Harvest truly is plenteous,
but the laborers are few.
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Pray Ye therefore,
the Lord of the harvest,
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that He will, He
will send forth laborers
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into His harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said, I. "Here
am I, send me, send me".
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Life on the Edge
will enable you to be
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an effective
harvester for the Lord.
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We now invite you
into our classroom
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to come, experience, Life.
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We would just
like to welcome you all
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back to our classroom.
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We're located here on the
campus of Pine Lake Retreat.
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Those who at home,
welcome into the classroom.
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You will be able to
see some of our students
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as we video this Bible study.
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The Bible study we're
going to do today is on prayer.
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Again those of you
that are watching us
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maybe watching on the internet,
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or you have a DVD, or
maybe on one of the networks,
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we encourage you go
to ComeExperienceLife
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and download the Bible study.
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This is Bible
study number 21 in our
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"Life on the Edge"
course, and Life on the Edge
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is a course that
is designed to make
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the edges of your Bible sharp.
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Doesn't the Bible say in
Hebrews Chapter 4 verse 12
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that the word of God
is quick, and powerful,
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and sharper than any
two-edged what? Sword.
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Than any two-edged
sword, that's right.
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So we're going to
be sharpening our sword
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and what we've done is
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we've marked these
Bible studies in our Bible.
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So right now if you've
all been following along,
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maybe you've got the DVD set.
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You should have 20
Bible studies marked
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in our Bible by this time,
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and now we're doing
Bible study number 21.
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So we'll go to
our graphic there.
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The title of this
Bible study is "Prayer."
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And the code for
marking it is what?
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P. P. Well, that just
makes sense, doesn't it?
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The purpose of this
Bible study is to show
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that prayer is
powerful, effectual,
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and necessary for
the disciple of Christ.
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Prayer is powerful, effectual,
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and necessary for
the disciple of Christ.
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What does necessary mean?
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Something that
you must to do, right,
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it's necessary,
something that is needed.
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Our Center It
here shows that Jesus
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wants to hear and
answer our prayers.
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Jesus wants to hear
and answer our prayers.
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He shows us in His word
that there are conditions upon
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which our prayers are heard.
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Now this may come as a
surprise to some of us,
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but there are things
that you and I can do
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that would cause God
not to hear our prayers.
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Now to me that is a thought
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that I don't
like to think about.
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But it's true and we will
go over this in this study
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that it doesn't matter where
we are in our station in life.
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It doesn't matter
where our life has put us.
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God's hand is not too
short that He can't save us,
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nor His ear too heavy
that He cannot hear us.
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So God, if when
we hit, you remember
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in one of our other
studies, I told you that
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my theory on
hitting rock bottom is that
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you really
don't hit rock bottom,
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you just hit the rock
and the only way to look is
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at the rock because
you just smashed into Him
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and that rock is Jesus,
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1st Corinthian
Chapter 10 verse 4.
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And so Jesus gives us
conditions in His word
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and maybe some of what we
learn today is going to be
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shocking for some of
us, but when we know it,
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we can apply it and we can know,
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we'll never again
where we've to wonder
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if our prayers make
it pass the ceiling.
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Because we will be
able to say, you know,
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Lord, I've done everything
that you've asked me to do.
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Please hear my prayer
and we can know that God
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has heard that prayer.
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But again don't misunderstand,
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God can hear the
prayer that say save me.
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Did He hear Peter
when Peter was sinking.
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He sure did. Did He hear me
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when I was sinking
and I have my weight
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is on there in the St.
Joseph River in Michigan,
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snow all over the
ground and I fell in,
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did He hear me? I
said save me Lord,
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and of course, He
heard me and He saved me.
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And He will do
that for every one of us
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when we give our life to Him.
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So what you see
there on the screen now
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are the text that we're
going to use in this study?
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We're going to
have 14 references
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in this Bible study on prayer,
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and it's broken off
into seven different areas.
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So you are looking at
the graphic right now.
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Seven different areas and
the first area is the need,
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the second area is forgiveness,
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and then faith,
then forgiving others,
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persevering, unselfish asking,
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and then asking
according to God's will.
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These are the
seven different areas
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that this Bible
study is broken up into.
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So we will go
ahead and we will start
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on our first section, the Need.
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The reason that you
and I would even begin
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to pray is because we've a need.
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So we're on, you
notice on the graphic there,
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we're in our first prayer text.
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This is Luke 18:1through
7, and when you are marking it
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in your Bible, it's
a 1P is in the circle
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then you have the line.
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The line represents the
text that we're at which
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is Luke 18:1 through 7.
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The reference we
will be going to next is
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Matthew Chapter 5 and verse 6.
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So here we are.
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We're opening our
Bibles here in the room.
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Those who that are
at home or at school,
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maybe on internet,
watching in your DVD player,
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get your Bible
out and turn with us
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to Luke the 18th Chapter
and we will begin reading
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in verse 1, Luke
Chapter 18 and verse 1.
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And Shalida, are you
going to read that for us?
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Let's just move that
microphone over there to her.
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Luke Chapter 18,
you're gonna read
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verses 1 through 7.
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Now I may
interrupt you, all right,
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so just be prepared for that.
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"And he spake a
parable unto them to this end,
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that men ought always to
pray, and not to faint, saying"
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Okay, stop right there.
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What Shalida is the
purpose of this parable?
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Verse 1, what was that tells on?
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To teach us to
pray, it says right there,
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and he spake a
parable unto them to this end,
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that men ought always to what?
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To pray, so the
purpose of this parable
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is to teach us
to do what? To pray.
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So what happens
here in this parable
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that Jesus is using
to teach us how to pray.
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Go to verse 2. "Saying,
There was in a city a judge,
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which feared not
God, neither regarded man.
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And there was a widow in
that city and she came unto him,
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saying, Avenge me
of mine adversary."
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You were looking for me to
interrupt you, weren't you?
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Yes. I'm not, continue on.
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"And he would not for a
while but afterward he said
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within himself,
Though I fear not God,
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nor regard man, Yet
because this widow troubleth me,
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I will avenge her, lest by her
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continual coming she weary me."
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Okay, stop right there.
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What is the reason
that this unjust judge
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that doesn't fear
God nor regard man.
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What is the reason
that he is going to answer
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this ladies petition?
Because she is bothering him.
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Because she is bothering him.
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She just keeps
coming and coming and coming
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and asking and asking and asking
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and finally he says
though I don't fear God
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nor regard man, because
this lady is wearing me down,
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I'm going to answer her prayer.
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And then continue
reading there in verse 6 and 7.
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"And the Lord said, Hear
what the unjust judge saith.
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And shall not God
avenge his own elect,
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which cry day
and night unto him,
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though he bear long with them?"
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Okay, so notice that
this lady has a need.
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What is this lady's need?
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To avenger her of her adversary.
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Evidently someone
was persecuting this lady
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and she knew
that it wasn't right
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and so she goes to the
judge, the judge is supposed
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to treat all people
fairly and she goes to the judge
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and this judge says all right,
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I'm just going to
deal with this lady
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because this lady
is driving me crazy.
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And then Jesus says in verse 6,
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Here what the unjust judge says,
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and shall not God
avenge his own elect
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which crying to
him day and night
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though he bear long with them.
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This lady had a need.
When you and I recognize
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our need, when you
and I recognize our need,
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it drives us to pray.
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One of your friends is
in automobile accident.
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What is the first thing you do?
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You pray. An
atheist, an atheist,
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one that does not
even believe in God
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is in a life and
death situation and what is
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the first thing
they do? They pray.
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A need compels us to pray,
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whether we're a believer or not,
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if we've a need
it compel us to pray.
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So in order to pray we
must have a what? A need.
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Let's look at this
again in Matthew Chapter.
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Well, before we go
there I want to focus
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one more part on
this Luke 18:1 through 7.
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Jesus is not comparing
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God with the judge.
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He is contrasting
God with the judge.
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He is not comparing the
two, He is contrasting the two.
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An unjust man
that doesn't fear God
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and doesn't regard
man, or the unjust judge
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doesn't fear God
and doesn't regard man
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wait until somebody annoys
him enough then to help them.
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But then he
contrasts God by saying
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won't he avenge them
how? Speedily, that's right.
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So let's go to
Matthew Chapter 5 and verse 6.
