Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021403
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00:45 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 00:49 RIGHT HERE IN SUNNY SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. 00:52 WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE TUNING IN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND 00:56 AROUND THE WORLD. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU'RE 00:58 JOINING US, WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU ARE. 00:59 WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR 01:02 WEB SITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG' OR ON THE VARIOUS 01:06 TELEVISION NETWORKS, WELCOME. AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO 01:09 JOIN WITH US AS WE OPEN UP OUR PROGRAM WITH A COUPLE OF 01:13 FAVORITES. I'M SORRY THAT I DID NOT GET THE 01:17 NAMES OF THOSE WHO REQUESTED THE SONGS WE'RE GOING TO SING, BUT 01:21 I WAS GONE ALL WEEK SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME. 01:23 SO IF YOU REQUESTED THIS SONG, PLEASE KNOW WE'RE SINGING IT FOR 01:26 YOU, WE JUST DON'T HAVE YOUR NAMES THAT WE CAN READ OFF. 01:30 OUR FIRST ONE IS #286 - 'WONDERFUL WORDS OF LIFE' - AND 01:35 WE'LL SING ALL THREE STANZAS. JOIN WITH US. 01:37 IF YOU'RE AT HOME, PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS - SING 01:39 'WONDERFUL WORDS OF LIFE' - ALL THREE STANZAS. 01:42 (MUSIC) 03:59 >>IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SING 04:02 WITH US ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 04:05 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO OUR WEB SITE AT 'SACCENTRAL.ORG', 04:09 CLICK ON THE 'CONTACT US' LINK, AND ANY SONG HERE IN THIS HYMNAL 04:14 WE WILL SING FOR YOU ON AN UPCOMING PROGRAM. 04:17 NEXT WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE 04:20 HYMNAL SINGING THE SONGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET. 04:22 SO IF YOU WANT TO GET A HEAD START, #81 IS WHAT WE'LL BE 04:26 SINGING NEXT WEEK AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LEARN THAT SO YOU'RE 04:29 ALL READY FOR NEXT WEEK. BUT OUR NEXT ONE RIGHT NOW IS 04:32 #294 - 'POWER IN THE BLOOD' - AND WE'LL SING ALL THREE STANZAS 04:37 OF THIS ONE. #294. 04:38 (MUSIC) 06:49 >>WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME? 06:52 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE POWER THAT IS IN 06:55 THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB - THE POWER THAT WE HAVE THROUGH YOU 07:01 TO LIVE A VICTORIOUS LIFE, THE POWER THROUGH YOU TO LOVE THOSE 07:08 THAT DON'T LOVE US, AND TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT BEING A CHRISTIAN 07:14 IS ALL ABOUT. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE WITH US 07:17 AS WE OPEN UP YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. 07:20 PLEASE BE WITH EACH PERSON HERE, OUR SPEAKER, AND THOSE AROUND 07:24 THE WORLD, THAT WE WILL EACH BE TOUCHED BY YOU TODAY AS WE OPEN 07:28 UP YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 07:34 AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY OUR 07:37 SENIOR PASTOR, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR. 07:46 >>THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR MUSICIANS. 07:48 IT'S FUN TO SING SOME OF THOSE OLD REVIVAL SONGS LIKE 07:51 'POWER IN THE BLOOD'. HAPPY SABBATH CENTRAL CHURCH. 07:57 DID YOU EAT TOO MUCH DURING THE HOLIDAYS? NOBODY DID, HUH? 08:04 I WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME, OUR 08:07 ONLINE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR EXTENDED CLASS THAT 08:10 STUDIES WITH US EACH WEEK. IF YOU HAVE NOT FOUND OUT YET, 08:15 WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF OUR NEW QUARTER STUDY AND I JUST WANT TO 08:20 REMIND YOU WE RECORD THE LESSON HERE ABOUT THREE WEEKS IN 08:23 ADVANCE SO THAT WE CAN EDIT AND PUT THE SUBTITLES IN AND WE'RE 08:26 IN THE THIRD STUDY IN A LESSON DEALING WITH DISCIPLESHIP. 08:30 TODAY'S LESSON, IN PARTICULAR, IS ON PRAYER. 08:33 AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL WE CAN OFFER YOU A BOOK THAT 08:35 SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH THE SUBJECT OF PRAYER. 08:38 IT'S CALLED, 'TEACH US TO PRAY' AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU SIMPLY 08:41 BY - IF YOU CALL AND ASK. THE NUMBER TO CALL 08:45 IS 866-788-3966. THE ACRONYM FOR THAT WOULD 08:49 BE 866-STUDY-MORE THAT'S 866-788-3966. 08:54 ASK FOR OFFER #717 AND WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU. 08:59 IT REALLY - IT GOES THROUGH THE LORD'S PRAYER AND TELLS US HOW 09:03 THAT'S A TEMPLATE FOR WHAT PRAYER SHOULD REALLY BE. 09:06 AND WE HAVE A MEMORY VERSE IN OUR LESSON ON PRAYER AND IT 09:10 COMES TO US - IT'S IN THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION - 09:12 IT'S FROM JOHN 17, VERSES 20 AND 21. 09:16 I ALWAYS APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN ECHO THIS WITH ME. 09:19 WE'LL SAY THE MEMORY VERSE TOGETHER. 09:21 IF YOU HAVE YOUR LESSON, YOU CAN JUST READ IT RIGHT OUT OF THERE. 09:23 JOHN 17, VERSES 20 AND 21. ARE YOU READY? JESUS IS SPEAKING. 09:30 IT SAYS, "I DO NOT PRAY FOR THESE ALONE, BUT ALSO FOR THOSE 09:35 WHO WILL BELIEVE IN ME THROUGH THEIR WORD; THAT THEY ALL MAY BE 09:39 ONE, AS YOU, FATHER, ARE IN ME, AND I IN YOU; THAT THEY ALSO MAY 09:45 BE ONE IN US, THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE THAT YOU SENT ME." 09:50 THIS IS SUCH A PROFOUND SCRIPTURE IN ITSELF. 09:53 WE COULD TAKE THE WHOLE LESSON AND TALK ABOUT THAT BUT THE 09:56 POINT, IN PARTICULAR, THAT WE WANT TO DEAL WITH IS PART OF 10:01 DISCIPLESHIP IS PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE YOU'RE TRYING TO REACH 10:06 AND PRAYER IN OUR OWN LIVES. 10:11 SO WE PRAY FOR THE NEEDS THAT WE MAY HAVE AND WE'RE PRAYING FOR 10:15 THE PEOPLE WE'RE TRYING TO REACH - ALSO TEACHING THEM TO PRAY. 10:18 I HEARD A PASTOR SAY ONE TIME THAT DURING THE CONVERSION 10:22 PROCESS IN THE BORN AGAIN EXPERIENCE, IT IS SO IMPORTANT 10:27 THAT RIGHT THEN IN THE INFANCY THAT THEY LEARN TO PRAY. 10:33 HOW IMPORTANT IS IT WHEN A BABY IS BORN THAT IT LEARNS TO 10:35 BREATHE? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE DOCTORS 10:41 AND THE NURSE CREW SCRAMBLING AROUND A NEWBORN BECAUSE THEY'RE 10:45 BORN BUT THEY'RE NOT BREATHING YET. AND IT IS CRUCIAL THAT THEY 10:49 LEARN TO BREATHE RIGHT THERE AT THE BEGINNING. 10:52 IT'S ALWAYS VERY TROUBLING WHEN YOU SEE A NEWBORN THAT IS ON A 10:56 RESPIRATOR BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT LEARNED TO BREATHE ON THEIR OWN. 11:00 IT IS CRUCIAL, AT THE TIME OF THE NEW BIRTH, THAT THOSE WHO 11:05 ARE BEING DISCIPLED UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITY OF PRAYER. 11:09 WELL, SALVATION IS REALLY ABOUT KNOWING GOD. 11:13 PRAYER IS THAT COMMUNION WITH GOD. 11:15 I'LL SAY SOMETHING - THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE LISTENING FOR THE 11:17 FIRST TIME - I'LL SAY SOMETHING I SAY ALL THE TIME, THAT YOU 11:21 CANNOT BE A CHRISTIAN IF YOU DON'T LOVE GOD. 11:24 YOU CANNOT LOVE SOMEBODY YOU DO NOT KNOW. 11:28 YOU WILL NOT KNOW GOD IF YOU DO NOT TALK TO GOD AND HE DOES NOT 11:32 TALK TO YOU. YOU KNOW SOMEONE THROUGH COMMUNICATION. 11:36 THE BIBLE IS THE PRINCIPLE WAY THAT GOD SPEAKS TO US. 11:39 WE NEED TO STUDY THE WORD AND THE PRINCIPLE WAY THAT WE TALK 11:42 TO GOD IS THROUGH PRAYER. AND SO, I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF 11:47 US TO SPEND TIME IN PRAYER AND PRAY FOR OTHERS. 11:52 THAT'S HOW YOU REACH THEM. SO IN OUR LESSON WE'VE GOT A 11:54 NUMBER OF STUDIES AND ONE WOULD BE 'TIME-TESTED COMPASSION' - 12:01 UNDER SUNDAY, DAY #1. AND LET'S LOOK AT A FEW 12:06 VERSES THAT DEAL WITH THAT. NOW, I'VE GIVEN OUT A FEW 12:09 VERSES ALSO FOR YOU TO READ. GO TO DANIEL 9, VERSE 1. 