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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY017074A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:23 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:45 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:07 Hello, and welcome to another 3ABN Today program. 01:10 My name is Jill Morikone. 01:12 And we're so excited 01:13 that you have taken time from your day 01:15 to sit down and to share with us here at 3ABN. 01:18 Often on our 3ABN Today programs, 01:21 we feature ministries, feature what God is doing in 01:24 and through other ministries today, 01:26 we just have the family. 01:27 And my sisters in Jesus 01:29 and we're gonna open up the Word of God, 01:31 we're gonna share from our hearts. 01:33 Our topic is praying for others. 01:37 And I think that's a topic that each one of us needs. 01:39 I know there has been times in my own life, 01:41 I have needed prayer, 01:43 and I have needed someone to pray for me, 01:44 and there is many times, all the time, 01:47 God calls us to get out of ourselves, 01:49 and to reach out and pray for the needs of other people, 01:53 so we're gonna unpack that today. 01:55 But first, I want to introduce the family 01:57 that we have here on our set. 01:59 And we have Mollie Steenson, 02:00 vice president and general manager, mom to us. 02:04 And it's such a joy to have you here. 02:05 Thank you so much, Mollie. 02:06 Always a joy to be here with the family. 02:09 Amen! That's right. 02:10 We are just sisters in Jesus, 02:12 and sitting next to you is Brenda Walsh. 02:13 You're 3ABN Kids Network general manager. 02:16 And just my sister in Jesus, 02:18 and it's a joy to have you here too. 02:19 Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. 02:22 I love being with my family too. 02:23 Amen. 02:25 And we consider you a home part of the 3ABN family. 02:28 So know that for the next hour 02:30 we're gonna be sharing from our heart, 02:31 we're gonna be opening up the Word of God. 02:33 And want to encourage you in the Lord. 02:36 There's a script for I want to share 02:38 and then we'll jump into our music. 02:39 This is, I think, one of my favorite scriptures 02:42 but the truth is I have so many, 02:44 it's hard sometimes to pick which one is my favorite. 02:47 This is Psalm 2 or Psalm 2:8. 02:53 My Bible here is New King James but I memorized in King James. 02:57 Ask of me, God is speaking, 02:59 "Ask of me, and I'll give you the heathen 03:02 for your inheritance, 03:04 and the uttermost parts of the world 03:06 for your possession." 03:08 And every time I read that scripture, I want to cry. 03:12 When I seriously get down and think about what it says 03:15 'cause what if we get to heaven and someone's not there 03:20 because I did not ask, 03:22 because I did not get on my knees, 03:25 and storm the gates of heaven 03:27 for their salvation on their behalf. 03:30 So that's a powerful scripture. 03:31 What does that scripture say to you, ladies? 03:32 Well, I know that Danny uses the scripture so often 03:36 as one of the thrust of 3ABN 03:39 because this, the message that God has entrusted 03:43 the Seventh-day Adventist Church with 03:45 and entrusted to us is a message 03:47 that has to be disseminated throughout the whole earth 03:50 if we want the Lord to return, 03:53 and so the airwaves are obviously the best way 03:59 to get this message disseminated. 04:01 And so Danny's prayer quite often is, 04:05 he's asking for the nations, 04:08 for all kindred, nations, tongue and people. 04:11 And so he stands on this scripture 04:13 and claiming it as our inheritance. 04:17 Amen. Brenda? 04:18 Well, to me though it says to me 04:21 that God wants us to love each other so much 04:25 that we can't imagine, 04:26 even our worst enemy not to be in heaven. 04:30 And if we don't have that kind of love in our hearts, 04:32 we won't be there. 04:33 So we need to love our fellowman. 04:35 We need to love the stranger on the street 04:37 and pray for them as passionate as we do our own family members 04:41 that we love each other enough 04:43 to just want all God's children in the kingdom. 04:47 So we have a lot of praying to do. 04:48 Amen. 04:50 And that brings up a thought. 04:51 And I know, we're going to our music, 04:52 but you just brought up a thought in my mind. 04:54 Matthew 5, part of the Sermon on the Mount, 04:56 and it made me think of that 04:58 because Jesus gave some really radical statements 05:01 you could say in the Sermon on the Mount. 05:03 He talked about how, 05:05 it's not just the letter of the law, 05:08 we don't just say outwardly, 05:09 "Okay, we don't commit adultery." 05:12 But God looks at the thoughts and the intent of the heart. 05:14 We don't say, "I'm not gonna go out and kill someone." 05:17 God looks at if I have hatred in my heart. 05:20 So at the end of all of that, we see Matthew 5, 05:24 in this verse every time I read it, it kind of gets me. 05:26 Matthew 5:43, "You heard that it was said, 05:30 You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. 05:34 But I say to you, love your enemies..." 05:37 That's what you were just talking about, Brenda. 05:38 That's right. That's right. 05:40 "Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, 05:42 and pray for those who spitefully use you 05:45 and persecute you." 05:46 So someone might be saying, 05:48 "I don't even know how to do that. 05:50 I don't know how to develop love for someone else 05:53 to the point of praying for them." 05:55 So what would you tell them? What could they do? 05:58 Well, I, you know, personal experience, I guess, 06:02 I have to go there of people 06:05 that I didn't like, I didn't love, 06:08 and I didn't want God to bless them. 06:10 But I had to ask the Lord 06:12 to put His love in my heart for them. 06:15 And when He removed because that's what God does. 06:19 He takes our inabilities and He gives us His abilities. 06:22 He takes our weaknesses and gives us His strength. 06:25 He removes of what we will yield to Him, 06:30 what we will submit and surrender unto Him, 06:32 and replace it with His goodness, 06:34 and grace, and mercy. 06:35 And so as I, and it's a yielding thing, 06:38 yielded the unloveliness in me to the loveliness in Him, 06:42 then He actually put, 06:45 replaced in my heart those negative things to wear. 06:49 And you know, something we've all found 06:50 I'm sure is you can't dislike somebody you're praying for. 06:54 That's right. 06:55 Get on your knees, you start praying for them 06:57 that God puts such a love in your heart for them. 07:00 But first and foremost, 07:01 He had to do a work on my heart. 