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>>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
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WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE
TUNING IN. WHETHER THIS IS YOUR
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FIRST TIME OR YOU TUNE IN
EVERY WEEK IT DOESN'T MATTER.
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WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU ARE
READY TO SING SOME SONGS WITH US
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HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH AND
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IT'S EXCITING THAT
WE GET SO MANY REQUESTS.
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TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION.
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WE'RE SINGING A FAVORITE AROUND
THE PLANET SO PULL OUT YOUR
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HYMNALS, IF YOU HAVE THOSE
AT HOME, AND SING ALONG WITH US.
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OUR FIRST REQUEST IS 'IN THE
GARDEN' - #487 - AND SOME OF THE
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PEOPLE THAT REQUESTED THIS SONG
ARE KENYON, FELICIA, LINSAY,
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CATHY, MAX, KEVIN, MEGAN,
ILSE, AND KAREN IN AUSTRALIA.
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WE HAVE A LOT OF VIEWERS IN
AUSTRALIA. JIM, CHRIS AND TIM IN
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CALIFORNIA, CAMILO IN COLOMBIA,
BETINA IN DENMARK, KADIQUE AND
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KAMISHA IN JAMAICA, MELVIN
IN JAPAN, MAISIE AND KARL IN
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MAURITIUS, CLINTON IN NICARAGUA,
JOEL AND EVA IN NORWAY, RIMO AND
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KADIANNA IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,
AND JIM AND CHET IN WASHINGTON.
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THERE WERE SO MANY MORE - I'M
SORRY IF I DIDN'T READ YOUR NAME
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BUT WE'RE GOING TO
SING YOUR FAVORITE SONG.
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#487 - AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL
THREE STANZAS - 'IN THE GARDEN'.
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(MUSIC)
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>>I LOVE IT WHEN HANDERSON IS
HERE BECAUSE HE PUTS SOME UMPH
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INTO THOSE SONGS AND THAT'S
A GOOD ONE. USUALLY YOU HEAR
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THAT ONE AND YOU FEEL LIKE GOING
TO SLEEP BUT THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
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THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE A
FAVORITE REQUEST THAT YOU WOULD
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LIKE TO SING WITH US
ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM,
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IT'S SUPER SIMPLE. ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO OUR
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WEBSITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG',
CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK
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AND YOU CAN SEND IN ANY REQUEST
FROM THE ADVENTIST HYMNAL AND WE
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WILL DO OUR BEST
TO SING THAT FOR YOU.
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AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO
WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE HYMNAL
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SINGING EVERY SONG THAT I DON'T
KNOW AND TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION
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BECAUSE NOBODY HERE HAD HEARD
THIS SONG WHEN WE RAN THROUGH IT
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BUT NOW EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS IT
AND WE'RE ALL READY TO TEACH IT
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TO YOU - AND THAT IS #60 -
'BLESSED JESUS AT THY WORD'.
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IT'S ACTUALLY A
VERY SIMPLE TUNE.
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IT'S VERY PRETTY AND I AM
ENJOYING THIS AND WE'RE HEARING
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FROM MANY OF YOU THAT YOU ARE
LIKING THIS AS WELL - LEARNING
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THESE NEW SONGS THAT
YOU'VE NEVER HEARD BEFORE.
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THEY'RE IN HERE, WE MIGHT AS
WELL LEARN THEM AND SING THEM
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SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
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#60 - AND THIS IS FROM JOYCE
IN NAIROBI, KENYA, JAMIE, JENNY,
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JARED, VERN AND
SANDIE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
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AND WE'RE GOING TO SING
ALL THREE STANZAS OF #60.
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(MUSIC)
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>>WASN'T THAT PRETTY? I'M
GLAD TWO OF YOU KNEW THIS -
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OR ACTUALLY MORE OF YOU -
AND YOU WROTE IN WITH THAT ONE.
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AND NEXT WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE
SO YOU CAN START LEARNING THEM
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AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
#61 IS NEXT WEEK'S SONG.
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AT THIS TIME LET'S
BOW OUR HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN,
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL
FOR AND TO PRAISE YOU FOR AND WE
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JUST THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US
HERE TODAY, FOR GIVING US LIFE
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AND HEALTH AND STRENGTH.
THERE ARE MANY THAT DON'T HAVE
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THAT AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE
WITH THEM AND HELP THEM TO SENSE
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YOUR SPIRIT AND YOUR
PRESENCE WITH THEM TODAY.
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BE WITH OUR SPEAKER AS HE BRINGS
US THE LESSON STUDY AND WE JUST
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BLESSING US WITH THE SABBATH.
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IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. AT
THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS
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GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO
US BY PASTOR HAROLD WHITE.
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HE IS OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PASTOR
HERE AT SACRAMENTO CENTRAL
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SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
>>THANK YOU DEBBIE AND MUSICIANS
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AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE
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JOINING US BY LIVE
STREAMING AND SATELLITE, RADIO -
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WHEREVER YOU'RE JOINING US
TODAY. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE
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ALL WITH US. WE HAVE A FREE
OFFER TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION
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THIS MORNING AND IT'S
ENTITLED 'TEACH US TO PRAY'
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BY NONE OTHER
THAN DOUG BATCHELOR.
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IT'S OFFER #717 AND YOU CAN
GO TO - CALL 1-866-STUDY-MORE OR
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1-866-788-3966 AND THIS LITTLE
BOOKLET WILL TEACH YOU A LOT
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ABOUT PRAYER - WHAT IS THE RIGHT
SPIRIT TO HAVE WHEN WE PRAY,
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UNDERSTAND WHAT TO AVOID
WHEN PRAYING - THINGS LIKE THAT.
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YOU'LL WANT TO GET THIS
LITTLE BOOKLET FOR FURTHER STUDY
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BECAUSE THAT'S OUR
SUBJECT THIS MORNING.
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WE'RE ON THE LESSON QUARTERLY
'REVIVAL AND REFORMATION'
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FOR THIS QUARTER. WE'RE
IN THE SECOND LESSON TODAY.
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'REVIVAL AND REFORMATION' -
THERE WAS A SONG OF YESTERYEAR -
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BEFORE MY TIME. I
THINK IT WAS LIKE - PEOPLE
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LIKE FRANK SINATRA
AND THOSE SANG THIS SONG.
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IT WENT SOMETHING LIKE, LOVE AND
MARRIAGE, LOVE AND MARRIAGE, GO
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TOGETHER LIKE A HORSE AND
CARRIAGE, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE
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WITHOUT THE OTHER.
WELL, IT'S THE SAME THING WITH
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REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION GO
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TOGETHER LIKE A HORSE AND
CARRIAGE. YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE,
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IF IT'S GENUINE,
WITHOUT HAVING THE OTHER ONE.
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AND IF YOU HAVE REFORMATION THAT
DOESN'T LEAD TO GENUINE REVIVAL,
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IT TENDS TO GO IN THE
DIRECTION OF DOGMATIC LEGALISM.
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THAT'S - THAT
DOESN'T SOUND GOOD.
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AND REVIVAL THAT DOESN'T LEAD TO
GENUINE REFORMATION TENDS TO BE
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- TENDS TO LEAD TO KIND OF A
LIBERAL EMOTIONALISM AND THAT'S
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NOT GOOD EITHER. SO
WE WANT TO AVOID THINGS
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LIKE THAT. WE NEED
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
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#2 ENTITLED 'PRAYER,
THE HEARTBEAT OF REVIVAL'.
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IF YOU WOULD TAKE YOUR LESSON
QUARTERLIES AND READ ALONG WITH
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ME - MATTHEW 7:11 - FROM THE
NEW KING JAMES VERSION, I WOULD
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APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. "IF
YOU THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW
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HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR
CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL
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YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN
GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THOSE WHO
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ASK HIM!" THAT'S GOOD, ISN'T
IT? 'THE HEARTBEAT OF REVIVAL.'
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THAT'S THE TITLE -
'THE HEARTBEAT OF REVIVAL'.
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ANOTHER PLACE WE HAVE THE
TERMINOLOGY FOR PRAYER THAT
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SAYS, 'PRAYER IS THE KEY
THAT UNLOCKS THE STOREHOUSE OF
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HEAVEN.' HAVE
YOU EVER HEARD THAT?
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'PRAYER IS THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS
THE STOREHOUSE OF HEAVEN.'
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IF SOMEBODY HANDED YOU A KEY AND
SAID, 'THIS IS TO THE BUILDING
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DOWN AT 2513 MAIN STREET
AND YOU HAVE FULL ACCESS TO THAT
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BUILDING AND YOU CAN GO THERE
ONCE A WEEK OR FIVE TIMES A WEEK
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OR HOWEVER MANY TIMES YOU WANT
TO AND ANYTHING IN THAT HOUSE IS
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ALL YOURS. ONE
ROOM IS FILLED WITH GOLD
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BARS, ANOTHER ROOM IS FILLED
WITH DIAMONDS, ANOTHER ROOM IS
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FILLED WITH RUBIES, ANOTHER
SAPPHIRES, ANOTHER ROOM IS - ALL
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THE WALLS ARE DECKED OUT
WITH SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND
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RITZY PAINTINGS BY THE
WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS ARTISTS.'
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AND YOU SAY, 'NO THANK
YOU. I DON'T WANT THAT KEY.'
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PEOPLE WOULD THINK
YOU'RE NUTS, RIGHT?
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WELL, THAT'S REALLY A FAINT
PICTURE OF WHAT GOD HAS FOR US
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AND IT REALLY
COMES THROUGH PRAYER.
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IF IT IS THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS
THE STOREHOUSE OF HEAVEN, WE
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SHOULD BE ANXIOUS TO
LEARN ALL WE CAN ABOUT PRAYER.
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THE OPENING PAGE BRINGS
TO OUR MIND MANY PROPHETS AND
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PATRIARCHS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
AND HOW PRAYER WAS SO IMPORTANT
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TO THEM AND SOME OF THE AMAZING
THINGS THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE
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THEY WERE PRAYING MEN AND WOMEN.
THEN, OF COURSE, IT GOES TO THE
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NEW TESTAMENT AND HOW THE BOOK
OF ACTS REVEALS AN OUTPOURING OF
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GOD'S SPIRIT IN
RESPONSE TO THEIR PRAYERS.
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NOW, WITH ALL THESE EXAMPLES
BEFORE US, ISN'T IT AMAZING
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THAT WE DO NOT PRAY MORE?
WELL, SOME OF YOU MIGHT SAY,
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'WELL, I DO PRAY A LOT.'
NOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO GIVE ME A
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SHOW OF HANDS BUT I - IF I ASK
THE QUESTION, 'HOW MANY OF YOU
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PEOPLE - HOW MANY OF US HERE
THIS MORNING - THINK YOU PRAY
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ENOUGH?' PROBABLY
NOT A LOT OF HANDS
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WOULD GO UP. I DON'T
KNOW, MAYBE HANDS - THAT
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WOULD BE GOOD. IF I
ASKED HOW MANY OF YOU THINK
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YOU PRAY TOO MUCH, PROBABLY
NOBODY WOULD RAISE THEIR HANDS.
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IF I ASKED HOW MANY OF YOU THINK
YOU DON'T PRAY ENOUGH, PROBABLY
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A LOT OF HANDS WOULD
GO UP. WHY DON'T WE PRAY?
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IF IT IS THE KEY THAT OPENS
THE STOREHOUSES OF HEAVENS,
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WHY DON'T WE PRAY?
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WELL, LET'S TRY TO ANSWER SOME
OF THOSE QUESTIONS THIS MORNING.
