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Series Code: TDYL
Program Code: TDYL190004A
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00:01 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:07 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ 00:22 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:28 ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪ 00:33 MUSE I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:49 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:09 >>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EVENING OF 3ABN "TODAY 01:15 LIVE." I AM SO EXCITED. 01:17 I HAVE JASON BRADLEY, MY SON AND CO-HOST WITH ME. 01:20 >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE WIH YOU. 01:23 >> YES. IS TONIGHT EXCITING? 01:25 >> I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> WHY? 01:29 >> WELL, ONE BECAUSE OF OUR GUEST. 01:31 WE HAVE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME WITH THIS YOUNG MAN. 01:34 >> YES, E HAVE. [ LAUGHTER ] 01:37 >> AND ALSO BECAUSE HE JUST SHEDS SO MUCH LIGHT OWN 01:42 THE -- THE WORD. YOU KNOW, HE REALLY BREAKS DOWN 01:45 DANIEL AND REVELATION, AND GOD HAS BLESSED HIM WITH A 01:49 TREMENDOUS GIFT. >> HE HAS. 01:51 LET'S INTRODUCE HIM OUR GUEST IS PASTOR JAMES RAFFERTY. 01:58 >> GOOD TO BE HERE. >> WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. 02:01 >> PRAISE THE LORD. >> AGAIN, WE HAVE HAD THE 02:06 PRIVILEGE OF BEING WITH PASTOR JAMES ON SALVATION SYMBOLS AND 02:13 SIGNS. >> I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM 02:17 YOU GUYS OWN THAT PROGRAM -- >> DON'T BE FUNNY NOW. 02:21 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SLOW DOWN. 02:22 SLOW DOWN. IT'S GOOD. 02:24 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE THNGS I LOVE 02:26 ABOUT THAT PROGRAM, IS WHEN WE DID IT WITH PASTOR MEYERS -- WE 02:31 NEED TO HAVE HIM HERE TONIGHT TOO. 02:34 THEN IT'S LIKE HOMECOMING, RIGHT? 02:36 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVED ABOUT THAT IS WE DIDN'T HAVE A 02:41 SCHEDULE. WE DIDN'T SAY TODAY WE'RE GOING 02:44 TO DO THIS CHAPTER AND THIS CHAPTER. 02:49 NO, THE HOLY SPIRIT LEAD, AND YOU WERE THE TEACHERS AND WE 02:52 ASKED YOU QUESTIONS THAT WE THOUGHT -- 02:54 >> 72 -- >> 72. 02:59 >> WE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME TOGETHER. 03:02 >> WE SPENT A LONG TIME DOING THAT. 03:04 >> IT'S A BLESSING. >> AND DANIEL IS COMING UP. 03:07 >> YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO DANIEL. 03:10 >> IT WON'T BE 72. BECAUSE DANIEL IS A SMALLER 03:13 BOOK. BUT IT WILL BE FUN. 03:16 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. >> WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 03:20 TALKING TO YOU TONIGHT, AND TO -- AGAIN, BE YOUR STUDENT SO 03:23 TO SPEAK, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 03:27 SO WE WANT YOU TO SEND IN YOUR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING, AND 03:30 WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP ON THE SCREEN THE ADDRESS THAT YOU CAN 03:35 EMAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO, AND THEN PASTOR JAMES IS GOING TO 03:38 ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. YOU MAY CALL, 618-627-4651, OR 03:43 GIVE THEM THE EMAIL ADDRESS, JAY. 03:46 >> LIVE@3ABN.TV. >> YAY. 03:50 >> YES. YES. 03:52 >> YES. SO START CALLING YOUR QUESTIONS 03:54 IN. EMAILING THEM IN, BECAUSE IN THE 03:56 SECOND HALF OFTHIS PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO -- NO, PASTOR 04:01 JAMES IS GOING TO BE ANSWERING -- 04:05 [ LAUGHTER ] >> YES. 04:05 THAT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED. >> PASTOR JAMES IS GOING TO 04:09 BE -- >> YOU NEVER KNOW. 04:11 >> WELL, WE'RE CERTAINLY HERE TO SUPPORT YOU HAVE, AND BEFORE WE 04:15 GET STARTED IN THE LESSON, WE HAVE SOME MUSIC. 04:19 TELL US ABOUT OUR MUSIC, JAY. >> WE HAVE A SONG FROM THE 04:25 BIRCHFIELD BROTHERS ENTITLED "NEARER MY GOD." 04:51 ♪ ♪ 06:56 >> WOW. WASN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? 06:58 >> THAT WAS. >> THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. 07:00 >> SO SOOTHING. >> UH-HUH. 07:02 >> JUST REALLY SOOTHING. >> I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END. 07:06 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL, WE ARE EXCITED, BECAUSE 07:09 WE ARE PLANNING TO REALLY GET INTO THE WORD, AND GET SOME DEEP 07:14 TEACHING FROM THE WORD, AND THE LORD LEAD ME TO THIS SCRIPTURE 07:18 TO START OUT OUR SESSION THIS EVENING, AND IT'S 2 CHRONICLES 07:26 7:14. AND IT SAYS, IF MY PEOPLE WHO 07:29 ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND 07:32 SEEK MY FAITH, AND TURN FROM THEIRING WITH -- WICKED WAYS, 07:39 THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR 07:43 LAND. AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE 07:45 TALKING ABOUT PRAYER. POLITICS AND PRAYER. 07:47 >> UH-HUH. AND WE -- THIS IS REALLY AN 07:50 IMPORTANT TIME IN OUR HISTORY IN WORLD HISTORY. 07:53 >> UH-HUH. >> AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT IS 07:56 GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND IN -- IN OUR COUNTRY, A LOT OF 08:01 TIMES IT'S DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING FOR US TO KNOW HOW 08:06 TO MANEUVER. HOW CAN WE NAVIGATE THROUGH ALL 08:12 OF OUR ISSUES. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AWARE OF 08:16 AND CONCERNS WITH WHAT IS GOING ON TO MAYBE GIVE A BIBLICAL 08:22 PERSPECTIVE ON HOW WE CAN RESPOND TO SOME OF THE ISSUES 08:25 THAT WE'RE FACING RIGHT NOW AND WE WILL BE FACING IN THE FUTURE. 08:30 WE'RE REALLY INTO PROPHECY, SO WE UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE THAT 08:32 THERE ARE A LOT OF EVENTS THAT ARE YET TO COME THAT WILL 08:37 CHALLENGE US EVEN MORE. JESUS IN MATTHEW 24 INDICATES 08:40 THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE AND MORE 08:44 FREQUENT. SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD 08:46 FOR US TO GO BACK TO GENESIS, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POLITICS 08:49 AND PRAYER, AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IS THAT AS 08:55 BELIEVERS ESPECIALLY, WE ARE CHALLENGED AT TIMES TO RELY UPON 09:01 PRAYER RATHER THAN POLITICS. >> UH-HUH. 09:03 >> AND POLITICS IS THE ART OF CONTROLLING GOVERNMENT, 09:10 CONTROLLING SITUATIONS, CIRCUMSTANCES. 09:14 POLITICS CAN TAKE PLACE IN A CHURCH, IN FAMILY, AS WELL AS IN 09:18 A GOVERNMENT AND IN A COUNTRY, AND A LOT OF TIMES -- YOU KNOW, 09:22 PARENTS CAN BE POLITICAL IN THE WAY THAT THEY MANAGE THEIR 09:25 CHILDREN. WE CAN BE POLITICAL IN WORK AND 09:27 CHURCH -- A LOT OF CHURCH IS VERY POLITICAL, AND IT'S 09:32 CONTRARY TO OR COUNTER TO, I BELIEVE, PRAYER. 