Sermon #S046 -
Something Within Me (Part 2)
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Welcome to the Breath of Life
Television Ministries broadcast
with Pastor Debleaire Snell!
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In today's episode, Pastor Snell
will continue part two of the
powerful Message titled:
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“Something Within Me” Now, let's
go deeper into the word of God!
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Pastor Snell:  And can I suggest
church that in our church, both
within the church and the body
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of Christ, we spend too much
time rapping about and preaching
about and singing about haters.
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We spend an inordinate amount of
time talking about those who
stand in opposition against us.
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But I need somebody to
understand that when you spend
all of your time focusing on
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haters and acknowledging haters
by focusing on them, all you do
is make them important.
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Because at the end of the day,
friends, they're going to always
be small, petty, insignificant
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people that because they ain't
got nothing going on in their
world, they're going to seek to
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destroy yours. And what I want
to say real quick, hear me on
this, is don't spend so much
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time focusing on the vessel.
Focus on the spirit inside of
it. Don't spend so much time
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focusing on the vehicle that you
don't see who's driving it. See,
that's why Ephesians six says
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that we wrestle not against
flesh and blood, but against
principalities and powers
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against spiritual wickedness and
high places. Here is the point
for somebody, I need you to know
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flesh is never your enemy. Flesh
is never your antithesis. Your
coworker is not your problem.
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That coworker is just Satan's
avatar. Okay. No, that human
enemy is just Satan's costume.
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You all not hearing me. No,
that's just who the devil is
putting on so you can't see who
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the battle is up again. Are you
all hear what I'm saying? And
what I'm saying is you got to
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stop battling the costume and
you got to fight the one
wearing. Are you all hearing
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what I'm saying? Listen, I
remember my son was a little
younger, he had a little
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Superman outfit and he would put
it on and come try to wrestle me
because he was pretending to be
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Superman. Now because I know
who's wearing the costume, I
don't go looking for no
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kryptonite. In other words,
because I know who I'm fighting
against. And see friends of
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mine, this is why I'm generally
against you jumping ship because
people get on your nerves.
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That's why you can't switch jobs
every time somebody don't like
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you because all Satan is going
to do is find another avatar at
your new job to stand up against
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you. Are you all hearing what
I'm saying? That's why you can't
hop out of churches every time
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somebody offends you because
he's going to find another
unconsecrated unguarded soul at
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your new church to keep you
exactly where you are. It's why
you can't switch ministries
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every time you get bothered
because in the new ministry, the
saint, so you worried about the
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vessel and the vehicle, it's the
spirit that goes everywhere that
you go. So Daniel does not
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respond to haters, he just
begins praying. While they're
hating, he's praying. And I need
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you to know that when you spend
so much time announcing and
acknowledging haters, it's an
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announcement that you are not
somewhere praying like you ought
to be. In other words, you can't
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focus on him and them at the
same time. You can't walk us on
prayer and protagonist
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simultaneously. You ain't got
time to be responding to them
and responding to him. You've
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got to get to a place where you
realize that the weapons of your
warfare are not carnal, they are
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mighty in God to the pulling
down of strongholds. Am I
preaching to anybody today? See,
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how many of us know that
sometimes silence can be a
weapon, that a soft answer turns
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away wrath, that there is power
in prayer, and that sometimes
you just got to step back and
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leave room for God to fight the
battle that you cannot fight.
It's interesting. One of the
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things that you'll notice is
that sometimes when an eagle is
in a bat or combat with a
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serpent, one of the things that
the eagle will do is once he
grabs him with his talons, he
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don't stay on the ground
fighting the snake, but he'll
take the snake up into the air.
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Oh, you all not hearing me. In
other words, as long as he's on
the ground, he's on the
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serpent's domain. The serpent
has balance on the ground. He
can use the ground to balance
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him when he strikes when he's on
the ground. But when he takes
him up to a higher altitude,
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guess what? The snake doesn't
have balance at a higher
altitude. His strike is not
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accurate at a higher altitude.
And then he takes him to a
smothering altitude that's so
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high that the snake can't
breathe once it gets to a
certain elevation. Who am I
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preaching to fighting against
some snakes today? The reason
you are losing is you are
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fighting on their terrain. And
what I'm saying is, come to a
higher elevation, come to a
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plane where they can't breathe,
come to a space where they can't
maneuver, get to a place where
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they have no balance. You got to
fight in the heavenly and trust
God with the outcome. Next thing
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this text teaches us quickly, I
need you to get this. That
consistency is not proof of
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strength. Now, slow down. I want
you to understand something
about when you read the Bible.
