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>> Well, good
morning, and welcome to
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Pioneer Memorial Church on this
special weekend of fasting and
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prayer, in which our
mission has been simple.
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We're praying, we're seeking,
for the power and the presence
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of God to demolish
spiritual strongholds.
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We actually started last night
at 7:00 p.m. We had host here
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throughout the night every hour
on the hour praying. We had
people gathering, and it
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doesn't finish until 7:00 p.m.
tonight. So there's still lots
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of time. And today what we're
gonna do is also spend time in
prayer and worship, so today is
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a good day. Please stand with me
as we sing "Holy, Holy, Holy!" [
"Holy, Holy, Holy!" begins ]
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[ Congregation sings ]
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>> You may be seated.
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>> Let's pray the
prayer of confession.
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And I'm gonna invite us to kneel
or sit as you're comfortable as
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we begin.
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"Lord, hear each prayer. We ask
that you soften our hearts and
reveal, impress us,
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with how glorious and majestic
You are. Give us the gift of
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repentance. Loving God, gently
reveal to us our cherished
rights, our resentments, our
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rebellion, illicit
relationships, and destructive
habits, and the things our eyes
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won't unsee and our guilt. Lord,
set us free from the discomfort.
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Break our hearts with your
grace. Oh, my Savior, help me.
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I'm slow to learn, prone to
forget, and weak to climb. I'm
in the foothills when I
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should be on the heights. I'm
pained by my graceless heart, my
prayerless days, my
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poverty of love, my sullied
conscience, my wasted hours, my
unspent opportunities.
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I'm blind while the light shines
around me. Take the scales from
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my eyes. Grind to dust my heart
of unbelief. Make it my highest
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joy to study You, meditate on
You, gaze on You. Sit like Mary
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at your feet. Lean like John on
your breast. Appeal like Peter
to your love. Count like Paul
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all things but rubbish. Believe
-- I believe. Help my unbelief.
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Loving God, we have remained
silent, but because we have not
thought of ourselves worthy of
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speaking for what is right, to
pray for what is right. Set us
free from chains of shame
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that binds us. Set us free
to pray against the strongholds
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today. Loving God, as your
people, we pray as once was
prayed in Psalm 32:5, 'Then I
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confessed my sins to you, I did
not conceal my wrongdoings. I
decided to confess them to
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You, and You
forgave all my sins.' Amen."
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We pray Psalm 51:10-15. "Create
a pure heart in me, O God, and
put a new and loyal
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spirit in me. Do not banish me
from your presence, do not take
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your Holy Spirit away from me.
Give me again the joy that comes
from your salvation and make me
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willing to obey you. Then I will
teach sinners your commands and
they will turn back
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to you. Spare my life, O God,
and save me, and I will glady
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proclaim your righteousness.
Help me speak, Lord, and I will
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praise you." In Jesus' name, let
God's people say "Amen." [ Organ
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plays ] [ "Whom Shall I Fear
(God of Angel Armies)" begins ]
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>> Morning, boys and girls. Oh,
there's so many of you. I'm sure
you can be louder than
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that. Good morning, boys
and girls. >> All: Morning!
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>> That was pretty good. All
right, so this morning I'm going
to tell you a story about
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a little girl named Julie, and
Julie loved -- she loved to run
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and play. How many of you like
to run? A lot of you. Nice. And
Julie, she loved to run and
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play, and Julie was seven years
old. Do I have any 7-year-olds
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in here? Awesome.
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So, Julie was at an age where
she loved to run and play, and
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she used to run a lot with her
mom, and her mom would play with
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her. They'd play games like
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hide-and-seek and a
lot of other fun games.
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But Julie's mom had gotten sick
recently, and so because of
that, she couldn't really play
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with Julie that much, and so
when Julie would ask her mom to
come run and play with her, her
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mom would just say, "Oh, I enjoy
watching you run and play. That
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makes me happy." And this
particular day, Julie was about
to go school, and they were
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gonna have a track-and-field
day. How many of you guys have
had track-and-field days at your
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school? A few of you. Okay.
So you know that there's lots of
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running, there's lots of
activities, and if you win, you
can get awards and stuff, and so
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Julie had it in her mind -- she
was determined that she was
gonna win a ribbon for her
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mother. She was gonna win a
race, and she was gonna bring it
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back to her mom. So, the thing
is, though, about Julie is Julie
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was pretty small, and she had
pretty short legs, especially
compared to the other
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7-year-olds. And so Julie
couldn't run that fast, so she
decided that if she wanted to
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win this race, she would need
some help. So Julie decided to
-- Does anyone know what Julie
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decided to do? >> She liked --
She got a friend so she could --
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the friend could help her. >>
She did get a friend that could
help her, and the friend
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was Jesus. She decided to
pray to her Heavenly Father.
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And so she prayed this prayer.
She said, "Dear Heavenly Father,
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we're gonna have track-and-field
day today, and I want to win a
ribbon for my mother, but I need
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your help, but if I don't win,
that's okay, but please help me,
too." So after she prayed, you
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know, she kind of felt the Holy
Spirit warm her heart, and she
decided that she was gonna have
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a great time no matter what. So
Julie got to school, and it was
track-and-field day, and
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there was lots of activities,
and so as she was, you know,
trying to think of what activity
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she was gonna do first, she saw
her friend Sophie, and her
friend Sophie called her over,
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and she said, "Hey, Julie." She
said, "How about you come and do
this race with me?"