07:03 Amen. Take out the stony heart. 07:05 That's right. 07:06 Replace it with a heart of flesh. 07:08 Well, I was thinking that especially in this text 07:10 that you read where it says those who curse you, 07:15 who hate you, who spitefully use you, 07:17 and quite a few years ago now 07:20 I had a close friend 07:22 who actually wanted me to lie for her, 07:25 and I wouldn't, I refused. 07:29 And so what happened was that she got very angry at me 07:32 and she goes well, "If you don't, 07:35 you know, lie for me, 07:36 if you don't, you know, covers me, 07:38 then I will bring you down." 07:40 And I made the statement. 07:42 I said, "Well, you know, 07:43 I'm not ashamed of anything I've done." 07:44 Yeah. 07:46 And the words that she spat back at me 07:48 were so stinging. 07:51 She said, "Oh, don't be stupid." 07:53 It doesn't have to be true. 07:54 People just have to think it. 07:56 And you know that was devastating to me 07:58 because you know that's true. 08:00 Oh, yeah. 08:01 You know, people just if she can change the thought, 08:03 so I was really just tormented, and torn inside, 08:06 and praying and, "Lord, what do I do?" 08:09 You know, and I was here one Sabbath, 08:14 not long after that 08:15 and my precious friend Pam Rhodes was here. 08:17 And she knew that I was suffering. 08:19 We had prayed that morning. 08:21 And during church, she reaches over, 08:23 and she pulled out this note. 08:26 I always keep in my Bible. 08:27 And I saw it just a few minutes ago, 08:29 and I can't believe this came up on the program today 08:31 because I kept this note and I actually 08:36 because she's no longer with us, 08:37 she's resting in Jesus now. 08:39 I miss her everyday. 08:41 But I actually xeroxed this, 08:42 and put in every one of my Bibles 08:44 because I have a travel Bible. 08:45 I have one Bible on my bed, Bible on my desk. 08:47 And I put it because it meant so much to me. 08:49 And it has, it speaks to 08:50 what we're talking about right now. 08:52 Because she wrote this, 08:54 it's from, and it's in her handwriting, 08:57 it's from Prophets and Kings by Ellen White, page 437, 09:03 "God's chosen servants should meet with courage 09:06 and patience the trials and sufferings that befall them 09:10 through reproach, neglect, and misrepresentation. 09:14 They should continue to discharge faithfully 09:16 the work God has given them to do, 09:21 ever remembering that the prophets of old 09:23 and the Savior of mankind 09:25 and His apostles also endured abuse 09:28 and persecution for the Word's sake." 09:33 I was like, "Is that not incredible, Mollie until, 09:36 you know, to think, you know, we're here, 09:39 we're counseled right here, 09:41 we should just keep doing what God wants us to do. 09:44 We need to keep our eyes focused on Jesus. 09:46 There are gonna be enemies. 09:47 People think that when you give your heart to Jesus, 09:50 that your life is just gonna be smooth, no more problems. 09:54 And we know, the devil's gonna work even harder 09:57 to come after us, and to discourage us, 10:00 and even, you know, use... 10:02 He knows which buttons to push. 10:05 You know, even use friends against you, 10:07 family members are used against you, 10:08 you know, what we need to do is stay strong. 10:11 It doesn't matter, we need to love that person 10:14 and that's what I started doing, Mollie, 10:16 asking God to put more love in my heart for that person. 10:19 Amen. And that's what I do. 10:22 I pray for my enemies. 10:24 I think all of us need to take this to heart 10:27 that we really do need to just pray for our enemies 10:30 those who despitefully uses 10:32 and just love them back to Jesus. 10:34 That's right. 10:35 You know, the scripture that comes to my mind, 10:36 and I know the scripture came to your minds as well. 10:39 "Blessed are those 10:41 who are persecuted for righteousness' sake," 10:43 and for you to not lie is a righteous act. 10:46 Absolutely. Yes. 10:47 "For theirs is the kingdom of God." 10:49 That's right. 10:50 So, Brenda, I commend you for your strong stand. 10:54 I appreciate you. Amen. 10:55 Well, thank you, Mollie. 10:56 I tell you, we need to stand for truth. 10:58 We need to stand front, no matter what, 11:00 even if it's somebody we love that's turning against us, 11:04 we have to do the right thing. 11:05 Yes, we do. You know. 11:06 And look at what God did? 11:08 We're talking today about praying for others, 11:09 and even like God encouraged you by your friend Pam, 11:13 and so I think that that was a sister in Jesus. 11:17 Here you're struggling with this other person. 11:18 Exactly. 11:20 And here God sent a sister in Jesus into your life 11:22 to give you a word of encouragement, 11:24 to pray with and for you, 11:27 and that's what God calls us to do. 11:28 She is most precious. 11:29 She was just such a precious woman of God. 11:32 In fact she was our one of our board members 11:34 here at 3ABN for quite a while. 11:36 Yeah, we loved and appreciated her so much 11:39 and her husband Jimmy, of course, 11:41 fabulous musician on the piano. 11:43 Yes. Absolutely. 11:44 He plays on Kids Time. Yes, that's right. 11:46 By the way, I'll give you each one of you a copy of this. 11:48 I would love that. I would love that. 11:49 You know, I keep one in every Bible. 11:52 And it was Prophets and Kings 11:53 for our friends at home that way you can look now. 11:55 By Ellen White, page 437. 11:57 Four thirty seven. Yeah. 11:58 So look that up at home, Prophets and Kings, 437. 12:00 Let's go to our music now, 12:02 and then we'll continue our discussion 12:03 on praying for others. 12:05 We're blessed to have Lizbeth Melgar with us. 12:07 She and her husband are a precious couple. 12:09 She's from the Nashville area. 12:11 And she came up some time ago and did the song Amazing Grace. 12:32 Amazing grace 12:35 How sweet the sound 12:39 That saved a wretch like me 12:46 I once was lost 12:50 But now I'm found 12:54 Was blind but now I see 13:02 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear 13:09 And grace my fears relieved 13:17 How precious did that grace appear 13:25 The hour I first believed 13:31 My chains are gone 13:35 I've been set free 13:39 My God, my Savior has ransomed me 13:47 And like a flood His mercy reigns 13:54 Unending love 13:58 Amazing grace 14:14 The Lord has promised good to me 14:22 His word my hope secures 14:29 He will my shield and portion be 14:37 As long as life endures 14:44 My chains are gone I've been set free 14:51 My God, my Savior has ransomed me 14:59 And like a flood His mercy reigns 15:07 Unending love 15:11 Amazing grace 15:14 My chains are gone I've been set free 15:22 My God, my Savior has ransomed me 15:29 And like a flood His mercy reigns 15:37 Unending love 15:41 Amazing grace 15:50 The earth shall soon dissolve like snow 15:57 The sun forbear to shine 16:05 But God, Who called me here below 16:12 Will be forever mine 16:20 Will be forever mine 16:27 Will be forever mine 16:42 Amen. I love that song. Thank you so much, Lizbeth. 