09:35 PRAYER IS KIND OF LIKE THIS THING THAT WE DO WHERE WE KIND 09:40 OF GIVE IT TO GOD. AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS -- LET 09:44 ME GIVE YOU A DEFINITION OF PRAYER TO START WITH. 09:46 PRAYER IS TALKING TO GOD. >> UH-HUH. 09:48 >> JUST TALKING WITH GOD. >> JUST SIMPLY THAT. 09:51 >> JUST SIMPLY THAT. JUST LIKE HE IS OUR FRIEND. 09:55 WE'RE JUST TALKING THINGS THROUGH, AND THERE IS NOTHING 09:58 QUITE LIKE BEING IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU ARE REALLY STRUGGLING 10:01 WITH SOME ISSUE AND HAVING SOMEBODY YOU CAN GO TALK TO. 10:05 >> THAT'S TRUE. >> SOMEONE THAT IS NOT GOING TO 10:07 BE CRITICAL OR GO SHARE EVERYTHING YOU JUST 10:10 TURNED -- OPENED UP YOUR HEART, SOMEONE YOU CAN JUST POUR OUT 10:14 YOUR HEART TO, THEY ARE GOING TO LISTEN, MAYBE THEY WILL GIVE YOU 10:19 ADVICE OF JUST GIVE YOU A HUG, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE 10:25 NEED, AND THE REASON WE NEED IT, I THINK IS WE WERE CREATED -- IF 10:29 YOU GO BACK TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS 3 -- 10:37 >> UH-HUH. [ AUDIO LOST. ] 10:41 >> AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE, BASICALLY IS, IT SAYS 10:44 THAT -- WELL, LET'S JUST READ THE VERSE, GENESIS 3, AND JASON 10:50 COULD YOU GRAB IT FOR US? >> YEAH. 10:52 >> WE'LL START WITH VERSE 8. >> OKAY. 10:55 AND THEY HEARD THE SOUND OF THE LORD GOD WALKING IN THE GARDEN 10:58 IN THE COOL OF THE DAY AND ADAM AND HIS WIFE HID THEMSELVES FROM 11:03 THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD GOD AMONG THE TREES IN THE GARDEN. 11:08 VERSUS 9 THEN THE LORD CALLED TO ADAM AND SAID TO HIM, WHERE ARE 11:15 YOU? I HEARD YOUR VOICE IN THE 11:17 GARDEN, AND I WAS AFRAID, BECAUSE I WAS NAKED AND I HID 11:23 MYSELF. >> SO THIS TELLS US SOMETHING 11:25 REALLY BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT ADAM AND EVE 11:30 HAD WITH GOD. APPARENTLY GOD WOULD HANG OUT 11:34 WITH THEM AND TALK. >> UH-HUH. 11:37 >> BUT SOMETHING CHANGED AFTER ADAM AND EVE TURNED AWAY FROM 11:41 GOD. THEY SINNED, AND THEY WERE 11:43 AFRAID OF GOD. SO THEY WERE AFRAID TO HAVE HIM 11:49 COME INTO THEIR PRESENCE. SO GOD SAID, OKAY. 11:51 I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THINGS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO END 11:58 THE COMMUNICATION. PRAYER IS THAT THING WE CALL 12:00 TALKING WITH GOD. WE CALL IT PRAYER BECAUSE 12:03 IT'S -- LIKE IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN IT YIEZED TO BE. 12:07 IF I'M TALKING WITH YOU, I'M NOT PRAYING WITH YOU. 12:11 PRAYER IS LIKE DESIGNATED TO GOD. 12:13 >> RIGHT. >> BUT REALLY WHAT GOD 12:16 ORIGINALLY INTENDED WAS WE WOULD JUST TALK. 12:18 WE WOULD JUST TALK. >> WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE HAVE 12:21 SUCH DIFFICULTY WITH PRAYER? YOU KNOW, WITH -- WITH MAKING 12:25 TIME FOR PRAYER OR -- WITH JUST PRAYER PERIOD IN BECAUSE MANY 12:29 TIMES -- HONESTLY, LIKE, YOU HEAR PEOPLE SAY I'M GOING TO 12:33 PRAYER MEETING, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S LIKE OKAY. 12:36 BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT CAN BE BORING. 12:39 >> YEAH. >> I NEED TO CLEAR THIS 12:41 UP -- AND THIS IS LIVE TV. [ LAUGHTER ] 12:44 >> I KNOW IT. I KNOW. 12:46 >> LET ME TAKE THAT BOOK. >> YEAH, I CAN'T TAKE THAT BACK. 12:49 BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS, I THINK, IS THAT MANY 12:53 PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH PRAYER, JUST PRAYING PERIOD. 12:56 >> UH-HUH. >> WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? 12:59 >> SO OE OF THE REASONS THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PRAYER IS 13:02 BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID, IT'S KIND OF BORING. 13:06 AND I GET TO THIS PLACE WHERE I FEEL LIKE I'M PRAYING THE SAME 13:11 OLD PRAYERS. I FEEL LIKE WHAT IS THE 13:16 SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS? DOES IT REALLY MAKE A 13:19 DIFFERENCE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 13:20 >> UH-HUH. >> AND WHAT I FOUND IS IT'S ONLY 13:24 WHEN WE START -- I THINK, LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL THAT 13:28 PRAYER HAS. WHEN WE START REALIZING WHAT 13:30 PRAYER CAN DO, AND THE WAY THAT PRAYER IS DELIVERED TO US IN THE 13:36 BIBLE THAT MAYBE OUR MINDS AND HEARTS CAN BE CHANGED A LITTLE 13:40 BIT. TO THOSE VIEWERS WHO HAVE PRAYED 13:42 ALL OF THEIR LIVES, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT 13:47 THIS THING CALLED PRAYER, AND GET RENEWED IN ITS INFLUENCE AND 13:52 POWER, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO TONIGHT. 13:54 >> YES. >> ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE 13:56 BECOME SO POLITICAL, IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, 13:59 BUT I WANT TO SAY TONIGHT, THAT BY AND LARGE, WE REALLY HAVE NO 14:04 CLUE WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING. 14:07 LIKE WE CAN THINK WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THERE, BUT 14:11 THERE'S STRINGING BEING PULLED, AND CONTROL THAT WE DON'T EVEN 14:15 KNOW. BUT WITH PRAYER, WE KNOW WE CAN 14:17 MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH PRAYER. WE HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO HEAVEN, 14:21 AND GOD HAS AN AGENDA. GOD WANTS HIS KINGDOM TO BE 14:26 ACCOMPLISHED ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT 14:29 ANSWERING OUR PRAYERS.-pWE WANT TO RENEW OUR EXCITEMENT ABOUT PRAYER TONIGHT. 14:34 AND THE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE. >> YES. 14:37 YES. >> SO ADAM AND EVE THEY WERE 14:39 TALKING WITH GOD, AND GOD SAYS I WANT YOU TO KEEP TALKING TO ME. 14:45 SO HE HELPS THEM TO REALIZE THEY DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID OF HIM. 14:50 WHO TOLD YOU, YOU WERE NAKED? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. 14:56 BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS GOD DIDN'T CHANGE. 14:59 THE BIBLE SAYS? JAMES 1:17, HE IS CONSISTENT. 15:05 HIS LOVE IS CONSISTENT. BUT REREALIZES HE IS DEALING 15:10 WITH A CHANGE IN US, AND THAT CHANGE CAME THROUGH OUR D 15:16 DD DIS -- DISOBEDIENCE, AND MAYBE 15:20 HE IS COME TO TAKE US OUT. THEY ARE AFRAID. 15:24 SO GOD HAS TO WORK THROUGH OUR DYSFUNCTION AND HELP US TO GET 15:28 BACK ON TRACK. BUT HIS GOAL IS TO GET US BACK 15:31 TO THE IMAGE IN WHICH WE WERE CREATED. 