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THE MEMORY TEXT IS CERTAINLY
MUCH FOOD FOR THOUGHT IN REGARDS
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TO PRAYER AS IT TALKS ABOUT WE
HUMANS WHO ARE EVIL AND YET WE
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KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO
OUR CHILDREN, THINK OF HOW GOD,
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WHO ISN'T EVIL, LONGS
TO GIVE US GOOD GIFTS.
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BUT SOME OF YOU MAY
BE THINKING, 'I DO ASK.
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I ASK AND I ASK AND I ASK AND I
DON'T GET WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.'
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WELL, THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT
REASONS FOR THAT AND WE WILL NO
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DOUBT GET INTO SOME
OF THEM THIS MORNING.
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THIS LITTLE BOOKLET, I'M SURE,
ALSO ANSWERS THINGS LIKE THAT.
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BECAUSE I BELIEVE GOD'S WORD AND
I BELIEVE HE WANTS TO GIVE US
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GOOD THINGS. DO
YOU BELIEVE THAT?
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NOW AS WE MOVE TO SUNDAY'S
LESSON, I BELIEVE IT IS A
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WONDERFUL PLACE TO
BEGIN FOR IT IS ENTITLED,
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'PRAYER AND REVIVAL IN
ACTS'. THE BOOK OF ACTS.
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I'VE ALWAYS SAID WE COULD WRITE
OUR OWN BOOK OF ACTS HERE AT
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CENTRAL BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT
OF WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING
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RIGHT HERE. THE BOOK
OF ACTS WAS ALL ABOUT
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THE EARLY CHURCH. NO,
WE COULDN'T SAY THAT WE
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BAPTIZED THREE THOUSAND IN A DAY
SO THERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENCE.
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AND THERE WAS AN AMAZING POURING
OUT OF GOD'S SPIRIT BACK THEN
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BUT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, AS
GLORIOUS AS THAT WAS, THE FINAL
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OUTPOURING OF GOD'S
SPIRIT WILL EVEN BE WHAT?
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MORE GLORIOUS - EVEN GREATER.
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WOW, WE SHOULD ALL
BE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
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'ACTS OF THE APOSTLES' PAGE 55
SAYS, "NEAR THE CLOSE OF EARTH'S
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HARVEST, A SPECIAL BESTOWAL OF
SPIRITUAL GRACE IS PROMISED TO
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PREPARE THE CHURCH FOR
THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN.
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NOW THE LESSON, IT POINTS
OUT THAT IN ACTS 2, 3,000 PEOPLE
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WERE ADDED TO THE
CHURCH IN ONE DAY.
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I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOMEONE - I
THINK THERE'S SOMEONE SITTING IN
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OUR FRONT ROW WHO WANTS
TO READ A TEXT THIS MORNING.
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I THINK THAT'S YOU. YES,
RIGHT? I HEARD THAT YOU DID.
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WOULD YOU TURN TO ACTS 2,
VERSE 1 - WE HAVE A MICROPHONE
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SOMEPLACE - WHO
HAS THE MICROPHONES?
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OKAY, IF YOU COULD BRING THAT
UP TO HER AND GIVE IT TO HER.
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ACTS CHAPTER 2 - AND WHILE SHE'S
LOOKING THAT UP, LET ME READ
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ACTS 2:41 WHICH SAYS, "THEN THEY
THAT GLADLY RECEIVED HIS WORD
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WERE BAPTIZED: AND THE SAME DAY
THERE WERE ADDED UNTO THEM ABOUT
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THREE THOUSAND SOULS."
SO THIS IS THE KIND OF THING
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THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE EARLY
CHURCH AND THAT'S WHY WE BEGIN
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STUDYING IN THIS PART OF
THE BIBLE. SO NOW WE'RE READY
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FOR ACTS CHAPTER 2
AND VERSE 1. GO AHEAD.
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>>"AND WHEN THE DAY OF PENTECOST
WAS FULLY COME, THEY WERE ALL
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WITH ONE ACCORD IN ONE PLACE."
>>NOW A QUICK EXCERPT FROM 'ACTS
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OF THE APOSTLES' AGAIN PAGE 36,
"AS THE DISCIPLES WAITED FOR THE
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FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE, THEY
HUMBLED THEIR HEARTS IN TRUE
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REPENTANCE AND
CONFESSED THEIR UNBELIEF."
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THEN IT SAYS, "THE DISCIPLES
PRAYED WITH INTENSE EARNESTNESS
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FOR A FITNESS TO MEET MEN AND,
IN THEIR DAILY INTERCOURSE, TO
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SPEAK WORDS THAT WOULD
LEAD SINNERS TO CHRIST."
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SO THESE EARLY PRAYER MEETINGS
OF THE EARLY CHURCH WERE REALLY
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QUITE UNIQUE COMPARED TO WHAT
MAYBE WE MAY BE THINKING ABOUT -
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SOME OF THE PRAYER
MEETINGS OF OUR DAY.
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THERE WAS AN
EARNESTNESS TO PUT AWAY ALL SIN.
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THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THEY
PRAYED FOR. THE SECOND THING:
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THAT GOD WOULD HELP THEM WITH
HIS SPIRIT - GIVE THEM A FITNESS
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TO TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO
PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THEIR
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EVERY DAY LIVING. SO THAT'S
WHAT WE SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR.
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SOMETIMES I THINK WE PRAY FOR
AN OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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AND THEN WE THINK, 'WELL, THAT
MEANS THAT SOMEBODY'S GOING TO
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FINISH THE WORK.' YOU
KNOW, THE EVANGELISTS AND
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THE PASTORS AND THE
BIBLE WORKERS - WE PRAY FOR THE
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OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT AND
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN,
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BUT WHEN WE PRAY FOR THE
OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT, WE
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NEED TO BE READY TO BE
RECIPIENTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:19:14.70\00:19:18.56
AND THEN GOD LONGS
TO USE US, DOESN'T HE?
00:19:18.56\00:19:21.73
THAT'S HOW THE WORK IS GOING TO
BE FINISHED, BY GOD USING ALL OF
00:19:21.73\00:19:24.76
US TOGETHER. AFTER
CHRIST WENT BACK TO HEAVEN
00:19:24.76\00:19:27.70
THEY OBEYED HIM AND GATHERED
TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY
00:19:27.70\00:19:30.13
SPIRIT AS HE HAD PROMISED.
IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAD JUST KIND
00:19:30.13\00:19:35.43
OF DROPPED EVERYTHING - ALL THAT
THEY DID - THEY STOPPED EVEN
00:19:35.43\00:19:39.93
BEING INVOLVED IN WHAT
THEIR LIVELIHOOD WAS ALL ABOUT.
00:19:39.93\00:19:43.70
NOW I SUSPECT THEY HAD THE IDEA
THAT SINCE CHRIST DIED ON THE
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CROSS - HE MADE THAT PERFECT
SACRIFICE - SINCE HE AROSE FROM
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THE GRAVE AND SINCE THEY SAW HIM
GOING INTO HEAVEN, THEY PROBABLY
00:19:51.56\00:19:55.06
EXPECTED THAT JESUS
WOULD COME BACK VERY SOON.
00:19:55.06\00:19:59.20
BECAUSE THINK ABOUT IT, THEY HAD
BEEN WITH HIM EVERY DAY AND THEN
00:19:59.20\00:20:02.56
THEY SEE HIM TAKEN AWAY AND
THEY BELIEVE NOW - REALLY BEGAN
00:20:02.56\00:20:06.03
BELIEVING HIS WORDS - THAT
HE WOULD COME AGAIN AND THEY
00:20:06.03\00:20:09.23
THOUGHT, 'OH, OKAY, HE'LL
BE COMING AGAIN VERY SOON.'
00:20:09.23\00:20:12.60
IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER - PROBABLY
REALLY UNTIL PAUL - PAUL BEGAN
00:20:12.60\00:20:18.00
TO KIND OF GIVE US INSIGHTS OF
THE PEOPLE BACK THEN - INSIGHTS
00:20:18.00\00:20:22.26
THAT IT WAS GOING TO
TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN THEY
00:20:22.26\00:20:24.23
EXPECTED. EVEN
THE MAN OF SIN MUST BE
00:20:24.23\00:20:26.60
REVEALED BEFORE JESUS COULD COME
SO THERE WAS MUCH YET TO TAKE
00:20:26.60\00:20:30.60
PLACE. BUT THERE
IS AN ELEMENT IN THIS
00:20:30.60\00:20:35.03
TIME PERIOD, AS THERE WAS AN
ELEMENT IN THE BEGINNING OF OUR
00:20:35.03\00:20:38.16
CHURCH, THAT WE NEED TO
CONTINUALLY REMIND OURSELVES
00:20:38.16\00:20:41.80
THEY BELIEVED IN THE
IMMINENT RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST.
00:20:41.80\00:20:46.23
SHOULD WE BE BELIEVING IN THE
IMMINENT RETURN OF JESUS CHRIST?
00:20:46.23\00:20:49.43
MORE SO THAN ANYONE HAS ON THE
FACE OF THIS EARTH WE SHOULD BE
00:20:49.43\00:20:53.10
BELIEVING IT BECAUSE WE
ARE VERY NEAR, ARE WE NOT?
00:20:53.10\00:20:56.86
I MEAN, WE MUST BELIEVE THAT.
SO THAT SHOULD HELP US WITH OUR
00:20:56.86\00:21:01.33
PRAYER LIFE BECAUSE IF WE
BELIEVE THAT WE CERTAINLY WOULD
00:21:01.33\00:21:04.50
SPEND MORE TIME IN PRAYER.
YES THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT
00:21:04.50\00:21:07.63
TODAY. EVERYBODY
IS WORKING HARD TO PUT
00:21:07.63\00:21:09.90
BREAD ON THEIR TABLE AND
PAY THEIR MORTGAGE AND SO FORTH.
00:21:09.90\00:21:13.86
IT IS A
DIFFERENT WORLD NO DOUBT.
00:21:13.86\00:21:17.23
SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF ONE DAY
IN A FORMER CHURCH, 'WELL, WHAT
00:21:17.23\00:21:26.76
I'M GOING TO DO - I'M GOING
TO PUBLICIZE HAVING A PRAYER
00:21:26.76\00:21:30.26
MEETING DURING THE DAY.'
NOW, I KNOW, EVERYBODY'S WORKING
00:21:30.26\00:21:32.83
AND THEY CAN'T COME BUT WE HAVE
A LOT OF SENIOR CITIZENS IN THAT
00:21:32.83\00:21:36.90
PARTICULAR CHURCH AND THEY'RE
ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT WELL, THEY
00:21:36.90\00:21:39.90
CAN'T DO WHAT THEY USED TO.
WELL, THEY WISH THEY COULD BE
00:21:39.90\00:21:41.90
MORE INVOLVED IN CHURCH THAN
THEY USED TO - THEY USED TO BE
00:21:41.90\00:21:44.80
REALLY INVOLVED
BUT NOW THEY CAN'T BE.
00:21:44.80\00:21:46.13
THEY CAN'T GO OUT TO PRAYER
MEETING AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY
00:21:46.13\00:21:47.60
DON'T DRIVE IN THE
DARK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
00:21:47.60\00:21:49.60
OKAY, SO I GAVE THEM PERFECT
EXCUSE - NO EXCUSES - YOU CAN
00:21:49.60\00:21:52.96
COME TO PRAYER MEETING IN
THE DAYTIME AND WE'LL JUST SPEND
00:21:52.96\00:21:55.10
MOST OF THIS TIME PRAYING.
GUESS HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME?
00:21:55.10\00:22:00.93
MOST OF THE TIME ONE. ONE!
00:22:00.93\00:22:05.00
OH, I WAS SO DISAPPOINTED.
I'D REALLY BUILT IT UP TOO.
