As you're well aware,
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
Today special program.
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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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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, and welcome
to 3ABN Today Live.
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We're so glad that you
joined us this evening.
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You know, we look forward
to spending these two hours
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with you each Thursday evening.
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Why is that?
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Well, it's obvious,
you're part of our family.
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So we're so glad that
you joined us this evening.
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Yay. Yay is right. Absolutely.
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Maybe you're listening on radio,
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wherever you're
listening or watching from,
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from around the world,
welcome to tonight's program.
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And we know that you are
going to be encouraged. Why?
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Because we're lifting
up the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We're going to be
talking about prayer.
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We're going to be asking
for your prayer requests.
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We're going to be
praying over them this evening.
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You know, there's so much
that's going on in the world.
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We were just
commenting as we were watching
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the open just
before we went live here.
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And it's plain
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and showing pictures of
like the COVID pandemic,
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and we created that open,
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like a year and
a half or so ago.
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And we thought, well, COVID
may only last month or two.
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And here we are,
all those months later,
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still playing that open
because we know that COVID
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unfortunately is
still alive and well.
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Jill and I were at a
funeral just this past weekend
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for someone that
passed away from COVID.
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My mother today sent me a
picture there at a funeral.
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Today, we know
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there's a lot of
sickness, sadness,
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we know there's
wars and rumors of wars.
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We know there's a lot
of tragedies, earthquake,
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and fire and
flood, so much going on.
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We know, we don't
have to worry because
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we know there are
storms in this life.
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But God is the one that
sees us through the storm.
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So praise the Lord,
that we have Him on our side.
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But thank you for your prayers
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and financial support
for the Ministry of 3ABN
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because we're able to proclaim
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in the midst of the pandemic,
still the gospel is going out.
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So we praise the Lord
for technology, don't we?
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We do.
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And we praise the
Lord for our guests
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that are with us this evening.
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Amen.
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I was just
thinking of Jeremiah 33
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Yes, oh, the scripture...
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"The Word of God
just has called me
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and I will answer
you and show you great
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and mighty things
which you do not know."
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So tonight, if you want to
see great and mighty things,
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if you want to see
God working in the lives
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of not just the people
here, but how God works all over
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the world and how God
can work in your life.
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How God can answer prayers
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and how you can
reach out to Him.
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Tonight is for
you. You're right.
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It's our family here tonight,
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and we're so
blessed to introduce them.
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I want to introduce
first my brother Gem Castor.
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And Gem is, I got
to get this right,
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Prayer Ministries
Coordinator for ASAP Ministries,
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but we just...
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We've known you
for several years.
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We love your
heart, we love your spirit
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of servanthood and prayer.
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And just thank you
for coming tonight.
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Thank God. It's
all because of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Why does prayer mean
something special to you?
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A prayer saved my life.
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If not for prayer, I
would not be here right now,
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I would not be in a ministry
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that somehow
gives me so much joy.
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Wow.
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I would not have known Jesus,
I would not have been drawn
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so close to Him at the
time that I thought that life
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is over, ministry is over.
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So God has been so good.
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So we're going to hear
a little bit of that story
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a little bit
later on, aren't we?
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Amen. Looking forward to it.
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Sitting next to
you is my sister,
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Melody Mason,
just love you, sis.
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So grateful for what God
is doing in and through you.
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She's an
author, she's a speaker,
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and she's an
incredible woman of God.
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You work as the
united in prayer coordinator
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at the General Conference
for Seventh-day Adventist,
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but you're just a woman of
God and thanks for being here.
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Amen.
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It's a pleasure to
be back with you again.
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Amen.
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I'm gonna ask you the question
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as to why prayer means
something special to you?
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A prayer has totally changed
my whole relationship with God,
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taken into such a deeper
level that I didn't imagine
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was possible in earlier years
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and it's still
a growing process.
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So I just praise the Lord. Amen.
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Yes. Amen.
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Praise God.
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Last but not least at
the end of the table here,
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we have our brother,
Pastor Jonathan Walter,
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and of course you're a pastor.
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But you're pastors'
pastor, you could say,
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Communications Manager for
the Ministerial Association
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of Seventh-day Adventist.
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And we're just so
glad to have you here.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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So I'm gonna ask
you the question.
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I saw it coming.
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You know, to
continue the trend, right?
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So why does prayer mean
something special to you?