15:40 [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] >> THE FIRST GUY I REALLY WANT 15:42 US TO FOCUS ON IS ABRAHAM. SO ABRAHAM IS IN THIS SITUATION. 15:48 HE IS OUT IN HIS TENT. HE HAS LEFT HIS HOME. 15:51 HE HAS LEFT HIS FAMILY. HE HAS LEFT EVERYONE, AND HE IS 15:54 THERE WITH HIS WIFE SARAH, AND ALL OF HIS SERVANTS AND HE IS 16:00 OUT THERE WITH THE SHEEP AND EVERYTHING. 16:03 AND THESE THREE STRANGERS START WALKING UP, AND ONE OF THEM IS 16:06 THE LORD. >> UH-HUH. 16:08 >> AND ABRAHAM IS THIS HOSPITABLE GUY. 16:13 HE IS LIKE, WAIT, WAIT. LET ME GET YOU SOME WATER AND 16:19 SOME FOOD. AND THAT IS WHAT OPENS THE DOOR. 16:22 NOW ABRAHAM IS TALKING TO GOD. AND -- AND THE LORD SAYS -- YOU 16:26 KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT PROMISES TO ABRAHAM AND SARAH AND THEIR 16:34 FUTURE, AN THIS IS REALLY COOL, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE 16:38 TALK TO GOD -- GOD IS INTERESTED IN US. 16:40 WE WANTS TO BLESS US. HE DOES. 16:43 BUT HE IS ALSO INTERESTED IN US BEING INTERESTED IN OTHERS, SO 16:46 BEFORE HE LEAVES -- HE TELLS ABRAHAM AND SARAH, YOU ARE GOING 16:51 TO HAVE A CHILD. AND THEY KIND OF LAUGH AT THAT, 16:56 BUT HE SAYS I PROMISE YOU. AND HE SAYS I'M GOING TO SODOM 17:03 AND GOMORRAH, AND THERE IS A PROBLEM THERE, AND I'M GOING TO 17:06 CHECK IT OUT. AND ABRAHAM IMMEDIATELY STEPS 17:10 OUTSIDE OF HIMSELF AND THINKS ABOUT OTHERS. 17:16 HE THINKS ABOUT HIS NEPHEW LOT. LOT WASN'T THAT GREAT OF A 17:23 PERSON. THEY HAD TO SPLIT UP. 17:26 IT'S CALLED DYSFUNCTIONING FAMILY. 17:28 [ LAUGHTER ] >> RIGHT. 17:29 >> I TELL PEOPLE THE CHURCH IS LIKE FAMILY, AND PEOPLE GET THIS 17:33 FUZZY FEELING LIKE, WE'RE A -FAMILY. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY WE'RE 17:39 SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY. AND I SAY HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A 17:46 NON-DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY? CHURCH IS LIKE A FAMILY. 17:50 [ LAUGHTER ] >> RIGHT. 17:51 >> YOU STICK TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE GOT ALL OF THIS 17:55 DYSFUNCTION. >> RIGHT. 17:57 >> SO ABRAHAM HAD THIS DYSFUNCTION WITH LOT AND THEY 18:02 HAD TO SEPARATE. AND LOT CHOSE THE GREEN STUFF. 18:09 AND ACHE -- ABRAHAM WAS LIKE OKAY. 18:16 SO AS SOON AS HE FINDS OUT THEY ARE GOING TO WHERE LOT IS, HE IS 18:21 LIKE, I KNOW THINGS AREN'T GOOD DOWN THERE, IF THERE'S 50 18:26 RIGHTEOUS MEN, WOULD YOU SPARE SODOM AND GOMORRAH -- HE'S 18:33 THINKING ABOUT HIS NEPHEW. >> RIGHT. 18:35 >> AS WE COMMUNICATE WITH GOD AND GET TO KNOW GOD -- AND THIS 18:39 IS WHAT THE BOOK OF GENESIS IS TEACHING US -- AS WE GET TO KNOW 18:44 GOD, WE START GETTING OUTSIDE OF OURSELVES AND WE START THINKING 18:46 ABOUT OTHERS. ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE NOT 18:51 INCLINED TO PRAY, IS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE PRAY IT'S 18:55 ALL ABOUT US. BUT GOD WANTS US TO THINK ABOUT 19:00 OTHERS. AND THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF 19:03 STUFF TO PRAY FOR. AT LIGHT BEARERS MINISTRY EVERY 19:08 WEEK WE HAVE CATCH-UP TIME. AND WE GET PRAYER REQUESTS ON A 19:13 REGULAR BASIS, AND WE READ THEM ALL, AND WE'LL PRAYER FOR 19:17 DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND WE'LL JUST PRAY FOR ALL OF THE PRAYER 19:20 REQUESTS. SOMETIMES WE HAVE SO MANY THAT 19:23 WE PRAY FOR ALLOF THEM. AND IT HELPS US TO KNOW WHO ARE 19:27 THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS MINISTRY AND WRITING IN AND 19:30 ASKING FOR PRAYERS AND SAYING THEY ARE PRAYING FOR US. 19:33 WE CONNECT WITH THEM. WE CONNECT WITH PEOPLE. 19:36 AND ABRAHAM WAS CONNECTED WITH LOT, EVEN THOUGH HE HAD THIS 19:42 DYSFUNCTION. SO 50 -- I'LL SPARE FOR 50 GOD 19:47 STAYS. 45? 19:48 YEAH, I'LL SPARE FOR 40. 30? 19:53 YEAH, I'LL SPARE FOR 30. 10? 19:58 10? NOW WHAT IS REALLY COOL IS THIS. 20:02 WE PRAY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN BAD SITUATIONS. 20:05 LOT WAS IN A BAD SITUATION. HE WAS A LITTLE BIT GREEDY, A 20:09 LITTLE BIT FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMY, A LITTLE BIT FOCUSED 20:13 ON -- MORE THAN HE WAS ON SPIRITUAL. 20:15 [ LAUGHTER ] >> RIGHT. 20:16 >> WE NEED TO PRAY FOR PEOPLE LIKE THAT. 20:18 OUR FAMILY, OUR CHURCH, SO ABRAHAM IS THIS INCREDIBLE GUY, 20:23 BECAUSE HE DOESN'T TAKE THAT PERSONALLY. 20:26 HE PRAYS FOR LOT TO BE DELIVERED, AND WE MIGHT BE 20:31 WORRIED, BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE IN BAD SITUATIONS. 20:33 WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CITIES. 20:36 WE GOT PEOPLE -- [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] 20:41 >> FOR GOD. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 20:42 >> UH-HUH. >> AND WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THEM. 20:45 GOD DELIVERED LOT. >> UH-HUH. 20:47 >> ALL OF THE MONEY WENT. ALL OF THE HOUSES WENT. 20:51 ALL OF THE STUFF WENT. BUT GOD DELIVERED LOT. 20:54 SO PRAYER IS POWERFUL. >> SOMETIMES YOU HEAR PEOPLE 20:58 SAY, WELL, ALL YOU CAN DO IS PRAY. 21:00 WELL, YEAH. LIKE THAT'S -- LIKE THAT'S THE 21:04 LAST RESORT. AND IT'S NOT THAT EFFECTIVE. 21:07 >> RIGHT. >> ALL WE CAN DO. 21:10 >> WELL, NO. ALL WE CAN DO IS PRAY -- LIKE WE 21:13 CAN'T DO ANYTHING BETTER THAN THAT. 21:17 WELL, YOU REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING BETTER THAN THAT. 21:20 >> BECAUSE WHAT WE DO BEFORE PRAYER IS POLITICAL. 21:22 THAT'S OUR POWER AND STRENGTH. AND THAT TAKES US TO THE NEXT 21:27 STORY WHICH IS MOSES. MOSES WAS LIKE A PRINCE IN 21:31 EGYPT. LIKE THIS GUY HAD CLOUT. 21:32 HE WAS A MILITARY LEADER. HE HAD POSITION. 21:35 HE HAD AUTHORITY, AND HE NEW FROM AN EARLY AGE THAT GOD HAD 21:39 DELIVERED HIM. SO THE BABIES WERE BEING KILLED 21:42 AT BIRTH -- WE SEE THIS HAPPENING IN OUR POLITICAL WORLD 21:45 TODAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW 21:47 THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING. RIGHT NOW IN OUR COUNTRY. 21:51 AT BIRTH, THESE MALE BABIES WERE BEING KILLED BY EGYPT, BY THE 21:57 PHARAOH. BUT THE MID-WIVES WERE KIND OF 22:00 LIKE, WELL, WE DIDN'T GET THERE IN TIME. 22:03 LIKE THEY WEREN'T INTO IT. SO WE HAVE THIS MOVEMENT TAKING 22:06 PLACE IN EGYPT, JUST LIKE WE DO TODAY, WHERE NO, WE'RE NOT GO 22:14 INTO THAT. SO MOSES IS PROTECTED. 22:18 BUT HE GETS THIS THING AT AN EARLY AGE WHERE GOD WANTS ME TO 22:23 DELIVER MY PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO DO THAT. 22:28 AND HE STARTS BY KILLING AN -EGYPTIAN. THAT'S POLITICS, DOING IT OUR 22:35 WAY WITH OUR STRENGTH AND MIGHT. AND GOD HAD TO TAKE MOSES INTO 22:44 THE DESERT FOR 40 YEARS. SO UNLEARN EVERYTHING HE HAD 22:49 LEARNED. I GUESS ALL I CAN DO IS PRAY. 22:53 FINALLY GOD SAYS. FINALLY. 