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And so the line that Sophie was
in was for the long-line jump,
and the goal of this activity is
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to jump as far as you can, and
different people try and the kid
that jumps the farthest, they
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win and they get the ribbon. And
so Julie, she crouched down and
she jumped as far as she
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could. And it was pretty far.
It's farther than she's ever
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jumped. But it wasn't
far enough to get a ribbon.
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But Julie thought, "That's
okay," so she decided to try
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another race. So she went and
she got in line with her friend
Evie for the 50-yard dash.
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And so for this race, there's a
set distance, and like four
people, four children, they run,
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they start at start line, and
they run 50 yards, and whoever
finishes first gets first place.
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And so Julie, she got in the
line, and she got ready to run,
and when they said "start," when
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they said "go," she ran, and
Julie got fourth place. So
fourth place wasn't high
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enough to get a ribbon. "But
that's okay," Julie thought.
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She thought, "I'll at least do
one more race." So Julie got in
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line for the relay race, and in
the relay race, you have to work
with a team, and you guys pass a
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baton between each other, and
the team that finishes first
wins. So Julie got in line for
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the relay race. And so when it
was Julie's turn to get the
baton, she got it and
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she ran as fast as she could,
and then she passed it to her
friend Evie, and Evie ran fast,
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too. But as Julie was watching,
she noticed another girl was
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passing Evie, and so Julie got
kind of discouraged, and she
thought her team probably
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wouldn't win. So Julie just went
in her corner and she prayed
again, and when Julie was
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finished praying, she was kind
of walking around the field not
really focusing on anything.
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And then her friend Evie came up
to her, and Evie said, "Hey,
Julie, guess what," and Evie
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passed her a ribbon. She said,
"We got first place." You see,
Julie -- She didn't win
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any of the races by herself, but
when she did the team race, she
won, and it's really important
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that when we look at this story,
we realize that the power of
prayer makes a difference.
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And you see, all of us, we're
in a race, too. But we can't win
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this race by ourself. We
have to work together as a team.
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And we're fighting for our
lives, but we need God to help
us, 'cause we are in God's army.
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So as the praise team comes up,
we're gonna sing the song "I'm
in the Lord's Army."
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How many of you know that song?
A lot of you. Okay. Well, I'm
gonna need all of you
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to stand up so we can sing it.
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[ "I'm in the Lord's Army"
begins ] >> All: ¤ I may never
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march in the infantry ¤ ¤ Ride
in the cavalry ¤ ¤ Shoot the
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artillery ¤ ¤ I may never fly
o'er the enemy ¤ ¤ But I'm in
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the Lord's army ¤ ¤ Yes, sir!
¤ ¤ I'm in the Lord's army ¤ ¤
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Yes, sir! ¤ ¤ I'm in the Lord's
army ¤ ¤ Yes, sir! ¤ ¤ I may
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never march in the infantry ¤ ¤
But I'm in the Lord's army ¤ >>
That was pretty good.
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However, I think we could
use some more help. Do you guys
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think we need some more help?
All right, so I'm gonna invite
the congregation to stand with
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us and sing it with us for the
next one. [ "I'm in the Lord's
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Army" begins ] >> All: ¤ I may
never march in the infantry ¤
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¤ Ride in the cavalry ¤ ¤ Shoot
the artillery ¤ ¤ I may never
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fly o'er the enemy ¤ ¤ But I'm
in the Lord's army ¤ ¤ Yes, sir!
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¤ ¤ I'm in the Lord's army ¤ ¤
Yes, sir! ¤ ¤ I'm in the Lord's
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army ¤ ¤ Yes, sir! ¤ ¤ I may
never march in the infantry ¤
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¤ But I'm in the Lord's
army ¤ ¤ Yes, sir! ¤ >> Amen.
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>> Volunteer to pray. All right,
Hasiel. All right, boys and
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girls, we're gonna bow our heads
and close our eyes as Hasiel
prays. >> Dear Jesus, thank you
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for this beautiful Sabbath, and
thank you for all of us going to
Sabbath School and learning more
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about You, and we can
be like You more. Amen.
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>> All: Amen.
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>> Thank you, all of you, for
coming on this day that we have
been -- Ooh, we've been
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anticipating -- this day of
prayer and fasting, calling upon
God, "Take down these
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strongholds." Did you get the
little sticker that -- I'm not
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seeing them. Did they not hand
it to you at the door? These are
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beautiful, little stickers.
"Yes, can do because He can do.
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See, last week was Easter
Sabbath. That was "Yes, can do"
in the cool shadows of the empty
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tomb. "Yes, I can do all things
through Christ who strengthens
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me." Today is "He Can Do."
Is that in the Bible? You bet it
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is. Open your Bible to a verse
you may have read before, if
you've read the book Deuteronomy
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through. But you may never
have stopped at this verse.
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It's powerful. Deuteronomy
chapter 3. I want to read this,
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and you're hearing, "Scribble
the verse down." We got a study
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guide in the worship bulletin.
This verse did not get included
there, so just scribble it down.
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Deuteronomy 3:24.
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Moses is praying to
God, powerful prayer.
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"Sovereign Lord, you have
begun to show your servant your
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greatness and your strong hand.
For what god is there in heaven
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or on earth who can do
--" Those are the two words,
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"Can do." "What God
--" How's it go again?
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"What god is there in heaven
or on earth who can do the deeds
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and the mighty works you do?"
"Yes, can do" for you and me,
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because "He can do."
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What god is there in this
universe? Oh [scoffs] there are
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gods by the millions on this
planet, clamoring for the
allegiance of the human race,
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but there's only one living God
-- eternal, omnipotent -- and
He's the one. He's the one we're
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coming to on this day of prayer
and fasting. "Yes, can do
because He can do."