12:15 IT SAYS, "IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS THE SON OF AHASUERUS, OF 12:19 THE LINEAGE OF THE MEDES, WHO WAS MADE KING OVER THE REALM OF 12:22 THE CHALDEANS - IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HIS REIGN I, DANIEL, 12:26 UNDERSTOOD BY THE BOOKS THE NUMBER OF THE YEARS SPECIFIED BY 12:30 THE WORD OF THE LORD THROUGH JEREMIAH THE PROPHET, THAT HE 12:34 WOULD ACCOMPLISH SEVENTY YEARS IN THE DESOLATIONS OF 12:36 JERUSALEM." SO DANIEL IS STUDYING THE BIBLE 12:40 AND IN THE PROCESS OF STUDYING THE BIBLE HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, 12:43 DANIEL - JEREMIAH RATHER, PROPHESIED THAT THERE WOULD BE 12:47 SEVENTY YEARS OF TIME THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WOULD BE 12:51 CAPTIVE IN JERUSALEM - I'M SORRY, IN BABYLON - AND DURING 12:57 THOSE SEVENTY YEARS THEY DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS 13:02 THAT THEY WOULD EXPERIENCE BUT DANIEL REALIZED JEREMIAH 13:05 PROPHESIED SEVENTY YEARS. HE LOOKED AT THE STARTING POINT. 13:08 HE SAID, 'THIS IS ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE SHOULD BE GOING BACK.' 13:11 AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PROPHESIED, DANIEL THEN GIVES 13:13 HIMSELF TO PRAY. CHAPTER 9 IS A GREAT 13:16 INTERCESSORY PRAYER FOR GOD'S PEOPLE. IT'S A GOOD PATTERN 13:19 FOR US TO PRAY FOR OTHERS WE'RE TRYING TO REACH. 13:22 THE ONE THING I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN THE PRAYER - CAN 13:25 ANY OF YOU EVER NAME A TIME IN THE BIBLE THAT DANIEL SINNED? 13:29 CAN YOU THINK OF ANY SIN OF DANIEL? 13:33 BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN DANIEL 9, HE'S CONFESSING HIS SIN - IT 13:38 DOESN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT WAS - HIS SIN AND THE SIN OF HIS 13:41 PEOPLE. AND SO HE PUTS HIMSELF INTO THE 13:45 GREAT NEED OF HIS PEOPLE FOR REVIVAL. 13:48 NOW ONE REASON THIS PRAYER IS IMPORTANT, AT THE END OF 13:50 DANIEL'S PRAYER IT TELLS US THAT AN ANGEL COMES. 13:55 IF YOU PRAY AND AN ANGEL SHOWS UP, YOU'VE PRAYED A PRETTY GOOD 13:57 PRAYER. IS THAT RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS A GOOD PRAYER. 14:02 YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER LITTLE STORY ABOUT THIS PRAYER. 14:05 I WISH I COULD SAY THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME OFTEN BUT IT 14:07 DIDN'T, BUT THERE WAS ONE NIGHT WHEN I WAS WITH A FRIEND 14:14 STUDYING THE BIBLE AND WE GOT SO INVOLVED IN STUDYING THE BIBLE 14:19 THAT WE JUST WOULD BREAK OUT IN PRAISE AND PRAYER AND WE SPENT 14:23 JUST ABOUT THE WHOLE NIGHT STUDYING THE BIBLE. 14:27 IT WAS THIS CHAPTER - DANIEL CHAPTER 9 - AND I DON'T KNOW IF 14:32 YOU'VE EVER STUDIED BEFORE WHERE YOU JUST FELT THE PRESENCE OF 14:34 GOD IS VERY CLOSE AND IT'S LIKE HE'S REVEALING THINGS TO YOU AND 14:38 WE WOULD READ A VERSE AND LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND GO 'WOW!' 14:41 AND WE JUST FELT THE PRESENCE OF GOD AND WE WERE UNDERSTANDING 14:43 THAT WHAT DANIEL SAID IN CHAPTER 9 WAS REALLY RELEVANT FOR GOD'S 14:49 PEOPLE TODAY AND GOD'S PEOPLE THROUGH TIME AND WE UNDERSTOOD 14:52 WHAT SPIRITUAL BABYLON WAS AND HOW GOD'S PEOPLE HAD BEEN 14:55 CAPTIVE IN SPIRITUAL BABYLON. THE PRAYER OF DANIEL FOR HIS 14:58 PEOPLE TO BE DELIVERED FROM ANCIENT BABYLON WAS LIKE OUR 15:00 PRAYER WE SHOULD BE PRAYING TODAY FOR GOD'S PEOPLE TO BE 15:03 DELIVERED FROM SPIRITUAL BABYLON AND ALL THESE THINGS - 15:05 I CAN'T EVEN REPEAT IT NOW BECAUSE SOMETIMES 15:07 WHEN YOU HAVE LIKE A DIVINE REVELATION, YOU'VE GOT TO BE 15:10 THERE. YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL ANOTHER 15:12 PERSON BECAUSE SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. 15:15 SO I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT BUT I 15:19 ACTUALLY DROVE ON A MOTORCYCLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO GO TO THIS 15:22 BIBLE STUDY, STAYED UP ALL NIGHT - STUDIED WITH THESE PEOPLE - 15:25 FELT LIKE GOD WAS SO CLOSE, AND THEN DROVE SEVERAL HOURS ON A 15:28 MOTORCYCLE BACK HOME AGAIN. AND IT WAS THAT IMPORTANT 15:31 TO HAVE THIS BIBLE STUDY. AND WE WEREN'T TIRED WHEN 15:33 WE GOT UP IN THE MORNING. WE HAD BEEN INVIGORATED BY IT. 15:36 BUT IT WAS THIS PRAYER. NOW, MAYBE I'LL TAKE OFF AND 15:40 JUST READ A LITTLE BIT OF IT. VERSE 3 - DANIEL 9, VERSE 3, 15:45 "THEN I SET MY FACE TOWARD THE LORD GOD TO MAKE REQUEST BY 15:48 PRAYER AND SUPPLICATIONS, WITH FASTING, SACKCLOTH, AND ASHES. 15:52 AND I PRAYED TO THE LORD MY GOD, AND MADE CONFESSION, AND SAID, 15:55 'O LORD, GREAT AND AWESOME GOD, WHO KEEPS HIS COVENANT AND MERCY 15:59 WITH THOSE WHO LOVE HIM, AND WITH THOSE WHO KEEP HIS 16:02 COMMANDMENTS" - HE'S QUOTING MOSES HERE - "WE HAVE SINNED AND 16:05 COMMITTED INIQUITY, WE HAVE DONE WICKEDLY AND REBELLED, EVEN BY 16:08 DEPARTING FOR YOUR PRECEPTS AND YOUR JUDGMENTS. 16:10 NEITHER HAVE WE HEEDED YOUR SERVANTS THE PROPHETS, WHO SPOKE 16:13 IN YOUR NAME TO OUR KINGS AND OUR PRINCES, TO OUR FATHERS AND 16:17 ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. O LORD, RIGHTEOUSNESS BELONGS TO 16:21 YOU, BUT TO US SHAME OF FACE, AS IT IS THIS DAY - TO THE MEN OF 16:26 JUDAH, TO THE INHABITANTS OF JERUSALEM AND ALL ISRAEL, THOSE 16:29 NEAR AND THOSE FAR OFF IN ALL THE COUNTRIES TO WHICH YOU HAVE 16:31 DRIVEN THEM, BECAUSE OF THE UNFAITHFULNESS WHICH THEY 16:34 HAVE COMMITTED AGAINST YOU. O LORD, TO US BELONGS SHAME OF 16:37 FACE, TO OUR KINGS, OUR PRINCES, AND OUR FATHERS, BECAUSE 16:41 WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU. TO THE LORD OUR GOD BELONG MERCY 16:45 AND FORGIVENESS, THOUGH WE HAVE REBELLED AGAINST HIM. 16:48 WE HAVE NOT OBEYED THE VOICE OF THE LORD OUR GOD, TO WALK IN HIS 16:50 LAWS, WHICH HE SET BEFORE US BY HIS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS." 16:55 - NOW HE'S QUOTING WHAT MOSES SAYS HERE. IN OTHER WORDS, 16:59 THROUGHOUT DANIEL'S PRAYER HE'S REFERENCING OTHER SCRIPTURE. 17:03 YOU REMEMBER WHEN SOLOMON SAID, 'IF YOUR PEOPLE ARE UNFAITHFUL 17:06 AND THEY DON'T OBEY AND THEY'RE CARRIED OFF TO A FOREIGN LAND 17:09 IF THEY PRAY TOWARDS THIS PLACE'? 17:11 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DANIEL IS REFERENCING. 17:13 WE'VE BEEN UNFAITHFUL, THAT'S WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED. 17:16 NOW WE'RE DOING WHAT YOU SAID: WE'RE HUMBLING OURSELVES, WE'RE 17:18 PRAYING TOWARD THIS PLACE' AND HE'S ECHOING THAT WHOLE THING. 17:23 NOW, ONE OF THE POINTS I WANT TO MAKE HERE: SOMEONE GO TO DANIEL 17:26 6:10 - WE GAVE THAT OUT TO SOMEBODY. 17:29 IF YOU'VE GOT THAT - YOU GOT THAT EDDIE? 17:31 LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE. DANIEL CHAPTER 6, VERSE 10. 17:35 ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS I WANT US TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE 17:39 PRAYER OF DANIEL HERE IN DANIEL CHAPTER 9 AND - PRAYER OF 17:44 DISCIPLING IS - IT STARTS OUT BY SAYING, 'AS I WAS READING THE 17:51 PROPHECIES OF JEREMIAH' THEN HE GOES INTO THIS PRAYER. 17:56 AND SO WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT DANIEL'S DISCIPLING PRAYER AND 18:03 WHAT WAS THE GENESIS FOR THAT? ALRIGHT, I THINK WE'RE READY. 18:06 WE'RE READY. ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD READ DANIEL 6, VERSE 10. 18:10 >>DANIEL 6, VERSE 10, "NOW WHEN DANIEL KNEW THAT THE WRITING WAS 18:15 SIGNED, HE WENT HOME. AND IN HIS UPPER ROOM, WITH HIS 18:20 WINDOWS OPEN TOWARD JERUSALEM, HE KNELT DOWN ON HIS KNEES THREE 18:24 TIMES THAT DAY, AND PRAYED AND GAVE THANKS BEFORE HIS GOD, 18:29 AS WAS HIS CUSTOM SINCE EARLY DAYS." 18:33 >>DANIEL HAD A REGULAR PATTERN OF PRAYER, DIDN'T HE? 18:37 WOULD ANYTHING KEEP DANIEL FROM PRAYER? 18:40 WHY DID DANIEL PRAY WITH HIS WINDOWS OPEN TOWARD JERUSALEM? 18:46 DID SOLOMON SAY 'IF THEY PRAY TOWARDS THIS PLACE'? 18:49 HE READ THAT IN THE BIBLE AND HE DID WHAT IT SAID. 18:51 WHY DID DANIEL PRAY THREE TIMES A DAY? 18:56 ANYONE REMEMBER PSALM 55:17? 