I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, I wanna welcome you
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to another 3ABN
Today Family Worship.
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It's always a joy, Mollie,
just to come into our family,
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you all, we consider you
as part of our 3ABN family
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and just to come into
your homes on Friday night
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as we sit around the table
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and open up the
Sabbath together.
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We just want to
thank you for your love,
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for your prayers,
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and for your financial
support of the Ministry of 3ABN.
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Because of you
this ministry exists
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and we can share the gospel,
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the love of Jesus with
the lost and dying world.
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That's right, we do
love you, and we thank you,
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and we are so glad
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that you're
here with us tonight.
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And I would like to introduce
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the one's that
are around the table.
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We have Idalia
Dinzey here to my left.
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Idalia, it is so
good to have you with us.
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It's wonderful
to be with you both,
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and gentlemen.
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And I want to wish
all of you Happy Sabbath.
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Happy Sabbath. Amen.
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Jason Bradley, good to have
you with us tonight as well.
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Good to be here. And Tim Parton.
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What a joy it is to
have you here tonight.
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Thank you very much.
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You ladies are great,
and your bright colors
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and Jason and I are
kind of the drab brown.
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So hopefully our
conversation will be bright.
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So thank you for the invitation
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for part of this
wonderful Sabbath.
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Amen. Amen.
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I love gathering
around, and learning,
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and growing closer to
you and to our precious Lord.
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And welcoming the Sabbath hours.
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Amen.
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That's what family
worship is all about.
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It's spending
time at the word of God
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but especially with each
other as brothers and sisters,
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sharing and opening up
our hearts to each other
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and to you at home as well.
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I feel a little lost.
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I was telling Mollie
just before we started.
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I'm always
sitting here with Greg.
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I feel comfortable
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but I'm
comfortable with you too,
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and it's a blessing
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to be co-hosting
together with you, Mollie.
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We're just stretching
you a little bit tonight.
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That's right.
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Our topic this evening
is "Persistence in Prayer".
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And I think if I
look around the table
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we could all say we have
been at a time in our lives
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where maybe God
was stretching us
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or we needed to persevere
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or be persistent in prayer.
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We're gonna look at
some Biblical examples
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and just share
from our hearts tonight.
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But before we do any of
that, we wanna do some music
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so, Tim, if you don't
mind running over to the piano.
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We're gonna do a
song "In the Garden"
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it is such a beautiful song
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because it talks
about spending time alone
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with Jesus in prayer,
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and what better place to be
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then spending time
in the garden with Him.
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Amen.
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I come to the garden alone
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While the dew is
still on the rose
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And the voice I
hear, falling on my ear
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The Son of God
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Discloses
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And He walks with me
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And He talks with me
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And He tells me I am His own
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And the joy we share
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As we tarry there
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None other
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Has ever known
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I'd stay in the garden with Him
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Though the night
around me befalling
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But He bids me go
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Through the voice of woe
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His voice to me
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Is calling
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And He walks with me
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And He talks with me
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And He tells me I am His own
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And the joy we share
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As we tarry there
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None other
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Has ever known
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Amen.
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Amen.
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The joy we share
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as we tarry there with Jesus,
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none other has ever known.
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And I think so many times,
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at least in my own
experience as I look at my past,
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I've tried to
stuff that void inside,
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that emptiness with
things, with other stuff,
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instead of the greatest joy
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comes from being in
the presence of Jesus
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spending time with Him.
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That quiet time and
that is the hardest thing
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I'll say for me to do is like
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I've always got
something else to do
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and to set aside time
to be alone with the Lord
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to spend time with him,
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it's contrary to my
nature of wanting to do
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always wanting to do.
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And that's where
you receive that,
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develop the
relationship with the Lord.
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It is so vitally important
that we spend time with Him.
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That's right and oftentimes
just like the chorus says,
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"And He walks with me
and He talks with me",
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a lot of times we
forget that we're not alone,
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we're not walking alone,
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God is right next to
us and He talks with us
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but we're too
busy talking to Him
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we forget to be
still and listen, right?
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So He talks with
us, He talks to us
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and He talks and He brings
peace to my heart to my life
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as we contemplate
His word and His love.
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And it's amazing how He can heal
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whatever situation we may be in
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with the peace that
passeth all understanding
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as we accept
His company with us.
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Yes, absolutely.
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I love that, go ahead, J.
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One of the beautiful
things about prayer is
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that it places us in
the presence of the Lord.
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When we pray we are
placed in His presence.
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And the fact that
He takes the timeout
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to have an
individual relationship
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with each and every one of us,
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there's so many
people in the world
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and so many different prayers
going up at the same time
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and yet He's still just
focused on each one of us
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as if we're the
only people in the world,
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the only person in the world.
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That's right. That's incredible.
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I was just thinking
we're beginning to discuss
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but we didn't
pray as we open up,
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so let's do that,
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and then we'll keep
continue our discussion,
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Tim, would you
open and prayer for us.
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Father God, what a
privilege it is together
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and to as we are talking about
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in this session of
just praying to you,
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just communicating with you,
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and letting you
know how much we love you
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and, and then waiting to
hear what you would speak to us.
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Father, I pray that
as we study your word,
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and as we converse
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that we will draw closer to you,
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and that we will just
be reminded once again
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how important it is
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that when we are
facing problems, or trials,
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or just need wisdom
in, in every situation,
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to simply call on you
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and you will hear
us, and speak with us
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so we give you this time
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and pray that your
kingdom come your will be done,
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right you're around this
table as it is in heaven.
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We love you, Lord.
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What a privilege
it is to know you
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and to be your children.
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In Jesus name. Amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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We're talking this evening
about persistence and prayer.
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Before we go to
our spring board,
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discussion is Luke Chapter 18,
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if you wanna open
up your Bibles at home
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and go to that, but
before we read from there
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that one of the parables
of Jesus Luke Chapter 18,
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I just wanna ask
maybe a personal question
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and I don't know
if personal questions
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are good to ask on this set
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because I didn't tell
everybody at the time.
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So tell me if you were to,
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we're talking about
persistence and prayer,
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has prayer ever
become in your life rote?
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Has it ever been like,
I wake up in the morning,
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I know I should
pray, I am a Christian,
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I spend that time,
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and then I just
go throughout my day.
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And if it has ever
felt like that in your life,
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what have you done to change it?
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Or what in your life has
worked to change it from...
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'Cause I know in
my own experience,
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sometimes I wake up
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and Greg and I always
have worship in the morning.
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He goes in the study
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and I stay propped
up in bed with pillows
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it's just our tradition,
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and then we always
come together and pray.
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And so we have our time
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but sometimes you're just, okay,
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it's like what you
do, does that make sense?
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Like, okay, what
part of who I am is
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I get up every
morning and I pray,
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and I study God's word,
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but you can almost
do that as in a duty,
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instead of delight.
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It has come to that
point that it becomes a delight
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and sometimes
I've not wanted to pray
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because of the situation
I am I'm not gonna pray
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but, you know, the Holy
Spirit is prompting my heart,
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just speak to me,
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and when I wake up
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and when we all
wake up in our family,
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we automatically pray and
we have the morning watch.
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So we have that devotional
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and then when we
get together as a family
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either we're having breakfast
and then we have worship,
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or in the car on our way to work
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because, you
know, we're running late
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or what have you.
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But it has never gone past us
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to have worship before we start,
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you know, the daily activities
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it may have been
school or not or at work.
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But in my personal experience,
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I have to teach myself
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and I have to pray
teach me to be willing to pray
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because I have so much to do.
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My head is just
inundated with so many things
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and that is exactly my prayer,
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"Father, my head is so
inundated with so many things
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but I want you to speak to me,
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I want you to give me your peace
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and help me, Lord,
to speak your words
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and not mine."
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That is a very, very
frequent prayer of mine.
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I think it's so
important that...
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Because it's a
relationship with Christ
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we that, we
treat our prayer life
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just like we
treat our communication
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with our spouse or friend
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or whoever we're
speaking to during the day.
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It's difficult because
there's not necessarily
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a physical person
there to speak to,
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but I can't imagine,
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you know, not talking
to somebody in the room,
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you know, it's so I've
tried to make that part of
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instead of
making it just a habit,
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I try to talk to God just like
He's right there in the room
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and I don't
necessarily personally make it a
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I'm not trying to be a reverend
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but I don't make it a
prayer as in, you know...
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Like a specific time.
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Yeah, well, not even
necessarily a specific time
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but just a purpose,
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you know,
because I try to make it
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just very I'm
conversing with Him
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and that's why
it's a dear thing to me
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and that makes it easier
for me not to make it a rote
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or habitual thing,
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as far as a
negative habitual thing.
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I like that practice
in the presence of Jesus,
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you know, and if you
experience His presence
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it becomes like
you're just talking to Him.
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I remember as a little girl I...
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I don't know why when I
think back on my childhood
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I just had this
burning desire to know God.
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And then when I hit teen years,
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I kind of went the other way
and then God brought me back.
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But when I was little,
little a just burning desire,
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"Jesus, I want
you, I wanna know you."
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And I remember I would
always set a table for Jesus,
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place, you know, at the table
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and my parents were
very gracious and just, okay.
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And then when I would go to bed,
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I remember I'd lay in
bed and I'd hold my hand down
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and I'd say, "Okay Jesus,
I'll hold your hand tonight."
