Dear Jesus, it doesn't
get any better than this.
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Jesus said, there is
more joy in heaven over
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one lost human being
than 99 people at AYC,
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who feel that they're saved
and don't need anything else.
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More joy in heaven
over one lost person
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in Sydney who gets
found. We're going door
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knocking tomorrow, we're
going door knocking tomorrow
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and so it would be wonderful
Lord, if you would just
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part the clouds
because we're going anyway.
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The devil isn't
going to win this one.
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But before we
go tomorrow tonight
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that weapon you have Oh!
God teach us how to wield it,
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by the glory of the
Lord Jesus Christ, whom we
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gladly cheerfully serve,
let all the friends of Jesus
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say amen and amen.
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I love it, you know I
got a lot of uni students
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on the campus
where I, where I serve,
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somebody came up to me
and said hey, who are you,
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what you do? Well,
let me just tell you, I,
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I pastor the Pioneer
Memorial Church on the campus of
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Andrews University.
We got 3500 young adults
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in that university and
I get to be the pastor.
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And, so I love it when
I see two young adult men,
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Oh! This is great, when
I see two young adult man
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come together and say,
hey let's pray together.
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Sometimes you see them
just bowing, bowing their heads,
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well it might be
in the cafeteria,
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it might be in walking across
campus. Hey, you wanna pray.
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Something about
spontaneous prayer you know,
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it's always calculated.
Well, let's see what is it
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Wednesday night, well we got
to pray, it's Wednesday night.
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Oh! That's alright,
but spontaneous prayer.
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When two young men
come together and say,
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hey you wanna pray, let's pray
that's why I love the story,
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Acts 1 is a great
story, we share that last night
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and Acts 2.
Let's go into Acts 3.
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This is one of
my favorite stories.
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I love this story;
two men coming together,
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they look at each
other. They both look at their
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watches and say,
Ah! It's almost time
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for prayer meeting, do you
want to go to prayer meeting
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with meeting
today? Yeah, I want to go.
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Let's go, two men,
we're not talking about
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wimps here. We're
talking about one of the men is
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so big, his shoulders
are just busting out of his,
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his worn fisherman
garment. This guy has been
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fishing all his life. The
other one's been fishing too.
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He's shorter, I
mean he is thinner.
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Not shorter in my
mind, a little thinner?
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He's younger, they
called him John Boy.
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Big guy, Peter is
looking at John Boy.
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Hey, John Boy
you want to go pray,
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let's go Pete.
They're moving through
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the crowded alley ways
of the holy city Jerusalem.
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It's almost 3 'O clock.
See that's why they had to
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look their watch. When
they saw that it's almost
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3 'O clock and say Ah!
This is prayer meeting,
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it's always prayer meeting
in Jerusalem at 3 'O clock.
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It the hour of
prayer. So, they are making
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their way through the
crowd, through the bizarre,
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all the wafting aroma
and odor, they're making
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their way through
deep in conversation.
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I love it when men
pray, I love it when they're
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on their way to prayer
meeting, because they're
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talking, they're thinking,
they're getting their minds
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ready now to encounter
the almighty God together.
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It's great to pray
alone, but tonight we're not
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talking about praying
alone. Tonight we are talking
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about praying together. Amen.
And, so the two of them just,
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just coming, and as
they're coming towards,
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as they're coming
towards the temple, it's enough
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at 3 'O clock in the
afternoon to take your breathe
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away and I am sure
they stopped and they said,
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wow! Towering over
the ascending stairway,
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towering high into the
blue heavens 3 'O clock
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in the afternoon, is
an ornate gate that is,
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that is composed
of carved marble.
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Carved marble
into which are sculpted
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almost lushes grapes,
grapes overlaid in gold.
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So, you have this, this
marble trellis working it's way
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over this towering gate.
And in the afternoon sun,
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they say when the
sun hit it at 3 'O clock
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in the afternoon
that gold turned to fire.
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No wonder they called
it, the gate beautiful.
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They said, lets go to
church and they're going
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through the gate beautiful.
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Here they come,
just the two of them,
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a crowd coming as
well, but they two of them,
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two young men in
prayer and as they come,
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two beady eyes
spotting they coming.
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Ah! There is
something on their faces
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that speaks of
God and generosity
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and gentle
compassion and locked on those
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two beady eyes, this
maybe what I have been
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waiting for today.
Because for everyday
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since he can
remember. They have brought him,
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Mr. Vegetable legs to
the gate beautiful and
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beneath it's
towering edifice. He would sit
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on two shriveled human
legs and do the only thing
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he now can do for
the rest of his life.
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He is 40 years old
and all he knows to do,
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is to put out up an
up turned palm and say,
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alms for the
poor, alms for the poor,
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a penny from your
heart, pity from your soul,
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alms for the poor.
And, they are coming,
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I supposed that most.
I, I would think the most
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generous people on
earth he would want
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to hit for a
donation would be people going
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to church, wouldn't you think.
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And he spots the
two fishermen, who are
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now making their way
up the marble stairway,
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ascending into
the fiery golden glory
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of gate
beautiful. He knows exactly
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which step they need
to touch, when they touch
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that step, he
begins his little chant.
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He knows how much time
it takes for a worshiper to
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get to the top.
Boom, as they hit that
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step Alms for the poor,
hey fellows' alms for the poor,
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a penny from your
pocket, pity from your heart,
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alms for the
poor and they come up.
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Lost in
conversation, suddenly they hear
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this whining
appeal, alms for the poor
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and the big one, with
the shoulders that are
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stretching, his
poor little garment,
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the big one looks
at the beggar and as he
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hits the top
stair Peter looking down
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at that shriveled
specimen of humanity,
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Peter in a voice everybody
can hear says, Yo! Look at us.
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And the heart of that
beggar about goes through
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the roof because you
know what's happening,
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don't you? The man
has just announced this to
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everybody that means
he has a huge donation. He
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is going to make
today on the way to worship
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and with the eager expectation
of assumed to be recipient.
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He locks on to the eyes,
the gaze of the big fisherman.
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Peter sees that look
of hope and Peter quickly
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douses that fire. Look
at us. Ah! I have no silver,
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and I have no gold, Ah!
Take a look, step, just my luck,
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two poor
fisherman. Look at me, I said
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I have no silver, and no
gold, but such as we have,
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I now give to you in the
name of Jesus of Nazareth
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get up and walk. Petrified,
frozen he just stares,
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these are
vegetables, they don't walk
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and that muscular arm
that has pulled in the fish
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by the bucket
folds, that burly hairy arm
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of Peter reaches
out, sees the paralysis
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on that face, 40
year old countenance and
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Peter reaches
down and grabs that man
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by his bony wrist
and somewhere between
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down and up two
vegetables shoo are alive,
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and legs, and the man
starts dancing, wouldn't you?
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It says he was really
weeping, jumping and crying out,
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I do walk, I can walk,
did I tell you there were
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vegetables from the birth
for 40 years, two vegetables.
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And now he can walk, I
love that story, don't you?
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Yeah. I just, you
tell to me again will you,
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I just love that
story. In facts let's read it,
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let's put it on the
screen. Let's put the,
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put the screen up
please. Down on all fours,
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prime time Acts 3,
we've been to Acts 1,
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we've been to Acts 2,
we're gonna go to Acts 3.
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We'll be in Acts
again tomorrow morning.
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Down on all fours, you got
the study guide, don't you?
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You're not gonna read it
quite yet, hang on to it,
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let's go. Let's
go to Acts chapter 3.
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I'll read this and
your hearing. One day Peter
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and John were
going up to the temple
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at the time of prayer
at three in afternoon,
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it's prayer
meeting. It's Wednesday,
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do you go to your
church at prayer meeting?
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I want to comeback to
that in case you don't?
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One day Peter and John
were going up to the temple
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at the time of prayer,
at three in the afternoon.
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Now a man who is lame
from birth and we know from
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chapter 4, he's 40
years old. Now a man who
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is lame from birth
was being carried to the
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temple gate called
Beautiful, where he was put
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everyday to beg
from those going into
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the temple courts.
That's all he knows how to do,
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what's he supposed to
do. There is nothing he can
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do in that society, so he begs.
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Verse 3, and when
he saw Peter and John
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about to enter, he spots
them coming up those stairs,
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when he saw them
he ask them for money.
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Alms for the poor.
Peter looked straight at him,
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as did John. Then
Peter said, "Look at us!"
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Amen. "Look at us!"
Ah! This is gonna be huge.
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So, the man gave them his
attention, expecting to get
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something from
them. Peter said, hey
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"Silver or gold I do
not have, but what I do
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have I give you now. In the name
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of Jesus Christ
of Nazareth, walk."
