hitler. They knew that to be the case 99 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:40,200 but they also knew it was going to be a Very costly bloody 100 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,700 battle. That battle was known as D-Day. 101 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:50,400 It was the greatest act of war. The greatest battle in human 102 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,400 history. The shifts alone are 103 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:58,700 mind-boggling, I forget how many ships but the, the the Germans 104 00:06:58,700 --> 00:07:01,800 who lived through that, they said, as the fog lifted, they 105 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,700 looked. And the entire sea was full of 106 00:07:04,700 --> 00:07:07,800 Warships. It was an amazing thing and 107 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:11,400 thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of our 108 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,600 sons died on that Shoreline, but they secured the beachhead. 109 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:18,700 And everybody knew everybody, but Hitler, because he was 110 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:22,900 crazy, even the Roman generals knew the the war is over. 111 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:26,900 Now the bloodiest battles were yet to be fought but they knew 112 00:07:26,900 --> 00:07:30,800 once the beachhead was secured the war was over. 113 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:35,900 What I'm telling you is your heart, is the beachhead of God's 114 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:38,500 Invasion where we cry out to God. 115 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:42,200 God invade this region. Lord, we want to see Revival. 116 00:07:42,300 --> 00:07:47,200 God says it starts with you before I align the region with 117 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,200 my will, I'm going to align you with my will. 118 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,200 And so as we cry out to God, times of prayer and fasting, 119 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:00,000 heightened prayer. Intercession is always a time of 120 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,700 the deep dealings of God, where God begins to tweak our heart 121 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:07,600 and say I want to deal with this and I want to do with this and 122 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,400 to the extent that we surrender to the internal. 123 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,200 Dealings of God is to the extent that we gain authority to see 124 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:23,100 the external Victory manifest. And so again, we are the 125 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:26,900 beachhead of God's Invasion and I'm talking about our personal 126 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:32,500 heart, our attitudes, our Behavior, the things we do, the 127 00:08:32,500 --> 00:08:36,400 secrets of our heart. This is a time to lay our self 128 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,400 out before the Lord and if God can gain the access. 129 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:45,500 He so Desires in us, it will begin to affect the region. 130 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:49,300 I was teaching Wednesday night. And by the way, this is a 131 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:50,800 Shameless plug for Wednesday night. 132 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,800 We're talking about fasting because you think prayers are 133 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,700 mystery talk about fasting. Every time I get into a fast, 134 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:02,400 believe me many times this week, I have thought, what does 135 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,900 foregoing a taco have to do with Revival? 136 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,200 But we need to understand fasting. 137 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,700 And that what we really talked about Wednesday night was that 138 00:09:14,700 --> 00:09:18,300 the human will is the Avenue through which both Heaven and 139 00:09:18,300 --> 00:09:23,400 Hell travel. The human will, is the opening 140 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,500 from the spiritual realm into the Earth. 141 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,300 And God has delegated the Earth to man. 142 00:09:30,300 --> 00:09:34,200 It's very clear in wrote and Psalm chapter 8 in its 143 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,100 reiterated and Hebrews chapter 2. 144 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,200 What is man? That thou art mindful of him? 145 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:39,900 The son of man you would visit him. 146 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,400 You made him a little lower than the angels and put everything 147 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:49,500 under his feet. God delegated, the Earth to us, 148 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,900 and God will not violate the system. 149 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:59,500 He himself set up And so, the principle of prayer is always 150 00:09:59,500 --> 00:10:05,500 this divine intervention, only by human invitation. 151 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:12,800 God must have an intercessor. He must have somebody inviting 152 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:18,300 him to invade planet Earth. If he can't secure a human will, 153 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:22,800 then the circumstances will not change. 154 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,200 The enemy will always hide behind the Unser rendered. 155 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:34,000 Recesses of your heart. And as long as there are things 156 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,200 you're withholding from God, that is the ground upon which 157 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:40,100 the enemy will firmly stand. And take his stand. 