Hi, and welcome back to
Day 8 of Ten Days of Prayer,
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Donald Owen and myself,
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we're here, glad
that you're here.
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And we're here to
remind you to pause to pray.
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Just because we're
so close to the end,
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don't give up
yet because we're...
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This is good stuff today.
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Looking at John Chapter 2,
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we find Jesus
performing His first miracle
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during a wedding
where the wine has gone dry.
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His mother tells the servants,
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"Whatever He says to you do it."
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By saying this, Mary
actually built up an expectation
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in the servants toward Jesus.
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Then when He asked
them to fill the water jars,
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they did exactly as He asked.
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And Jesus said,
"Draw some out now
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and take it to the
master of the feast."
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Once again, they
followed His request
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and they soon realized
they had just witnessed,
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in fact, assisted in a miracle.
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Though the servants did nothing
to turn the water into wine,
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and they're
involved in the miracle,
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maybe just a
minute part of the story.
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It's no secret that
God uses willing people.
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It's imperative
that you and I obey
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when the Holy
Spirit invites us to pray,
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or to minister to someone.
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Many of the miracles that
are recorded in the gospels
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involved human cooperation.
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The feeding of the
5,000 required someone
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to pass out the bread
and collect the leftovers.
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The raising of Lazarus required
someone to roll away the stone.
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Have you ever considered that
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when we pray for someone's need,
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we are assisting God
in performing a miracle,
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an answer to
prayer, and Mary's words,
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"Whatever He says to you do it."
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They're so significant.
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It's like Mary was
telling the servants watch this.
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The servants became insiders
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to the source of
this special wine.
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When we pray for one another,
faith tells us, watch this.
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And we become accomplices
to God working in the world.
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When the answer comes,
our faith is strengthened,
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and we desire to
intercede all the more.
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That's why it's
so, so, so important
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to be obedient to the
Holy Spirit's call to pray.
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When we pray, or when we don't,
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we are
literally letting God know
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whether or not we're
willing to cooperate with Him.
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Oh, God gives us
obedient hearts to intercede,
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to be a part of
Your divine plan, oh God.
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I love the hymn
that says perhaps today
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there are loving words,
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which Jesus would have me speak.
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There may be now
in the paths of sin,
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someone wanderer
whom I should seek.
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O Savior, if
thou will be my guide,
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though dark and rugged the way,
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my voice shall
echo the message sweet.
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I'll say what
you want me to say.
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You know it.
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I'll go where you want me to go,
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Dear Lord Over mountain
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Or plain or sea
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I'll say what
you want me to say,
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Dear Lord
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I'll be what you want me
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To be
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Donald, will you pray for us?
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Sure.
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Heavenly Father,
who are we, Lord?
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That was Isaiah. I'm
a man of unclean lips.
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Moses said, "I can't
speak to these people."
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He said, "Who
gave you those lips?"
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Lord, You gave us those lips.
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You gave us the
mind and the heart.
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Lord, I thank You that we,
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You can use
broken marred vessels
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that says divinity needs
humanity to reach humanity.
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And again in 2 Corinthians 5:19,
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you call us to be ministers
of reconciliation and verse 20,
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to be ambassadors for Christ.
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That's what
You've called us to be.
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Thank You, Lord, that we can
be used by You to win some soul,
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some broken, hurting human being
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that they can one day,
I don't know how it works,
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Lord, but maybe
he'll come to us in heaven
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says because of
you that I'm here.
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Lord, we just thank You that
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we have that
opportunity and privilege.
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And it says, lady
Ellen White wrote once,
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"By your fervent
prayers of faith,
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you can move the arm
that moves the world."
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We thank You, Lord, we
ask this in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Wow.
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Exodus 15:11,
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"Who is like you, O
Lord, among the gods?
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Who is like You,
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glorious in
holiness, fearful in praises,
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doing wonders?
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God, how great You are.
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Thank You for being so
wonderful and for using us
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to accomplish
Your will on earth.
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In 1 Chronicles 29:11,
"Yours O Lord is the greatness,
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and the power, and the glory.
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The victory and the majesty,
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for all that is in
heaven and earth is yours."
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God, I am in awe
of Your greatness.
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And in awe that
You choose to use us.
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Just so You can show us
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how things work in Your kingdom.
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I love that.
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God, You are so
amazing and You involve us
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so that we can see Your hand.
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So, Father, may we be willing...
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and excited to be used of You.
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In Jesus' name.
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Heavenly Father, you know,
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where would we be without Jesus?
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What an extraordinary gift.
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But You've called us to
do in Matthew 28:19, to go
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you therefore into all
the world and make disciples.
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That was a command that
You've given us as though
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when Tim was talking about this,
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train this water into wine.
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It was a command.
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Lord, You command us to
reach the souls around us.
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You know, Cain and Abel.