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Boom, electricity.
Taking him by the right hand,
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see the guy's
paralyzed, he not gonna move,
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taking him by the
right hand, he helped him up,
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and instantly
between brought down and up
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the man's feet and
ankles become strong.
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He jumped to his
feet and began to walk.
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Then he went with them
into the temple courts,
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walking, jumping
and praising God.
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And when all the people
saw walking and praising God,
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they recognized
him as the same man
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who used to sit
begging at the temple gate
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called Beautiful,
and they were filled with
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wonder and amazement at
what had happened to him,
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the end. Oh! My,
Hallelujah. Thomas Aquinas,
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the great church
father, Roman Catholic faith.
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Thomas Aquinas
was once being given
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a tour of the Vatican by
Pope Innocent the fourth.
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Alright, so the Pope has taken,
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taken Thomas through
the Vatican, this room,
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this, this
spectacular, fresh coat lobby,
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he comes into the treasury
and on the tables of the
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treasury are heaped
piles of gold bullion.
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And as he takes the
church father with him,
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the scholar, as he
brings him in, he says,
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the Pope, the Pope
says to Thomas, you see
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Thomas the church
can no longer say, silver
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and gold have I
none. Oh! Yes Holy Father,
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he shot back,
but neither can she
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say in the name of Jesus
of Nazareth get up and walk.
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Ah! Yeah, we
can't say that, can we?
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Doing pretty well in
Sydney. Got some great church
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plans, lovely
facilities, wonderful hospital,
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great college, not too
far from there, we got it.
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But neither can she
say in the name of Jesus
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of Nazareth get up and
walk. What's happening?
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Where is the
power of Christ today
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in the church that you and I
love, I am a fifth generation
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Adventist, fourth generation
preacher, my children are
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sixth generation
Adventists. Where is the power
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of Christ? Today, in
the church you and I love,
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in the name of Jesus
of Nazareth, I command
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you get up and walk.
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On my page for Acts 3
in my Bible, I wrote these
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words down, I quoted
them from a little book called
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the Great Controversy,
maybe, maybe you've heard
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of that book. I'm
gonna tilt my Bible so,
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I get the light on it.
The great work, listen to this
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guys. The great work of
the Gospel is not to close
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with less manifestation
of the power of God,
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then marked its
opening. And that's not.
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Umm! It's not gonna
close with less power.
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Umm! In then name of
Jesus of Nazareth get
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up and walk, will
happen one day all over again.
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Amen. So, something is
going on here that we got
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to find out, there is
something we must tap into,
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if it will ever happen
again. Take out your study guide
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will you, let's go.
Let's move it. Okay.
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Take out your study guide,
let's go to that first line,
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you see the website
there www.pmchurch.tv
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if I go too fast,
and we leave out a blank,
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you go to that website
you will get the study guide
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and have all the
answers at the bottom.
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Let's go, the prime
time secret of the church
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at the beginning and at
the ending remains the same;
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It is the time of prayer that
unleashes the time of power.
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Would you get that down please?
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The time of prayer
unleashes the time of power.
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Let's go back to Acts
chapter 3 verse 1 for a moment.
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One day Peter and
John were going up to
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the temple at what
time of the day were they,
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were they going to
the temple. This is not
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a little aside, Luke is in
the, the inclusion by physician,
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Dr. Luke is intentional. What
time of the day are they going
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to the temple?
It's the time of what?
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It's the time of prayer.
No accident, that it is a
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time of prayer that
unleashes the time of, of power.
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It was while they were on
their way to prayer meeting
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that the miracle takes
place, but maybe we get a
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lot more miracles if
we went to prayer meeting,
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you ever think about that?
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Amen. I am gonna ask
you to raise your hand.
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How many of you, how many
of you go to prayer meeting?
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Because I don't
want to embarrass you.
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I am not even gonna ask if
this is a room full of pastors,
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how many of you
still have prayer meeting
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because I don't
want to embarrass them.
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Now your church has
prayer meeting, I know that,
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but how many of you
go to prayer meeting.
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I mean this is
AYC. Oh! Pastor Gary
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and Johnny Wong, everybody
has been talking of AYC,
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this is a great youth
movement. In Australia today,
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well Hallelujah, I praise
God for this youth movement.
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I'm wondering if this
youth movement is affecting the
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church on Wednesday nights.
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Amen. Because you can
talk Evangelism all you want,
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but if you're
not talking prayer,
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you got the wrong church. Amen.
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You got the wrong church.
It's not just about Evangelism,
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it's about prayer
that leads to power,
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it's a time that
leads to a time of power.
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Not a time of power that
leads to a time of prayer,
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if we're not, if
we're not praying together
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on Wednesday nights. If
we're not praying together on
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Wednesday nights. And God
knows that's the only night
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that we will give
to him during the week.
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Unless you're in a care
group, by the way I'm proud
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if you're in a care
group, unless you're gonna
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start an SOS group, which
we'll talk about tomorrow.
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If we're not in a
group that is praying to God,
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they'll be no time of
power. The time of prayer
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must perceive the time
of power. That's the whole
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point of tonight's teaching.
The time of prayer must
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precede the time of
power, the two go together.
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Amen. They go
together. So, if you're not
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going to prayer
meeting and you wanna make a
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difference in the local
church because that's what
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I really admire about AYC.
It is local church connected,
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it's not this little Casa
Libre that we filled with air,
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has these big meeting that
are dealing with controversial
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subjects and then
goes off into the world.
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No, no, no AYC is about
moving into the local church,
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the local city,
the local village,
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the local country side
moving in for the Lord Jesus
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and you're staying
connected to the local church,
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good on you. Amen, amen.
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Alright, so that's
what I like about it.
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Which means you got to
think about prayer meeting.
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You can't cut prayer
meeting out of your strategy.
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Well, I am so busy, I am
so busy doing the Lord's work,
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I don't have time
for prayer meeting.
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Are you serious, did you really
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mean what you just said?
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You're so busy
doing the Lord's work,
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you don't have time for
prayer meeting, give me a break.
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Come on, you got to
have time for prayer. Amen
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It's the time of prayer
that leads to the time of power,
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alright. Amen. We got
that straight. Prayer, listen
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to this Frank
Laubach. Boy, this is dynamite,
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don't you love this quotation.
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"Prayer is the
mightiest power on Earth.
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Enough of us, if
we prayed enough,
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could save the
world, if we prayed enough."
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We're not praying, we
got a little prayer tent,
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a little prayer
corner in this building.
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There in a whole lot of
you are making a, a b line
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to that prayer time.
Every time you get a break.
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Come on, come
on, lets be real now.
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A little reality,
reality check time. We're loving
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the stories,
loving the testimonies,
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loving to hear about Evangelism,
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who is loving
praying around here.
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There isn't a whole
lot of that, is there?
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Or you're praying in
your heart Hallelujah,
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good for you. Well, at
least there is a lot of prayer
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going on there.
Praying in the heart.
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Well, Peter could
have said that to John,
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John I got, can't
go. John, I can't go to
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the temple today
I'm praying in my heart.
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You go to the temple
alone. They probably had a
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prayer group in the
temple you go, meet with them.
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I am too busy
right now. Come on guys;
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get real, pray, time of
prayer leads to time of power.
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Amen. It's not the
other way around. Well,
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we will have some great
miracles in Sydney one day.
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We'll have even better
testimonies than these,
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then we'll really pray.
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Amen. Are you serious?
It's the other way around.
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He will never get it.
You will never get the big
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stories and then nothing
is bigger than this anyway.
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But you want the big
stuff, you want to heal guys,
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don t you? You
want the miracles.
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Your not going to
get any miracle, Joseph
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unless you pray in New Zealand,
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isn't that
right? Amen. Yeah, amen,
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alright. time of prayer and
so isn't this a great quote,
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"Prayer is the
mightiest power on Earth.
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Enough of us, if
we prayed enough,
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could save the
world, if we prayed enough."
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We got to pray
together. We just have to get
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this mentality
of praying together.
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Look at this one,
John Dawson by the way.
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Hey, Joseph
since you're sitting on
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the front row and
you're from New Zealand,
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here is a kiwi.
This guy is a kiwi.
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John Dawson is a kiwi.
Take a look at this quote, Joe.
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Anybody else from
New Zealand by the way?
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Any kiwis here. Don't
be ashamed, Hallelujah.
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Hallelujah. John
Dawson is a kiwi.
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The priorities, and
by the way this book,
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Taking our Cities
for God is dynamite.
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I read the book four five times,
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it just stirs me up.
"The priorities of eternity
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and the spiritual world
should be the realities that
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dominate our
thinking." Now, here
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is a troubling
question. Are you an Adventist?