158 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:45,900 His authoritative, stand, his legal stand to continue activity 159 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:49,400 in the region in your family, and our city. 160 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,500 The region, this nation in the world. 161 00:10:51,900 --> 00:10:56,800 So what God is looking for is a deeper surrender from all of us. 162 00:10:58,100 --> 00:11:02,200 So during this 21 days, we need to be a availing, our hearts to 163 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:03,500 the Lord and laying it before the Lord. 164 00:11:03,500 --> 00:11:07,500 And saying God go deeper Lord. Is there anything like David 165 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:12,000 prayed? He said if there be any under 166 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:17,600 undetected sin within me he asked Lord God pointed out Lord. 167 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,700 Bring it to the surface. Because we want to be usable 168 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:30,000 before the Lord. this contending with God, this first element of 169 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,800 God, invading Earth where we pray the prayer component 170 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:38,000 addressing Heaven, Or you could say heaven, we contend with 171 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,600 heaven, we contend with hell, and we contend with Earth, our 172 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,300 own us who are made from the dust of the earth originally 173 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,600 This deal about contending with God, when we pray for Revival 174 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,900 too often. We think we're trying to talk 175 00:11:52,900 --> 00:11:54,800 god into something. He doesn't want to do. 176 00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:57,600 We're down here like we're begging God, please. 177 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:00,800 And like finally, maybe after 21 days and we get too skinny and 178 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:03,300 gods afraid we're going to die and it's going to misrepresent 179 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:04,900 him. Daniels will say Okay, uncle, 180 00:12:04,900 --> 00:12:07,500 uncle I'll send Revival. That's not how it works. 181 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:14,800 God wants to move in this region more than we want him to. 182 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:18,200 He's much more aware of what it means. 183 00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:22,000 And he wants it much more than you and I do. 184 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:29,700 He longs to pour out upon the sons of men. but what he needs 185 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:37,400 is an Open Door in the human will Your will is a fearsome 186 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,600 thing. It is a weapon. 187 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:44,200 It is a tool. It is a spiritual organ that you 188 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:50,400 exercise either for heaven or hell, your choices matter. 189 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:57,300 Even your choices. To go through the fast now, I 190 00:12:57,300 --> 00:13:00,000 know that, some of you have very physical jobs, I don't have 191 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,500 that, that excuse, but some of you have very physical jobs and 192 00:13:03,500 --> 00:13:08,100 you're not able to do a complete fast and hey, you just follow 193 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:11,100 Jesus. But what I am saying is follow 194 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:15,600 Jesus. Don't allow the enemy to begin 195 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,500 to lie to you and convince you that fasting and intercession 196 00:13:19,500 --> 00:13:21,900 don't matter. They do matter. 197 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,400 If you look in that passage with Daniel, I want to see it's 198 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:31,300 Daniel 9. When Daniel was praying the 199 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:37,300 resistance he was experiencing in his prayers, was not from 200 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:40,800 God. The day, he started praying. 201 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,600 An angel was released from Heaven, to go to Daniel and give 202 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,200 him the Revelation. He needed. 203 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,600 The resistance was from the enemy. 204 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:58,600 And we need to understand that God's hesitation in sending 205 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:02,100 Revival is not us talking them into something. 206 00:14:02,100 --> 00:14:07,400 He doesn't want to do. However, God will withhold a 207 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:12,300 move of his Spirit from people who have disqualified 208 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:18,200 themselves. How do we know if we've 209 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,700 disqualified herself? Or how do we know if we've 210 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:25,500 qualified? I know that sounds almost like 211 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:27,400 earning, I'm not talking about earning anything. 212 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:30,300 I'm talking about removing the hindrances. 213 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,500 Because God is too good. A steward to pour out of his 214 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:37,800 Spirit on a people who will squander it. 215 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:42,800 Misuse it And misrepresent his name. 216 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:49,700 So how do we qualify? What disqualifies us. 217 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:53,000 What would make God hesitant? Well, there's a few scriptures. 218 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,100 We of course, we get in the book and we ask. 219 00:14:56,100 --> 00:15:01,400 God, God, what are the criteria for you to use us in a greater 220 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,600 way? One of the primary criteria 221 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,300 would be this. God, opposes the proud, it's in 222 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:15,000 James 4 RJ. Yeah, James for God, opposes the 223 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:19,000 proud, but gives grace to the humble. 