16:45 Where would we be 16:46 without the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 16:49 to cover our sins, to forgive and cleanse us 16:52 and then to empower us to reach out in ministry? 16:55 If you're just joining us, 16:56 my special guests today are 16:58 Mollie Steenson and Brenda Walsh, 17:00 part of the 3ABN family, my sisters in Jesus. 17:03 And we're just talking today 17:04 as sisters in Jesus about praying for others. 17:08 So we're gonna take it first, 17:10 let's look, we want to talk about how to pray, 17:11 I want to hear stories of prayer. 17:14 And I know both of you are women of prayer, women of God, 17:17 women who have experienced answers to prayer, 17:20 not only in your own lives, 17:21 but in the lives of the people that you have prayed for. 17:24 But let's, first of all, my first question would be, 17:26 why should we pray for other people? 17:30 Does God command us to pray? 17:31 Is it something that we're supposed to do? 17:34 I know, before the break, before we went to the music, 17:36 we talked about we're commanded to pray for our enemies. 17:39 So we know that that is a command. 17:40 Yes. 17:41 But are we supposed to pray for other groups of people? 17:43 And why should we pray for other people? 17:47 Well, I'll start with 1 Timothy 2:8. 17:49 Nice. 17:51 "I desire therefore that the men pray every where, 17:55 lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting." 17:59 And the scripture say, tell us and I've got some here 18:03 that we are never to cease in praying 18:06 but I'll pray without ceasing. 18:08 And so we are commanded to pray. 18:11 And what is prayer? 18:13 You know, I kind of wanted to touch on that. 18:15 Please. What is prayer? 18:17 It's communicating with... 18:19 It's just talking to God. 18:21 You know, you don't have to be on your knees 18:23 in this most holy. 18:25 Yes. 18:26 You know? Right. 18:27 What's the best? 18:29 Well, I won't say it's the best time, 18:30 but the time I find the most to pray is in my car. 18:33 We're driving down the road and I know people sometimes 18:35 I've looked at through though my car window 18:37 and thought that's crazy woman, 18:39 'cause I'm just because I can pray with all my heart, 18:42 nobody is listening, nobody is watching, 18:44 and whatever the Lord places on my heart, 18:47 oh, man, you've got freedom to pray. 18:49 And now the scriptures tells us 18:51 we're to go into our prayer closet. 18:52 But you know what? 18:54 Sometimes my car is my prayer closet, 18:56 that's where I can get along with God and just, 18:59 and again prayer is communicating with God, 19:03 just talking to God, and the most amazing thing, 19:06 Brenda, He'll talk back to you, won't He? 19:08 Yes, He will if you, if you listen. 19:11 Yes. It's important to listen. 19:12 And for me, it might be my shower. 19:14 I mean, I've had some pretty long showers sometimes 19:19 when I'm praying passionately. 19:20 But, you know, the thing for me 19:22 is there's so many different kinds of prayer, 19:24 so many different types of prayer. 19:26 There's the casual prayer. 19:28 There's a, you know, when I'm just praying about Lord 19:31 what to even fix my husband for supper because I am blank. 19:36 Or there's the kind of prayer 19:38 that you are really just passionate about. 19:40 There's something such a struggle in your life 19:43 that you're dealing with it, 19:44 it's, you really you go to that, 19:46 you know, your bedroom and close that door. 19:49 And I've had times 19:50 when I'm praying so passionate about something, 19:52 I literally will just lay out on the floor on it before God 19:56 and just pour my heart out to Him. 19:58 Let's track a time in facing and even where you are. 20:01 Yeah. 20:02 Well, I think the more time you spend in God's presence, 20:04 the more you want to be in His presence. 20:07 And there's the different types of prayer 20:09 like I love driving down the road too. 20:11 My drive here is almost six hour drive here and back. 20:15 I have a lot of prayer time. 20:17 And also, I think, there's times when you're, 20:21 you know, praying for a certain, 20:24 you know, things like people say, 20:26 "Oh, don't bother God with the little stuff. 20:28 Don't bother God with the little stuff." 20:29 God needs to hear everything. 20:31 Like, when you lose your keys, don't bother God with that. 20:34 That's not the God I know 20:36 because my God says that 20:37 He cares about the little stuff. 20:39 If He cares and He has numbered the hairs on our head. 20:43 Remember when the Bible says 20:44 that He numbers the hairs on our head. 20:46 If He cares about an insignificant 20:49 amount of hair on my head, 20:51 don't you think God cares about the little stuff. 20:53 He cares if I lost my keys or not, 20:55 you know, to help me find them. 20:56 And I love it, my grandkids have learned 20:59 since they were little. 21:00 Anytime that they ever, 21:02 you know, I had a tiny cell thing. 21:05 You know, I lost my cell phone, 21:07 you know, not long ago and Jason says, 21:09 "Grandma, let's pray for it." 21:11 He say, "Let's find it," you know. 21:13 And it's, we need to know 21:14 that we can go to God about everything, 21:16 the big things and the little things. 21:17 Yeah. 21:19 You know, there was a time 21:20 when Hal was still in the ministry. 21:24 And one Friday afternoon, 21:25 we had a wedding ceremony in our home. 21:29 The couple came to our home to get married and so we... 21:34 It was a beautiful ceremony and we had the witnesses there 21:39 and all that sort of thing. 21:41 And I had all the paper. I was his wife. 21:43 I took care of all the paperwork. 21:45 So I got and took care of all the paperwork though 21:47 and you know this paperwork has to be filed... 21:51 Right or it's not legal. 21:52 In a limited amount of time 21:53 or else then people aren't married, so... 21:56 It's kind of a big deal. That would be a big deal. 21:58 So this is on Friday, well, then here comes the weekend. 22:03 And come Monday, I cannot find those paperwork anywhere. 