00:22:05.00\00:22:09.13
I THOUGHT, 'WELL,
THIS GIVES THEM A CHANCE.'
00:22:09.13\00:22:10.93
WHAT IS IT GOING TO
TAKE FOR US TO PRAY?
00:22:10.93\00:22:14.40
WELL, PROBABLY A
LITTLE PERSECUTION.
00:22:14.40\00:22:19.83
THE EARLY CHURCH HAD
PERSECUTION, DIDN'T THEY?
00:22:19.83\00:22:23.23
EVEN OUR EARLY CHURCH HAD
PERSECUTION BECAUSE A LOT OF
00:22:23.23\00:22:25.80
PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY
WERE A BUNCH OF FANATICS.
00:22:25.80\00:22:28.46
SINCE JESUS DIDN'T COME IN
1844 YOU'RE A BUNCH OF KOOKS.
00:22:28.46\00:22:32.36
SO PERSECUTION WAS PRESENT
BUT THEY WANTED THE WORK TO BE
00:22:32.36\00:22:38.70
FINISHED. THEY WANTED
TO BE WITH CHRIST AGAIN.
00:22:38.70\00:22:42.43
THEY WANTED THAT MORE THAN
ANYTHING. THINK ABOUT THAT.
00:22:42.43\00:22:45.83
THEY WANTED THAT
MORE THAN ANYTHING.
00:22:45.83\00:22:47.90
CAN YOU SAY THAT YOU HAVE
EVER BEEN IN THAT CONDITION?
00:22:47.90\00:22:50.70
WANTING JESUS TO COME MORE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD?
00:22:50.70\00:22:55.16
WOULDN'T THAT BE SOMETHING
IF WE ALL HAD THAT FEELING?
00:22:55.16\00:22:58.06
I WANT JESUS TO COME MORE
THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD.
00:22:58.06\00:23:01.80
WHEW, WOULDN'T THAT TURN
US UPSIDE DOWN IF WE REALLY
00:23:01.80\00:23:05.00
BELIEVED THAT? THE LESSON ASKS,
00:23:05.00\00:23:09.30
'ARE YOU TOO BUSY TO PRAY?'
OH YES, WE'RE BUSY PEOPLE, BUT I
00:23:09.30\00:23:13.13
VENTURE TO GUESS NOBODY IN THIS
SANCTUARY IS TOO BUSY TO PRAY
00:23:13.13\00:23:17.53
BECAUSE NOBODY IN THE SANCTUARY
SEEMS TOO BUSY TO PLAY.
00:23:17.53\00:23:22.66
WE ALL HAVE TIME
TO PLAY, DON'T WE?
00:23:22.66\00:23:25.73
JUST THINK, IF YOU HAD
FOUR WORKING HOURS - FOUR WAKING
00:23:25.73\00:23:30.70
HOURS IN YOUR LIFE - AFTER YOU
GOT DONE WITH YOUR WORK - AND
00:23:30.70\00:23:36.16
YOU JUST COMMITTED HALF OF THAT
TO PRAYER, THINK OF WHAT WOULD
00:23:36.16\00:23:40.03
HAPPEN. EVEN IF YOU
COMMITTED ONE-FOURTH
00:23:40.03\00:23:42.73
OF THAT TIME TO PRAYER,
THINK OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
00:23:42.73\00:23:46.56
WHEW, I BELIEVE WE WOULD
UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THINGS
00:23:46.56\00:23:51.43
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
SO I DON'T THINK MOST OF US CAN
00:23:51.43\00:23:55.66
HONESTLY SAY THAT WE
ARE TOO BUSY TO PRAY.
00:23:55.66\00:23:59.13
THE BETTER WAY TO SAY IT IS
WE'RE TOO PREOCCUPIED TO PRAY,
00:23:59.13\00:24:02.16
RIGHT? TOO PREOCCUPIED.
00:24:02.16\00:24:05.86
THE DISCIPLES IN THE BOOK OF
ACTS, ESPECIALLY THERE BEFORE
00:24:05.86\00:24:08.66
PENTECOST, GIVE TREMENDOUS
SUPPORT TO THE IDEA OF THE
00:24:08.66\00:24:11.93
OPPOSITE OF THE CONCEPT
'LITTLE PRAYER, LITTLE POWER'.
00:24:11.93\00:24:17.63
THEY HAD MUCH PRAYER -
DID THEY HAVE MUCH POWER?
00:24:17.63\00:24:21.06
YES, THEY HAD MUCH POWER -
3,000 SOULS BAPTIZED IN ONE DAY.
00:24:21.06\00:24:25.66
WOULDN'T THAT BE
EXCITING HERE AT CENTRAL?
00:24:25.66\00:24:27.73
WE WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
ROBES. WE'D HAVE TO REUSE THEM.
00:24:27.73\00:24:34.43
ONE MORE THING
BEFORE WE LEAVE SUNDAY.
00:24:34.43\00:24:36.13
THE EARLY CHURCH
KNEW WHAT TO PRAY FOR.
00:24:36.13\00:24:37.86
THE DEPTH OF THEIR
PRAYERS WERE IMPORTANT ISSUES.
00:24:37.86\00:24:41.33
SOMETIMES I THINK AFTER WE
PRAY 'LORD, BLESS US WITH ENOUGH
00:24:41.33\00:24:44.96
MONEY TO GET THAT CAR I REALLY
WANT' OR 'BLESS ME LORD, HELP ME
00:24:44.96\00:24:48.70
WITH MY TEST THAT'S COMING UP'
- IF I'M A COLLEGE STUDENT OR
00:24:48.70\00:24:51.60
WHATEVER. AFTER WE PRAY FOR
THOSE THINGS WE KIND OF BECOME
00:24:51.60\00:24:55.20
LOST FOR WORDS, MAYBE -
I'M NOT SURE - I HOPE NOT.
00:24:55.20\00:24:58.90
THEIR ALL-CONSUMING NEED WAS
THAT THEY BE FORGIVEN FOR SINS
00:24:58.90\00:25:02.56
AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE
HELP FROM GOD TO TAKE THE GOSPEL
00:25:02.56\00:25:05.83
MESSAGE TO THOSE PEOPLE
IN THE WORLD THAT NEEDED IT.
00:25:05.83\00:25:09.13
NOW THERE ARE ENOUGH ASPECTS TO
THOSE KIND OF ISSUES THAT WOULD
00:25:09.13\00:25:14.33
KEEP US ON OUR
KNEES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
00:25:14.33\00:25:16.50
NOT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO BE ON
OUR KNEES ALL THE TIME WHEN WE
00:25:16.50\00:25:18.76
PRAY, BECAUSE WE CAN GO
ABOUT PRAYING WITHOUT CEASING,
00:25:18.76\00:25:22.80
CAN WE NOT? EVERYWHERE
WE GO, EVERYTHING WE DO.
00:25:22.80\00:25:26.43
AS WE MOVE ON TO
MONDAY'S LESSON, IT IS ENTITLED
00:25:26.43\00:25:29.10
'JESUS' PRAYER LIFE'. IF
WE COULD CAPTURE THE PRAYER
00:25:29.10\00:25:33.50
LIFE OF JESUS AND MAKE IT - MAKE
OURS MUCH LIKE HIS WAS, I THINK
00:25:33.50\00:25:40.30
WE WOULD REALLY HAVE SOMETHING.
THE OPENING COMMENT FROM THE
00:25:40.30\00:25:43.33
LESSON SAYS, 'CHRIST WAS
CONTINUALLY RECEIVING FROM THE
00:25:43.33\00:25:47.43
FATHER THAT HE
MIGHT COMMUNICATE TO US.'
00:25:47.43\00:25:51.73
SOMETIMES I THINK WE THINK THIS
ABOUT JESUS - THAT HE WAS JUST
00:25:51.73\00:25:55.20
AUTOMATICALLY FILLED WITH ALL
GODLY WISDOM BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN
00:25:55.20\00:26:01.30
GOD IN HEAVEN BEFORE HE
BECAME HUMAN - BUT NOT SO.
00:26:01.30\00:26:05.10
HE HAD TO LEARN AS A
HUMAN BEING THE THINGS HE KNEW.
00:26:05.10\00:26:08.93
HE LEARNED THEM. GOD
WAS ESPECIALLY HIS TEACHER,
00:26:08.93\00:26:13.06
OF COURSE, BUT GOD WANTS TO
BE ESPECIALLY OUR TEACHER TOO -
00:26:13.06\00:26:18.13
JUST AS MUCH AS HE WAS WITH
JESUS. HE HAD SUCH COMMUNICATION
00:26:18.13\00:26:22.13
WITH HIS FATHER, FIRST OF ALL,
BECAUSE HE STUDIED HIS WORD A
00:26:22.13\00:26:26.03
LOT, BUT THEN
ALSO THROUGH PRAYER.
00:26:26.03\00:26:28.33
HE TALKED TO THE FATHER,
HE LISTENED TO HIS FATHER.
00:26:28.33\00:26:30.73
AND ONE COMMENT WE OFTEN READ
ABOUT JESUS IN INSPIRED WRITING
00:26:30.73\00:26:37.30
IS THAT DIVINITY FLASHED THROUGH
HIS HUMANITY. HAVE YOU EVER READ
00:26:37.30\00:26:42.10
THAT? 'DIVINITY
FLASHED THROUGH HIS HUMANITY.'
00:26:42.10\00:26:45.43
I LIKE THAT PHRASE. AND
ONE THING THAT'S ALWAYS KIND
00:26:45.43\00:26:49.26
OF INTERESTED ME IS THE STORIES
IN THE BIBLE WHERE PEOPLE'S
00:26:49.26\00:26:52.80
FACES LIGHTED UP SO MUCH - LIKE
MOSES WHEN HE CAME DOWN OFF THE
00:26:52.80\00:26:57.00
MOUNTAIN - HIS FACE WAS SO
BRIGHT THE PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN
00:26:57.00\00:27:00.73
LOOK AT IT. NONE OF
YOU HAVE SEEN MY FACE
00:27:00.73\00:27:04.00
THAT BRIGHT, HAVE
YOU? UNFORTUNATELY!
00:27:04.00\00:27:08.00
WOULDN'T IT BE A SHOCKER IF
ALL OF A SUDDEN MY FACE WAS THAT
00:27:08.00\00:27:10.40
BRIGHT AND YOU HAD TO PUT A
VEIL ON MY FACE JUST TO HEAR MY
00:27:10.40\00:27:14.43
VOICE? WOW, YOU
KNOW WE SHOULD BE
00:27:14.43\00:27:18.33
PRAYING FOR THAT
KIND OF THING TO HAPPEN.
00:27:18.33\00:27:20.10
WE SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR
THAT KIND OF POWER TO HAPPEN.
00:27:20.10\00:27:22.56
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE
PRAYING FOR, YES. SO EVEN THE
00:27:22.56\00:27:27.36
DISCIPLES COMING DOWN FROM
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION
00:27:27.36\00:27:29.96
HAD FACES LIGHTED UP
FROM THE GLORY OF GOD.
00:27:29.96\00:27:32.90
IF WE LOCK OURSELF IN OUR CLOSET
AND SPEND THAT TIME WITH JESUS,
00:27:32.90\00:27:36.36
MAYBE OUR FACES WOULD
LIGHTEN UP A LITTLE BIT TOO.
00:27:36.36\00:27:40.16
I'M THINKING ABOUT THAT.
COULD WE HAVE THE DIVINITY FLASH
00:27:40.16\00:27:44.10
THROUGH OUR HUMANITY?
YES WE CAN. GOD WANTS THAT.
00:27:44.10\00:27:47.76
BUT THE CONCEPT OF HEAVEN'S
UNLIMITED HELP AND POWER THAT
00:27:47.76\00:27:51.56
JESUS RELIED UPON IS THE
SAME KIND OF HELP AND POWER THAT
00:27:51.56\00:27:55.60
WE NEED TO RELY ON TODAY.