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No, he says Christian
doesn't he. Excuse me."
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Are you a
Christian in belief, but
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an agnostic in
practice? Ho, ho, wow!
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What are you saying Mr. Kiwi?
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You're saying, hey are
you going around telling
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people I am an
Adventist Christian, I am an
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Adventist Christian, I
am an Adventist Christian,
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but act you like an
agnostic because you
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never talk to God, you
never, you never get down
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on your knees and plea with God.
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You don't believe in
the power of prayer do you?
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You're a Christian in name
and an agnostic in practice.
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Wow! The priorities of
eternity and the spiritual
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world should be the
realities that dominate our
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thinking. Oh! The
prayer of a human being,
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do you believe this.
"The prayer of a human being
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can alter history by releasing
angels into the Earth."
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Do you believe
that, that when we pray
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angels are
released into this Earth.
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Amen. You believe
that? Yeah, believe it. If we
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really believed it, we
be praying all the time.
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If we, in fact let me
just put the rest that.
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Rest of that quotation,
'cause I think, do you have
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this on your study guide.
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"The prayer of a human
being can alter history
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by releasing
angels into the Earth."
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If we really
believed this truth,
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we would pray with
intensity, and we would
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pray constantly. I'm going
to leave at it for a while.
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We would pray with
intensity and we would pray
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constantly. We would
pray and pray and pray.
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Why because we know that when
we pray angels are released.
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By the way, it is
now the Seventh-day
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Adventist perspective.
I will tell you what
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the Adventist
perspective is, we're in a great
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controversy. Those of you who
have taken the little seminar
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that we are doing
together, we're in, we're in
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this war theme. The universe
is at war; it's a civil war
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right now. Isn't that right?
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Amen. It's a civil war
going on in this universe.
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We have a fallen angel
who is holding this planet
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and declares that it
belongs to him and nobody
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not even God can get it back.
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And, God had to
come down here infiltrate
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the planet and
land behind enemy lands.
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The rifle came and
died for the human race.
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God has won this planet
back. He is going to get
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it back, trust me.
He will get it back.
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But in this battle
called the great controversy,
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God cannot move,
unless two, two, two, two
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possibilities. Possibility A,
the person who is being held in
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bondage asked to be delivered.
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Amen. Boom, just
like that God's there.
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Because you see the rules
are fair play, are you okay?
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The girl's mine,
what's your problem?
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Don't you
understand? She belongs to me,
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stay away from here.
She's never asked for you,
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she's never thought about
you. I've been watching her
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24/7, she
doesn't want you. Adios
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and that's the way it works,
that's it okay, okay, okay.
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But option B, option B
is your praying for her.
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Amen. God shows up
again. Hey, didn't I just
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tell you, you can't
come here. Hey, move aside
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you wimp. Amen.
Move aside, I know she is
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not praying for me,
but I have a friend of mine
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who is praying for her to me.
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And I am here on
behalf of my friend. Amen.
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Adios, boom, she
still may say no.
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But God's taking every
excuse he can to get her.
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That's how it works.
It's the rules of fair play.
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God is so free and so
fair. He won't force his
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love on anybody.
You don't want me,
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love in order to be
loved must not only give you
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the right to say yes, it
must also give you the right
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to say no. Amen. No, you
don't want me, I'll leave.
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You don't want
me. Are you serious?
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? I am your life
and you don't want me.
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Go away, I'll
go. So, when you pray
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for a heart that is
not praying for itself.
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God has an excuse, I am coming.
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I got a friend of
mine, who is praying.
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So that's how it
works. Amen. Yeah. Amen.
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So, that's why when,
when Peter is in prison.
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Peter's in prison.
Herod has just cut off the
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head of James. Very interesting
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in Acts chapter 12.
They don't pray for James.
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Herod arrest
James and you know what
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they're thinking, don't
you? He is part of the inside
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circle. The circle of
three, remember James, John,
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and Peter. Hey, these
guys are, these guys are
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immortal man. They're
not, nothing is gonna happen
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to them. They don't
pray for James, gone.
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Whoa! We should
pray for everybody.
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So, Herod says, Ah! The
Jewish leader love this.
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Who else in that
inner circle, Peter,
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arrest boom he
is in the dungeon,
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the fortress, Herod's
fortress. The church has
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just learned
unfortunately the very hard way
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that they need to pray
for even the people who
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are closest to Jesus
because there is no immunity.
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You maybe the closest
friend Jesus has in Sydney and
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something awful
could happen to you.
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I am sorry we're
living in a battle zone.
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Amen. You can
die, but that's okay.
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You will live again.
Amen. You will live again
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and when God puts
that crown on your head.
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And he holds your
face and he says, I
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told you I would
make it up to you.
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They're gonna be tears
coming down your cheeks
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and you're gonna
follow Jesus nails carved
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feet and you're
gonna hug his feet
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and you're gonna
weep and laugh and worship
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at the same time. Amen.
He'll make it up to you,
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don't you worry?
You die, you die.
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We'll miss you, but
you'll come again to life. Amen.
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So, boy the church
realized, we gotta pray.
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They weren't praying
for James, but boy they're;
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they're having all
night prayer meetings now.
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All night prayer
meetings and you know the story.
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Everybody loves the story
of Acts 12. Peter sound asleep.
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Does Peter have a
guardian angel, yes or no?
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Yes. Does angel know
how Peter sleeps, yes or no?
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Yes. Has an angel
watched Peter sleep all
00:25:44.63\00:25:46.46
his life, yes or no? Yes.
00:25:46.46\00:25:48.00
Yes, so the angel
knows that he can't come
00:25:48.00\00:25:49.70
to Peter and say, hey
Peter. Peter, hey Peter
00:25:49.70\00:25:52.03
would you want to
get up Pete, Pete. Pete.
00:25:52.03\00:25:54.20
The angel knows, this
boy sleeps like a log.
00:25:55.50\00:25:59.20
And, that's why in Acts 12
you have his guarding angel,
00:25:59.20\00:26:01.80
being what I hope. You
know, I hope my guarding angel
00:26:01.80\00:26:04.36
is a little more
thoughtful than that because
00:26:05.90\00:26:07.00
Acts 12 said and you
already read in the King James.
00:26:07.00\00:26:08.13
It says, he smote Peter.
Boom, oh! That's what happened.
00:26:08.13\00:26:18.00
I am not making it
up. That's what happened.
00:26:18.00\00:26:20.03
He smote him, 'cause he
knows how the guy sleeps.
00:26:20.03\00:26:23.06
Karen just says,
Dwight, Dwight, I'm up.
00:26:23.06\00:26:24.93
Some of us are
light sleepers Peter.
00:26:24.93\00:26:27.46
Now, he was, he is
wide awake. He thinks
00:26:29.73\00:26:31.50
he is dreaming.
He is wide awake,
00:26:31.50\00:26:33.90
but he thinks he is
dreaming. Put on your coat.
00:26:33.90\00:26:37.56
Sssh! Oh! The chains
come, he puts his coat on.
00:26:37.56\00:26:42.80
Peter and the angel
says; they go through,
00:26:42.80\00:26:53.03
the soldiers are
all sleeping. Next gate,
00:26:53.03\00:26:58.33
three sets of gates.
Peter says feels like night air.
00:26:59.86\00:27:05.20
The angel smiles
and nods at him, gone.
00:27:05.20\00:27:10.10
Wow! I'm here,
I'm outside the jail.
00:27:10.10\00:27:15.20
I gotta get out of here.
And, guess where he goes.
00:27:15.20\00:27:19.50
He goes to the upper
room, the very upper room
00:27:19.50\00:27:21.10
where Jesus washed the
disciples feet, the very
00:27:21.10\00:27:22.70
upper room where
Pentecost took place,
00:27:22.70\00:27:24.20
I got to preach
in that upper room.
00:27:24.20\00:27:25.60
In Jerusalem,
the archeologist say,
00:27:25.60\00:27:27.16
this is the
very same upper room.
00:27:27.16\00:27:29.50
I am telling you, there
is nothing like standing
00:27:29.50\00:27:31.30
in that upper room. I
got to preach in it once.
00:27:31.30\00:27:33.70
Amen. Peter goes to
that upper room, boom, boom.
00:27:33.70\00:27:38.06
And, a young adult,
there are only three only
00:27:38.06\00:27:42.30
young adults mentioned
by name. You're gonna find
00:27:42.30\00:27:44.00
the other one
tomorrow, three of them.
00:27:44.00\00:27:45.90
Her name means rose, she comes,
00:27:45.90\00:27:49.13
and you remember
little exchange to the door.
