Hello and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your
host, and I want to thank you
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for joining us.
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Prayers That Are Answered
is today's sermon title,
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and it is less than 20
out of 25 Bible studies
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that we have been presenting
from this Bible study guide
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that is entitled
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"Sharing God's
Love Makes You Happier,
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What The Bible Says"
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as prayerfully compiled
by Brother Richard Bland
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of United Prison Ministries.
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This has been a wonderful series
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that has answered in detail
25 frequently asked questions
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about handling daily stress,
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living with loss,
parenting, smoking, depression,
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life after death,
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how we can be saved, and so on.
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And I'm certain that
today's message is one
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that, as Christians, we
often struggle with as well.
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Again, the title is
Prayers That Are Answered.
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I'm excited about this
topic for so many reasons.
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You know, in the
past, there's been times
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that it seemed as though
my prayers went no further
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than the height of the ceiling.
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Then there were other
times that after praying,
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absolute
miraculous events occurred
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that totally,
absolutely humbled me to tears
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and knowing that
the mighty God of heaven
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loved me enough
to answer as He did.
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What may have
made the difference,
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I believe we may find
some of the probable causes
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during the study
of the message today.
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We will read from God's Word
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how Jesus taught
His disciples to pray.
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We will examine how we should
offer up our prayers to God
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and what petitions we
may expect Him to answer
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or not answer for that manner.
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We will study how
often a Christian should pray
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as well as what
conditions will make it possible
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for our Lord to
answer our prayers.
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I truly believe that
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you will
experience the Holy Spirit
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speak to your
heart during this study.
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But before we join
Pastor Kenny Shelton
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for this
important topic on prayer,
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let's visit 3ABN
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and listen to Pastor
Shelton's sister Tammy Chance
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as she sings
"More Than Ever Before."
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You know it's true
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I love You
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More than words could ever show
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But forgive me,
Lord For all the times
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I haven't told You so
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'Cause You mean everything to me
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Your pleasure I adore
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I want to live each day
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In such a way
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You'll know I
love You more and more
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More than ever before
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Lord, I love You
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More than ever before
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Lord, I need You
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More than ever
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Before I've got to tell You
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I love You now
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More than ever before
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I loved You then
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I love You now
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But much more now than then
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And in the end between I find
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You became my dearest friend
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And with each day
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You bring my way joy
I've never know before
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I want to live
each day In such a way
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You'll know I
love You More and more
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More than ever before
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Lord, I love You
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More than ever before
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Lord, I need You
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More than ever before
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I've got to tell You
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I love You now
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More than ever
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Before
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More than ever before
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I've got to tell You
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I love you now
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More than ever before
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Thanks for joining us
here at Behold the Lamb,
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we so appreciate
each and every one of you.
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God bless you.
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We appreciate your
cards, your letters,
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your support at
Behold the Lamb Ministry.
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Going around the
world with the good news
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of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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And again, you
make it possible for us.
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And so we want to let you know
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how much we love
you and appreciate you.
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And we're going to be studying
just a fantastic subject today.
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Maybe one of you say,
"Oh, it's very, very simple."
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But, you know, we need
to be careful with that
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because God's Word is broad
and deep and wide, isn't it?
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And we need to
get down to the bottom
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because prayer is
our lifeline to heaven.
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We need to know how to
pray in the name of Jesus.
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I'm gonna be talking about
"Prayers That Are Answered."
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My wife has already
brought that to you,
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so you understand it well,
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you understand we're going
through a lot of subjects here.
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We pray each one has
been a blessing to you.
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Before we pray, we
always kneel up here
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and we have prayer.
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I want to bring a
couple of thoughts to you
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right quick before
we have our prayer.
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You know, I wonder
if ever in your life,
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and it starts with a question,
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I wonder if ever in your
life you've ever felt like this,
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what I'm getting ready to read.
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Have you ever felt like this,
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you know, that
there's no use going on?
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"I'm never going to make
it. Life is just too tough."
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Maybe if that goes
through your mind, we do what?
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We need to take time and pray
because the devil is working.
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Let me give you an
illustration with that.
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The enemy tries to convince you
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and tries to
convince me every day
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that we are no good.
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He tries to convince us
every day of our life, again,
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that we can't do any good.
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What good really
are we in this world?
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And then he goes
on a little farther
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and he'll say, "You
will never be any good."
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Maybe someone's told you that.
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How did that make you feel?
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Well, I've got
some good news for you
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as we look at
our subject for today
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because we'll look at a few
men and a few women in the Bible
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quickly before
we have our prayer.
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And we're gonna see that
God can work the impossible
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with man
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because that's
the God that we serve.
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You remember Noah?
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I'll say this
nicely. Noah was a drunk.
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Oh, be careful
with that, I know.
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Isaac was old.
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Oh boy, Leah was ugly.
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Moses stuttered.
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Gideon was afraid.
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Samson was a womanizer.
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Rahab was a prostitute.
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Jonah was a runner.
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David was an adulterer.
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Jacob was a deceiver.
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Abraham lied.
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And Lazarus was dead.
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God used these men
and women in the Bible
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to do great things.
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And I count that
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if He can use them
to do great things,
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He can use you and He can use me
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because after
all, we're not dead.
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Think about that.
Prayer changes things.
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And we're gonna pray right
now. Pray along with me, please.
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Merciful Father in heaven,
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thank You for the
privilege of prayer.
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Thank You we can come to You
boldly to the throne of grace
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and find help in
our time of need,
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O Lord, we're in
need, we need You.
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Open our ears,
our hearts, our minds,
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help us to see Jesus.
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Help us to
understand this subject
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like maybe we never had before.
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We're going to thank You in
advance in Jesus name, amen.
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Amen.
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Again, having your
Bible, pencil, and papers
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is a good idea
because we move rather quickly
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because of our time.
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Prayer, does prayer
really change things?
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Is it really the lifeline
that we have with heaven?
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A little story about prayer,
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I want you to
pay special attention
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to Mrs. Billy Graham,
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Mrs. Billy Graham was giving...
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Gathered a bunch of ladies
and then she was speaking,
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so she wanted to talk a
little bit about prayer.
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It's interesting
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what she had to
say about prayer.
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She said, "First of all,
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God has not always
answered my prayers."
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Think about it.
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"God has not always
answered my prayers.
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If He had, I
would have noticed this,
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I would have
married the wrong man
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several times."
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Some of you didn't get
that. I'll do it again then.
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What did she say?
She said right here.
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"God has not always
answered my prayers.
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If He had, I would have married
the wrong man several times."
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Now we're going to get it.
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Jeremiah 33:3, the Bible says,
"Call unto Me and I will..."
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what?
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"Call unto Me
and I will answer."
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This is a promise that
God has given us in His Word,
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title of our subject
"Prayers That Are Answered."
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What the
disciples asked Jesus to do?
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Here is the model prayer.
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If you're looking
for you wanting to know
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how Jesus prayed,
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how He talked to His
Father, here's the model prayer.
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Disciple said,
"Jesus, what about prayer?
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Teach us to pray."
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Luke 11:1, Luke 11,
you have your Bible,
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I'm sure you'll
want to turn there.
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Matthew, Mark,
Luke, there we are.
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Luke 11:1.
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So it said,
"And it came to pass,
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that as He was
praying in a certain place,
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when He ceased" notice this
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"One of the disciples
said unto Him, Lord," do what?
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"Teach us to pray, as
John taught his disciples."
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Think about that.
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I wonder if we should
ask that question today,
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"Lord, teach us to pray."
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Every day of our lives,
"Lord, teach me to pray.
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I don't even know how to pray.
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How should I pray?
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How can I pray that I
know that God will hear me?
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And that you can
answer my prayers.
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I know we can get
down, we can form words,
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we can say things.
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But I want you to
teach me to pray."
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And of course, we'll talk
a little bit more about it.
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Then Jesus goes on in Luke 11:2,
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down with two or three verses.
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And we could
spend the whole time
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that we have on that,
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we're not going to do it.
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But Jesus taught
them, what do we call it,
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the Lord's what?
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The Lord's Prayer, and
we all know it by memory,
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but if I go, we will do one,
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we'll find out in I
think it's Matthew 6:9-13,
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the wording is just
a little bit different
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than found in Luke,
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but the meaning is the same.
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It's how each man
heard it with his ears
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and he recorded it,
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and it's simply a very
wonderful, good prayer.
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Prayer is something
that we need, it starts out,
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"Our Father
which art in heaven."
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That's who we're talking to,
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somebody that can do something
about the needs that I have,
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that you have,
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and God wants to
do nice things for us.
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If you're a churchgoer,
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we have any
churchgoers here today?
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"Well, yeah, we're churchgoers,"
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and the whole world
practically raised their hand
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and says what
"I'm a churchgoer."
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Well, that's not gonna
get you to heaven necessarily.