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This is our next reference.
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We're turning to the left there.
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Matthew Chapter 5 and verse 6
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and we will go ahead
and let Anida read this,
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Matthew Chapter 5 and verse 6.
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And this is a promise from Jesus
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and when we see a
promise from Jesus
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what I've done here in my Bible,
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I don't know if you
can see that or not,
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but right there in my
Bible, I've put a P right beside
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that because
that's a promise for me.
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And what does that say Anida.
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"Blessed are they
which do hunger and thirst
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after righteousness
for they shall be filled."
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You ever get so
hungry for something,
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you just can't wait for lunch.
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Yeah, about every day, you know,
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1 o'clock rolls around
and we still got 30 minutes
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and then lunch
comes, Praise the Lord.
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But the Bible says,
"Blessed are they which do
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hunger and thirst
after righteousness."
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Do those people
have a need? Yes.
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And what is the
promise for those people?
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They shall be
filled. So the first part
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of this Bible
said, we're showing that
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a need compels us to pray.
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A need compels us
to pray and that God
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will fill that need.
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Maybe even somebody
in this room has a need.
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Maybe you are here at the
Lay Institute for Evangelism,
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and you came and you
had X amount of funds,
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but those funds would
not carry you all the way
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through to the
end of the course.
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Your need compels you to what?
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Pray. Pray.
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Not only that,
it should compel us
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to action, shouldn't it?
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Maybe you recognize that you
have a struggle in your life.
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You've been
struggling with it for years
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and you can't get passed it.
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You have a what? A need.
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And so what you're going to do?
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Pray. You're going to pray.
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So the first condition is that
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you and I
recognize we've a need.
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That's why
humility is so important,
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because a proud arrogant
person does not recognize
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that they have the what? A need.
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So when we recognize
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we've a need, then we pray.
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We're gonna go now
to our next section.
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We're gonna go to the
section on forgiveness,
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the section on forgiveness.
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You see that in the upper right
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of your screen
there, forgiveness.
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So our third prayer text is
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Psalm 66 verse 18,
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Psalm 66 and verse 18.
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The Bible says here, Psalm 66
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that's in the middle
of the Old Testament,
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well, you may end up in Isaiah
if you just go to the middle,
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but or Ezekiel, you
want to turn to the left
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from those books
and we're in Psalm 66
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and our reference is verse 18.
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What does the Bible say there?
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Why don't we go ahead and
let Vanessa read that for us,
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Psalm 66 verse 18.
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"If I regard
iniquity in my heart,
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the Lord will not hear me."
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What does the Bible say there?
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What does it say?
"If I regard what?
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Iniquity. What is
iniquity? Iniquity is sin.
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If I regard, what is it
mean to regard something?
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To cherish, to
hold it, to like it.
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If I regard or cherish or
enjoy iniquity which is sin,
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what does the Bible say there?
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The Lord cannot hear
me, will not hear me.
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So if you and I are
clinging to something
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that we know to
be wrong and sinful.
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Is it right for us
to go to God and say,
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please give me something else?
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But the Bible says
here that if we regard
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or cherish iniquity
or sin in our lives,
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then God will not hear
us, because what we've done
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is we've put whatever
it is we're cherishing,
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whatever sinful thing that is,
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we've actually
put that above God,
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and God is a very
jealous God, isn't He?
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He is not a tyrant,
don't misunderstand that.
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God is a God that
wants what He deserves,
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and that is the service of love.
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So if you and I
are cherishing iniquity
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in our hearts
maybe we're bitter,
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maybe we're
angry towards someone,
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maybe we need to
ask God to forgive us
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before we ask God
for anything else.
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Let's go to our
next reference here.
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We're going to
Isaiah 59 verses 1 and 2.
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We're still in the
same section on forgiveness.
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We're still in the
same section on forgiveness.
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Isaiah 59 verses 1 and 2.
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You can see that there on
the graphic on your screen,
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Isaiah 59 verses 1 and 2.
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And Roberto, would you
mind reading that for us,
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Isaiah 59 verses 1
and 2, and Roberto,
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his first
language is not English,
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so Roberto always
says that he is focusing on
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pronunciation while he is
trying to look at you at home.
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So he is looking at
you while he is focusing
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on
pronunciation, so you watch him.
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"Behold, the Lord's
hand is not shortened,
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that it cannot
save nor his ear heavy,
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that it cannot
hear, but your iniquities
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have separated
you from your God,
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and your sins have
hidden his face from you,
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so that he will
not hear." Very nice.
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Again a very heavy
text in scripture, isn't it?
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First of all the promise
is made that the Lord's hand
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is not shortened,
that He cannot save,
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nor His ear too
heavy that He cannot hear,
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so again nothing
is impossible for God.
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Matthew 19:26, "With
men this is impossible
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but with God
nothing is impossible".
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So the Lord's hand is not
shortened that He can't save,
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nor His ear too
heavy that He can't hear.
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Then there is this word
but, no it's not but it's,
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and your sins have hid His
face from you that He what?
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Will not hear. So
again when you and I
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cherish iniquity
or sin in our lives.
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What we're doing
as we're putting that
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in the place of God?
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Now does Jesus want
to deliver us from that?
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He certainly does, doesn't He?
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Does Jesus have the
power to deliver us from that?
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Yes. He certainly does.
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Do you and I believe that
He can deliver us from that?
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That's, that's
the crux, isn't it?
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To actually believe
that God can deliver you,
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maybe, maybe you are
addicted to something
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that is destroying the
temple of God, your body.
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Maybe you have a
destructive habit,
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maybe you are just on
the inside angry at someone,
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and you like being angry.
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You like hating that person.
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Now this regarding
iniquity in your heart,
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this isn't talking
about when you and I did
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when we're actually struggling
with the sin in our lives.
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We're actually
wrestling with God,
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help me with this, I
need your help with this,
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I know this isn't
right, I need you to help me.
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God hears our
prayer, doesn't He?
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But when you and I
say, aah, umm, Good morning,
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it's good to see
you at church today.
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I cannot stand that low
down dirty rotten beast.
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We love to hate that
person or we love to be angry,
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or we love something
that we know displeases God.
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The Bible says
that a double minded man
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is unstable in all of his ways.
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I don't wan to be
double minded, do you?
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Maybe it's time you and
I ask God to just give us
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that victory
that's promised in Christ.
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Just read it, it's
in 1 Corinthians 15:57,
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it says that, that
we can have victory
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through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Every one of us
can have victory.
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So the Bible says here
that one of the conditions
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for God hearing our
prayer and answering it
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is that we cannot
regard or cherish sin
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in our lives, is this clear?
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Is it convicting? Sure it is.
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God convicts us when we
study His word, doesn't He?
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Let's go to our next condition.
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And we just talked
about this a moment ago.
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We're gonna go to our
fifth text in the prayer study.
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Our fifth text is
Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 6.
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And we will go
ahead and have Tim,
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why don't you do that for us?
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Tim will read that for us.
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We're going to Hebrews
Chapter 11 and verse 6.
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Hebrews is in the New Testament.
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Hebrews Chapter 11 pass a T
section, is that right, Tim?
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Yes. Okay, I'll get there,
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you can go ahead
if you like. Okay.
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It says, "But without
faith it is impossible
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to please Him, for
He that cometh to God,
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must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder
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of them that
diligently seek him."
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The Bible says there
without faith it is what?
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Impossible to please Him.
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And then it's say
there very interestingly,
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for He that cometh to
God, must believe that He is.
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How else would you come to God
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if you didn't
believe He existed? How else?
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You remember one of the memory,
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the scripture memorizations
that we're doing here
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at the Lay
Institute for Evangelism
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was all that call upon the
name of the Lord will be what?
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Saved. Saved.
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How then shall they call
upon Him in whom they have not?
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Believed. Believed.
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And the Bible says right here,
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but without faith it is
impossible to believe Him
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for He that cometh to
God must believe that He is
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and that He is a
rewarder of them that do what?
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Diligently seek Him.
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So faith, we must have
faith even to pray to God,
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because we've to
believe that God exists
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in order to pray to
Him. Do you see that?
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So is faith necessary to
have our prayers answered?
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Yes.
Absolutely, it is, isn't it?