22:09 Now that's panic time because I only got a few days. 22:13 So here is one of those times 22:15 where before I went to bed Monday night, 22:17 I was in panic, and I had searched my house 22:20 and couldn't find it. 22:22 When I prayed, Hal and I prayed, 22:23 and you know what? 22:25 That night I dreamed where it was. 22:27 You think, God didn't answered that prayer. 22:28 Wow! Praise the Lord. Yes, that's God. 22:30 And that could be considered a small thing. 22:32 It wasn't a small thing. 22:34 It wouldn't be a small thing to them, 22:35 but see, God answers our prayer, He just does. 22:40 Well, you know that the privilege of prayer 22:43 is always ours, 22:44 but the power of prayer is always God's. 22:47 Oh, that's good. Say that again. 22:49 The privilege of prayer is always ours, 22:53 but the power of prayer is always God's. 22:55 Yeah. 22:57 And there's some people that will say, 22:58 "Well, why do we have to pray anyway 22:59 because God knows our thoughts?" 23:01 And it's true. 23:02 God knows our thoughts, but He responds to our prayers. 23:06 Amen. Yes, He does. 23:07 One of my favorite scripture is Philippians 4:6, 23:09 "Be anxious for nothing, 23:11 but in everything by prayer and supplication, 23:13 with thanksgiving, 23:15 let your requests be made known to God." 23:17 And then the next verse says, "And the peace of God, 23:20 which passes all understanding, 23:22 will keep your heart and mind through Christ Jesus." 23:24 So I think you're right, no matter what circumstance, 23:27 the big things, the little and everything in between, 23:30 we bring it before God in prayer 23:32 and that enables us to walk in peace. 23:35 But what about praying specifically for other people? 23:38 Now we can pray for things or special needs, 23:41 but what about prayer for other people? 23:43 Now, we know God wants us to pray for salvation 23:46 for others. 23:47 But would there be any other prayers for others, 23:50 or you think salvation is the big thing 23:51 that we should be praying for other people? 23:53 Well, when you're praying for another person, 23:55 you're standing in the position of an intercessor. 23:57 That's right. And now what is an intercessor? 24:01 Somebody that will stand in the gap 24:04 and make up the hedge, 24:05 and I have a few scriptures here concerning that. 24:12 Let's go to Isaiah, I think it's 59, 24:18 I hope I've got my marker there 24:20 because I just hate to be rummaging through my Bible 24:24 and can't find my scripture, 24:26 so let's go to Isaiah 59. 24:29 Here it is. 24:30 Now we're going to start with verse 15, 24:35 it says, "So truth fails, 24:38 and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey." 24:42 So this is the situation the Lord is looking at. 24:45 The truth has fallen. 24:47 Then the Lord saw it, and it did what? 24:49 It displeased him that, what displeased Him? 24:53 If there was no justice. 24:55 So here is what the Lord did, "He saw that there was no man, 25:01 and wondered that there was no intercessor." 25:04 And then we kind of look at the scripture, 25:08 and what the Lord says 25:11 we don't have to turn to it 25:12 but He says, He is looking for a man. 25:17 And Isaiah says what? 25:19 "Here am I Lord, send me." 25:23 God is looking for and this is Ezekiel 22:30, 25:26 "So I sought for a man among them 25:29 who would make a wall, and stand in the gap." 25:31 Now that's the New King James Version. 25:33 What it says in the King James Version, 25:37 I was looking for a man who would stand in the gap 25:39 and take up the hedge, 25:40 and what you're doing is you're standing in the gap. 25:43 I'm interceding for Brenda, so I'm holding Brenda's hand. 25:47 And I'm taking a hold of God's hand, 25:49 and I'm standing in the gap, 25:50 and I'm pulling the two together, 25:53 that is what an intercessor does, 25:55 stands in the gap and makes up a hedge. 25:57 So when we're praying for others, 25:59 we are interceding on their behalf. 26:02 God looks for intercessors. 26:04 And here when there was injustice in the land, 26:07 God was looking for an intercessor 26:09 that would intervene in this situation. 26:12 And then we, you know, 26:14 there's another scripture in 2 Chronicles 7:14, 26:17 "If my people who are called by my name..." 26:20 I guess, I should quote the whole thing. 26:22 "Will humble themselves and pray, and seek my face." 26:26 Yes. So what you have to do? 26:28 Humble yourself, pray, seek God's face, 26:31 and then do something else, turn from your wicked ways, 26:34 since then I will hear from heaven, 26:36 and will forgive their sins and heal their land." 26:38 So again, God is looking for an intercessor. 26:42 And, oh, I just have so much to say on this. 26:45 You all shut me when it's your turn, 26:46 but the lady that was saying, 26:49 "The preacher preached and his sermon was, 26:53 every one of you have got a gift. 26:54 There is something you can do. 26:56 And this poor little old lady, she's didn't have money. 26:59 She couldn't sing. She couldn't play the piano. 27:01 She couldn't teach and she couldn't preach. 27:02 She couldn't stand before people. 27:04 She went home just devastated. 27:05 God, I am non-Adventist, there is nothing I could do. 27:09 And the Lord impressed upon her heart, 27:10 you can pray and remember the rest of this story, 27:13 I've got it written down. 27:14 I just didn't bring it out here. 27:16 Didn't know, I'd be wanting to share it. 27:17 And what happened while she got her phone book 27:20 and she marked, 27:22 I believe if I'm remembering correctly, 27:24 she marked a hundred names of that phone book 27:27 and started praying for those people 27:29 just out of the blue, out of her phone book. 27:32 And she was in church maybe a year later, 27:36 and the pastor was announcing someone 27:40 that was going to be baptized, 27:42 and she thought, "Boy, that name sounds familiar." 27:45 You got it. 27:47 It was one of the people on the list. 27:49 So she went and she told her pastor, 27:50 "Pastor, I've been praying for that person. 27:54 And told him the story of his sermon 27:56 and what she had done?" 27:58 And he said, "Let me see that list." 28:01 And here's the rest of that story. 28:03 This was maybe the 89th on the list 28:06 that had been baptized. 28:08 Wow! 28:09 So whoever you are, there is a ministry for you. 28:12 Let's make that point. That's right. 28:14 But prayer is the most powerful weapon of warfare 28:18 that there is in the kingdom of God. 28:21 There is something you can do this vitally important 28:24 and powerful to the kingdom. 28:25 Amen. 28:27 Amen, what a beautiful example of just praying for others, 28:31 and the importance of praying for others. 