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But it'd be nice
if you go to church,
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you have a better opportunity
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than the one who's
not going to church.
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And so as
churchgoers, you might,
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and especially in Adventism,
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we understand
some of these things
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that I'll mention to you
and surely the world does too.
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When we talk about
there's prayer times,
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how often have you heard,
"We're gonna have prayer time."
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Many times when the pastor
was gone, and they would...
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My uncle maybe
would have the services
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every time he'd say,
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"Well, I've been busy this week.
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I haven't had
time to study anything.
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We're gonna have some
prayer time and praise."
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Well, you know,
that wasn't so bad.
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We thought right
then, we hung our heads
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because we knew it's
gonna happen every time,
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prayer and praise.
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But then, you know,
that's good prayer and pray.
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We didn't
understand it as young people.
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I understand that now.
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And we might have called it
prayer and testimony service.
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So how many of you heard that?
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Also, we used to say,
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"Well, we're gonna
have a prayer band."
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We're gonna get together
and we're gonna just pray.
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We're gonna band
together, and we're gonna pray,
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and God's going
to do great things.
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And I've heard it
said, my mom said,
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"You know, we ought to
take this situation here
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under prayerful consideration."
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You ever heard that one?
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Yes.
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And somebody,
preacher might ask you
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"How is your prayer life?"
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And then we have
prayer meeting, don't we?
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I've heard they
say, "Watch and pray."
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You've read that in
Bible so many times.
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I've heard work and
pray, and the prayer of faith.
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Talk about maybe the
answer prayer to the sick.
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I've heard this comes
without fasting and prayer.
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We heard of the prayer together.
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I've heard of private prayer,
I've heard of public prayer,
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of secret prayer,
of healing prayer,
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and pray before
you open the Bible.
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How many times...
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And the list could
go on and on and on.
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But see, prayer
plays a significant part
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in our experience,
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in even
understanding the Word of God.
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Lord, today, teach us to pray.
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Lord, teach me to pray.
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Prayer is simply
communing with God, is it not?
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How about prayer?
Prayer is like it's...
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Prayer is communing with God
and that means talking to God.
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But, you know,
if we talk to God,
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we need to have
something to say.
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And usually with something
to say would be about our self
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or maybe a need or
need of a family member.
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You know why?
Because God is interested.
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He's interested in
what you have to say,
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that blows my mind
that He would be interested,
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the King of the universe,
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interested in some
little piddly thing
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I'm going through down here.
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You know, but it's...
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I know it's heavy duty sometimes
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what we go through in this life.
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So what is prayer
again? What is prayer?
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Christ tells us
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and prayer is the
opening of the heart to God
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as a friend.
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So in prayer, what do we do?
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We pray to Him as He was a what?
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A friend.
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How many of you are sitting down
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with just friends?
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And you just kind of
poured your heart out
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and you talk to
them as a friend,
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you weren't nervous,
you wouldn't all think...
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You had to, you
know, phrase your words
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and say certain
things, you just talk to them.
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That's what God wants you to do.
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Just to talk to him as a friend.
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Sure, God knows all about
you, He knows all about me.
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But think about it.
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Prayer never
brings God down to us,
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prayer takes us up to God.
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You see why He wants us to pray?
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He doesn't want to stay
right here ask of the low life.
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Are you still with me?
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He wants us to be raised
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to the elevation
of heavenly things
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and do heavenly things for us.
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You know, if you
think about Jesus
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while He was on this earth,
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what an illustration,
while He was on this earth,
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what did He do?
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There was times,
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the Bible tells us in Luke 6:12,
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that Jesus went into a mountain
to pray and He prayed..."
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How long?
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"All night."
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You know, as song
says, "How long has it been
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since you knelt
by your bed," right?
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And talk to the Lord and seek.
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You know that
song, that real old?
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"How long has it been
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since you called
Him your friend?"
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And how long has it been
since we prayed all night?
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How long has it been
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that we've had
a burden like that
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that we needed to pray to God?
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Jesus prayed all night.
And well, think about this.
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Isn't He our
example in all things?
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Jesus is our example,
so I can trust His example.
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There's times that we
need to pray all night.
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I'm not talking
about just having praying.
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I'm talking about
praying all night long
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because we couldn't sleep,
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because we're torn
up about something.
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We needed some
peace about something,
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and that peace didn't come
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as quickly as we'd
like for it to have come,
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and we had to stay on
our knees until it came.
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Jesus is our help.
He is our strength.
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See, Jesus
prayed all night. Why?
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Because he needed strength.
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Fully human, fully
divine, but as humanity,
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he needed some strength.
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You need strength
and I need strength
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because the enemy is
fighting us tooth and nail.
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Every day of our life
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and everything
that you encounter,
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the enemy is there
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posting some
kind of a counterfeit
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before you,
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before we ever get to the truth.
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He's trying to lead you astray.
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He's trying to take
you in the wrong place.
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He's trying to get you situated
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into maybe a
place you shouldn't be.
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But, you know, we
have to be open enough
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to say like, "God is leading
in my heart and in my life."
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We know from
scripture in John 13:15,
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it says, for Jesus said here
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"For I have
given you an example."
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So Jesus gave us what?
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An example that we
should do like he's done,
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we need to pray more
than we do, for sure.
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We need strength.
He needed strength.
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He needed
strength to prepare him
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for the test and what?
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And the trials that
was to come upon Him.
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And if He needed it,
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how much more do I
need it today, right?
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If He needed it,
don't you need it more?
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I need it more.
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But yet sometime we neglect it
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'cause we think it's
just between Him and us.
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And we can just
say a little something
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and move our way,
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you know, go on
about our business.
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Prayers That Are Answered
is pretty heavy duty subject.
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But, you know, when
you thinking about prayer
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and the answer to prayer,
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let me just say a point,
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very heavy duty
point here in our study is,
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notice this,
that answer to prayer
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comes as a result
of meeting conditions.
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Did we get it?
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Answer to prayer comes about
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if we're willing
to meet the conditions
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that God has set up for us.
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Does that make sense?
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That should kind
of make sense to us.
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Another couple things,
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we need to feel
our need of help.
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See, too many are too prideful,
they don't feel a need.
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But we need to feel our
need of a Savior, feel our need,
00:20:09.10\00:20:11.94
we need some outside help.
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We need something
that's bigger than we are.
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That's the situation
we can't handle in life,
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we need heavenly help.
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And so I'm feeling a need,
"And, Lord, I need some help."
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He loves to hear that.
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And then when I pray that,
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I know this, my
heart has to be open.
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So you don't
have a closed heart.
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The heart has to be open.
I'm praying for something.
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Let it be open
because God may see fit
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to answer it the way
He wants to answer it.
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Not just how you
would like for it to be.
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But how many
prayers if you had answered,
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just think about it.
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They've been answered
entirely the different way
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than what you prayed about it.
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But it was
answered in the right way
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because God did it.
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He takes into
consideration all things.
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He says, you
know, our love is...
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Psalms 34:15,
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He talks about his
ears are open to their cry
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or our cry.
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Isn't that exciting?
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It makes you want to
jump up and just shout,
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it said the King of the universe
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when we pray,
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His ears are open to
our cries, Psalm 34:15.
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Keep that heart open,
keep that need, "I need prayer.
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I need to spend time with God."
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You know, sometime
prayers are answered
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right underneath our nose
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and we don't even
know they've been answered.
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Why? Because it
didn't fit into our agenda.
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It didn't fit in the
way we wanted it to be.
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We're telling God
how we want it done
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and when we want it done.
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The ship was in distress.
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They sent out SOS.
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And you know when
they send out SOS,
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they're in trouble.
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"We're in immediate
danger, we need some help.
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We've run out of fresh water.
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We have no water on
the ship to drink anymore.
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Emergency. Emergency.
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SOS, SOS. Help us.
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We have to have a reply
quick. We're about to die."
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A reply came back
quickly, almost immediately.
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Here reply said,
"Let your buckets down.
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You are on freshwater now.
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You're on the
river of St. Lawrence."
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Somebody's not getting
what I'm talking about here.
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They're thinking it's
out there in salt water.
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They said, "Man, you don't
wish that they're gonna die
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and there's the
water right there,
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let your buckets down."
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Jesus talked
about let the nets down.
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Do you remember that?
And fish, we need to...
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Sometimes the
blessing is right there.
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It's right underneath
us, right there, and we're...
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"I'm dying. I
can't take it anymore.
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We need some water."
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And there it is right
there. God knew it all along.
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Do you believe that
He knew it all along?
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What does the Bible say?
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We're not
dreaming these things up
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'cause the Bible says
right here in Isaiah 65:24,
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Isaiah 65:24,
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now it starts out
with the word before,
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somebody help me.
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Jesus says, notice
this, "Before you,"
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somebody say call,
I'm going to get happy.
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I'm starting to get happy now.
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Somebody said call,
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before you call
what's going to happen?