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And one of the most
awesome thing you can do is
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you can write down
your prayer requests
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and then when God answers those,
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write down the date
that He answered them.
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You know, I shared with you
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that I had written in my Bible,
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I had prayed a
prayer for my son, Jason,
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then I prayed it and I
actually wrote in my Bible
00:22:37.74\00:22:41.12
here in Psalm 37, it says,
00:22:41.13\00:22:43.16
I pray and claim
this for Jason 6/8/2002,
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answered on 6/15/2002.
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So I wrote that I had
prayed a prayer and claim
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the promise from God
and then God answered
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that prayer seven days
later, it's pretty cool.
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Robert, I prayed
that prayer on Sabbath
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and then the next
Sabbath God gave me the answer
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to my prayer, so
it's very powerful.
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So we must believe
that God is a rewarder
00:23:07.08\00:23:09.67
of those that
diligently seek Him.
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So you are
struggling with something,
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you are not cherishing the sin,
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you are struggling with it.
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And you go to God and
you ask God to help you,
00:23:16.28\00:23:19.38
because you
can't do with yourself.
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That requires
faith, that requires faith,
00:23:21.35\00:23:24.42
and will God
give you the victory?
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Oh, yeah, He certainly will.
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Let's go to our next reference,
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Mark the 11th Chapter verse 24.
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Mark Chapter 11 and verse 24.
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We're still on the
condition of faith here.
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Mark, Matthew, Mark,
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the second book
of the New Testament,
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Mark Chapter 11
00:23:43.93\00:23:46.58
and verse 24.
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And we will go
ahead and let our brother
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Bill read this for us.
00:23:53.68\00:23:55.69
So Bill just put that
microphone under your chin,
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not in front of your
mouth but under that chin.
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The Bible says Mark
11:24. "Therefore I say to you,
00:24:00.08\00:24:04.38
"whatever things
you ask when you pray,
00:24:04.39\00:24:06.89
"believe that you receive them,
00:24:06.90\00:24:08.74
and you will have them."
00:24:08.75\00:24:10.74
So what's the
condition there in that verse?
00:24:10.75\00:24:15.17
To believe, it's very plain,
00:24:15.18\00:24:17.83
isn't it, to believe.
00:24:17.84\00:24:21.25
It's says,
therefore, I saying to you,
00:24:21.26\00:24:22.84
whatsoever things
you desire when you pray
00:24:22.85\00:24:26.11
believe that you will receive
them and what's the promise?
00:24:26.12\00:24:30.11
And you will have them.
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Well, we're gonna get to
another reference later on
00:24:31.41\00:24:34.62
in this study that will
show why some of our prayers
00:24:34.63\00:24:37.76
that we
sincerely believe in God,
00:24:37.77\00:24:40.88
we sincerely are
seeking to rid our lives of sin
00:24:40.89\00:24:44.32
through God's power.
00:24:44.33\00:24:45.65
We're sincerely, petitioning
the throne of heaven,
00:24:45.66\00:24:49.00
we prayed our way
through the sanctuary
00:24:49.01\00:24:51.02
and there we're in
the presence of God.
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Why isn't God
answering our prayer
00:24:52.92\00:24:54.30
the way we want Him to answer?
00:24:54.31\00:24:56.70
That's different from
God answering the prayer
00:24:56.71\00:24:59.67
that you pray in the way
that He knows is best, isn't it?
00:24:59.68\00:25:03.82
So here again the condition in
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Mark Chapter 11
verse 24 is what?
00:25:06.94\00:25:10.71
Believe or faith,
that's absolutely right,
00:25:10.72\00:25:14.05
believe or faith,
well, we do not have to turn
00:25:14.06\00:25:16.45
very far to go to
our next reference.
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It's right there in
Mark 11 verse 25 and 26.
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Now this is
probably one of the most
00:25:24.24\00:25:26.69
convicting verses for me.
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Mark Chapter 11
verses 25 and 26.
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There is a condition of
God answering our prayers
00:25:32.47\00:25:36.92
on our willingness
to forgive someone else.
00:25:36.93\00:25:42.49
There is a condition of
God hearing and answering
00:25:42.50\00:25:45.75
our prayers on our willingness
to forgive someone else.
00:25:45.76\00:25:51.14
So we will let Darlene
go ahead and read this,
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Mark Chapter 11, we're
all there verses 25 and 26.
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"And whenever you stand praying,
00:25:58.97\00:26:01.07
"if you have
anything against anybody,
00:26:01.08\00:26:03.43
"forgive him, that
your Father in heaven
00:26:03.44\00:26:06.11
may also forgive
you in your trespasses"
00:26:06.12\00:26:09.42
But if you do not
forgive neither with,
00:26:09.43\00:26:11.61
neither will
your Father in Heaven
00:26:11.62\00:26:13.75
forgive your trespasses.
00:26:13.76\00:26:16.68
Isn't that another
one of those heavy tasks?
00:26:16.69\00:26:19.93
It says when you
stand praying forgive,
00:26:19.94\00:26:24.58
if you have ought against
any that your Father also
00:26:24.59\00:26:29.92
which is in heaven may
forgive you your trespasses.
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That verse right
there tells us that Jesus
00:26:34.46\00:26:38.42
that the Father will
only forgive us to the extent
00:26:38.43\00:26:43.88
and measure that we're
willing to forgive other people.
00:26:43.89\00:26:47.09
You've been hurt by
someone in your life.
00:26:50.25\00:26:55.52
You think about that
particular individual
00:26:55.53\00:26:57.41
and you just think
aah! The Bible says here
00:26:57.42\00:27:03.40
that when we pray that we
need to forgive those people
00:27:03.41\00:27:08.72
that we've ought against.
00:27:08.73\00:27:12.76
Because it says
there in verse 25,
00:27:12.77\00:27:15.36
that your Father
also which is in heaven
00:27:15.37\00:27:21.31
may forgive you your trespasses.
00:27:21.32\00:27:25.40
But you don't
understand what that person
00:27:29.05\00:27:31.30
did to me, Scott.
00:27:31.31\00:27:32.80
You don't
understand what I went through.
00:27:32.81\00:27:35.62
You don't
understand what I put up with.
00:27:35.63\00:27:38.63
You just don't
understand but does God?
00:27:38.64\00:27:43.40
He certainly does.
And wasn't it Jesus?
00:27:43.41\00:27:47.82
When they were putting
the nails into His hands,
00:27:47.83\00:27:52.29
that said, Father
please forgive them,
00:27:52.30\00:27:55.24
because they don't
know what they are doing.
00:27:55.25\00:27:59.65
So the Father is
willing to forgive us.
00:27:59.66\00:28:05.63
Well, the Father wants
to forgive us of everything.
00:28:05.64\00:28:08.42
But He can only
go as far as we're
00:28:08.43\00:28:10.12
willing to
forgive others, can't He?
00:28:10.13\00:28:12.12
Is that what that text says?
00:28:12.13\00:28:13.44
I mean, am I taken
this out of context,
00:28:13.45\00:28:16.37
it's exactly what it says.
00:28:16.38\00:28:18.39
Then verse 26, "But
if you do not forgive
00:28:18.40\00:28:24.37
"neither will your
Father which is in heaven,
00:28:24.38\00:28:27.62
forgive your trespasses."
00:28:27.63\00:28:32.38
It simply can't be any clearer.
00:28:32.39\00:28:35.87
Maybe it's time for us
to make some phone calls.
00:28:35.88\00:28:40.73
Maybe we pray in the morning
00:28:45.24\00:28:47.21
and it feels as if the
thought that we're praying
00:28:47.22\00:28:50.14
or the words that we're
saying are bouncing right off
00:28:50.15\00:28:52.31
of the ceiling and hitting
us right back on the lips
00:28:52.32\00:28:54.72
where the thought
and the words came from.
00:28:54.73\00:28:56.83
Maybe that's
because we're cherishing.
00:29:00.18\00:29:02.20
Something that
somebody has done to us
00:29:05.54\00:29:07.48
and we cherish the
emotion that created in us.
00:29:07.49\00:29:13.47
Didn't Jesus say He
came to give us peace?
00:29:13.48\00:29:19.39
But if you do not
forgive, Mark 11:26,
00:29:19.40\00:29:22.47
neither will your
Father which is in heaven,
00:29:22.48\00:29:24.67
forgive you your trespasses.