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Once upon a time, there were
five kings, five armies, five
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strongholds. But they
end up -- and emphasis
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on the word "end" -- They end up
in a stunning defeat in a story
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you're hardly gonna believe.
Some of you have never heard
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this story before in your lives.
Open your Bible to Joshua 10.
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Joshua 10. Take a look at this.
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The perfect story for
the Andrews University,
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Pioneer Memorial Church on
this day of prayer and fasting.
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We'll pick it up in
verse 1. I've got the NIV.
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You didn't bring a Bible?
Grab the pew Bible in front of
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you. It's page 155, there.
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Little book, but
with a dynamite punch.
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Joshua 10:1 -- "Now Adoni-Zedek
king of Jerusalem heard that
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Joshua had taken Ai --" or
"Aye," it's a nearby city --
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"and totally destroyed it, doing
to Ai and its king what he had
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done to Jericho and its
king, and that the people of
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Gibeon --" another city --
"had made a treaty of peace with
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Israel --" The children of
Israel have come past Jericho.
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They're conquering Canaan.
"But the people of Gibeon had a
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peace treaty with Israel
and had become their allies."
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We are in big trouble. He sends
communication to four other
Amorite brothers in the
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kingship. They're kings.
He says, "Guys, this is --
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They're coming against us.
If we don't strike first, it's
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curtains." Verse 4.
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I'm talking about a
confederated, united, dark, and
pagan thrust at the people of
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God. That's what
we've got right here.
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But with your permission, I'd
like to see -- I'd like to see
this stunning tale as a
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metaphor -- as a metaphor for
life on this planet today, with
a dark occultic confederacy that
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at this moment is a raid against
the human race and against the
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people of God. You know these
words well, but come on, keep
your finger right here in
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Joshua. We'll be back. Ephesians
chapter 6. You need to come and
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take a look at these prayer
booths in the youth chapel. Slip
in after worship at 1:00.
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Take a look. They're based
on the pieces of armor here in
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Ephesians chapter 6. So you're
finding Ephesians chapter 6.
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Pick it up in Verse 10. Paul
writing, "Finally, be strong in
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the Lord --" He's writing to all
believers. That'd be you and me.
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What kind of a confederacy
is this? Keep reading.
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That's -- That's the host.
That's the army -- Every single
man, woman, and child in this
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space and outside this space
is up against today. That's the
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host. Do you know how many of
them there are? I'll tell you.
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One third. No kidding.
Revelation 12 -- One third of
the angels, the perfect and
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pristine angels of God's
kingdom. In a faraway galaxy
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long, long ago, one third of
them bought the line of this
rebel named Lucifer, whose
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passion is to usurp the throne
of the universe. "Follow me, and
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we'll rule one day --" one third
out. These are the demons.
You've heard of demons?
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Of course you have. You've heard
of ghosts? You have. Spirits?
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The spooky stuff we don't like
to think about? It's all real.
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Hollywood makes us think it's
all a figment of some producer's
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imagination. It's real. One
third of the heavenly kingdom
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battled -- battled from the
beginning and are now battling
against us. By the way, you know
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how Lucifer rules them?
I'll tell you -- a little inside
00:25:48.84\00:25:52.61
story. He rules with them
with fear and terror. He's not a
00:25:52.61\00:25:57.15
winsome leader. He's not a
friendly leader. He is a brutal,
terrorizing leader, by sheer
00:25:57.15\00:26:07.76
force and fear. How do we know?
You remember the demoniac in
00:26:07.76\00:26:11.57
Mark chapter 5? Remember, he was
in the tombs? He comes clawing
out, and the disciples run and
00:26:11.57\00:26:16.84
Jesus -- Jesus just, unmoved,
just stands right there --
foaming and [growls] at Jesus'
00:26:16.84\00:26:26.05
feet. Jesus doesn't flinch.
He knows -- He knows who he's up
00:26:26.05\00:26:31.19
against. "What's
your name?" "Legion."
00:26:31.19\00:26:35.52
And do you remember when he
raised his hand to begin to cast
00:26:40.13\00:26:45.33
the legion out? They interrupt
and the voices within the man
speak, "Don't cast us into Hell
00:26:45.33\00:26:55.31
and torment us." They use the
word "torment." Where did they
00:26:55.31\00:27:01.48
get that idea that sometime
along the way if this Christ
wins, you'll be tormented
00:27:01.48\00:27:09.16
forever and ever? Where did they
get the idea? The general, who
through sheer terror, is
00:27:09.16\00:27:17.60
manipulating his forces. Ladies
and gentlemen, these strongholds
00:27:17.60\00:27:20.74
we're gonna be praying about in
just a moment -- 'cause you'll
be doing the praying -- they're
00:27:20.74\00:27:25.51
not the figment of anybody's
imagination. They are real-live
00:27:25.51\00:27:32.95
demons who are holding this
planet because the word is out
-- the King is about to come.
00:27:32.95\00:27:40.16
Hold your ground.
Don't yield an inch. Yeah.
00:27:40.16\00:27:45.93
How's does that go in Verse 12?
00:27:45.93\00:27:47.86
That's the deal. That's who
we're up against in this day of
prayer and fasting.
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That's why we need the sticker
to be the way we pray. "Yes, can
do because He can do."
00:28:01.61\00:28:08.98
Stop. What's your name? Go.
There's not a stronghold that is
00:28:08.98\00:28:15.02
resistant to Christ himself.