22:56 >> YEAH. YEAH. 22:57 >> SO 40 YEARS IN, HE SEES A BUSH BURNING, AND THAT BUSH IS 23:03 THE PRESENCE OF GOD, AND HE GOES UP THERE AND HE STARTS TALKING 23:06 WITH GOD. WHAT IS TALKING WITH GOD? 23:08 >> PRAYER. >> PRAYER. 23:09 HE STARTS TALKING WITH GOD, AND AS YOU GO THROUGH -- IT'S REALLY 23:14 INTERESTING, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE BOOK OF EXODUS. 23:17 YOU START IN EXODUS CHAPTER -- I THINK IT'S CHAPTER 3, AND YOU 23:23 START MOVING THROUGH THE BOOK OF EXODUS, THERE'S -- I THINK IT'S 23:27 JUST -- IF YOU READ CHAPTERS -- IF YOU READ CHAPTERS 23:32 6 THROUGH 14, EACH CHAPTER BEGINS WITH THIS. 23:37 THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES. THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES. 23:42 >> UH-HUH. >> THAT'S PRAYER. 23:45 GOD'S TALKING WITH HIM, RIGHT? >> NOW YOU ARE LOOKING AT 23:48 COMMUNICATION. >> YES. 23:49 >> NOT JUST ONE WAY. NOT JUST MOSES TALKING TO GOD, 23:53 BUT GOD TALKING TO MOSES. >> YOU ARE TALKING TO GOD, AND 23:58 HE IS COMMUNICATING BACK. THE LORD TOLD ME -- WELL, THE 24:04 LORD CAN ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH US. 24:07 HE CAN IMPRESS US. GOD TOLD ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS 24:11 SUBJECT. GOD GAVE ME THIS SUBJECT. 24:12 HE SAID POLITICS AND PRAYER JAMES. 24:17 THAT'S WHAT I WAN YOU TO TALK ABOUT. 24:19 I DID A LITTLE OUTLINE, AND AL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS THIS THOUGHT 24:24 CAME IN AND THIS THOUGHT CAME IN, AND THIS THOUGHT CAME IN, 24:27 AND THAT'S GOD TALKING TO ME. IT IS THROUGH HIS WORD. 24:34 GENESIS, EXODUS -- IT'S IN HIS WORDS. 24:40 I WAS LIKE WHAT SHOULD I SHARE WITH 3ABN? 24:43 I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED. WHAT SHOULD I TALK ABOUT? 24:47 AND GOD SAID, BOOM, THIS IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO TALK ABOUT. 24:51 AND SO MOSES STARTS LISTENING TO WHAT GOD IS SAYING, AND AS MOSES 24:56 CONNECTS WITH GOD TO GET HIS PEOPLE OUT OF EGYPT, GOD 25:00 DELIVERS HIS PEOPLE THROUGH PRAYER. 25:01 THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION, ALL OF PHARAOH'S ARMY, POLITICAL MIGHT, 25:10 MILITARY MIGHT COULDN'T STOP THE POWER OF PRAYER. 25:13 WE THINK THAT WAS MOSES ROD -- NO, THAT WAS THE POWER OF 25:18 PRAYER. THAT WAS MOSES TALKING WITH GOD 25:20 AND GOD TALKING WITH MOSES, THE POWER OF PRAYER. 25:23 SO THE OLD TESTAMENT IS TELLING US THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER. 25:27 IF ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN -- IF THE SERPENT WOULD 25:32 HAVE SAID, EVE, THIS TREE -- IT WILL -- IT WILL -- 25:40 [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] >> OH, REALLY? 25:42 OH, MAYBE I SHOULD TRY THAT. TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT FIRST. 25:47 TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT FIRST. >> RIGHT. 25:50 >> AND THAT'S HOW WE SEE THINGS WORK OUT FOR GOD'S WILL -- GOD'S 25:54 PURPOSES ARE WORKED OUT WHEN WE TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT FIRST. 25:58 AND DAVID DID THIS. HE IS OUR NEXT GUY. 26:01 DAVID HAD THIS INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. 26:04 THERE WERE TIMES WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE LISTENED TO HIM AND THEY 26:08 ACCOMPLISHED HIS WILL, AND THERE WERE TIMES -- EVEN WHEN THEY 26:13 WENT INTO THE NEW PROMISE LAND, JOSHUA AND MOSES COULDN'T GO IN. 26:20 ERIN WAS BURIED ALSO. AND JOSHUA SAYS I WANT SEVEN 26:24 DAYS -- EACH DAY I WANT YOU TO GO AROUND AND BLOW THE TRUMPETS. 26:29 THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT GOD SAYS. THERE'S PRAYER, COMMUNICATION, 26:33 AND IT COMES DOWN. >> UH-HUH. 26:36 >> AND THIS LITTLE TINY CITY. THERE IS NOT A LOT GOING ON 26:41 THERE. LIKE MAN, WE JUST TOOK DOWN 26:45 JERICHO, LET'S SEND A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE AND TAKE DOWN 26:53 THIS CITY. THEY WENT IN THERE, AND THEY 26:56 WERE DEFEATED. AND GOD SAID HERE IS WHAT I WANT 26:58 YOU TO DO. RIGHT? 27:00 >> UH-HUH. >> SO WHEN WE TALK TO GOD AND 27:02 GOD TALKS TO US, THAT'S PRAYER, THEN THAT UNLEASHES POWER. 27:07 DAVID SAME THING. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN DAVID 27:14 LISTENED TO GOD. AND -- BUT DAVID WAS -- AGAIN, 27:17 HE WAS IN THIS POLITICAL ARENA. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL 27:23 ARENAS HERE, RIGHT? WE TALKS ABOUT SITUATIONS THAT 27:26 INVOLVE KINGS AND PRESIDENTS AND EARTHLY POWERS, AND THIS IS 27:31 LEADING UP TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IN EARTH'S HISTORY, AND DO WE 27:37 FOLLOW THE BIBLICAL OUTLINE? THE MANDATE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN 27:43 US? OR DO WE FAIL LIKE ABRAHAM OR 27:46 MOSES OR DAVID DID AT TIMES AND TRUST IN OUR OWN POWER, 27:52 STRENGTH, AND POLITICS? >> RIGHT. 27:54 >> SO WHEN WE GET TO DAVID, DAVID'S SITUATION IS REALLY LIKE 27:58 OURS IN SO MANY WAYS. THERE WAS A PRESIDING 28:03 PRESIDENT -- KING, HIS SAME WAS SOL, AND HE DOESN'T DOING SO 28:13 GREAT. SO GOD SAID I HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE 28:16 TO BRING IN. AND SOL IS LIKE, NO! 28:21 NO! AND SOL FIGURES OUT THAT DAVID 28:23 IS GOING TO BE NEXT. SO HE STARTS SLANDERING HIM, AND 28:29 MISREPRESENTING HIM, AND HE EVEN TRIES TO KILL HIM. 28:31 AND SO DAVID TAKES OFF, SO YOU HAVE A DIVIDED NATION -- HELLO. 28:38 THIS GUY AND THIS GUY, TWO LEADERS, BOTH CALLED, AND HOW IS 28:43 THIS GOING TO COME TOGETHER FOR THE REST OF THE NATION, BECAUSE 28:48 THEY ARE DIVIDED. SO WHAT DOES DAVID DO? 28:53 IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE DAVID HAD OPPORTUNITY TO BE POLITICAL, 28:59 TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. 29:00 HE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SO SOLIZ -- SOL'S LIVE. 29:11 AND WE HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTION WHY DID DAVID DO THAT? 29:16 WE WANT TO GO TO PSALMS. REMEMBER, PRAYER IS TALKING TO 29:24 GOD. >> RIGHT. 29:24 >> AND IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THESE TIMES IN PSALMS WHERE 29:30 DAVID IS ANGRY. >> YES. 29:31 >> HE IS REALLY MAD. >> YES HE'S ASKING FOR -- WHERE 29:41 HE'S PRAYING LIKE, PLEASE KILL MY ENEMIES. 29:44 >> TAKE THEM OUT. >> YES. 29:46 >> AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PSALMS. 29:50 BUT I THINK THAT PLANS, THERE IS SOMETHING MORE TO THIS. 29:54 I WANT TO CALL THIS WHAT DO DO WITH ANGER 101. 29:59 >> ANGER MANAGEMENT. >> ANGER MANAGEMENT 101. 