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"I will answer and
while they are speaking,
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I will hear."
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See, these are
promises that He gave.
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Now think about
Brother Jacob, before you call,
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He knows what you're in need of.
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He knows you need to call,
00:23:16.29\00:23:17.63
but He's not
gonna make you call.
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He's gonna hand you the phone,
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but He's not gonna
dial the number for you.
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Did you get that one?
It's not going to get it.
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Yeah, you're going to get it,
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.14
but it's divinity
and humanity doing what?
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Working together
for the cause of Christ.
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Jesus said it real simple
in the book of Matthew 7:7,
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most familiar
passage of scripture, yeah.
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It says, "Ask,
and it shall..." what?
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"Be given to you."
We're doing Bible studies.
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Okay, do Bible study.
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This is what we should be doing.
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This is where we're to learn.
00:23:47.86\00:23:49.46
We're not saying
well, the pastor said
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or somebody else said,
the Bible said, God said.
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This is the way that
it is that doesn't change.
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He said "Ask, and
you shall receive."
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That sounds almost too simple.
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How come it's
not working that way?
00:24:03.51\00:24:04.84
Some of them,
some people will say.
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You know what, it works exactly
the way God says that it works.
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He said ask, but notice this,
00:24:11.38\00:24:13.62
"Ask and it shall be given you."
00:24:13.65\00:24:16.38
And then if we compare that
with a passage of scripture,
00:24:16.42\00:24:19.39
Romans 8:35,
man, this is powerful.
00:24:19.42\00:24:23.53
Romans 8:32, I'm
sorry, Romans 8:32,
00:24:23.56\00:24:28.06
this seals it up beyond question
00:24:28.10\00:24:30.07
when it says,
00:24:30.10\00:24:31.43
"He spared not
His own son" notice,
00:24:31.47\00:24:34.24
"but delivered
him up for us all.
00:24:34.27\00:24:37.24
How shall He not with Him
also freely give us" how many?
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"All things."
00:24:42.68\00:24:44.21
He gave us all things
in Jesus Christ, didn't He?
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He said if I gave Jesus Christ
00:24:46.68\00:24:48.12
to this pathetic
pitiful sinner, right,
00:24:48.15\00:24:50.22
this earth is a mess,
00:24:50.25\00:24:52.32
and knowing what a
mess it was going to be
00:24:52.35\00:24:53.79
before He came, all
the messes in the world,
00:24:53.82\00:24:55.99
I still gave my son right here,
00:24:56.02\00:24:57.79
don't you think I
can give you all things
00:24:57.83\00:24:59.29
that you have need of?
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Absolutely we can.
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Little book called
Manuscript 14, 1901.
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This was written down
"All who come to Christ today."
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Okay, anybody
gonna come to Christ?
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Here I go, here I go,
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I don't have any
place else to go.
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I don't have any
place else to go.
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There's nothing in the
world that's luring me.
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Are you still with me?
So I need to go to Christ.
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I have an issue. I
need to go to Christ.
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I don't need to
listen to this one
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or listen to that one.
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I need to go to Christ first.
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Don't go to
everybody in the book
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and ask them what
they think about it first,
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and then you go
back to the Word,
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you're gonna get
yourself in trouble.
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Does that make sense?
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I might be
talking fast, I'm sorry.
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That's the way it is.
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Now somebody keep up now.
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If you can't keep up,
Brother Jacob, you tell me,
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and I'll still go fast anyway.
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I'll be praying for you, right,
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that your ears will
tingle a little bit more.
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All right, now this is good.
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"All that come to
Christ today are to remember
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that his merit is the incense."
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We're praying, right?
We're praying, weren't we?
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We need some incense.
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What is the incense,
in the earthly sanctuary,
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what was it?
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It represented Christ what?
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Prayer. His incense, right?
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Mingle, His
righteousness, mingle,
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God won't even hear your prayer,
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Brother John,
unless Jesus is involved.
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Does that make
sense? But it gets simple.
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We come to Jesus, right,
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we come to God in
the name of Jesus.
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Man, that's the beautiful
thing to think about here.
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But notice, incense that mingles
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with the prayers
of those, notice this,
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He puts His righteousness,
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He puts His
incense and so He's okay,
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His stamp on it so
that God will hear,
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but He can only do it,
notice this what it says,
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to those who
repent of their sins
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and receive pardon
and mercy and grace.
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Whoo!
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God said I'll put my stamp,
my seal of approval on it.
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Hebrews 13:15-16,
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Hebrews 13:15-16,
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I wish we could
go up to three times
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and give
everybody a chance to do it.
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Hebrews
13:15-16, the Bible says,
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"By Him therefore let us
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offer the sacrifice of
praise to God continually."
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That is what?
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"The fruit of our lips
giving thanks to His name."
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Verse 16, Here comes
some real power, notice,
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"But to do good
and to communicate,
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forget not"
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that means to share,
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to communicate
needs to participate.
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Got to talk about
it a little bit here.
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"Forget not for such sacrifices,
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God is well pleased."
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Do we want to please God?
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Come on, somebody help
me. Do we want to please God?
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If that mean we
please God this way, right?
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That means we can displease God,
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does it make sense?
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So we've got a
choice, to displease Him
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and do it the
way we want to do it
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and how we want to do it
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and you're not going to
get the blessings of God
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and I'm not either.
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We've got to do it God's
way. That's what is so simple.
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Why not?
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He's our Creator
and our Redeemer, right,
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He rules this universe.
He can move the arm, right?
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He can move man out of the way.
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He can move
mountains out of the way.
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Whoo!
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Boy, it's that kind of God
that we serve, we need Him.
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Again, I go back to Luke 11:1,
you don't have to go there.
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But I'm gonna say,
"Lord, teach us to pray."
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Lord, teach us
to do what? To pray.
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And again, Jesus responds
and gives us the model prayer
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that we talked about awhile ago,
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to encourage us,
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and to strengthen
our faith in praying,
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and He's our
father, which art in heaven.
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How powerful that is.
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When Jesus was praying that,
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you realize when He was praying,
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the disciples were in awe.
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How in awe might you be today
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if Jesus were here
that you could see Him,
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and oh, I'm getting goosebumps,
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and He began to pray?
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I almost guarantee
I couldn't pray along
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'cause we first of
all be praying together,
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but I think my ear
would be to what He's saying.
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Well, I want to hear
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what He has to say to the Father
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'cause I know the Father hears.
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I know the
Father's gonna answer Him.
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How is He praying? I
want to pray like this.
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See His
disciples were so impressed
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by the way that Jesus prayed.
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And here's what it
said, by the way He talked.
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His disciple, are
you a disciple of Christ?
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I want to feel like
I may be 1 of the 12.
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I'm 1 of the 50
millionth or billion, whatever,
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but I'm one of
His disciples today,
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and I want to
know how to pray right.
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Jesus prayed, he
talked. Notice this.
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He talked as one who
was talking to a friend,
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that's how He was
talking to His Father.
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Wow.
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His prayers were so different
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from those formal
prayers of the leaders
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that He grew up in church with.
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Sometimes they're
so formal, so lifeless,
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and so coldhearted,
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they might as well
sit down and be quite.
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Is that all right to
say or should I sit down?
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You know what I'm talking about?
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This is what Jesus heard
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while he was
growing up in the temple
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of the priest and the rulers,
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they had their
little set prayer...
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They're saying
whatever they want.
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Okay, God knows if
they're sincere or not.
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I'm not trying to judge that.
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That's what He heard
as He was growing up.
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But notice that
wasn't the way He prayed.
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These formal prayers
sometime of the leaders,
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these set phrases,
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oh,
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it's kind of like that
God had no interest in them.
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They're cold and lifeless.
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I think that
it's in 2 Timothy 3:5,
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it talks about we
have a form of godliness
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but we're denying, what,
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we're denying power thereof,
even in our prayer life.
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Oh, we shouldn't do that.
Oh, God, have mercy on us.
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Now why did the disciples,
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why were they so excited
about hearing Jesus pray?
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Think about it with me.
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I think they were
honest in heart, in this,
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they wanted to be
more effective disciples
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and witnesses for Christ.
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You want to be more effective,
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you want to be
what you should be,
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which is Christ representative
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rather than a
devil's representative.
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I tell you, be one
or the other today.
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You're gonna be
devil's representative
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or you're gonna be
Christ representative,
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you know?
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And I've tasted both, I
don't know about any of you.
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You might not going to admit it.
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It's all right. It
doesn't matter to me.
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God knows.
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But we don't want that,
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we want to be
the representatives
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of Jesus Christ.
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They wanted to be
the kind of disciples
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that Jesus say, "Amen.
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Praise God."
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But you know
what, so they listened.
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They wanted their work to be...
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They had
understood the necessity
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of having a rich
powerful prayer life,
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personal prayer life.