Good news, huh? I thought I'd
00:28:15.02\00:28:20.60
get a bigger "amen" than that.
Good news, huh? >> All: Amen.
00:28:20.60\00:28:23.40
>> Yeah, Amen. Come on, guys.
Absolutely. All right, a little
00:28:23.40\00:28:27.80
lady, about 5'3" tall, over a
century ago described behind the
scenes this evil confederacy.
00:28:27.80\00:28:33.88
I thought you'd like this. You
have these all in the take-home
study guide, all these
00:28:33.88\00:28:36.75
quotations.
00:28:36.75\00:28:37.65
Let's put it on
the screen, please.
00:28:37.81\00:28:39.38
More than a century ago,
Ellen White warned, "Could our
00:28:39.38\00:28:41.82
eyes be opened, and could
each of us see the conflict of
00:28:41.82\00:28:45.09
angelic agencies with the
Satanic confederacy, who are
00:28:45.09\00:28:49.06
combined with
evil human agencies --"
00:28:49.06\00:28:51.89
They have partners on this
planet -- "what astonishment
00:28:51.89\00:28:54.76
would come upon the
soul." Keep reading.
00:28:54.76\00:28:56.80
"The holy angels are working
with terrible intensity --"
00:28:56.80\00:29:00.14
Those are the good guys.
"The holy angels are working
00:29:00.14\00:29:02.90
with terrible intensity for
the salvation of men, women, and
00:29:02.90\00:29:06.07
children because the destroyer
of souls is seeking to make of
00:29:06.07\00:29:09.34
no effect the salvation which
has been purchased at Calvary
00:29:09.34\00:29:13.58
by our Lord Jesus
at infinite cost."
00:29:13.58\00:29:16.52
They know what has signed their
death warrant. They already know
00:29:16.69\00:29:23.02
they've lost. But misery loves
company, and they'll take every
man, woman, and child that will
00:29:23.02\00:29:26.59
yield to them. Keep reading.
"Could our --" Oh, this is some
00:29:26.59\00:29:33.13
line -- "Could our spiritual
vision be opened --" In other
words, could the veil
00:29:33.13\00:29:37.01
between us and the invisible
world drop right now? If we
could see, this place
00:29:37.01\00:29:41.51
would be filled with beams.
There's a guardian angel for
every human being in this space,
00:29:41.51\00:29:47.98
and there is a demon that
is just, perhaps, outside this
00:29:47.98\00:29:55.09
space. And we saw
what they live with 24/7.
00:29:55.09\00:29:59.96
What does she say here?
"Could our spiritual vision be
00:30:00.13\00:30:03.20
opened, we should see that which
would never again be effaced
00:30:03.20\00:30:06.67
from the memory as long as life
should --" We would never forget
00:30:06.67\00:30:10.17
what we would be able to
see. "We should see souls bowed
00:30:10.17\00:30:13.98
down under oppression --" slaves
with this dark slave master --
00:30:13.98\00:30:18.55
"loaded with grief, pressed down
as a cart beneath the sheaves --
00:30:18.55\00:30:21.78
this heavy weight -- "and
ready to die in discouragement.
00:30:21.78\00:30:25.22
We should see
angels flying swiftly --"
00:30:25.22\00:30:27.99
[ Whooshing ]
00:30:27.99\00:30:30.13
Coming from where? From the
celestial courts. "She's under
00:30:30.29\00:30:34.73
attack. I need help." "He's
under heavy artillery. Send in
00:30:34.73\00:30:40.07
help!" [ Whooshing ] You think
it's funny? You think what we're
00:30:40.07\00:30:45.77
doing down here is some make-up
kid stuff? We got it from
somewhere else. The first war in
00:30:45.77\00:30:54.22
the universe was in God's house.
00:30:54.22\00:30:57.09
"These tempted souls are unable
to help themselves --" Oh, how
00:31:02.92\00:31:06.33
true -- "and avoid the ruin
which threatens them; but the
00:31:06.33\00:31:09.70
angels of God are forcing back
the evil angels and guiding the
00:31:09.70\00:31:13.94
souls away from the dangerous
places --" Don't go there, don't
00:31:13.94\00:31:16.87
go there! Come back, come back,
00:31:16.87\00:31:18.17
come back -- "to plant
their feet on a sure foundation.
00:31:18.17\00:31:22.01
"We should see battles going
on --" if only our eyes could
00:31:22.01\00:31:25.25
see -- "between the two armies,
as real as those fought by
00:31:25.25\00:31:28.48
opposing forces on earth."
00:31:28.48\00:31:29.82
Listen to this -- It's silent
right now. We don't hear a
00:31:29.98\00:31:37.13
thing. We can't hear the
movement. We can't see in the
nether space above us -- the
00:31:37.13\00:31:46.57
hosts, the hosts -- because
every army is fighting for
keeps. That's Paul's point --
00:31:46.57\00:31:55.81
every army. And, by the way,
they're not three choices you
00:31:55.81\00:31:59.31
have. You have only two. There
are only two armies. You're in
00:31:59.31\00:32:04.39
one or the other. There's no
middle -- There's no
no-man's-ground, not in this
00:32:04.39\00:32:09.59
battle. You're on
one side or the other.
00:32:09.59\00:32:11.39
So...here's Joshua.
Five kings. Five armies.
00:32:15.73\00:32:24.27
Five pagan dark strongholds.
And what will happen? Let's keep
00:32:24.27\00:32:31.81
reading. Verse 6. Go
back to Joshua. Joshua 10:6.