224 00:15:19,300 --> 00:15:24,500 It might be James 3, but God opposes the proud, but gives 225 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:27,900 grace to the humble to me. That is a frightening verse, 226 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:32,000 think about that. The god of Heaven opposing, you 227 00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:36,500 can you imagine you're in the prayer closet and you realize 228 00:15:36,500 --> 00:15:40,600 that Supposing you similar similar to Balaam balaam's 229 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:42,900 cursing. His donkey not realizing. 230 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:46,600 It's the hand of God that is behind what's going on. 231 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,100 There's an angel of the Lord about ready to smote Balaam, if 232 00:15:50,100 --> 00:15:52,900 he goes on and the donkey was resisting. 233 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:58,300 And I think often we're blaming our circumstances when it's us, 234 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:01,500 God wants to deal with. We're saying, God change my 235 00:16:01,500 --> 00:16:04,100 circumstances. And God says, in order to do 236 00:16:04,100 --> 00:16:09,300 that, I need to change you. We're praying for our boss to 237 00:16:09,300 --> 00:16:11,500 get fired. So we'll have a better boss when 238 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:15,700 God put that boss there to create an us the character and I 239 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:18,000 hope none of my staff is saying him in it. 240 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:24,100 God is God is doing the work in us so that we will be qualified. 241 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,500 To Steward. What he wants to send? 242 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:32,800 And so we during fasting and prayer, and this is true all the 243 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,800 time, but especially during these heightened seasons, were 244 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,100 her crying out. I'll tell you what, I don't want 245 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:44,300 to go 21 days for nothing, I'm not interested in this kind of 246 00:16:44,300 --> 00:16:47,700 diet, although I need one, I'm not interested in this kind of 247 00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:50,100 diet. There's better ones out there. 248 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:56,600 I want to see a move of God. In order to see it, we've got 249 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,100 allow the Lord to do with our hearts, we need to Humble 250 00:17:00,100 --> 00:17:04,000 ourselves. One of the ways we know if we're 251 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:07,200 humble is how do we respond to criticism? 252 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:13,200 I called someone yesterday and apologized to them for something 253 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,000 I did. I did it. 254 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:18,099 I thought about it. I prayed about it. 255 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,300 I did it and I felt really bad about it for a week and a half. 256 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:29,800 And I made a big mistake. I told my wife, So she kept, um, 257 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:34,400 have you called them yet? If you called them yet, No, it's 258 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:39,800 appreciate or doing it. So I got ahold of them yesterday 259 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:43,600 and we talked it through and it was a great conversation. 260 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:48,000 They were very gracious but they held my feet to the fire. 261 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:53,700 And they Circle back around two or three times and explain to 262 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:55,800 me. Why it bothered them what I did. 263 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:02,900 It was very uncomfortable but they were right and it was a 264 00:18:02,900 --> 00:18:06,600 good opportunity for me just to humble myself and say you're 265 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:09,900 exactly right. I completely understand why that 266 00:18:09,900 --> 00:18:14,300 would have bothered you I'm always kind of weary about 267 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:17,200 telling these leery about telling these kind of stories 268 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,000 because you're all wondering, what the heck did he do? 269 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:24,700 Nunya. Okay. 270 00:18:29,700 --> 00:18:33,400 So one of the good ways to know are we walking in Pride? 271 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,500 Is how do we respond to that? How do we respond? 272 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:41,900 When someone corrects us? Do we humble ourselves and say? 273 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:45,400 Thank you. To the hungry, man. 274 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:51,800 Every bitter thing is sweet. But to the soul that is full, 275 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,100 even the sweet things are thrown aside. 