00:27:49.13\00:27:51.16
This is Peter,
Peter who? Peter me.
00:27:51.16\00:27:53.30
Peter who? Peter me, let me in.
00:27:53.30\00:27:55.20
We are praying
for Peter right now.
00:27:55.20\00:27:57.36
Can't let you in, bye.
It's me Rhoda, it's me.
00:27:57.36\00:28:01.10
We're praying
for Peter right now.
00:28:01.10\00:28:03.70
Rhoda, it's me. She
leaves him at the door,
00:28:03.70\00:28:07.16
that young adult is so excited.
00:28:07.16\00:28:09.36
She goes running
in, they're having an
00:28:09.36\00:28:11.60
all night prayer
meeting and when she says,
00:28:11.60\00:28:14.20
guys time out, whoa.
Peter is at the door,
00:28:14.20\00:28:17.56
they say, Rhoda,
we're praying for Peter.
00:28:17.56\00:28:20.33
Get down on your
knees. People pray
00:28:20.33\00:28:24.06
and have no faith that
their prayers will be answered.
00:28:24.06\00:28:26.36
Amen. And, they had no
clue. It's not Peter Rhoda.
00:28:26.36\00:28:29.43
It's a problem when put
young adults in charge of the
00:28:29.43\00:28:31.46
church. They get
these crazy ideas.
00:28:31.46\00:28:33.16
Sit down girl and
start praying with us.
00:28:33.16\00:28:34.86
She said I am telling
you Peter is at the door.
00:28:34.86\00:28:37.26
Okay, John go with her.
Peter, where did you come from?
00:28:37.26\00:28:44.66
"The prayer of a human
being can alter history by
00:28:47.33\00:28:51.60
releasing angels
into the earth. If we
00:28:51.60\00:28:54.20
really believed this
truth, we would pray with
00:28:54.20\00:28:56.70
intensity, and we
would pray constantly."
00:28:56.70\00:28:59.20
Amen. You wouldn't have to
call all night prayer meeting.
00:28:59.20\00:29:01.56
The young adults of
AYC would gather their own
00:29:01.56\00:29:03.83
prayer meetings. They
would be in prayer meetings.
00:29:03.83\00:29:05.90
If there are only three
people there they are in
00:29:05.90\00:29:07.76
prayer meeting, they're
not saying for the whole church
00:29:07.76\00:29:09.23
to show up. They
just believe that if two
00:29:09.23\00:29:11.23
or three are gathered
in my name, I'm there.
00:29:11.23\00:29:14.30
Amen. And, they're
praying because they want
00:29:14.30\00:29:17.10
to unleash the
angels of heaven. So that
00:29:17.10\00:29:19.70
angels can go to hearts that
are not wanting to be saved.
00:29:19.70\00:29:23.16
But if God has a
friend praying for
00:29:23.16\00:29:25.06
that heart. God can get
in. God can get in. Amen.
00:29:25.06\00:29:27.86
That's why we go to
pray, we gotta pray, alright.
00:29:27.86\00:29:32.50
So, how shall we pray?
00:29:32.50\00:29:37.66
I'm going to give
you five ways to pray.
00:29:41.46\00:29:44.90
A couple quotations are
gonna lead us up to those five.
00:29:44.90\00:29:47.00
You gotta have this
in your study guides,
00:29:47.00\00:29:48.10
so grab your study guides.
00:29:48.10\00:29:49.16
No wonder the book of
Acts records the praying of
00:29:49.16\00:29:51.26
its prime time players,
25 times! Prime time players
00:29:51.26\00:29:54.90
in Acts are praying 25
times, boy there must be a
00:29:54.90\00:29:57.70
message in that number 25.
Write it in your study guide,
00:29:57.70\00:30:00.13
please. Prayer is the power
of passion put to practice.
00:30:00.13\00:30:04.53
Okay, so last night, we
prayer oh! God fill me with your
00:30:04.53\00:30:07.06
passion for lost people.
Do you want God's passion for
00:30:07.06\00:30:09.60
lost people? Do you?
00:30:09.60\00:30:11.20
Amen. Praying is how
you get the power, power.
00:30:11.20\00:30:17.50
Prayer is the power of
passion put into practice.
00:30:17.50\00:30:21.00
That's it; prayer
is the power of passion
00:30:22.06\00:30:25.53
put into practice. When
you pray for lost people,
00:30:25.53\00:30:29.00
you are entering into
God's passion and you will never
00:30:29.00\00:30:32.63
be the same again.
Prayer is the power of passion
00:30:32.63\00:30:36.66
put into practice, alright.
Let's take a look at this
00:30:36.66\00:30:39.13
quotation. God's love
for the lost earth children
00:30:39.13\00:30:47.93
is the greatest
power in this universe!
00:30:47.93\00:30:50.63
There is no stronger power
on the earth in God's love.
00:30:52.36\00:30:55.00
Strongest power in the
universe is nuclear fishing
00:30:55.00\00:31:00.06
at Calvary. Andrew
Murray, the great South African
00:31:00.06\00:31:05.70
preacher from the
time of Ellen White.
00:31:05.70\00:31:07.96
Andrew Murray
wrote, wrote these words.
00:31:07.96\00:31:10.40
"Where there is much
prayer there will be much of the
00:31:10.40\00:31:12.46
Spirit, and where
there is much of the Spirit,
00:31:12.46\00:31:14.60
there will be much
prayer, between our impotence."
00:31:14.60\00:31:17.33
That means no power,
alright so that's you will need.
00:31:17.33\00:31:19.50
We have no power, we
have, we're impotent.
00:31:19.50\00:31:21.40
Between our impotence
and God's omnipotence,
00:31:21.40\00:31:24.16
that's all power."Intercession
is the blessed link."
00:31:24.16\00:31:28.50
"Intercession is
the blessed link."
00:31:31.23\00:31:34.30
Wow! That's
must be why Jesus was
00:31:34.30\00:31:38.73
so big on
intercession. Remember even
00:31:38.73\00:31:42.80
while he was here,
they're on the way to the
00:31:42.80\00:31:44.33
Garden of Gethsemane
and Jesus say, hey, hey,
00:31:44.33\00:31:45.93
hey, hey Simon,
Simon, remember that.
00:31:45.93\00:31:48.76
Luke 22 Simon, Simon, by
the way whenever God calls
00:31:48.76\00:31:52.90
your name twice, he is
feeling very close to you,
00:31:52.90\00:31:56.13
Abraham, Abraham.
Martha, Martha. Simon, Simon.
00:31:56.73\00:32:03.13
Saul, Saul. When God
calls your name twice,
00:32:03.13\00:32:07.73
he is feeling very
close to you. Simon, Simon,
00:32:07.73\00:32:13.56
I have prayed for
you. When you're converted?
00:32:13.56\00:32:17.26
Amen. When you're converted?
00:32:18.43\00:32:22.13
You will lead your brothers.
I have prayed for Simon, Simon.
00:32:22.13\00:32:27.86
Alright that's why
I love Hebrew 7:25,
00:32:27.86\00:32:30.56
don't you love Hebrew
7:25, for he ever liveth.
00:32:30.56\00:32:33.06
Guess what,
that's today, right now.
00:32:33.06\00:32:34.50
For he ever liveth to
make intercession for them.
00:32:34.50\00:32:38.96
Seeing he is able to say
them, unto to the outermost,
00:32:38.96\00:32:42.76
isn't that it? He is able
to save us to the outermost,
00:32:42.76\00:32:46.16
for he ever liveth to
make intercession for us.
00:32:46.16\00:32:48.43
He is always
praying. For you by name.
00:32:48.43\00:32:51.60
He is praying for you
and me by name right now,
00:32:51.96\00:32:54.10
Hallelujah. So, one more
text, then this list of five.
00:32:54.10\00:32:57.46
So, that's why Paul is so
big on intercessory prayer.
00:32:57.46\00:33:00.26
It's what saved him
and a nice pray for Saul
00:33:00.26\00:33:03.63
before he ever met him.
Oh! Boy was Ananias down
00:33:03.63\00:33:05.46
on his knees praying for Saul.
00:33:05.46\00:33:07.26
I am gonna have to
go to see this man.
00:33:07.26\00:33:09.20
First Timothy
chapter two, Paul writing,
00:33:09.20\00:33:11.36
"I urge then the
petitions, prayers, and
00:33:11.36\00:33:13.13
intercession and thanksgiving
be made for everyone."
00:33:13.13\00:33:15.86
This is good, why should
we be praying for everyone.
00:33:15.86\00:33:18.26
Ah! Because this is good
and it pleases God our savior,
00:33:18.26\00:33:20.80
who wants all
people to be saved.