00:32:31.81\00:32:36.15
Let me ask you a question. Is
there a more powerful prayer
than "Help? Help me"?
00:32:49.30\00:32:57.44
Can you think of a more powerful
prayer? Let's be honest. Come
00:32:57.44\00:33:02.28
on. It is our natural or our
unnatural inclination as human
beings to really be slow in
00:33:02.28\00:33:08.18
asking people for help. Do you
get a little hesitant about just
00:33:08.18\00:33:11.72
going across the hallway or
going across the neighbor's yard
and having to ask for help?
00:33:11.72\00:33:14.96
Why? Because I don't want to
look like I'm out of control.
00:33:14.96\00:33:17.29
I don't want to look like I'm in
a jam that I need somebody to
step in and help me.
00:33:17.29\00:33:23.03
And you know what? You're not
gonna believe this, but with
God, we're even worse.
00:33:23.03\00:33:26.97
Not a word to Him. We're going
through hell -- Not a word to
00:33:26.97\00:33:30.91
Him. "I don't want to bother him
now." "I can get this. I can do
00:33:30.91\00:33:34.28
it." It's not "Yes, can do."
It's "I can do." And we don't
00:33:34.28\00:33:40.55
call the one-word prayer that
can unleash angels in your
defense. "Help me!"
00:33:40.55\00:33:46.15
Two words. Listen to Anne Lamott
in her own unique style of
00:33:46.15\00:33:55.56
writing. Turn the
tables for a moment.
00:33:55.56\00:33:56.77
Put Lamott's
words on the screen.
00:33:56.93\00:33:59.23
"There's freedom in
hitting bottom --" Uh-oh.
00:33:59.23\00:34:02.80
There's freedom in it. Why?
"In seeing that you won't be
00:34:02.80\00:34:05.74
able to save or rescue
your daughter, her spouse, his
00:34:05.74\00:34:10.31
parents, or your career, relief
in admitting you've reached the
00:34:10.31\00:34:13.38
place of great unknowing."
00:34:13.38\00:34:15.08
How much human energy is in the
state of trying to fix the
unfixable -- as a group, as an
00:34:22.36\00:34:28.90
individual? Keep trying, keep
trying, keep trying -- Why don't
00:34:28.90\00:34:34.10
we ask for help? What were
we waiting for? Not a word.
00:34:34.10\00:34:39.11
We'll just do
it again. [ Sighs ]
00:34:39.11\00:34:44.45
"Relief in admitting you've
reached the place of the great
00:34:44.61\00:34:47.78
unknowing."
00:34:47.78\00:34:49.08
Now here it comes.
00:35:04.23\00:35:05.70
She's right. "Help!
You got to help us."
00:35:13.98\00:35:20.52
We're in trouble, big trouble.
Back to that other woman author.
00:35:20.52\00:35:28.29
I put the words on
the screen for you.
00:35:28.29\00:35:29.96
It's outrageous.
What a quotation.
00:35:29.96\00:35:34.00
I have this
handwritten on my Bibles.
00:35:34.00\00:35:36.93
I don't want to miss this one.
00:35:36.93\00:35:38.73
"The Holy Spirit, the
representative of the Captain of
the Lord's host --"
00:35:48.64\00:35:52.51
The Holy Spirit, the
representative of Christ the
00:35:52.51\00:35:56.38
King. Man, have we been talking
about the Holy Spirit around
00:35:56.38\00:36:00.12
here or what? Why?
Because of this. Look.
00:36:00.12\00:36:03.06
Here comes this
beautiful Gospel of grace.
00:36:08.70\00:36:12.90
Doesn't matter what you've done.
That beautiful prayer that
Sabine led us through just a
00:36:20.24\00:36:23.95
moment ago... Gods
says, "We start now."
00:36:23.95\00:36:29.42
Last line...
00:36:30.92\00:36:33.15
Hallelujah.
00:36:36.99\00:36:38.56
Hallelujah. Omnipotence -- all
the power of the universe He can
00:36:38.73\00:36:46.13
do. Look at verse 7. So, the
Gibeonites are, "Help!" In fact,
00:36:46.13\00:36:52.64
the two words are
"Help us!" Now Verse 7.
00:36:52.64\00:36:54.44
"And the Lord said to Joshua,
'Don't be afraid of them --'"
00:36:59.88\00:37:05.55
Hey, by the way, you
know what I'm thinking of?
00:37:05.72\00:37:07.62
There was a little baby once
upon a time born in a little
00:37:07.62\00:37:10.29
town called Bethlehem and
his mother named him by the
00:37:10.29\00:37:13.06
instruction of the angel.
"You'll call him Yehoshua."
00:37:13.06\00:37:16.77
He was named Joshua. In
Hebrew, Jesus is Joshua.
00:37:16.77\00:37:20.40
It's Greek that called him
Iésous and then we get English,
00:37:20.40\00:37:24.01
Jesus. But he was Yehoshua.
00:37:24.01\00:37:27.44
I can't help but believe
that this command from the
00:37:27.44\00:37:29.78
Almighty God to Joshua is really
the command of God himself to
00:37:29.78\00:37:33.38
the second person of the
guided who comes to this planet.
00:37:33.38\00:37:36.72
Listen to what
God says to Joshua.
00:37:36.72\00:37:38.62
What is this, verse 8?
"The Lord said to Joshua, 'Do
00:37:38.62\00:37:41.56
not be afraid of them; I
have given them into your
00:37:41.56\00:37:44.49
hand. Not one of
them --'" Not one of
00:37:44.49\00:37:46.39
these strongholds -- "'will
be able to withstand you.'"