276 00:18:56,700 --> 00:19:00,500 Do people have to correct you on a silver platter with a linen 277 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:04,200 napkin? Or can they bring it in a doggie 278 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:07,000 dish? Are you hungry enough to say God 279 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,400 I just want to be right with you. 280 00:19:10,100 --> 00:19:14,000 I don't need them to do it right to hear you through them. 281 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:21,000 That's an act of humility. And humility comes with Hunger 282 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:24,500 years ago. There was a wonderful book 283 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:28,300 written by a White journalist called black, like me. 284 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:33,000 Some of you may remember this book, it's really a great book. 285 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:37,000 And what he did is, he went down down in the Deep. 286 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,000 South went down to New Orleans and he if I remember I took some 287 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,100 medication. Also some makeup and made 288 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:47,100 himself look like a black man and he lived on the streets of 289 00:19:47,108 --> 00:19:49,400 New Orleans because he wanted to Experience it. 290 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:53,100 He thought he understood what it would be like to be a black man 291 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:58,000 in the Deep, South it in that time of extreme racism. 292 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:00,900 And it was very enlightening to him. 293 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,000 But there was one thing that stood out in that book to me, he 294 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,600 was well, a lot of things. But this, I often think of this, 295 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,300 when I think of humility and hunger, There's a scene where 296 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,500 he's sitting on the curb in New Orleans and he is hungry. 297 00:20:15,500 --> 00:20:18,500 He hasn't eaten in days and he looks down the curb and there's 298 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:21,800 another homeless guy. Cooking hot dogs on an open, 299 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,200 fire on the curb. And he scoots over and he said, 300 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:29,200 hey man, you think you could spare a hot dog and the guy 301 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,500 looked at him just despise him and said yeah I'd give you one 302 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,900 if you get on all fours and bark like a dog. 303 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:43,400 And the journalist did it. Because when you're really 304 00:20:43,500 --> 00:20:45,900 hungry, you're no longer prideful. 305 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,300 Pride goes to the side. Decorum goes to the side. 306 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,100 You're like, Jesus, I just have to have you. 307 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:57,100 And God wants to do with our hearts. 308 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,500 I think one of the strengths of fasting is it? 309 00:21:02,700 --> 00:21:08,600 It pushes us to the limits It pushes we choose discomfort. 310 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:13,800 Before. The enemy, the enemy believes 311 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:19,300 about most of us, if not, all of us what he said about Job. 312 00:21:19,700 --> 00:21:24,000 God, if I touch them, they will back off. 313 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:29,300 You just let me touch them. Let me just introduce a little 314 00:21:29,300 --> 00:21:33,200 discomfort, a little pain in their life and if I can do that, 315 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,300 you watch they will deny you to your face just like the rest of 316 00:21:36,300 --> 00:21:40,800 them. But the Lord believes better 317 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:46,200 about you than the enemy does. The Lord believes better about 318 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:51,000 you than you do. And God is looking for men and 319 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,600 women who will be the Vindication of God himself 320 00:21:53,600 --> 00:22:00,400 before the enemy. The enemy believes that if we go 321 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,600 into a little discomfort, Dan Mohler had this has this 322 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,000 wonderful phrase. If you're touchy, you'll be 323 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:10,800 touched. Fasting says, you know what, I'm 324 00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,000 just going to get it over with. I'm going to step into 325 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,700 discomfort. I'm going to go into this and 326 00:22:16,700 --> 00:22:19,500 I'm going to deal with this stuff in my heart and I'm going 327 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:22,800 to, I'm going to let, I'm going to allow this into my life 328 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,800 because I'm crying out to him. I'm going to deny the cries of 329 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,700 My Flesh and I'm going to allow those things to be dealt with. 330 00:22:30,700 --> 00:22:33,700 And there's something humbling about fasting. 331 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,200 Now we can feel like a mighty man of God or a mighty woman of 332 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,600 God until about day three. And then I'm like, I'm so weak. 333 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:47,100 I'm such a wimp. And it's that thing of coming 334 00:22:47,100 --> 00:22:51,900 close to our weakness knowing that God without you, I can do 335 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:54,900 nothing. I know that theologically this 336 00:22:54,900 --> 00:22:59,600 week, I know that physically. And it's good for me, it's good 337 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:04,600 for my flesh to feel that. But as we allow our flesh to be 338 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,300 weakened, our spirit begins to ascend. 339 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:11,300 There's a sensitivity that begins to manifest in our life. 340 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:16,200 Our spirit man begins to be heightened in its awareness. 341 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:21,000 It's one of the beautiful things about seasons of fasting, and 342 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:26,600 it's so worth it. So pride is one of the barriers 343 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:32,500 we need to deal with in US. There's an interesting verse in 344 00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:38,100 Zechariah 7. It says, when they called I 345 00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:43,000 would not listen because when I spoke they would not here. 346 00:23:44,700 --> 00:23:47,800 Think about that. This is God speaking. 