NOW, COULD WE HAVE - SOMEBODY
00:27:55.60\00:28:01.03
LOOK UP MARK 1, VERSE 35 -
SOMEBODY WANT TO LOOK THAT UP
00:28:01.03\00:28:05.16
FOR US THIS MORNING?
RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WANT TO
00:28:05.16\00:28:07.10
READ THAT FOR
US. MARK 1, VERSE 35.
00:28:07.10\00:28:10.20
SOMEBODY WILLING TO DO
THAT? OKAY, RIGHT HERE IN FRONT.
00:28:10.20\00:28:13.96
AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE READ
LUKE 5:16. SOMEBODY WANT TO BE
00:28:13.96\00:28:17.80
WILLING TO READ THAT -
RAISE YOUR HAND - LUKE 5:16 -
00:28:17.80\00:28:21.60
BACK THERE, OKAY. RIGHT
- WE'LL GET THAT BACK TO
00:28:21.60\00:28:24.13
YOU RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE.
WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING UP THESE
00:28:24.13\00:28:27.30
TEXTS WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT
THESE ARE VERY SIMPLE TEXTS THAT
00:28:27.30\00:28:30.80
TELL US A GREAT DEAL
ABOUT THE PRAYER LIFE OF CHRIST.
00:28:30.80\00:28:33.76
OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, MARK
1:35. >>MARK 1:35, "NOW IN THE
00:28:33.76\00:28:38.80
MORNING, HAVING RISEN A LONG
WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE WENT
00:28:38.80\00:28:42.30
OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY
PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED."
00:28:42.30\00:28:46.53
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW
IF WE COULD PASS IT BACK TO
00:28:46.53\00:28:49.60
- LUKE CHAPTER 5, VERSE
16 - YOU GOT THAT ONE FOR US?
00:28:49.60\00:28:53.76
OKAY, THERE'S THE
MICROPHONE. LUKE 5:16.
00:28:53.76\00:28:57.40
>>"AND HE WITHDREW HIMSELF INTO
THE WILDERNESS, AND PRAYED."
00:28:57.40\00:29:03.23
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THESE VERY SHORT TEXTS
00:29:03.23\00:29:06.83
REMINDING US THAT JESUS DID
SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN PRAYER.
00:29:06.83\00:29:12.03
HE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN PRAYER
BY HIMSELF WITH HIS FATHER.
00:29:12.03\00:29:15.53
NOW YOU THINK ABOUT
JESUS PRAYING. PICTURE HIM
00:29:15.53\00:29:18.60
IN YOUR MIND. I DON'T GET THE
PICTURE OF HIM JUST DOING ALL
00:29:18.60\00:29:22.16
THE TALKING, RIGHT? HE
LISTENED TO HIS FATHER. WHETHER
00:29:22.16\00:29:25.83
HE HEARD HIS FATHER'S VOICE
AUDIBLY VERY OFTEN I DON'T KNOW.
00:29:25.83\00:29:29.60
HE DID HEAR IT A FEW TIMES,
YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FATHER SAYS,
00:29:29.60\00:29:34.20
'THIS IS MY BELOVED SON
IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.'
00:29:34.20\00:29:36.73
SO HE DID HEAR HIS VOICE
AT TIMES. BUT WHETHER HE HEARD
00:29:36.73\00:29:39.73
HIS FATHER'S VOICE ALWAYS -
WE KNEW - WE KNOW THAT HE KNEW
00:29:39.73\00:29:44.86
THAT HIS FATHER WAS
ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM HIM.
00:29:44.86\00:29:48.86
YEAH, HE WAS ANXIOUS FOR THE SON
TO COME AND TALK WITH HIM AND
00:29:48.86\00:29:53.33
HE'S JUST AS ANXIOUS FOR
US TO COME AND TALK WITH HIM.
00:29:53.33\00:29:57.46
I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGEST
LESSON WE COULD GET OUT OF
00:29:57.46\00:30:01.30
MEDITATING ABOUT THE
PRAYER LIFE OF CHRIST.
00:30:01.30\00:30:03.93
GOD IS READY TO HEAR US. IN
FACT ISAIAH 65:24 SAYS THIS,
00:30:03.93\00:30:08.26
"...BEFORE THEY CALL, I WILL
ANSWER; AND WHILE THEY ARE YET
00:30:08.26\00:30:11.43
SPEAKING, I WILL HEAR."
FOR GOD IS ALWAYS READY TO HEAR
00:30:11.43\00:30:15.56
US. JESUS KNEW
THAT AND THAT'S WHY
00:30:15.56\00:30:18.36
HE WAS ANXIOUS TO GO
AND TALK WITH THE FATHER.
00:30:18.36\00:30:20.73
JESUS DIDN'T GO AND PRAY BECAUSE
IT WAS SOMETHING HE SHOULD DO -
00:30:20.73\00:30:24.30
BECAUSE HE SAID, 'OKAY, I NEED
TO SET A TIME FOR PRAYER NOW.
00:30:24.30\00:30:29.30
THIS IS SOMETHING I
SHOULD DO EVERY DAY.
00:30:29.30\00:30:31.26
NO, IT'S SOMETHING HE WANTED TO
DO VERY BADLY AND THAT'S WHAT I
00:30:31.26\00:30:35.10
WANT TO PRAY FOR MY OWN LIFE.
LORD, GIVE ME THAT DESIRE THAT I
00:30:35.10\00:30:38.56
WANT TO TALK
WITH YOU AT ALL TIMES.
00:30:38.56\00:30:40.76
WHEN AND WHERE IS THE BEST TIME
THAT YOU LIKE TO TALK WITH GOD?
00:30:40.76\00:30:44.03
FOR ME, ONE OF MY FAVORITE TIMES
IS OUT ON A WALK IN BEAUTIFUL
00:30:44.03\00:30:46.40
NATURE. I LOVE
GOING OUT AND TALKING TO
00:30:46.40\00:30:48.43
GOD THAT WAY. AND I
HAVE COMPOSED HUNDREDS OF
00:30:48.43\00:30:55.00
PRAYER SONGS WHILE I GO OUT
AND WALK. NOW, YOU WOULDN'T WANT
00:30:55.00\00:30:58.56
TO HEAR THEM BECAUSE I
DON'T - I'M NOT A SINGER.
00:30:58.56\00:31:02.16
BUT I BET I'VE COMPOSED SO MANY
SONGS WE COULD HAVE A NEW CHURCH
00:31:02.16\00:31:05.33
HYMNAL. BUT THAT'S MY FAVORITE.
00:31:05.33\00:31:08.60
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FAVORITE
WAY TO CONVERSE WITH GOD.
00:31:08.60\00:31:11.00
THE IMPORTANT
THING IS THAT WE DO IT.
00:31:11.00\00:31:14.00
THE FATHER IS JUST AS
ANXIOUS TO HEAR FROM US.
00:31:14.00\00:31:17.93
A TALE IS TOLD BUT THE
THING IS WE MUST BELIEVE IT.
00:31:17.93\00:31:21.10
AND THIS IS A LITTLE STORY
- I THINK I'VE SHARE THIS ONCE
00:31:21.10\00:31:24.86
BEFORE - MAYBE IN A SERMON,
BUT THIS SMALL TOWN HAD BEEN
00:31:24.86\00:31:28.26
HISTORICALLY DRY.
THAT MEANS, OF COURSE, THAT
00:31:28.26\00:31:31.36
THERE WAS NO LIQUOR
SOLD IN THIS LITTLE TOWN.
00:31:31.36\00:31:35.40
BUT THEN A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN
DECIDED TO BUILD A TAVERN.
00:31:35.40\00:31:39.70
WELL, A GROUP OF CHRISTIANS,
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT IDEA.
00:31:39.70\00:31:42.66
THEY FORMED A LOCAL GROUP THERE
AND IT CONCERNED - IT PLANNED AN
00:31:42.66\00:31:47.53
ALL-NIGHT PRAYER MEETING TO
ASK GOD TO INTERVENE, RIGHT?
00:31:47.53\00:31:52.66
THEY PRAYED ALL NIGHT,
'PLEASE INTERVENE, GOD.
00:31:52.66\00:31:55.20
DON'T LET THIS TAVERN BE BUILT.'
IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT SHORTLY
00:31:55.20\00:31:59.00
THEREAFTER LIGHTNING STRUCK
THE BAR AND IT BURNED IT TO THE
00:31:59.00\00:32:02.86
GROUND. WELL, THE
OWNER OF THE BAR SUED
00:32:02.86\00:32:06.23
THE CHURCH CLAIMING THAT THE
PRAYERS OF THE CONGREGATION WERE
00:32:06.23\00:32:10.13
RESPONSIBLE. BUT THE
CHURCH HIRED A LAWYER TO
00:32:10.13\00:32:13.36
ARGUE IN COURT THAT
THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE.
00:32:13.36\00:32:16.73
WELL, THE PRESIDING JUDGE, AFTER
HIS INITIAL REVIEW OF THE CASE,
00:32:16.73\00:32:21.26
STATED THAT NO MATTER HOW THIS
CASE COMES OUT, ONE THING IS
00:32:21.26\00:32:24.96
CLEAR: THE TAVERN OWNER BELIEVES
IN PRAYER AND THE CHRISTIANS DO
00:32:24.96\00:32:29.70
NOT.' IS THAT -
SOMETIMES WE PRAY AND
00:32:29.70\00:32:36.80
THEN WE DON'T
BELIEVE WHAT WE PRAY.
00:32:36.80\00:32:39.93
WAS IT BECAUSE OF THEIR PRAYERS
THAT THING WAS BURNED TO THE
00:32:39.93\00:32:43.00
GROUND? ABSOLUTELY! I
BELIEVE THAT, BUT THEY DIDN'T.
00:32:43.00\00:32:47.43
OF COURSE IT WOULD
HAVE COST THEM MONEY.
00:32:47.43\00:32:52.70
JESUS NEVER DID ANYTHING
THAT WAS A WASTE OF TIME, RIGHT?
00:32:52.70\00:32:55.83
HE KNEW - NOT ONLY BELIEVED - HE
KNEW HIS FATHER'S PRESENCE WAS
00:32:55.83\00:33:00.43
ALWAYS THERE AND HE EXPERIENCED
HIS PRESENCE WHEN HE PRAYED.
00:33:00.43\00:33:05.43
NOW ONE MORE THING I
THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT.
00:33:05.43\00:33:08.30
WHEN CHRIST PRAYED, WE OFTEN
THINK THAT HIS PRAYER LIFE - AND
00:33:08.30\00:33:13.03
THINK THAT WHENEVER HE PRAYED
ONLY POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENED.
00:33:13.03\00:33:19.23
AND THAT'S, QUITE OFTEN THE
CASE, BUT REMEMBER HIM PRAYING
00:33:19.23\00:33:23.10
THIS PRAYER? 'TAKE THIS CUP
FROM ME. NEVERTHELESS THY WILL
00:33:23.10\00:33:27.06
BE DONE.' WAS THE CUP TAKEN FROM
HIM? NO. DID HE PRAY FOR JUDAS?
00:33:27.06\00:33:32.96
HE PRAYED FOR JUDAS.
DID JUDAS CONVERT? NO.
00:33:32.96\00:33:38.13
SO NOT ALWAYS GOOD THINGS
HAPPENED WHEN JESUS PRAYED.