00:29:24.68\00:29:27.84
So we see there
Mark 11:25 and 26,
00:29:27.85\00:29:31.20
that we must forgive others
00:29:31.21\00:29:33.16
in order for our
prayer to be heard.
00:29:33.17\00:29:36.25
And we must forgive others
in order for God to forgive us.
00:29:36.26\00:29:40.80
Let's go to our next
reference in this section.
00:29:40.81\00:29:43.20
Matthew Chapter 6 and verse 12,
00:29:43.21\00:29:45.74
so you turn into the left.
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Matthew Chapter 6 and verse 12.
00:29:48.42\00:29:51.94
Matthew Chapter 6 and verse 12,
00:29:51.95\00:29:53.57
and we will let Ms.
Gloria read that for us,
00:29:53.58\00:29:57.82
Matthew Chapter 6 and verse 12.
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Now this is a prayer
that is very familiar to us.
00:30:01.68\00:30:04.38
Jesus is
teaching us how to pray.
00:30:04.39\00:30:06.51
This is the Lord's
Prayer and Jesus says
00:30:06.52\00:30:09.13
something very interesting
00:30:09.14\00:30:10.56
in the middle of
the Lord's Prayer.
00:30:10.57\00:30:12.14
Matthew Chapter 6
and verse 12, Ms. Gloria.
00:30:12.15\00:30:15.90
You want to pick up
that microphone there?
00:30:15.91\00:30:19.16
That will help us all, we
able to hear you a lot better.
00:30:19.17\00:30:25.02
"And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors."
00:30:25.03\00:30:31.02
Jesus taught us to pray Father,
00:30:31.03\00:30:34.80
forgive us to the extent
00:30:34.81\00:30:38.24
that we will forgive others.
00:30:38.25\00:30:41.25
Isn't that what He says there?
00:30:41.26\00:30:42.61
Isn't it hard
sometimes to forgive somebody
00:30:45.76\00:30:48.67
that has just done you so wrong?
00:30:48.68\00:30:51.04
Yet the more of
Christ that lives in us,
00:30:54.47\00:30:59.11
the more of His love we
will be willing to show,
00:30:59.12\00:31:03.75
and the more we
will be willing to say
00:31:03.76\00:31:05.22
just like He did.
Father forgive them,
00:31:05.23\00:31:08.57
because they don't
know what they are doing.
00:31:08.58\00:31:10.96
They don't know
how much this hurts me.
00:31:10.97\00:31:15.38
Maybe we've experienced that,
00:31:15.39\00:31:18.51
and it's time for us to
go to God and make it right
00:31:18.52\00:31:21.68
with Him of course and
then to go to that individual
00:31:21.69\00:31:24.50
and make it
right with that person.
00:31:24.51\00:31:28.03
Let's go to our next,
our next section here.
00:31:28.04\00:31:33.12
James Chapter 5 and verse 16.
00:31:33.13\00:31:36.20
This is under the
section called "Perseverance."
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This is under the
section called Perseverance,
00:31:39.78\00:31:41.72
so we're in James
the fifth chapter.
00:31:41.73\00:31:44.01
Now, how do I find
James, let's see Daniel,
00:31:44.02\00:31:47.13
tell me how to find James?
00:31:47.14\00:31:48.27
Pick that microphone up
and tell me, I'm in Matthew.
00:31:48.28\00:31:50.77
Where do I need to
go? Help me get there.
00:31:50.78\00:31:56.74
Now you can go ahead and
look in front of your Bible,
00:31:56.75\00:31:58.47
that's perfectly fine
because for those of us
00:31:58.48\00:32:00.68
here in the class room,
for those of us at home,
00:32:00.69\00:32:03.07
if we don't know
where our book is,
00:32:03.08\00:32:05.07
all we've to do is open our
Bibles to the very front part
00:32:05.08\00:32:09.30
of our Bibles and there
we've the table of contents
00:32:09.31\00:32:13.13
and we're going to the
New Testament book of James
00:32:13.14\00:32:16.14
but we're in
Hebrew, we're in Matthew.
00:32:16.15\00:32:18.93
So Dania, why don't you
now, that you have that open,
00:32:18.94\00:32:21.54
why don't you tell me
which direction I need to go.
00:32:21.55\00:32:24.40
You need to go towards the back
00:32:24.41\00:32:25.95
of the Bible pass the T section.
00:32:25.96\00:32:27.99
To the back of the Bible
pass the T section, very good.
00:32:28.00\00:32:30.46
Did you hear that?
The back of the Bible
00:32:30.47\00:32:32.37
pass the T section
and once I get pass
00:32:32.38\00:32:34.24
the T section what do I do?
00:32:34.25\00:32:36.50
Go pass Philemon and
Hebrews that's after Hebrews.
00:32:36.51\00:32:40.24
Okay, you know,
I didn't even see,
00:32:40.25\00:32:41.64
what did you say,
Philemon, is that what you said,
00:32:41.65\00:32:43.23
I didn't see that one,
but I do see James now.
00:32:43.24\00:32:45.23
So thank you very much.
00:32:45.24\00:32:46.66
Okay, so we're in
James Chapter 5 verse 16,
00:32:46.67\00:32:50.41
and what does
the Bible say there?
00:32:50.42\00:32:52.91
"Confess your
faults one to another,
00:32:52.92\00:32:55.01
and pray one for
another, that ye may be healed.
00:32:55.02\00:32:58.32
The effectual fervent prayer
00:32:58.33\00:32:59.53
of a righteous
man availeth much."
00:32:59.54\00:33:01.74
The effectual fervent prayer
00:33:01.75\00:33:05.82
of a righteous man avails much.
00:33:05.83\00:33:11.23
How long has it been?
00:33:11.24\00:33:13.21
Now we're learning here at
the Lay Institute for Evangelism
00:33:13.22\00:33:16.10
how to be a better soul winner.
00:33:16.11\00:33:17.99
How long has it been
since you went to your knees
00:33:18.00\00:33:20.99
and you literally
begged God to save someone.
00:33:21.00\00:33:26.89
You literally
begged God to produce fruit
00:33:26.90\00:33:30.42
in that individual's life.
00:33:30.43\00:33:33.34
The Bible says here the
prayer that avails much,
00:33:33.35\00:33:36.92
the prayer that
results with much fruit
00:33:36.93\00:33:40.70
is the fervent prayer?
00:33:40.71\00:33:44.98
You know, I was doing Bible work
00:33:44.99\00:33:46.19
with somebody once,
it was in New Mexico.
00:33:46.20\00:33:50.96
And I said on the way to
one of our Bible studies,
00:33:50.97\00:33:54.04
I said, you know, we
need to pray for the people
00:33:54.05\00:33:55.63
that we're going
to study with again,
00:33:55.64\00:33:57.50
and they said, well,
why should we pray again?
00:33:57.51\00:34:00.32
We just finished praying,
why should we pray again?
00:34:00.33\00:34:03.74
Well, the Bible says
the effectual fervent prayer
00:34:03.75\00:34:07.05
of a righteous man avails much.
00:34:07.06\00:34:09.46
So can we pray
for someone too much?
00:34:09.47\00:34:11.93
Certainly can't, can we?
00:34:11.94\00:34:13.32
You know, even in 1st
Samuel Chapter 12 verse 23,
00:34:13.33\00:34:16.77
Samuel says, God
forbid that I should sin
00:34:16.78\00:34:19.38
against the Lord in
ceasing to pray for you.
00:34:19.39\00:34:24.76
So the Bible tells us that
we should be praying for others
00:34:24.77\00:34:28.52
and the prayer that avails
much is the fervent prayer.
00:34:28.53\00:34:34.43
So let's go to
our next slide there.
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Our next slide is
Psalm 55 verse 17.
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Psalm 55 verse 17,
and we're gonna see
00:34:41.99\00:34:45.09
how often God bless you.
00:34:45.10\00:34:46.69
We're gonna see
how often David prayed.
00:34:46.70\00:34:50.20
Psalm 55 verse 17, so
we're all just turning there
00:34:50.21\00:34:54.06
to the left going
to the Old Testament.
00:34:54.07\00:34:58.34
Psalm, the 55th Psalm and verse,
00:34:58.35\00:35:03.50
Psalm 55 and verse 17.