347 00:23:48,900 --> 00:23:53,900 God said, when my people called they got a deaf ear from me. 348 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,300 Because when I tried to speak to them, they turned a deaf ear to 349 00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:03,000 me. So, there is a connection 350 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,400 between your yielded nastas, your willingness to hear the 351 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,000 hard things, your willingness to listen to the voice of God, to 352 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:16,800 apply what he's saying. If you want prevailing prayer to 353 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,500 manifest in your life. Prevailing prayer. 354 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:24,100 What it means is you you begin to feel that you're gaining. 355 00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:27,800 The upper hand in that thing. You're beginning to feel like 356 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,500 the victories being one. I may not see it out there but 357 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:33,400 I'm telling you I can feel it in here. 358 00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:39,200 There's something moving But that only comes as we are dialed 359 00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,700 in and we become aligned with him. 360 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,000 We must come into alignment to fulfill our assignment. 361 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:51,900 It's like you've got to have if you want your plumbing to work 362 00:24:51,900 --> 00:24:54,100 you better have the pipes lined up. 363 00:24:54,900 --> 00:24:57,400 It's not good enough just to have some pipes under your sink 364 00:24:57,500 --> 00:25:02,300 if they're not lined up. And as God pours out, he's 365 00:25:02,300 --> 00:25:05,300 looking for us to be aligned with him so he can pour through 366 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:09,100 us. And fasting is a way for God to 367 00:25:09,100 --> 00:25:11,700 begin to dial that in. But we've got to be a people 368 00:25:11,700 --> 00:25:15,200 that incline our ear. There's two phrases in 369 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:19,300 scripture, the very interesting they and climbing our ear and 370 00:25:19,300 --> 00:25:26,900 God coming near When God comes near, it has the idea of God 371 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:32,100 leaning down with his face towards us to listen closely. 372 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,600 It's like an act of affection and attention. 373 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:38,600 It's like a father or a mother who grabs her little child by 374 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:43,000 the cheeks and wants them to know you have my full attention. 375 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:51,200 We say God come near. Well, when God finds the people 376 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,900 that tune their ear to him and say, Lord, speak your servant, 377 00:25:55,900 --> 00:26:01,100 listens Lord, whatever you want. God, I am here and I will be 378 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:05,400 quick to obey. I'm telling you, that Dynamic 379 00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:09,700 opens the heavens You say are you saying it? 380 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:13,000 We earn it. No what I'm saying is the as the 381 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,300 enemy will camp out on the under surrendered, areas of your life 382 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:21,600 and he will resist your prayers until you surrender. 383 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,300 Ah, run surrendered, areas provide him with the legal 384 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:29,000 ground. It's not about earning anything 385 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,800 with God. Like well, they're my favorites 386 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,100 because they, this guy did a water fast. 387 00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:35,100 This guy drink didn't even drink water. 388 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,700 And this guy over here, just ate vegetables but this one's my, 389 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:41,500 it's not about that. It's about being obedient to 390 00:26:41,508 --> 00:26:44,800 whatever the Lord tells you the Lord tells you chocolate chip. 391 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,300 Cookies are off the agenda for the next 21 days. 392 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:48,800 That's all. He asks of you. 393 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:51,900 Then go for it. You don't have to do anymore, 394 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,800 tell you what last year, I jumped into it when Lou Engel 395 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,400 was here and he was talking about that 40-day fast. 396 00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,500 We had just stopped our 21-day fast and I thought Lou, I love 397 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:06,800 ya. I'm I'm I'm not in, I'm still 398 00:27:07,100 --> 00:27:10,300 recovering for the lasso. Well then Dean Briggs came and 399 00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:14,200 Dean's talking about the same fast and Dean Dean had an arrow 400 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,100 right to my heart. I was wounded I thought I'm in. 401 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,600 This is God when tell you on the back side I'd it was not God. 402 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:25,400 Okay, I jumped into a fast that was not God. 403 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,000 And I could not do it. I physically could not do it. 404 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:37,000 There was no Grace on it. So just follow Jesus but follow 405 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,900 Jesus. All you have to do is what he 406 00:27:40,908 --> 00:27:46,700 says, but by all means, do what he says, because your will 407 00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:52,500 matters your decisions as a believer in this region matter 408 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:55,600 to heaven. And if God can find a small 409 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,000 group of people who are surrendered and say, God lord, 410 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,100 we're here. We are fully surrendered Lord. 411 00:28:01,100 --> 00:28:04,000 If you need a landing place you found it. 412 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:07,000 Among Us weak, little band of people. 