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I mean Gem and Melody kind
of took all the good answers.
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But I agree with them,
of course, but then also,
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I have to say that prayer
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is really the
breath of the soul.
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It is where we experience
life with God, revival.
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I heard one person once
say, we pray our way to heaven.
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And what they meant by
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that is that our
journey with Jesus,
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yes, we have the Word of God,
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and we get
nourishment from that.
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But through prayer,
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we are enriched
in that connection,
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that relationship with
Jesus really comes alive
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as the Word of God and
prayer connects us in that way.
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So to me that had, that
really has become a reality
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over the last 10 years
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and I'm just so
thankful to the Lord.
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Amen.
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You know, the thing that
I noticed about all three
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of our family members
this evening is they all seem
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so happy, don't they?
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They're so
joyous, you know what?
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I think it's the love of
Jesus coming through them.
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So you know, this evening,
I don't know where you are,
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and what's
happening in your life.
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But we know that God
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has sent you to
tune in this evening,
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because there's something
special for you here talking
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about prayer, because all of
us can be involved in prayer.
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We've put a little blast
ahead of this program, right?
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Like an email blast, we call it.
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And we already received a
comment in and it's actually
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kind of sad, may
I say, may I say.
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Where they're saying
that they don't even know
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if their prayers being answered,
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and like, they pray
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and pray and it's like,
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didn't even hear
an answer from God.
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But we know that God hears.
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We're gonna provide
answers from the Word
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of God this evening.
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And I just want
to remind you too,
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this is a live program,
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we want to take
your prayer requests,
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so you can text us right now
with the burdens on your heart,
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whatever's on your heart,
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whatever you want
us to pray over here,
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and we commit to pray over them
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next week in our
pastoral department as well.
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So just text us
right now, (618) 228-3975.
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That number again
is (618) 228-3975.
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Or perhaps you live overseas,
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and you can't
text to that number.
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So you can always email
us, that is Live@3abn.tv
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That email address again
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is live Live@3abn.tv
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So my first
kickoff question here
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is I know you all are involved
in different ministries,
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it's all involved in prayer,
but all different ministries.
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So what are all these
ministries have in common?
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Well...
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Go ahead.
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I was just gonna
say we've all been part
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of working with the
revival and reformation
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initiatives in
some aspect, of course.
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Yeah, many different ways,
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but we all work
together with that
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and that's what kind
of draws us together.
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What is the revival
and reformation initiative?
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Yeah, the revival and
reformation initiative
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is basically to help
people personally learn
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how to have a walk with God
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and go deeper in their
walk with God through prayer,
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through study of His Word,
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and through
witnessing and outreach.
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And it's like, when you
taste something really good,
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you could not
keep it to yourself.
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You want to share it.
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So and that's, that's
my first experience in,
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in a revival as
well, in my encounter
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with Jesus in the prayer room.
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The moment that hit me, I
could not stay in my seat.
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It's just like,
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I want everyone in this
meeting that I'm here right now,
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to experience to
go to the prayer room.
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I was even tempted to
put my hand like in the door,
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like no one passes this door
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until they go
to the prayer room.
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So it's just that
joy that you experience
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because you don't want to
see your brothers and sisters
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miss out on that experience.
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You know, I noticed
in life, as a Christian,
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when we work for God,
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we tend to bump
into the same people here
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and there whenever you
do something for the Lord,
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especially in
this globalized world.
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So I've bumped into
Gem, Melody over the years,
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even before we
were officially kind
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of working together
in a different ways.
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And God does that
I think on purpose.
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He wants to connect people.
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And He had a plan to
connect us through this topic
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of prayer before we
even, long before we knew it,
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very long before
we knew, in fact.
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And it's always amazing
to look back and to see,
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okay, God has, you
know, He has this master plan,
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with which He
goes forward and says,
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"I'm gonna connect
people because I want them to do
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something special for me."
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I want them to in our case,
this was prayer ministries.
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And it's amazing when
you walk with the Lord,
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He connects you
in wonderful ways
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with people that you
would have never met otherwise.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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So if you want to
learn more about prayer,
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if you want a
deeper prayer life,
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this program is for you.
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If you want to hear
testimonies of stories
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of changed lives,
this program is for you.
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If you want to learn how you can
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become involved in prayer
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ministry from your own
home, this program is for you.
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I'm excited about
what we're gonna hear.