30:04 [ LAUGHTER ] >> UH-HUH. 30:06 >> THERE ARE MANY PSALMS, BUT THIS WOULD BE ONE SIMPLE OUTLINE 30:13 THAT WE CAN DO. SO THE THING I LIKE ABOUT THIS 30:16 PSALM IS THAT THERE'S A CONTEXT TO IT. 30:20 SO IN PSALM 59, WE'RE TOLD THAT THIS PSALM -- THIS PSALM 30:24 IS -- WAS WRITTEN WHEN SOL SENT AND WATCHED DAVID'S HOUSE TO 30:31 KILL HIM. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT 30:34 DAVID REALIZES THAT THIS GUY IS AF 30:44 AFRAID. [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] 30:45 TRIES TO KILL HIM, AND DAVID FLEES AND GOES TO HIS HOUSE. 30:49 AND HOUSE SENDS HIM INTO THE HOUSE TO WATCH IT, TO GET DAVID. 30:53 AND THEN MICHAEL, SOL'S DAUGHTER, FINALY SOL SAYS I 31:05 WANT THE WHOLE BED. AND THEY DISCOVER IT'S A DUMMY. 31:09 AND MICHAEL SAID HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO KILL ME. 31:13 SO -- I MEAN THIS IS BAD. >> YEAH. 31:15 >> AND DAVID IS GONE, AND THIS IS THE PSALM THAT HE WRITES IN 31:20 THAT CONTEXT. OKAY? 31:21 >> UH-HUH. >> WE'RE GOING TO OUTLINE 31:25 THIS -- AND A NICE ACRONYM FOR THIS PSALM WILL BE HELP. 31:34 H-E-L-P. HELP. 31:36 >> OKAY. >> PSALM 59: 1-2. 31:51 OKAY. SO THE ACRONYM, HELP -- H, HELP 32:00 ME GOD. THE FIRST THING THAT HE CALLS US 32:03 TO DO IN A COUNTRY THAT IS DIVIDED POLITICALLY IS TO REACH 32:08 OUT TO GOD FOR HELP. NOW LET'S READ -- YOU CRON WOULD 32:16 YOU READ VERSES 3 AND 4. >> THE MIGHTY GATHER AGAINST ME, 32:21 NOT FOR MY TRANSGRESSION NOR FOR MY SIN, THEY RUN AND PREPARE 32:27 THEMSELVES THROUGH NO FAULT OF MINE. 32:29 YOU, THEREFORE, OH, LORD, GOD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, A WAY TO 32:34 PUNISH ALL OF THE NATIONS, DO NOT BE MERCIFUL TO ANY WICKED 32:41 TRANSGRESSORS. >> SO BEFORE WE GET TO 5 -- THE 32:43 NEXT LETTER IN HELP IS E. AND THAT STANDS FOR EXPLAIN. 32:48 HE ASKS FOR HIS HELP, AND THEN HE EXPLAINS THE SITUATION. 32:53 HEY, THEY ARE LYING IN WAIT FOR ME. 32:56 BUT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. I WAS TRYING TO HELP THE 32:59 SITUATION. >> RIGHT. 33:01 RIGHT. >> SO HELP, EXPLAIN. 33:03 ALL RIGHT. NOW THE NEXT ONE IS THE VERSE 33:07 YOU READ, VERSE 5, AND I WANT YOU TO ADD TO THAT VERSE, 33:13 YVONNE, VERSE 11 -- NO, EXCUSE ME -- VERSE 13. 33:20 >> CONSUME THEM IN WRATH. CONSUME THEM THAT THEY MAY NOT 33:25 BE. AND LET THEM KNOW THAT GOD RULES 33:27 IN JACOB TO THEN OF THE EARTH. >> ALL RIGHT. 33:33 L BASICALLY DAVID JUST LETS GOD HAVE IT. 33:36 WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE PEOPLE HAVE IT. 33:39 YOU GET ON FACEBOOK AND YOU START READING SOME OF THAT 33:44 STUFF, AND I'M EMBARRASSED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I SEE MY 33:51 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WRITE ON FACEBOOK. 33:55 IT'S LIKE, WE SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR THEM. 33:57 TO WRITE THAT KIND OF STUFF, THAT'S NOT CHRISTIAN. 34:00 YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? >> I DO. 34:02 >> BUT DAVID COULD HAVE GONE IN THAT DIRECTION. 34:04 HE COULD HAVE. BUT HE LET GO HAVE EVERYTHING 34:07 HE WAS FEELING. SO WE THINK, OH, MAN, WHAT IS 34:11 WRONG WITH DAVID? LIKE, HAS HE LOST HIS MIND. 34:15 BUT DAVID IS TALKING TO GOD NOW. YOU CAN TALK TO GOD LIKE THIS. 34:20 JOB TALKED TO GOD LIKETHIS. LET ME GIVE YOU A NEW TESTAMENT 34:25 VE VERSE. 34:30 EPHESIANS 4:26. THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING 34:36 VERSE. BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT. 34:39 DON'T LET THE SUN GO DOWN ON YOUR WRATH. 34:44 WHAT? WHAT? 34:48 BE ANGRY AND SIN NOT. THAT'S WHAT DAVID IS DOING HERE. 34:51 HE IS ANGRY, AND HE LETS GOD HAVE IT, H, HELP ME GOD, E, 34:58 EXPLAIN MY SITUATION, L, HE LETS GOD HAVE IT. 35:02 HE GETS ALL OF THE ANGER OUT. SO HE IS SAYING PRAYER IS KIND 35:08 OF BORING AND -- YEAH, PRAYER. WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF 35:12 GOING ON IN THE WORLD RIGHT. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF YOU CAN 35:17 BE ANGRY ABOUT. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOE 35:22 MIDWIFES BEING ASKED TO KILL THOSE BABIES, WE CAN TELL GOD 35:26 WHAT WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T LET THAT 35:29 OUT, IT'S GOING TO COME OUT. >> YEAH. 35:33 >> YOU ARE GOING TO GENERATE THAT TOWARDS PEOPLE, AND REALLY, 35:36 WE JUST NEED TO GIVE THAT TO GOD. 35:39 >> YES. >> AND THEN -- 35:42 [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] I WANT YOU TO READ, NOW, VERSE 35:46 16 AND 17. >> YOU WANT TO READ IT. 35:49 >> SURE. BUT I WILL SING OF YOUR POWER -- 35:51 >> WHAT? >> -- YES, I WILL SING ALOUD OF 35:55 YOUR MERCY IN THE MORNING, FOR YOU HAVE BEEN MY DEFENSE AND 36:00 REFUGE IN MY DAY OF TROUBLE, TO YOU, ALL MY STRENGTH, I WILL 36:06 SING PRAISES -- >> WHAT? 36:08 PRAISES? >> YES. 36:08 >> YES. >> BUT YOU ARE IN THIS 36:12 SITUATION, DAVID WHERE SOL IS TRYING TO KIL YOU, AND YOU 36:15 CAN'T EVEN GO TO YOUR HOUSE, AND YOU HAVE TO SNEAK OUT OF THE 36:19 WINDOW, AND YOU ARE BEING PURSUED -- ARE WE TALKING 36:23 REVELATION 13 RIGHT NOW? YOU DON'T HAVE ANYPLACE YOU CAN 36:26 GO, NO PROTECTION FROM ANYONE, AND YOU ARE PRAISING GOD? 36:30 >> UH-HUH. >> YES. 36:33 >> H, HELP ME, E, EXPLAIN, L, LET GOD HAVE IT. 36:39 AND P, PRAISE GOD. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE MORE 36:43 LETTER, THIS IS THE SURPRAISE LETTER. 36:49 S. WE NEED HELPS. 36:50 SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THIS OUT OF PSALM 59. 36:54 WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS OUT OF THE STORY. 36:56 THE STORY CONTINUES, SO DAVID IS-OUT IN THE WILDERNESS, AND THERE IS A LOT OF MEN THAT GATHER WITH 37:03 HIM AND SUPPORT HIM. THE BIBLE SAYS THEY ARE 37:06 DISGRUNTLED AND STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME THINGS THAT HE IS 37:09 STRUGGLING WITH, THE POLITICAL MANEUVERS, THE COMPROMISE, THE 37:14 IMMORALITY THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE NATION, OKAY? 37:16 >> UH-HUH. >> I'M TRYING TO MAKE THIS 37:19 PRACTICAL FOR US TODAY. >> YEAH. 37:21 >> SO THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN A CAVE -- NOW SOL IS PURSUING 37:26 THEM. HE IS GOING TO TAKE THEM OUT. 37:28 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR POLITICAL WORLD, THEY ARE COMING 37:31 AFTER YOU, AND THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU OUT, SO HE IS HIDING IN 37:36 THIS CAVE, AND SOL COMES IN WITH ONE OF THE MEN, AND DAVID'S MEN 37:41 ARE LIKE, WOE. PERFECT. 37:43 THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE ANSWER TO THE 37:46 PRAYER. [ LAUGHTER ] 37:47 >> WOO-HOO. DAVID JUST SAY THE WORD, BRO. 37:50 JUST SAY THE WORD. >> RIGHT. 