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Are you all with me? Church, I
need you to get that. When you
read the Bible, there is no
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story in the Bible that is a
celebration of man's goodness.
Every story in the scripture is
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a revelation of the goodness,
the glory, or the power of God.
Are you all with me today? And
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see too often when we read the
story of Daniel Six, our
takeaway is Daniel's
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consistency. How bad he is, how
impervious he is to
circumstance. And I need you to
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know if all you walk away with
is, man, how astute Daniel is,
then you have missed the
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entirety of the point. There is
another question that needs to
be answered. See, you're asking,
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man, how did Daniel get so
righteous? Do you realize the
more important question is,
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what's happening in that upper
room? No, the larger question is
what's so powerful in that upper
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room that makes Daniel say, I'm
willing to risk my life in order
to do it. What's happening in
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that room that is so great that
not only does Daniel say, I
can't miss a day, but Daniel is
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saying I got to be there several
times a day and I need you to
get that the consistency of
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Daniel's prayer life is not
proof of his strength. It's
evidence of his need. Okay. See,
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I need y'all to get that. Daniel
does not have an enhanced human
nature. He's flesh just like us.
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He does not have spiritual upper
hand. He does not have a
glorified body. He guess what
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man? He's got a lustful,
vengeful, hateful, falling. He
puts his draws on one foot at a
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time. Can I say draws at
Oakwood? Amen. Puts them on one
foot at a time just like
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everybody. Are you all hearing
what I'm saying today? So Daniel
does not have enhanced nature,
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but Daniel has enhanced
problems. He's got enhanced
stresses, he's got enhanced
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tensions. There is a pressure
that pushes Daniel into the
prayer closet multiple times a
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day. You all realize that Daniel
and the children of Israel, they
are captives in the land of the
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Chaldeans. They started under
the Babylonians but now they're
under the Medes and Persians.
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But understand that man, Daniel
walks around with a certain
weight of responsibility because
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God's people get a certain
liberty and freedom simply
because Daniel is there. And not
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only if Daniel mess up, not only
does it mess him up, it puts the
people into further bondage. And
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so I need you all to understand
that the takeaway is not just
that Daniel is this impervious,
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immovable person. I need you to
know who Daniel is. Daniel is
simply a brother that
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understands that my tensions are
too big to face it in my own
might. My responsibilities are
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too great to go at it in my own
strength. I pour out too much to
not get consistently filled. My
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decisions are too big. I can't
be out here guessing. I got too
much at stake. I got too much on
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the line. I got too much to
lose. I got too much stuff
calling at me. In fact, I'm not
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here because I'm better than
nobody else. I'm here because I
realize I ain't got no other
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choice. I got to go into the
prayer closet because I realize
that my help comes from God, the
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Lord who made heaven and earth.
And I just need to know, do I
have at least seven or eight
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folk like Daniel who realize
that I ain't got no better
options, I ain't got no better
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choice. I ain't got no other
choice but to go into the prayer
closet with God. Is there
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anybody? Your problems are too
big not to pray. That your
issues are too large not to
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pray. Your decisions are too big
to not supplicate, you've got
too much to lose. You got too
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much at stake. See, the reason
Daniel prays is because he
realizes his own importance.
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Stay with me. You'll always stay
prayerless if you don't realize
your importance. Oh Lord, help
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them to get it. You'll stay
prayerless if you don't
understand your importance. And
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when I say importance, it is not
unto arrogance. But how many of
us understand all of us are
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important to the plan of
salvation? Mothers, you are too
important not to be praying.
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Daddies, you are too important
to not be calling on the name of
the Lord. Your witness on your
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job is too important not to be
praying. The work you do is too
important not to be praying. I
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need you to understand that God
wants to help you to realize
that you've got too much to lose
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in order to be going about in
your own human understanding.
That's why we've got to walk in
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Proverbs Chapter Three and Verse
Five, where I say, I'm going to
trust in the Lord with all of my
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heart and lean not to my own
understanding, but in all my
ways, acknowledge him and let
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him direct my path. Okay, watch
this. That's why I1st Peter 5:7
says, cast all your cares upon
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him because he cares for you. So
the more cares you have, the
more casting you oughta be
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doing. Oh God. The more worries
you have, the more you oughta be
before the altar. Okay, some of
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you all still not getting me.