00:33:38.13\00:33:41.60
NOT ALWAYS GOOD THINGS - WHAT
WE THINK ARE GOING TO BE GOOD
00:33:41.60\00:33:45.46
THINGS, HAPPEN WHEN WE
PRAY. THAT SHOULDN'T STOP US
00:33:45.46\00:33:48.56
FROM PRAYING, RIGHT? LET'S MOVE
ON TO TUESDAY'S LESSON ENTITLED,
00:33:48.56\00:33:53.96
'PRAYING TOGETHER.'
SOMEONE READ MATTHEW 18,
00:33:53.96\00:33:59.30
VERSES 19 AND 20. WHO
WOULD LIKE TO READ THAT?
00:33:59.30\00:34:02.43
MATTHEW THE 18TH CHAPTER -
SOMEBODY WANT TO READ THAT THIS
00:34:02.43\00:34:05.93
MORNING? DON'T BE BASHFUL. OKAY,
CHAPTER 18, VERSES 19 AND 20.
00:34:05.93\00:34:13.96
WE WILL FIND THAT IT WAS JESUS
SPEAKING FOR IT'S THE RED LETTER
00:34:13.96\00:34:17.40
- IF YOU HAVE THE
BIBLE IT'S IN RED LETTERING.
00:34:17.40\00:34:20.00
JESUS WAS GIVING US SOME
IMPORTANT ADVICE IN REGARDS TO
00:34:20.00\00:34:24.43
PRAYING IN GROUPS.
OKAY, PLEASE READ THAT FOR US.
00:34:24.43\00:34:27.93
>>"AGAIN I SAY TO YOU THAT
IF TWO OF YOU AGREE ON EARTH
00:34:27.93\00:34:31.40
CONCERNING ANYTHING THAT THEY
ASK, IT WILL BE DONE FOR THEM BY
00:34:31.40\00:34:35.70
MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
FOR WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE
00:34:35.70\00:34:39.50
GATHERED TOGETHER IN MY NAME, I
AM THERE IN THE MIDST OF THEM."
00:34:39.50\00:34:43.33
>>OKAY, THANK YOU. I
THINK THE QUOTE THAT I'VE
00:34:43.33\00:34:45.86
GIVEN THERE FROM
CENTRAL ADVANCE IS IMPORTANT.
00:34:45.86\00:34:49.60
IT SAYS, 'THE PROMISE IS MADE
ON CONDITION THAT THE UNITED
00:34:49.60\00:34:52.16
PRAYERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ARE
OFFERED AND IN ANSWER TO THESE
00:34:52.16\00:34:55.43
PRAYERS THERE MAY BE EXPECTED
A POWER GREATER THAN THAT WHICH
00:34:55.43\00:34:58.40
COMES TO ANSWER
TO A PRIVATE PRAYER.
00:34:58.40\00:35:01.53
THE POWER GIVEN WILL BE
PROPORTIONATE TO THE UNITY OF
00:35:01.53\00:35:04.63
THE MEMBERS AND THEIR LOVE
FOR GOD AND FOR ONE ANOTHER.
00:35:04.63\00:35:09.20
THAT'S INTERESTING, ISN'T
IT? I THOUGHT - WHEN I READ THAT
00:35:09.20\00:35:11.60
QUOTE I THOUGHT OF A ROPE -
A BIG, BIG ROPE BEING PULLED.
00:35:11.60\00:35:18.00
AND IT MAY BE PULLING A CAR
OR SOMETHING VERY HEAVY AND THE
00:35:18.00\00:35:21.20
MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE PULLING
ON THAT ROPE, THE BETTER -
00:35:21.20\00:35:25.06
THE MORE POWER YOU HAVE, RIGHT?
THE MORE SUCCESS YOU'LL HAVE -
00:35:25.06\00:35:28.50
AND I THOUGHT THEN, THE ROPE IS
KIND OF LIKE THE UNITY THAT MUST
00:35:28.50\00:35:36.63
EXIST BETWEEN GOD'S PEOPLE WHEN
THEY PRAY BECAUSE THE ROPE IS,
00:35:36.63\00:35:41.56
YOU KNOW, TWINED
TOGETHER, WOUND TOGETHER AND THE
00:35:41.56\00:35:44.46
MORE YOU WIND IT
TOGETHER THE STRONGER IT IS.
00:35:44.46\00:35:47.80
IF A ROPE STARTS TO
COME UNRAVELED WHAT HAPPENS?
00:35:47.80\00:35:51.30
IT GETS WEAK, FOR ONE
THING, AND IT COULD BREAK.
00:35:51.30\00:35:54.63
SO A ROPE IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE, THERE, FOR THAT.
00:35:54.63\00:36:00.40
THEN WE NEED TO MOVE ON
TO WEDNESDAY ENTITLED, 'OUR
00:36:00.40\00:36:04.16
FREEDOM'. WEDNESDAY
OPENS UP WITH ASKING
00:36:04.16\00:36:07.03
A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY
00:36:07.03\00:36:09.13
PRAYER IS SO VITAL? WHY
DO WE HAVE TO ASK HIM FOR
00:36:09.13\00:36:12.93
THE HOLY SPIRIT?
ISN'T HE WILLING TO GIVE THE
00:36:12.93\00:36:16.03
HOLY SPIRIT TO US? NOW
THESE ARE GOOD QUESTIONS.
00:36:16.03\00:36:19.16
THE LESSON GIVES US GOOD
RESPONSES BY SAYING THAT THE
00:36:19.16\00:36:22.63
ANSWER TO THESE QUESTIONS LIES
IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S
00:36:22.63\00:36:26.50
RESPECT TO OUR FREEDOM OF
CHOICE. AND HOW TRUE THAT IS.
00:36:26.50\00:36:31.06
PRAYER IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE
FREEDOM OF CHOICE IS PLAYED OUT,
00:36:31.06\00:36:33.90
ISN'T IT? AT
LEAST TO BEGIN WITH.
00:36:33.90\00:36:37.50
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO
PRAY THEN YOU RECEIVE NO HELP.
00:36:37.50\00:36:40.16
IF YOU CHOOSE TO PRAY OR IF WE
PRAY - CHOOSE TO PRAY A FAULTY
00:36:40.16\00:36:44.00
PRAYER, WE
STILL RECEIVE NO HELP.
00:36:44.00\00:36:45.83
BUT IF WE CHOOSE TO PRAY RIGHTLY
THEN WE CAN BEGIN TO EXPECT
00:36:45.83\00:36:49.66
HELP. SO IT'S - IT BEGINS
WITH THE POWER OF CHOICE -
00:36:49.66\00:36:53.16
THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
IF WE PRAY INTELLIGENTLY AND
00:36:53.16\00:36:56.23
HONESTLY THEN WE LAY
EVERYTHING BEFORE GOD.
00:36:56.23\00:36:59.63
THE FIRST THING WE ARE LAYING
BEFORE GOD IS OUR COMPLETE
00:36:59.63\00:37:05.40
INADEQUACY TO
ANSWER OUR OWN PRAYERS -
00:37:05.40\00:37:08.13
TO MEET OUR OWN
NEEDS - WE CAN'T DO IT.
00:37:08.13\00:37:10.40
THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING HIM.
WE ARE TELLING HIM WE CANNOT
00:37:10.40\00:37:13.80
DO IT. WE ARE
INADEQUATE AND WE ADMIT THAT.
00:37:13.80\00:37:17.63
THAT'S WHAT PRAYER
ADMITS TO BEGIN WITH.
00:37:17.63\00:37:20.13
PRAYER SHOULD REMIND US OF THAT.
ALSO, PRAYER SHOULD REMIND US
00:37:20.13\00:37:25.20
THAT IT ISN'T EVEN PRAYER -
THE POWER ISN'T IN THE PRAYER.
00:37:25.20\00:37:30.50
NO, IT ISN'T IN THE PRAYER.
I'M SURE I'VE SHARED THIS LITTLE
00:37:30.50\00:37:35.66
EXAMPLE WITH YOU BEFORE - MAYBE
TOO - BUT IF YOU HAD A LITTLE
00:37:35.66\00:37:38.46
BOX HERE WITH SOME ELECTRICAL
WIRES RUNNING FROM IT - A LITTLE
00:37:38.46\00:37:42.40
SWITCH INSIDE - AND THE WIRES
RAN TO OUTSIDE OR SOMEPLACE ELSE
00:37:42.40\00:37:47.83
- TO A BLOCK OF DYNAMITE - WELL,
PUSHING THE BUTTON IS KIND OF
00:37:47.83\00:37:56.53
LIKE PRAYING, BUT THE REAL POWER
IS IN THE DYNAMITE, ISN'T IT?
00:37:56.53\00:38:01.03
THE RECIPIENT OF OUR PUSH.
THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT GOES
00:38:01.03\00:38:04.56
THROUGH THE WIRE TO THE DYNAMITE
AND OUR PRAYER GOES UP TO
00:38:04.56\00:38:08.93
THE REAL POWER.
GOD IS THE REAL POWER.
00:38:08.93\00:38:11.20
THE PRAYER ISN'T THE
POWER, GOD IS THE POWER.
00:38:11.20\00:38:13.60
BUT HE HAS UNLIMITED POWER.
THINK ABOUT GOD, OUR CREATOR,
00:38:13.60\00:38:19.06
AND HIS UNLIMITED POWER.
FOR EXAMPLE, A CAR TRAVELING A
00:38:19.06\00:38:22.80
HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR WOULD
TAKE MORE THAN 29 MILLION YEARS
00:38:22.80\00:38:27.60
TO REACH THE NEAREST
STAR. AND THERE ARE BETWEEN 100
00:38:27.60\00:38:31.46
BILLION AND 1 TRILLION STARS
IN ONE SINGLE NORMAL GALAXY.
00:38:31.46\00:38:35.83
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE
SHOULD THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK
00:38:35.83\00:38:39.06
ABOUT WHO WE'RE PRAYING TO.
WE'RE PRAYING TO SOMEBODY WITH
00:38:39.06\00:38:42.13
UNLIMITED POWER, ARE WE
NOT? ABSOLUTELY. MOVE ON TO
00:38:42.13\00:38:47.20
THURSDAY'S LESSON. IT'S
ENTITLED 'EFFECTIVE PRAYER'.
00:38:47.20\00:38:51.16
AND THIS, PERHAPS, IS THE
FAVORITE PART OF MY LESSON IN
00:38:51.16\00:38:55.46
SOME RESPECTS BECAUSE IT REMINDS
ME OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE TEXTS.
00:38:55.46\00:39:01.03
AND SOMEBODY MIGHT READ
THAT FOR US IF THEY'RE WILLING.
00:39:01.03\00:39:04.20
JAMES 5:16 - IS SOMEBODY
WILLING TO READ THAT FOR US?
00:39:04.20\00:39:07.30
JAMES 5:16 - SOMEBODY WANT TO
RAISE THEIR HAND - PLEASE READ
00:39:07.30\00:39:12.56
THAT FOR US?
OKAY, WE'LL READ IT -
00:39:12.56\00:39:15.46
RIGHT HERE AGAIN. JAMES
5:16 - ESPECIALLY THE LAST
00:39:15.46\00:39:19.50
PART OF THIS VERSE IS A
VERSE THAT I'VE ALWAYS LOVED.
00:39:19.50\00:39:23.20
JAMES - I LOVE THE BOOK
OF JAMES IN ITS ENTIRETY.
00:39:23.20\00:39:26.80
IN FACT, JAMES WAS SUCH
A PRACTICAL MAN, GIVING US
00:39:26.80\00:39:29.50
PRACTICAL, LOGICAL ADVICE AND
JAMES 5:16 IS NO EXCEPTION TO
00:39:29.50\00:39:34.30
THIS. OKAY MIKE.
00:39:34.30\00:39:35.96
>>JAMES 5:16, "CONFESS YOUR
TRESPASSES TO ONE ANOTHER, AND
00:39:35.96\00:39:41.33
PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER,
THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED.