37:52 >> LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO WHEN I FIRST BECAME A CHRISTIAN. 37:57 I'M A BRAND NEW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN. 38:02 I WAS READING THE BIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME. 38:05 I WAS RAISED CATHOLIC. AND I'M READING THE STORY FOR 38:09 THE FIRST TIME, AND I'M REJOICING WITH DAVID'S MEN, I'M 38:14 LIKE HALLELUJAH, GOD IS SO GOOD. TAKE HIM OUT. 38:17 >> YOU GOT HIM RIGHT THERE. [ LAUGHTER ] 38:19 >> AND DAVID SAYS, HUH-UH. I GO DID I GET THE RIGHT 38:26 TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN HUH-UH. 38:30 THE FIRST TIME I READ THAT I COULDN'T -- I WAS CONVERTED, BUT 38:33 I HAD TO MATURE. I HAD TO GROW. 38:36 >> YES. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE THING WHEN 38:38 YOU FIRST COME TO JESUS YOU KNOW EVERYTHING -- NO, YOU ARE A 38:43 YOUNG CHICK. AND YOU HAVE TO GROW AND MATURE, 38:47 THE SEED, THEN THE EAR, THEN THE FULL PLANT -- YOU KNOW, YOU ARE 38:54 MATURING. I HAD TO LEARN SOMETHING. 38:57 BECAUSE I WAS SURPRISED. H-E-L-P-S, SURPRISED. 39:04 >> HE SAYS NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ATTACK HIM. 39:07 >> CAN YOU IMAGINE HIS SOLDIERS -- 39:10 >> THEY WERE LIKE -- >> WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THAT? 39:12 THEY ARE LIKE WHAT IN THE WORLD, HE IS RIGHT HERE. 39:16 >> AND THEY ARE TRAINED FOR BATTLE, SO THEY AR WANTING TO 39:19 DO SOMETHING. >> THEY ARE WANTING TO DO 39:21 SOMETHING POLITICAL. BUT DAVID HAS BEEN TALKING TO 39:24 GOD, AND WHEN HE TALKS TO GOD, ALL OF THE ANGER IS GONE. 39:28 HE IS NOT ANGRY ANYMORE. HE GAVE IT ALL TO GOD. 39:33 WE'RE JUST HOLDING IT IN, AND WE'RE READY TO LET PEOPLE HAVE 39:37 IT, AND WE FEEL BETTER. >> I LIKE THAT POINT THAT YOU 39:41 JUST BROUGHT UP, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN -- SOMETIMES WHEN WE GIVE 39:45 IT TO GOD OR WE THINK WE GAVE IT TO GOD, WE STILL HAVE THE 39:50 RESIDUE, AND WE'RE STILL HOLDING ON TO IT. 39:53 >> WE'RE STILL HOLDING ON. >> I'M STILL MAD AT THIS PERSON 39:58 AND THAT PERSON -- SO WE'RE STILL HOLDING ON TO IT. 40:03 BUT DAVID GAVE IT TO GOD AND REALLY GAVE IT TO HIM. 40:06 >> SO WHEN SOL DIES -- AND THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL -- PRAYER IS 40:11 POWERFUL. >> UH-HUH. 40:12 >> PRAYER NOT ONLY CHANGES US, PRAISE GOD IT CHANGES US, BUT IT 40:16 ALSO TAKES CARE OF OUR SITUATIONS. 40:18 GOD WORKS OUT THE SITUATION. AND DAVID HAD TO WAIT A LONG 40:21 TIME. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. 40:23 THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS WHEN DAVID -- DAVID WAS TESTED 40:27 AGAIN. HE HAD ANOTHER OCCASION WHEN HE 40:29 WENT INTO THE CAMP AND HE COULD HAVE KILLED SOL THE NEXT TIME, 40:35 AND HE PASSED AGAIN. AND SOL KEEPS GETTING WORSE AND 40:39 WORSE, DEEPER IMMORALITY, SEANCE, THE WHOLE THING, SO, YOU 40:45 KNOW, COME ON. CHRISTIANS -- LET'S LOOK AT THE 40:50 BIBLE HERE AND SEE WHAT DAVID DOES. 40:53 GOD SET UP KINGS, GOD PULLS DOWN KINGS. 40:57 THAT'S OUR MANDATES. SO DAVID KEEPS TALKING TO GOD. 41:01 AND THEN IN TIME, GOD IS THE ONE THAT TAKES CARE OF IT, AND DAVID 41:05 WEEPS WHEN SOL -- THE NEWS OF SOLIZ DEATH COMES. 41:09 HE HAS A HEART LIKE GOD. YOU KNOW? 41:14 GOD WANTED SOL TO BE SAVED. AND THAT'S THE SAME SPIRIT THAT 41:18 GOD WANTS TO PUT IN US TODAY IN RELATION TO OUR POLITICAL 41:22 LEADERS, TO ALL OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES. 41:25 THE GREATEST CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS TO PRAY FOR THE OTHER PARTY, 41:29 THE ONES WE DON'T LIKE. >> YES. 41:32 YES. >> AND DAVID HAD THAT, AND HE 41:34 GOT IT IN PRAYER. >> DEFINE POLITICS IN THE 41:37 WORKPLACE TOO, RIGHT? SO SOME OF THESE SAME SCENARIOS 41:41 THAT YO ARE BRINGING UP WOULD BE IN THE WORKPLACE. 41:46 SOMEBODY WANTING THAT PROMOTION OR FEELING LIKE THEY SHOULD BE 41:50 IN A POSITION THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS IN, SO THEY ARE TRYING TO 41:55 TEAR THEM DOWN -- >> TAKE CONTROL. 41:57 >> YEAH, SO WHEN YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT, YOU SHOULD BE PRAYING 42:01 FOR THAT PERSON THAT IS ENVIOUS TO YOU. 42:05 >> AND PRAYING TO GOD FOR THE DIFFICULTIES THEY ARE BRINGING 42:09 TO YOU, THEY DID THIS TO ME -- UP TO GOD. 42:12 AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT POLITICS COMES IN MORE OFTEN 42:16 THAN IT SHOULD IS THE CHURCH. CHURCHES CAN BE VERY POLITICAL. 42:20 HERE WE ARE -- WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A CHURCH. 42:23 WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE -- COMMUNICATION WITH GOD IS 42:28 SUPPOSED TO BE NUMBER 1. AND WE SPENDING MORE TIME 42:35 TALKING BAD ABOUT PEOPLE THAN TO GIVE IT TO GOD. 42:38 AND THE ONLY WAY THIS WILL COME AROUND IS WHEN WE LEARN THIS 42:43 LESSON. AND THAT'S WHEN WE GET INTO THE 42:45 NEW TESTAMENT. AND THAT'S OUR NEXT EXPERIENCE 42:49 IN PRAYER, AND HERE IT IS. I'LL SET UP THE SCENARIO. 42:56 JESUS IS WITH HIS DISCIPLES, AND THIS GUY -- I MEAN, THIS 43:00 GUY -- OUR SAVIOR, OUR LORD, SETS AN EXAMPLE OF PRAYER THAT 43:04 IS -- NONE OF US ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THAT. 43:08 HE PRAYED NIGHT -- ALL NIGHT SOMETIMES. 43:13 THE DISCIPLES ARE SLEEPING, AND HE IS JUST STEADY, STEADY. 43:18 AND HE DIES AND HE IS RESURRECTED AND HE SPENDS SOME 43:23 TIME, BUT HE HAS TO LEAVE THE CHURCH. 43:25 AND THE DISCIPLES ARE FIGHTING FOR THIS POSITION. 43:30 IT'S ALL POLITICS FOR THEM. >> RIGHT. 43:33 RIGHT. >> AND IT'S REALLY HARD TALK 43:35 JESUS KNOWS THAT IN THEIR SITUATION, IN THE SITUATION OF 43:39 THE EARLY CHURCH, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR A NEW RELIGION. 43:43 YOU HAVE THE JEWS ON ONE SIDE, AND THE ROMANS ON TH OTHER 43:48 SIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT I SAYING? >> UH-HUH. 43:52 >> HARRAH HAS JEWISH BLOOD, AND HE IS TRYING TO KILL THIS BABY. 43:59 THERE'S NO ROOM FOR A NEW RELIGION. 44:02 THE DISCIPLES AREN'T UNITED, AND YOU HAVE THESE RELIGIOUS AND 44:07 POLITICAL POWERS THAT ARE NOT EVEN GOING TO LET THEM HAVE A 44:12 SQUARE FOOT OF TERRITORY, RIGHT? YOU ARE NOT PUTTING UP A STAKE, 44:17 OR SIGN, OR WORSHIP, NOTHING. AND THEY ARE FIGHTING. 