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Oh!
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And you just think, okay,
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that that's just a
little kid's perception.
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But I think as adults God wants
us to experience His presence
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in the same fashion.
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That's right.
I've done as the child.
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Yeah, prayer, I
mean, there was a time
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where I didn't
pray like I just didn't,
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you know, I didn't
desire relationship with God
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and I wasn't praying
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and I mean I
might say my blessing,
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you know, I was raised
in the church and everything
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but I left for a long time.
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And so now it's more
along the lines of looking at
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where I was in terms
of what my life was like
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without prayer, and without God,
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and the decisions
that I made without him,
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and just staying
focused on the fact that,
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you know, me by myself
without God is making...
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I made poor choices.
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you know, but with God,
the choices are so much better
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because I'm living for Him,
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you know, so it's so
important to commune with Him
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and to seek His will
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for our lives
each and every day.
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We have access to the
Creator of the universe,
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why wouldn't we plug into that?
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If we could call
Oprah, or Bill Gates,
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or anybody else,
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you know, who's
like billionaires
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or whatever, Mark Zuckerberg,
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we'd be on the
phone talking to them
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and seeking advice
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like, how can I make
this business better?
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How can I do this?
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Why wouldn't we plug into
a one with all the answers
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for our lives individual lives?
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This is why we've got
God's cell phone number
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programming into our phone
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and we can get Him any time.
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You know, and, Jason,
you're making a good point
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where you are
in your life today.
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That's right.
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And I'm
thinking there were times
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when prayer was rote,
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there were times
when I didn't wanna pray,
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there were times
when I didn't pray.
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But where I find myself today
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and hopefully we
do grow and mature
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is did you ever
catch yourself praying
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and you didn't even
know you were gonna pray,
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only you're
praying on the inside.
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And anything come
up where it's kind of,
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how am I gonna deal with this
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I find myself already
in prayer about a situation
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so I haven't arrived,
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I don't think we ever will,
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but I do know that that vital
connection to God is there.
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And that so many of
us live beneath our...
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where we should be with Him,
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we live beneath
where God has placed us.
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And we don't take advantage
of the fact that he says,
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"Come onto me,"
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that He, you know,
we can call on Him,
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and if we call on
Him, He's gonna hear us.
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His ear isn't deafened,
His arm isn't shortened,
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but if we call on Him,
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He will hear and He will answer.
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Amen.
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Or may be that
somebody's prayer habits
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now become a routine,
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you know, and it's like,
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"I'm doing it because I have to,
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you know, it's
the routine of the day
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I would get up,
pray, you have breakfast,
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pray over your meals," and all,
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but, you know, it's incredible
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how just like Mollie was saying,
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it's incredible
how all of a sudden
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you just you come to the point
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that, "Oh my I'm
praying over that person,
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I'm praying
over that situation."
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So, yeah, let's not
take that for granted,
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prayer does bring peace.
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Absolutely. Definitely.
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It does. That's right.
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And in terms of
the answer to prayer,
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you know,
sometimes we just expect
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like an immediate answer,
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or we expect it to be,
yes, like God's a genie.
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Sometimes His no
is the best answer
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because what we're praying
for could be harmful to us
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and we don't see the
end from the beginning
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like He does.
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So just be being mindful of
the fact that when you pray,
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God hears you, He's listening
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and His answer might not be
the one that you were seeking,
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but it's the one
that is best for your life
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according to His will.
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Amen. That's right.
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I like to say no is also a yes.
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You know, God's
answer no is also His yes,
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meaning "This is my
will for your life".
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Speaking of what you just said,
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Jay, that moves us
into persistence in prayer
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so we're in Luke 18.
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Luke 18,
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and I think the parable
is the first 8 verses here.
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Mollie, you
wanna take that? Okay.
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"Then he spoke
a parable to them,
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That man always ought to
pray and not lose heart saying,
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therein was in a
certain city a judge,
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who did not fear
God nor regard man."
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Now there was a
widow in that city
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and she came to him saying,
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"Get justice for
me from my adversary,
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and he would not for a while,
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but afterward he
said within himself,
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"Though I do not
fear God nor regard man,
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yet because this
widow troubles me,
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I will avenge her,
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lest by her continued
coming, she weary me."
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Then the Lord said,
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"Hear what the
unjust judge said.
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And shall God not
avenge His own elect
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who cry out day and night to Him
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though He bears along with them.
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I tell you
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that He will
avenge them speedily.
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Nevertheless, when
the son of man comes,
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will he really find
faith upon the earth?"
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Amen.
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So we have here a lady
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who is coming
to an unjust judge.
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And what does it indicate?
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That how is she coming to him?
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Is she just kind of
coming and realizing,
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oh, woe is me, or
is she persistent?
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She is extremely persistent.
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So she continues to come
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and, Idalia, what
was the end result
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of her continuing to come?
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He gave in.
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He avenged her,
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you know, he gave her
what she was asking for,
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you know, he was avoiding her
coming back and torturing him.
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I don't have time for this,
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you know, but praise the Lord
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that our judge has
time for us, you know.
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So it is interesting to see
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how we can identify
myself in this story
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because I do want
justice to be served.
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I say, "Lord,
please, this is my petition.
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Lord, please, I
already prayed about this
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I don't know why
nothing has happened,"
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but the Lord is
working not necessarily
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in that other thing
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but He's
working in me, you know.
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Sometimes we're looking for...
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My prayer request is,
Lord, for a glass of water.
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But through that glass of
water the Lord is teaching me,
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I am the water you
will never thirst again,
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you know, so Lord and that water
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it becomes
interesting as you contemplate
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your need for that water,
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but yet you
remember these stories
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and everything you've read.
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So it focuses
back to Christ. Yes.
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I find interesting
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at the
personality of this woman.
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I don't know what her
need was, it was, as she said,
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in the Amplified it
says, "Protect, and defend,
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and give me justice
against my adversary."
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So apparently
there was somebody else
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that was involved in
this situation too with her.
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But her personality, I think,
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combined with her
need kept her coming.
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I read where
it's important for us
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to pray like the
salesman, like we're a salesman.
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I am not a salesman.
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In fact, I hate to go
buy a car from a salesman
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because I will pay double
if you will leave me alone.
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Just so you don't
have to, don't badger me.
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I don't wanna be
badgered in anything.
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And I get the same
phone calls on my cell phone
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from this company,
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they keep calling,
calling, and calling
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and I finally have to
put it on a do-not-call list
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because of their persistence.
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Right.
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My personality is not like
that to pray for something,
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but I'm sure if I have something
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that is so demanding
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that I'm gonna put
the pedal to the metal
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and pray as often and
repeatedly as I need to,
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to get the response that
at least I know, you know,
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the end to the
situation whether it be
00:22:03.65\00:22:06.86
what I've wanted or not.
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So I believe that sometimes
I let my own personality
00:22:08.76\00:22:11.96
get in the way of my
persistence in prayer
00:22:11.99\00:22:14.60
because I'm kind
of a just a shy guy.
00:22:14.63\00:22:16.67
And, okay, well, if
this isn't what you want,
00:22:16.70\00:22:18.40
then I'll just settle for it.
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So sometimes I don't know
what do you feel about that
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if when we pray,
if we're not the type
00:22:22.60\00:22:26.24
to maybe pursue
something and we, you know,
00:22:26.27\00:22:30.45
we just say a prayer one time
and aren't persistent with it.
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No, I agree I think personality
definitely can play into it,
00:22:35.32\00:22:38.45
you know, some people
are naturally forceful
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or we could say pushy, you know.
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Just like, okay, get this
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and then other people would be
00:22:44.93\00:22:46.26
a little more retiring, I agree.
00:22:46.29\00:22:47.63
And to me the other
thing would be sometimes
00:22:47.66\00:22:50.47
I think if I'm not
sure if God is gonna answer.
00:22:50.50\00:22:54.10
So maybe I'm
afraid of persisting,
00:22:54.14\00:22:57.01
I'm just asking and
hoping, but I'm not really sure.
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I think
persistence in prayer comes
00:23:01.01\00:23:02.91
when we realize we
have no other option,
00:23:02.94\00:23:06.01
you know, like this widow
I think had no other option.
00:23:06.05\00:23:09.15
There's nothing
else, nowhere else to go.
00:23:09.18\00:23:11.35
So, you know,
sometimes you think, okay God,
00:23:11.39\00:23:13.89
I'm praying for plan A.
00:23:13.92\00:23:15.46
But if plan A
doesn't work out, okay,
00:23:15.49\00:23:17.36
I'm prepared to
do plan B or plan C.
00:23:17.39\00:23:20.96
I'm prepared to do something.
00:23:21.00\00:23:22.86
But I think when
we reach kind of,
00:23:22.90\00:23:25.13
what do you say,
the end of your rope
00:23:25.17\00:23:26.94
where I have nowhere to go.
00:23:26.97\00:23:29.84
Okay, God, I think I
would be more persistent.
00:23:29.87\00:23:34.04
I don't know if
I'm making sense there.
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John Knox, John
Knox in Scotland,
00:23:35.91\00:23:38.38
the great reformer, and
he prayed what did he pray?
00:23:38.41\00:23:40.92
"Lord, give me
Scotland or I die."
00:23:40.95\00:23:45.25
That is persistence.
00:23:45.29\00:23:48.09
That is realizing I
got nowhere else to go to.