00:39:41.33\00:39:45.23
THE EFFECTIVE, FERVENT PRAYER
OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILS MUCH."
00:39:45.23\00:39:49.76
>>OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:39:49.76\00:39:51.46
THIS TEXT SAYS SO MUCH
WITH SO FEW WORDS IT'S AMAZING.
00:39:51.46\00:39:55.60
AND WE WILL GET TO THAT IN JUST
A MINUTE - WHY I BELIEVE IT'S
00:39:55.60\00:40:00.76
SUCH A GREAT TEXT - BUT WE
CAN CONSIDER SOME OF THE POINTS,
00:40:00.76\00:40:04.50
FIRST OF ALL,
MADE IN OUR LESSON.
00:40:04.50\00:40:07.53
THE LESSON FOCUSES ON SOME
OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS OR METHODS
00:40:07.53\00:40:11.30
THAT PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN TO
PRAY THAT BRINGS THEM BLESSINGS.
00:40:11.30\00:40:15.30
SOME PEOPLE, AS IT POINTS OUT,
LIKE TO OPEN THE BIBLE, READ
00:40:15.30\00:40:20.86
SOMETHING, AND THEN PRAY.
AND, OF COURSE, THAT SHOULD BE A
00:40:20.86\00:40:23.23
FAVORITE WAY FOR MOST OF US.
WE SHOULD INCLUDE THE BIBLE IN
00:40:23.23\00:40:26.36
OUR PRAYER LIFE, DON'T YOU
THINK? BECAUSE THAT'S ONE WAY
00:40:26.36\00:40:30.16
GOD WILL SPEAK TO US AND, QUITE
OFTEN HE SPEAKS TO US AND THEN
00:40:30.16\00:40:34.00
WE HAVE - WE CERTAINLY
HAVE SOMETHING TO PRAY ABOUT
00:40:34.00\00:40:36.66
MANY TIMES. 'WOW, THAT IS
AMAZING, LORD, I'VE FALLEN SHORT
00:40:36.66\00:40:39.80
IN THAT AND I NEED YOUR HELP,
I NEED YOUR GRACE, I NEED YOUR
00:40:39.80\00:40:42.83
FORGIVENESS.' SO ON AND SO
FORTH. SO THAT IS CERTAINLY
00:40:42.83\00:40:47.03
ONE OF THE MOST FAVORITE
WAYS PEOPLE SHOULD PRAY.
00:40:47.03\00:40:50.83
AS I SAID, I ENJOY WALKING
AND PRAYING AT THE SAME TIME.
00:40:50.83\00:40:54.20
YOU MAY HAVE YOUR
VERY FAVORITE PLACES.
00:40:54.20\00:40:57.26
NOW, IS IT IMPORTANT FOR PRAYERS
TO BE EFFECTIVE TO HAVE THOSE
00:40:57.26\00:41:01.66
SPECIAL PLACES AND METHODS?
WELL, I BELIEVE IT IS IN
00:41:01.66\00:41:05.23
SOME RESPECTS.
REMEMBER THE - IT'S THE FAMOUS
00:41:05.23\00:41:08.06
PSALMS - PSALM 46 - IT SAYS, 'BE
STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD'?
00:41:08.06\00:41:13.23
SO YES, WE DO NEED THAT
SPECIAL QUIET PLACE SOMETIMES.
00:41:13.23\00:41:17.20
WE CAN PRAY IN THE BUSY TRAFFIC
OF THIS WORLD. WE CAN PRAY WHEN
00:41:17.20\00:41:21.20
WE'RE ALL CAUGHT UP IN STRESSFUL
SITUATIONS, BUT SOME OF OUR MOST
00:41:21.20\00:41:27.73
IMPORTANT PRAYER TIMES WILL BE
WHEN WE SEEK THAT EXCLUSION AND
00:41:27.73\00:41:31.83
IT'S JUST GOD AND US OR A
FEW PEOPLE TOGETHER PRAYING FOR
00:41:31.83\00:41:35.70
WHATEVER WE NEED TO PRAY
FOR. IT ISN'T IMPOSSIBLE TO PRAY
00:41:35.70\00:41:42.30
EFFECTIVE
PRAYERS AMIDST CONFUSION.
00:41:42.30\00:41:46.16
BUT FOR OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH
WE NEED THOSE SPECIAL TIMES.
00:41:46.16\00:41:49.90
ANOTHER CONCEPT BROUGHT OUT BY
OUR LESSON IS THE IMPORTANCE OF
00:41:49.90\00:41:53.36
ADORATION AND
PRAISE WHEN WE PRAY.
00:41:53.36\00:41:57.46
WHEN WE PRAISE GOD AND GIVE
HIM OUR ADORATION WITH A GENUINE
00:41:57.46\00:42:00.90
HEART, IT TELLS HIM THAT WE
BELIEVE AND WE TRUST IN HIM.
00:42:00.90\00:42:06.53
ALL WE KNOW - WE ALL KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT FAITH IS TO GOD.
00:42:06.53\00:42:10.56
GOD - JESUS WHEN HE WAS
HERE - HE LOVED TO POINT OUT HOW
00:42:10.56\00:42:15.06
IMPORTANT FAITH WAS. ONE
TIME HE HAD THIS CENTURION
00:42:15.06\00:42:17.90
THAT CAME TO HIM AND SAID, 'YOU
KNOW, YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO
00:42:17.90\00:42:20.16
COME TO MY HOUSE.
JUST SPEAK BUT THE WORD.
00:42:20.16\00:42:22.13
I'M NOT WORTHY FOR
YOU TO COME TO MY HOUSE.
00:42:22.13\00:42:24.40
SPEAK THE WORD AND MY
SERVANT WILL BE HEALED.'
00:42:24.40\00:42:26.16
AND JESUS TURNED THAT ROMAN
CENTURION AROUND TO THE PEOPLE
00:42:26.16\00:42:31.26
AND SAID, 'I HAVE NOT SEEN SUCH
GREAT FAITH IN ALL OF ISRAEL.'
00:42:31.26\00:42:36.06
FIRST OF ALL, THAT'S GOT TO
STING IF YOU'RE A CHILD OF -
00:42:36.06\00:42:39.16
PART OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
'WHAT DO YOU MEAN A ROMAN
00:42:39.16\00:42:42.43
CENTURION HAS
GREATER FAITH THAN ME?
00:42:42.43\00:42:44.80
I'VE BEEN IN THE TRUTH - I'VE
BEEN IN THE WAY ALL MY LIFE.
00:42:44.80\00:42:48.70
AND MY FAITH IS
BETTER THAN HIS, I'M SURE.'
00:42:48.70\00:42:53.40
BUT JESUS LOVED THAT MAN'S FAITH
BECAUSE HE BELIEVED AND THAT'S
00:42:53.40\00:42:58.40
WHAT WE NEED TO DO SOON.
FIRST OF ALL WE NEED TO BELIEVE.
00:42:58.40\00:43:03.26
WHEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM IT
IS EASY TO CONCENTRATE ON THE
00:43:03.26\00:43:06.16
PROBLEM, RIGHT? AND GO
TO GOD WITH THE PROBLEM
00:43:06.16\00:43:13.26
AND SKIP THE PART OF
PRAISE. BUT JUST THINK OF IT.
00:43:13.26\00:43:17.60
IF YOU WENT TO GOD WITH PRAISE
FIRST AND THEN ENDED WITH PRAISE
00:43:17.60\00:43:21.20
AGAIN, YOU'RE TELLING GOD, 'NOW
THE STUFF IN THE MIDDLE I REALLY
00:43:21.20\00:43:25.06
BELIEVE BECAUSE I PRAISED YOU
BEFORE I BEGAN, I PRAISED YOU AT
00:43:25.06\00:43:28.33
THE END. I REALLY
BELIEVE THAT YOU HEAR
00:43:28.33\00:43:30.26
ME AND I REALLY BELIEVE YOU WANT
TO ANSWER, ACCORDING TO YOUR
00:43:30.26\00:43:33.60
WILL, THAT WHICH IS BEST.
SO PRAISE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:43:33.60\00:43:38.43
IT REMINDS US HOW
MERCIFUL GOD HAS BEEN TO US.
00:43:38.43\00:43:45.20
I READ A QUOTATION ONCE THAT
SAID, 'WE SHOULD PRESENT TO GOD
00:43:45.20\00:43:48.60
SOME OF THE PAST
MERCIES THAT HE'S SHOWN US.'
00:43:48.60\00:43:53.66
IF WE HAVE A NEED OF HIS PRESENT
MERCY, WE SHOULD PRESENT SOME OF
00:43:53.66\00:43:59.00
THOSE PAST MERCIES
THAT HE'S SHOWN US. WHY?
00:43:59.00\00:44:03.53
WELL, I THINK IT DOES MORE
FOR US THAN IT DOES FOR GOD.
00:44:03.53\00:44:06.66
CERTAINLY HE REMEMBERS THEM, BUT
HE BRINGS TO OUR MINDS HOW GOD
00:44:06.66\00:44:10.70
WAS SO MERCIFUL TO US IN THE
PAST THAT IT HELPS US HAVE FAITH
00:44:10.70\00:44:15.30
AND FAITH IS VERY IMPORTANT
FOR OUR PRAYERS TO BE ANSWERED.
00:44:15.30\00:44:19.20
SO I THINK THE REASON
FOR THAT IS THAT VERY FACT.
00:44:19.20\00:44:23.13
ANOTHER QUOTE SAYS 'WE HAVE
NOTHING TO FEAR FOR THE PRESENT
00:44:23.13\00:44:25.93
AS LONG AS WE DON'T FORGET
HOW GOD HAS LED US IN THE PAST.'
00:44:25.93\00:44:30.86
THERE AGAIN CREATES IN US
AMAZING FAITH TO THINK BACK ON
00:44:30.86\00:44:36.40
HOW GOD HAS LED US IN THE PAST.
THOSE ARE WONDERFUL THINGS TO
00:44:36.40\00:44:41.60
KEEP IN MIND WHEN IT
COMES TO PRAISING GOD.
00:44:41.60\00:44:44.20
NOW, GETTING BACK TO OUR TEXT
IN JAMES 5 - THE LAST SENTENCE
00:44:44.20\00:44:47.93
THERE - "THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT
PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN
00:44:47.93\00:44:51.63
AVAILETH MUCH." THAT'S
WHAT WE WANT, ISN'T IT?
00:44:51.63\00:44:56.16
WE WANT MUCH TO AVAIL.
THAT MEANS MUCH GOOD TO HAPPEN.
00:44:56.16\00:45:00.26
WHEN YOU PRAY TO GOD DON'T YOU
WANT SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN?
00:45:00.26\00:45:04.03
YOU WANT MUCH GOOD TO HAPPEN.
SO THAT LITTLE SENTENCE IS LIKE
00:45:04.03\00:45:11.16
HOMILITATIONS - BEAUTIFUL
TEXT - HOMILETICS IS THE ART OF
00:45:11.16\00:45:16.96
PREACHING. I TOOK A CLASS
IN HOMILETICS WHEN I WAS IN
00:45:16.96\00:45:20.13
COLLEGE AND IN THAT CLASS ELDER
FLOYD FRAZEE WAS - HE WAS HERE
00:45:20.13\00:45:26.00
ONE SABBATH AND PREACHED TO
US AND WE ALL REALIZED WHAT A
00:45:26.00\00:45:29.20
WONDERFUL PREACHER HE WAS -
AND HE WOULD TEACH US THE ART OF
00:45:29.20\00:45:34.06
PREACHING THAT WE SHOULD
HAVE A THEME. YOU SHOULDN'T JUST
00:45:34.06\00:45:36.43
THROW OUT BUCKSHOT BECAUSE
PEOPLE GO HOME WOUNDED ALL OVER
00:45:36.43\00:45:39.46
THE PLACE AND THEY DON'T
REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY GOT.