28:33 I was speaking in a church in California 28:35 a couple of years ago. 28:37 And a minister came up to me afterwards 28:39 and said, "I want to ask, 'is your father still alive?'" 28:44 And I said, "Yes, he is." 28:46 And he, and I said, "Do you know him?" 28:47 He goes oh, yes. 28:48 He said, "I had the privilege of interning with your father." 28:52 My dad was a district supervisor. 28:54 He had pastored four churches in Texas at the time. 28:57 And he said, all the theology students 29:00 from in the university there in Texas, 29:03 Dave and Kean would spend some time 29:07 with my dad interning. 29:09 And I said, really I said, "I didn't realize that." 29:12 He goes oh, yeah. 29:13 He said, "Your dad had more baptisms in his district 29:17 than any other church in Texas." 29:19 Really? Uh-huh. 29:21 "And he had the highest attendance in prayer meetings 29:23 than any church in Texas." 29:25 Praise God. So, amen. 29:26 So he said, "I'll never forget." 29:28 He said, "Of all the people in my life, 29:31 your dad had more influence on me than anybody else." 29:35 He said, "I'll never forget your dad." 29:37 He said, "One day, we were driving to a Bible study, 29:39 and I said, "Pastor Micheff, can you tell me your secret? 29:43 What is your secret 29:44 that how is it that you have more baptisms 29:46 than anybody else than any other ministry in Texas? 29:49 And you have more people attending prayer meeting 29:51 than anywhere else. 29:52 I want to know your secret. I want to be a success. 29:54 I'm studying to be a minister.'" 29:56 And he said, "Your dad's driving, 29:57 and he looks over at me and said, 29:59 'Well, brother, I pray.'" 30:01 And I looked at him, I said, "So you're not gonna tell us." 30:03 He said, "Look, I want to be successful. 30:05 I want to be successful like you. 30:06 Why won't you tell me your secret?" 30:09 He said, "I will never forget what your father did." 30:12 He pulled off to the side of the road and stopped the car. 30:16 He turned and looked at me and he said, 30:18 "When I say pray, I don't mean just casually pray." 30:22 That's right. 30:24 He said, "Every morning, and every night." 30:27 He said, "I pray for every single member in my church." 30:30 Wow! 30:31 He said, "I go down my church directory, 30:33 and I know that with the things 30:35 if I know that they're struggling with 30:36 or whatever, I pray specifically. 30:38 He says, I get serious with God. 30:40 That's my dad. 30:41 And he said and I go through every single name 30:43 and when I get through those names, 30:45 I look and said, I write down the people 30:47 who have been attending that aren't members yet. 30:49 I pray for them. 30:50 Then I pray for all the people 30:52 that aren't coming to church anymore. 30:54 And he said, I pray for them. 30:55 He said, "Brother, when I say pray, 30:59 I mean passionate prayer." 31:01 Well, last weekend I was, 31:03 you know, this was a couple of years ago 31:05 when someone told me that. 31:06 Last weekend, I was up at Lake City Michigan speaking 31:10 and afterwards a couple came up to me 31:13 and tears in their eyes. 31:16 And she said, "I want you to know 31:18 that we were on your dad's list at a church." 31:21 Praise the Lord. 31:22 And she just started telling me about the list 31:24 that she knew my dad praying. 31:25 And she goes, "My husband is baptized in the church 31:29 and myself because we were on, we were those backsliders, 31:33 and we were on your dad's list of prayer." 31:36 That's beautiful. Is that not beautiful? 31:38 Doesn't that make you want to make a list? 31:40 Yes. Oh, absolutely. 31:42 It makes me want to go right now and make a list. 31:44 It makes me want to intercede more. 31:47 It makes me want to stand in the gap more. 31:48 Amen. 31:50 You know that it reminds me of the story of watchman Nee. 31:53 And you know, he spent 31:54 what the last 20 years of his life in prison 31:56 in Communist China for his faith. 31:58 Right. 32:00 But when he was first converted, 32:01 he was 17 years old, and he was in college. 32:03 And he went out just like you're talking about 32:06 and made a list of his friends who did not know Jesus, 32:10 his friends who were not Christians. 32:12 And I can't remember now 32:14 there was 59 or 60 on the list of friends 32:16 that he wrote down. 32:17 And he began to pray for them. 32:19 Now, I think, if I would have made the list, 32:20 I would have said, "Okay, Lord, 32:22 bless John, and Harry, and Dick, and Sally." 32:24 Right. Right. 32:25 You just run down the list in a casual fashion. 32:28 But he persistently and agonizingly, 32:33 can we use that word? 32:34 Yes. Prayed for these people. 32:37 He would pray during class, he would spend all night. 32:40 Sometimes in prayer for someone and of that number all 32:44 but one accepted Jesus. 32:47 Wow! Amen. 32:48 And I think, I'm just being honest with you at home today, 32:51 I don't think, I've ever spent all night in prayer. 32:54 I have had seasons of prayer. 32:56 I've had times where I've been on my face before God, 32:59 I've seen God work miracles but I don't think honestly, 33:03 I could say I've ever been all night 33:05 in prayer for the salvation of someone soul. 33:07 That's powerful. 33:09 Make a list. That's powerful. 33:10 Make a list. Yeah. 33:11 Yeah, absolutely. 33:13 So what about praying for our children, 33:17 praying for our spouses, 33:19 praying for those maybe who aren't walking with God? 33:22 How should we go about doing that? 33:24 Well, there is something 33:26 that I did many, many years ago. 33:29 I guess, my son was probably 3, 4-years old. 33:33 I'm not gonna tell you how old he is now 33:36 because he's back there running a camera. 33:39 He might not appreciate that. 33:41 But I am gonna share the prayers with you. 33:43 And one is a prayer for our children, 33:47 and I'll share that with you. 33:48 The other one is the child's prayer. 33:51 Now this is something that I taught my son. 33:54 So I think, I'll go through the child's prayer first. 33:57 And my basis for this 33:59 because what it is, it's the scripture, 34:02 we've personalized the scripture 34:04 and my basis for that is Psalms 55, 34:10 pardon me, Isaiah 55:11, 34:13 "So shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth, 34:16 it shall not return to me void, 34:19 but it shall accomplish what I please, 34:21 and it shall prosper in the thing 34:22 for which I sent it." 34:24 So when I'm praying over my children, 34:26 I'm praying the Word of God. 34:28 But when you are praying the Word of God 34:31 making it personal to yourself, 34:33 see as that word goes into you, it changes you. 34:38 You've been predestined to be conformed 34:40 to the image of the Lord Jesus says what, 34:42 we've all been predestined to be conformed to, 34:45 and the way that happens is the seed of God's Word 34:48 is planted in your heart. 