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I'm excited about
their walk with God.
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And what we're
going to learn tonight,
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but first we have some music.
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We do, a wonderful song
that's done by Stephanie Dawn
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and the title of the
song is, "O Glorious Love."
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In my darkness
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Jesus found me
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Touched my eyes
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And made me see
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Broke sin chains that long
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Had bound me
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Gave me life
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And liberty
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O glorious love
of Christ my Lord,
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Divine Who gave
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Himself to save a soul like mine
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Through all my days
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And then in heaven above
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My soul will silence never
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I'll worship Him forever
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And praise Him
for His glorious love
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Oh, amazing truth
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To ponder
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He whom Angel host
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Attend
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Lord in Heaven
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Got somewhat wonder
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He became
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The sinner's friend
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O glorious love of Christ
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My Lord, Divine
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Who gave Himself
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To save a soul like mine
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Through all my days
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And then in heaven above
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My soul will silence never
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I'll worship Him forever
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And praise Him
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For His glorious love
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And praise Him
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For His glorious love
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Amen.
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Thank you so much,
Stephanie and, of course,
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Dann Thornton for
playing the piano.
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What a tremendous message
and song, "O Glorious Love."
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We think about the love of
Jesus Christ is phenomenal.
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And so thank you again
for joining us tonight.
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Tonight's a live program
like Jill mentioned earlier,
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it's on prayer.
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But if you want to send your
prayer request this evening,
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we're asking you to text us.
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The call center
is closed tonight,
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but you can text
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Or you can email
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with your prayer request as well
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and we'll stop several
times throughout the program
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and have a prayer
over your prayer requests.
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What a blessing, you know,
we have no power in ourselves,
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the Lord Jesus Christ,
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who we're
relying on this evening,
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and He's the one that
has all of the answers.
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You know, Melody, I think
I'm going to go with you first,
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ladies first.
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So tell us your
journey in prayer?
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Well, excuse me...
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And I know you've had
a lot of circumstances
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and things and challenges,
struggles here recently too,
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in your family and stuff too.
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So tell us about
that whole journey?
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Yeah. So God, God has really,
really done amazing things.
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He's calling each of
us to a deeper closer
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walk with Him and I grew up
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obviously in a
wonderful loving Christian home
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and parents that
believed in the power of prayer.
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And so I'm very,
very grateful for that.
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But I did feel
in my younger years,
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especially the challenges
like the struggles in the church
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and the reality
and it was kind of
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like we're living
in lukewarm Laodicea,
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we're living in wilderness
Christianity basically.
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And so God began really
pressing on my heart like
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I have something more,
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I'm longing for
something more for you.
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And He opened my
eyes to that through
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a series of
challenges and circumstances.
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And I just began
crying out more for Him
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and opening my Bible
and reading the Word.
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And I'm like, Lord,
you say in Your Word this
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and how does that,
how does that look today
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and how does
that look in my life.
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And, so God was pressing me
deeper in my personal journey.
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And as He was doing that,
He began to take me across
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the path of people
who were mentoring me,
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Jerry and Janet
Page were some of those.
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I met them years ago
before they became my boss
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and supervisors at the GC.
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I actually met them
back in Central California
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when he was the
conference president.
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Yeah.
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And she was working, you know,
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with the prayer
ministries, and I was,
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I was going to a
young adult group
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called Advent Hope.
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They're in Loma Linda,
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and was getting
involved in prayer ministry,
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but didn't really
know what I was doing
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and so they
started mentoring me.
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And I remember,
first early experience
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is just feeling
like what you know,
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we want to see God
work more, and my roommate
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and I would
actually go out to the steps
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of Burden Hall at the time was
where they had the Advent Hope
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meetings, you know, like,
at 4 o'clock in the morning,
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and just pray for the church
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and pray for the
people that were coming.
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And I say that to say,
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you know, as God
continued leading me in my own
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personal walk, and,
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you know, kind of
fast forward a few years
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and ended up with the GC
and with prayer ministries,
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and He's really impressing me,
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we need to be praying
and lifting up the arms
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of our leaders in
our church even more.
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You know, in Exodus 17:12,
we see the Battle of Israel,
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and Joshua was
down in the valley,
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you know, fighting the
battle, and Moses is up on
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the mountain and
praying, but his arms are heavy,
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and he can't hold up his arms.