00:33:20.80\00:33:22.70
There it is, you
can't get away from it guys.
00:33:22.70\00:33:24.83
The greatest
passion in the universe
00:33:24.83\00:33:26.80
is the power of God's
passion for a lost people.
00:33:26.80\00:33:29.83
His love for lost
people is a passion.
00:33:29.83\00:33:31.96
Why does he want
us to pray for people
00:33:31.96\00:33:33.93
because he wants
all people to be saved,
00:33:33.93\00:33:35.26
he wants all people to come
to the knowledge of the truth.
00:33:35.26\00:33:37.50
That's why, so how
shall I pray for lost people.
00:33:37.50\00:33:41.16
Here we go, jot
these down, five of them.
00:33:41.16\00:33:42.40
And then I'll sit down.
00:33:42.40\00:33:43.50
Number one, how
can I effectively pray
00:33:44.03\00:33:46.53
for the lost people.
ah! Guess there is one more.
00:33:46.53\00:33:49.16
Wesley, you can't
beat this line though.
00:33:49.16\00:33:50.70
"You can love more
people through prayer than
00:33:50.70\00:33:52.36
any other way."
Yeah, get that down.
00:33:52.36\00:33:54.56
There is no
greater way to love people.
00:33:54.56\00:33:55.96
There is no
greater way to love people
00:33:57.23\00:33:58.40
than through prayer, you're
can love more people through
00:33:58.40\00:34:02.00
prayer than any
other way, alright.
00:34:02.00\00:34:04.86
Now, finally we get to these
five. Let's go, number one.
00:34:04.86\00:34:08.83
Make a list.
Number one, make a list.
00:34:08.83\00:34:11.63
What are you
talking about Dwight?
00:34:11.63\00:34:13.30
What I am talking about
is, if you don't have a list,
00:34:13.30\00:34:15.83
you will never
remember to pray for them.
00:34:15.83\00:34:17.46
Who goes on the
list, jot this down please.
00:34:17.46\00:34:19.60
Anyone you care about,
who needs to know Christ
00:34:19.60\00:34:22.00
and his truth goes on this list.
00:34:22.00\00:34:23.76
Now, I'm not
talking about Aunt Bertha,
00:34:23.76\00:34:25.26
who is gonna have
surgery in three weeks.
00:34:25.26\00:34:26.86
You may pray for
Aunt Bertha of course.
00:34:26.86\00:34:29.43
She is not on your lost
people prayer list though.
00:34:29.43\00:34:31.53
Now, you understand
that. Aunt Bertha is
00:34:31.53\00:34:33.53
Aunt Bertha, she
needs your prayers.
00:34:33.53\00:34:35.16
But that's not, this
not this prayer list.
00:34:35.16\00:34:37.36
We're not putting a
hospital checklist together.
00:34:37.36\00:34:40.10
This is for lost
people. Some of them could be
00:34:40.10\00:34:42.60
in the hospital. Anyone you care
00:34:42.60\00:34:44.70
about who needs to
know Christ and his truth.
00:34:44.70\00:34:46.86
Who will that be?
You have a family tree.
00:34:46.86\00:34:48.90
So, let's just start with
the people who are closest
00:34:48.90\00:34:50.76
on earth to you. How many people
00:34:50.76\00:34:52.40
on your family tree tonight?
So, here is your family tree,
00:34:52.40\00:34:54.83
all the branches, wow! Look
at all those cousins out there.
00:34:54.83\00:34:57.23
How many of those
are you close enough
00:34:57.23\00:34:59.40
to know are lost, they are lost.
00:34:59.40\00:35:02.10
If Jesus were to come tonight,
00:35:02.10\00:35:04.03
they wouldn't
be going to heaven.
00:35:04.03\00:35:05.90
Those are the people you
pray for, the lost people.
00:35:05.90\00:35:09.13
Don't put your whole
family tree on your prayer list,
00:35:09.13\00:35:10.90
because look,
what's the point of it.
00:35:10.90\00:35:12.53
But pick out, let the
Holy Spirit kind of nudge you.
00:35:12.53\00:35:15.40
Uh huh, yeah, whoa!
Cousin, cousin, cousin.
00:35:15.40\00:35:17.76
Uncle, uncle, put
them down, put them down.
00:35:17.76\00:35:19.36
Put down the names of
your family, who are lost.
00:35:19.36\00:35:23.20
Put down the names
of your mates, your
00:35:23.20\00:35:24.90
friends who are lost?
Only put the lost ones,
00:35:24.90\00:35:28.23
don't put the saved ones
on and you can pray for them
00:35:28.23\00:35:30.06
in another time.
You've a prayer list, but
00:35:30.06\00:35:31.70
the prayer list must be
composed of lost people.
00:35:31.70\00:35:34.60
People you are in class with.
00:35:34.60\00:35:36.73
I was just talking with
one of our young adults today;
00:35:36.73\00:35:38.60
we were at the
Gideon table, Hallelujah.
00:35:38.60\00:35:41.26
We've figured out
why the Gideon table by
00:35:41.26\00:35:43.06
the way today was
out in the blazing sun,
00:35:43.06\00:35:45.10
the rest of you
were in the shade.
00:35:45.10\00:35:46.23
We were in the sun,
Gideon. We have found out,
00:35:46.23\00:35:50.10
because one of our
people tell, I am telling you
00:35:50.10\00:35:52.23
the truth, isn't
that right? Sunny,
00:35:52.23\00:35:53.33
your name is Sunny
and that's why they had,
00:35:53.33\00:35:55.23
she's ended up
on our table, sunny,
00:35:55.23\00:35:58.00
so God put us
right under the sun,
00:35:58.00\00:35:59.66
whichever group
she is in tomorrow,
00:35:59.66\00:36:03.13
I'll be praying for you.
00:36:03.13\00:36:04.10
It'll be wonderful wouldn't
it, if he had sun tomorrow,
00:36:06.83\00:36:07.83
that would be wonderful.
God give us sun please.
00:36:07.83\00:36:09.36
But anyways, so I am
sitting by somebody else,
00:36:09.36\00:36:12.26
who is a premed
student, she going into medicine
00:36:12.26\00:36:15.03
and she says you know, I
got a, I got a professor,
00:36:15.03\00:36:17.53
who is ridiculing
monotheism upfront in class.
00:36:17.53\00:36:20.83
He just ridiculing.
Belief in a one, in a God.
00:36:20.83\00:36:24.13
Hey, God just gave you a
name, perhaps it's a professor,
00:36:24.13\00:36:27.83
you ought to start praying lost.
00:36:27.83\00:36:30.20
He is clearly lost.
Lost, he goes on your list.
00:36:30.20\00:36:34.70
People you golf with,
people you ride bikes with,
00:36:34.70\00:36:38.23
people you go diving
with, it doesn't matter.
00:36:38.23\00:36:41.43
Your friends, lost
people. Neighbors, lost people.
00:36:41.43\00:36:44.96
Anybody you care
about, so it has to be
00:36:44.96\00:36:47.20
somebody you care about,
who knows Christ and his truth.
00:36:47.20\00:36:49.93
Now, look at, it
doesn't, it doesn't would be,
00:36:49.93\00:36:51.36
it doesn't have to be
somebody you know personally.
00:36:51.36\00:36:53.46
I have a couple of
preachers three, two preachers
00:36:53.46\00:36:55.80
who are total strangest
to me, I know who they are,
00:36:55.80\00:36:58.76
they have no idea who
I am they, you know they,
00:36:58.76\00:37:00.63
they would be,
they would be affronted.
00:37:00.63\00:37:03.06
He is praying for me,
what do you think I am? Lost.
00:37:04.26\00:37:06.56
I am praying for them
because they don't know all
00:37:07.86\00:37:10.40
the truth yet.
And they will know it.
00:37:10.40\00:37:12.50
And I am thinking
God, if you could save
00:37:12.50\00:37:14.50
these two, lead them into truth.
00:37:14.50\00:37:17.03
God wants everybody to
be saved and to come to
00:37:17.03\00:37:18.53
a knowledge of the
truth, if you could,
00:37:18.53\00:37:20.23
if you could bring these
to a knowledge of the truth,
00:37:20.23\00:37:21.50
God, think of the
thousands they would impact.
00:37:21.50\00:37:23.93
Amen. So, I am praying for them.
00:37:23.93\00:37:25.36
They're on my prayer list.
00:37:25.36\00:37:27.90
That's who you put,
okay. So, number one,
00:37:27.90\00:37:30.00
five step,
number one, make a list.
00:37:30.00\00:37:33.46
Here is a wonderful
Ellen White, they put a quote,
00:37:33.46\00:37:37.13
a compilation
together called prayer.