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With God who answers
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and with a God
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who can take
care of their needs,
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and so the simple comes
back, the simple answer is ask.
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One word, ask.
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Ask God about things
that's going on in your life.
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He knows. But you
talk to Him about it.
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Talk about the
problems, talk about the joy,
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talk about the sorrow,
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talk about the
issues that's going on.
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You might say
today, "Okay, we've lost.
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We've lost a loved
one. We had a choice.
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We could stay
home and we can cry
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or we can come
by the grace of God
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and sing praises
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and be in His
presence and be restored,
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to be strengthened, to
be able to move forward,
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to be able to do
what God wants us to do.
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See, this is what it's all about
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rather than sit at
home in the recliner,
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feeling sorry for yourself.
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That's not what God
would have us to do.
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He's wanting to
give you strength,
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but He says you have to come.
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That makes sense?
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You've got to come,
you've got to get out.
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You got to break
out of this thing.
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You got to come
where God can bless you.
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He just simply says,
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"You do your part
and I'll do Mine."
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You believe
that? He will. He will.
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And there's a time to
mourn, there's a time to cry.
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I'm not saying
anything that's wrong with that.
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But I'm saying, when you need,
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when you're
going through a mess,
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I think you need
God's people around you.
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I think you need
God's people to be praying.
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You're not getting around them
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so you can
bellyache and cry about,
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but you can simply say,
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"This is the
need, this happened.
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This is what's
happened in my life,
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would you pray for me?"
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Yes. For strength.
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That's why I get so
excited about when people say,
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I've said many
times in front up here.
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When I haven't seen
people for 10 or 15, 20 years,
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and they say,
"Pastor, I hope you're not...
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Don't get aggravated at me.
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But you know what,
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I've prayed for you
every day of my life
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for the past 20 years."
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Chris will tell
you. She's heard them.
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Over 20 years, one of them was
last General Conference Session
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or ASI or something.
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He said, "I hope you
don't get angry at me.
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But the Holy Spirit's impressed
my every day of my life,
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I take you to the throne room."
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I said, "Oh, thank
you." I get tears in my eyes.
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I say, "Oh, God, thank You.
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Thank You that
somebody cares enough.
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Thank You."
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And I said, you
know, the only reason
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I'm sure that I'm here,
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we know it's because of Jesus,
but it's the praying saints,
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isn't it?
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The only reason you're here,
Jacob, is the praying saints.
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You should've been
dead long time ago.
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Your life was miserable
before when you left Jesus.
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Now it's filling your heart,
and you're a different person.
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Praise God.
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That's what it's
about, Sister Mary,
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filling your heart with
the love of Jesus Christ.
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This is what it's all
about, and watch things change.
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It's talking to Him, it's
having communion with Him.
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Ask, the Bible says.
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Now I think about it.
Remember, by asking God...
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Keep this one.
There's another point.
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By asking God,
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it's not trying to get
Him to accept our will.
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Say with me, folks.
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It's not trying to get
God to accept our will.
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But it's us being
prepared to accept His will.
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Does that make sense?
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Our will, we had no
idea what we pray for.
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Jesus said that before.
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"You don't even know
what you need to pray for,
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what you ought to."
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And I said is that, youngsters,
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eight, nine years
old, I said, "Well, good.
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Then I don't have to pray."
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I didn't know what
I was talking about.
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But you understand.
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Well, if I don't know
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what I'm supposed
to pray for, why pray?
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That's the way
I reasoned it out.
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But then as I explained
to him, "No, we need to."
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It's not to change
God but it's to change me.
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It's that
perseverance. Let me tell you.
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What was his name?
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Martin Luther was one of them,
I think, and another fellow
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I was reading
about the other day.
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He was a man of
prayer. And he made out a list.
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And I think we need to
already making out a list
00:35:01.00\00:35:02.40
and put people's names on it.
00:35:02.43\00:35:03.77
This is not saved, this
left the church, left God.
00:35:03.80\00:35:06.20
Put them on there.
00:35:06.23\00:35:07.57
And the last one
that came to Jesus.
00:35:07.60\00:35:09.74
Everyone of them on
that list came to Jesus,
00:35:09.77\00:35:12.94
gave their life to Him,
00:35:12.97\00:35:14.58
but the last one that did
was two months after this died.
00:35:14.61\00:35:17.68
But it's 52 years he prayed,
00:35:17.71\00:35:20.68
52 straight years he
prayed for four people
00:35:20.72\00:35:23.55
was on the list.
00:35:23.59\00:35:25.19
Everyone of them
came to Him, all four,
00:35:25.22\00:35:27.92
but the last one was too
months after the man was dead.
00:35:27.96\00:35:30.46
But still answered the prayer.
00:35:30.49\00:35:31.83
Fifty-two years.
00:35:31.86\00:35:34.13
And we think 52
minutes is too long.
00:35:34.16\00:35:38.43
God knows what we have
need of, it keeps us humble,
00:35:38.47\00:35:42.34
it keeps us teachable,
00:35:42.37\00:35:43.71
it keeps us back to
the throne room of God
00:35:43.74\00:35:45.44
spending more time on there.
00:35:45.47\00:35:46.84
Then we do
spending time and it's...
00:35:46.88\00:35:48.51
Ooh!
00:35:48.54\00:35:50.51
You know we're in the world
00:35:50.55\00:35:53.25
and all this other
junk that's going on,
00:35:53.28\00:35:54.62
as you will know.
00:35:54.65\00:35:55.98
Ask, the Bible said.
00:35:56.02\00:35:59.25
Prayer brings our
life into harmony with God.
00:35:59.29\00:36:02.76
Isn't that wonderful?
00:36:02.79\00:36:04.13
Oh, Philippians
talks about that,
00:36:04.16\00:36:06.19
Philippians 2:13.
00:36:06.23\00:36:08.76
Philippians
2:13, the Bible says,
00:36:08.80\00:36:11.87
"To will and to do of
His good," what, "pleasure."
00:36:11.90\00:36:16.17
See how it all adds up?
You say, "Well, we're talking."
00:36:16.20\00:36:18.21
Scripture is
backing everything up here.
00:36:18.24\00:36:20.38
We know that. Who told us?
00:36:20.41\00:36:23.31
Who told us that
we can approach God
00:36:23.35\00:36:25.48
in His name?
00:36:25.51\00:36:26.85
Does somebody
tell us in the Word?
00:36:26.88\00:36:29.08
Well, look up at
John 14:9 through 14.
00:36:29.12\00:36:32.49
John chapter 14.
00:36:32.52\00:36:34.92
Now I'm only going to try
to focus on verses 13 and 14
00:36:34.96\00:36:37.83
because of our time.
00:36:37.86\00:36:39.76
John 14, are we still
there? Verses 9 through 14.
00:36:39.79\00:36:44.13
Focus on 13 and 14 with me.
00:36:44.17\00:36:47.30
The Bible says,
John 14:13 and 14,
00:36:47.34\00:36:50.34
"For whatsoever ye
shall ask in My," what,
00:36:50.37\00:36:53.11
"name, that will
I do," that's big,
00:36:53.14\00:36:56.14
"that the Father may
be glorified in the Son."
00:36:56.18\00:36:58.21
But notice that, people say,
00:36:58.25\00:36:59.58
"Well, whatever I ask in
the name, it's gonna be so."
00:36:59.61\00:37:00.95
But notice how it follows
up. What follows up after that?
00:37:00.98\00:37:04.35
"That the Father may
be glorified in the Son."
00:37:04.39\00:37:08.19
Whatever you ask
in My name, what,
00:37:08.22\00:37:10.16
that the Father is
glorified, not you, not me.
00:37:10.19\00:37:13.03
But notice 14, "Ye
shall ask," I circled this,
00:37:13.06\00:37:17.47
"anything in My
name, I will do it."
00:37:17.50\00:37:21.07
I love it. I
said, "This is great.
00:37:21.10\00:37:23.27
If we ask anything," that's big.
00:37:23.30\00:37:25.57
What, it must mean something.
00:37:25.61\00:37:27.28
There must be more
to it than anything
00:37:27.31\00:37:28.91
because sometime
we ask foolish things.
00:37:28.94\00:37:32.35
What does it mean
anything? Let's just go...
00:37:32.38\00:37:34.75
Since we're there,
we've got to read verse 15.
00:37:34.78\00:37:37.39
Right, Jesus was
talking right there,
00:37:37.42\00:37:38.85
verse 15 as you
well know in John 14:15.
00:37:38.89\00:37:41.86
Jesus said, "If you," what?
00:37:41.89\00:37:44.59
"If you love Me,
keep My commandments."
00:37:44.63\00:37:46.86
Notice this.
00:37:46.90\00:37:48.23
"If you love Me," notice this,
00:37:48.26\00:37:49.66
"you will keep My commandments,"
00:37:49.70\00:37:52.03
because that is
the result of love.