00:35:03.51\00:35:05.43
Let me tell you something
about the book of Psalms.
00:35:05.44\00:35:07.92
I was doing an evangelistic
meeting in Sheridan, Oregon
00:35:07.93\00:35:10.41
and Pastor Ron
Weiner, he still there.
00:35:10.42\00:35:12.90
He told me, he said,
Scott, we're not going to
00:35:12.91\00:35:14.77
Psalms 55:17. I
said, what do you mean?
00:35:14.78\00:35:19.19
He said, well, Psalms is plural.
00:35:19.20\00:35:21.91
It is a book of Psalms but
we're going to the 55th Psalm,
00:35:21.92\00:35:27.32
so here we're in
Psalm 55 verse 17.
00:35:27.33\00:35:31.66
I've never
forgotten that he told me that
00:35:31.67\00:35:33.38
and I teach it everywhere I go.
00:35:33.39\00:35:34.64
What does David say, Mike,
00:35:34.65\00:35:36.31
what does he say
there in Psalm 55:17?
00:35:36.32\00:35:39.22
"Evening, and
morning, and at noon
00:35:39.23\00:35:41.02
will I pray and cry aloud,
and He shall hear my voice."
00:35:41.03\00:35:45.53
Was David a prayer? Yes.
00:35:45.54\00:35:47.90
He was a prayer.
How often did David say
00:35:47.91\00:35:49.89
that he cried unto the Lord?
00:35:49.90\00:35:51.63
Three times. When did he start?
00:35:51.64\00:35:56.94
Evening and morning and noon,
isn't that very interesting?
00:35:56.95\00:36:00.95
You remember our
Bible study on the Sabbath.
00:36:00.96\00:36:03.24
When does the Sabbath
begin? In the evening.
00:36:03.25\00:36:07.12
The day begins, the new
day begins in the evening.
00:36:07.13\00:36:10.75
We got that from Genesis.
00:36:10.76\00:36:12.12
The evening and the
morning with the first day,
00:36:12.13\00:36:14.03
evening and the
morning with the second day,
00:36:14.04\00:36:15.76
evening and the
morning with the third day,
00:36:15.77\00:36:17.36
and David here just
iterates that in a different way
00:36:17.37\00:36:20.22
when he is talking
about prayer and David says,
00:36:20.23\00:36:22.93
evening when the day
begins, morning when I wake up,
00:36:22.94\00:36:26.13
and noon in the
middle of the day,
00:36:26.14\00:36:28.05
I cry unto the Lord.
00:36:28.06\00:36:31.82
Wasn't it Daniel,
in the Book of Daniel
00:36:31.83\00:36:34.77
that pray to the
Lord three times a day
00:36:34.78\00:36:37.37
out of his window, but
then he got in trouble for that.
00:36:37.38\00:36:40.93
You may get in
trouble with the world
00:36:40.94\00:36:42.27
for praying too much.
00:36:42.28\00:36:44.11
But you don't get in
trouble with the Lord
00:36:44.12\00:36:45.46
for praying too much,
because the Lord saved
00:36:45.47\00:36:47.46
him from the lions,
didn't He? Very nice.
00:36:47.47\00:36:50.36
So the Bible tells us that
the effectual fervent prayers,
00:36:50.37\00:36:54.06
so we must
persevere in our prayers.
00:36:54.07\00:36:58.84
We will go to our
next reference which is
00:36:58.85\00:37:01.35
Philippians
Chapter 4 and verse 6.
00:37:01.36\00:37:04.31
What is it that we
tell, that we can tell God?
00:37:04.32\00:37:09.01
What are the things
that we can share with God
00:37:09.02\00:37:11.83
and Philippians
Chapter 4 verse 6
00:37:11.84\00:37:13.84
is going to help
us understand that.
00:37:13.85\00:37:16.77
Philippians, of course,
is in the New Testament,
00:37:16.78\00:37:18.79
you go pass the
gospels, pass Romans,
00:37:18.80\00:37:21.54
pass Corinthians,
pass go eat popcorn,
00:37:21.55\00:37:25.55
Galatians, Ephesians,
Philippians, Colossians,
00:37:25.56\00:37:28.68
and we're going, well,
I guess you don't go pass
00:37:28.69\00:37:31.55
Philippians because
that's where we're going.
00:37:31.56\00:37:33.32
Philippians Chapter 4,
uh, put your breaks on,
00:37:33.33\00:37:36.17
Philippians
Chapter 4 and verse 6.
00:37:36.18\00:37:40.38
And we will go to
those song for that.
00:37:40.39\00:37:42.85
Philippians
Chapter 4 and verse 6,
00:37:42.86\00:37:45.59
what does that say
Dilzon, "Be careful for nothing
00:37:45.60\00:37:51.30
but in every thing by
prayer and supplication
00:37:51.31\00:37:53.61
with
thanksgiving let your requests
00:37:53.62\00:37:56.37
be made known unto God."
00:37:56.38\00:37:58.46
Now I want you
to notice something
00:37:58.47\00:37:59.65
that happen to Dilzon there.
00:37:59.66\00:38:01.33
You may loose your
place when you are making
00:38:01.34\00:38:03.92
eye contact while you read.
00:38:03.93\00:38:05.30
This is a
learning moment for us.
00:38:05.31\00:38:07.06
You may lose eye contact
while you are looking up,
00:38:07.07\00:38:09.71
or you may loose
your place while you are
00:38:09.72\00:38:11.42
looking up to make eye contact.
00:38:11.43\00:38:12.85
And he did exactly
what he was trying to do.
00:38:12.86\00:38:15.24
You don't have to apologize,
you don't have to say, uh,
00:38:15.25\00:38:17.38
I lost my place.
You just simply pause,
00:38:17.39\00:38:20.52
you look, and then
you continue reading,
00:38:20.53\00:38:22.90
so you did very well.
00:38:22.91\00:38:24.22
So the Bible says, now we will
focus on what the text said.
00:38:24.23\00:38:27.51
The Bible says in Ephesians
Chapter, Philippians 4:6,
00:38:27.52\00:38:31.18
"Be careful for
nothing but in every thing
00:38:31.19\00:38:35.09
by prayer and
supplication, in what?
00:38:35.10\00:38:38.66
Everything by what?
00:38:38.67\00:38:41.46
Prayer and
supplication, let your requests
00:38:41.47\00:38:46.10
be made known unto God.
00:38:46.11\00:38:49.94
You know what this means, Bill?
00:38:49.95\00:38:51.47
This means that you and I
can ask the God for anything.
00:38:51.48\00:38:56.19
You want a-- Now somebody,
00:38:56.20\00:38:58.52
maybe we get a
letter on this one.
00:38:58.53\00:39:00.03
Somebody you may want a red
Porsche car with tan interior.
00:39:00.04\00:39:05.89
Can you ask God for that?
00:39:05.90\00:39:08.61
You can suddenly
asking, can't you?
00:39:08.62\00:39:10.93
You can ask God for anything.
00:39:10.94\00:39:13.07
The Bible says right
there, "Be careful for nothing,
00:39:13.08\00:39:18.13
but in everything by
prayer and supplication
00:39:18.14\00:39:20.49
with thanksgiving let your
request be made known to God.
00:39:20.50\00:39:23.99
How can you pray
with thanksgiving
00:39:24.00\00:39:26.73
if you haven't even received
what you're praying for?
00:39:26.74\00:39:30.36
Faith, because you
believe without faith
00:39:30.37\00:39:32.08
it is impossible to
believe, to please Him.
00:39:32.09\00:39:34.77
For He that cometh to
God, must believe that He is,
00:39:34.78\00:39:38.09
and that He is a rewarder of
them that diligently seek Him.
00:39:38.10\00:39:43.25
That's one of our
texts that we just went over.
00:39:43.26\00:39:46.66
Be careful for
nothing but in everything
00:39:46.67\00:39:50.45
by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving
00:39:50.46\00:39:53.14
let your requests
be made known unto God.
00:39:53.15\00:39:57.82
You and I can ask God
00:39:57.83\00:40:00.85
for anything, for anything.
00:40:00.86\00:40:05.44
But we must
believe and trust that God
00:40:05.45\00:40:09.25
will give us only that
00:40:09.26\00:40:11.48
which will
benefit us for eternity,
00:40:11.49\00:40:15.93
only that which will
benefit us for eternity.