00:37:37.13\00:37:39.70
You go to your A,
B, C here in Sydney.
00:37:39.70\00:37:41.56
The book is called prayer.
It's a great book on prayer.
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I am going to show you
between here and the end now.
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These quotations are
all from her book Prayer.
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In our petitions, we
are to include our neighbors
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as well as
ourselves. No one praise,
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alright, who seeks a
blessing for himself or
00:37:54.80\00:37:58.50
herself, what's up
with that. Some of us that's
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the only praying we do,
oh! God help me to do this.
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Oh! God give me
victory here. Oh! God save me.
00:38:03.86\00:38:06.20
Oh! God please I want
more power in my life,
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me, me, me, me, me,
come on. Some of us,
00:38:09.23\00:38:12.03
you're not praying
alright, if you only asking a
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blessing for yourself,
start praying for other
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people that will
get you off of yourself
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and some of the
problems you have because you,
00:38:17.33\00:38:19.13
you're always
focusing on yourself.
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We'll just dissipate
with the morning sun.
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Amen. Add all this
to your prayer group,
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don't be so introspective
when you're praying,
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alright. Number
one, make a list.
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Number two, pray the
list. It's not enough just to
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make a list you got to,
you got to pray the list,
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should I pray this list
everyday, you don't have to,
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I need to tell you
that I choose to pray
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through my list.
There are more than a
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few names on it. So, I
pray once a week on Fridays.
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And that's all I
do in my prayer time.
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Because I
couldn't do that everyday.
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I wouldn't have any
other time for what I want to
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be doing during
worship. So, on Fridays are
00:38:46.83\00:38:49.06
my prayer day and
if you're lost and I
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happen to get your
name. I am gonna tell you
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I pray for you every
Friday. So, if you want you can,
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if you have a, you are gonna
start off with a small list.
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You are gonna start
off with a small list,
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you can pray that
everyday. I mean if you have
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four or five names,
you can pray that everyday.
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But as your, as your
list will grow then you
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may wanna you know,
do half of the list today
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and half of the list
you know, you divide it up.
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This isn't rocket
science, you do what you,
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what works best for you,
but the point is there is
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no point of having of
prayer list. If you don't pray
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and look at this quotation.
"As we seek to win others
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to Christ, bearing the
burden of souls in our prayers,
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our own hearts will
throb with the quickening
00:39:23.50\00:39:25.86
influence of God's
grace; Something is coming back
00:39:25.86\00:39:28.16
to you, something is
going to happen to you and
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you start praying for others.
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Watch this, our own
affections will glow
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in more divine
fervor; our whole Christian
00:39:32.60\00:39:34.80
life will be more of
a reality, more earnest,
00:39:34.80\00:39:37.70
and more prayerful. When
you start praying for people,
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you're gonna become a prayer
warrior and you're gonna be
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praying not just for
lost people, you're gonna be
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praying for everything.
You're gonna be praying
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without ceasing pretty soon.
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God is gonna change
you, when you become,
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when you take the
sword of the Spirit
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of praying for lost people,
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you will never be the
same again. Amen. Ever. Amen.
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Yeah, isn't that
great. Okay, number three.
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Make a list number one.
Pray, pray the list, number two.
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Number three, there
are only five of these.
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Number three, work
the list. Work the list.
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I need to tell you
a story right here.
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For sometime, I have
had a college professor on
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my prayer list,
alright. Not teaching at
00:40:17.00\00:40:19.00
Andrews University.
We got a great university
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and some of you are thinking
of coming and I hope you do.
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This is a near by
college, an Adventist student
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going to this secular
college. Gave the professor
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one day a tape, she
said this is my pastor.
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He listened to the
tape, he came to church.
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We met on
Easter Sabbath, we met.
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And, so we developed a
friendship, a relationship
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and so we started
meeting, the guy has a,
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collects Bibles. He has a 120
Bibles in his college office,
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120 Bibles. He's
memorized the Bible.
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I checked him out once,
I said Tim, let me try you.
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Let me try Psalm
84, and then he started
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working on Psalm
84. Brilliant mind,
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teaches the Bible as
literature, he is a Christian.
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So, we started studying
together, he's been coming
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to the conviction about
the Sabbath. We're studying the
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Bible together, then
Tim goes through a crises
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and I mean a big
crises. He had two before,
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but now this is the big
one. And, suddenly I don't
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hear from Tim anymore. I
mean I send emails, no answer.
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I tried calling the
voicemail at his office.
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His college office
no, no, return of answer.
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What's going up with
Tim, but I keep him on
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my prayer list and
finally I am saying,
00:41:29.26\00:41:30.50
God I am not gonna
pray for Tim anymore.
00:41:30.50\00:41:32.30
I mean you know what,
there is nothing I can do.
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I mean you win some, you lose
some. As we found out tonight.
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You don't win them
all. So, I can't, I,
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I just didn't it
with Tim. So, I just kind
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of quit praying for
him. One Friday, I'm on
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a prayer walk, I
normally run 5k everyday
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but this, on Friday
sometimes I do a prayer walk.
00:41:46.73\00:41:48.53
I saw him on this
prayer walk and all of a sudden
00:41:48.53\00:41:50.43
Tim's name comes to my mind.
00:41:50.43\00:41:51.70
I said, God, Tim is
coming into my mind.
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You know, what God
I don't what to do,
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I mean I tried and left
messages, done everything,
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here is the deal, if you
want Tim and me to study again,
00:41:57.60\00:42:00.60
you have him contact
me. Two hours later got
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an mail from
him. Two hours later.
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Amen. We hadn't
been in touch for months.
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Don't tell me that
praying for lost people
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doesn't get straight
to the heart of God, say
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hey yo, you're
ready, lets go. Amen.
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Wow! And the email
said, hey Dwight, I missed our
00:42:19.26\00:42:22.56
time together, when can
we get together, you pick the
00:42:22.56\00:42:24.53
subject. Man, work the
list that's the point guys.
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Some of you've been
praying, some of you
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are gonna pray for
some lost people and you're
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gonna do
anything more than pray,
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no, no that's not enough.
You got to work the list,
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that means you better, you
better be the one to answer
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your own prayer. You
know how your gonna answer
00:42:38.20\00:42:39.70
your prayer.
You've been going to AYC,
00:42:39.70\00:42:41.36
you've been taking
some of these great seminars
00:42:41.36\00:42:43.20
on how to reach the
lost people for Jesus.
00:42:43.20\00:42:46.10
And, if you didn't get
that seminar, I wish I could
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have been in that one
too and I heard some great
00:42:48.40\00:42:49.86
sounds coming out of this
one, but I had to be here.
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Amen. Get the
training, there is no excuse.
00:42:51.76\00:42:55.10
You can lead somebody to Christ.
00:42:55.10\00:42:57.16
Did you hear this?
Amen. You can do it,
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you don't have to
do public Evangelism.
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You can have private Evangelism.
00:43:02.50\00:43:03.70
Hey, can I come
over on Tuesday night.
00:43:03.70\00:43:05.70
And we will study
the Bible together. Yo,
00:43:05.70\00:43:07.03
come on over.
Boom, that's what you do.
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You just start doing
it. I don't know what's,
00:43:08.86\00:43:11.20
what if he ask a
tough question forget it.
00:43:11.50\00:43:13.03
The Holy Spirit will
give you what your need,
00:43:13.03\00:43:16.13
when you need it
at the moment. Amen.
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Luke 12:12, those who
are in my seminar know,
00:43:17.90\00:43:19.60
that's the worship claim,
when you read, when you go
00:43:19.60\00:43:21.80
before an answer Luke
12:12 write that down,
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and we won't even bother
thinking about it anymore.
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The point is, you can
give the studies, you can
00:43:25.86\00:43:28.36
answer your own pray.
You not only make a list,
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you not only pray the
list. You got to work the list,
00:43:30.40\00:43:32.20
you've got to be willing
to be used by God to reach
00:43:32.20\00:43:34.40
and save that
lost person, alright.
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Let's go, number
four. Grow the list.
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Here's how it works.
God will keep bringing
00:43:39.66\00:43:43.73
to you more lost people
as you faithfully intercede
00:43:43.73\00:43:47.80
for the ones he is
giving you in the beginning.
00:43:47.80\00:43:49.56
God is like a great
businessman. You know,
00:43:49.56\00:43:53.16
if you're, if you're a
businessman and you got
00:43:53.16\00:43:57.03
several people
investing your money.
00:43:57.03\00:43:58.40
This guy just keeps
going gang busters. Every time
00:43:58.40\00:44:01.56
I give him a thousand
bucks, the guy makes money.