'MORNING, EVENING AND AT NOON 19:03 WILL I PRAY AND LIFT UP MY VOICE' - DANIEL READ WHERE KING 19:07 DAVID SAID, 'MORNING, EVENING AND AT NOON'. 19:09 DANIEL DID WHAT HE SAID AND SO IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN 19:13 BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER? ALL THROUGH THIS INTERCESSORY 19:17 PRAYER OF DANIEL'S HE'S REFERENCING SCRIPTURE. 19:21 HE'S PRAYING THAT GOD'S PEOPLE CAN GO HOME BECAUSE THE TIME OF 19:25 THEIR CAPTIVITY IS ALMOST COMPLETE. AND SO, WHAT DOES HE 19:28 USE - WHAT IS HE CLAIMING THAT GOD MIGHT ANSWER THEIR PRAYERS? 19:32 HE'S POINTING TO THE PROMISES OF GOD THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE. 19:35 HE'S QUOTING FROM SOLOMON, HE'S QUOTING FROM MOSES, HE'S QUOTING 19:38 FROM THE PROPHETS, HE'S QUOTING FROM JEREMIAH AND HE'S SAYING, 19:42 'LORD, WE'RE DOING WHAT YOU SAID. 19:44 WE'VE SUFFERED FOR OUR SIN. IT'S BEEN SEVENTY YEARS. 19:47 WE'RE HUMBLING OURSELVES.' DANIEL'S PRAYING IN SACKCLOTH 19:49 AND ASHES AND GOD HEARS HIS PRAYER. 19:53 ALRIGHT, SO IN THE TECHNIQUE OF DISCIPLESHIP PRAYER WE WANT TO 20:01 BE PRAYING FOR OTHERS, CLAIMING THE PROMISES OF GOD. 20:05 IS JESUS INTERESTED IN OTHERS BEING SAVED? 20:09 HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT TO JESUS? YEAH, I'D SAY IT'S AT 20:14 THE TOP OF THE LIST. WHY DID HE COME AND DIE? 20:17 THAT OTHERS MIGHT BE SAVED. I WANT TO READ SOMETHING TO 20:20 YOU FROM 'MEDICAL MINISTRY' P. 244, "LET THE WORKERS GRASP THE 20:24 PROMISES OF GOD SAYING, 'THOU HAS PROMISED. 20:27 ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE. I MUST HAVE THIS SOUL CONVERTED 20:31 TO JESUS CHRIST.' SOLICIT PRAYERS FOR SOULS FOR 20:35 WHOM YOU LABOR. PRESENT THEM BEFORE THE CHURCH 20:38 AS THE OBJECTS FOR SUPPLICATION. SELECT ANOTHER AND STILL ANOTHER 20:41 SOUL DAILY SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM GOD, LAYING EVERYTHING BEFORE 20:45 HIM IN EARNEST PRAYER AND WORKING IN DIVINE WISDOM." 20:49 SHOULD WE PRAY FOR OTHERS? SHOULD WE JUST - HOW OFTEN 20:54 SHOULD YOU PRAY FOR OTHERS? DAYS? 20:58 ANY OF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS YOU'RE PRAYING FOR? 21:02 ANY OF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS YOU'VE PRAYED FOR FOR YEARS? 21:06 WELL, GOD HASN'T ANSWERED THE PRAYER IN YEARS, SO SHOULD YOU 21:08 GIVE UP? I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRAYED 21:11 FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S CONVERSION FOR 30 YEARS, 40 YEARS AND THEN 21:16 WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING INVOLVED IN THEIR BAPTISM. 21:20 AND BOY THOSE PARENTS ARE HAPPY. 21:21 THEY HAD STORED A LOT OF PRAYERS IN HEAVEN. 21:24 OR I KNOW SPOUSES THAT HAVE PRAYED FOR THEIR SPOUSE FOR 21:27 YEARS AND - SOME OF YOU REMEMBER GEORGE MUELLER WHO WAS A GREAT 21:32 MAN OF PRAYER AND HE SAID HE'S GOT FRIENDS - THREE SPECIFIC 21:36 CLOSE FRIENDS HE PRAYED FOR THEIR CONVERSION AND ONE BY ONE, 21:38 OVER THE YEARS, HE WATCHED THEM CONVERTED AND ONE OF THEM HE 21:41 PRAYED FOR FOR 50 YEARS AND HE SAID, WHEN HE WAS INTERVIEWED AT 21:45 93 - HE LIVED TO BE 93 - HE SAID, 'I STILL TRUST GOD THAT 21:48 HE'S GOING TO CONVERT THIS FRIEND OF MINE. 21:51 WELL, IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT MAN GAVE HIS HEART TO THE LORD AT 21:52 MUELLER'S FUNERAL. AND SO GOD STILL ANSWERED HIS 21:56 PRAYERS BUT YOU HAVE TO BE PERSISTENT IN PRAYING. 21:59 SO PART OF DISCIPLESHIP IS PRAYER. 22:01 HOW LONG WAS DANIEL IN BABYLON? 70 YEARS. 22:06 SO THAT'S A LONG TIME TO PRAY. DID DANIEL LIVE TO SEE THE 22:09 DECREE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE COULD GO BACK TO THE PROMISED LAND? 22:13 DID HE LIVE TO SEE HIS PRAYER ANSWERED? HE DID. 22:16 AND YOU CAN BE SURE HE REJOICED OVER THAT. 22:18 LETS LOOK UNDER THE SECTION 'TIME FOR PRAYER'. MATTHEW 14 - 22:22 I TELL YOU, FIRST I WANT TO GET SOMEONE TO GET READY FOR 22:25 MARK 1:35. WHO HAS THAT VERSE? OVER HERE? THANK YOU, JOLYNE. 22:30 MARK 1:35 WILL BE NEXT BUT I'M GOING TO READ MATTHEW 14, VERSE 22:33 22 AND 23, "IMMEDIATELY JESUS MADE HIS DISCIPLES GET INTO THE 22:39 BOAT AND GO BEFORE HIM TO THE OTHER SIDE, WHILE HE SENT THE 22:43 MULTITUDES AWAY. AND WHEN HE HAD SENT THE MULTITUDES AWAY, 22:47 HE WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN BY HIMSELF TO PRAY." YOU KNOW, 22:51 THEY WERE GETTING READY TO COME AND TAKE JESUS BY FORCE AND 22:54 MAKE HIM A KING AND HE THOUGHT, 'NO, THIS IS NOT GOD'S PLAN.' 22:57 HE SENT THE PEOPLE AWAY 22:59 AND HE WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN BY HIMSELF TO PRAY. 23:01 HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE DISCIPLES - MATTER OF FACT, HE 23:04 GOES TO THE DISCIPLES WALKING ON WATER. 23:07 I WONDER HOW WELL - PARDON ME - I WONDER HOW WELL JESUS COULD 23:11 HAVE WALKED ON WATER IF HE HADN'T PRAYED FIRST. 23:17 WHEN PETER TOOK HIS EYES OFF JESUS HE STARTED TO SINK. 23:20 AND CHRIST HAD HIS EYES ON THE FATHER. 23:24 HE WAS ABLE TO WALK ON WATER AFTER PRAYING. 23:26 BUT YOU NOTICE IT SAYS 'HE WENT UP INTO THE MOUNTAIN BY HIMSELF 23:29 TO PRAY'? ALRIGHT, WHO'S GOING TO 23:30 READ FOR US MARK 1:35? GO AHEAD. >>"AND IN THE MORNING, RISING 23:36 UP A GREAT WHILE BEFORE DAY, HE WENT OUT, AND DEPARTED INTO 23:40 A SOLITARY PLACE, AND THERE PRAYED." 23:44 >>YOU KNOW, GOOD TIME FOR PRAYER IS NOT FOUND, IT'S MADE. 23:49 YOU CAN'T SAY, 'WELL, I HOPE I CAN FIND SOME TIME TO PRAY', YOU 23:53 HAVE TO TREAT TIME FOR PRAYER LIKE YOU TREAT TIME FOR FOOD. 23:58 MOST OF US, WE MAKE FOOD A PRIORITY AND WE SCHEDULE A TIME 24:02 EACH DAY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO EAT. MAYBE THIS IS NOT A 24:07 GOOD ANALOGY BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED TO THINGS. 24:15 I'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED - IF SOMEONE IS 24:17 ADDICTED TO CIGARETTES THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GO 24:21 TO A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A SMOKING AREA. 24:24 THEY'RE GOING TO FIND A TIME AND A PLACE AND A BREAK TO GO OUT. 24:26 ANY OF YOU EVER GO INTO WALMART OR ONE OF THESE STORES AND SEE A 24:30 BUNCH OF THE STAFF OUTSIDE SMOKING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 24:32 ALLOWED TO SMOKE IN THE STORE? 24:33 ISN'T IS SOMETHING WHEN YOU GO TO A HOSPITAL AND YOU SEE NURSES 24:37 OUT IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL SMOKING? 24:39 I MADE A HOSPITAL VISIT LAST NIGHT AND I SAW THAT AND I 24:42 THOUGHT, 'THAT'S THE STRANGEST THING. 24:43 YOU'D THINK THEY'D KNOW BETTER.' BUT THEY CAN'T SO THEY'VE GOT 24:46 THIS SMOKING AREA OUT THERE. IT'S KIND OF A CON - 24:48 WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT? A CONFLICT OF TERMS TO HAVE 24:53 A SMOKING AREA OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL. 24:56 MY FATHER STRUGGLED WITH ALCOHOL FOR YEARS AND WHENEVER HE WENT 25:00 TO EAT LUNCH, HE ALWAYS - WE NOTICED THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS GO 25:04 TO LUNCH AT PLACES WHERE THEY ALSO SERVED ALCOHOL BECAUSE HE 25:09 HAD TO HAVE A DRINK AND THAT WAS A PRIORITY FOR HIM. 25:14 PEOPLE MANAGE TO SCHEDULE THEIR ADDICTIONS. 25:17 YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU NEED A FIX OF PRAYER EVERY DAY - THAT 25:22 YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO MAKE IT WITHOUT IT AND IF YOU DON'T 25:24 SCHEDULE IT, YOU DON'T MAKE IT HAPPEN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A 25:27 SPIRITUAL WITHDRAWAL AND YOU'LL FIND YOURSELF WITHOUT JESUS. 25:31 IT'S GOT TO BE THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU. 25:32 ADDICTION'S NOT A GOOD WORD - FOOD IS BETTER - IT NOURISHES 25:35 THE SOUL. IT'S LIKE BREATH. 25:38 IF YOU'RE A SCUBA DIVER YOU WATCH YOUR GAUGE ON YOUR TANK 25:42 BECAUSE IF YOU FIND YOURSELF A HUNDRED FEET DOWN AND OUT OF 25:44 AIR, YOU'RE GOING TO DIE. YOU'VE GOT TO SCHEDULE THAT. 25:49 IT'S JUST - YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. AS A CHRISTIAN, IF YOU WANT 25:52 TO LIVE, YOU'VE GOT TO BREATHE. YOU'VE GOT TO SCHEDULE PRAYER. 