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And so Aaron and Hur come
along and hold up his arms.
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And I see them in
supportive prayer ministry.
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And as they're doing
that, of course, his role is,
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is winning, and we see victory.
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And so God's just
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really impressed me that
we need to see a deeper work,
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a deeper revival and
reformation in our church.
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And while He's been impressing
all of that, you know,
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like I said, I
met Jerry and Janet
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and God led them to the GC,
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the same time Elder Wilson
became the General Conference
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President back in 2010.
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And they all believe
in the power of prayer,
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and that's why they invited
us to come and contribute.
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And so ended up coming
with a prayer team to the GC,
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and I remember,
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you know, coming and thinking,
why are they having us?
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You know, we're just
kids, what are we doing here?
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These are church leaders,
they know, what are they...
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And I just recognize,
we all need more prayer,
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and they need
their arms to be upheld,
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because we're all
fighting various, very,
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you know, strong
spiritual battles.
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And so we went to the GC
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and started
lifting them up in prayer.
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And that's when we
started coming in the morning
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at 3 o'clock in the
morning with our prayer teams,
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to just pray for the leaders.
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And just seeing
how God's been working.
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I mean, my whole vision
of what God is doing around
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the world has broadened,
because initially, it was just,
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you know, I'm just in
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my little circle
of friends praying.
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And so it's just been an
amazing growing experience.
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And I'm still on the journey,
obviously, but I just feel like
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He rescued me kind of
from the lukewarm Laodicea
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experience and has
began to give me a taste
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of the Promised Land
and what is possible.
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I'm not saying I've arrived,
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I don't think any of
us can say we've arrived.
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We haven't,
we're on the journey.
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That's right.
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But He's given us a taste
of the amazing God that He is,
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first and foremost
that experience with Him,
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but then what He
wants to do in our lives
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and in our church.
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And so it's just been,
it's been an exciting journey.
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And, of course, that's how Gem
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and I got involved with
prayer ministry together.
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And he started
joining the team at the GC
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and Jonathan
eventually came as well.
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And it's just been
an ongoing journey.
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But yeah, just personally,
so that gives an overview.
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Personally, the
last, a couple years or so
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He's had me more
on a personal journey,
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like with COVID
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and everything
happened with that.
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Oh, yeah. That's right.
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It's been more
behind the scenes,
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and I've had opportunities
to do more personal mentoring,
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more personal Bible studies,
which I never really had time,
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I mean, leading people
in personal Bible studies
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that I just never
really had time for,
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because I was traveling
and I was so busy going here
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and there and doing
all these different things.
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And it's just been
so exciting to see God
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working in the personal ways.
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COVID kind of slowed you down.
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It's slowed things down
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and it's just
helped me have more time,
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take more time, see
the priority for just more
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personal home ministry.
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And it's been
so amazing praying,
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you know, we have a
Bible study group at home
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where some women are coming
and have become good friends,
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and we've been
sharing prayer requests
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and seeing how God
is working in our lives,
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praying, you
know, for relationships
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and praying for
family members that we have
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burdens for and seeing
how God has been working,
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even in the midst of,
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you know, some real difficulties
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and tragedies
and just challenges.
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So it's just been amazing. Yeah.
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So that's kind of an overview
of what He's been doing.
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Amen. That's incredible.
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Can I ask this, jumped
out as you were talking,
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but I didn't want to
interrupt in the middle of that.
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You mentioned 4
o'clock in the morning praying,
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and then you meant at
GC at 3 o'clock, right?
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Praying at 3
o'clock in the morning.
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So, first of all, is it hard
to do that early in the morning
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and my second question is,
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is there more power early
in the morning or why do you
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choose to make that decision
to do it early in the morning?
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Well...
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You know, it was just,
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I remember the first
year we went to the GC
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and we started doing this.
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And it was just such
an honor and thrilling.
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I mean, like, we
were there weeping.
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And just like, Lord, we
don't know what we're doing.
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We're just Your children,
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but we're just at the feet here,
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just at Your feet,
just pleading that You
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would do a
deeper work in our lives
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and a deeper work in the church.
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And so it was
just, it really was a joy
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and He gave strength.
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I mean, there were,
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there's
testimonies I could share.
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I don't want to
go on this too long.
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I've shared the story
before here at 3ABN but,
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just how we saw
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God's miraculous
sustaining power,
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even though we're doing
this day after day after day
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is like for 21 days,
and seeing His sustenance.