00:44:01.56\00:44:04.36
I give a thousand bucks
to that broker over there
00:44:04.36\00:44:06.66
and I never get
anything, it goes down.
00:44:06.66\00:44:08.43
Now, this isn't
rocket science, if you're
00:44:09.30\00:44:11.40
a businessman where will you
start putting all your money.
00:44:11.40\00:44:15.80
The guy that keeps getting more.
00:44:15.80\00:44:19.66
Amen. That's the way God is.
00:44:19.66\00:44:20.96
I mean I've
given this guy lost, I
00:44:21.76\00:44:23.06
I have given him a lost
one, I've given him another
00:44:23.06\00:44:24.80
lost one. The guy
never, he, he, he just dumps.
00:44:24.80\00:44:26.86
I am not giving
anymore lost ones to you.
00:44:26.86\00:44:29.43
But she every
time I gave her a name,
00:44:29.43\00:44:33.63
she goes bananas. Amen. For me.
00:44:33.63\00:44:37.20
That is where
I'm pouring my money.
00:44:37.20\00:44:40.30
Wouldn't that to be
the bright thing to do.
00:44:40.30\00:44:42.50
If you pray your
list and God sees you
00:44:42.50\00:44:44.86
praying your list and
you're, you're working the list.
00:44:44.86\00:44:47.50
God saying get
another one to him, quick.
00:44:47.50\00:44:49.90
Hey Gabriel, get
somebody to this guy.
00:44:49.90\00:44:51.60
He is out of names and he works.
00:44:51.60\00:44:53.56
Amen. Amen. He works, so
you got to grow the list.
00:44:55.00\00:45:00.26
As you, don't be
afraid then to add more names.
00:45:00.26\00:45:03.56
God keeps bringing more
names to you, you add them.
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In fact, jot this down
will you. You will grown your
00:45:05.53\00:45:07.63
passion for the lost
as you grow your prayers
00:45:07.63\00:45:10.06
for the lost. That's how
it works. You want passion for
00:45:10.06\00:45:12.70
the lost. It will grow,
you keep praying for the lost.
00:45:12.70\00:45:15.30
God will give you that
passion. The passion comes
00:45:15.30\00:45:17.26
in response to the
praying. That's just
00:45:17.26\00:45:19.70
the way it works.
Alright, is there a quotation
00:45:19.70\00:45:22.06
on this one. Oh! There
is. Oh! Ellen White writing.
00:45:22.06\00:45:27.10
"Oh, that the earnest
prayer of faith may arise
00:45:27.10\00:45:29.50
everywhere. Here is
the, here is a sample prayer.
00:45:29.50\00:45:32.16
Give me souls, buried
now in error or I die!"
00:45:32.16\00:45:36.53
Quoting John Know of
Scotland, the great reformer.
00:45:36.53\00:45:38.90
Give me souls buried
now in error or I die!
00:45:38.90\00:45:41.63
Bring them to the
knowledge of the truth
00:45:41.63\00:45:43.86
as it is in Jesus." If
you don't know what to prayer
00:45:43.86\00:45:46.30
for lost people, you
have know been given a
00:45:46.30\00:45:47.90
sample prayer that you can
pray for the rest of your life,
00:45:47.90\00:45:50.26
just pray the
words in our telex.
00:45:50.26\00:45:51.63
You pray those words
and you're praying for lost
00:45:51.63\00:45:53.73
people, everyday
say God give me her,
00:45:53.73\00:45:56.16
God give me him or I die!
00:45:56.16\00:45:58.63
When you say or I
die. That's passion.
00:45:58.63\00:46:01.73
You've now connected
to the passion of Calvary
00:46:01.73\00:46:05.26
or I die! And he did.
See, alright. Let's go,
00:46:05.26\00:46:11.36
number five, finally.
Number one, make a list.
00:46:11.36\00:46:14.73
Number two, pray the list.
Number three, work the list.
00:46:14.73\00:46:16.93
Number four, grow the
list and finally number five,
00:46:16.93\00:46:18.90
keep the list. Keep
praying no matter what happens
00:46:18.90\00:46:24.76
or does not
happen with that list.
00:46:24.76\00:46:27.16
Don't quit
praying. I am gonna close
00:46:27.16\00:46:30.13
with the story of George Mueller
00:46:30.13\00:46:31.70
and then I am gonna tell
you about what happened in
00:46:31.70\00:46:33.43
Melbourne, alright. First
the story of George Mueller.
00:46:33.43\00:46:36.13
You ever heard of
George Mueller. If you heard
00:46:36.13\00:46:39.00
of George Mueller
you know who he is?
00:46:39.00\00:46:40.46
This, this gentleman
in England, who raised up
00:46:40.46\00:46:44.16
orphanages all across
England, have you heard
00:46:44.16\00:46:46.33
of George Mueller. One
of the giant men of faith
00:46:46.33\00:46:49.50
of yesteryear. George
Mueller, who raised, get this,
00:46:49.50\00:46:53.00
he raised the equivalent
of a $180 million U.S.
00:46:53.00\00:46:56.56
without ever asking
for a penny of money.
00:46:56.56\00:47:00.40
His, his bargain with
God at the beginning was God.
00:47:00.40\00:47:03.00
It's just you and me,
we're gonna talk this through.
00:47:03.00\00:47:05.33
I am never gonna
ask anybody for money,
00:47:05.33\00:47:07.93
I am only gonna
ask you to provide.
00:47:07.93\00:47:10.86
He never made in a
public appeal, he never called
00:47:10.86\00:47:13.60
for an offering.
He never did, his deal
00:47:13.60\00:47:15.86
was you and I know, and
that's all that counts and
00:47:15.86\00:47:18.90
the money, 180
million equivalent dollars
00:47:18.90\00:47:22.63
came rolling in
over his lifetime.
00:47:22.63\00:47:24.20
10,000 children
taken from off the streets
00:47:24.20\00:47:26.66
of England because
of this man's passion
00:47:26.66\00:47:28.43
to raise up orphanages.
10,000 children got saved,
00:47:28.43\00:47:32.16
isn't that some. One
man, who believed in the
00:47:32.16\00:47:36.23
power of prayer. No,
he believed in the power
00:47:36.23\00:47:41.70
of the God who
answers prayer. Amen. Amen.
00:47:41.70\00:47:42.80
He believed in the power
of the God who answer prayer.
00:47:42.80\00:47:43.83
So, here is George
Mueller. So, when George Mueller
00:47:43.83\00:47:45.53
was starting out, get
this early on he began
00:47:45.53\00:47:48.66
to praying for five
unsaved friends, five of them.
00:47:48.66\00:47:52.66
After five years, one
friend Hallelujah came to Jesus.
00:47:52.66\00:47:58.50
How many friends does he
have left to pray for? Four
00:47:58.50\00:48:02.00
he must have had a
prayer that's longer than this,
00:48:02.00\00:48:03.80
but he had five
friends in particular, alright.
00:48:03.80\00:48:06.13
So, one friend comes to
Jesus after ten more years
00:48:06.13\00:48:10.00
of prayer, two more
friends come to Jesus,
00:48:10.00\00:48:12.83
two more. How many
does he have left now?
00:48:12.83\00:48:16.26
He just has two.
Three of his friends
00:48:17.13\00:48:19.00
have come to
Jesus. Once while visiting
00:48:19.00\00:48:20.83
Chicago, here we
go. Mueller said,
00:48:20.83\00:48:22.36
"I have prayed
for two men by name."
00:48:22.36\00:48:24.83
Okay, listen to
this. "I have prayed for
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.50
two men by name for
35 years, keep the list."
00:48:26.50\00:48:31.10
Keep the list, work the list,
pray the list, but keep it.
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"I pray for two
guys for 35 years
00:48:35.46\00:48:38.50
on land or sea, sick
or well, I have remembered
00:48:39.93\00:48:43.50
them before God
by name and I shall
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continue to pray
for them daily by name
00:48:46.06\00:48:49.06
until they're saved, or die."
And after 35 years of prayer.
00:48:49.06\00:48:52.50
After thirty-five years
of prayer the fourth one
00:48:52.50\00:48:55.60
came to Christ, Hallelujah.
Amen. Now, and there is
00:48:55.60\00:48:58.86
just one left and
Mueller is praying his heart out
00:48:58.86\00:49:01.43
for the one lost
friend in his list of five.
00:49:01.43\00:49:05.13
And, then death
came. Mueller's death.
00:49:07.80\00:49:12.00
Three days after
his funeral number five
00:49:12.00\00:49:16.80
got saved. Amen. Amen.
00:49:16.80\00:49:19.90
Isn't that
something? Keep the list,
00:49:19.90\00:49:23.93
prayer is the power of
passion put into practice.