25:56 IT'S GOT TO BE A PRIORITY FOR YOU. 25:57 JESUS DID THAT. IT SAYS HE TOOK TIME. 26:00 SOMETHING ELSE YOU'LL NOTICE - I'LL READ ONE MORE - WHEN WE'RE 26:03 TALKING ABOUT A TIME FOR PRAYER, NOTICE SOMETIMES YOU NEED A 26:07 PLACE ALONE FOR PRAYER. WE JUST READ A MINUTE AGO JESUS 26:11 WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN BY HIMSELF TO PRAY AND THEN IT SAYS 26:15 HERE IN MARK 1:35, IT SAYS THAT HE FOUND A SOLITARY PLACE. 26:21 NOW LOOK IN LUKE 5, VERSE 15, "HOWEVER, THE REPORT WENT AROUND 26:27 CONCERNING HIM ALL THE MORE; AND GREAT MULTITUDES CAME TOGETHER 26:30 TO HEAR, AND TO BE HEALED BY HIM OF THEIR INFIRMITIES. 26:33 SO HE HIMSELF OFTEN WITHDREW INTO THE WILDERNESS AND PRAYED." 26:38 IT SEEMS LIKE THE MORE THE MULTITUDES CAME, THE MORE 26:41 NECESSITY HE FOUND TO GET OFF BY HIMSELF AND PRAY. 26:46 AND I REALLY - I MISS LIVING IN THE HILLS. 26:53 I'LL JUST TELL YOU I DO. 26:56 KAREN'S VERY UNDERSTANDING - EVERY NOW AND THEN I JUST TAKE 27:00 OFF AND GO TO COVELO FOR A DAY OR TWO BY MYSELF. 27:04 TO STUDY, PRAY, DECOMPRESS - EVERYBODY NEEDS TO HAVE SOME 27:07 TIME LIKE THAT WHERE YOU JUST GO AND YOU CAN BE - NOW SOME PEOPLE 27:11 YOU JUST - YOU DON'T WANT TO EVER BE ALONE AND SO YOU STILL 27:15 NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST A CLOSET SOMEWHERE YOU CAN GO TO AND 27:18 PRAY. THAT'S IMPORTANT. DID JESUS DO THAT? 27:22 HE DID. ENOCH WOULD DO THAT. 27:25 YOU EVER READ THE CHAPTER ABOUT ENOCH IN 'PATRIARCHS AND 27:27 PROPHETS'? HE WOULD SPEND TIME IN THE 27:29 MOUNTAIN SO HE COULD GO TO THE MULTITUDE. 27:32 JOHN THE BAPTIST - HE WAS IN THE WILDERNESS AND THAT'S WHERE HE 27:35 WAS SPENDING TIME WITH GOD AND HE'D DISAPPEAR FREQUENTLY AND 27:39 HE'D SHOW UP AT THE JORDAN AND HE BE BAPTIZING AND THEN HE'D 27:41 DISAPPEAR AND HE'D SPEND TIME PRAYING AND CHARGING UP. 27:45 LOOK AT THIS AGAIN - I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER ONE - LUKE 6:12, 27:49 "NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS THAT HE WENT OUT TO THE 27:52 MOUNTAIN TO PRAY, AND CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD." 27:59 YOU KNOW, THE GOAL FOR A CHRISTIAN - WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 28:01 A TIME FOR PRAYER - THE GOAL FOR A CHRISTIAN IS THAT YOU HAVE AN 28:04 EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. 28:08 MOST OF US DON'T HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. THE BIBLE SAYS WE 28:11 SHOULD WALK WITH GOD. THAT'S OUR GOAL, RIGHT? 28:15 AS A STARTING POINT WE SHOULD AT LEAST SCHEDULE A TIME FOR PRAYER 28:20 AND THEN BUILD ON IT FROM THERE WHERE YOU TRY TO MAINTAIN AN 28:23 AWARENESS OF GOD'S PRESENCE AND YOU'RE SENDING UP PRAYERS TO HIM 28:26 ALL THE TIME SO THAT YOU HAVE LIKE AN ATMOSPHERE OF GOD'S 28:30 PRESENCE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I REALLY 28:32 MISS - WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING ALONE IN THE MOUNTAINS - 28:35 WHEN YOU ARE ALONE IT'S SOMETIMES EASIER TO JUST 28:38 TALK OUT LOUD TO GOD AND BE AWARE OF HIS PRESENCE AND 28:41 YOU THINK ABOUT HIM MORE. WHEN I WAS FIRST CONVERTED AND 28:44 I WAS LIVING BY MYSELF IN THE HILLS, I WAS JUST - I FOUND 28:48 MYSELF TALKING TO GOD ABOUT THE LITTLEST THINGS. 28:51 EVERY LITTLE THING I DID I WAS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT. 28:53 I REALIZED THAT IF, YOU KNOW, HE NUMBERS THE HAIRS ON MY HEAD - I 28:56 ALWAYS FEEL FUNNY QUOTING THAT VERSE - BUT IF HE, YOU KNOW, 28:59 EVEN SEES THE SPARROW WHEN HE FALLS, IF GOD IS INTERESTED IN 29:03 THE MINUTIAE OF OUR LIVES - IF HE CANNOT BE TROUBLED BY 29:09 ANYTHING WHEN YOU COMMUNE WITH HIM AND GOD IS INTERESTED IN 29:13 EVEN THE VERY SMALLEST THINGS, YOU KNOW? 29:16 ANY OF YOU EVER PRAY ABOUT A PARKING PLACE WHEN YOU GO INTO 29:19 A BUSY SHOPPING CENTER? 29:21 AND THE LORD HAS JUST WORKED WONDERFUL MIRACLES WHERE I 29:24 THOUGHT, 'OH MAN, I'M IN A HURRY AND I DON'T SEE - THE PARKING 29:26 LOT IS ABSOLUTELY FULL AND THERE'S SOMEONE I'M SUPPOSED TO 29:29 MEET - 'OH LORD, HELP ME' - AND I'LL DRIVE THROUGH AND ALL OF A 29:32 SUDDEN, RIGHT THERE, THE PRIME PARKING PLACE - OTHER THAN THE 29:37 HANDICAPPED ONES BECAUSE I DON'T PARK IN THOSE - THE PRIME 29:40 PARKING PLACE - ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR BEGINS TO PULL OUT AND I 29:43 RACE AROUND AND I SAY, 'THANK YOU LORD'. 29:45 DOES GOD CARE ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT? 29:48 HAVE YOU - SOMETIMES I'M LATE FOR AN APPOINTMENT AND I SAY, 29:51 'LORD, MAKE THE LIGHTS GREEN'. YOU KNOW, I DO A LOT OF PRAYING 29:56 IN MY CAR BECAUSE I'M OFTEN ALONE. 29:58 SO YOU CAN TALK TO THE LORD, BUT YOU START OUT - SCHEDULE TIME 30:02 FOR PRAYER. WHAT WAS THE SCHEDULE THAT DANIEL HAD? DAVID? 30:07 MORNING, EVENING, AND AT NOON - THREE TIMES A DAY EVER SINCE HE 30:09 WAS YOUNG, THE BIBLE SAYS. WE SHOULD HAVE TIMES 30:12 WHERE WE SCHEDULE. YOU SHOULD THANK GOD FOR FOOD 30:15 BUT THAT'S NOT THE KIND OF PRAYER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 30:16 YOU SHOULD ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR YOUR FOOD. 30:18 I'M TALKING ABOUT COMMUNION WITH GOD. 30:21 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LOVE GOD IF YOU DON'T HAVE A RELATIONSHIP 30:23 WITH HIM. HE'S GOING TO SEEM DISTANT 30:25 AND IMPERSONAL TO YOU. AGAIN, SOMEONE READ FOR 30:30 ME LUKE 11, VERSE 1. WHO'D WE GIVE THAT TO? 30:34 OVER HERE? LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE. 30:36 AND WHILE WE'RE FINDING THAT, I WANT TO READ A VERSE FROM 'STEPS 30:40 TO CHRIST' PAGE 93, "PRAYER IS THE OPENING OF THE HEART TO GOD 30:46 AS TO A FRIEND. NOT THAT IT'S NECESSARY IN ORDER 30:49 TO MAKE KNOWN TO GOD WHAT WE ARE, BUT IN ORDER TO 30:52 ENABLE US TO RECEIVE HIM. PRAYER DOES NOT BRING GOD DOWN 30:56 TO US BUT IT BRINGS US UP TO HIM." 30:59 SO OFTEN WE THINK OF PRAYER AS THE MECHANISM BY WHICH WE OPEN A 31:03 TRAP DOOR AND THINGS FALL FROM HEAVEN TO US, BUT THINK OF 31:07 PRAYER AS ONE OF THOSE DOORS IN GARAGE THAT BRINGS A LADDER DOWN 31:11 THAT YOU MAY GO UP. AND SO WHAT PRAYER IS DOING IS 31:14 IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, SO GOD CAN EMPTY HIS SANTA BAG FOR YOUR 31:18 PARTICULAR GIFTS, PRAYER IS A WAY TO LIFT YOU BECAUSE GOD 31:23 KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED BEFORE YOU ASK. WHEN YOU CONFESS YOUR SINS 31:26 TO GOD, DOES HE ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO? 31:29 SO WHAT IS PRAYER DOING? WHAT IS CONFESSION DOING? 31:33 IT'S NOT BRINGING GOD DOWN, IT'S LIFTING YOU UP. 31:36 IT'S BRINGING YOU CLOSER TO GOD'S WILL. 31:38 I THINK - ARE WE READY FOR - WHAT DID I SAY? 31:41 LUKE 11, VERSE 1? GO AHEAD, READY OR NOT. 31:45 >>LUKE CHAPTER 11, VERSE 1, "NOW IT CAME TO PASS, AS HE WAS 31:50 PRAYING IN A CERTAIN PLACE, WHEN HE CEASED, THAT ONE OF HIS 31:55 DISCIPLES SAID TO HIM, 'LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY AS JOHN ALSO 32:00 TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES.'" >>NOTICE A WORD THAT APPEARS 32:03 TWICE IN THIS VERSE? 'TEACH US AS JOHN TAUGHT.' 32:08 YOU KNOW WHAT THAT TELLS ABOUT PRAYER? 32:10 IN THE BUSINESS OF DISCIPLESHIP PRAYER IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE 32:16 TAUGHT. NOW WHEN THEY ASKED JESUS TO 32:18 TEACH US TO PRAY, WHAT DID JESUS SAY? 32:22 WHO KNOWS WHAT CHRIST SAID NEXT? THE LORD'S PRAYER. 32:26 IT WAS LUKE'S VERSION, WHICH IS VERY MUCH LIKE MATTHEW'S VERSION 32:29 EXCEPT I THINK MATTHEW'S SAYS 'FOR THINE BE THE KINGDOM AND 32:32 POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER' AND LUKE'S SAYS 'FORGIVE US OUR 32:36 TRESPASSES' AND MATTHEW'S SAYS 'FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE 32:40 FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS'. OTHERWISE THEY'RE IDENTICAL. 