34:49 It takes root and it grows 34:51 and seed produces after its own kind. 34:53 And you start developing the character, the nature, 34:56 the attributes of Jesus. 34:58 So here is the prayer that I taught my son 35:02 just to pray over himself many years ago, and here it is. 35:08 I am a disciple taught of the Lord. 35:10 I'm not going to do this whole thing. 35:11 I'm just going to give you an idea. 35:13 "I am a disciple taught of the Lord. 35:14 Great is my peace and undisturbed composure. 35:17 No weapon formed against me shall prosper." 35:19 Isaiah 54:13 and 17. 35:22 "But what I lay my hand to shall prosper, 35:25 because I walk not in the counsel 35:26 of the ungodly nor stand in the way of the sinner, 35:29 nor sit at the seat of the scornful. 35:31 Therefore I am blessed of God, 35:33 my delight is in the law of the Lord. 35:35 And in his law, I meditate both day and night. 35:39 I am like a tree planted by the rivers of water 35:42 and I shall bring forth my fruit in due season," 35:44 of course, that's Proverbs 1-3. 35:47 Let's go on. 35:48 And again, I'm not gonna read the whole thing. 35:51 "I obey my parents for this is right. 35:54 I honor my father and my mother 35:56 because that is the first commandment with promise 35:59 that it may be well with me. 36:00 And I may live long on the earth. 36:02 I've got the scriptures, Ephesians 6:1-3. 36:05 Now Jeremy is a bit older. 36:08 He's in his, I'm gonna say mid-30s. 36:11 And if I ask him to say this prayer, 36:13 do you know he pretty well can now. 36:15 And it's oh, 36:16 it's well over 30 years later since we were, we taught. 36:20 And he learned this 36:21 that scripture is planted within him, 36:24 and now his scripture or my scripture over him now, 36:27 this is the scripture he prays over himself. 36:29 But I pray very much the same scriptures over him, 36:33 only I put his name in there Jeremy Hal Steenson 36:36 is a disciple tot of the Lord. 36:38 Great is his peace and undisturbed composure 36:40 because God's Word will accomplish 36:42 what it is sent forth to accomplish. 36:44 Now what I wanted to say about these is 36:48 that these prayers both of them, 36:49 the prayer for our children, 36:51 the prayer that we pray over our children 36:53 as well as the prayer that we train up our children. 36:57 Train up a child in the way he should go, 37:00 and when he's old, he won't depart from it. 37:02 So the scriptures that you are going to plant 37:04 within your children, 37:05 teach them to pray this prayer over their self. 37:07 They're both in the 3ABN call center. 37:10 So both of these prayers. 37:11 Both of these... 37:12 You have written out, 37:14 and you have them in the 3ABN call center. 37:15 They're in the 3ABN call center. 37:17 You can call them, they'll send them to you, 37:18 or you can go to 3abnstore.com, 37:23 go to free resources, 37:26 click on free resources, 37:28 and then you'll find the child's prayer, 37:30 and pray for our children, that's the name of that, Jill. 37:32 And they can print them off. 37:33 You can click on those and download them. 37:36 And so if you would like these prayers 37:38 for your children, for your grandchildren, 37:41 then I just encourage you to get them 37:43 and put that word in your children. 37:46 Amen. 37:47 You know, I think the biggest inheritance 37:50 that we can leave our children is our prayers for them 37:54 because sometimes 37:55 we don't realize that even if God, 37:58 those prayers are not answered in our lifetime 38:00 the way we want, it's always God's will to save. 38:02 That's right. 38:03 And God will honor our prayers long after we're gone. 38:07 So I think we need to store up prayers 38:09 in that prayer bank of heaven. 38:10 You know, think about this. 38:11 When we pray, what happens to those prayers? 38:14 Do they ever fall to the ground? 38:16 No. No. 38:17 They're always in the heavenlies, 38:19 active and productive, 38:21 and they're always before the throne of God, 38:24 crying out before God. 38:26 And all throughout scripture too, 38:28 you notice that there's times 38:29 when Bible characters were told to repeatedly pray, 38:32 repeatedly pray, repeatedly pray. 38:35 They weren't told to just pray once 38:36 and it was done. 38:38 God wanted us to plead. 38:40 Yeah, that Luke 18:1, 38:43 "Then he spoke a parable to them, 38:46 that men always ought to pray and not lose heart." 38:50 That's right. 38:51 And what is this the parable of? 38:52 Jill, you want to share that parable? 38:54 The persistent widow or the importunate widow, 38:57 absolutely, I love that parable 38:59 that they ought to pray and not lose heart. 39:01 In the Greek, it means to faint or be weary. 39:03 I don't know, 39:04 you might be sitting at home and saying, 39:06 "I'm growing weary. 39:07 I've been praying for my children, 39:09 or my grandchildren, or a certain situation, 39:12 I'm praying for salvation over someone, 39:14 and I'm not seeing answers." 39:16 This parable is for you to pray and not lose heart to pray, 39:21 and not give up. 39:22 And it talks about the judge who's in the city 39:25 who does not know God, does not fear God at all, 39:29 and yet this widow came before him. 39:32 And she said, she wants justice. 39:36 She wants justice. 39:37 And she keeps coming, and he keeps pushing her off. 39:40 No, I don't want to do it. No, I don't want to do it. 39:42 No, I don't want to do it. 39:44 But yet she was persistent, and she kept at it. 39:49 And eventually, what did he say? 39:51 He said, "He would nod for a while," 39:53 we're in verse 4. 39:54 "But afterward he said within himself, 39:56 'Though I do not fear God nor regard man. 39:59 Yet because this widow troubles and I will avenge her, 40:02 lest by her continual coming she weary me 40:05 so he granted her petition because of that." 40:08 Now, we don't want to confuse and say 40:09 God is the unjust judge. 40:11 That is no comparison. 40:12 However it shows 40:14 that we can come before God persistently, 40:18 consistently, passionately with that prayer 40:22 and know that He's gonna hear, and He's gonna answer. 40:25 I know our time, 40:26 I can't believe it's going so quickly. 40:28 I want to take time for a personal testimony 40:31 from each one of you, ladies. 40:33 Maybe someone that you've prayed for 40:35 and you've seen God work in a miraculous way, 40:38 maybe someone's prayed for you, 40:39 and you'd rather share a personal testimony 40:41 whatever's on your heart, 40:43 but share a testimony of answered prayer. 