It's crazy. Like back in the day
in Michael Phelps Prime as in
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Olympic athlete, one of the
things they talked about is how
his brother would eat like six
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meals a day and he would eat
like 10,000 calories a day. And
the reason he had to eat so many
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calories was because he burned
so many in the pool. You all
sitting, get it. Because he
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poured so much out, he had to be
consistently at the table in
order to be refueled. So what he
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put out into the world required
him to sit at a table and have
it replenished. And what I'm
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saying is that if you are
burning spiritual calories in
the warfare of the spirit, then
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you got to be at the table, not
once, not twice, but three meals
a day so that your cup is
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overflowing and you operate with
no lack. Are you all hearing me
today, friends? Then the word
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says here in Verse number 10,
the Bible says, but now Daniel
knew the writing had been signed
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and he went home and in his
upper room he went with the
windows open toward Jerusalem
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and he knelt down three times a
day and prayed and gave thanks
before his God as was his custom
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since the early days. Last thing
this teaches friends of mine is
that praise has to be
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accustomed, not a reaction. So,
friends, the word says that
after Daniel finds out that the
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decree had been signed, the
Bible says he done address the
haters or the protagonist. The
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Bible says, he goes to the upper
room. I'm tripping on the opens
the blinds. And just in case
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they missed him the first time,
he goes in front of the window a
second time and a third time,
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and see what Daniel is saying is
that my Christianity ain't in
the closet. And he prays three
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times a day. And the Bible says
that he gave thanks as it was
his custom. Now the problem is
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sometimes we see prayer and
giving thanks as two separate
acts. No, that was the very same
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act. And there is something I
need somebody to get. I need you
to get that the key to a strong
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prayer life is a strong praise
life. See, I need you to
understand that a part of your
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prayer life, friends, before you
even ask for anything, you ought
to give thanks for all thanks.
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See, I need you to get that when
you give thanks that there is a
twofold miracle that takes place
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whenever a believer gives thanks
unto the Lord. See, I need you
to get friends that when you get
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in that prayer closet and you
begin to say, oh Lord, I give
thanks because you are good and
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your mercy endures forever. Give
thanks unto the Lord for he is
the God of gods. And his mercy
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endures forever. When you get in
that prayer closet, unlike the
old folks say, Lord, I thank you
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for waking me up this morning.
Lord, I thank you for allowing
me to be clothed in my right
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mind. Lord, I thank you that my
bed has not become my cooling
board. Lord, I just give thanks
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for your faithfulness and your
provision. I need you to
remember what the Bible says.
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The Bible says that the Lord
inhabits or dwells in the
praises of his people so that
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when you praise, you set an
atmosphere of God all over your
living room, in your bedroom,
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and in your prayer closet. Jesus
said it this way, if just two or
three gather to praise me, I
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promise to be there in the
midst. I need you to know you
ain't got to ask God to come,
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just start praising and giving
thanks. And guess what? Jehovah
is going to show up. I'm not
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saying that's why you praise
him. I'm just saying that's what
results whenever you praise him,
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the Alpha would say, when the
praises go up, guess what? The
spirit and the blessings come
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down. Are you all hearing me
today, friends? Listen, I need
to end this sermon, but I got to
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tell you this because see, the
other part of the miracle is
this, that when you take the
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time to recount the mercies of
God and call to mind the
blessings of God, there is a
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faith multiplication that takes
place whenever you call on the
name of the Lord. Stay with me
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church. Because see, I need
somebody to understand this
fundamental truth, that there is
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not a deficit of answered
prayers in the church. There is
a deficit of acknowledgement in
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the church. See, sometimes we
can ask God to do something, and
sometimes God moves in a
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glorious way. But sometimes God
moves in such a subtle way that
you can get the blessing and
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keep on moving and forgot that
you even prayed for it and ask
God to do it on your behalf. And
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so when you take the time to
write down your blessings and
recall the mercies of God and
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you begin to list down all the
answers of prayer and you begin
to see how many prayers have
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been answered, you actually get
more faith for your asking. Real
talk. A week and a half ago, a
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little over a week and a half
ago, my wife and I were out of
the country. We were getting
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ready to come home the next day.