32:42 BUT IS THE LORD'S PRAYER A PRAYER THAT WE ARE TO ECHO? 32:46 THERE'S NOTHING WRONG IN REPEATING THE PRAYER - WE 32:49 SOMETIMES DO THAT - BUT JESUS REALLY GAVE THE LORD'S PRAYER 32:53 AS A PATTERN FOR PRAYER. 32:54 BY THE WAY, IN THE FREE OFFER THAT WE MENTIONED AT THE 32:57 BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM - 'TEACH US TO PRAY' - WHAT THIS 33:00 BOOK DOES IS IT TAKES THE LORD'S PRAYER - AND THIS IS FREE TO 33:03 ANYONE THAT ASKS FOR IT - IT TAKES THE LORD'S PRAYER AND IT 33:05 GOES THROUGH IT POINT BY POINT AND IT SHOWS THAT IT IS A 33:08 PATTERN - IT IS A MODEL FOR OUR PRAYERS. 33:13 IT STARTS BY DIRECTING THE PRAYER TO GOD - HIS GLORY, HIS 33:16 NAME, HIS WILL. IT TALKS ABOUT THESE FIRST 33:19 PETITIONS DEAL WITH GOD, THE LAST PETITIONS DEAL WITH US. 33:22 FIRST IT'S LOVE THE LORD, NEXT IT'S LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR 33:25 AS YOURSELF. SO PART OF PRAYER IS LOVING 33:27 YOUR NEIGHBOR - DISCIPLESHIP - PRAYING FOR THE CONVERSION 33:30 OF OTHERS. SO THE LORD'S PRAYER IS A 33:33 BEAUTIFUL TEMPLATE FOR PRAYER. WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO THROUGH 33:35 ALL OF THAT NOW, BUT PRAYER CAN BE TAUGHT. 33:38 WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO TEACH PRAYER? 33:42 WHEN YOU PRAY WITH SOMEONE WHO REALLY KNOWS HOW TO PRAY, YOU 33:47 OFTEN LEARN BY EXAMPLE. HOW DO MOST OF US LEARN TO PRAY? 33:50 IF YOU GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, HOPEFULLY YOU LEARNED TO 33:52 PRAY BY LISTENING TO YOUR PARENTS. 33:55 THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS FAMILY PRAYER, PUBLIC PRAYER, PRAYER 34:03 FOR WORSHIP - BECAUSE WHEN YOU PRAY WITH YOUR CHILDREN, IF IT'S 34:05 TOO LONG IT BECOMES TEDIOUS - IS DIFFERENT THAN PERSONAL PRAYER. 34:13 THE PRAYER OF ELIJAH WHEN HE ASKED FIRE TO COME DOWN FROM 34:17 HEAVEN, WAS THAT A PRIVATE PRAYER OR A PUBLIC PRAYER? 34:20 VERY PUBLIC PRAYER. HOW LONG WAS IT? I TIMED IT 34:24 WITH YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO. TWENTY SECONDS SOMEONE SAID? 34:28 I FORGET. IT WAS LESS THAN HALF A MINUTE. VERY SHORT. 34:34 DANIEL'S PRAYER IS ONE OF THE LONGEST PRAYERS. 34:36 IT'S A PRIVATE PRAYER. 34:38 YOU CAN READ THE PRAYER OF HANNAH - IT'S A LONGER PRAYER. 34:42 YOU CAN READ THE PRAYERS OF, LIKE, NEHEMIAH AND SOME OF THESE 34:45 PERSONAL PRAYERS - THE PRAYER OF JESUS IN JOHN 17 IS THE LONGEST 34:49 PRAYER OF CHRIST YOU'LL FIND IN THE BIBLE. 34:51 THESE ARE PERSONAL PRAYERS. WE SING THAT SONG 'SWEET HOUR OF 34:55 PRAYER' - DO WE REALLY PRAY FOR AN HOUR? 35:00 SOMETIMES WHEN WE SING THAT - WE SING SONGS THAT ARE A LITTLE 35:05 HYPOCRITICAL - 'O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES TO SING' - WE DON'T USE 35:09 THE ONE THAT WE HAVE. WE SING ONE OR TWO VERSES OF THE 35:12 SONG 'O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES TO SING'. 35:16 'SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER' - MOST OF OUR PRAYERS ARE TEN MINUTES. 35:23 YOU KNOW THE GREAT PEOPLE OF REVIVAL, THEY DID SPEND HOURS IN 35:26 PERSONAL PRAYER AND I REMEMBER HEARING A STORY ONE TIME WHERE 35:30 DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR A FARMER CAME TO HIS HOME. 35:35 HE SAID, 'MARTHA, WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE WAR. 35:36 WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE WAR!' SHE SAID, 'HOW DOST THOU KNOW?' 35:39 HE SAID, 'I WAS OFF WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS AND I HEARD A 35:41 NOISE AND I WENT TO WHERE THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM AND THERE 35:45 WAS A MAN KNEELING DOWN IN THE WOODS PRAYING THE MOST WONDERFUL 35:48 PRAYER AND I GOT A LITTLE CLOSER AND I SAW IT WAS GENERAL 35:50 WASHINGTON.' HE SAID, 'I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE WAR.' SHE 35:53 SAID, 'HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?' HE SAID, 'I HEARD HIM PRAY. 35:56 GOD HAS TO ANSWER A PRAYER LIKE THAT.' AND SOMEONE ONCE WENT TO 36:00 THE - THEY WENT TO CONGRESS AND THEY SAID, 'I'D LIKE TO KNOW 36:05 WHICH ONE IS WASHINGTON?' THEY SAID, 'WASHINGTON IS THE 36:08 ONE WHO WILL GET ON HIS KNEES WHEN THEY OFFER THE 36:10 CONGRESSIONAL PRAYER.' HE WAS A VERY DEVOUT MAN THAT WAY. 36:16 AND, YOU KNOW, IT BOTHERS ME WHEN A LOT OF THESE REVISIONISTS 36:19 REWRITE AMERICAN HISTORY AND TRY AND MAKE IT SOUND LIKE ALL THE 36:21 FOUNDING FATHERS WERE DEISTS. A FEW OF THEM WERE. 36:25 THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM WERE VERY RELIGIOUS CHRISTIANS. 36:28 SEVERAL OF THEM WERE PASTORS. AND SO, DON'T LET PEOPLE REWRITE 36:31 THE HISTORY BOOKS FOR YOU. YOU OUGHT TO READ THE THINGS 36:34 THAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS SAID. THEY READ THEIR BIBLES. 36:37 I'LL BET YOU THE AVERAGE SIGNER OF THE CONSTITUTION KNEW 36:41 SCRIPTURE BY MEMORY BETTER - JEFFERSON, WHO WAS A DEIST, KNEW 36:45 SCRIPTURE BETTER THAN THE AVERAGE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. 36:48 EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MANY OF THE MIRACLES, 36:51 HE COULD QUOTE THE SCRIPTURES. LINCOLN COULD QUOTE THE 36:55 SCRIPTURES BY MEMORY AND HE DID A LOT OF IT, ACTUALLY, IN HIS 36:58 SPEECHES. AND SO THESE PEOPLE, THEIR LIVES 37:01 WERE BAPTIZED IN THE WORD OF GOD AND THEY DID PRAY. 37:03 AND WE NEED TO PRAY. ALRIGHT, LET ME KEEP GOING. 37:06 SO THERE'S TIME FOR PRAYER AND WHEN YOU'RE PRAYING, IF WE'RE 37:14 DISCIPLING - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A PRAYER CIRCLE? 37:20 LET ME ASK THIS QUESTION DIFFERENTLY. 37:22 HOW MANY OF YOU ARE CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY? 37:26 YOU WERE NOT ALWAYS A CHRISTIAN. YOU CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY. 37:28 SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE GROWN UP IN A SEMI-CHRISTIAN HOME BUT YOU 37:32 REALLY WEREN'T PRACTICING. HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE 37:35 FIRST TIME YOU WERE IN A GROUP AND THEY WERE GOING AROUND A 37:37 CIRCLE PRAYING AND YOU KNEW EVENTUALLY THEY WERE 37:40 GOING TO GET TO YOU? OR THEY ASKED FOR YOU TO PRAY 37:42 IN FRONT OF OTHERS - WERE YOU TERRIFIED? 37:45 SOME OF YOU MAYBE EVEN GREW UP IN THE CHURCH AND YOU JUST - 37:47 FINALLY ONE DAY YOU WERE IN A GROUP AND THEY SAID, 'ALRIGHT, 37:50 WE'RE GOING TO ALL TAKE TURNS. WE'RE GOING TO GO AROUND AND 37:51 EACH UTTER A SHORT PRAYER AND JUST - YOU BEGIN TO 37:54 HYPERVENTILATE AND 'WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WHEN MY TURN COMES?' 37:57 AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY AND YOU'RE SCARED. THAT WAS ME. 38:00 AND I WAS SO SCARED - WE USED TO BE IN BIBLE STUDIES AND THE 38:03 PASTOR WOULD SAY, 'OKAY, LET'S READ THROUGH THIS HERE. 38:05 YOU READ THIS VERSE. WE'LL EACH TAKE A TURN. 38:06 WE'LL READ A VERSE.' I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ANYONE ELSE READ. 38:09 ALL I KNEW WAS I'D COUNT AROUND THE ROOM AND SAY, 'OH, THIS IS 38:12 WHEN MY VERSE IS GOING TO BE - THIS VERSE - AND I WAS SO AFRAID 38:14 TO READ THE BIBLE OUT LOUD BECAUSE I WASN'T VERY GOOD 38:17 READING OUT LOUD LET ALONE THE BIBLE, YOU KNOW, THAT LANGUAGE. 38:20 PRAYING TERRIFIED ME. 38:23 BUT AS I SPENT MORE TIME WITH CHRISTIANS, AND I HEARD - THE 38:27 PASTOR WHO BAPTIZED ME, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN HIS HOME AND I 38:31 LISTENED TO HIM AND HIS WIFE PRAY AND THEY LOVED THE LORD SO 38:34 MUCH AND THEY TALKED TO THE LORD AS IF THEY WERE DEAR FRIENDS ON 38:38 FIRST NAME BASIS AND I THOUGHT, 'THEY'RE SO RELAXED ABOUT IT. 38:43 IT'S SO NATURAL. 38:44 THEY'RE JUST TALKING FROM THEIR HEARTS.' IT WASN'T SCRIPTED SO I 38:46 THOUGHT, 'OKAY, WELL, SO WHEN YOU PRAY TALK FROM YOUR HEART.' 38:50 AND BY WATCHING OTHERS I LEARNED. 