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But not just that, the miracles,
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how He's changing lives,
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and we saw things happening
in different GC departments
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and many different things.
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It's just, yeah.
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You know, if I can
just interject real quick,
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I think there's not necessarily
more power in getting
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early, up early.
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It's not a thing,
you know, like a monk
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and then sacrifice my sleep now,
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and then God's gonna hear me.
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No, no, it's more
about taking time.
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Because let's be
real, you can say,
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you know, okay, I'm
going to pray in the morning.
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But if you get up at three,
you have a couple of hours
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that you can
spend in prayer, and...
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Undistracted.
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Undistracted, I was
just going to get to that.
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So there is no light outside,
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you know, you can't look outside
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and see the birds and
the things flying around,
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and the neighbors and whatever,
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you have time to really focus.
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And that's why I think there
is power in getting up earlier
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and spending the time,
the quiet time with God
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and in intercession and prayer
because there's no distraction
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you have and you
make extra time for it.
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And God does sustain.
That's the beauty of it.
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So I think it's just a
very practical reason to do it.
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Amen.
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And when you look at it as well,
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in Mark, Jesus
gave us an example.
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While, great while before
dawn, He woke up and He prayed,
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He interceded, and
that was His daily routine.
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And we have seen the blessing.
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Did we want to do it? No.
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It is a struggle.
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But we know that we needed it.
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And this is one
thing that I realized
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it's not that we are a
blessing to the church,
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but it blesses us even more.
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Yes. It just
gives us so much joy.
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And the joy that
you see in our faces,
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we could not own it
if it's not for Jesus,
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if it's not for the time
that we have spent with Him.
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That will not be there.
Gem will not be happy Gem.
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You know, that's interesting
what you mentioned, actually,
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you know, because we
tend to pray for other people,
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pray for different situations.
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But you said it's
for yourself, too.
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Yes. Right?
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That's powerful.
Blessings for me.
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Yeah, the
blessing is for you, too.
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And you recognize it. Why is it?
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Why does that happen? Yeah.
00:23:37.11\00:23:38.45
And this is one thing as well,
00:23:38.48\00:23:39.81
Greg, because
you do not even think
00:23:39.85\00:23:41.75
about that while you're
praying because your attention
00:23:41.78\00:23:43.65
is just for God.
00:23:43.69\00:23:45.02
It's just for people.
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And this is, this is
the mindset of heaven.
00:23:46.42\00:23:47.99
This is the principle of heaven,
00:23:48.02\00:23:49.36
principle of heaven
is give, give, give.
00:23:49.39\00:23:52.16
It's a self-sacrifice.
00:23:52.19\00:23:53.63
And while doing it,
you get the benefit.
00:23:53.66\00:23:56.43
And you're not even
thinking about the benefit
00:23:56.46\00:23:58.53
while doing it,
but it just comes.
00:23:58.57\00:24:00.74
Here's, youknow, the blessing
that takes place in prayer
00:24:00.77\00:24:03.54
is you are
literally surrounding yourself
00:24:03.57\00:24:06.17
with God's presence.
00:24:06.21\00:24:07.61
You are voluntarily agreeing,
00:24:07.64\00:24:10.01
God come into my
life right now, be here,
00:24:10.05\00:24:12.18
Your Holy Spirit, be
here, the angels surround me.
00:24:12.21\00:24:15.08
You are in this
great controversy
00:24:15.12\00:24:17.22
that is very real.
00:24:17.25\00:24:18.59
Satan has no access to your life
00:24:18.62\00:24:20.59
when you are in prayer.
00:24:20.62\00:24:21.96
And so the more you
spend time in prayer,
00:24:21.99\00:24:23.99
the more heavenly
it becomes around you.
00:24:24.03\00:24:26.49
And it's not necessarily
always conscious and so on,
00:24:26.53\00:24:28.86
but you get this joy
because Jesus is there.
00:24:28.90\00:24:32.77
But I got to say, you know,
for those who are struggling
00:24:32.80\00:24:34.84
out there, you know,
getting into those things.
00:24:34.87\00:24:37.74
The devil is trying
to stop us from praying.
00:24:37.77\00:24:39.97
He's trying to steal our time.