40:45 Well, I'll just use myself as an example. 40:50 When I got a bad diagnosis, 40:52 it's like four and half years ago now, a long time ago, 40:56 I got this really bad diagnosis that I have had 40:59 that I have cancer. 41:01 And it's not a secret. 41:03 Let's see, had it been up to me, 41:05 I'm a fairly private person. 41:08 And I wouldn't have wanted anybody to know, 41:11 however my husband did the prayer up in pastoral, 41:15 he sent prayers out all over the world 41:17 and tell everybody about my business, 41:19 so everybody knew." 41:21 But the end result of that was people all over the world 41:26 were praying for me and are praying for me, 41:28 I can talk to someone on the phone 41:30 and they'll say, 41:31 "Mollie, I just want you to know 41:33 that my husband and I pray for you every night." 41:36 Ministries, pastoral boards' ministry, 41:41 they pray for me every time they have their prayer. 41:43 Oh, I am so appreciative of that. 41:45 Now again, I've got a pretty bad diagnosis. 41:48 It's bad diagnosis. 41:50 And, but here it is almost five years later, 41:53 ladies, and Brenda, 41:54 I don't know if I have told you this or not, 41:56 but the last time I had a bone scan, 41:59 there was, there's collisions in my skull. 42:04 There was a lesion, 42:06 and there's several lesions throughout my body. 42:09 But this one, 42:12 the doctor told me after he read my bone scan, 42:14 he said that one's resolved. 42:16 Do you know what resolved it? Yeah, I sure do. 42:18 It's not there anymore. 42:20 And he also has said about some of the other lesions. 42:23 He's convinced that they are just scars 42:25 where cancer was 42:26 because the cancer isn't. 42:28 Well, why is that? 42:29 Now I'm doing 42:30 the threefold thing trusting God 42:32 with all my heart and soul, 42:34 doing what I know to do health wise, 42:36 but I'm also doing 42:38 what the doctors are telling me to do, 42:39 so that's my threefold approach. 42:41 Right. 42:42 But God taught those doctors what they know, 42:44 so I give God all of the honor and glory. 42:48 But there is no doubt in my mind 42:50 that it's the prayers of the saints 42:52 that's working. 42:53 Even my sisters who go to two churches 42:57 that I wouldn't... 42:58 Well, I shouldn't say that I suppose, 43:00 I get cards 43:01 from my sisters' churches, saying, 43:03 "We were praying for you." 43:05 And they're little churches that are trusting God 43:10 for my health and what more can I say, 43:11 thank you, Lord. 43:12 You're not going anywhere till God says it's time. 43:14 That's right. Isn't that the truth? 43:15 I think, you can go ahead. 43:17 God has sustained you, and raised you up, 43:18 and God has done that 43:20 because of the prayers of other people. 43:22 Yeah, absolutely, that's right. 43:23 Again, another, 43:25 you know, affirmation of how important prayer 43:28 is that we're praying for others. 43:30 And, you know, I'm a survivor of ovarian cancer. 43:33 And 30 years ago, 43:34 they gave me five years to live. 43:36 And I'm still here so, 43:37 you know, my life belongs to Jesus. 43:40 Your life belongs to Jesus, and so does yours. 43:42 You know, none of us are promised tomorrow, 43:44 but I what I know is we aren't going anywhere, 43:47 Mollie, till God says it's time. 43:48 That's right. Isn't that the truth? 43:49 You know, so since we're talking about personal, 43:53 you know, stories, and prayer, and how that affects our lives, 43:59 I think about, 44:00 you know, I was raised in a beautiful Christian home. 44:03 And I've never known 44:05 what it's like not to love Jesus. 44:07 I couldn't have asked for more godly parents. 44:10 But really when we, 44:12 you know, when we reach a certain age, 44:14 God gives us choices. 44:15 And even though we have all the knowledge, 44:18 it still comes down to choice. 44:20 And when I was 18, 44:22 I made a choice that God didn't choose for me. 44:24 And I made a... 44:26 I chose a path He didn't want me to go on. 44:29 And because of that I suffered the consequences. 44:32 I found myself married to a man I didn't even know, 44:34 much less loved, 44:36 and I was a battered wife in my first marriage. 44:39 And when I think about, you know, here I'm a sinner, 44:45 I've clearly, you know, gone against 44:47 what I know God wants me to do. 44:49 And yet, you know, 44:51 when I'm laying out on a bathroom floor, 44:53 just been beat so bad, I'm bleeding out, 44:56 I know that I'm gonna die. 44:59 You know, I prayed them three words 45:02 of the most powerful prayer you could pray, 45:05 and that's Jesus save me. 45:07 Amen. And He did. 45:09 You know even though that I had let Jesus down. 45:13 When I prayed that prayer "Jesus, save me." 45:16 It's all I could utter. 45:17 I was too weak to even utter anything else. 45:20 He did. 45:21 You know, and I think, I bring that out as a point 45:23 because so many people think 45:25 they have to be perfect to pray. 45:27 They think that they have to, 45:30 you know, 45:32 make all the right choices and the decisions all the time. 45:35 But we all know we're all sinners. 45:37 And there isn't any one of us here 45:38 that are perfect, 45:40 then we wouldn't have been translated. 45:41 And I have people tell me all the time, 45:43 I'm sure, you know 45:44 that you've experienced the same 45:45 where people will say, 45:47 "Why don't you pray for me, because God hears you?" 45:50 You know they think because you're on television, 45:52 or because you have written a book, 45:54 or because, you know, you have something 45:57 that they see in you that 45:58 they don't see in themselves that they can't. 46:00 God's not gonna hear their prayer. 46:01 Nothing's further from the truth. 46:03 And nothing's further from the truth 46:04 because, you know, we're all sinners. 46:06 Jesus loves each one of us so much, 46:08 and even, you know, most humble prayer, 46:12 God hears and He responds to, He answers. 46:17 And he loves each one of us so much. 46:19 And so, you know, 46:20 I would say that just personally, 46:24 Jesus is my best friend, 46:25 I don't know what it would be like not to have Him to pray to 46:29 and talk to about every single aspect of my life. 46:32 I tell Him about that happy things, 46:34 and thank Him, and praise Him, 46:36 and I lift up so many others for prayer 46:38 because I have a passion in my heart to do so. 46:42 And I think when we fall in love with Jesus, 46:45 God puts that love for others in us, 46:47 so how could we not want to pray for others. 