38:53 PRAYER CAN BE TAUGHT AND SO YOU SAY, 'WELL, I DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE 38:58 MODEL PRAYER FOR ME, PASTOR DOUG, WHAT DO I DO?' 39:01 READ THE PRAYERS IN THE BIBLE. USE THEM AS A MODEL AND 39:04 PRAYER CAN BE TAUGHT. LOOK AT HOW DANIEL PRAYED. 39:07 LOOK AT HOW SOLOMON PRAYED AND DAVID PRAYED. 39:09 READ THROUGH THE PSALMS. MANY OF THE PSALMS ARE PRAYERS 39:13 AND THEY'RE A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE. OKAY, 'TIMELESS TEACHING' - 39:18 MATTHEW CHAPTER 6, VERSE 7 AND 8, "AND WHEN YOU PRAY, DO NOT 39:23 USE VAIN REPETITIONS AS THE HEATHEN DO." - 39:26 THERE'S ANOTHER PRINCIPLE FOR PRAYER - "FOR THEY THINK THAT 39:28 THEY WILL BE HEARD FOR THEIR MANY WORDS. 39:30 THEREFORE DO NOT BE LIKE THEM. FOR YOUR FATHER KNOWS THE THINGS 39:34 YOU HAVE NEED OF BEFORE YOU ASK HIM." YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES 39:39 WHEN WE PRAY WE'LL BE IN A GROUP PRAYING AND IT'S LIKE PEOPLE 39:43 ARE TAKING TURNS AND I'VE HEARD SOMEONE IN THE GROUP SAY, 39:47 WHEN THEIR TURN CAME, THEY SAID, 'LORD, EVERYBODY THAT JUST 39:51 PRAYED SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO PRAY AND I CAN'T 39:54 REALLY IMPROVE ON THAT SO I JUST WANT TO SAY 'AMEN' TO WHAT 39:56 THEY SAID.' I THOUGHT, 'WELL I APPRECIATE THAT. 39:59 THEY DON'T WANT TO JUST BE PRAYING SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU 40:02 KNOW, REPEAT THE SAME THING.' GOD, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT 40:06 INTERESTED IN VAIN REPETITION AND - HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN ONE 40:09 OF THOSE YOU FELT LIKE EVERYONE HAD TO OFFER THEIR OBLIGATORY 40:13 PRAYER AND SO THEY ALL SAY SORT OF THE SAME THING? 40:15 BUT ANOTHER WAY PEOPLE PRAY IN VAIN REPETITION IS WHEN WE'RE 40:20 BEING TOLD, 'WELL, IF YOU WANT YOUR SINS FORGIVEN, REPEAT THIS 40:22 PRAYER TWELVE TIMES.' WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT IN THE BIBLE? 40:26 THAT'S NOT REALLY PRAYER. 40:28 YOU'RE NOT EVEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 40:30 GOD WANTS YOU TO OPEN YOUR HEART AND TALK TO HIM FROM YOUR HEART 40:33 BECAUSE YOU ARE TRANSFORMED BY THAT KIND OF PRAYER. 40:36 MATTHEW CHAPTER 7, VERSES 7 THROUGH 11, "ASK, AND IT WILL BE 40:42 GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK, AND YOU WILL FIND; KNOCK, AND IT WILL BE 40:45 OPENED TO YOU." - NOW ALL OF THESE - 40:46 ASKING, SEEKING, KNOCKING - ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF PRAYER 40:50 AND SO THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE ACTUALLY PRAY. IT'S TO BE GIVEN 40:56 - ASK, SEEK, KNOCK AND IT WILL BE OPENED - "FOR EVERYONE WHO 40:59 ASKS RECEIVES, AND HE WHO SEEKS FINDS, AND TO HIM WHO KNOCKS IT 41:03 WILL BE OPENED. OR WHAT MAN IS THERE AMONG YOU WHO, 41:06 IF HIS SON ASKS FOR BREAD, WILL GIVE HIM A STONE? 41:08 OR IF HE ASKS FOR A FISH, WILL HE GIVE HIM A SERPENT? 41:11 IF YOU THEN, BEING EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR 41:14 CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER WHO IS IN HEAVEN 41:17 GIVE GOOD THINGS TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM?" 41:22 DOES GOD KNOW WHAT YOU NEED BEFORE YOU ASK? 41:26 WILL GOD DO THINGS FOR YOU WHEN YOU ASK THAT HE OTHERWISE 41:30 WILL NOT DO IF YOU DON'T ASK? 41:32 HOW MANY PRAYERS, WHEN YOU GET TO HEAVEN, ARE YOU GOING TO 41:36 DISCOVER NEVER GOT ANSWERED - THAT GOD WANTED TO ANSWER - 41:39 BUT YOU DIDN'T ASK? NOW THINK ABOUT THAT. 41:44 THERE ARE SO MANY PRAYERS THAT GOD WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER FOR US, 41:47 THAT WERE NEVER ANSWERED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T ASK. 41:50 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU NEED TO PRAY THE MOST? WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT 41:54 THE LEAST. WHEN WE DON'T FEEL LIKE PRAYING IS OFTEN WHEN WE 41:59 NEED TO PRAY THE MOST. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT - OH, WE 42:05 HAVE FAMILY WORSHIP AND WE HAVE FAMILY FIGHTS. 42:11 NOW I HOPE YOU HAVE FAMILY WORSHIP. 42:13 IF YOU'VE GOT A FAMILY I BET YOU SOMETIMES HAVE FAMILY FIGHTS. 42:17 DISAGREEMENTS - IN CHURCH WE CALL THEM DISAGREEMENTS - AND 42:22 SOMETIMES AFTER A FAMILY DISAGREEMENT, WHATEVER IT MIGHT 42:26 BE, WORSHIP TIME COMES AND WE'RE VERY RELIGIOUS ABOUT WORSHIP 42:31 TIME BECAUSE I'M A PASTOR, I HAVE TO BE. 42:32 WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE WOULD I BE FOR YOU, RIGHT? 42:35 SO SOMETIMES I DON'T FEEL LIKE BEING A PASTOR AND I DON'T FEEL 42:38 LIKE PRAYING. I FEEL LIKE BEING 42:40 MAD BECAUSE I'M MAD. USUALLY I'M BEING PROUD. 42:44 I'M BEING STUBBORN BUT I DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THAT AT THE TIME, 42:47 I JUST WANT TO BE RIGHT AND I'M NOT BEING RECOGNIZED FOR BEING 42:50 RIGHT AND SO I'M MAD. OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, FILL IN 42:54 THE BLANKS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? YOU'RE UPSET 42:57 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO PRAY NOW WITH THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE MAD AT. 43:03 AND I THINK TO MYSELF, 'I DON'T FEEL LIKE PRAYING'. 43:08 AND A LITTLE VOICE SAYS, 'YOU REALLY NEED TO PRAY NOW' BECAUSE 43:13 WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT THE LEAST IS WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST. 43:18 SO I'VE TRIED TO DISCIPLINE MYSELF TO PRAY WHETHER I FEEL 43:22 LIKE IT OR NOT AND I FOUND THAT AS I PRAY - 43:28 YOUR HEART STARTS TO MELT. 43:30 THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE ANGRY ABOUT STOP SEEMING SO IMPORTANT. 43:34 AND IN YOUR PRAY - IN YOUR PRAYER - IF YOU'RE PRAYING THE 43:36 WAY YOU SHOULD PRAY - YOU START PRAYING FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND YOU 43:40 REALIZE YOU'RE SAYING, 'LORD, PLEASE HELP THIS PERSON THAT HAS 43:42 A TERMINAL DISEASE'. YOUR LITTLE PROBLEM DOESN'T 43:45 SEEM SO BIG ANYMORE. AND 'LORD, PLEASE BLESS THE 43:49 MISSION OF YOUR CHURCH AROUND THE WORLD'. 43:51 I'M THINKING, 'YEAH, HOW'S THE LORD GOING TO GET THE MISSION OF 43:53 THE CHURCH AROUND THE WORLD? I CAN'T GET IT THROUGH THE 43:55 LIVING ROOM.' YOU KNOW, AND SO AS YOU'RE PRAYING SOMETHING 44:00 HAPPENS TO YOU IN YOUR PRAYER. THE TIME YOU FEEL LIKE PRAYING 44:06 THE LEAST IS USUALLY WHEN YOU NEED TO PRAY THE MOST. 44:11 'OH, IT'S - I'M TIRED LORD, I DON'T WANT TO PRAY. 44:15 I JUST WANT TO HAVE BREAKFAST.' YEAH THE LORD HE KNOWS - OR THE 44:19 DEVIL, SORRY - THE DEVIL KNOWS THAT AS YOUR FEET HIT THE GROUND 44:23 AND YOU GET BUSY WITH THE GETTING READY FOR YOUR DAY, IF 44:26 YOU DON'T TAKE TIME TO PRAY, PRETTY SOON YOU'LL FIND THAT 44:29 IT'S RUSHED OR IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AT ALL AND YOU'LL ENTER INTO 44:32 THAT DAY TOTALLY UNPREPARED OR WITH A TOTALLY SECULAR MIND SET. 44:39 IT'S JUST ALL ABOUT YOU AND WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO ACCOMPLISH AND 44:41 YOUR SELFISH NEEDS AND YOU'RE STARTING THE DAY WITHOUT GOD. 44:44 THE TIME YOU THINK - OR YOU WANT TO PRAY THE LEAST IS USUALLY 44:48 WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST AND SO PRAY WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE IT OR 44:53 NOT BECAUSE OFTEN IN THE MIDST OF PRAYING YOU'LL START 44:58 FEELING LIKE IT. 45:00 HAVE YOU EVER HEARD SOMEONE SAY, 'I'M NOT HUNGRY' AND THE DOCTOR 45:05 WILL SAY, 'YOU NEED TO EAT ANYWAY' BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING 45:11 TO HAVE STRENGTH TO FIGHT WHATEVER IT IS MAKING YOU SICK 45:13 UNLESS YOU KIND OF FORCE FEED YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT. 45:16 AND SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO FORCE YOURSELF TO DO WHAT YOU 45:18 KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO DO EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT. 45:24 SO PRAYER IS VERY IMPORTANT. NOW I WANT TO READ MATTHEW 18, 45:28 VERSES 19 AND 20, "AGAIN I SAY TO YOU THAT IF TWO OF YOU AGREE 45:31 ON EARTH CONCERNING ANYTHING THAT THEY ASK, IT WILL BE DONE 45:35 FOR THEM" - IS THERE POWER IN CORPORATE PRAYER? 