00:37:46.39\00:37:50.60
Isn't that something?
00:37:50.60\00:37:52.03
"Listen, Jesus, don't be afraid.
You're going down into the
00:37:52.20\00:38:00.58
dragon's lair. It's
booby-trapped everywhere you
turn. Don't be afraid.
00:38:00.58\00:38:05.71
I've given every
stronghold to you. Take them.
00:38:05.71\00:38:10.72
Take the entire planet. Crush
that resistance." And he comes
-- born, a helpless
00:38:10.72\00:38:18.33
baby in Bethlehem.
Wow. You know what?
00:38:18.33\00:38:24.53
Those little seven-word -- That
little seven-word credo,
remember that -- "I will put
00:38:24.53\00:38:28.77
my --" How's it go? "I will put
my trust in Him." Jesus' credo,
00:38:28.77\00:38:35.61
Hebrews 2:13. He lived by these
seven words. "I will put my
trust in Him." I will put my
00:38:35.61\00:38:39.45
trust in Him, no matter what's
happening. Is it Satan himself
behind this raving maniac?
00:38:39.45\00:38:44.62
I will put my trust in Him. 2
Corinthians. Boy. Let's put it
00:38:44.62\00:38:52.96
on the screen. 2 Corinthians
chapter 10. This our theme text
for against the strongholds,
00:38:52.96\00:38:58.67
which is the guiding light for
this day of prayer and fasting.
"The weapons we fight with --"
00:38:58.67\00:39:02.64
Let's read this out loud
together. "The weapons we fight
00:39:02.64\00:39:06.27
with are not the weapons of the
world." Now hold on, 'cause
we're getting to the good news.
00:39:06.27\00:39:10.41
Read it out loud together. "On
the contrary, they have divine
00:39:10.41\00:39:17.29
power to demolish strongholds."
Divine power. Omnipotent. You
know what the weapon is?
00:39:17.29\00:39:24.53
It's prayer. It's prayer. I've
been praying with a different
person every hour that
00:39:24.53\00:39:31.20
I've been here at the youth
chapel, starting last night at
00:39:31.20\00:39:36.10
7:00. We're all praying for
people. Man, I've heard some
00:39:36.10\00:39:40.71
anguished prayers. We're
all praying for somebody.
00:39:40.71\00:39:43.78
I carry these words in
my Bibles -- connected with
00:39:43.95\00:39:48.72
2 Corinthians 10:4 --
Sidlow Baxter wrote these words.
00:39:48.72\00:39:53.39
Put them on the screen
for you. You can keep them.
00:39:53.39\00:39:55.79
"Men may spurn our appeals --"
Some of you have been praying
00:39:55.79\00:39:58.96
for somebody for years.
Don't give up. Don't give up.
00:39:58.96\00:40:04.47
Hallelujah.
"Helpless against our prayers."
00:40:14.58\00:40:18.65
They may hate you. They may spit
on you. They may reject you.
00:40:18.81\00:40:22.35
They may never answer
that e-mail or ever pick up the
00:40:22.35\00:40:25.62
phone. If it's your number on
that phone, don't worry about
it. They are helpless against
00:40:25.62\00:40:29.99
your prayers. The weapons we
have are not the weapons of this
00:40:29.99\00:40:33.60
world. On the contrary, they
have divine power to demolish
00:40:33.60\00:40:38.63
strongholds. Take them
down. Take them down. Wow.
00:40:38.63\00:40:45.64
It's got to -- This is some
book, isn't it? It has stuff in
00:40:45.64\00:40:53.58
it...that works. We're gonna go
to our little, old lady again --
00:40:56.38\00:41:01.69
that little lady. Put
her words on the screen.
00:41:01.69\00:41:02.96
"Satan knows better than God's
people the power that they can
00:41:03.12\00:41:08.36
have over him when
their strength is in --" whom?
00:41:08.36\00:41:12.07
"When their
strength is in Christ.
00:41:12.07\00:41:13.47
When they humbly entreat the
mighty Conqueror for help, the
00:41:13.47\00:41:16.37
weakest believer in the
truth --" I'm the weakest in
00:41:16.37\00:41:18.97
this room. You may
think of yourself as the
00:41:18.97\00:41:20.91
weakest in this room. Who cares?
00:41:20.91\00:41:22.88
"The weakest believer in
the truth, relying firmly upon
00:41:22.88\00:41:26.45
Christ Jesus, can successfully
repulse Satan and all -- all --"
00:41:26.45\00:41:31.99
One third of the angels of
heaven that now follow Him --
00:41:31.99\00:41:36.32
one third repulsed just by you
saying, "Yes, can do because He
00:41:36.32\00:41:40.86
can do." >> All: Amen.
00:41:40.86\00:41:42.63
>> That's the deal, and that's
why we pray, militantly, as this
battle cry set of prayers just
00:41:42.80\00:41:50.37
modeled for us. "Yes, can do
because He can do." I mean,
Jesus was trying to tell
00:41:50.37\00:41:58.11
us that just before he gets
executed. Late Thursday night,
00:41:58.11\00:42:04.45
John 15:5, Jesus says, "Hey,
guys, I need to tell you
something. Without me, you can
00:42:04.45\00:42:11.79
do nothing, nada, zero without
me." "I can do all things
through Christ, who strengthens
00:42:11.79\00:42:20.64
me. Yep, but without me," the
same Christ reminds us, "you can
00:42:20.64\00:42:26.41
do nothing." "Yes, can do
because He can do." "Yes, can do
because He can do." Do you know
00:42:26.41\00:42:31.08
why? Because Jesus is the
superhero of the universe. Got a
lot of superheroes going
00:42:31.08\00:42:35.32
around these days. He is the
número uno superhero. And he won
00:42:35.32\00:42:43.66
this battle at Calvary.