00:23:48.12\00:23:51.13
"God give me Scotland or I die."
00:23:51.16\00:23:54.83
And what happened?
00:23:54.86\00:23:56.20
That huge revival broke out
00:23:56.23\00:23:58.43
and that spread
to other countries.
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And what was that? A
result of his persistence.
00:24:00.20\00:24:03.24
So do I do that?
00:24:03.27\00:24:04.61
God, give me the
soul of this person
00:24:04.64\00:24:07.98
or give me
whatever or I'm gonna die.
00:24:08.01\00:24:11.51
What kind of
prayer availeth much?
00:24:11.55\00:24:14.45
"Effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man."
00:24:14.48\00:24:16.69
What is effectual?
00:24:16.72\00:24:18.19
What is
fervent? What is fervent?
00:24:18.22\00:24:21.09
That's with all
your heart, isn't it?
00:24:21.12\00:24:22.46
Zeal?
00:24:22.49\00:24:23.83
That's not just gently asking
00:24:23.86\00:24:29.96
but getting
intercession with groaning
00:24:30.00\00:24:33.77
that can't be
uttered, that fervency
00:24:33.80\00:24:36.24
and it availeth much.
00:24:36.27\00:24:38.47
And there is a
prerequisite to that though
00:24:38.51\00:24:41.44
and that is that righteousness.
00:24:41.48\00:24:43.41
But when we
stand before the Father
00:24:43.45\00:24:45.71
you didn't think
I'd get this in there.
00:24:45.75\00:24:48.12
Oh, I did. She always does.
00:24:48.15\00:24:51.85
You wanna stand
before the Father
00:24:51.89\00:24:53.46
you got to have clean
hands and a pure heart.
00:24:53.49\00:24:55.56
And it's the effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man
00:24:55.59\00:24:58.43
so if you're out of
that relationship with God,
00:24:58.46\00:25:01.73
there's 1 John 1:9,
00:25:01.76\00:25:04.07
"If we confess our sins,
then we can stand behind,
00:25:04.10\00:25:06.97
He's faithful and just to
forgive us and cleanse us."
00:25:07.00\00:25:09.20
And there we stand
before him in the condition
00:25:09.24\00:25:11.81
to pray effectually and
fervently and God hears.
00:25:11.84\00:25:15.31
And just like
here, God says, you know,
00:25:15.34\00:25:19.05
the unjust judge
what answer a prayer
00:25:19.08\00:25:22.62
how much more will he,
00:25:22.65\00:25:24.55
He loves us and He's
standing there waiting
00:25:24.59\00:25:27.86
to answer our prayers.
00:25:27.89\00:25:29.46
You know, in this
story it doesn't say
00:25:29.49\00:25:30.89
how long she was
nagging to the judge for,
00:25:30.93\00:25:35.83
I don't know how
much time she did it.
00:25:35.86\00:25:40.17
There are some people that
can tolerate high pitch voices
00:25:40.20\00:25:43.51
and to me high pitch voice
00:25:43.54\00:25:46.51
and my ears
just don't get along.
00:25:46.54\00:25:48.68
So I am
thinking, well, you said,
00:25:48.71\00:25:53.82
the gentleman that
prayed over Scotland,
00:25:53.85\00:25:56.62
"Give me Scotland
I'll give you my life".
00:25:56.65\00:25:57.99
John Knox.
00:25:58.02\00:25:59.35
Well, he sounds like
he was gracious or calm
00:25:59.39\00:26:03.83
but, you know, deep, sincere,
00:26:03.86\00:26:07.73
and we have different tones
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.60
and colors of asking for things.
00:26:09.63\00:26:12.30
And the way my personality is,
00:26:12.33\00:26:14.70
"But, Lord, you
know, please Lord,"
00:26:14.74\00:26:17.61
and I would go
before that judge.
00:26:17.64\00:26:19.87
Judge, please, look
at this, please, judge,
00:26:19.91\00:26:22.94
please, you know.
00:26:22.98\00:26:24.31
And we forget that we
don't have to kick and scream,
00:26:24.35\00:26:30.39
you know, into
the courts of heaven
00:26:30.42\00:26:33.42
because Jesus has
extended His hand and He's like,
00:26:33.46\00:26:37.23
"Just hold on to me
and we'll walk together
00:26:37.26\00:26:39.16
and I'll present this
before the judge", you know?
00:26:39.19\00:26:43.67
That's funny, I just...
00:26:43.70\00:26:45.03
This is funny.
00:26:45.07\00:26:46.40
It reminds me of, if
you ever watched Lucy
00:26:46.43\00:26:49.00
and Ricky-Ricardo.
00:26:49.04\00:26:50.37
Ricardo.
00:26:50.41\00:26:51.74
And he would start
speaking to her in Spanish
00:26:51.77\00:26:54.31
and I could just see
you doing that with God.
00:26:54.34\00:26:57.05
And I just pray God,
so you know that's...
00:26:57.08\00:27:00.38
You know, he speaks English,
00:27:00.42\00:27:01.75
but anyhow so when
you're getting ferment with him
00:27:01.78\00:27:03.35
you go to speaking
in Spanish with him.
00:27:03.39\00:27:05.22
Yes, and at times, you
know, when I have such,
00:27:05.25\00:27:07.66
my heart is so heavy
00:27:07.69\00:27:09.66
and I've been
praying over something,
00:27:09.69\00:27:11.89
the best place to go
is to my car, you know.
00:27:11.93\00:27:15.00
Because I can
voice it up out loud
00:27:15.03\00:27:17.03
and we can have it
all out there, you know.
00:27:17.07\00:27:19.33
And then my family
looks out the window,
00:27:19.37\00:27:23.97
"Oh, mom is
having a moment." Right?
00:27:24.01\00:27:27.61
Or park by a
river or stream or park
00:27:27.64\00:27:31.68
even I have gone to
West Frankfort parks,
00:27:31.71\00:27:33.45
sit there or at
Rend Lake and, you know,
00:27:33.48\00:27:35.82
whether I'm sobbing
or cheering and just,
00:27:35.85\00:27:40.02
you know, nagging
away it's like incredible
00:27:40.06\00:27:43.93
as you invite that
spirit in, it just comes in
00:27:43.96\00:27:50.43
but you got to
have your moment of
00:27:50.47\00:27:52.13
"I'm broken, so Lord,
please start mending me",
00:27:52.17\00:27:56.04
so giving Him the permission
to mend through prayer.
00:27:56.07\00:27:58.94
Persistence is so
important because like sometimes
00:27:58.97\00:28:01.51
we let go of
God's arm way to soon.
00:28:01.54\00:28:04.55
You know, we pray for something,
00:28:04.58\00:28:05.91
we pray for something,
and then we just give up.
00:28:05.95\00:28:07.82
You know, and I've
been guilty of that
00:28:07.85\00:28:09.32
I've prayed for
stuff and then just,
00:28:09.35\00:28:10.99
well, you know,
00:28:11.02\00:28:12.49
I guess it's not gonna
happen something like that.
00:28:12.52\00:28:15.02
But we have to pray
with faith to believing,
00:28:15.06\00:28:19.53
you know, if we
pray for deliverance,
00:28:19.56\00:28:22.10
as soon as we get
up out of that prayer
00:28:22.13\00:28:24.43
we've been delivered, you know.
00:28:24.47\00:28:25.80
Act as though you
have been delivered,
00:28:25.83\00:28:28.20
you know, believe
that God is giving you
00:28:28.24\00:28:29.84
what you've asked for.
00:28:29.87\00:28:32.41
So, yeah, persistence in
prayer, man, it's crucial.
00:28:32.44\00:28:36.34
I know persistence
00:28:36.38\00:28:37.71
because the kids
are very persistent.
00:28:37.75\00:28:40.08
"Mom, can I do
this? Mom, I need this."
00:28:40.12\00:28:42.38
That's right.
00:28:42.42\00:28:43.75
I think persistence
is more for my own sake,
00:28:43.79\00:28:45.75
my own character,
than it is for God.
00:28:45.79\00:28:47.92
'Cause God
doesn't need to be asked
00:28:47.96\00:28:49.32
once or twice or three times...
00:28:49.36\00:28:50.69
He knows when he is
going to do it His way.
00:28:50.73\00:28:52.06
That's right.
00:28:52.09\00:28:53.43
I think it has to do with me
00:28:53.46\00:28:54.80
and the transformation
God wants to work in my life
00:28:54.83\00:28:57.10
I think it, it grows me.
00:28:57.13\00:28:59.73
Yes.
00:28:59.77\00:29:01.10
You know, coming before
God and doing that persistence,
00:29:01.14\00:29:03.34
I like at the beginning,
and I see you, Mollie,
00:29:03.37\00:29:05.17
at the beginning of
that parable the first verse,
00:29:05.21\00:29:08.54
"He spoke a parable to them
00:29:08.58\00:29:09.91
that men always ought to
pray and not lose heart."
00:29:09.94\00:29:12.11
In the Greek, lose
heart is to faint or be weary.
00:29:12.15\00:29:15.65
And I think many times
we might be faint, right?
00:29:15.68\00:29:18.72
We might be weary,
we might be saying,
00:29:18.75\00:29:20.89
"God, I'm asking
but I'm not sure."
00:29:20.92\00:29:23.02
And he says, "Don't lose heart.