00:37:52.07\00:37:54.74
Does that make sense?
00:37:54.77\00:37:56.30
Keep My commandments,
the commandments of Jesus,
00:37:56.34\00:37:58.27
the commandments
of God the Father.
00:37:58.31\00:38:01.04
If you love Me, as
disciples would cooperate
00:38:01.08\00:38:03.48
then with heaven.
00:38:03.51\00:38:05.35
If you and I will
cooperate with heaven,
00:38:05.38\00:38:08.42
this is big, God's
going to do great things.
00:38:08.45\00:38:11.49
As we give the
gospel to the world,
00:38:11.52\00:38:13.32
which is our commission,
00:38:13.36\00:38:15.49
giving the three angels'
message, what, to the world.
00:38:15.52\00:38:18.96
This is what God
said to do, right?
00:38:18.99\00:38:20.63
Go and teach it,
preach it to the world,
00:38:20.66\00:38:22.23
and then the
end's going to come.
00:38:22.26\00:38:25.53
God said He would
supply our every need.
00:38:25.57\00:38:28.14
So in these passages,
it's more than selfish
00:38:28.17\00:38:30.31
that He's talking about.
00:38:30.34\00:38:31.67
It's not about self at all.
00:38:31.71\00:38:33.04
He's telling disciples,
00:38:33.07\00:38:34.41
"You're getting ready to
go into a hornet's nest."
00:38:34.44\00:38:37.15
Somebody not with me.
00:38:37.18\00:38:38.51
Is this really
sad? Think about it.
00:38:38.55\00:38:40.25
Going into a hornet's nest,
00:38:40.28\00:38:41.75
when you're a disciple of Christ
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.52
and you want to accept
Jesus, and you want the truth,
00:38:43.55\00:38:45.52
and you want to love the truth,
you want to live the truth,
00:38:45.55\00:38:48.19
you want to walk the truth,
00:38:48.22\00:38:49.66
you want to make
heaven your home.
00:38:49.69\00:38:51.19
You're going to
step into a hornet's nest
00:38:51.23\00:38:52.89
that you can't get out of
00:38:52.93\00:38:54.26
unless by the power
of the Spirit of God.
00:38:54.30\00:38:56.63
This is what it's all about.
00:38:56.67\00:38:59.47
And so Jesus was
telling the disciples,
00:38:59.50\00:39:01.70
"You're getting right
to step in this mess here
00:39:01.74\00:39:03.44
you can't get
out of on your own.
00:39:03.47\00:39:05.11
But let Me tell you,
00:39:05.14\00:39:06.47
go in to get the
gospel to the world.
00:39:06.51\00:39:08.31
Your motives are
right, your heart is right.
00:39:08.34\00:39:10.05
I will supply your every need."
00:39:10.08\00:39:12.18
Praise God for that.
00:39:12.21\00:39:14.52
Man, should petition the
Father in the name of Jesus.
00:39:14.55\00:39:20.02
Of course, there's
several instances in the Bible,
00:39:20.06\00:39:21.59
you know, where
they didn't always
00:39:21.62\00:39:23.12
address the Father first
00:39:23.16\00:39:24.49
that came in the name of Jesus.
00:39:24.53\00:39:27.30
Acts 7:59 talks about it,
00:39:27.33\00:39:29.46
and Revelation
22:20 talks about it.
00:39:29.50\00:39:31.73
We don't have
time to go into it.
00:39:31.77\00:39:33.94
This one was at the
stoning of Steven, you remember?
00:39:33.97\00:39:37.04
Steven went to
Jesus right quick,
00:39:37.07\00:39:39.87
he went right
quick, you can do that.
00:39:39.91\00:39:41.91
The Bible says, "If we ask
anything in His name," what,
00:39:41.94\00:39:44.55
John 14:14, "I will do it."
00:39:44.58\00:39:48.68
So what petitions
might we expect God,
00:39:48.72\00:39:51.45
then, to answer
00:39:51.49\00:39:52.82
'cause it said, "Come to
Him and He's gonna do it."
00:39:52.85\00:39:56.09
The Bible gave some
answers in 1 John chapter 5,
00:39:56.12\00:39:59.16
1 John chapter 5,
notice with me here,
00:39:59.19\00:40:01.90
verses 14 and 15.
00:40:01.93\00:40:04.83
1 John 5:14 and 15,
00:40:04.87\00:40:08.64
and notice what the Bible says,
00:40:08.67\00:40:10.61
"This is the
confidence," I like that word.
00:40:10.64\00:40:13.17
Anybody getting confidence now,
not in man, not on the flesh,
00:40:13.21\00:40:17.21
but I got confidence in God now.
00:40:17.25\00:40:18.91
Notice, that we have...
00:40:18.95\00:40:20.98
You know what, confidence here
00:40:21.02\00:40:22.48
has an interesting
word here in the Greek.
00:40:22.52\00:40:26.02
It means bluntness.
00:40:26.05\00:40:30.16
It means with
publicity, confidence.
00:40:30.19\00:40:34.46
It means assurance.
00:40:34.50\00:40:37.80
It means
pouring forth something.
00:40:37.83\00:40:39.73
We can have
confidence and assurance in God,
00:40:39.77\00:40:42.20
isn't that
right, "That we have...
00:40:42.24\00:40:44.41
Notice, "We have in Him that
00:40:44.44\00:40:46.57
if we ask anything
according to His will,"
00:40:46.61\00:40:49.21
here you go, we've got
to ask according to, what,
00:40:49.24\00:40:51.75
"His will."
00:40:51.78\00:40:53.18
He does what, "He
hears us," verse 15,
00:40:53.21\00:40:56.28
"And if we know
that He hears us..."
00:40:56.32\00:40:58.45
Do you notice the obedience?
You notice the question?
00:40:58.49\00:41:01.52
"And if you know He hears,"
00:41:01.56\00:41:03.32
so He hears, do
you believe He hears?
00:41:03.36\00:41:05.36
Yes, I believe He hears.
00:41:05.39\00:41:06.90
Well, then we're gonna
have it, "Whatsoever we ask.
00:41:06.93\00:41:09.30
We know we have the petitions
that we desired of Him."
00:41:09.33\00:41:13.94
What is God assuring us here?
00:41:13.97\00:41:16.17
To me, He's
assuring us something here,
00:41:16.20\00:41:18.24
that we may come to
Him in full confidence,
00:41:18.27\00:41:21.51
full assurance,
00:41:21.54\00:41:22.88
He's pouring out good
things for us in faith,
00:41:22.91\00:41:26.05
knowing that we
will have everything
00:41:26.08\00:41:28.05
that we need in this
life and for our eternal good.
00:41:28.08\00:41:32.29
Isn't that wonderful?
00:41:32.32\00:41:33.66
For, what, for our eternal good,
00:41:33.69\00:41:35.82
He's going to give us.
00:41:35.86\00:41:37.96
Why? Does God
know to begin with?
00:41:37.99\00:41:40.46
Sure, Matthew 6:18...
00:41:40.50\00:41:43.77
Matthew 6:8 says,
00:41:43.80\00:41:45.73
"For your Father knoweth
what things you have need of,"
00:41:45.77\00:41:49.50
good, "before you ask Him."
00:41:49.54\00:41:53.94
See, this is the good news.
00:41:53.98\00:41:55.31
You're not telling,
you're not surprising Him.
00:41:55.34\00:41:57.25
He already knows
what you have need of,
00:41:57.28\00:41:59.31
and He's willing
to hear and to answer.
00:41:59.35\00:42:01.75
And you know
what, this includes...
00:42:01.78\00:42:03.85
Come on, let's open
it up just a little bit.
00:42:03.89\00:42:06.05
Let's open, let's get
down to the nitty-gritty.
00:42:06.09\00:42:08.06
This is more than just getting
down to, well, we have needs,
00:42:08.09\00:42:11.43
you know, physical
needs and so on needs.
00:42:11.46\00:42:15.16
This right here is
talking about spiritual needs.
00:42:15.20\00:42:17.77
Somebody with me?
00:42:17.80\00:42:19.13
Well, certainly
spiritual needs here
00:42:19.17\00:42:21.30
that He's talking about,
00:42:21.34\00:42:23.07
which is what,
00:42:23.10\00:42:24.84
you can confidence and assurance
00:42:24.87\00:42:26.57
that you will have
forgiveness of sin.
00:42:26.61\00:42:29.34
Isn't that beautiful?
00:42:29.38\00:42:31.31
The conditions are simple here.
00:42:31.35\00:42:33.25
The conditions
here are reasonable.
00:42:33.28\00:42:36.75
He just says,
"Ask and come to Him."
00:42:36.79\00:42:39.32
We don't have to do any penance.
00:42:39.35\00:42:41.26
Somebody with me?
00:42:41.29\00:42:42.62
I don't have to
crawl up a bunch of steps
00:42:42.66\00:42:43.99
and beat my head on every step.