413 00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:09,800 God. If he can find that, I'm telling 414 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:15,300 you, he will land. So, when we talk about praying 415 00:28:15,300 --> 00:28:18,400 for Revival, it's not trying to talk god into something. 416 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,200 He doesn't want to do. Yes, there are scriptures that 417 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,800 say I will not hear you. I will resist you. 418 00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:31,800 But those verses have to do with our hot, pause heart posture, 419 00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:35,200 not his unwillingness to pour out of his spirit. 420 00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:41,500 We have to cooperate. So, your response. 421 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,800 Let's let's go to again. He said, when they cried out to 422 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:51,700 me, I would not hear because when I, when they, when I spoke 423 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:57,300 to them, they would not listen. So your willingness to hear the 424 00:28:57,300 --> 00:29:02,400 voice of God and to do what he says to be a doer to apply what 425 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,800 he said in your life. God is looking to invite you in 426 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,800 to break through. God doesn't want you to stay in 427 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,300 the same place. There are things. 428 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,900 Every one of us right now are dealing with that we wish were 429 00:29:15,900 --> 00:29:20,200 over and I'm telling you the vast majority of them. 430 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,700 It is God's will for them to be over. 431 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:27,600 But you first have to get rid of the things he's dealing with to 432 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,300 see that happen. And so we need to yield 433 00:29:32,300 --> 00:29:35,600 ourselves to him your willingness to listen, has 434 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,200 everything to do with prevailing prayer. 435 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:44,300 You think Pastor, are you basing that on one verse know, if 436 00:29:44,308 --> 00:29:46,700 you've been around here at any time at all, you've heard me. 437 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,900 Quote, this verse again and again, and again, it's one of 438 00:29:49,908 --> 00:29:54,200 the primary versus of my life. Hebrews chapter 5 with loud, 439 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:59,900 cries, and petitions Jesus, made his request known to God. 440 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:05,600 And His prayers were heard because of what, because he was 441 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,700 the son of God, because he was the Messiah, because he was God 442 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:13,800 In the Flesh because he was God's favorite, and he was, was 443 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:18,000 it another know? Because of his reverent 444 00:30:18,300 --> 00:30:24,600 submission. His submission to the dealings 445 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,900 of God. Opened the heavens over him so 446 00:30:28,900 --> 00:30:30,900 much. So that on the eve of his 447 00:30:31,100 --> 00:30:35,800 crucifixion, Jesus could say this, King of darkness is 448 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,900 coming, but he has nothing in me. 449 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,400 Man, I feel the weight of that word. 450 00:30:46,700 --> 00:30:52,600 I think he'll trembled. Because they knew it to be true. 451 00:30:55,600 --> 00:31:00,600 God wants to get us to the place where he has nut, not God but 452 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:08,500 the enemy has nothing in you. When God has that the beachhead 453 00:31:08,500 --> 00:31:12,100 has been secured. It's just a matter of time till 454 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:17,600 the kingdom of Darkness Falls. Just like in World War Two, they 455 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,700 knew once the beachhead was taken, the war was over bloody 456 00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:24,900 battles to come but I'm telling you there's no way Hitler could 457 00:31:24,900 --> 00:31:26,200 hold back. What was coming? 458 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:34,500 And once God has a man or a woman, Or more desirable, even a 459 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:39,200 small company of people that have bound themselves to that 460 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:47,200 request, say God come come Lord, pour out upon us, Lord deal 461 00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:51,300 asked of us, anything deal with us, deeply Lord. 462 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,300 We want to know if there's anything within us. 463 00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:56,600 That is not pleasing to you. God, go after it. 464 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,100 And when that happens, I'm telling you, it'll open up. 465 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:04,000 Let me give you one more verse. Peter says he's talking about 466 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:07,000 this same principle but it's in the context of a marriage. 467 00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:10,900 You ladies out of like this one husbands. 