00:29:23.06\00:29:25.49
Don't give up. Be persistent."
00:29:25.53\00:29:28.46
Well, I was gonna
give an example of someone
00:29:28.50\00:29:31.80
that was persistent.
00:29:31.83\00:29:33.27
And I know I
ask around the table
00:29:33.30\00:29:35.30
if y'all are
familiar with a preacher from,
00:29:35.34\00:29:40.41
I think, it was the early 1900s,
00:29:40.44\00:29:43.14
his name was Smith Wigglesworth,
00:29:43.18\00:29:45.01
and you all are
familiar with him.
00:29:45.05\00:29:48.58
Tim, you were familiar
with Smith Wigglesworth,
00:29:48.62\00:29:50.65
a powerful preacher
and effective preacher.
00:29:50.69\00:29:53.52
Many souls came out of darkness
00:29:53.56\00:29:55.86
into light as a
result of his preaching.
00:29:55.89\00:29:58.86
But he wasn't always a preacher.
00:29:58.89\00:30:01.53
He was a plumber,
that's what he was
00:30:01.56\00:30:04.60
and he wasn't a good man.
00:30:04.63\00:30:06.94
He was mean on a
little rattlesnake
00:30:06.97\00:30:09.44
and he was mean to his wife.
00:30:09.47\00:30:11.07
Well, let me tell
you about his wife,
00:30:11.11\00:30:13.21
she was a godly woman.
00:30:13.24\00:30:14.68
Amen.
00:30:14.71\00:30:16.71
Fortunately for
him, he had a godly wife.
00:30:16.75\00:30:19.58
"He didn't want
her to go to church,"
00:30:19.61\00:30:21.35
I'll just read this,
"but she went anyway.
00:30:21.38\00:30:24.79
When she did, he'd
lock her out of the house
00:30:24.82\00:30:27.36
and when she came home,
00:30:27.39\00:30:28.82
she'd have to
sleep on the back porch.
00:30:28.86\00:30:31.49
In the morning
he'd unlock the door
00:30:31.53\00:30:33.36
and should come in and say,
00:30:33.40\00:30:34.90
'good morning, Smitty'
and make his breakfast."
00:30:34.93\00:30:38.53
She was a godly example for him.
00:30:38.57\00:30:41.74
She prayed for him
and God gave her the grace
00:30:41.77\00:30:45.21
to be good to him in
spite of his behavior.
00:30:45.24\00:30:48.74
She was the word
00:30:48.78\00:30:50.18
we're talking
about here, persistent.
00:30:50.21\00:30:53.31
"And because she
continued to be so good to him,
00:30:53.35\00:30:56.69
he eventually
came to know the Lord
00:30:56.72\00:30:59.75
and was radically changed."
00:30:59.79\00:31:01.92
I don't know anybody
00:31:01.96\00:31:04.06
that doesn't need to
be radically changed.
00:31:04.09\00:31:06.66
Now I remember when I
came out of the darkness
00:31:06.70\00:31:08.86
and into light I
was a second grade
00:31:08.90\00:31:10.80
Sunday school
teacher in the Baptist Church
00:31:10.83\00:31:13.03
and I tell people I
didn't smoke, drink, curse,
00:31:13.07\00:31:15.14
or run with wild man.
00:31:15.17\00:31:16.50
Except for Hal.
Except for my husband.
00:31:16.54\00:31:18.81
But I needed to
be radically changed
00:31:22.78\00:31:25.75
just as surely as
the drunk on the street
00:31:25.78\00:31:28.82
or this mean plumber.
00:31:28.85\00:31:30.62
It goes on to say,
"As a result, he became
00:31:30.65\00:31:34.36
one of the greatest
preachers who ever lived".
00:31:34.39\00:31:36.89
Now what was the platform
for him coming out of darkness
00:31:36.93\00:31:42.06
and into light,
00:31:42.10\00:31:43.43
and becoming such
a powerful preacher
00:31:43.47\00:31:45.93
that brought so many
others the power of his message
00:31:45.97\00:31:49.20
out of darkness and into light?
00:31:49.24\00:31:50.97
A praying wife,
a persistent wife,
00:31:51.01\00:31:53.98
a wife that stood by him.
00:31:54.01\00:31:55.61
Now, that was an
example or illustration
00:31:55.64\00:31:58.58
in a Sabbath school
class that I was going to use.
00:31:58.61\00:32:02.18
But because the point
of that was, stay in there,
00:32:02.22\00:32:06.89
be persistent,
don't turn loose of,
00:32:06.92\00:32:10.13
we call atheist,
the horns of the altar.
00:32:10.16\00:32:12.69
You ever heard that terminology?
00:32:12.73\00:32:14.06
Absolutely, yes.
00:32:14.10\00:32:15.43
Stay in there because...
00:32:15.46\00:32:17.20
Remember the example
that we have in the Bible
00:32:17.23\00:32:21.17
where the man prayed and
prayed and we find out later,
00:32:21.20\00:32:26.17
oh, I sent the
answer to the prayer...
00:32:26.21\00:32:29.14
Daniel. Daniel.
00:32:29.18\00:32:30.88
But the answer got held
up but he stayed persistent
00:32:30.91\00:32:35.58
and that answer comes through.
00:32:35.62\00:32:37.09
Don't give up.
00:32:37.12\00:32:38.45
God wants to answer your prayers
00:32:38.49\00:32:41.89
more than you want
your prayers answered.
00:32:41.92\00:32:44.23
He wants that outcome for you.
00:32:44.26\00:32:46.26
And, you know,
that's just so interesting
00:32:46.29\00:32:49.50
because how many
people do you know,
00:32:49.53\00:32:51.93
how many women that you know,
00:32:51.97\00:32:54.24
that would be
advised to seek counseling,
00:32:54.27\00:32:59.61
get marital dissolution,
00:32:59.64\00:33:02.34
you know, in a
situation like that.
00:33:02.38\00:33:04.31
And going back to
even, like you were saying,
00:33:04.35\00:33:08.48
to for the man who said,
"Give me Scotland or I die",
00:33:08.52\00:33:13.39
when you have a cause
that you're not sure of,
00:33:13.42\00:33:16.99
even if it's a righteous cause,
and that's one thing about,
00:33:17.03\00:33:21.63
you know, being so close
in a relationship to God that,
00:33:21.66\00:33:26.07
you know, that you
believe in your cause enough
00:33:26.10\00:33:30.77
to keep at it and not give
up before the answer, you know,
00:33:30.81\00:33:35.94
knowing the answer is on its way
00:33:35.98\00:33:37.31
but that's one thing
I think that in my life
00:33:37.35\00:33:41.38
I struggle with
00:33:41.42\00:33:43.42
and maybe I give
into my personality,
00:33:43.45\00:33:48.02
giving up too early, you know.
00:33:48.06\00:33:49.52
But I think, okay, well,
00:33:49.56\00:33:50.93
maybe this wasn't
really God's plan for me
00:33:50.96\00:33:54.13
but even better yet,
you know, like I say,
00:33:54.16\00:33:56.56
if it's was a
situation that they would be
00:33:56.60\00:33:58.83
advised
differently by the world.
00:33:58.87\00:34:01.40
And I think that that's
where we allow friends or Dr. Oz
00:34:01.44\00:34:08.04
or Dr. whoever to
get in our business
00:34:08.08\00:34:12.88
before we take it to the throne,
00:34:12.91\00:34:14.48
and believe, you
know, just hold on to God.
00:34:14.52\00:34:17.09
And that's what prayer does.
00:34:17.12\00:34:19.02
Prayer opens up the door.
00:34:19.05\00:34:21.02
It's you inviting
God into your business
00:34:21.06\00:34:23.36
to deal with your business.
00:34:23.39\00:34:24.73
That's right. Amen.
00:34:24.76\00:34:26.09
And that's an excellent thing.
00:34:26.13\00:34:27.46
Yeah we do our part
God will do his part.
00:34:27.50\00:34:29.60
Jason? Yeah.
00:34:29.63\00:34:30.97
That's excellent
because I just posted something
00:34:31.00\00:34:33.64
the other night on Facebook.
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.00
I just saw
something and shared it.
00:34:35.04\00:34:36.37
And it was saying
something along the lines of,
00:34:36.40\00:34:38.94
"Stop consulting human beings
00:34:38.97\00:34:41.11
for what God's
gonna do for your life."
00:34:41.14\00:34:43.35
God is gonna bless you.
00:34:43.38\00:34:45.18
He doesn't consult man to
see what He can do for you.
00:34:45.21\00:34:48.75
He determines
00:34:48.78\00:34:50.12
what He's gonna
do for your life,
00:34:50.15\00:34:51.49
so take it to God.
00:34:51.52\00:34:53.05
You know, there are a lot people
00:34:53.09\00:34:54.62
that will kill your dreams,
they will crush your dreams
00:34:54.66\00:34:57.43
because of
their negative reality
00:34:57.46\00:34:59.39
within themselves, you know.
00:34:59.43\00:35:01.23
They don't see it as
possible for themselves
00:35:01.26\00:35:03.80
or they don't see it possible,
00:35:03.83\00:35:05.17
and they don't want you
to make it happen either.
00:35:05.20\00:35:07.37
So God will strengthen you
00:35:07.40\00:35:11.97
and will bring you
the blessings, not man.
00:35:12.01\00:35:14.34
Amen.