00:40:15.94\00:40:20.34
One of the reasons that we
do not ask God for things is
00:40:20.35\00:40:24.97
because we're not used
to asking God for things.
00:40:24.98\00:40:29.10
You know, when I was growing up,
00:40:29.11\00:40:30.71
Shalida I could go
to my dad and I can say,
00:40:30.72\00:40:32.95
hey dad, you know, I
need a couple of bucks,
00:40:32.96\00:40:34.44
I want to go to
Zippy Mart, get some candy.
00:40:34.45\00:40:36.57
Okay, and he would
give me a couple of bucks.
00:40:36.58\00:40:38.59
Dad, I want to get
some peanut butter crackers,
00:40:38.60\00:40:40.45
can you give some change, sure,
00:40:40.46\00:40:42.08
he would give me some change.
00:40:42.09\00:40:43.78
Then I got older and
I would say to my dad,
00:40:43.79\00:40:46.15
Jessica I would say,
dad, I need some money for gas
00:40:46.16\00:40:50.41
in the car, and
so he would give me
00:40:50.42\00:40:52.67
some money for gas in the car.
00:40:52.68\00:40:54.10
Did you give it to
me all the time? No.
00:40:54.11\00:40:55.69
Did he give it to me
a lot of the time? Yes.
00:40:55.70\00:40:58.81
Or I would go to mom, mom
I need money for so and so.
00:40:58.82\00:41:02.76
I was used to asking
my parents for money.
00:41:02.77\00:41:06.66
It was very easy
to go to my parents
00:41:06.67\00:41:08.90
and ask them for money.
00:41:08.91\00:41:10.13
Now I would
basically like every cupboard
00:41:10.14\00:41:14.96
in my house get bared
before I call my parents
00:41:14.97\00:41:17.92
and asked them for money.
00:41:17.93\00:41:19.08
Now that
doesn't happen any more.
00:41:19.09\00:41:20.75
It used to
happen, but Lord's been
00:41:20.76\00:41:22.50
very gracious to us in our home.
00:41:22.51\00:41:25.60
But notice the Bible
says here that we can ask
00:41:25.61\00:41:30.09
God for anything,
but the reason you and I
00:41:30.10\00:41:33.66
are not
petitioning the throne of God
00:41:33.67\00:41:35.65
with fervent prayer is because
00:41:35.66\00:41:39.58
when we're not used
to ask Him for things.
00:41:39.59\00:41:42.50
It's not easy for
me to go to my parents
00:41:42.51\00:41:44.10
and ask them for money now,
because I'm out of that habit.
00:41:44.11\00:41:48.68
But God wants to be our God.
00:41:48.69\00:41:51.68
He wants to be
our Heavenly Father.
00:41:51.69\00:41:54.78
He wants to us to come to Him,
00:41:54.79\00:41:56.81
don't be careful in any of it,
00:41:56.82\00:41:58.42
just say God would
you provide this for me.
00:41:58.43\00:42:01.47
I believe you will do
it. Thank you for doing it.
00:42:01.48\00:42:05.05
And I am going to
put it in your hands.
00:42:05.06\00:42:06.31
If you know it's best
for me, I will take it.
00:42:06.32\00:42:08.99
Otherwise, I will leave it.
00:42:09.00\00:42:11.32
We see this principle
here in Matthew Chapter 4,
00:42:11.33\00:42:15.88
isn't that our next
reference there, no.
00:42:15.89\00:42:17.83
James Chapter 4 verse 3.
00:42:17.84\00:42:19.72
James Chapter 4, so
we're in Philippians,
00:42:19.73\00:42:22.00
we're turning to
James Chapter 4 and verse 3.
00:42:22.01\00:42:26.32
So James we've
already been there once
00:42:26.33\00:42:28.81
and Danielle taught us
how to get that very easily,
00:42:28.82\00:42:32.04
James Chapter 4 verse 3.
00:42:32.05\00:42:36.53
Oh, let's start with
verse 2, verses 2 and 3.
00:42:36.54\00:42:39.34
So Jessica, can
you read that for us?
00:42:39.35\00:42:42.03
James Chapter 4 verses 2 and 3,
00:42:42.04\00:42:45.97
and make sure we've
eye contact with you.
00:42:45.98\00:42:49.91
"You want what you don't have,
00:42:49.92\00:42:51.73
"so you scheme
and kill to get it.
00:42:51.74\00:42:54.44
"You are jealous
for what others have,
00:42:54.45\00:42:57.17
"and you can't possess
it, so you fight and quarrel
00:42:57.18\00:43:01.67
"to take it away from them.
00:43:01.68\00:43:04.48
"And yet the reason you
don't have what you want
00:43:04.49\00:43:07.25
"is that you
don't ask God for it.
00:43:07.26\00:43:11.03
"And even when you
do ask, you don't get it
00:43:11.04\00:43:13.57
"because your
whole motive is wrong.
00:43:13.58\00:43:16.45
You want only what
will give you pleasure."
00:43:16.46\00:43:21.58
Isn't that powerful?
00:43:21.59\00:43:22.68
You have not the Old
King James version said,
00:43:22.69\00:43:26.48
because you ask
not and then it says,
00:43:26.49\00:43:30.46
you ask and receive
not because you ask amiss
00:43:30.47\00:43:36.34
or you ask
according to her version,
00:43:36.35\00:43:38.70
you ask for the wrong
motive that you may consume it
00:43:38.71\00:43:43.52
upon your own pleasure.
00:43:43.53\00:43:46.14
What version were
you reading from there?
00:43:46.15\00:43:48.82
In out the New
Living Translation.
00:43:48.83\00:43:51.63
It said, you do not
get anything because
00:43:51.64\00:43:54.00
you don't ask for and
then when you do ask for,
00:43:54.01\00:43:56.33
you ask for the
wrong motivation.
00:43:56.34\00:43:59.39
Oh, Lord, please help me
to get a million dollars.
00:43:59.40\00:44:04.58
I've always wanted to
go to school in helicopter.
00:44:04.59\00:44:09.38
Means, you ever have
those kind of dreams or visions.
00:44:09.39\00:44:11.64
Wouldn't it be cool
if I didn't have to rush
00:44:11.65\00:44:14.59
through breakfast,
so that my helicopter
00:44:14.60\00:44:16.62
could just take me
to school that fast.
00:44:16.63\00:44:18.68
You know, I used to,
00:44:18.69\00:44:19.66
I used to pray for
those kind of things.
00:44:19.67\00:44:23.04
The Lord knew I
didn't need it because
00:44:23.05\00:44:24.64
I still don't
have it, so anyway.
00:44:24.65\00:44:27.91
The Bible says here
that we do not have things,
00:44:27.92\00:44:31.54
because we ask for
it for the wrong reason.
00:44:31.55\00:44:34.83
God is the one
that reads our heart,
00:44:34.84\00:44:36.85
He knows our
motives, and He is the one
00:44:36.86\00:44:39.37
that will decide
whether we get it or not,
00:44:39.38\00:44:42.20
but our motive
is the key to them.
00:44:42.21\00:44:44.49
Let's go to our
next section here
00:44:44.50\00:44:48.57
"Unselfish asking."
00:44:48.58\00:44:51.07
Isn't that what we
just notice there in
00:44:51.08\00:44:52.99
James Chapter 4 verse 3 that
we asked for the wrong reason?
00:44:53.00\00:44:56.33
We're gonna see this
again in unselfish asking.
00:44:56.34\00:45:00.54
We just did, didn't we?
00:45:00.55\00:45:01.78
That's the same--no, James 4:3.
00:45:01.79\00:45:04.79
So there we go, now we will go
00:45:04.80\00:45:05.83
to our next text
which is Matthew 7 verse 7.
00:45:05.84\00:45:08.80
We did that already, didn't we?
00:45:08.81\00:45:10.33
No. No we didn't.
00:45:10.34\00:45:11.51
Okay, praise the Lord, we're
all caught up with each other.
00:45:11.52\00:45:13.69
Let's go to Matthew
Chapter 7 and verse 7.
00:45:13.70\00:45:18.04
And I love this principle here.
00:45:18.05\00:45:19.74
It's very plain, it's very easy,
00:45:19.75\00:45:21.51
it's very simple,
Matthew Chapter 7 verse 7.