468 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,100 Treat your wife according to knowledge. 469 00:32:16,300 --> 00:32:19,300 And then he says that your prayers may be heard. 470 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:25,000 In other words you can fervently cry out to God on the prayer 471 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:29,500 meeting sir. And cancel out what you cried 472 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:32,300 out by how you treat your spouse. 473 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,900 Because you are contradicting with your life. 474 00:32:37,900 --> 00:32:42,000 What you say with your mouth and actions speak? 475 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,900 Louder than words? And the enemy knows it? 476 00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:47,300 You're not fooling the enemy, you may fool us. 477 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:49,700 But you're not fooling the enemy. 478 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:56,800 Now I'm saying so we go low and we keep short accounts and if we 479 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,800 know we need to apologize to our spouse, we do it. 480 00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:02,200 We allow the Lord to deal with us. 481 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,800 And that opens the heavens. He's implying that you want to 482 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,200 have your prayers heard sir, you want to have an open Heaven of 483 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,100 communication with heaven. Then treat your spouse, right? 484 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,700 And why is it goes the same for you? 485 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,900 I'm not so sure. It's the same level. 486 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,500 I really, really believe that because we are the leaders of 487 00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:26,200 the home. Now some of you may not like 488 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,500 that, just tell him, preaching the word, talk to God about it, 489 00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:33,800 don't shoot the messenger, okay? The husband is the head of the 490 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:40,300 home. now, if he's a smart head, your leading together, but every 491 00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:43,100 organization needs to someone that makes the final decision. 492 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,900 and, A lot of guys, preach that is Yum the head of the home. 493 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:49,500 No, that's a heavy responsibility. 494 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:56,800 But you better occupy it because super nature hates a vacuum and 495 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,800 it will fill it for you. If you don't. 496 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,700 So, we need to step in and lead with humility. 497 00:34:03,900 --> 00:34:08,500 So that our prayers are heard. God wants to give us power in 498 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:14,300 prayer. Your prayers can be powerful and 499 00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:19,199 can move mountains. But your heart posture towards 500 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,699 others matter. Isaiah 58. 501 00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:27,300 The passage is often referred to as God's chosen fast because it 502 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:29,300 says this is the fast that I choose. 503 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:33,300 It's a passage on fasting. Isaiah gets this word from the 504 00:34:33,308 --> 00:34:34,699 Lord. He delivers to Israel, he tells 505 00:34:34,699 --> 00:34:35,900 him. Listen, guys. 506 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:41,600 God is frustrated because you're going on fast but you're doing 507 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,300 it wrong. You're saying, God, move Among 508 00:34:44,300 --> 00:34:47,199 Us. Lord were fasting. 509 00:34:47,699 --> 00:34:51,500 Why aren't you moving? And the Lord says, is it only 510 00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:54,199 for a day? You think I've called you to 511 00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:56,400 humble yourself? That's a key phrase. 512 00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:01,500 Is it only for a day, he's saying, if your prayers don't 513 00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:04,900 change you, they won't change the situation. 514 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:11,300 If you're fasting doesn't change you, it will not change anything 515 00:35:11,300 --> 00:35:15,600 else. So, fasting is not about just 516 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,300 skipping meals. It's about availing ourselves to 517 00:35:19,300 --> 00:35:22,200 the dealings of God, so that we come out the other side of this 518 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,600 thing and we're a little more Sanctified. 519 00:35:24,700 --> 00:35:26,600 We're a little more tender before heaven. 520 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:32,600 If you look and saw an Isaiah 58, he goes into this list of 521 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:36,400 things in every one of them is about how we treat other people. 522 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:42,400 He's saying you want Power this way, then express, love and 523 00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:46,000 mercy and kindness and tenderness this way. 524 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,800 In the way you respond to those around you. 525 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,500 Be the best employee in your company. 526 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,900 Be the best neighbor on your block. 527 00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:02,200 Be a person of kindness and tenderness. 528 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,400 And it'll give us prevailing prayer. 529 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:10,600 It's throughout the word and we often don't talk about this 530 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,700 because we think well that sounds like works. 