00:35:14.38\00:35:15.71
I wanna thank Mollie
for sharing that story
00:35:15.74\00:35:19.05
about that plumber
00:35:19.08\00:35:20.52
because there
are so many believers
00:35:20.55\00:35:23.02
that call 3ABN for prayer
00:35:23.05\00:35:25.82
because your
spouse is a nonbeliever,
00:35:25.85\00:35:28.16
whether it'd be the
husband or the wife.
00:35:28.19\00:35:30.76
And I'm listening and
sometimes they call desperate,
00:35:30.79\00:35:35.70
"Please, I need
peace in my home.
00:35:35.73\00:35:37.87
This is not a peace
of heaven in my home."
00:35:37.90\00:35:41.04
So I mean they're desperate.
00:35:41.07\00:35:42.77
So then I said,
00:35:42.80\00:35:44.57
"Well, what are you
doing to make a difference?"
00:35:44.61\00:35:47.41
You're the Christian
so we as the Christian,
00:35:47.44\00:35:50.81
as the believer, have
a great responsibility.
00:35:50.85\00:35:54.88
But He puts that loud
music and it's worldly.
00:35:54.92\00:35:58.49
And I said, 'Then you
put your headphones on
00:35:58.52\00:36:00.82
and you get some
godly music in your ear
00:36:00.86\00:36:03.56
so that godly
message can get to your heart
00:36:03.59\00:36:05.89
and you can do a
gesture of love to the person
00:36:05.93\00:36:08.86
that is offending
you in your home".
00:36:08.90\00:36:11.63
Because the Lord doesn't
want your home to fall apart,
00:36:11.67\00:36:14.67
He wants to bind it together.
00:36:14.70\00:36:16.74
But if you're not gonna take
the lead and show, you know,
00:36:16.77\00:36:20.48
that mercy, that
kindness, that gesture of love,
00:36:20.51\00:36:24.75
He's not gonna see Christ
so he has to see it in you
00:36:24.78\00:36:28.08
or she has to see it in you.
00:36:28.12\00:36:30.05
So...
00:36:30.09\00:36:31.42
How many of you
have ever prayed,
00:36:31.45\00:36:32.79
"God change Jill"?
00:36:32.82\00:36:36.02
You know, I need it.
00:36:36.06\00:36:37.39
And God says, "Oh, I
believe I'll change you."
00:36:37.43\00:36:40.66
Exactly.
00:36:40.70\00:36:42.03
And that's what
you're saying, dear.
00:36:42.06\00:36:43.40
Definitely.
00:36:43.43\00:36:44.77
You know, prayer is verbal,
it doesn't have to be verbal,
00:36:44.80\00:36:47.64
you don't have
to be on your knees,
00:36:47.67\00:36:49.30
you don't have to
have your hands folded,
00:36:49.34\00:36:52.01
but there is a biblical
principle way down in the word
00:36:52.04\00:36:54.74
and I wanted to
just go over this.
00:36:54.78\00:36:57.45
Something's
00:36:57.48\00:36:58.81
Of being verbal,
about words, of us speaking,
00:36:58.85\00:37:01.45
there's power in the
word and this is Mark 11.
00:37:01.48\00:37:04.89
I'm gonna read 22 through 24.
00:37:04.92\00:37:07.59
Give me just a second. Mark 11.
00:37:07.62\00:37:09.02
Mark 11:22-24.
00:37:09.06\00:37:13.50
"So Jesus
answered and said to them,
00:37:13.53\00:37:16.13
"'Have faith in God.
00:37:16.16\00:37:19.23
For assuredly I say
to you, whoever says
00:37:19.27\00:37:24.31
that words to this
mountain, be removed,
00:37:24.34\00:37:27.54
and be cast into the sea,
and does not doubt in his heart
00:37:27.58\00:37:31.51
but believes that those
things he says will be done,
00:37:31.55\00:37:36.42
he will have
whatsoever he says."'
00:37:36.45\00:37:39.95
So see words are
vitally important,
00:37:39.99\00:37:42.12
but verse 24,
00:37:42.16\00:37:44.16
"Therefore I say,"
00:37:44.19\00:37:46.23
and this is Jesus
speaking it's in red,
00:37:46.26\00:37:48.73
"Therefore, I say to you,
00:37:48.76\00:37:51.23
whatever things
you ask when you pray",
00:37:51.27\00:37:54.67
when you do what?
00:37:54.70\00:37:56.10
"When you pray
believe that you received them
00:37:56.14\00:37:59.87
and you will have them."
00:37:59.91\00:38:02.51
Them things which you
say, them things, poor English,
00:38:02.54\00:38:06.78
which you will pray for,
00:38:06.82\00:38:09.12
that's what this
scripture is telling.
00:38:09.15\00:38:11.82
You know, I love verse
24, "Whatever things you ask
00:38:11.85\00:38:14.86
when you pray, believe
that you receive them."
00:38:14.89\00:38:17.33
Now in the Greek
the word 'receive'
00:38:17.36\00:38:19.59
is an act of receiving.
00:38:19.63\00:38:21.43
It's not like
Idalia says, "Okay, Jill,
00:38:21.46\00:38:23.26
I'm gonna give you something"
00:38:23.30\00:38:24.63
and I just sit
there, "Thank you".
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.67
This means
accepting what is offered,
00:38:26.70\00:38:29.60
it emphasizes the
assertiveness of the receiver.
00:38:29.64\00:38:32.87
So it emphasizes that
when you pray, you ask,
00:38:32.91\00:38:36.88
whatever things
you ask when you pray,
00:38:36.91\00:38:38.51
believe you receive them.
00:38:38.55\00:38:39.88
In other words
don't just sit back.
00:38:39.91\00:38:41.48
"Okay, God, I
received this in Jesus' name."
00:38:41.52\00:38:43.42
No, reach out and
actively and receive it.
00:38:43.45\00:38:46.49
Okay, if you ask
me for $20 and I say,
00:38:46.52\00:38:49.99
"Okay, Jill, here's $20,"
00:38:50.03\00:38:52.16
you're not gonna say thank you,
00:38:52.19\00:38:53.53
you're gonna say
give me the money.
00:38:53.56\00:38:55.60
Show me the money. Exactly.
00:38:55.63\00:38:58.53
And you're gonna ask for it.
00:38:58.57\00:39:01.70
I love the fact
that you mentioned
00:39:01.74\00:39:03.94
the verbal aspect.
00:39:03.97\00:39:05.61
Again, it's such an
important realization to know
00:39:05.64\00:39:09.81
that God wants to
have that communication,
00:39:09.84\00:39:11.91
that real relationship with you.
00:39:11.95\00:39:14.12
I have a pastor
friend who will get in my car
00:39:14.15\00:39:17.39
and we were going
out to lunch after church
00:39:17.42\00:39:20.96
and he started
immediately speaking
00:39:20.99\00:39:24.56
and I thought he
was talking to me,
00:39:24.59\00:39:26.03
but he was praying.
00:39:26.06\00:39:27.40
He was just
thanking the Holy Spirit
00:39:27.43\00:39:29.46
for the ministry time.
00:39:29.50\00:39:32.07
And I love that,
the ease with which he
00:39:32.10\00:39:38.47
and when anybody who
I hear pray out loud,
00:39:38.51\00:39:42.41
it's not the kind
that they would say
00:39:42.44\00:39:44.48
that the Pharisees wanted
to be heard by the person,
00:39:44.51\00:39:47.58
by the people, it just makes me,
00:39:47.62\00:39:51.55
I immediately want
to start praying too.
00:39:51.59\00:39:53.99
Because you know, I love it
00:39:54.02\00:39:55.36
when anybody has a conversation,
00:39:55.39\00:39:56.73
you know, when
you tell your spouse
00:39:56.76\00:39:58.09
that you love
them, I like to hear,
00:39:58.13\00:39:59.73
I like to be around couples
00:39:59.76\00:40:01.10
who are very verbal
with their communication
00:40:01.13\00:40:03.50
and with each other,
it's not my business,
00:40:03.53\00:40:05.47
but I like to be, you know,
00:40:05.50\00:40:07.47
because this
reminds me, you know,
00:40:07.50\00:40:09.34
how much you love
somebody, you know,
00:40:09.37\00:40:12.11
are you willing to share it
00:40:12.14\00:40:13.48
or do you make them
just read your mind,
00:40:13.51\00:40:15.11
you know, mental telepathy
00:40:15.14\00:40:16.91
or whatever to and think
and wonder if they love me.
00:40:16.95\00:40:19.21
You know, if you tell.
00:40:19.25\00:40:20.58
And so I like the spoken
word, that's so powerful to me.
00:40:20.62\00:40:23.85
Yes. So I wanna do that more.
00:40:23.89\00:40:25.55
And, you know,
sometimes it made me think
00:40:25.59\00:40:27.32
of a verse in Psalm 37
00:40:27.36\00:40:28.79
when you were
reading that, Mollie,
00:40:28.82\00:40:30.16
because sometimes we
think that verse now I know
00:40:30.19\00:40:32.99
maybe I'm getting
into dangerous water here,
00:40:33.03\00:40:35.33
but we could say,
okay, that means anything.
00:40:35.36\00:40:38.13
Oh.
00:40:38.17\00:40:39.50
Anything I ask God, I receive it
00:40:39.53\00:40:41.54
because I assertively receive it
00:40:41.57\00:40:43.20
in Jesus' name, right?