00:45:21.52\00:45:25.13
And what does
scripture say there, Tim?
00:45:25.14\00:45:29.01
It says "Ask and it
shall be given to you,
00:45:29.02\00:45:32.61
seek and you shall find,
00:45:32.62\00:45:34.70
knock and it shall
be open on to you."
00:45:34.71\00:45:37.83
So the Bible tells
us simply to do what?
00:45:37.84\00:45:40.66
Ask. Ask to do what?
00:45:40.67\00:45:42.93
Ask. Ask.
00:45:42.94\00:45:44.28
Why don't we receive
things when we ask for them?
00:45:44.29\00:45:48.76
We ask for the wrong motive.
00:45:48.77\00:45:51.85
So we can ask all day
long for that red Porsche
00:45:51.86\00:45:55.16
that has tan
interior or a helicopter,
00:45:55.17\00:45:59.56
that's right,but if it's
not for our best interest,
00:45:59.57\00:46:04.75
will God give it to us? No.
00:46:04.76\00:46:07.43
God is not a pawn in our hands.
00:46:07.44\00:46:12.08
You and I cannot go
to the Bible and demand
00:46:12.09\00:46:15.40
that God do something,
because God will give to us
00:46:15.41\00:46:21.37
what He knows is best for us.
00:46:21.38\00:46:23.25
But God wants to be made.
00:46:23.26\00:46:25.77
Well, God knows that
He is our Heavenly Father.
00:46:25.78\00:46:28.22
But you and I
need to recognize Him
00:46:28.23\00:46:30.60
as our Heavenly Father.
00:46:30.61\00:46:32.55
And so we go to Him
and it maybe difficult.
00:46:32.56\00:46:35.02
Some of us maybe physicians.
00:46:35.03\00:46:36.93
We may have a job that allows us
00:46:36.94\00:46:39.91
to have anything we want.
00:46:39.92\00:46:43.95
Yet we still must be
dependent on Jesus, mustn't we?
00:46:43.96\00:46:49.89
Some of us may own a
very successful business
00:46:49.90\00:46:53.87
and we maybe able to
get anything we want,
00:46:53.88\00:46:58.16
yet who is that
we've to depend on?
00:46:58.17\00:47:01.19
Jesus, because who gave us
00:47:01.20\00:47:02.89
that ability to get that wealth.
00:47:02.90\00:47:05.69
Jesus did,
that's absolutely right.
00:47:05.70\00:47:08.40
So here we're.
We're in Matthew 7:7,
00:47:08.41\00:47:10.84
the principle is ask.
00:47:10.85\00:47:13.66
But we must ask for
an unselfish purpose,
00:47:13.67\00:47:19.36
an unselfish purpose.
00:47:19.37\00:47:21.07
Let's go now, let's
go to our next reference
00:47:21.08\00:47:24.49
which is actually
our last reference.
00:47:24.50\00:47:27.60
We're going now to 1st
John Chapter 5 verses 14 and 15,
00:47:27.61\00:47:33.57
1st John Chapter
5 verses 14 and 15,
00:47:33.58\00:47:36.51
and we're going to notice that
00:47:36.52\00:47:37.86
we must ask
according to God's will.
00:47:37.87\00:47:41.67
So we're going now to Shalida.
00:47:41.68\00:47:43.61
Shalida will
read for us, 1st John,
00:47:43.62\00:47:45.65
but Shalida I need
you to help me get there.
00:47:45.66\00:47:48.23
I have closed my Bible
00:47:48.24\00:47:49.37
and I just have no
clue how to get there.
00:47:49.38\00:47:53.32
You go to the last
book which is Revelation.
00:47:53.33\00:47:54.97
Okay, Revelation. Got
I, I'm in Revelation 13.
00:47:54.98\00:47:57.78
Go to the left. To the left.
00:47:57.79\00:48:00.65
Pass Jude. Pass Jude.
00:48:00.66\00:48:02.52
You see 3rd John.
00:48:02.53\00:48:04.98
Jude is a small book, isn't it?
00:48:04.99\00:48:06.37
Yes, it is. Okay, I just passed,
00:48:06.38\00:48:08.22
I am in 3rd John. Second John.
00:48:08.23\00:48:10.79
I am in second.
00:48:10.80\00:48:12.18
And you should see 1st
John Chapter 5 on this page.
00:48:12.19\00:48:15.04
I do, I do 1st
John Chapter 5 verses,
00:48:15.05\00:48:20.01
what verse did you
say? Fourteen and fifteen.
00:48:20.02\00:48:22.46
Fourteen and fifteen, all right.
00:48:22.47\00:48:25.60
"And this is the
confidence that we've in Him,
00:48:25.61\00:48:28.54
that if we ask
anything according to his will,
00:48:28.55\00:48:31.52
he heareth us." And
what's the condition
00:48:31.53\00:48:34.13
for Him to hear us?
Ask according to His will.
00:48:34.14\00:48:37.00
What does that mean we
must be willing to do, Shalida?
00:48:37.01\00:48:41.18
I'm sorry. What does that mean
00:48:41.19\00:48:42.39
that we must be willing to do?
00:48:42.40\00:48:43.72
If we ask according to
God's will then we must be what?
00:48:43.73\00:48:49.04
We must be willing to
accept His answer to our prayer,
00:48:49.05\00:48:53.94
is that right? Yes.
00:48:53.95\00:48:55.73
Okay, keep reading.
00:48:55.74\00:48:57.37
"And if we know that he hear us,
00:48:57.38\00:48:59.28
whatsoever we
ask, we know that we've
00:48:59.29\00:49:01.86
the petitions that
we desired of him."
00:49:01.87\00:49:05.71
So the Bible says
there 1st John 5:14,
00:49:05.72\00:49:09.33
this is the
confidence that we've in Him
00:49:09.34\00:49:14.05
that if we ask
anything according to His will,
00:49:14.06\00:49:18.68
He does what? He hears us.
00:49:18.69\00:49:21.84
So for the individual
that got little uptight
00:49:21.85\00:49:25.49
when we were over there
in Isaiah 59 verses 1 and 2,
00:49:25.50\00:49:29.05
where it says that
God will not hear us.
00:49:29.06\00:49:33.07
For the person that got
uptight there, it says here.
00:49:33.08\00:49:36.95
If we ask anything
according to His will,
00:49:36.96\00:49:39.51
so let's suppose
that you are a sinner,
00:49:39.52\00:49:42.39
you are living like a Hagen.
00:49:42.40\00:49:44.24
You have
absolutely no interest in God
00:49:44.25\00:49:46.56
and all the sudden a
tragedy happens in your life,
00:49:46.57\00:49:49.88
and then you begin to pray.
00:49:49.89\00:49:52.62
Is it God's will
that you pray to Him.
00:49:52.63\00:49:55.58
So will He hear you? Absolutely!
00:49:55.59\00:49:59.12
So when we pray
something according to His will.
00:49:59.13\00:50:02.00
These are not
words that are attached
00:50:02.01\00:50:05.48
to the end of a prayer.
00:50:05.49\00:50:08.88
These are not
words that are attached
00:50:08.89\00:50:11.01
according to your will, amen.
00:50:11.02\00:50:12.96
These are not
words that are attached
00:50:12.97\00:50:14.58
to the end of a prayer.
00:50:14.59\00:50:16.30
These are words that we live by.
00:50:16.31\00:50:22.30
And the only way to
have eternal life is,
00:50:22.31\00:50:25.80
well, it's right there
in 1st John 5 verse 11,
00:50:25.81\00:50:28.67
it says, and this is the
record that God has given
00:50:28.68\00:50:32.66
to us eternal life, and
this life is in his Son.
00:50:32.67\00:50:37.16
He that hath the Son, hath life.
00:50:37.17\00:50:39.93
And he that hath not the
Son of God hath not life.
00:50:39.94\00:50:44.74
So the only way to
have life is to have
00:50:44.75\00:50:47.40
the word of life
or Jesus living in us.
00:50:47.41\00:50:50.72
So when we pray
according to God's will,
00:50:50.73\00:50:53.20
you and I--Now this,
it's not a book of magic,
00:50:53.21\00:50:56.04
don't misunderstand,
but we can go through here
00:50:56.05\00:50:58.71
and we can find promises
and we can claim those promises.