45:41 IS THE LORD MORE LIKELY TO ANSWER THE PRAYER OF 20 PEOPLE 45:45 THAN ONE PERSON? I GOT ONE VOTE - YES. I THINK YES. 45:57 I - NOW, THE FERVENT EFFECTUAL PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN OR 46:02 WOMAN AVAILS MUCH. SO YOU GET ONE RIGHTEOUS PERSON 46:06 AND THEY CAN CHANGE THE COURSE OF HEAVEN. 46:08 YOU GOT SOMEONE WHO'S GOT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND 46:12 THEY PRAY, LIKE DANIEL IN CHAPTER 9, 46:14 AMAZING THINGS CAN HAPPEN. BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE BIBLE 46:18 TELLS US THAT THERE IS MORE VALUE IN ADDITIONAL PRAYER - 46:24 WHEN WE JOIN TOGETHER IN PRAYER. WHAT'S STRONGER, ONE 46:28 STRAND IN A ROPE OR THREE? THREE STRANDS, RIGHT? 46:32 'IN THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES LET EVERYTHING BE 46:35 ESTABLISHED.' 'IF MY PEOPLE WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY' - 46:40 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT CORPORATE PRAYER THAT GOD SAYS, 46:45 'LOOK, MY PEOPLE ARE PRAYING' AND SO THE LORD SAYS, 'GET 46:49 TOGETHER WITH OTHERS AND PRAY'. AND YOU KNOW ANOTHER REASON I 46:53 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PRAY TOGETHER? 46:55 THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY IN YOUR PRAYER. 46:56 SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY, 'YOU KNOW, LORD, I WANT A BIG ROOT BEER.' 47:01 OR WE PRAY FOR SILLY THINGS AND HE SAYS, 'LOOK, I PRAYED. 47:03 HOW COME I DIDN'T GET MY ROOT BEER?' 47:04 AND SOMEONE MIGHT SAY TO YOU, 'LOOK BROTHER, LET'S PRAY 47:07 ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL.' PRAY ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS. 47:10 PRAY ABOUT THINGS WHERE YOU CAN CLAIM GOD'S PROMISES. 47:12 THERE'S NO PROMISE ABOUT ROOT BEER IN THE BIBLE. 47:14 AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE MISAPPLY THESE PROMISES WHERE IF 47:17 ANY OF YOU TWO AGREE UPON ANYTHING ON EARTH. 47:20 WELL, IT SAYS IF WE ARE AGREEING ON THINGS THAT ARE ACCORDING TO 47:23 HIS WILL. THERE'S A QUALIFIER TO THAT. HE WILL ANSWER. 47:28 SO IS IT GOD'S WILL THAT THE LOST BE SAVED? 47:32 HOW MUCH SHOULD WE BE PRAYING FOR THE SALVATION OF OTHERS? 47:36 WHEN PETER WAS IN PRISON ON DEATH ROW, WAS THE CHURCH 47:39 GATHERED TOGETHER PRAYING? HOW MUCH WAS THE CHURCH PRAYING? 47:44 IT SAYS THE CHURCH DID NOT CEASE TO PRAY. 47:47 THAT NIGHT THAT HE WAS IN PRISON THEY PRAYED ALL NIGHT LONG FOR 47:50 PETER. DID GOD ANSWER THEIR PRAYER? 47:53 EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THEM IN THE ROOM DIDN'T BELIEVE GOD WAS 47:55 GOING TO ANSWER THEIR PRAYER BECAUSE WHEN PETER CAME TO THE 47:57 DOOR THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS HIM. 48:00 BUT GOD ANSWERED THEIR PRAYER. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF STORIES 48:04 ABOUT SOME AMAZING ANSWERS TO PRAYER BECAUSE GOD'S PEOPLE GOT 48:07 TOGETHER AND THEY SPECIFICALLY PRAYED FOR SOMETHING UNIQUE. 48:15 DID STEPHEN PRAY WHEN HE WAS BEING STONED? 48:21 WHAT DID HE PRAY FOR? HE PRAYED FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF 48:26 THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN HIS EXECUTION. 48:28 WHO WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN HIS EXECUTION 48:31 THAT WAS CONVERTED? 48:33 HAD HIS NAME 'SAUL' LATER CHANGED TO 'PAUL'. 48:37 STEPHEN DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE ANSWER TO THAT PRAYER. 48:39 WILL HE SEE IT WHEN HE GETS TO HEAVEN? 48:41 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE? 48:43 DID JESUS PRAY FOR HIS ENEMIES? ONE OF THE LAST THINGS CHRIST 48:46 PRAYED FOR WAS 'FATHER FORGIVE THEM. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT 48:49 THEY'RE DOING.' JESUS - DID JESUS EVER PRAY FOR YOU? 48:54 IN JOHN 17 THE LORD SAYS, 'LORD, I'M NOT ONLY PRAYING FOR THE 48:58 DISCIPLES BUT I'M PRAYING FOR THOSE WHO WILL BELIEVE BECAUSE 49:02 OF THEIR WORD.' WHO IS THAT? IT'S ME. 49:06 I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE WORD OF THE GOSPELS. 49:09 JESUS SAID, 'I'M PRAYING FOR YOU, DOUG. I'M PRAYING FOR YOU 49:12 BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE WORD 49:15 THAT THEY SPOKE.' AND SO JESUS PRAYED FOR YOU. 49:19 AND THERE'S PROBABLY MANY OTHER PLACES YOU COULD CITE FOR THAT. 49:23 ALRIGHT, SOMEONE LOOK UP HEBREWS CHAPTER 2, VERSE 17 AND BEFORE 49:28 WE READ THAT I'M GOING TO READ - THIS IS TALKING ABOUT 'TIMELESS 49:31 COMPASSION' - I'M GOING TO READ LUKE 22, VERSE 31, 49:36 "AND THE LORD SAID, 'SIMON, SIMON! 49:38 INDEED, SATAN HAS ASKED FOR YOU, THAT HE MAY SIFT YOU AS WHEAT. 49:42 BUT I HAVE PRAYED FOR YOU, THAT YOUR FAITH SHOULD NOT FAIL; AND 49:45 WHEN YOU HAVE RETURNED TO ME, STRENGTHEN YOUR BRETHREN." 49:50 NOW JESUS KNEW THAT SATAN WAS REALLY BATTLING OVER PETER'S 49:55 SOUL AND THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT STRUGGLE. 49:58 YOU THINK PETER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO'S HAD THAT STRUGGLE? 50:01 ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE AT THE POINT OF THOROUGH 50:04 CONVERSION, THE DEVIL TIGHTENS HIS GRIP. 50:09 RARELY DO YOU SEE A BIGGER BATTLE OVER A PERSON'S SOUL WHEN 50:12 THEY'RE COMING TO THE POINT OF MAKING A COMPLETE SURRENDER. 50:16 WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE EGYPT DID THE 50:18 PHARAOH CHASE AFTER THEM? HE DID EVERYTHING HE COULD 50:21 BEFORE THEY CROSSED THE RED SEA. HE EVEN WENT INTO THE 50:24 RED SEA AFTER THEM. THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS STRUGGLE. 50:26 ALL THESE PLAGUES, ALL THAT TURMOIL THAT HAPPENED IN EGYPT 50:28 AT THE TIME OF THE EXODUS IS A SYMBOL FOR THE TURMOIL THAT 50:32 COMES TO A SOUL - THERE'S WRESTLING THAT HAPPENS. 50:35 WHEN JACOB CAME INTO THE PROMISED LAND THE GREAT 50:37 WRESTLING THAT HAPPENED - WHEN A PERSON IS BEING BORN AGAIN. 50:42 AND JESUS SAID, 'SATAN HAS DESIRED TO HAVE YOU. 50:45 HE WANTS TO DESTROY YOU BUT I HAVE INTERCEDED FOR YOU.' DID 50:48 THE INTERCESSION OF PRAYER MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A SPECIAL WAY? 50:52 YEAH, AND HE CAME AROUND. PETER COOPERATED WITH THAT 50:55 INTERCESSION WHERE JUDAS DID NOT AND HE WAS LOST. 51:00 AND SO, THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT INTERCESSION. 51:02 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ FOR US HEBREWS 2:17, I THINK. 51:06 >>"THEREFORE, IN ALL THINGS HE HAD TO BE MADE LIKE HIS 51:09 BRETHREN, THAT HE MIGHT BE A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH 51:12 PRIEST IN THINGS PERTAINING TO GOD, TO MAKE PROPITIATION 51:16 FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE." 51:19 >>YOU KNOW, WHEN JESUS PRAYED, HE PRAYED AS WE PRAY. 51:24 HE COULD RELATE TO US, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 51:26 LOOK AT THIS - AND THIS IS FROM 'STEPS TO CHRIST' PAGE 93. 51:29 THESE ARE ALL ON THAT CHAPTER ON PRAYER. 51:32 "JESUS HIMSELF, WHILE HE DWELT AMONG MEN, WAS OFTEN IN PRAYER. 51:36 OUR SAVIOR IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH OUR NEEDS AND OUR WEAKNESS 51:40 IN THAT HE BECAME A SUPPLIANT - A PETITIONER - SEEKING FROM HIS 51:43 HEAVENLY FATHER FRESH SUPPLIES OF STRENGTH THAT HE MIGHT COME 51:46 FORTH BRACED FOR DUTy AND TRIAL. 51:48 HE IS OUR EXAMPLE IN ALL THINGS. HE IS A BROTHER IN OUR 51:52 INFIRMITIES, IN ALL POINTS TEMPTED LIKE WE ARE. 51:56 BUT AS THE SINLESS ONE, HIS NATURE RECOILED FROM EVIL. 52:00 HE ENDURED STRUGGLE AND TORTURE OF SOUL IN A WORLD OF SIN. 52:03 HIS HUMANITY MADE PRAYER A NECESSITY AND A PRIVILEGE. 