00:45:39.46\00:45:41.80
BUT WE SHOULD HAVE A THEME AND
THEN WE SHOULD HAVE SECTIONS TO
00:45:41.80\00:45:44.50
BACK UP THAT THEME AND SUPPORT
THE THEME AND ILLUSTRATE THOSE
00:45:44.50\00:45:47.86
POINTS THAT WE MAKE AND
SO FORTH. SO HE WAS TELLING -
00:45:47.86\00:45:50.50
AND THIS TEXT IS A THEME
IN ITSELF - THE TEXT ITSELF.
00:45:50.50\00:45:56.03
I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK
HOMILETIC LESSON, OKAY?
00:45:56.03\00:46:03.16
'THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF
A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILETH MUCH.'
00:46:03.16\00:46:07.70
SECTION 1 OF THIS THEME WOULD
HAVE TO DO WITH - IN ORDER FOR
00:46:07.70\00:46:13.46
PRAYER TO BE EFFECTIVE
THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
00:46:13.46\00:46:17.03
AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH ALL
THE REQUIREMENTS OF PRAYER.
00:46:17.03\00:46:19.20
IN OTHER WORDS, FOR EXAMPLE,
PSALM 66:28 SAYS, "IF I REGARD
00:46:19.20\00:46:23.46
INIQUITY IN MY HEART, THE
LORD WILL NOT HEAR." RIGHT?
00:46:23.46\00:46:27.63
SO IN ORDER TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE
PRAYER, YOU BETTER NOT BE
00:46:27.63\00:46:30.83
REGARDING
INIQUITY IN YOUR HEART.
00:46:30.83\00:46:32.73
AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH DIFFERENT
REQUIREMENTS OF EFFECTIVE PRAYER
00:46:32.73\00:46:35.86
IN SECTION #1. THAT'S
A SECTION YOU CAN JUST GO
00:46:35.86\00:46:39.66
ON AND ON WITH
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
00:46:39.66\00:46:42.03
YOU GIVE ALL KINDS OF EXAMPLES
AS YOU PREACH THE SERMON THAT
00:46:42.03\00:46:44.90
WAY. NOW THE
SECOND SECTION OF THE
00:46:44.90\00:46:47.43
SERMON WOULD BE THIS: IN
ORDER FOR PRAYER TO BE EFFECTIVE
00:46:47.43\00:46:50.90
IT MUST BE A FERVENT
PRAYER. WHAT DOES FERVENT MEAN?
00:46:50.90\00:46:54.73
FERVENT MEANS
TO BOIL OR TO BURN.
00:46:54.73\00:46:58.03
IT MUST COME
FROM DEEP WITHIN US.
00:46:58.03\00:47:00.30
WE MUST REALLY MEAN
WHAT WE ARE PRAYING.
00:47:00.30\00:47:02.80
WE MUST BELIEVE IT. WE
MUST MEAN IT WITH ALL OF OUR
00:47:02.80\00:47:04.93
HEARTS. WE MUST REALLY BE
INTO WHAT WE ARE PRAYING ABOUT.
00:47:04.93\00:47:08.73
THAT'S FERVENT PRAYER.
FERVENT PRAYER IS NOT - DOES NOT
00:47:08.73\00:47:12.66
MEAN ELOQUENT PRAYER. IN
FACT, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT
00:47:12.66\00:47:16.13
SOMETIMES ELOQUENT
PRAYER IS OUT OF PLACE.
00:47:16.13\00:47:19.36
FOR US TO TRY TO BE ELOQUENT
WITH OUR PRAYERS IS NOT THE SAME
00:47:19.36\00:47:23.90
AS BEING FERVENT
WITH OUR PRAYERS.
00:47:23.90\00:47:26.50
IF YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE ROAD
AND YOUR CAR IS SLIDING OUT OF
00:47:26.50\00:47:29.46
CONTROL AND YOU CRY OUT
'LORD SAVE US!' THAT'S A FERVENT
00:47:29.46\00:47:34.33
PRAYER AND HE CAN HEAR THAT
PRAYER AND MANY TIMES HE HAS
00:47:34.33\00:47:37.76
SAVED - I'VE HEARD HUNDREDS AND
THOUSANDS OF STORIES PROBABLY
00:47:37.76\00:47:41.90
OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SAVED
WITH JUST THOSE SIMPLE KIND OF
00:47:41.90\00:47:44.93
PRAYERS BECAUSE THEY WERE
FERVENT. AND WHEN WE PRAY IN OUR
00:47:44.93\00:47:48.73
DAILY LIFE THEY SHOULD BE
FERVENT - FILLED WITH FEELING
00:47:48.73\00:47:51.56
AND EMOTION - REALLY
MEANING WHAT WE'RE PRAYING FOR.
00:47:51.56\00:47:54.93
THE THIRD SECTION WOULD BE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS: ON AVAILING
00:47:54.93\00:47:58.73
MUCH PRAYER MUST
COME FROM A RIGHTEOUS MAN.
00:47:58.73\00:48:02.50
THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF
A RIGHTEOUS MAN AVAILETH MUCH.'
00:48:02.50\00:48:05.83
THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL,
THAT LEAVES ME OUT BECAUSE I
00:48:05.83\00:48:09.20
KNOW I'M NOT RIGHTEOUS.'
BUT THIS IS THE PERFECT SECTION
00:48:09.20\00:48:12.83
THAT YOU CAN LAY OUT THE CONCEPT
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.
00:48:12.83\00:48:17.36
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH. WE
ARE RIGHTEOUS ONLY BY FAITH
00:48:17.36\00:48:19.96
IN CHRIST WHO IS
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:48:19.96\00:48:23.10
HE LONGS TO COVER US
WITH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:48:23.10\00:48:26.00
LADIES, IT'S JUST AS SIMPLE AS A
GENTLEMAN HELPING YOU WITH YOUR
00:48:26.00\00:48:32.13
COAT ON BECAUSE JESUS WANTS
TO COVER US WITH HIS CLOAK -
00:48:32.13\00:48:37.90
ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
THAT'S HOW SIMPLE IT IS AND WE
00:48:37.90\00:48:41.80
MUST BELIEVE THAT. OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESS BECOMES HIS
00:48:41.80\00:48:44.96
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WE CAN PRAY,
THEN, WITH ALL FAITH THAT HE
00:48:44.96\00:48:49.16
HEARS OUR PRAYERS
BECAUSE HE'S LIVING IN US.
00:48:49.16\00:48:52.63
IT'S HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
THAT COMES THROUGH.
00:48:52.63\00:48:54.96
NOW SOMETIMES WE KIND OF WAIVER
BACK AND FORTH ON THAT POINT
00:48:54.96\00:48:58.10
BECAUSE WE READ OTHER SECTIONS
OF THE BIBLE THAT SAYS, YOU
00:48:58.10\00:49:02.23
KNOW, 'IN ORDER TO BE SAVED
CHRISTIANS YOU NEED TO FEED THE
00:49:02.23\00:49:05.86
HUNGRY, GO VISIT THE SICK,
GO OVER TO THE PRISONS AND VISIT
00:49:05.86\00:49:09.46
PEOPLE IN PRISON. YOU
SAY, MAN, I'M NOT DOING THAT
00:49:09.46\00:49:12.53
- I DON'T THINK
THERE'S ANY HOPE FOR ME.'
00:49:12.53\00:49:14.16
SO SOMETIMES WE DON'T LIVE UP
TO ALL THAT WE KNOW WE SHOULD BE
00:49:14.16\00:49:17.50
LIVING UP TO BUT WE KEEP
STRIVING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN.
00:49:17.50\00:49:22.80
HE - WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS
FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US
00:49:22.80\00:49:25.90
OUR SINS - WE
KEEP GROWING IN GRACE.
00:49:25.90\00:49:27.46
WE CAN CLAIM HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
WE CAN'T BE LIKE THE LADY THAT
00:49:27.46\00:49:32.70
WENT TO VISIT HER FRIEND AND SHE
TOOK ALONG HER ELECTRIC HEATER
00:49:32.70\00:49:38.00
AND SHE LEFT THE
HEATER IN THE CAR.
00:49:38.00\00:49:40.10
AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE LADY SHE
WAS VISITING SAID, 'WELL, WHY
00:49:40.10\00:49:44.86
DID YOU BRING THIS HEATER?'
SHE SAID, 'WELL, IT'S THE ONLY
00:49:44.86\00:49:48.00
WAY I COULD KNOW THAT I
HADN'T LEFT IT PLUGGED IN.'
00:49:48.00\00:49:53.93
SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW - I THINK
WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE'RE
00:49:53.93\00:49:56.56
PLUGGED IN OR NOT.
'WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE SINNED AND
00:49:56.56\00:50:00.70
I'M NOT LIVING UP TO...'
NO, IF YOU CONFESS YOUR SINS YOU
00:50:00.70\00:50:05.06
CAN KNOW THAT YOU'RE PLUGGED
IN AGAIN TO JESUS AND HIS
00:50:05.06\00:50:08.56
RIGHTEOUSNESS. WE MUST KNOW
THAT. BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO PRAY
00:50:08.56\00:50:13.33
YOU MUST KNOW THAT OR YOUR
PRAYERS WILL BE A WASTE OF TIME.
00:50:13.33\00:50:17.56
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT
YOU'RE PRAYING THE PRAYER OF A
00:50:17.56\00:50:20.93
RIGHTEOUS MAN BECAUSE OF THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST COVERING
00:50:20.93\00:50:24.23
YOU, THEN DON'T EVEN PRAY
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A WASTE.
00:50:24.23\00:50:27.90
SO THAT'S THE THIRD SECTION.
ISAIAH 61:10 SAYS, "I WILL
00:50:27.90\00:50:32.73
GREATLY REJOICE IN THE LORD, MY
SOUL SHALL BE JOYFUL IN MY GOD;
00:50:32.73\00:50:36.13
FOR HE HAS CLOTHED ME WITH THE
GARMENTS OF SALVATION, HE HAS
00:50:36.13\00:50:39.40
COVERED ME WITH THE
ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS."
00:50:39.40\00:50:44.56
IN ORDER TO HAVE A GOOD PRAYER
LIFE THAT WILL BRING ABOUT
00:50:44.56\00:50:47.56
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION, WHICH
IS THIS LESSON'S - QUARTERLY -
00:50:47.56\00:50:51.93
WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, WE HAVE TO
HAVE A WORTHWHILE MISSION, OKAY?
00:50:51.93\00:50:58.93
WE HAVE TO HAVE A WORTHWHILE
MISSION. LET ME GIVE YOU AN
00:50:58.93\00:51:01.60
EXAMPLE OF WHAT I MEAN BY
THIS. BACK IN 1993 MISSOURI AND
00:51:01.60\00:51:07.43
MISSISSIPPI HAD GREAT FLOODS.
IT WAS - IT RAINED AND RAINED
00:51:07.43\00:51:11.86
LIKE SOME OF THE FLOODS WE
SEE IN DIFFERENT PLACES TODAY -
00:51:11.86\00:51:14.60
FLOOD, FLOOD,
WATER GOING EVERYWHERE.
00:51:14.60\00:51:16.93
SO THE VOLUNTEERS WORKED AROUND
THE CLOCK TO TRY AND BRING THE
00:51:16.93\00:51:23.03
SANDBAGS TO SHORE UP THE LEVEES
THERE AND IN ONE AREA THEY WERE
00:51:23.03\00:51:28.76
JOINED BY A GROUP OF CONVICTS
FROM A BOOT CAMP PRISON PROGRAM.