00:42:43.66\00:42:44.59
That's why Revelation
12:11, you know these words.
00:42:44.76\00:42:47.46
Oh, my. Look at that.
Revelation 12:11 on the screen.
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.73
"They triumphed
--" Who's "They"?
00:42:50.73\00:42:52.67
These are the
followers, you, me.
00:42:52.67\00:42:54.60
"They triumphed
over him --" Who's that?
00:42:54.60\00:42:56.47
That's the Satan Dragon.
"They triumphed over Satan by
00:42:56.47\00:42:59.57
the blood of the Lamb --" there
it is -- "and by the word of
00:42:59.57\00:43:03.08
their testimony -- for they did
not love their lives so much as
00:43:03.08\00:43:05.88
to shrink from death."
00:43:05.88\00:43:08.75
We're gonna sing a song in just
a few moments, and you're gonna
notice words embedded in that
00:43:08.92\00:43:14.19
song that you've never sung
before. And it'll talk about
00:43:14.19\00:43:20.86
those who pay the ultimate
price. Don't worry. God has the
00:43:20.86\00:43:29.14
last word. He overcame the enemy
by the blood of the Lamb and by
the word of their testimony.
00:43:29.14\00:43:35.01
That little lady
again on the screen.
00:43:35.18\00:43:36.78
"Tell him --" That would be
Satan -- "of the blood of Jesus,
00:43:36.78\00:43:39.35
that cleanses from all sin.
You cannot save yourself from
00:43:39.35\00:43:42.22
the tempter's power, but
he trembles and flees when the
00:43:42.22\00:43:45.39
merits of that
precious blood are urged."
00:43:45.39\00:43:49.29
Yep, did I tell you that we had
a little huddle here before the
day of prayer began at 7:00 last
00:43:49.46\00:43:54.56
night? You know what we prayed?
That the blood of the Lamb would
00:43:54.56\00:43:57.97
go on every door post, that the
blood of the Lamb, symbolically,
would go on every door way into
00:43:57.97\00:44:02.24
that -- this sanctuary and that
sanctuary, that anybody who
comes in during these 24 hours
00:44:02.24\00:44:08.01
is under the blood and that the
forces of darkness are expelled
00:44:08.01\00:44:15.65
to the exterior. Colossians
2:15. Oh, I love this one.
00:44:18.29\00:44:20.39
Put it on the screen please.
"And having disarmed the powers
00:44:20.39\00:44:23.59
and authorities --" The
occultic confederacy, a raid
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against the Kingdom of
Heaven and the church of God on
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Earth"...
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All the demonic hosts, Satan
himself, bow down. And they knew
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that when he cried "It is writ
--" "It is finished," rather.
They knew that when he cried "It
00:44:45.98\00:44:49.35
is finished," it's curtains. "We
can fight...till the fight is
gone out of us, but we'll
00:44:49.35\00:44:55.89
never win this now. We
lost. It's over. It's finished.
00:44:55.89\00:45:02.16
Finished." "Yes, can do because
He can do." All right, the story
has this dramatic ending.
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Look out. Verse 12.
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No, let us pick up at verse
9. God says, "I'm gonna give you
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all those strongholds."
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Somebody once said, "All is fair
in love and war." "This hellion
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that has usurped my creation,
and is seeking to destroy my
people -- I'm taking my creation
00:45:51.68\00:45:59.65
back. I have a little bit of
arsenal tucked away there that
he doesn't know about."
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He takes the creation back.
What's the point he's making?
This is the simple point --
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"You thought you were fighting
Joshua and those people. You're
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not fighting them. You are
fighting against almighty God,
and I just won." There's no
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stronghold in your life or on
this planet, on this campus.
There is no stronghold that the
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almighty one cannot
single-handedly, alone, bring
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down. We have nothing to fear,
nothing to fear. But it gets
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even better. Verse 12 -- "And on
the day that the Lord gave the
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Amorites over to Israel, Joshua
said to the Lord --" And by the
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way, if you say something to the
Lord, do you know what you're
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doing? You're praying. So
Joshua's praying, that's the
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key point here.
Joshua is praying, and in
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response to his prayers, I
want you to get what happens.
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So "Joshua said to the Lord,
in the presence of Israel --" So
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everybody hears
this public prayer.
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I mean, talking about putting
your whole life on the line.
00:47:00.92\00:47:04.69
Look how big his petition is.
Joshua prays in the presence of
00:47:04.69\00:47:10.19
Israel...
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"So the sun stood still, and the
moon stopped, till the nation
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avenged itself on its
enemies, as it is written in the
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Book of Jashar. We
don't know where that book
00:47:23.30\00:47:25.57
is. Keep reading.
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Verse 14.
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That's what happens in prayer.
When you pray, the God of the
universe stoops low, and he
00:47:40.16\00:47:46.26
says, "Girl, boy, talk to me.
I'm listening." God heard the
00:47:46.26\00:47:54.27
prayer of that valiant believer,
and he said, "All right,
Gabriel. Can we pull this off?"