00:24:40.01\00:24:41.64
He is trying to just take
00:24:41.68\00:24:43.98
away that experience
00:24:44.01\00:24:45.35
because he knows
there's power in it.
00:24:45.38\00:24:47.55
And so, I want to encourage
those who are struggling,
00:24:47.58\00:24:50.79
make a commitment and
ask God to wake you up.
00:24:50.82\00:24:54.56
Ask God to give
you that strength
00:24:54.59\00:24:56.49
and it might take
you a couple of attempts.
00:24:56.52\00:24:57.96
I understand human nature.
00:24:57.99\00:24:59.83
We all like that
alarm clock in...
00:24:59.86\00:25:01.33
Just hitting the snooze button.
00:25:01.36\00:25:03.00
The snooze button,
00:25:03.03\00:25:04.37
you know, but it's time
to kill the snooze button.
00:25:04.40\00:25:05.97
Okay.
00:25:06.00\00:25:07.34
It's time to ask God to
help us to take that time.
00:25:07.37\00:25:09.47
Because the more time,
00:25:09.50\00:25:10.84
even if it just
starts with five minutes,
00:25:10.87\00:25:12.41
grow it, every day minute more,
00:25:12.44\00:25:14.28
then you will get to the point
where you will forget time.
00:25:14.31\00:25:17.68
And suddenly three hours
went by and you didn't even
00:25:17.71\00:25:19.65
realize it because
you spent it with Jesus.
00:25:19.68\00:25:21.45
Wow.
00:25:21.48\00:25:22.82
We want to get to the
rest of your stories too.
00:25:22.85\00:25:24.19
But I want to ask this question,
00:25:24.22\00:25:25.55
whoever wants to answer it.
00:25:25.59\00:25:26.92
Why is there
power in prayer? Who?
00:25:26.96\00:25:30.03
Go for it, Gem. All
of you can go for it.
00:25:30.06\00:25:32.16
Why is there power in
prayer? Because God...
00:25:32.19\00:25:34.80
Because God has the power.
00:25:34.83\00:25:36.33
So when you pray, you
come into His presence
00:25:36.36\00:25:40.24
and its power.
00:25:40.27\00:25:42.37
And, Jonathan,
while he's talking
00:25:42.40\00:25:43.94
about that a
while ago about the joy.
00:25:43.97\00:25:46.78
Psalm 16:11 tells us that
00:25:46.81\00:25:48.94
"In His presence
it's fullness of joy,
00:25:48.98\00:25:50.78
in His presence is power,
in His presence is peace."
00:25:50.81\00:25:54.08
Everything is
there in His presence.
00:25:54.12\00:25:56.35
So when you,
when you tap into Him,
00:25:56.38\00:25:59.72
then you tap into everything,
00:25:59.75\00:26:02.06
you tap into the
power of the whole universe.
00:26:02.09\00:26:05.06
So that's why,
that's why the three
00:26:05.09\00:26:06.86
of us are so
excited about this ministry.
00:26:06.90\00:26:09.16
Because it's not your power?
00:26:09.20\00:26:10.53
It's not my power.
00:26:10.57\00:26:11.90
And that's the most
amazing thing, Greg,
00:26:11.93\00:26:13.40
because the more
you spend time with Him,
00:26:13.44\00:26:14.77
the more you see
your powerlessness,
00:26:14.80\00:26:16.67
the more you see
your nothingness,
00:26:16.71\00:26:18.07
the more you see
that you do not deserve
00:26:18.11\00:26:19.74
even to be in this ministry.
00:26:19.77\00:26:22.01
And God is putting
you in this ministry
00:26:22.04\00:26:23.78
for your benefit,
for your salvation.
00:26:23.81\00:26:26.28
That's powerful. May I
just add something here?
00:26:26.31\00:26:27.98
That's excellent.
00:26:28.02\00:26:29.35
You know, maybe
someone's watching and thinking,
00:26:29.38\00:26:31.92
oh my, these people with
their, with their smiles,
00:26:31.95\00:26:34.79
and they're so
happy and all that.
00:26:34.82\00:26:37.13
That can't be real. It's fake.
00:26:37.16\00:26:40.40
And oh, I can't stand.
00:26:40.43\00:26:42.63
I want to tell those
people who are watching.
00:26:42.66\00:26:44.43
I've been one of those.
00:26:44.47\00:26:45.80
I've been like
one of those people
00:26:45.83\00:26:47.17
who was like annoyed
at other happy Christians.