00:42:44.03\00:42:45.66
I don't have to
have something like whip
00:42:45.69\00:42:47.06
and beat my back
until I've laid it open
00:42:47.10\00:42:48.70
till the blood flows down.
00:42:48.73\00:42:50.47
I don't have to go to any man
00:42:50.50\00:42:51.83
to do this or do
that or anything.
00:42:51.87\00:42:53.20
I go directly to Jesus, right,
to God through Jesus Christ,
00:42:53.23\00:42:56.74
my Lord and my Savior.
00:42:56.77\00:42:58.51
Oh boy!
00:42:58.54\00:43:00.78
I don't have to do
all these things to say,
00:43:00.81\00:43:03.35
"Can I have forgiveness
now if I do all these things?"
00:43:03.38\00:43:06.65
You know what the Bible said?
00:43:06.68\00:43:08.02
Proverbs 28:13, Proverbs 28:13,
00:43:08.05\00:43:11.19
the Bible says, "He
that confesses," and what,
00:43:11.22\00:43:15.59
"forsaketh his sins..."
00:43:15.62\00:43:17.69
It didn't say just
confess and get up and go?
00:43:17.73\00:43:19.23
It said, "Confess and
forsake," Proverbs 28:13,
00:43:19.26\00:43:22.76
"his sin, he shall
have," what, "mercy."
00:43:22.80\00:43:25.57
God said, "I'm
going to give you mercy.
00:43:25.60\00:43:27.00
If you confess and you
forsake, I will have mercy."
00:43:27.04\00:43:29.67
That settles it,
doors shut, there's a comma,
00:43:29.70\00:43:32.01
let's just end it up,
let's put it in the closet,
00:43:32.04\00:43:33.71
it's over with.
00:43:33.74\00:43:35.08
I have that forgiveness.
00:43:35.11\00:43:36.44
We've confessed, He's
faithful, and He's what?
00:43:36.48\00:43:38.68
He's just, 1 John 1:9,
00:43:38.71\00:43:40.25
"To forgive me of my sins
00:43:40.28\00:43:41.62
and to cleanse me
from all unrighteousness."
00:43:41.65\00:43:44.29
Not a little dab, not a
whole bunch left in there
00:43:44.32\00:43:46.79
but to cleanse me
from all unrighteousness,
00:43:46.82\00:43:49.36
man, to set me new,
set me on a different plan,
00:43:49.39\00:43:52.89
my minds higher than
it ever has been, right?
00:43:52.93\00:43:55.10
I'm feeling
higher, I'm floating almost
00:43:55.13\00:43:57.17
as it were in this power of
the spirit of the living God
00:43:57.20\00:44:00.74
because He's taken
this heavy-duty weight
00:44:00.77\00:44:02.84
off of my shoulders.
00:44:02.87\00:44:04.37
We need to understand
00:44:04.41\00:44:05.74
what God is
saying to us in His Word.
00:44:05.77\00:44:08.64
Why?
00:44:08.68\00:44:10.01
Because I know this for sure,
00:44:10.05\00:44:11.38
because the
Bible is talking to me,
00:44:11.41\00:44:12.75
"There's nothing
that can separate us
00:44:12.78\00:44:14.12
from the love of God."
00:44:14.15\00:44:15.48
There's nobody. You
know what, you can...
00:44:15.52\00:44:16.85
Whoo!
00:44:16.89\00:44:18.22
You can let someone
separate you from God,
00:44:18.25\00:44:19.92
you can let someone to rob you
of your Christian experience,
00:44:19.95\00:44:22.86
you can let
somebody come in and rob you.
00:44:22.89\00:44:25.33
Well, you don't want
to go to church anymore.
00:44:25.36\00:44:27.23
You can let somebody
steal your salvation.
00:44:27.26\00:44:29.66
Don't let them do it.
00:44:29.70\00:44:31.10
You're in the hand of
God, you stay in there.
00:44:31.13\00:44:33.03
If somebody's gonna have to go,
00:44:33.07\00:44:34.40
it's gonna have
to be the other bird.
00:44:34.44\00:44:36.60
You know what I'm talking about?
00:44:36.64\00:44:38.44
God said, "I'm
gonna have mercy."
00:44:38.47\00:44:39.81
Nothing can separate us,
what is that, Romans 8:35,
00:44:39.84\00:44:43.51
"Nothing can separate
us from the love of," what,
00:44:43.55\00:44:45.01
"of God."
00:44:45.05\00:44:46.38
I thank and praise Him for that.
00:44:46.41\00:44:47.75
Oh, hallelujah, praise God.
00:44:47.78\00:44:49.58
Question four, how
should our prayers be offered?
00:44:49.62\00:44:51.65
We just have 10
minutes. Somebody stay with me.
00:44:51.69\00:44:53.56
If you get sleepy, stand up.
00:44:53.59\00:44:55.19
If you don't want to
stand up, you may want to shout.
00:44:55.22\00:44:56.89
You get us all going.
00:44:56.93\00:44:58.43
How should our
prayers be offered?
00:44:58.46\00:45:01.86
Philippians 4:6.
00:45:01.90\00:45:03.97
This is what the
Bible says about it,
00:45:04.00\00:45:05.47
not words making up something.
00:45:05.50\00:45:06.84
This is what God has said.
00:45:06.87\00:45:08.20
It said, "Be careful for," what,
00:45:08.24\00:45:10.17
"for nothing, but in everything
00:45:10.21\00:45:12.04
by prayer and
supplication with some," what,
00:45:12.07\00:45:15.64
"thanksgiving," oh, do what,
00:45:15.68\00:45:18.55
"let your request
good be made known to God."
00:45:18.58\00:45:21.75
That's what the
Bible said right here.
00:45:21.78\00:45:23.99
Interesting. "Be
careful for nothing.
00:45:24.02\00:45:26.32
Prayer and
supplication and thanksgiving."
00:45:26.35\00:45:30.13
You can come
boldly to the throne
00:45:30.16\00:45:31.83
because of who He is.
00:45:31.86\00:45:33.33
I've done nothing.
00:45:33.36\00:45:34.70
I can't come
boldly to the throne.
00:45:34.73\00:45:37.43
I can only come
because of Jesus Christ, right,
00:45:37.47\00:45:39.63
I come boldly to
the throne of God
00:45:39.67\00:45:43.30
knowing that He's going to hear
00:45:43.34\00:45:44.67
and He's going to
make my request known.
00:45:44.71\00:45:46.17
Do you realize this?
00:45:46.21\00:45:47.54
We talk a lot of
about President Lincoln.
00:45:47.58\00:45:49.54
You know,
there's a lot of history
00:45:49.58\00:45:50.91
about President Lincoln.
00:45:50.95\00:45:52.28
And just a few words on that,
00:45:52.31\00:45:53.95
this was just before
the Battle of Gettysburg.
00:45:53.98\00:45:58.35
Now this was a great
battle. We know that.
00:45:58.39\00:46:00.19
It was a decisive battle
that was going to take place
00:46:00.22\00:46:03.19
the next day in the Civil War.
00:46:03.22\00:46:05.89
There was a lot
leaning on this battle.
00:46:05.93\00:46:09.00
And it's very, very interesting
because the generals came up
00:46:09.03\00:46:11.63
and the leaders came up
00:46:11.67\00:46:13.00
and the platoon
sergeants came up.
00:46:13.03\00:46:14.40
And here is Lincoln
00:46:14.44\00:46:15.77
just sitting there
in his little tent,
00:46:15.80\00:46:17.47
as it were, there
00:46:17.51\00:46:18.91
and he had a
clam look on his face.
00:46:18.94\00:46:21.14
He had some peace and serenity,
00:46:21.18\00:46:23.01
peace that passes
all understanding.
00:46:23.04\00:46:25.35
And the generals
couldn't understand it,
00:46:25.38\00:46:27.08
thought of war and death
00:46:27.12\00:46:28.52
and what would happen
00:46:28.55\00:46:29.88
if they lost the
war on the moral,
00:46:29.92\00:46:32.22
and they look to him
and said, "What is it,
00:46:32.25\00:46:34.59
what is it that you have?
00:46:34.62\00:46:36.83
What has happened?"
00:46:36.86\00:46:39.06
He said, Lincoln's reply,
00:46:39.09\00:46:40.43
he just looked at
each one of the leaders
00:46:40.46\00:46:41.96
and he said, "You know, I
spent the night in prayer."
00:46:42.00\00:46:47.40
Somebody, listen up.
00:46:47.44\00:46:49.10
"I spent the night in prayer,
00:46:49.14\00:46:51.07
and the Lord
gave me an assurance
00:46:51.11\00:46:54.11
that our cause would triumph
00:46:54.14\00:46:56.48
and the nation
would be preserved."
00:46:56.51\00:46:59.01
Whoo!