00:40:43.24\00:40:44.81
Now we know that all
of His promises are yes
00:40:44.84\00:40:47.74
and Amen in Christ Jesus.
00:40:47.78\00:40:49.44
And I believe with all my heart
00:40:49.48\00:40:51.68
that any request
for spiritual healing,
00:40:51.71\00:40:56.28
deliverance,
redemption, cleansing,
00:40:56.32\00:40:59.59
those promises are immediate.
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.66
And I believe that.
00:41:01.69\00:41:03.02
Now if I say,
"God, I need a new car."
00:41:03.06\00:41:07.03
Sometimes the answer is
I'm gonna keep the old car
00:41:07.06\00:41:10.37
working a little longer, right?
00:41:10.40\00:41:11.77
That's right.
00:41:11.80\00:41:13.13
Sometimes the answer is
"Yes, I'm gonna bless you
00:41:13.17\00:41:14.87
with a new car
or a good used car."
00:41:14.90\00:41:18.71
So I think in that case
it reminds me of Psalms 37:4,
00:41:18.74\00:41:24.15
says, you know the scripture,
"Delight yourself in the Lord
00:41:24.18\00:41:26.82
and He will give you
the desire of your heart."
00:41:26.85\00:41:29.18
So I think the key is as we,
00:41:29.22\00:41:31.55
with some of
those physical things,
00:41:31.59\00:41:33.15
as we come into His presence
and as I delight in Him,
00:41:33.19\00:41:37.63
He changes my desire.
00:41:37.66\00:41:38.99
That's right,
He puts his desire.
00:41:39.03\00:41:40.36
To line up with
His desires, right?
00:41:40.40\00:41:42.53
And then when I come in
00:41:42.56\00:41:43.97
I'm asking in
accordance with His will
00:41:44.00\00:41:46.30
so whatever I'm asking
00:41:46.33\00:41:47.67
is already in
line with His will.
00:41:47.70\00:41:49.04
You're now asking
amidst to consume it
00:41:49.07\00:41:50.91
upon your own lust
00:41:50.94\00:41:52.27
you're asking in
alignment with God's will.
00:41:52.31\00:41:54.04
That's right.
00:41:54.08\00:41:55.51
We had a
conversation with Samuel,
00:41:55.54\00:41:56.91
he called from Papey
00:41:56.95\00:41:58.75
and he was facing a
very difficult moment
00:41:58.78\00:42:05.55
and he says, "Mother,
I'm gonna have to do this,
00:42:05.59\00:42:09.62
I'm gonna have to do
that, and this got to be done"
00:42:09.66\00:42:11.79
and yada, yada.
00:42:11.83\00:42:13.50
I'm like, "Have
you prayed about it?
00:42:13.53\00:42:15.30
You have to pray about it, son."
00:42:15.33\00:42:16.93
"Yes, I'm praying
about it," he said.
00:42:16.97\00:42:18.63
"You're praying about it
00:42:18.67\00:42:20.00
and doing something
about it at the same time,
00:42:20.04\00:42:21.60
let's take more time to pray."
00:42:21.64\00:42:24.14
It may not be A, B, C, it
may be W, X, Y, Z, you know.
00:42:24.17\00:42:30.18
So I refuse to give
the devil his satisfaction
00:42:30.21\00:42:34.85
of shaking me up.
00:42:34.88\00:42:37.05
"I'm not gonna do that, Samuel,
00:42:37.09\00:42:38.99
and in Jesus' name
you're not doing that either,
00:42:39.02\00:42:41.26
so take time to
pray and breathe.
00:42:41.29\00:42:44.86
Breathe and wait."
00:42:44.89\00:42:46.59
So that was one evening
and then the following morning
00:42:46.63\00:42:52.43
he had an opportunity
to speak to his father.
00:42:52.47\00:42:55.77
And so they talked
00:42:55.80\00:42:57.14
but I was not able
to get a hold of him
00:42:57.17\00:42:59.11
and I had been
praying and praying.
00:42:59.14\00:43:01.34
I said, "Lord,
please," you know, "intervene"
00:43:01.38\00:43:04.25
and so all of a
sudden the following day,
00:43:04.28\00:43:09.08
the following morning I said,
00:43:09.12\00:43:10.55
"John Dinzey, has Samuel
Dinzey contacted you at all?"
00:43:10.59\00:43:15.32
He says, "Yes, he did."
00:43:15.36\00:43:17.19
"Did he tell you
about that situation?"
00:43:17.23\00:43:19.79
"Yes, he did.
00:43:19.83\00:43:21.60
But he called
me again." "He did?
00:43:21.63\00:43:24.43
Oh, wow, he didn't
call me the second time,
00:43:24.47\00:43:27.20
what happened?"
00:43:27.24\00:43:28.57
He says, "It was W, X, Y, Z.
00:43:28.60\00:43:31.77
It was not A, B, C"
like he thought it was.
00:43:31.81\00:43:34.94
I was like, "Thank you, Jesus,"
so you know, big hallelujah.
00:43:34.98\00:43:39.78
And so we need to pray
00:43:39.81\00:43:42.38
and it's so easy for
a situation to shake us
00:43:42.42\00:43:46.29
or to shaken me
and we have learned
00:43:46.32\00:43:50.23
that when we enter
into the gates with prayer
00:43:50.26\00:43:54.06
that peace a
little bit will come
00:43:54.10\00:43:56.06
because a little
bit I'm accepting
00:43:56.10\00:43:57.93
but I have to claim it
00:43:57.97\00:43:59.30
as it is done
just like sweet red.
00:43:59.33\00:44:01.74
Are we seeing an
example sitting here before us,
00:44:01.77\00:44:04.74
about the prayers of a mother?
00:44:04.77\00:44:06.57
Yes.
00:44:06.61\00:44:07.94
Oh, mother's prayers
are powerful prayers,
00:44:07.98\00:44:09.38
Miss Dinzey. Amen.
00:44:09.41\00:44:12.35
I love that because with
that example I started thinking
00:44:12.38\00:44:15.82
about how sometimes we can
go to other people or whatever
00:44:15.85\00:44:19.32
and we ask for advice
or, hey, what should I wear?
00:44:19.35\00:44:22.92
Shall I wear this tie
or shall I wear that tie?
00:44:22.96\00:44:24.86
You should wear that
tie. No, wear this tie.
00:44:24.89\00:44:27.00
You know, people come
to you with these questions
00:44:27.03\00:44:29.30
like what
should I do about this?
00:44:29.33\00:44:30.93
And then they just
go just automatically
00:44:30.97\00:44:32.53
with the opposite thing.
00:44:32.57\00:44:33.90
How often do we
do that with God?
00:44:33.94\00:44:35.50
We ask Him for something
00:44:35.54\00:44:37.51
and then we've already
come up with our own solution,
00:44:37.54\00:44:40.51
like you're saying.
00:44:40.54\00:44:41.88
I was just like, wow.
I mean, I've done that.
00:44:41.91\00:44:45.68
Well, I am guilty I
did too but, you know,
00:44:45.71\00:44:48.28
as we continue in
prayer and our experiences,
00:44:48.32\00:44:52.35
our personal experiences
00:44:52.39\00:44:53.96
where the Lord has
dug our lives out of,
00:44:53.99\00:44:58.16
with our
experiences, then we can,
00:44:58.19\00:45:01.10
but it comes with
practice, of course,
00:45:01.13\00:45:02.86
it doesn't come overnight.
00:45:02.90\00:45:04.57
And the Lord has promised
00:45:04.60\00:45:06.03
to give us the
desire of our heart
00:45:06.07\00:45:07.54
and it is our desire to have
00:45:07.57\00:45:09.74
His peace in His transformation.
00:45:09.77\00:45:11.57
Amen.
00:45:11.61\00:45:12.94
Let's look at Luke,
Chapter 11. Luke 11.
00:45:12.97\00:45:15.21
We were in Luke
18, our first parable.
00:45:15.24\00:45:18.01
This is Luke 11.
00:45:18.05\00:45:19.61
Now we have the Lord's Prayer.
00:45:19.65\00:45:20.98
And you know what
I find fascinating?
00:45:21.02\00:45:22.88
That the
disciples came in verse 1
00:45:22.92\00:45:26.55
and said, "Lord,
teach us to pray."
00:45:26.59\00:45:28.06
And you know what's
so interesting to me?
00:45:28.09\00:45:29.42
I never, at least I
haven't found it yet,
00:45:29.46\00:45:31.96
in the Gospels, I never found
00:45:31.99\00:45:33.36
the disciples say,
"Lord, teach us how to preach."
00:45:33.40\00:45:37.07
Yeah. "I wanna
know how to preach."
00:45:37.10\00:45:38.97
I wanna know how to...
00:45:39.00\00:45:40.64
The only request,
"Teach us to pray".
00:45:40.67\00:45:43.34
It's just interesting.
00:45:43.37\00:45:44.87
And then we have
the Lord's Prayer,
00:45:44.91\00:45:46.37
and then as we move through
there's another example here,
00:45:46.41\00:45:49.51
so let's...
00:45:49.54\00:45:51.01
What do you think if we
each take a couple verses
00:45:51.05\00:45:52.65
and go around?
00:45:52.68\00:45:54.02
Sure. You want to
start, Mrs. Dinzey?