00:26:47.20\00:26:50.41
Because I was
like, this can't be real,
00:26:50.44\00:26:52.01
because I
wasn't experiencing it.
00:26:52.04\00:26:53.88
And now, I feel like I'm one,
00:26:53.91\00:26:55.84
now I'm one of
those happy people.
00:26:55.88\00:26:57.21
I was like, I'm
probably annoying
00:26:57.25\00:26:58.58
some people because
I'm smiling and happy.
00:26:58.61\00:27:00.28
But the reality
00:27:00.32\00:27:01.65
is, the more time
you spend with Jesus,
00:27:01.68\00:27:03.02
the happier you do get.
00:27:03.05\00:27:04.79
Even when there are struggles,
you can learn to rejoice in it.
00:27:04.82\00:27:07.96
And I'm not
saying that we're perfect
00:27:07.99\00:27:09.69
or anything like this.
00:27:09.72\00:27:11.06
But it is the joy of the Lord.
00:27:11.09\00:27:12.43
And that's why we
are pointing to Him.
00:27:12.46\00:27:13.80
It has nothing to do with us.
00:27:13.83\00:27:15.16
Nothing to do
with our personalities.
00:27:15.20\00:27:16.73
It is the joy of the
Lord that comes from Him.
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Amen. Excellent.
00:27:18.67\00:27:20.00
Amen.
00:27:20.04\00:27:21.37
Can we read just
a couple of these?
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Sure.
00:27:22.77\00:27:24.11
They're already coming
in with prayer requests.
00:27:24.14\00:27:25.47
Absolutely. This
is from Barbados.
00:27:25.51\00:27:27.58
"I need an
immediate breakthrough."
00:27:27.61\00:27:29.88
Oh, wow. "So
pray for salvation."
00:27:29.91\00:27:31.75
This one says, "Some
people that they know
00:27:31.78\00:27:35.02
and love died
from COVID recently."
00:27:35.05\00:27:38.25
This one says, "My
marriage is struggling."
00:27:38.29\00:27:39.82
This one says, Bronx New York,
"I'm dealing with dementia."
00:27:39.85\00:27:43.69
This one says,
"God knows my needs."
00:27:43.73\00:27:46.86
This one needs a job here too.
00:27:46.90\00:27:49.36
This one says, "My
son will return to God."
00:27:49.40\00:27:52.83
This one says, "Pray for my son
00:27:52.87\00:27:55.64
who is entrenched
to New Age experience."
00:27:55.67\00:27:58.24
This one says,
"Pray for my children,
00:27:58.27\00:28:00.21
they'll give
their hearts to Jesus."
00:28:00.24\00:28:02.24
This one, another
one from the Bronx,
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.01
"Pray for mental
health restoration.
00:28:04.05\00:28:06.98
Eleven grandchildren,
pray for their spiritual walk."
00:28:07.02\00:28:10.42
Yes. Wow.
00:28:10.45\00:28:12.22
Maybe we can stop a
moment and just pray,
00:28:12.25\00:28:14.76
especially it looks like
a lot of spiritual healing,
00:28:14.79\00:28:17.59
emotional healing deliverance.
00:28:17.63\00:28:21.63
Melody, please? Sure.
00:28:21.66\00:28:25.10
Dear Heavenly Father,
00:28:25.13\00:28:26.47
we just come
before You this evening.
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.20
And we just thank
You that we're not
00:28:28.24\00:28:30.24
just talking to empty space,
00:28:30.27\00:28:31.91
we're talking to the
King of the universe,
00:28:31.94\00:28:34.61
the one who stretched out
the heavens by His great power,
00:28:34.64\00:28:37.15
and there's nothing
too difficult for Him.
00:28:37.18\00:28:40.52
Lord, we just call
upon You right now on behalf
00:28:40.55\00:28:43.12
of these prayer
requests that have come in.
00:28:43.15\00:28:45.42
You see the broken
hearts, the bleeding hearts,
00:28:45.45\00:28:48.19
those that are
in need of healing,
00:28:48.22\00:28:50.76
those that are in
need of salvation.
00:28:50.79\00:28:53.03
Lord, You say in Your
Word, that You're longsuffering,
00:28:53.06\00:28:56.23
not willing that
any should perish that
00:28:56.26\00:28:57.80
all should come to repentance.