52:07 HE FOUND COMFORT AND JOY IN COMMUNION WITH HIS HEAVENLY 52:10 FATHER." - NOW HERE'S THE PART I ESPECIALLY WANT YOU TO NOTICE - 52:13 "AND IF THE SAVIOR OF MEN, THE SON OF GOD, FELT THE NEED OF 52:17 PRAYER, HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD FEEBLE SINFUL MORTALS FEEL THE 52:22 NECESSITY OF FERVENT, CONSTANT PRAYER?" JESUS HAS SET AN 52:26 EXAMPLE FOR US OF PRAYING FREQUENTLY. JESUS - HE PRAYED 52:31 SUBMITTING TO THE FATHER'S WILL - 'NOT MY WILL, THY WILL BE 52:34 DONE.' ISN'T THAT RIGHT? JESUS WRESTLED IN PRAYER. 52:38 WHY DID HE HAVE TO WRESTLE IN PRAYER LIKE JACOB? 52:40 IN THE GARDEN, WHEN HE SAID, 'NOT MY WILL, THY WILL BE DONE' 52:43 - DROPS OF BLOOD COMING DOWN FROM HIS HEAD AS HE PRAYED. 52:46 WHEN HE PRAYED IN THE WILDERNESS DURING THAT TIME OF 52:48 TEMPTATION WITH THE DEVIL. 52:50 PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS 8, 'LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPS 52:54 IN OUR WEAKNESS FOR WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR AS 52:57 WE OUGHT TO BUT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF MAKES INTERCESSION FOR 52:59 US WITH GROANINGS THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED.' YOU KNOW, I THINK 53:04 RIGHT NOW IF THE VEIL COULD BE DRAWN ASIDE - 53:09 YOU EVER HAVE A CLOSE CALL WITH DEATH? 53:16 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD PICK YOUR OWN STORY AND PUT IT IN AND 53:21 - JUST THIS LAST WEEK I WAS CHANGING LANES AND SOMEONE WAS 53:23 IN MY BLIND SPOT ON THE FREEWAY - YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 53:26 YOU LOOK IN YOUR MIRROR, YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING, 53:28 BUT YOU DON'T TURN YOUR HEAD AROUND. 53:29 SOMEONE HAD COME INTO THAT SPOT - THAT WINDOW WHERE YOU JUST 53:32 COULDN'T SEE THEM AND I WAS CHANGING LANES AND JUST ABOUT 53:35 RAN THEM OFF THE ROAD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THEY HONKED 53:38 THEIR HORN AND I CORRECTED AND SWERVED AND IT'S KIND OF SCARY 53:41 AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, 'I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THERE ARE 53:43 ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME.' WE'VE ALL HAD EXPERIENCES LIKE THAT, 53:47 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? 53:49 WELL WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN YOU REALIZE THAT THERE IS A 53:54 SPIRITUAL WORLD RIGHT THERE AND THE DEVIL WANTS TO DESTROY YOU. 53:58 AND I THINK IF WE COULD, RIGHT NOW, HAVE THE VEIL DRAWN ASIDE 54:00 AND SEE HOW THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DESTROY US AND JESUS IS 54:03 INTERCEDING FOR US, WE'D UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF 54:06 PRAYER - THAT WE'RE SO CARELESS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US ARE A 54:10 HEARTBEAT - ONE BREATH - AWAY FROM ETERNITY. 54:14 AND WE'RE SO FLIPPANT ABOUT REALIZING THE NECESSITY OF 54:19 CLINGING TO GOD AND PRAYING WITHOUT CEASING THAT THERE IS A 54:21 TITANIC BATTLE - A COLOSSAL BATTLE GOING ON ALL THE TIME 54:24 AROUND US FOR OUR SOULS AND FOR THE SOULS OF OTHERS. 54:28 SO IT'S NOT JUST PRAYING, 'LORD, I WANT TO KNOW YOU. 54:31 I WANT TO BE SAVED. 54:32 I WANT TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE.' BUT ALSO INTERCEDING FOR OTHERS. 54:38 YOU EVER HAD AN IMPRESSION YOU OUGHT TO GO SEE SOMEONE, MAYBE 54:40 TALK ABOUT SPIRITUAL THINGS AND THEN YOU DIDN'T GO AND THEN THEY 54:46 DIED? THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME. THAT'S A TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE 54:53 FEELING. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A PASTOR, THERE'S HUNDREDS OF 54:55 PEOPLE AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE DOING AN EVANGELISTIC MEETING 54:58 THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE AND I'LL GET THIS - YOU'RE GOING 55:00 THROUGH THE NAMES AND 'OH, I OUGHT TO CALL THAT PERSON, THEY 55:02 HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A FEW NIGHTS' OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT 55:04 AND THEN YOU FAIL TO CALL AND THEN A DAY OR TWO LATER YOU HEAR 55:09 THEY HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THEY HAVE A HEART ATTACK - SOMETHING LIKE 55:11 THAT HAPPENS YOU THINK, 'OH!' AND YOU REALIZE 'THE LORD WAS 55:14 IMPRESSING ME'. THAT'S PRETTY HEAVY. THANK THE LORD I'VE HAD 55:20 THOSE IMPRESSIONS AND I DID GO AND I DID CALL AND I DID PRAY 55:23 WITH THEM AND - I DID A MEETING ONE TIME WHERE SOME 55:29 PEOPLE CAME TO A MEETING AND I FELT IMPRESSED I SHOULD MAKE AN 55:31 ALTAR CALL AND I THOUGHT, 'NO, I DID IT LAST NIGHT, I DON'T NEED 55:34 TO DO IT EVERY NIGHT.' AND I THOUGHT, 'OH, THIS IS' - AND I 55:36 FELT A BATTLE WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD MAKE ANOTHER ALTAR CALL 55:40 AND I WENT AHEAD AND I DID IT AND THEN SOME PEOPLE, 55:44 SPECIFICALLY I WON'T TELL YOU BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE 55:47 NEWS AND I DON'T WANT TO - SOME PEOPLE RESPONDED DURING THAT 55:49 ALTAR CALL AND THEY DIED THE NEXT DAY IN A CAR CRASH WHERE A 55:54 TRUCK, IN THE FOG, STOPPED AND THEIR CAR RAN INTO IT AND 55:57 EXPLODED INTO FLAMES AND THEY DIED INSTANTLY. 56:00 AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, 'I AM SO THANKFUL I FELT IMPRESSED TO 56:04 MAKE THAT ALTAR CALL.' THESE KIND OF BATTLES ARE GOING ON IN 56:07 THE BACKGROUND ALL THE TIME AND WE NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR SOULS. 56:11 THE DEVIL IS FIGHTING TO DESTROY PEOPLE. 56:13 GOD'S BUSINESS IS SAVING PEOPLE - THAT'S HIS NUMBER ONE 56:16 BUSINESS. THE DEVIL'S NUMBER ONE BUSINESS 56:17 IS TO TAKE LIFE - KEEP PEOPLE IN A LOST, WORLDLY STATE AND 56:22 THEN SWEEP THEM INTO ETERNITY UNPREPARED. 56:25 AND SO WE OUGHT TO BE PRAYING THAT WE'RE READY. 56:27 WE OUGHT TO BE PRAYING THAT OTHERS ARE READY. 56:29 THIS IS WHAT PRAYER AND DISCIPLESHIP IS ALL ABOUT. 56:34 LET ME READ, JUST IN CLOSING, ONE MORE VERSE. 56:36 AND THIS IS FROM ACTS CHAPTER 1, VERSES 13 AND 14, BEFORE THE 56:40 TIME OF PENTECOST AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT. 56:43 "AND WHEN THEY HAD ENTERED, THEY WENT UP INTO THE UPPER ROOM 56:49 WHERE THEY WERE STAYING: PETER, JAMES, JOHN AND ANDREW; PHILIP 56:52 AND THOMAS; BARTHOLOMEW AND MATTHEW; JAMES THE SON OF 56:54 ALPHAEUS AND SIMON THE ZEALOT; AND JUDAS THE SON OF JAMES. 56:57 THESE ALL CONTINUED WITH ONE ACCORD IN PRAYER AND 57:01 SUPPLICATION, WITH THE WOMEN AND MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS, 57:04 AND WITH HIS BROTHERS." 57:06 THEY WERE UP THERE IN THE UPPER ROOM CONTINUING IN PRAYER, 57:09 PUTTING ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES, PRAYING FOR THE GREAT WORK OF 57:11 PREACHING THE GOSPEL, PRAYING THAT THEY COULD BE EMPOWERED TO 57:14 REACH THE LOST. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER? 57:18 HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED OUT IN PENTECOSTAL PROPORTIONS. 57:21 DO WE NEED A DOUBLE PORTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THIS 57:24 DAY AND AGE? THEN WE - WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHOULD WE BE 57:27 MAKING PRAYER A PRIORITY? PRAYING FOR EACH OTHER? 57:32 PRAYING IN OUR FAMILIES. PRAYING WHETHER WE FEEL LIKE IT OR NOT? 57:35 PRAYING FOR OUR OWN SOULS AND THE SOULS OF THE LOST? 57:38 I JUST - I THINK COMMUNION WITH HEAVEN IS A GREAT PRIVILEGE WE 57:41 DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE. IN CLOSING, SOME OF YOU MAYBE 57:44 DIDN'T HEAR AT THE BEGINNING WE HAVE A FREE BOOK ON PRAYER. 57:47 I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SEND FOR IT. IF YOU DO, PLEASE PROMISE TO 57:50 READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEBODY. 57:52 IT'S CALLED, 'TEACH US TO PRAY'. IT'S OFFER #717 - ASK FOR THAT 57:56 NUMBER WHEN YOU CALL - #717. HERE'S THE PHONE NUMBER: 57:58 866-788-3966. WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU 58:03 FOR FREE AND TIME IS UP. GOD WILLING WE'LL GET TOGETHER 58:06 AND STUDY HIS WORD NEXT WEEK. 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