46:51 You know, several years ago now, 46:53 my friend Kay Kuzma and I wrote a book called 46:55 "Our Passionate Prayer Promises" 46:57 And it's a book. It's a great book. 46:59 It's a prayer tool to, really, 47:01 there's over a hundred things to pray about. 47:04 And on the left side, 47:05 there's a prayer claiming Bible promises for that need. 47:08 You can go to an alphabet, 47:10 let's say you're heading, going through divorce, 47:11 or a health problem, or finances. 47:13 You go to that and you can pray that prayer 47:16 and put your name in there and pray that prayer for you. 47:18 Let's say you know 47:20 how to pray claiming Bible promises. 47:21 You don't need the prayer, 47:22 so on the right side of the page 47:24 all the promises claiming in that prayer 47:25 are written out in full. 47:26 And while you're praying, 47:28 you go through and you claim those promises. 47:31 Claiming God's promises is a powerful way to pray. 47:34 I noticed that in your prayer, Mollie, 47:36 that you wrote not only for your child, 47:38 but also for the parent's prayer. 47:40 You were claiming Bible promises 47:41 in those prayers. 47:42 Absolutely, yes. 47:44 It's a powerful, powerful way to prayer, to pray. 47:47 And I think in Matthew 7:7 47:50 is one of my favorite texts that I go when people say 47:55 "Well, you know, God wouldn't hear my prayer. 47:58 He wouldn't, you know, God doesn't care about me." 48:01 Well, if you go to Matthew 7:7. 48:03 It says, "Ask, and it will be given to you, 48:06 seek, and you will find, knock, and it will be opened to you." 48:11 We don't have because we don't ask. 48:13 This right. 48:14 You know, God wants us to ask. 48:16 And He doesn't just say, "Ask and it will be given." 48:18 He also says, "Seek." 48:19 He doesn't want to just say, "Okay, Lord, would do this." 48:21 He said, "Seek." 48:23 You know, knock, 48:24 that to me that text alone says, 48:26 it talks about persistence in prayer. 48:28 In the Greek, it says ask and keep on asking. 48:31 Yes. Seek, and keep on seeking. 48:34 Knock, and keep on knocking. 48:36 The verb tense means to keep doing it, 48:38 not just to say I'm gonna ask, 48:40 and then I'll give up because God knows. 48:42 I'm gonna keep on asking. I'm gonna keep on seeking. 48:45 I'm gonna keep on knocking. Amen. 48:47 Thank you both so much for sharing, 48:48 what powerful testimonies. 48:50 I know that God has worked 48:51 in your lives in incredible ways. 48:53 And praise the Lord for saving you, Brenda. 48:54 Amen, and thank you, Jesus. 48:56 You know, praise the Lord for saving you for ministry, 48:58 and the same for you, Mollie. 48:59 We have just a few moments left. 49:00 I want to take a moment and spend some time in prayer. 49:03 I know, our brothers and sisters 49:04 at home are struggling, hurting, 49:08 dealing with all kinds of things. 49:09 And I don't know what you are dealing with, 49:11 but right now we want to pray for you. 49:14 And, Brenda, you want to start? And we'll go around the circle. 49:17 Sure. Let's take a couple moments. 49:18 Okay, precious Heavenly Father, 49:20 Lord, we just want to thank You 49:22 for Your love, Your goodness to us, Lord. 49:24 What an awesome God you are. 49:26 A God who loves all Your children, 49:28 and Lord, You can't imagine even one of us 49:30 not being with You for all eternity. 49:33 Lord, I want to pray specifically 49:36 for those, 49:37 Lord, that are listening right now 49:39 and watching right now, 49:40 Lord, that really don't have a close connection with You 49:44 but they want one. 49:45 They don't know how, so Lord, I claim James 4:8 that says, 49:49 "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you." 49:53 Lord, I pray that they will seek You, 49:57 they will find You. 49:58 Lord, that they will surrender their hearts and lives to You. 50:01 And I pray that someday soon 50:03 when You come in those clouds of glory 50:05 or that we will be there all united as a family 50:09 and hear those words. 50:10 Welcome home. 50:12 We love You. We praise You. 50:13 We thank You in your 50:14 precious holy name I pray, amen. 50:17 And Father, I bring before Your throne of grace everyone 50:21 that is listening, everyone that is viewing, 50:24 and all of us here in the studio, Father God, 50:26 I just stand us all before Your throne of grace and ask Lord 50:29 that you would look at our hearts. 50:31 Father, look at those deep needs 50:33 I pray in Jesus name, Lord. 50:35 Those areas where we are struggling, 50:39 and those areas Father where we are insecure. 50:41 Father, I pray that You would just grace us 50:44 all with Your grace, and love, and peace, and joy, 50:47 fill us to overflowing with Your presence, Father. 50:50 Father, to the degree that we know how. 50:52 We surrender ourselves to You 50:54 and ask that You fill us with Your presence. 50:57 We give ourselves to You and ask, Father, 50:59 that You would use us as just vessels of honor 51:03 in Your kingdom to bring glory 51:05 to Your name in Jesus' name, amen. 51:08 And Father, as I continue in prayer with my sisters, 51:10 we thank You 51:12 that You are not willing that any should perish, 51:14 but that all should come to repentance. 51:16 And we claim that promise. 51:18 We claim Your promise in Isaiah, 51:20 You will contend with those that contend with us. 51:22 And you will save our children. Amen. 51:25 I pray for our brothers and sisters 51:26 who are praying for their children, 51:28 and grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, 51:30 that You will draw their hearts with Your court of love, 51:34 that You will bring them back to Yourself. 51:36 Lord, when You come again soon that 51:38 and that these precious parents, grandparents, 51:41 great-grandparents can look up and say, 51:43 "God, I am here with a family that You have given to me. 51:48 Lord, we pray for those 51:49 who may be are struggling with a co-worker, 51:52 or a neighbor, or someone that there's angst with. 51:55 And we just ask Father 51:57 that as we reach out and even pray for our enemies. 52:00 God, that You would pour Your love, 52:02 and Your forgiveness, 52:03 and Your compassion into their lives, 52:06 into their hearts. 52:07 Lord, we ask, we thank You 52:09 for the privilege of coming before You. 52:11 We thank You that You are on the throne 52:13 and that You see that You hear and that You long to answer. 52:18 And we just give You our hearts, 52:19 and we ask this in the precious and the holy name of Jesus. 52:24 Amen. Amen. 52:25 Right now, we're gonna go to our news break, 52:28 and then we'll be back in a moment 52:29 with some closing thoughts from our sisters. |
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