00:50:58.72\00:51:03.43
Let's go to our
promise right now.
00:51:03.44\00:51:05.21
Maybe we were
angry with someone,
00:51:05.22\00:51:08.09
maybe we just don't see
how God is going to get us
00:51:08.10\00:51:11.08
through this financial
situation that we are in.
00:51:11.09\00:51:14.78
Let's go to
Philippians Chapter 4,
00:51:14.79\00:51:17.59
Philippians
Chapter 4 and verse 19.
00:51:17.60\00:51:22.12
We're struggling,
we're struggling financially.
00:51:22.13\00:51:24.74
We don't know how
are we going to make it.
00:51:24.75\00:51:26.44
We don't know how our
bills are going to be paid,
00:51:26.45\00:51:29.06
and we're praying.
00:51:29.07\00:51:30.67
And now we're
going to pray a prayer
00:51:30.68\00:51:32.50
that is according to God's will,
00:51:32.51\00:51:34.57
because God has said it.
00:51:34.58\00:51:38.44
If God says it
then we can pray it
00:51:38.45\00:51:40.52
and we will know that it
is according to God's will.
00:51:40.53\00:51:42.83
So Anida, can you read for us
00:51:42.84\00:51:44.56
Philippians
Chapter 4 and verse 19
00:51:44.57\00:51:50.55
Philippians
Chapter 4 and verse 19.
00:51:50.56\00:51:55.05
"But my God shall
surely supply all your need,
00:51:55.06\00:51:58.05
according to his riches
in glory by Jesus Christ."
00:51:58.06\00:52:02.57
So if we go to
God and we say God
00:52:02.58\00:52:06.34
you've already promised me this.
00:52:06.35\00:52:09.72
You've already promised
this to be a reality for me.
00:52:09.73\00:52:12.97
I'm going through
foreclosure on my house.
00:52:12.98\00:52:15.50
I lost my jobs six months ago.
00:52:15.51\00:52:19.18
My wife hasn't worked,
because she has been at home
00:52:19.19\00:52:21.74
with our kids, but
you have promised me in
00:52:21.75\00:52:25.40
Philippians 4:19,
you've said to me,
00:52:25.41\00:52:29.32
my God shall
supply all of my need
00:52:29.33\00:52:32.81
according to His riches
in glory by Christ Jesus.
00:52:32.82\00:52:37.50
Is it God's will to
supply all of your needs?
00:52:37.51\00:52:42.56
Absolutely. Now
God in His ultimate,
00:52:42.57\00:52:46.74
ultimate vision of things.
00:52:46.75\00:52:50.12
God knows whether or not,
00:52:50.13\00:52:53.48
it is for our best
interest that we keep our house.
00:52:53.49\00:52:59.32
God knows whether or not
it's for a best interest,
00:52:59.33\00:53:02.24
maybe our money
was creating idols
00:53:02.25\00:53:06.05
that we loved more than God.
00:53:06.06\00:53:10.33
Maybe our job gave us
a false sense of security
00:53:10.34\00:53:14.76
rather than us
depending on Jesus.
00:53:14.77\00:53:19.67
We can go to the word of God.
00:53:19.68\00:53:21.56
Turn to 2nd
Peter, turn to 2nd Peter.
00:53:21.57\00:53:25.39
I want you to see this,
00:53:25.40\00:53:26.47
2nd Peter Chapter 1 and verse 4,
00:53:26.48\00:53:30.62
2nd Peter, the first
Chapter and the fourth verse.
00:53:30.63\00:53:36.27
What we're doing here
is we're praying things
00:53:36.28\00:53:38.24
according to God's will
00:53:38.25\00:53:39.74
and notice what
the Bible says here.
00:53:39.75\00:53:41.31
We will go ahead and
let Tom read this for us.
00:53:41.32\00:53:44.23
Second Peter
Chapter one and verse four.
00:53:44.24\00:53:48.08
Speaking about promises,
so I'm going to interrupt you
00:53:48.09\00:53:50.26
in this Tom, so just be
prepared for that, okay.
00:53:50.27\00:53:53.76
"By which have been
given to us exceedingly
00:53:53.77\00:53:57.41
great and precious promises"
00:53:57.42\00:54:00.35
You want me to interrupt
you right now I'll do it.
00:54:00.36\00:54:02.29
Okay, that's a good time,
Tom say, interrupt me now.
00:54:02.30\00:54:04.90
Whereby are given
unto us exceeding great
00:54:04.91\00:54:06.72
and precious promises, Tom,
00:54:06.73\00:54:07.97
where are God exceeding great
and precious promises found?
00:54:07.98\00:54:12.15
In His word. In His word.
00:54:12.16\00:54:13.50
All right, keep reading.
00:54:13.51\00:54:17.56
That through these--
That though these, what Tom?
00:54:17.57\00:54:20.75
You promises. You promises,
00:54:20.76\00:54:23.55
God's promises, right?
00:54:23.56\00:54:26.09
That through these
promises what does it say?
00:54:26.10\00:54:29.11
You may be partakers of the
00:54:29.12\00:54:34.16
divine nature, having
escaped the corruption
00:54:34.17\00:54:38.46
that is in the
world through lust.
00:54:38.47\00:54:41.17
Isn't that a
powerful thing there?
00:54:41.18\00:54:42.98
The Bible says that we
can take the promises of God
00:54:42.99\00:54:46.97
and we can claim those
promises as if they have
00:54:46.98\00:54:50.63
already come to pass,
00:54:50.64\00:54:55.17
and we can live that way
00:54:55.18\00:54:57.65
and become a
partaker of the divine nature.
00:54:57.66\00:55:01.21
So when we pray
according to God's will,
00:55:01.22\00:55:04.28
we go to the Bible and
we find those references
00:55:04.29\00:55:08.31
that are very
applicable to our lives.
00:55:08.32\00:55:11.84
And we claim those promises
as if they are fact because
00:55:11.85\00:55:16.09
let me ask you a question.
00:55:16.10\00:55:18.10
When God said, let
there be light how long
00:55:18.11\00:55:20.38
till there was light.
00:55:20.39\00:55:23.01
Immediately, so if God
says that He can supply
00:55:23.02\00:55:25.77
all of our needs
through Christ Jesus,
00:55:25.78\00:55:30.00
what does that mean?
00:55:30.01\00:55:32.52
All of them, you and
I can have confidence
00:55:32.53\00:55:34.63
that our prayers are heard.
00:55:34.64\00:55:38.31
You and I can have
confidence that we're praying
00:55:38.32\00:55:40.73
according to the will of God.
00:55:40.74\00:55:44.18
When we open the
Bible and we find those
00:55:44.19\00:55:46.72
exceedingly great and
precious promises, Tom,
00:55:46.73\00:55:50.65
and live as if those
are reality in our life.
00:55:50.66\00:55:56.59
One person said it this way.
00:55:56.60\00:55:58.63
He said that the promises
of God are like a blank check.
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All you've got to do is cash it.
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Even if we're
struggling with something,
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the promises of God are
like a blank check in our lives.
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So let's do a quick review here.
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I need you to talk
loud when you answer.
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What was the first
condition that we found there?
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The first condition
was what? Having a need.
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What was the second condition?
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To forgiveness, that's right.
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Now we need to
ask for forgiveness.
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What was the third
condition? Faith. Faith.
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We must believe that God
exist in order to please Him.
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Number four? Forgive
others. Forgive others.
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God we found out
in Mark 11:25 and 26
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and then in Matthew 6:12.
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God will forgive us to the
extent that we forgive others.
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What was the fifth one?
To persevere. To persevere.
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What was the sixth
one? Unselfish asking.
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Unselfish
asking, and the seventh?
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God's will. God's will.
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And we just have to pray
what God has already promised
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to know that we're
praying according to God's will.
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Now everyone of us can
think of something in our life
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right now that
probably conflicts with one
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of those conditions,
and so maybe the best thing
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for us to do when we're
finished with this class
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is to go to God and make sure
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that all of those
conditions are taken care of.
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God's sincerely
wants to hear our prayer.
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He wants to hear your prayer.
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And He has laid out for
us today what we need to do
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to know that
our prayer is heard.
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Thank you for joining us.
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