And as we're sitting there on
the beach, man, we just have a
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little time off of just our
family acknowledgement. And it's
crazy. My wife was there on the
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beach before I was. And when I
got there, man, she was already
worked up, man, all slain in the
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spirit right there on the little
thing, man. And she says, honey,
do you realize that our life is
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an answer to prayer? And we just
begin to recall church. We begin
to recall how the house we live
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in is an answer to prayer. How
the car we drive is an answer to
prayer. That our children are an
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answer to prayer. That our work
is an answer to prayer. That our
marriage is an answer to prayer.
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That even our trials have been
an answer to our prayers. And it
was crazy because the more we
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acknowledge what God had done,
the greater our faith began to
multiply. And as we began to
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pray, we had more confidence
about what we were asking for
when we reflected on the prayers
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that God had already answered.
And what I'm saying is that
there needs to be a little bit
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more acknowledgement in the
house of God. Is there anybody
that can testify today that the
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house you live in is an answer
to prayer? That the car you
drive, is an answer to prayer.
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That the one you're married to
is an answer to prayer. You
might not feel like it today,
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but fake a praise with me today.
Praise and for the one you're
married to. Can somebody testify
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that your work isn't answer to
prayer? That getting out of the
hospital was an answer to
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prayer. Getting your kids in
school was an answer to prayer.
The degree on your wall is an
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answer to prayer. That being
protected is an answer to a
prayer. Anybody know your
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children is an answer to the a
prayer? Anybody know your trial
is an answer to a prayer? You
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don't wanna praise them for the
trial. But remember you prayed,
Lord, build my faith. Lord, grow
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my character. You prayed, Lord
make me like Jesus. So even the
trial was an answer to your
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prayer. Can somebody praise him
that he hears? Can you praise
him that before he calls, he is
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already answered and you got
more answers than you have
denials to your prayers? Are you
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all here in the pastor today?
And what I'm saying is friends,
there ought to be a little bit
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more celebration. There ought to
be a little bit more gratitude.
That there ought to be a little
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bit more thanksgiving in the
house of God. And see, this is
epic church because praise was
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his custom, not his reaction.
See, the problem is, we ain't
got enough real worshipers in
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the church. See, fake worshipers
will praise in response to
something good. But if your
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praise is always a response,
it's going to be inconsistent.
If it's not accustomed, if it's
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just a reaction. See all these
fake worshipers, they'll only
respond to a good song. They'll
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only respond to a good sermon.
They'll only respond to a
promotion. They'll only respond
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when things go well. But when
praise is your custom, you
become like Paul and Silas so
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that even when you are in jail
in the midnight hour, you can be
heard praying and giving praise
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unto God. I need some Job-like
worshipers who will say the Lord
gives and the Lord takes away.
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But blessed be the name of the
Lord. Is there anybody that will
praise him like David and say, I
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will bless the Lord at all times
and his praise shall continually
be in my mouth. My soul will
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make his voice in the Lord. The
humble shall hear thereof and be
glad. Oh Oakwood, would you
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magnify the Lord with me and let
us exalt his name together?
Praise him in the good times.
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Praise him in the bad times.
Praise him when you got money.
Praise him when you ain't got no
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money. Praise him when they talk
good. Praise them when they talk
bad. Praise him in the temple.
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Praise him in the firmament.
Praise him on the high signs
symbols. Praise him with the
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string instruments. Let
everything that has breath
praise the name of the Lord. Are
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you all hearing me today,
friends? Listen last thing, I'm
done real quick. And this is the
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key because this is where
somebody's living right now
because prayer doesn't just save
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you from, prayer braces you for.
I'm done. Play something soft.
You better get me off. Yeah, I
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got a plane to catch. Amen. See,
Daniel's consistent prayer life,
it didn't keep people from
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hating him. It didn't keep
people from disliking him. It
didn't keep people from talking
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about him. It didn't keep people
from coming for him. It didn't
keep the plan from being thought
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about. It didn't keep the plan
from materializing His prayers
don't keep the weapon from being
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formed. His prayers can't even
keep him out of the lion's den.
So the prayers of the righteous
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don't keep you from every trial,
But you know what the prayers of
the righteous do? Is they brace
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you for every adversity that the
enemy throws your way. Listen,
one last real quick quote from
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