00:46:59.05\00:47:00.98
That's history in
the history books.
00:47:01.02\00:47:04.19
God cares about individuals,
He cares about nations,
00:47:04.22\00:47:07.62
He cares about the outcome
00:47:07.66\00:47:09.16
of what's going
on in this world.
00:47:09.19\00:47:11.16
And if we had
praying leaders in the church
00:47:11.19\00:47:15.56
instead of talkers and windbags,
00:47:15.60\00:47:19.27
whatever they are,
00:47:19.30\00:47:22.20
and that's all
that a preacher is
00:47:22.24\00:47:23.71
or an evangelist is
unless he can back it up
00:47:23.74\00:47:25.41
with the Word of
God, just an air bag.
00:47:25.44\00:47:26.98
You know what I'm talking.
00:47:27.01\00:47:28.34
I'm not trying to
break anybody down.
00:47:28.38\00:47:29.71
I'm just trying to tell you.
00:47:29.74\00:47:31.08
We just need to
spend all night in prayer,
00:47:31.11\00:47:32.61
and when you do
that and God's will,
00:47:32.65\00:47:34.28
you are going to hear,
and you're going to answer,
00:47:34.32\00:47:35.92
and God said,
"You will triumph."
00:47:35.95\00:47:38.59
Praise God for that.
00:47:38.62\00:47:39.95
I tell you, to me,
that's just exciting
00:47:39.99\00:47:41.32
to know how much God cares.
00:47:41.36\00:47:43.19
He does care for
us as His people,
00:47:43.22\00:47:45.49
knowing that we serve,
00:47:45.53\00:47:48.40
you know, hearing God
that hears our prayers
00:47:48.43\00:47:51.57
and a God that
answers our prayers.
00:47:51.60\00:47:53.90
That means there's nothing,
00:47:53.94\00:47:55.40
nothing is too hard for our God.
00:47:55.44\00:47:58.11
So this is what
we say over and over.
00:47:58.14\00:47:59.47
There's nothing,
remember, too hard,
00:47:59.51\00:48:01.54
no matter what
you've been through,
00:48:01.58\00:48:02.91
what you're about to go through,
00:48:02.94\00:48:04.28
or you think there's...
00:48:04.31\00:48:05.65
That's all she wrote, it's not.
It can be only the beginning.
00:48:05.68\00:48:08.52
Think about it.
00:48:08.55\00:48:09.88
Instead of coming
to the end of life,
00:48:09.92\00:48:11.25
it could be only the beginning
00:48:11.29\00:48:12.62
how God can work in a
marvelous, wonderful way.
00:48:12.65\00:48:15.22
You remember the one
who fed the great multitude?
00:48:15.26\00:48:18.83
He had five loaves, and
what, two little fishes.
00:48:18.86\00:48:22.86
Tell me our God's not able.
He can do what He wants to do.
00:48:22.90\00:48:26.94
And sometime we ask
things like, you know...
00:48:26.97\00:48:30.11
He's asked,
"Kenny, let down your net."
00:48:30.14\00:48:32.67
Your answer is
right there. Let it down.
00:48:32.71\00:48:35.11
And by faith, we
let our net down,
00:48:35.14\00:48:36.75
then what, the net breaks.
00:48:36.78\00:48:38.11
You remember all the
fishes that came in there.
00:48:38.15\00:48:39.85
"There are no fish,
we fished all night.
00:48:39.88\00:48:41.68
We'll starve to
death. Can't you hear?
00:48:41.72\00:48:43.39
Can't go home.
00:48:43.42\00:48:44.75
The wife is
gonna give me decants."
00:48:44.79\00:48:46.12
Somebody's not with me.
00:48:46.15\00:48:48.26
Go home with empty nets,
not gonna get the job done,
00:48:48.29\00:48:50.43
not gonna feed the kids.
00:48:50.46\00:48:51.79
Jeez, all you got to
do is let the net down.
00:48:51.83\00:48:53.16
As they're talking over,
00:48:53.19\00:48:54.53
there's gonna be
food, broke the net.
00:48:54.56\00:48:56.87
The blessings are
right there just for our...
00:48:56.90\00:48:59.43
By reaching out in faith
and grabbing those answers.
00:48:59.47\00:49:03.71
Nothing's too hard for our God.
00:49:03.74\00:49:05.77
God who fed Israel,
00:49:08.94\00:49:11.05
you remember, in the wilderness!
00:49:11.08\00:49:13.68
He fed them with
that wonderful angel food.
00:49:13.72\00:49:15.48
He fed them with
that manna from heaven.
00:49:15.52\00:49:18.19
The same one that fed them
00:49:18.22\00:49:19.65
over and over and
over and over and over
00:49:19.69\00:49:21.12
still lives and reigns today.
00:49:21.16\00:49:23.36
The same God that
you read these miracles
00:49:23.39\00:49:26.29
and you praise His name
and say, "Oh, how wonderful.
00:49:26.33\00:49:29.20
How can He just
feed all these millions?
00:49:29.23\00:49:31.60
How can He water them every day?
00:49:31.63\00:49:33.23
How can He take
care of them every day?"
00:49:33.27\00:49:35.50
But you serve
the same God today.
00:49:35.54\00:49:37.67
Remember that, He
still sits on the throne.
00:49:37.71\00:49:40.11
He guides and He
helps to bless His children.
00:49:40.14\00:49:44.31
So quickly, why
are some of our prayers
00:49:44.35\00:49:45.88
not answered then?
00:49:45.91\00:49:47.72
James 4:3 said,
00:49:47.75\00:49:49.08
"You ask and receive
not because you ask amiss
00:49:49.12\00:49:52.52
that you may
consume it upon your lust."
00:49:52.55\00:49:55.22
We ask for things
selfishly sometimes,
00:49:55.26\00:49:57.43
amiss, for our own pleasure.
00:49:57.46\00:50:00.20
Prayer implies that
we're willing to seek God,
00:50:00.23\00:50:02.86
listen, for what God
is willing to give us.
00:50:02.90\00:50:05.87
Did you get it?
00:50:05.90\00:50:08.00
Sometimes we
receive not answer to prayer
00:50:08.04\00:50:10.61
because, notice,
there's two major points here
00:50:10.64\00:50:12.87
we don't want to miss here,
00:50:12.91\00:50:14.44
because, what,
00:50:14.48\00:50:16.14
because of the
nature of the request.
00:50:16.18\00:50:20.52
Remember, we
don't get them, answer,
00:50:20.55\00:50:21.88
because of the
nature of request.
00:50:21.92\00:50:23.25
It could be, what,
selfish, self-centered,
00:50:23.28\00:50:25.12
not God's will at all,
and the Spirit of the prayer.
00:50:25.15\00:50:29.19
That means if
prayer that is accompanied
00:50:29.22\00:50:31.66
by the Holy
Spirit of the living God
00:50:31.69\00:50:33.83
where there's power
00:50:33.86\00:50:35.20
that reaches to the
very throne room of God.
00:50:35.23\00:50:37.93
We're careful that
we don't we ask amiss.
00:50:37.97\00:50:41.17
What is that word
amiss? It simply means wrongly.
00:50:41.20\00:50:44.37
Be sure that we
don't ask wrongly.
00:50:44.41\00:50:46.61
That's kind of interesting.
00:50:46.64\00:50:48.04
We need to be
willing to live, what,
00:50:51.21\00:50:54.12
with God's will, not our will.
00:50:54.15\00:50:56.15
Remember, Jesus prayed
it, Matthew chapter 26?
00:50:56.18\00:50:59.02
Three different times.
00:50:59.05\00:51:00.39
You remember,
verse 39, 42, and 44.
00:51:00.42\00:51:04.06
Matthew 26:39, 42, and 44,
00:51:04.09\00:51:08.36
when Jesus prayed, Jesus prayed,
00:51:08.40\00:51:09.96
"Not My will," but
what, "but Thine be done."
00:51:10.00\00:51:13.10
Not on our own lust, not
praying about our personal,
00:51:13.13\00:51:18.11
you know, gratification.
00:51:18.14\00:51:20.11
Number seven,
under what condition
00:51:20.14\00:51:21.48
is the Lord
unable to answer prayer?
00:51:21.51\00:51:24.21
We want to get this
in the last three minutes
00:51:24.25\00:51:25.71
or so we have.
00:51:25.75\00:51:27.82
God can't answer our prayer.
00:51:27.85\00:51:29.18
Let's get it
through our heads today.
00:51:29.22\00:51:30.95
You may think God's
answering your prayer.
00:51:30.99\00:51:32.35
But the Bible says differently.
God cannot answer our prayer.
00:51:32.39\00:51:35.72
In Psalms 66:18,
"If I regard," what,
00:51:35.76\00:51:40.53
"iniquity in my heart,
the Lord will not hear me."