00:47:54.27\00:48:02.08
"You're the creator, God." "I
think we can." He wants the sun
00:48:02.08\00:48:07.62
to stay up so that he can chase
the enemy to the last man, leave
the sun up. "I'll tell you when
00:48:07.62\00:48:13.79
to put it down." In our Western,
finely tuned sensibilities, we
00:48:13.79\00:48:22.73
chuckle, 'cause we don't
believe. It's just too
far-fetched for the almighty to
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do. Not apparently,
according to holy Scripture.
00:48:30.31\00:48:33.84
"There has never been a day
since, like that one, a day when
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the Lord listened to a human
being as he listens to you and
00:48:39.38\00:48:42.52
me. Surely --" Oh, boy.
00:48:42.52\00:48:44.52
There's the last
line. We go home with that.
00:48:44.52\00:48:46.39
"Surely the Lord was
fighting for Israel!"
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I have good news,
ladies and gentlemen.
00:48:52.79\00:48:54.63
Before you pray,
I have good news.
00:48:54.63\00:48:57.87
God is fighting for
us. He's fighting for us.
00:48:57.87\00:49:00.90
There's no
strength in little, old me.
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.54
There's no
strength in little, old you.
00:49:02.54\00:49:04.24
I don't care who you
are or where you're from --
00:49:04.24\00:49:06.24
no strength. But we
call up on the one who
00:49:06.24\00:49:09.41
fights for us. And
if He has to empty the
00:49:09.41\00:49:13.45
arsenal of the skies, He will
step in, and he will finish the
00:49:13.45\00:49:19.39
battle. How many
thousand angels do we
00:49:19.39\00:49:23.76
need here at Andrews
University? I don't know.
00:49:23.76\00:49:26.73
But if we need more
angels here, can God send them?
00:49:26.73\00:49:31.03
But of course. I close
with this quotation from
00:49:31.03\00:49:33.23
John Dawson and
his marvelous book,
00:49:33.23\00:49:34.77
"Taking Our Cities for God."
Put the word on the screen.
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Jesus said, "If I wanted to,
I could call a legion of angels
00:49:45.15\00:49:48.68
down right now as
you're planning to arrest me."
00:49:48.68\00:49:52.69
That's what happens.
00:49:52.69\00:49:56.26
Because your prayers for
somebody release supernatural
00:50:08.27\00:50:13.17
power to their aid.
00:50:13.17\00:50:15.88
We'd be praying all the time,
all the time. Well, he's right.
00:50:16.04\00:50:21.75
We just don't think about it. We
try to win this little battle
with these puny, little
00:50:21.75\00:50:26.99
swords -- cut down every time.
"Yes, can do because He can do."
You want to pray with an
00:50:26.99\00:50:34.03
attitude? There it is.
"Yes, can do because He can do."
00:50:34.03\00:50:37.03
We gonna pray today? "Yes, can
do because He can do." [ Organ
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plays ] >> Please join me now
in reading responsively Isaiah
00:51:31.09\00:51:37.66
6:8-9. You find that on
page nine in your bulletin.
00:51:37.66\00:51:42.70
"Then I heard the voice of the
Lord saying, 'Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?'
00:51:42.86\00:51:49.37
And I said, "Here am I. Send
me!" He said, "Go and tell this
00:51:49.37\00:51:55.58
people -- 'Be ever hearing, but
never understanding -- be ever
00:51:55.58\00:52:02.35
seeing, but never perceiving.'"
Please stand for the singing of
00:52:02.35\00:52:08.99
the last hymn. [ "Facing
a Task Unfinished" begins ]
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[ Congregation sings ]
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>> Oh, God, that is our song,
that is our prayer. "Yes, can do
00:56:23.85\00:56:29.58
because You can do." That's
our hope. That's our promise.
00:56:29.58\00:56:35.12
"And now to Him who is able to
do immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine, according to His
00:56:35.12\00:56:41.66
power that is at work within us,
to Him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout
00:56:41.66\00:56:47.70
all generations, for
ever and ever. Amen."
00:56:47.70\00:56:53.01
>> All: Amen. ¤¤
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>> Think of the last time
someone said, "I'm praying
00:57:07.02\00:57:10.39
for you." Didn't
it give you a sense of
00:57:10.39\00:57:12.63
peace and reassurance
that somebody cares for me?
00:57:12.63\00:57:14.96
I know how I feel when I get an
e-mail from one of our viewers
00:57:14.96\00:57:17.67
saying, "Yo, Dwight.
I've been praying for you
00:57:17.67\00:57:19.77
lately." There's
nothing like knowing
00:57:19.77\00:57:21.37
someone is praying for
you. So I want to offer you an
00:57:21.37\00:57:23.41
opportunity to partner -- let
me, let us partner with you in
00:57:23.41\00:57:27.01
prayer. If you
have a special prayer
00:57:27.01\00:57:28.98
request or a praise of
thanksgiving you'd like to share
00:57:28.98\00:57:31.51
with us, I'm inviting you
to contact one of our friendly
00:57:31.51\00:57:34.02
chaplains. It's simple to do.
00:57:34.02\00:57:35.82
You can call our toll-free
number -- 877 -- the two words,
00:57:35.82\00:57:38.82
HIS WILL. 877-HIS-WILL.
00:57:38.82\00:57:42.06
That friendly voice that
answers, you tell him, you tell
00:57:42.06\00:57:45.03
her what your prayer need
is, we'll join with you in that
00:57:45.03\00:57:48.03
petition. May the
God who answers prayer
00:57:48.03\00:57:50.67
journey with you these next
few days until we're right back
00:57:50.67\00:57:53.30
here together again next time.
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