00:51:28.76\00:51:34.70
SO THESE PRISONERS WERE SENT OUT
TO HELP WITH THE SANDBAGGING.
00:51:34.70\00:51:38.93
THE PRISONERS WERE THERE
AND IF THEY UNDERSTOOD - THEY
00:51:38.93\00:51:43.93
UNDERSTOOD THAT IF ALL THEIR
WORK, ALONG WITH THE VOLUNTEERS
00:51:43.93\00:51:47.96
FAILED, THE NEARBY LITTLE
TOWN WOULD BE SWEPT AWAY TO
00:51:47.96\00:51:52.83
DESTRUCTION. WELL,
THE CRIMINALS WORKED WITH
00:51:52.83\00:51:56.60
FURIOUS PASSION AND ENERGY.
THEY ACTUALLY REFUSED TO SLEEP.
00:51:56.60\00:52:01.80
YOU KNOW, 'YOU NEED TO GO TAKE
A BREAK.' 'NO, WE'VE GOT TO STAY
00:52:01.80\00:52:04.76
HERE. WE'VE GOT TO SAVE
THIS TOWN.' THEY WORKED AND THEY
00:52:04.76\00:52:07.43
WORKED BRINGING
THOSE SANDBAG BRIGADES.
00:52:07.43\00:52:10.00
THEY EVEN WOULDN'T TAKE
ENOUGH TIME TO EAT HARDLY.
00:52:10.00\00:52:14.86
BUT THE LEVEE WENT AHEAD AND
GAVE WAY AND THE TOWN WITH ITS
00:52:14.86\00:52:21.50
200 HOMES WAS SWEPT AWAY.
WELL, THESE CONVICTS, THEY WEPT
00:52:21.50\00:52:29.86
OPENLY. THEY WEPT AND WEPT WITH
FRUSTRATION AND COMPASSION. WHY?
00:52:29.86\00:52:36.93
THESE MEN WHO HAD DEALT IN DRUGS
AND VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION,
00:52:36.93\00:52:42.80
THEY HAD BEEN GIVEN A MISSION
AND ONCE - MAYBE SOME OF THEM -
00:52:42.80\00:52:48.63
IT HAD BEEN THE FIRST TIME
THEY'D EVER HAD A MISSION IN
00:52:48.63\00:52:50.86
LIFE - AND THEY HAD THIS MISSION
IN LIFE AND THEY PUT THEMSELVES
00:52:50.86\00:52:55.36
FULLY INTO IT AND I THOUGHT TO
MYSELF, 'THAT'S HOW WE NEED TO
00:52:55.36\00:53:01.53
BE.' DO WE NOT HAVE A MISSION?
00:53:01.53\00:53:04.70
WE HAVE THE GREATEST MISSION IN
ALL THE EARTH - TO TAKE THE LAST
00:53:04.70\00:53:09.00
MESSAGE OF
SALVATION TO A DYING WORLD.
00:53:09.00\00:53:13.10
AND SO, IN ORDER TO PRAY
FERVENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND
00:53:13.10\00:53:19.53
CLAIMING CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS,
WE NEED TO REALIZE WE HAVE A
00:53:19.53\00:53:26.66
MISSION. WE HAVE A MISSION.
00:53:26.66\00:53:29.36
I JUST RECEIVED, YESTERDAY, THE
LATEST MINISTRY MAGAZINE, BUT
00:53:29.36\00:53:35.63
THERE WAS A LITTLE THING - A
LITTLE EXCERPT IN HERE ABOUT THE
00:53:35.63\00:53:38.63
POWER OF UNITED PRAYER. I
THOUGHT, 'WOW, HOW APPLICABLE
00:53:38.63\00:53:41.70
TO WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING.'
00:53:41.70\00:53:44.40
LISTEN TO WHAT IT SAYS, 'WE ARE
SEEING THE YOUNG AND OLD FALLING
00:53:44.40\00:53:48.10
IN LOVE WITH PRAYER AND
EXPERIENCING REVIVAL AS THEY
00:53:48.10\00:53:51.50
EXPERIENCE UNITED PRAYER
AT OUR ARME BIBLE CAMPS.' -
00:53:51.50\00:53:54.80
YOU'VE HEARD OF ARME?
THEY'RE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:53:54.80\00:53:56.73
REALLY IN LOVE WITH THE LORD.
THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT
00:53:56.73\00:53:59.06
BELIEVE IN THE
THREE ANGELS' MESSAGE.
00:53:59.06\00:54:01.40
YOU'VE HEARD OF ARME CAMP?
THERE ARE A LOT OF WONDERFUL
00:54:01.40\00:54:03.43
YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE
THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THESE.
00:54:03.43\00:54:06.10
THEY'RE NOT THE YOUNG PEOPLE
THAT ARE GOING AROUND ON CAMPUS
00:54:06.10\00:54:09.16
RAISING THEIR HANDS AND JUMPING
TO THESE FLASH DANCES, YOU KNOW,
00:54:09.16\00:54:12.83
TO RAP MUSIC. WELL, I
NEVER CALL IT RAP MUSIC,
00:54:12.83\00:54:17.36
I CALL IT RAP NOISE, I
DON'T THINK IT'S REAL MUSIC.
00:54:17.36\00:54:20.46
BUT ANYWAY, IT'S NOT
THOSE KIND OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
00:54:20.46\00:54:23.06
'WE HAVE OFTEN SEEN YOUNG
PEOPLE COMING BACK TO THE PRAYER
00:54:23.06\00:54:25.83
MEETING ROOM SAYING, 'I
CAN'T STAY AWAY. I'M ADDICTED
00:54:25.83\00:54:28.86
TO THIS PLACE.' ALISON, A
14-YEAR-OLD VISITOR TO THE
00:54:28.86\00:54:32.13
PRAYER ROOM ONE DAY, THEN SHE
CAME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND SPENT
00:54:32.13\00:54:35.03
8 HOURS THERE.
THIS IS HER TESTIMONY.
00:54:35.03\00:54:38.66
'I WAS RAISED A SEVENTH
DAY ADVENTIST AND I'VE ALWAYS
00:54:38.66\00:54:41.30
ATTENDED
MEETINGS AND BIBLE CAMPS.
00:54:41.30\00:54:43.33
I GREW UP KNOWING OUR DOCTRINES
AND PROFESSING TO HAVE A
00:54:43.33\00:54:45.83
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD; HOWEVER,
SOMETHING WAS ALWAYS MISSING.
00:54:45.83\00:54:49.20
IT WAS NEVER REAL FOR ME.
AFTER COMING TO THE PRAYER
00:54:49.20\00:54:51.60
MEETING ROOM, I REALIZED
WHY I HAD NO POWER IN MY LIFE.
00:54:51.60\00:54:54.86
I WAS MISSING PRAYER. I
WAS MISSING A GENUINE AND
00:54:54.86\00:54:58.63
POWERFUL PRAYER LIFE.' IN
ANOTHER PRAYER MEETING ROOM
00:54:58.63\00:55:03.70
AN INDIVIDUAL ANONYMOUSLY LEFT
A WATCH AND A NOTE BEHIND THAT
00:55:03.70\00:55:08.00
READ, 'THIS WATCH IS NOT
CONSIDERED LOST BUT SURRENDERED.
00:55:08.00\00:55:13.70
I SHOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT
AND I CONFESS IT HAS BECOME AN
00:55:13.70\00:55:16.96
IDOL TO ME. I KNEW
BETTER THAN TO HAVE
00:55:16.96\00:55:20.13
BOUGHT IT WHEN I DID
AND I NO LONGER CAN KEEP IT.
00:55:20.13\00:55:22.96
GOD HAS REVEALED TO ME THAT
IT IS ONLY ONE LAYER BETWEEN HIM
00:55:22.96\00:55:26.46
AND ME AND NOW I HAVE ONE
LAYER LESS.' ISN'T THAT AMAZING?
00:55:26.46\00:55:32.96
PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING REVIVAL
AND REFORMATION THROUGH THE
00:55:32.96\00:55:36.90
POWER OF UNITED PRAYER.
THAT'S WHAT IT CLOSES WITH.
00:55:36.90\00:55:40.00
THAT IS OUR LESSON
THIS MORNING, ISN'T IT?
00:55:40.00\00:55:42.83
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION
THROUGH THE POWER OF PRAYER.
00:55:42.83\00:55:47.00
DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE
PRAYING PEOPLE? AMEN! ALRIGHT.
00:55:47.00\00:55:52.63
WELL, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING, YOU WHO HAVE SHOWN
00:55:52.63\00:55:55.43
UP HERE IN SACRAMENTO SANCTUARY
AND ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE JOINED
00:55:55.43\00:55:58.86
US FROM WHEREVER YOU HAVE JOINED
US. MANY OF YOU I HAVE HAD THE
00:55:58.86\00:56:02.36
PRIVILEGE OF CONNECTING WITH YOU
OVER THE INTERNET AND TELEPHONE
00:56:02.36\00:56:06.13
AND SO FORTH.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
00:56:06.13\00:56:09.16
>>IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF OUR
AMAZING FACTS PROGRAMS, VISIT
00:56:09.16\00:56:11.76
OUR WEBSITE AT
'AMAZINGFACTS.ORG'.
00:56:11.76\00:56:14.06
THERE YOU'LL FIND AN ARCHIVE
OF ALL OUR TELEVISION AND RADIO
00:56:14.06\00:56:16.53
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00:56:16.53\00:56:20.36
SO MANY
POSSIBILITIES. AMAZINGFACTS.ORG.
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>>THROUGHOUT RECORDED HISTORY,
TALES OF GHOSTS AND SPIRITS
00:56:35.40\00:56:39.43
COULD BE FOUND IN
FOLKLORE IN NEARLY EVERY COUNTRY
00:56:39.43\00:56:42.73
AND CULTURE.
EGYPTIANS BUILT PYRAMIDS TO HELP
00:56:42.73\00:56:46.90
GUIDE THE SPIRITS OF
THEIR LEADERS. ROME SANCTIONED
00:56:46.90\00:56:50.43
HOLIDAYS TO HONOR AND APPEASE
THE SPIRITS OF THEIR DEAD.
00:56:50.43\00:56:54.83
EVEN THE BIBLE TELLS OF A KING
THAT USED A WITCH TO CONTACT THE
00:56:54.83\00:56:59.50
SPIRIT OF A DECEASED PROPHET.
TODAY, ANCIENT FOLKLORE OF
00:56:59.50\00:57:03.36
SPIRITS AND APPARITIONS HAVE
GONE FROM MERE SUPERSTITIONS
00:57:03.36\00:57:07.53
TO MAINSTREAM ENTERTAINMENT
AND REALITY. SCIENTIFIC
00:57:07.53\00:57:12.26
ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATE
STORIES OF HAUNTINGS AND
00:57:12.26\00:57:15.03
SIGHTINGS TRYING TO
PROVE, ONCE AND FOR ALL,
00:57:15.03\00:57:18.73
THE EXISTENCE OF GHOSTS.
EVEN WITH ALL THE NEW-FOUND
00:57:18.73\00:57:25.20
TECHNOLOGY AND CENTURIES
OF STORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD,
00:57:25.20\00:57:29.66
THERE IS STILL
NO CLEAR-CUT ANSWER.
00:57:29.66\00:57:34.76
SO HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S TRUE?
WHY DO THESE STORIES PERSIST?
00:57:34.76\00:57:42.90
DOES IT EVEN MATTER? WE
INVITE YOU TO LOOK INSIDE AND
00:57:42.90\00:57:49.10
FIND OUT FOR
YOURSELF. VISIT 'GHOSTRUTH.COM'.
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