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Of course, we know like
what Cain did, but he said,
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am I my brother's keeper?
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Yes, Lord, we are
our brother's keeper.
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We just ask that
You'll anoint us,
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strengthen us, help us
in these uncertain times,
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to go out into the
byways and highways and call all
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who are ready to
come to this feast,
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where they may join us.
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And then one
day, Lord, we will be
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with You face to face
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and we'll hear
those wonderful words,
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"Well done, oh, good
and faithful servant."
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We thank You for
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this
opportunity that lies ahead.
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We pray this in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Lord, while there are
some things that we can do,
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to be a part of
You moving in lives.
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We know that when it
comes to changing hearts,
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God that's up to You.
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Father, I pray for those
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who have turned
their back on You,
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who once knew You.
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I don't know the circumstances
why they turned away.
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God, I know I'm
susceptible, I guess,
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I could say that I
am prone to wander,
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I've said it before on
here in just the past few days.
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Because it's so true
that I'm moody and sometimes
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I just don't want to
follow You because I'm stubborn.
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God, I ask in Jesus' name
that You would forgive me.
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And for those who are watching
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who are dealing
with family members,
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who have turned
against You, oh God,
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I ask that you
would touch their hearts,
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turn their hearts back to
You, oh, God, Holy Spirit.
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Wherever they are
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and they're
running away from You,
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but, Lord, wrap
Your arms around them.
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Let them know that You love them
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and that You want
them to come back to You.
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And I pray also for
those who need deliverance.
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Lord, we've
prayed so much for...
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deliverance and alcohol...
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drugs.
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God, they're just an evil that
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we can't seem to get away from.
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Lord, I pray that You
would remind these people
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that You died,
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that they could be
set free from this.
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You've given us the victory.
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Now we just need
to claim that victory.
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And we need to
resist temptation.
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I know that it sounds
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that sounds easier
than it's actually done.
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So I ask God that You
would be the strength,
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Holy Spirit...
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rise up within these addicts.
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Overcome our
addictions in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Your word, Heavenly
Father, in 1 John 1:9 says,
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"If we confess,"
there's cooperation,
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"confess our sins that
You are faithful and just
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to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us
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from not just
little or some but...
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cleanse us from
all unrighteousness."
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I'm thinking, Lord, as Tim
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was praying for
those in addictions,
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I'm thinking about
what about those who...
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do one thing, say
one thing, act one thing,
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but their hearts
are far from You, Lord,
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who really haven't
surrendered everything to You.
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Outwardly, they appear great.
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As You said to the Pharisees,
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"You're nothing but a
bunch of whitewashed tombs
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full of dead men's bones."
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And we can't pretend
to be walking with Christ
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if we don't really want
You on the throne of our heart.
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So I'm asking, Lord,
we'll cooperate and confess,
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as Tim had just
openly confessed.
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I too agree, you
know, there's times when I,
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I turn my back on You, Lord,
I make decisions that are...
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I know the Holy Spirit's
prompt me, "Don't go that way."
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But I still want to,
and that's the fleshly part.
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So I ask, Lord, You take
that fleshly nature away and...
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help us to
totally be surrendered
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that we can be children of God.
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Hebrews 12
tells us that You just
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discipline those You love.
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And if You didn't, then
we'd be illegitimate children
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and not sons and
daughters of God.
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So, Lord, even though
disciplining doesn't feel good,
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we need it.
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Thank You, Lord. We
ask this in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Lord, I lift up
pastors all around the world.
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Lord, I pray that You would
give them an encouragement.
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And, Lord, I pray
that they will see...
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an amazing, miraculous
way that You meet their needs.
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Many are struggling financially.
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There are churches
that have been closed.
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Lord, I pray in Jesus'
name that You would lift up.
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Lift up the
discouraged pastor...
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encourage the
discouraged members.
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Lord...
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we are a victorious church.
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Help us to act like it.
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And, Father, I
pray that You will...
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provide for
churches that need pastors.
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And, Lord, send
revival, send workers,
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send a harvest in Jesus' name.
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Heavenly Father, we want
to lift up world leaders.
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Not an easy thing.
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They have the shoes to fill,
but we have a heavenly King,
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that we can
live by Your example.
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We ask, Lord,
You'll touch these leaders
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and give them the wisdom
to do their jobs mightily.
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But do it to glorify and
honor You not for themselves.
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There's things going
in dark corners right now.
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And we know, Lord, that
Your time is coming soon,
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but help those who
have an ear to hear,
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to do the things that
You're calling them to do
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and that they will
stand up for Your people.
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We thank You and
ask this in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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I encourage you just
to as the old song says,
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trust and obey,
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for there's no other
way to be happy in Jesus,
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but to trust Him.
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When He says go, go,
what He says do, you do it.
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Join us for one more day
or for how many ever days.
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