00:51:40.56\00:51:43.87
If I do, what,
00:51:43.90\00:51:45.23
if I regard
iniquity in my heart,
00:51:45.27\00:51:47.17
God will not hear me.
00:51:47.20\00:51:48.54
The only way prayer
can be acceptable to God
00:51:48.57\00:51:51.31
is if we are willing
to forsake all known sin.
00:51:51.34\00:51:55.74
We must be holy
and acceptable to God,
00:51:55.78\00:51:58.98
Romans 12:1.
00:51:59.01\00:52:00.35
Isn't that what it says?
00:52:00.38\00:52:01.72
Holy and acceptable to God,
which is a reasonable service.
00:52:01.75\00:52:03.95
Then he says on condition,
00:52:03.99\00:52:05.62
"If you're willing to do
this and forsake your sins,
00:52:05.65\00:52:07.49
I'm willing to meet that need,
00:52:07.52\00:52:08.86
I'm willing to
answer that prayer."
00:52:08.89\00:52:10.29
Praise God! Proverbs 28:9.
00:52:10.33\00:52:13.93
Notice this.
00:52:13.96\00:52:15.30
And there's many
millions in the world today,
00:52:15.33\00:52:17.13
it says this Proverbs 28:9,
00:52:17.17\00:52:19.10
"He that turneth away
his ear from hearing the law,
00:52:19.13\00:52:22.94
even his prayer
is an abomination."
00:52:22.97\00:52:25.97
Turn away your ear
from hearing the law.
00:52:26.01\00:52:27.34
In other words,
"I don't want to hear
00:52:27.38\00:52:28.71
what's right and wrong.
00:52:28.74\00:52:30.08
I don't want to hear
00:52:30.11\00:52:31.45
because then I'll
be required to do it."
00:52:31.48\00:52:32.81
No, no.
00:52:32.85\00:52:34.18
God said, "Your prayer
is gonna be abomination."
00:52:34.22\00:52:36.32
This verse simply
addresses a person
00:52:36.35\00:52:38.19
who's not willing to
make the divine law of God,
00:52:38.22\00:52:42.36
notice this, law
of God, His example.
00:52:42.39\00:52:46.90
He's not willing to.
00:52:46.93\00:52:48.26
Well, some will say,
"I'm willing to do part of it.
00:52:48.30\00:52:50.87
I think maybe I'm
willing to serve God,
00:52:50.90\00:52:53.50
but I want to do it my own way.
00:52:53.54\00:52:55.64
I'm willing to serve God,
but I'm only going to serve,
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.51
you know, just a
few of the commandments,
00:52:58.54\00:52:59.87
whatever it might be."
00:52:59.91\00:53:01.24
No, he can't do that.
00:53:01.28\00:53:02.61
Then there's others,
00:53:02.64\00:53:03.98
whole bunch of
them that says no.
00:53:04.01\00:53:05.35
There's a group that says, "No,
00:53:05.38\00:53:06.72
we had to believe
that the moral law of God
00:53:06.75\00:53:08.48
is the expressed will
of God for His people."
00:53:08.52\00:53:13.15
I could read Romans 8:3 and 4,
and John 15:10, and John 14:15.
00:53:13.19\00:53:18.79
What does it mean
00:53:18.83\00:53:20.16
his prayer shall
be an abomination?
00:53:20.20\00:53:21.53
Quickly, what it says first?
Sin separates us from God.
00:53:21.56\00:53:24.53
We got to get this
in before we close.
00:53:24.57\00:53:25.93
Sin does what?
Separates us from God.
00:53:25.97\00:53:28.44
Isaiah 59:1 and 2 said, verse 2,
00:53:28.47\00:53:30.94
"Your iniquities have separated
between you and your God,
00:53:30.97\00:53:34.08
your sins," notice this,
00:53:34.11\00:53:35.74
"God has hid His face
that He will not hear."
00:53:35.78\00:53:40.55
God cannot accept
the service of any person
00:53:40.58\00:53:43.65
who deliberately
turns away from His law.
00:53:43.69\00:53:46.25
Well, on the other
hand, God has mercy
00:53:46.29\00:53:48.02
on those who do not know, right?
00:53:48.06\00:53:50.99
Remember, in times of what?
00:53:51.03\00:53:52.36
Acts 17: 30,
00:53:52.39\00:53:53.73
"In times of
ignorance, He winks at..."
00:53:53.76\00:53:55.10
what is He talking about?
00:53:55.13\00:53:56.46
"In times of not
knowing is what ignorance is,"
00:53:56.50\00:53:57.83
says here.
00:53:57.87\00:53:59.20
He winked at means
00:53:59.23\00:54:00.57
He does not put
it to our account
00:54:00.60\00:54:01.94
because we did not know.
00:54:01.97\00:54:03.30
Read Romans 5:13, Romans 4:15,
00:54:03.34\00:54:06.81
"Where no law is,
there is no transgression."
00:54:06.84\00:54:09.84
Man, we need to be
ready for the coming of Jesus,
00:54:09.88\00:54:11.75
there's no doubt about it.
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.11
Our last few seconds,
00:54:13.15\00:54:14.48
and we just
really need to be ready
00:54:14.52\00:54:15.85
'cause Jesus is coming.
00:54:15.88\00:54:17.25
He wants to answer the prayers
00:54:17.29\00:54:18.62
of the mothers for the children.
00:54:18.65\00:54:19.99
He wants to answer the prayer
for your life and my life.
00:54:20.02\00:54:21.69
This sin will go and
that we can be like Him.
00:54:21.72\00:54:24.33
I want to be ready for that.
00:54:24.36\00:54:26.49
I want to
understand this experience
00:54:26.53\00:54:27.86
that Psalms 119:164 simply says,
00:54:27.90\00:54:31.00
"Seven times a
day do I praise Thee
00:54:31.03\00:54:33.30
because of Thy
righteous judgment."
00:54:33.34\00:54:35.67
Oh, my brothers and sisters,
00:54:35.70\00:54:37.04
God is about to
answer a prayer for you.
00:54:37.07\00:54:40.38
Stay in there.
00:54:40.41\00:54:42.01
God's going to do
great things, stay in there.
00:54:42.04\00:54:44.21
We have a quick
prayer, and then we'll close.
00:54:44.25\00:54:45.88
Let's pray.
00:54:45.91\00:54:47.25
Father in heaven,
thank You for Your Word,
00:54:47.28\00:54:48.62
thank You for Your
love and Your mercy
00:54:48.65\00:54:49.98
and longsuffering.
00:54:50.02\00:54:51.35
Grant us that peace
and that love of Jesus.
00:54:51.39\00:54:52.72
In His name we pray
and for His sake, amen.
00:54:52.75\00:54:55.52
We look forward to
seeing you next time.
00:54:55.56\00:54:58.86
Hello, friends,
and welcome back.
00:54:58.89\00:55:01.16
Who knew that the
Bible is so full of guidance
00:55:01.20\00:55:03.83
on the topic of prayer?
00:55:03.87\00:55:05.90
Prayers That Are Answered
00:55:05.93\00:55:07.27
was the title
of our study today.
00:55:07.30\00:55:09.74
And I don't know about you.
00:55:09.77\00:55:11.47
But I know that I
want to live in such a way
00:55:11.51\00:55:14.54
that God will be
able to answer my prayers.
00:55:14.58\00:55:18.25
I don't feel that
I have the ability
00:55:18.28\00:55:20.48
not the desire to
live in this world
00:55:20.52\00:55:22.52
without His watch
and care over my life.
00:55:22.55\00:55:26.09
And knowing that He
delights in our being thankful
00:55:26.12\00:55:28.59
for all that He has done
00:55:28.62\00:55:30.63
and that He is
about to do in our lives
00:55:30.66\00:55:33.66
is such an important part
00:55:33.70\00:55:35.80
of a vital prayer life with Him.
00:55:35.83\00:55:38.43
Many of us fail
00:55:38.47\00:55:39.80
when it comes to
having faith in our prayers.
00:55:39.83\00:55:42.30
Scriptures such as Mark 11:24
00:55:42.34\00:55:45.51
reminds us that what
things so ever you desire,
00:55:45.54\00:55:49.78
when you pray,
believe that you receive them
00:55:49.81\00:55:52.58
and ye shall have them.
00:55:52.61\00:55:54.92
Amen.
00:55:54.95\00:55:56.28
Belief or faith in
what we have petitioned
00:55:56.32\00:55:59.29
in the will of God
00:55:59.32\00:56:00.66
is a necessary
ingredient in our hearts
00:56:00.69\00:56:03.49
as we lift up our petitions
to the throne room of heaven.
00:56:03.53\00:56:07.90
And wouldn't you agree
00:56:07.93\00:56:09.60
that we need to
allow the Holy Spirit
00:56:09.63\00:56:12.33
to dwell in our hearts,
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thus giving us the mind
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having His mind, His
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will give us
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may our precious Lord
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