00:45:54.05\00:45:55.38
Where are we at?
We are in Luke 11.
00:45:55.42\00:45:59.09
You got English or Spanish?
00:45:59.12\00:46:01.06
It's both.
00:46:01.09\00:46:03.56
Are we reading the
whole chapter then?
00:46:03.59\00:46:04.93
We're just going till
verses nine or ten I guess.
00:46:04.96\00:46:07.46
So just do couple of
verses, we'll go around.
00:46:07.50\00:46:08.83
Okay. Couple of verses, 11:1.
00:46:08.86\00:46:12.20
"And it came to pass that
00:46:12.23\00:46:13.84
as He was praying
in a certain place
00:46:13.87\00:46:16.50
when He ceased,
00:46:16.54\00:46:17.97
one of his
disciples said unto Him,
00:46:18.01\00:46:20.18
"Lord, teach us to pray
00:46:20.21\00:46:21.91
as John also
taught His disciples.
00:46:21.94\00:46:25.38
And He said unto them,
when ye pray say, 'Our Father,
00:46:25.41\00:46:30.12
which art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name,
00:46:30.15\00:46:33.59
thy kingdom
come, thy will be done,
00:46:33.62\00:46:38.23
as in heaven so is on earth.'"
00:46:38.26\00:46:42.40
"Give us this
day our daily bread
00:46:42.43\00:46:44.77
and forgive us our sins,
00:46:44.80\00:46:46.57
as we forgive
those who sin against us.
00:46:46.60\00:46:49.47
For we also forgive
everyone who is indebted to us
00:46:49.50\00:46:53.48
and do not lead
us into temptation
00:46:53.51\00:46:55.31
but deliver us
from the evil one."
00:46:55.34\00:46:58.01
And he, verse five,
"And he said to them,
00:46:58.05\00:47:00.55
'Which of you
shall have a friend
00:47:00.58\00:47:02.28
and go to him at
midnight and say to him,
00:47:02.32\00:47:04.39
friend, lend me three
loaves for a friend of mine
00:47:04.42\00:47:07.49
has come to me on his journey
00:47:07.52\00:47:08.99
and I have nothing
to set before him."'
00:47:09.02\00:47:11.66
Verse seven, "And he will
answer from within and say,
00:47:11.69\00:47:15.50
'Do not trouble me
the door is now shut
00:47:15.53\00:47:17.80
and my children
are with me in bed,
00:47:17.83\00:47:19.73
I cannot rise and give to you."'
00:47:19.77\00:47:22.77
"I tell you
although he will not get up
00:47:22.80\00:47:24.67
and supply him anything
because he is his friend,
00:47:24.71\00:47:28.34
yet because of his shameless
persistence and insistence,
00:47:28.38\00:47:31.48
he will get up and give
him as much as he needs."
00:47:31.51\00:47:34.88
Verse nine, "So I say to
you, ask and keep on asking
00:47:34.92\00:47:39.32
and it shall be given you.
00:47:39.35\00:47:40.79
Seek and keep on
seeking, and you shall find.
00:47:40.82\00:47:43.83
Knock and keep on knocking,
00:47:43.86\00:47:45.53
and the door
shall be open to you."
00:47:45.56\00:47:47.63
Can we do one more?
00:47:47.66\00:47:49.26
Verse ten, "For
everyone who asks
00:47:49.30\00:47:51.53
and keep on asking receives,
00:47:51.57\00:47:53.84
he who seeks and
keeps on seeking, finds.
00:47:53.87\00:47:57.21
To him who knocks
and keeps on knocking,
00:47:57.24\00:47:59.41
the doors shall be opened."
00:47:59.44\00:48:00.88
Amen.
00:48:00.91\00:48:02.24
Well, that is
scriptures that really show you
00:48:02.28\00:48:05.68
the significance particularly
in the Amplified Bible,
00:48:05.71\00:48:08.88
the importance
of being persistent.
00:48:08.92\00:48:11.45
Amen.
00:48:11.49\00:48:12.82
I love that the,
ask and keep on asking,
00:48:12.85\00:48:15.32
seek and keep on seeking,
and knock and keep on knocking.
00:48:15.36\00:48:18.96
You know, it's
beautiful. I'm sorry.
00:48:18.99\00:48:21.00
I had to identify
with calling a friend,
00:48:21.03\00:48:24.90
you know, when I
go to someone's house
00:48:24.93\00:48:26.74
and I know you're there,
00:48:26.77\00:48:28.20
I'm gonna knock
I'm gonna knock harder,
00:48:28.24\00:48:30.51
and harder.
00:48:30.54\00:48:31.87
Well, maybe they
are in the laundry room
00:48:31.91\00:48:34.48
and their dryer, you know,
00:48:34.51\00:48:36.34
it's got some
German shoes in there
00:48:36.38\00:48:38.01
and making all that
thump, thump, thump.
00:48:38.05\00:48:39.78
I gotta make
sure that they hear me
00:48:39.81\00:48:42.38
so I'm knocking, knocking
00:48:42.42\00:48:44.22
if we were just that persistent
to be at the Jesus' feet
00:48:44.25\00:48:48.16
at the foot of
the cross, you know,
00:48:48.19\00:48:49.79
insisting and
that being persistent,
00:48:49.82\00:48:53.03
our lives would be
so much better, right?
00:48:53.06\00:48:55.26
So spending time at
the foot of the cross
00:48:55.30\00:48:58.13
is the best place
to be, persistently.
00:48:58.17\00:49:00.74
And I think also
the times that I asked
00:49:00.77\00:49:02.60
as a child for things
00:49:02.64\00:49:04.14
that something I saw
on a TV advertisement,
00:49:04.17\00:49:08.04
a toy or something,
00:49:08.08\00:49:09.44
and I forgot that
I had asked for it,
00:49:09.48\00:49:11.78
you know, just a few days later
00:49:11.81\00:49:13.62
and so it didn't seem important.
00:49:13.65\00:49:14.98
But, Mollie,
the idea of speaking
00:49:15.02\00:49:19.52
for something and
being persistent with it
00:49:19.55\00:49:22.89
but then not knowing
if that was really a cause
00:49:22.92\00:49:25.53
that God would stand for,
00:49:25.56\00:49:27.26
and you mentioned
something about intercession.
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Yeah.
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If you can find it in the word,
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then you've got
something to stand on.
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You stand on that.
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And you're now
thinking about the gentleman
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that was
mourning, was it Ireland?
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Scotland. Scotland.
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The scripture that says
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that he will make the heathen...
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Psalm 2:8.
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That is our inheritance.
00:49:57.63\00:49:59.23
So we have scripture to
stand on and so we can...
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God is looking for intercessors.
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He is looking for those that
He can use because, of course,
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He wants the whole world to come
00:50:10.11\00:50:12.34
into the saving knowledge
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:50:12.37\00:50:14.61
So let's say that
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we get a burden for
Thompsonville, Illinois,
00:50:16.01\00:50:20.82
and we go before
God, "God, I will die."
00:50:20.85\00:50:23.52
Now what have to be
coming out of your spirit
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not out of your head,
for Thompsonville, Illinois,
00:50:25.89\00:50:29.72
God is saying, "I
was waiting for someone
00:50:29.76\00:50:32.29
that would have
their heart's desire
00:50:32.33\00:50:34.76
for Thompsonville, Illinois,"
because He would above all
00:50:34.80\00:50:38.33
let these people would
come into the saving knowledge
00:50:38.37\00:50:40.57
of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Amen.
00:50:42.00\00:50:43.34
That's, I think, is
the key of being persistent
00:50:43.37\00:50:45.51
is knowing that
what you are praying for
00:50:45.54\00:50:49.04
is something that
is dear to God's heart
00:50:49.08\00:50:53.15
and 'cause
there is so much fluff
00:50:53.18\00:50:55.58
that we can pray for
out of our own selfishness
00:50:55.62\00:50:58.19
that I want it to be
what God would pray for
00:50:58.22\00:51:01.42
if He were praying
to himself, you know.
00:51:01.46\00:51:04.46
I wrote at the top of my paper
"Persistence and submission"
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'cause to me that
two go hand in hand.
00:51:07.93\00:51:09.76
We persist and
we come before Him
00:51:09.80\00:51:12.40
in persistence and knowing that
00:51:12.43\00:51:13.84
anything that's in
His word we can claim,
00:51:13.87\00:51:16.10
we can stand upon.
00:51:16.14\00:51:17.71
But I think we
also come in submission
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when you think of Jesus
in the Garden of Gethsemane
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He was persistent.
00:51:21.91\00:51:23.24
He asked three times,
"Father, if it's possible,
00:51:23.28\00:51:27.58
my soul and spirit
00:51:27.62\00:51:28.98
shrink from going
to the cross, please,
00:51:29.02\00:51:31.95
but nevertheless not my
will but yours be done."
00:51:31.99\00:51:35.69
Persistence
coupled with submission
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and in this case God said, "No"
00:51:38.63\00:51:40.30
because if Jesus
hadn't gone to the cross,
00:51:40.33\00:51:45.10
where would we be?
00:51:45.13\00:51:46.50
We'd be lost and
alone without hope,
00:51:46.53\00:51:49.37
and peace, and salvation.
00:51:49.40\00:51:51.74
So praise the Lord the
answer was no in that case,
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and He went to the cross.