44:20 SO HOW IS THAT ALL GOING TO WORK? 44:22 THEN YOU GO TO THE UPPER ROOM. >> AH. 44:25 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND THE DISCIPLES ARE IN 44:28 THERE. THEY ARE IN THE UPPER ROOM. 44:30 AND I CAN SEE THEM, PETER IS LIKE, MAN, DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS 44:35 SO SELF RIGHT HOUSE AND SAYING I WASN'T GOING TO FORSAKE CHRIST, 44:41 YOU NEED TO FORGIVE ME FOR THAT. THAT WAS BAD. 44:44 AND THOMAS IS LIKE, YEAH, I CAN'T BELIEVE I DOUBTED ALL OF 44:47 YOU GUYS -- LIKE I SHOULD HAVE JUST LISTENED TO YOU. 44:51 WHY WAS I LIKE, SO DOUBTFUL, AND THEN THEY ARE ALL LIKE, YEAH, 44:56 AND THE LADIES -- BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THERE TOO. 45:00 >> RIGHT. >> YOU TOLD US THE LORD WASN'T 45:04 THERE, AND HE HAD RISEN -- LUKE 24 SAYS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS 45:09 FOOLISHNESS. THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES TO 45:11 PREACH THE GOSPEL, WOMEN IN MINISTRY PREACHING THE GOSPEL, 45:17 RIGHT? AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT IS 45:19 REALLY IMPORTANT. I BELIEVE THAT MEN ARE CALLED TO 45:22 LEADERSHIP, BUT THERE IS A PLACE FOR WOMEN IN PREACHING AND 45:25 SHARING AND TEACHING, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? 45:28 >> UH-HUH. >> WE HAVE A PRECEDENT IN THE 45:31 BIBLE FOR MEN TO STEP INTO THAT POSITION OF LEADERSHIP, BUT WE 45:35 ALSO HAVE A PLACE FOR WOMEN TO BE THERE. 45:38 THESE WOMEN WERE PREACHING THE GOSPEL, AND THE GUYS ARE LIKE 45:47 THAT'S CRAZY, AND THEN AS THEY ARE CONFESSING AND HUMBLING 45:53 THEMSELVES REVELATION 8 SAYS THEIR PRAYERS GO UP TO HEAVEN 45:58 THEY ARE MANGLED WITH THIS -- THIS -- IT SAYS THIS 46:04 NARRATIVE OF CHRIST. IT'S THE -- THE -- THE INCENSE 46:08 IS WHAT IT IS CALLED. >> RIGHT. 46:11 >> THE INCENSE IS MINGLED WITH THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS. 46:15 THE INCENSE REPRESENTS THE MERITS OF CHRIST, HIS SACRIFICE. 46:20 >> SWEET SMELLING SAVOR. >> YEAH. 46:22 THE PRAYERS COME UP, AND IT'S JUST -- YOU KNOW, FAILURE, 46:26 FAILURE, FAILURE, FAILURE, RIGHT? 46:30 BUT THEN CHRIST RIGHTEOUSNESS, NO FAILURE. 46:34 CHRIST'S BLOOD NO FAILURE. >> RIGHT. 46:37 >> THE BLOOD OF CHRIST EVEN THAT YOU ARE LIKE -- WHY ARE WE 46:44 ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE BLOOD. THE BLOOD IS NOT JUST SPILLED 46:48 DEATH. IT IS ALSO LIFE. 46:50 THE BLOOD IS LIFE. THERE'S LIFE IN THE BLOOD. 46:52 WE TALK ABOUT THE LIFE -- THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. 46:55 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFE -- HIS PERFECT LIFE AND HIS 47:00 DEATH, IN FACT WHEN THE LAMB WAS BROUGHT TO THE PRIEST IT HAD TO 47:04 BE PERFECT. SO HE LIVED THIS PERFECT LIFE. 47:07 NOT ONE TIME DID HE SIN, AND THAT AS WELL AS THE DEATH OF 47:10 CHRIST IS WHAT IS APPLIED TO OUR PRAYERS. 47:14 >> RIGHT. >> SO WE HAVE HIS PERFECT LIFE 47:17 AND HIS SACRIFICIAL DEATH, WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED FOR 47:21 GOD TO GIFT US THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. 47:24 THE PRAYERS GO UP. FIRE IS TAKEN OFF OF THE ALTER 47:30 CAST TO THE EARTH, THERE IS AN EXPLOSION. 47:33 THINGS ARE SET ON FIRE, AND THIS LITTLE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO 47:37 COULDN'T EVEN AGREE WITH THEMSELVES, NOW THEY ARE 47:40 CONCURRING ONE PIECE OF TERRITORY AFTER ANOTHER. 47:43 IN REVELATION 6, THE WHITE HORSE GOING FORWARD, THE HORSE IS THE 47:47 PEOPLE, CHRIST IS THE RIDER, THEY ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER, AND 47:52 THEY ARE JUST CONCURRING TERRITORY. 47:54 THINGS THEY COULD NEVER HAVE DONE THEMSELVES. 47:57 THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHING BECAUSE GOD'S WILL IS BEING DONE THROUGH 48:01 THEM. THEY ARE TOLD NOT TO PREACH, 48:03 DON'T GO THERE, DON'T GO THERE. THEY DO WHAT GOD TELLING THEM 48:08 DO. GOD SAYS PETER I NEED YOU TO GO 48:10 OVER THERE. THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO GO 48:13 PAUL. I NEED YOU TO GO OVER HERE, AND 48:16 AS THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTS THEM -- THAT'S PRAYER -- AS THE 48:19 HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTS THEM, THEY TALK TO GOD AND GOD TALKS TO 48:23 THEM, THE EARLY CHURCH EXPLODES, AND IT TURNS THIS ENTIRE EARTH 48:29 UPSIDEDOWN. >> SO WOULD YOU SAY THEY 48:32 ELIMINATED POLITICS SO TO SPEAK? >> SO TO SPEAK. 48:35 IT CAME INSIGNIFICANT. SO FROM GENESIS, WHERE WE GET 48:40 THE FIRST DEFINITION OF PRAYER, TALKING TO GOD, ALL THE WAY 48:45 THROUGH TO THE REDEMPTION OF MAN IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, WHICH 48:51 INCLUDES RECONNECTING WITH GOD. BEING REDIRECTED BY GOD. 48:55 HAVING GOD COMMUNICATE TO US, AND AT TIMES FACE-TO-FACE, ALL 48:59 THE WAY THROUGH THE OLD TESTAMENT, WE SEE OVER AND OVER 49:02 AGAIN IN THE STORY OF ABRAHAM AND LOT, MOSES AND EGYPT, DAVID 49:07 AND SOL, AND IN THE NEW TESTAMENT STORY, EVERY ONE OF 49:11 THOSE STORIES GIVE US PICTURES OF THE POLITICAL POWERS THAT 49:15 WERE AGAINST GOD'S WILL, AND GOD'S PURPOSE, AND HOW GOD 49:19 OVERTURNED THAT, OVERTURNED THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN THROUGH THE 49:23 POWER OF PRAYER, THROUGH COMMUNICATING WITH GOD. 49:26 WE STILL HAVE A FEW OTHER PLACES WE NEED TO GO. 49:32 WE HAVE GOT SOME STATEMENTS WE WANT TO SHARE FROM THE BOOK 49:35 "GREAT CONTROVERSY," WHICH IS OUR SPECIAL OFFER TONIGHT. 49:40 >> AND WE HAVE QUESTIONS. >> AWESOME. 49:43 AND WE HAVE A FREE OFFER TONIGHT. 49:45 AND THAT FREE OFFER IS "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY." 49:50 SO IF YOU WANT "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY" -- EXPLAIN WHAT 49:55 THIS IS? >> THIS IS AN EDITION THAT WE 49:59 PRINTED. AND I WAS TH ONE THAT SPEAR 50:03 HEAD CHANGING THE VERSES FROM KING JAMES TO NEW KING JAMES SO 50:09 IT WAS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. JUST THE VERSES. 50:13 THE MEANING IN KING JAMES IS UNIQUE IN SOME VERSES, SO IT'S A 50:19 LITTLE EASIER TO READ, BUT GOD -pHAS PROVIDED US TO PRINT THOUSANDS OF THESE TO SHIP 50:24 OVERSEAS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SHIPPING 50:27 BIBLES IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, AND FRENCH TO ALL OF 50:32 THESE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES OVERSEAS, AND "ALSO GREAT 50:38 CONTROVERSY THE [ INAUDIBLE ] OF AGES." 50:41 >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE GOING 50:44 OVERSEAS. AND WHEN I WAS COMING OVER HERE, 50:47 I THOUGHT IF WE COULD ALSO SHIP A FEW IN THE UNITED STATES TO 50:50 SOME OF OUR VIEWERS HERE, THAT WOULD BE SO COOL, BECAUSE THIS 50:56 IS BASICALLY OUR ROAD MAP FOR PROPHECY THROUGH THE END OF 51:00 TIME. >> RIGHT. 