00:49:25.73\00:49:31.76
You want God's passion
then you pray God's prayers,
00:49:31.76\00:49:35.00
you pray for the
lost. So, here is the deal,
00:49:35.00\00:49:39.60
thank you
musicians. Here is the deal.
00:49:39.60\00:49:42.66
You see, at the end of
the study guide, you see
00:49:42.66\00:49:45.90
you see at the end of
your study guide, you see
00:49:45.90\00:49:47.06
those five blanks.
Ladies and gentleman,
00:49:47.06\00:49:49.66
it's your turn now.
Five names, you watch
00:49:49.66\00:49:54.70
right now the Holy
Spirit is going to began
00:49:54.70\00:49:57.86
bringing names to you.
Some of you are gonna get more
00:49:57.86\00:50:00.40
than five, it's okay.
God, five people that are lost
00:50:00.40\00:50:07.66
on this planet, I
want you to give them to me
00:50:07.66\00:50:10.00
right now Jesus. I want to
begin praying in partnership
00:50:10.00\00:50:13.00
with you for five
lost people. Right now,
00:50:13.00\00:50:16.86
names are already popping
all across this audience.
00:50:16.86\00:50:19.96
Right now, the Holy
Spirit is saying, hey
00:50:19.96\00:50:21.53
you remember him.
Hey, what about her.
00:50:21.53\00:50:23.46
Oh! Write that name
down. Don't analyze and well,
00:50:23.46\00:50:26.73
I don't like the, don't,
don't if the Holy Spirit bring
00:50:26.73\00:50:29.30
the name to you. You put
that name down right now.
00:50:29.30\00:50:31.20
Five names, you can
have a list longer than five.
00:50:31.20\00:50:35.33
So, I am preaching this
last Friday night at Melbourne,
00:50:35.33\00:50:37.73
alright. Last Friday
night to a crowd down there in
00:50:37.73\00:50:40.50
Melbourne. I said, okay
guys five names and people
00:50:40.50\00:50:44.06
started writing down just
like you're doing right down.
00:50:44.06\00:50:45.76
They're writing down five
names. By the way you don't
00:50:45.76\00:50:48.76
have to be be young to do this.
00:50:48.76\00:50:50.93
Anybody who claims the
Lord Jesus as Lord and Savior
00:50:50.93\00:50:54.00
needs to have five lost people
minimum to be praying for.
00:50:54.00\00:50:57.80
You got a study guide.
Those blanks are in front of you
00:50:57.80\00:51:00.40
right now. Don't look
at me, look down at your
00:51:00.40\00:51:03.20
piece of paper and say God
who should I put on this list.
00:51:03.20\00:51:06.10
Let me tell you some stories now
00:51:06.10\00:51:07.66
that came out of Melbourne.
00:51:07.66\00:51:09.43
So, these guys are
sitting here just like you.
00:51:09.43\00:51:11.83
One guy writes down two names,
00:51:11.83\00:51:14.40
five, he writes two
of them, two of them
00:51:14.40\00:51:18.16
are sitting right
here, he comes up to me all
00:51:18.16\00:51:21.70
excited, Saturday night
say, hey Pastor guess what
00:51:21.70\00:51:24.46
you know last night you told
us to write down five names,
00:51:24.46\00:51:26.83
guess what? By tonight
two of those five stood up in
00:51:26.83\00:51:30.80
alter calls and have
come to Jesus. Hallelujah.
00:51:30.80\00:51:33.90
I said you're
kidding me. No, I am serious,
00:51:33.90\00:51:38.03
two of his five
stood up for Jesus.
00:51:38.03\00:51:41.03
Pastor came he, he was,
he used to be a bartender,
00:51:41.03\00:51:46.60
those of you who are in my
seminar this afternoon I told
00:51:46.60\00:51:48.20
about this
Pastor, you remember who
00:51:48.20\00:51:50.06
just saw John 3:16, yeah.
00:51:50.06\00:51:52.20
This Pastor, bartender
Pastor, he wrote a list of five,
00:51:52.20\00:51:58.26
he went to Karen
afterwards, the Saturday night,
00:51:58.26\00:52:00.13
he said you are not
gonna believe this I have
00:52:00.13\00:52:01.30
this list, how many
did you say loved it.
00:52:01.30\00:52:03.03
He said two, he said
two, two of the people I
00:52:03.03\00:52:06.33
put down have, have
responded to Christ.
00:52:06.33\00:52:08.90
They obvious put
people who were present.
00:52:08.90\00:52:11.46
And, then I am
going on my email,
00:52:13.20\00:52:15.20
this little weekend
between the two series.
00:52:15.20\00:52:17.10
So, I get this email
from a kid who took a plane to
00:52:17.10\00:52:19.46
Sydney. He said, Pastor, I
just had to write you an email
00:52:19.46\00:52:21.90
right now. He said,
I had put a friend on;
00:52:21.90\00:52:25.56
I put a friend
on my list of five.
00:52:25.56\00:52:28.00
I have been studying
with this friend, I became
00:52:28.00\00:52:29.73
close to this
friend and then something
00:52:29.73\00:52:31.10
happened in this
friend's life and he was totally
00:52:31.10\00:52:32.76
drawn away, he cut
me off, he cut God off,
00:52:32.76\00:52:35.46
he quit coming to
church. I have been so concerned
00:52:35.46\00:52:38.26
that he is lost,
but Friday night,
00:52:38.26\00:52:39.90
I put him on my list
of five and Pastor when I
00:52:39.90\00:52:42.13
got off the plane
in Sydney Sunday night
00:52:42.13\00:52:44.93
I had a text message
from my friend, who says,
00:52:44.93\00:52:47.36
I want to reconnect
to you. 48 hours later,
00:52:47.36\00:52:51.40
hey guys I'm not
selling a product to you,
00:52:51.40\00:52:54.83
I am telling you that it works
that's all I am telling you.
00:52:54.83\00:52:59.16
I go out on a
prayer walk and I say God
00:53:00.20\00:53:02.70
what do I do with
this guy. Two hours later,
00:53:02.70\00:53:05.40
I get a reply, are you
getting the impression that
00:53:05.40\00:53:07.90
God really does
want us to talk to him in
00:53:07.90\00:53:10.00
prayer and he is eager
if we would just give him
00:53:10.00\00:53:12.80
a reason. I need
somebody praying,
00:53:12.80\00:53:15.56
there is somebody you know
that nobody on the earth will
00:53:15.56\00:53:18.23
pray for, unless you pray for
her. Nobody will pray for her.
00:53:18.23\00:53:21.06
Amen. You better put
her down. She has nobody
00:53:21.06\00:53:24.50
to pray for you. This is an
old hymn, for you I am praying,
00:53:24.50\00:53:27.70
for you I am
praying, for you I am praying,
00:53:27.70\00:53:31.46
I am praying for you.
You want the passion of God,
00:53:31.46\00:53:36.76
really? Five names.
Five names on that list,
00:53:37.86\00:53:41.96
five names, you got it.
This isn't rocket science,
00:53:41.96\00:53:48.13
you got him. He said, I
don't know, I don't know this,
00:53:48.13\00:53:51.86
no, you get five, you
have them. Now, some of you
00:53:51.86\00:53:55.53
are saying, God I really, I
don't know anybody who is lost.
00:53:55.53\00:53:57.23
You know what
that means don't you?
00:53:57.23\00:53:59.03
You've been hanging
around too long with the saved.
00:53:59.03\00:54:01.23
That's what it means.
You need to start having
00:54:01.23\00:54:04.43
friends who are lost.
'Cause if we only hang with the
00:54:04.43\00:54:07.40
saved, nobody
is going to heaven.
00:54:07.40\00:54:09.50
Just be this little
tiny glue, and a little click
00:54:09.50\00:54:12.73
will never get saved
'cause if you don't have a heart
00:54:12.73\00:54:15.06
for the lost, you
won't get saved anyway,
00:54:15.06\00:54:16.83
so you're lost. And, we
ought to be praying for you.
00:54:16.83\00:54:19.10
You know what I
mean. Five people,
00:54:20.93\00:54:24.43
you will never
be the same again.
00:54:24.43\00:54:26.43
You will never
be the same again.
00:54:26.43\00:54:28.16
To begin what
you're gonna start tonight
00:54:28.16\00:54:31.00
it'll change your life.
00:54:31.00\00:54:32.10
I am not talking
about private worship.
00:54:32.10\00:54:33.96
I am assuming you
have private worship.
00:54:33.96\00:54:37.43
This is not an appeal
to have private worship,
00:54:37.43\00:54:40.66
it is an appeal to
pray for lost people.
00:54:40.66\00:54:43.13