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So we just wanna encourage you,
00:51:57.51\00:51:58.85
we were gonna go
to a time of prayer.
00:51:58.88\00:52:00.95
But we just want to encourage,
each one of you at home,
00:52:00.98\00:52:03.15
I don't know what
you are dealing with,
00:52:03.18\00:52:05.72
I don't know
what's in your heart,
00:52:05.75\00:52:07.52
but know that the
Lord Jesus loves you,
00:52:07.56\00:52:09.89
that He died to save you,
00:52:09.92\00:52:12.29
and that He wants you
to be persistent in prayer
00:52:12.33\00:52:15.13
for the
salvation of your family,
00:52:15.16\00:52:18.03
or those in your
community, or whatever else
00:52:18.07\00:52:20.74
He is putting on your heart,
come before Him in submission,
00:52:20.77\00:52:24.67
but with persistence
00:52:24.71\00:52:26.04
and watch the
incredible results,
00:52:26.07\00:52:27.98
watch what He's going to
do in your heart and life.
00:52:28.01\00:52:30.45
So let's spend some time,
we'll go around the circle,
00:52:30.48\00:52:32.85
and spend some time in prayer.
00:52:32.88\00:52:34.22
Jay, you wanna start? Sure.
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Dear heavenly
Father, we thank you
00:52:36.08\00:52:37.59
for the opportunity
to worship you together,
00:52:37.62\00:52:40.99
and we ask that you
would please strengthen
00:52:41.02\00:52:42.59
all of our prayer lives, Lord,
00:52:42.62\00:52:44.79
and help us to not let
go of your arm too soon,
00:52:44.83\00:52:48.16
help us to be
persistent in prayer
00:52:48.20\00:52:50.57
and to seek your
will for our lives.
00:52:50.60\00:52:54.50
In Jesus' name we pray.
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amen. Amen.
00:52:55.90\00:52:57.84
Father, I know that it's easy
for me to turn to other sources
00:52:57.87\00:53:02.74
and turn to people
for my needs to be met,
00:53:02.78\00:53:07.88
but, Lord, I just
ask that you will help me
00:53:07.92\00:53:09.68
to always be
mindful to run to you first.
00:53:09.72\00:53:13.12
You can use other people
00:53:13.15\00:53:14.49
and other things
to supply my need,
00:53:14.52\00:53:17.56
but I want to know
that I have spoken to you,
00:53:17.59\00:53:22.23
and given you my heart,
00:53:22.26\00:53:23.83
and I know you know what I need.
00:53:23.87\00:53:26.33
But I want to be so close to you
00:53:26.37\00:53:30.17
that that is my very first
step I take is to talk to you,
00:53:30.21\00:53:35.44
to take it to Jesus alone.
00:53:35.48\00:53:37.71
I love you so much,
Lord, and I thank you
00:53:37.75\00:53:40.12
for what you have
taught me in these moments
00:53:40.15\00:53:42.25
and I thank you for
giving these dear friends
00:53:42.28\00:53:44.65
that can speak into my life.
00:53:44.69\00:53:46.82
And I pray,
Lord, for our audience
00:53:46.86\00:53:49.06
that you will draw
them closer to you,
00:53:49.09\00:53:52.69
and that you will give
them that community of believers
00:53:52.73\00:53:56.23
to spend time
with, and then share,
00:53:56.26\00:53:58.50
and drawing closer to you
getting to know you better,
00:53:58.53\00:54:01.24
Lord, I love you.
00:54:01.27\00:54:03.14
And, Father, we thank you
00:54:03.17\00:54:05.57
because the
invitation is an open invitation
00:54:05.61\00:54:09.14
to come unto me all
you who are heavy laden
00:54:09.18\00:54:14.42
and you will give us rest.
00:54:14.45\00:54:16.65
At times we may not feel
00:54:16.69\00:54:18.85
that we deserve the
beauty of the rest in Christ,
00:54:18.89\00:54:22.42
but we thank you because
your grace is sufficient,
00:54:22.46\00:54:25.26
and because you
died on the cross for us,
00:54:25.29\00:54:28.40
for our salvation.
00:54:28.43\00:54:30.33
Help us to embrace this gift.
00:54:30.37\00:54:33.03
And thank you, Father,
for never being too busy
00:54:33.07\00:54:36.50
to listen to our
what some may call nagging
00:54:36.54\00:54:40.44
as we seek you in prayer
with our passionate hearts,
00:54:40.48\00:54:44.81
and our hurts, and our
tears, and our praises to you.
00:54:44.85\00:54:49.92
So thank you,
Father, for listening.
00:54:49.95\00:54:52.45
Thank you for
what you have done,
00:54:52.49\00:54:53.96
what you're doing,
and what you will do.
00:54:53.99\00:54:56.76
Amen.
00:54:56.79\00:54:58.13
Thank you, Holy
God, for giving us a way
00:54:58.16\00:55:00.83
to communicate with you,
thank you for your plan for us
00:55:00.86\00:55:04.00
that we can pray
that we can come boldly
00:55:04.03\00:55:06.63
before your throne
of grace to receive help
00:55:06.67\00:55:09.20
in our time of need.
00:55:09.24\00:55:10.74
Father, I pray now for everyone
00:55:10.77\00:55:12.57
that is listening for all of us,
00:55:12.61\00:55:14.61
Lord, that you would
just touch our hearts,
00:55:14.64\00:55:18.05
draw us closer to you, oh, God.
00:55:18.08\00:55:20.25
Fill us with your Holy Presence
00:55:20.28\00:55:22.12
and, Father,
prompt us in our time
00:55:22.15\00:55:24.49
of need to turn to you.
00:55:24.52\00:55:26.35
Father, let us
never be negligent
00:55:26.39\00:55:28.76
of the great
opportunity you've given us,
00:55:28.79\00:55:31.79
to come right
into your very presence
00:55:31.83\00:55:34.40
to bring our
heartaches and our problems.
00:55:34.43\00:55:38.50
Thank you, Father,
00:55:38.53\00:55:39.87
that you hear
and answer the prayer
00:55:39.90\00:55:41.34
of faith in Jesus' name.
00:55:41.37\00:55:43.61
Oh, Father, as I
continue in prayer
00:55:43.64\00:55:46.14
with my
brothers and sisters here
00:55:46.17\00:55:47.68
and those at home,
00:55:47.71\00:55:49.34
we just thank you for
the gift of salvation.
00:55:49.38\00:55:51.61
Thank you, Lord.
00:55:51.65\00:55:53.82
Lord, I thank you
00:55:53.85\00:55:55.18
that you were willing
to go to the cross for me
00:55:55.22\00:55:58.55
and for each one of us.
00:55:58.59\00:56:00.66
We accept and receive that gift.
00:56:00.69\00:56:03.36
Yes, Lord.
00:56:03.39\00:56:04.73
Father, we want to
bring before you our petitions
00:56:04.76\00:56:08.16
and I know our
brothers and sisters at home
00:56:08.20\00:56:11.07
have some heavy
burdens to carry.
00:56:11.10\00:56:13.34
And, Lord, I ask that
as they turn them to you
00:56:13.37\00:56:17.17
that you would
make your yoke is easy
00:56:17.21\00:56:19.67
and your burden is light
and we thank you for that.
00:56:19.71\00:56:22.58
We ask that He would bring them
00:56:22.61\00:56:25.05
courage, and strength, and joy,
00:56:25.08\00:56:27.78
and the sunshine
of your presence.
00:56:27.82\00:56:29.78
And, oh, Father,
00:56:29.82\00:56:31.15
that every day we would
learn just a little more
00:56:31.19\00:56:33.92
about who you
are and your goodness
00:56:33.96\00:56:36.56
and love toward us.
00:56:36.59\00:56:37.93
We just thank you and
give you praise and glory.
00:56:37.96\00:56:40.50
In the precious and
holy name of Jesus, amen.
00:56:40.53\00:56:43.93
Amen. Amen.
00:56:43.97\00:56:46.33
Thank you all so
much for sharing.
00:56:46.37\00:56:47.97
It's such a
blessing to come together
00:56:48.00\00:56:50.57
and to open up
God's word and share.
00:56:50.61\00:56:52.91
So Mrs. Dinzey...
00:56:52.94\00:56:54.38
Mrs. Morikone,
thank you so much.
00:56:54.41\00:56:56.91
And brother
Parton, and neighbor Jason,
00:56:56.95\00:57:01.88
and Miss. Mollie.
00:57:01.92\00:57:03.25
What a joy it has
been to share about prayer.
00:57:03.28\00:57:06.12
Amen. Amen.
00:57:06.15\00:57:07.56
And we just thank you
so much for joining us.
00:57:07.59\00:57:09.69
Hope that you have
a wonderful Sabbath
00:57:09.72\00:57:11.59
as you spend
time with your family
00:57:11.63\00:57:13.06
as you spend
time with like-minded
00:57:13.09\00:57:14.66
brothers and sisters in Jesus
as you spent time in His word.
00:57:14.70\00:57:17.90
And most
importantly set aside time
00:57:17.93\00:57:20.54
to spend in prayer
just talking to Jesus,
00:57:20.57\00:57:24.11
getting to know Him more
00:57:24.14\00:57:25.47
and listening to
what He has to say.
00:57:25.51\00:57:28.28
We'll see you
next time. Bye-bye.
00:57:28.31\00:57:29.94