51:01 >> IT'S OUR ROAD MAP. AND IT STARTS IN THE EARLY 51:08 PROPHETIC TIME FRAME OF THE FALL OF JERUSALEM AND TAKES US ALL 51:12 THE WAY THROUGH INTO THE FUTURE. BUT THE CENTER OF THAT BOOK IS 51:16 PRAYER. >> AND THAT'S WHAT -- YOU KNOW, 51:18 IT'S SO GOOD TO HAVE A ROAD MAP. WE HAVE THE WORD, YOU KNOW? 51:24 AND WE HAVE -- "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY" IS AN EXCELLENT, 51:31 EXCELLENT BOOK. JAY TELL OUR VIEWERS HOW THEY 51:33 CAN GET IT. >> IF YOU CALL, 618-627-4651, WE 51:37 WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND YOU "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY." 51:42 >> THAT'S AWESOME. AND I THINK WE HAVE AN EMAIL 51:46 ADDRESS AS WELL. >> LIVE@3ABN.TV. 51:51 >> THAT'S IT. SO EMAIL OR CALL IN AND GET A 51:55 COPY OF "THE GREAT CONTROVERSY." IF YOU HAVE ONE, GIVE IT TO 52:00 SOMEONE. GAVE IT TO YOUR NEIGHBOR, OR 52:03 SOMEONE WHO COULD USE IT, BUT SHARE THIS WONDERFUL, POWERFUL 52:07 WORD. >> AMEN. 52:08 >> SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, THEN -- LET'S DO A LITTLE RECAP 52:12 HERE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FROM 52:15 GENESIS WITH ADAM AND EVE DOWN THROUGH MOSES, ABRAHAM, DAVID, 52:20 YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM HAD EXPERIENCES WITH GOD THROUGH 52:25 PRAYER. >> YES. 52:26 >> AND AGAIN, MANY TIMES WE GET HUNG UP ON NOT REALLY WANTING TO 52:32 PRAY OR FINDING PRAYER BORING, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THAT, PRAISE 52:37 THE LORD, THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME A REVELATION ON PRAYER FOR ME 52:44 PERSONALLY THAT HAS REALLY CHANGED MY PRAYER LIFE. 52:46 >> AMEN. >> AND PART OF THAT IS SPEAKING 52:51 OUT LOUD TO GOD AND CHANGING IT UP, AND NOT SAYING THE SAME OLD 52:59 THING. IMAGINE IF YOU CALLED ME AND WE 53:01 JUST SAY THE SAME THING EVERY TIME WE TALK. 53:03 HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING IT WOULD BE SO BORING. 53:07 YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF GOING TO SLEEP, RIGHT? 53:09 >> YES. >> BUT WHEN YOU TALK TO GOD AS A 53:12 FRIEND, IT CHANGES THE WHOLE DYNAMIC OF IT. 53:14 >> IT DOES. >> AND WHEN YOU TALK TO HIM 53:17 ABOUT OTHERS AS WELL. >> YES. 53:20 >> THIS ONE IS SICK, AND THIS ONE NEEDS SALVATION -- 53:24 >> YES. >> -- AND THEN YOU SEE HIM 53:27 ANSWER THOSE PRAYERS. WHAT? 53:28 IT'S POWERFUL. >> YES, AND AS PASTOR 53:32 RAFFERTY -- YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JESUS'S PRAYER LIFE. 53:37 YOU KNOW, IT REALLY HELPS US TO RECOGNIZE OUR NECESSITY -- LIKE 53:41 HOW MUCH WE NEED PRAYER -- >> YES. 53:43 >> -- BECAUSE IF YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR PRAYED AS MUCH AS HE 53:47 DID -- I MEAN HOW MUCH MORE DO WE NEED TO BE PRAYING. 53:51 >> YEAH. >> SOOT THE END OF THE DAY, 53:55 EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION WE WENT THROUGH THAT DAY THAT 53:57 WAS HARD FOR US, WE SHOULD TALK TO GOD ABOUT IT. 54:00 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ON YOUR KNEES, YOU CAN BE FINISHING UP 54:05 THE DISHES. GETTING THINGS READY, BRUSHING 54:09 YOUR TEETH AND YOU ARE JUST TALKING TO GOD. 54:12 MAN, TODAY WAS A TOUGH DAY. SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE WITH MY 54:16 FRIEND OR MY NEIGHBOR OR WHATEVER, AND I JUST WANT TO 54:18 GIVE THAT TO YOU RIGHT NOW, GOD, BECAUSE I'M STRUGGLING WITH 54:22 IT -- I LIKE THE IDEA OF TALKING OUT LOUD 54:26 >> YES. >> SOMETIMES I DO A CIRCLE OF MY 54:30 HOUSE, AND I'M TALKING WITH PEOPLE, AND I'M THINKING I 54:33 SHOULD BE DOING THAT WITH GOD. SOMETIMES I'M SAYING MY PRAYERS 54:37 FOR 5 OR 10 MINUTES, THEN I'M DONE, AND THEN I'M STUDYING AND 54:42 READING. NO, LET ME GIVE GOD ALL OF THIS 54:45 STRESS THAT IS ON MY HEART, ALL OF THIS CRISIS, ALL OF THESE 54:49 PEOPLE ON MY BRAIN, LET ME JUST START GIVING THAT TO GOD, GIVING 54:52 THAT TO GOD. AND PEOPLE WOULD TEXT ME, EMAIL 54:57 ME, WHATEVER, COULD YOU PRAY FOR THIS? 55:00 COULD YOU PRAY FOR THIS? AND NOW I FIND MYSELF GOING YES, 55:04 I'LL DO THAT RIGHT NOW. I CALL THAT A DIVINE 55:08 INTERRUPTION, AND SOMETIMES IT CAUSES ME TO GET IN THE MODE OF 55:12 PRAYER. LIKE AT THAT MOMENT, THERE'S A 55:14 FEW OTHER THINGS I SHOULD PRAYING FOR TOO. 55:16 MY DAUGHTER NEEDS THIS, OR MY SON NEEDS THAT, OR MY WIFE IS 55:23 GOING THROUGH THIS, OR OUR CHURCH NEEDS THAT? 55:26 AND I'M NOT HOLDING THAT. THAT'S WHAT DAVID DID IN PSALM 55:32 59. HE GAVE IT TO GOD. 55:33 AND THEN IT FREED HIM UP. SEE WHAT HAPPENS MANY TIMES IS 55:37 THE GUILT, THE SHAME, THE STRESS, THE BURDEN -- 55:45 [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] THE WAY WE WOULD IF WE WERE FREE 55:48 FROM ALL OF THAT. SO WHEN DAVID GAI -- GAVE IT TO 55:56 GOD, HE COULD DEAL WITH SOL THE WAY GOD WAS DIRECTING HIM TO. 56:03 WE NEED TO DO WITH CHRIST THE WAY GOD IS DIRECTING US TOE DO 56:08 WITH CHRIST, AND IF WE DON'T GIVE THIS STUFF TO GOD, WE WILL 56:11 BE AFFECTED BY IT AND DEAL WITH PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 56:16 >> AND THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING, REALLY, IN THE CHURCH RIGHT NOW, 56:22 WITH THE WHOLE DIVISION AND, YOU KNOW, WE FEEL POLARIZED. 56:27 RIGHT AND LEFT AND BLACK AND WHITE. 56:30 >> AND I BELIEVE THIS, AND YOU BELIEVE THAT. 56:33 AND IT IS JUST DIVIDING US. >> RIGHT. 56:37 AND THE INTOLERANCE, INSTEAD OF US SHOWING RESPECT WITH ONE 56:41 ANOTHER -- EVEN IF WE DISAGREE. WE DISAGREE -- SOMETIMES AS 56:46 CHRISTIANS WE CAN BE IN THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM AS 56:49 WELL, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY SAYING WHAT YOU REALLY 56:51 BELIEVE -- >> I LIKE THAT. 56:53 >> I LIKE TO TOO. COME ON. 56:55 >> I GOT THAT FROM PASTOR ALEX HORTON. 56:59 I CAN'T KEEP THAT -- I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT, BUT THAT 57:03 IS -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE SOMETIMES. 57:05 GOD EXPECTS US TO BE CHRIST LIKE. 57:08 >> UH-HUH. >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO 57:11 DO, AND SHOW RESPECT EVEN IF WE DISAGREE, SHOW RESPECT AND LOVE. 57:16 >> UH-HUH. >> LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE ALL MY 57:21 DISCIPLES IF YOU HAVE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER. 57:23 AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT LOVE ISN'T SHOWING. 57:26 >> AND JESUS DID THAT. LOOK AT WHAT CAME AGAINST HIM. 57:29 >> YES. >> AND SO HE PRAYED. 57:31 HE SAID TONIGHT I'M PRAYING FOR PHARAOHSIES. 57:39 THEY WERE ON MY CASE TODAY. >> OUR TIME. 57:42 WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 57:46 DON'T GO ANYWHERE. ♪ |
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