531 00:36:13,700 --> 00:36:15,600 But you can't argue with the word of God. 532 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,800 And again it's not about works. It's not were earning the answer 533 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:23,900 to our prayers but it is US cleaning out the hindrances and 534 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:27,800 I'm telling you the biggest opposition when Daniels praying 535 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:31,700 again, it wasn't opposition in heaven. 536 00:36:31,700 --> 00:36:33,600 That was holding the answer back. 537 00:36:34,500 --> 00:36:39,900 It was opposition from the enemy but I would dare say it was also 538 00:36:39,900 --> 00:36:45,400 opposition within Daniels, own heart because there were things 539 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:50,800 that God was going after he always does. he goes after the 540 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:55,600 handles upon which the enemy holds, To stand his ground. 541 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:01,700 And if we can deal with them, if we can deal with the legal 542 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:07,000 ground, then the heavens begin to open. 543 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,200 Want to encourage you over the next two weeks. 544 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:15,800 Let's allow the Lord really to deal with us. 545 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:21,100 Let's ask him, Lord go deep. Lord, if there's anything in me 546 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:26,200 that needs to be dealt with or put your light on it. 547 00:37:26,700 --> 00:37:29,300 Let's be tender before him and understand. 548 00:37:30,300 --> 00:37:33,600 Everything is weighed in the balance is by your decision. 549 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:40,300 heaven and hell are always fixated on the human will 550 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:46,900 because the human will Tips, the balance. 551 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:52,200 Your decisions matter the human will is the Avenue through which 552 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,000 both Heaven and Hell. Invade the Earth. 553 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,800 There is no neutral ground. You don't get say, well, I don't 554 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,600 want to surrender to God, but I'm not going to I'm not going 555 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:05,200 to allow the kingdom of darkness that lines already been drawn. 556 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:10,400 Jesus said, you're either with me or against me. and Believers 557 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:18,200 can actually be dead weight behind which the enemy hides to 558 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:23,000 take shots at others. And so we've got to be very 559 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,200 aware of what the Lord's dealing with. 560 00:38:27,700 --> 00:38:30,400 I want to prom and ask the the worship team to come back up 561 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,500 here. I want to close with that song. 562 00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:37,000 Again, let Heaven Come, and I want this to be a prayer this 563 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,000 morning, okay? I want this to be a heartcry and 564 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,000 as they're coming. I want you to stand. 565 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:46,800 I want to pray over you. I purposely stopped at 52. 566 00:38:47,300 --> 00:38:51,500 We got eight and a half minutes - 15 seconds. 567 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:59,100 I want to pray over you. I want you to be receptive to 568 00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:04,000 this prayer this morning, okay? Ask yourself. 569 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:08,500 Can you receive this prayer? Can you be a recipient of this 570 00:39:08,500 --> 00:39:11,500 prayer? Father. 571 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:16,800 I ask that you would deal deeply with our hearts. 572 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:23,300 Lord where we're not wanted to be men and women who resist. 573 00:39:23,300 --> 00:39:28,100 You Lord, even those things that we have found our affections 574 00:39:28,100 --> 00:39:30,800 wrap around and we found we love them. 575 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:35,700 And sometimes those things even become addictions they may not 576 00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:39,600 be evil in and of themselves. But they've taken two prominent 577 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,500 a place in our life Lord were asking. 578 00:39:42,500 --> 00:39:45,700 God, that you would shed a light on it and Lord were asking for 579 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:53,500 your what God wants. But I want to want to I want to 580 00:39:53,500 --> 00:39:57,700 wanna. But I need his grace scripture 581 00:39:57,700 --> 00:40:02,100 says, it's his good pleasure both to Will, and to do his 582 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:05,700 grace, comes on you, to give you the right desires. 583 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,800 And then the ability to fulfill it. 584 00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:11,800 Some of you. There's there's a part of you 585 00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,700 that says yeah, I can't say, I really want him to go after 586 00:40:14,700 --> 00:40:17,100 those things. Are you willing to be made 587 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:21,200 willing? Are you willing to open the door 588 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:22,700 and say, God, please deal with me. 589 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:27,800 I want to be a candidate for you to ride in on I want you to do 590 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,600 this in my life. Let's just wait on the Lord for 591 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:35,200 a moment. Thanks for listening to our 592 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:36,900 podcast. 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