00:28:57.83\00:28:59.70
You tell us
00:28:59.73\00:29:01.40
when we are in need to call
00:29:01.44\00:29:03.41
upon You in the day of trouble
00:29:03.44\00:29:04.77
and You will be with us
00:29:04.81\00:29:06.14
and we will glorify You.
00:29:06.17\00:29:07.54
And You just promise
that You will sustain,
00:29:07.58\00:29:10.28
You promise that
You are the healer.
00:29:10.31\00:29:11.65
And so, Father, we just lift up
00:29:11.68\00:29:14.82
each one of these requests,
each one of these burdens
00:29:14.85\00:29:17.69
and the burdens
of those listening
00:29:17.72\00:29:19.39
and just plead,
Lord, that You would answer
00:29:19.42\00:29:22.49
and that You would work
in the way that only You can.
00:29:22.52\00:29:25.23
And thank You, Lord,
00:29:25.26\00:29:26.59
You promise when we
call that You will answer.
00:29:26.63\00:29:29.23
You promise when we seek,
00:29:29.26\00:29:31.13
we will find
00:29:31.17\00:29:32.50
and so when we seek
we will find and so,
00:29:32.53\00:29:35.24
Lord, we just
praise You for hearing
00:29:35.27\00:29:37.17
and answering these
prayers this evening.
00:29:37.21\00:29:38.84
We love You, Lord,
00:29:38.87\00:29:40.21
and in Your precious name, amen.
00:29:40.24\00:29:41.58
Amen. Amen, and amen.
00:29:41.61\00:29:42.94
Thank you so much.
00:29:42.98\00:29:44.31
We want to encourage you
again this evening to continue
00:29:44.35\00:29:45.68
sending your prayer requests in.
00:29:45.71\00:29:47.05
You'll see the number come
up on the bottom of the screen
00:29:47.08\00:29:48.75
right now as you can
text at (618) 228-3975
00:29:48.78\00:29:52.35
or email Live@3abn.tv
00:29:52.39\00:29:55.62
and we'd be happy to
pray over them this evening.
00:29:55.66\00:29:58.16
And again, we'll
take them like Jill said
00:29:58.19\00:29:59.53
the pastoral department
here at 3ABN next week
00:29:59.56\00:30:01.30
and continue to pray for them.
00:30:01.33\00:30:03.10
But Brother Gem, coming to you.
00:30:03.13\00:30:04.80
You said earlier in the program
that prayer saved your life.
00:30:04.83\00:30:08.30
So tell us about
your journey? Okay.
00:30:08.34\00:30:10.64
So as I shared with you earlier,
00:30:10.67\00:30:13.44
like I went to the prayer room,
and I did not want to be there.
00:30:13.48\00:30:17.48
But somehow our friend Melissa.
00:30:17.51\00:30:20.92
Melissa is the one
who's very passionate,
00:30:20.95\00:30:23.35
and she was promoting,
00:30:23.39\00:30:25.95
promoting prayer in
one of the faith camp,
00:30:25.99\00:30:27.59
Jesus for Asia.
00:30:27.62\00:30:28.96
Yeah.
00:30:28.99\00:30:30.33
So that was, I think,
the second they did in
00:30:30.36\00:30:31.69
the Philippines.
00:30:31.73\00:30:33.06
And she was giving testimonies
00:30:33.09\00:30:34.43
of people who spent
time in the prayer room,
00:30:34.46\00:30:36.67
like three hours,
five hours, eight hours,
00:30:36.70\00:30:39.30
and I'm thinking,
that's a torture for me.
00:30:39.33\00:30:43.14
Thinking my prayer life is
five minutes total per day,
00:30:43.17\00:30:46.17
I'm thinking after five minutes,
00:30:46.21\00:30:47.74
I'm all prayed out.
00:30:47.78\00:30:49.34
So somehow...
00:30:49.38\00:30:50.81
You're talking
three hours? Three hours.
00:30:50.85\00:30:53.68
And some people,
eight hours, Greg.
00:30:53.72\00:30:55.62
Eight hours.
00:30:55.65\00:30:56.99
Eight hours, they spend like,
they just had a break for lunch
00:30:57.02\00:30:59.35
and all that somehow
the Lord brought me there.
00:30:59.39\00:31:03.22
She wanted me to be one
of the prayer facilitators
00:31:03.26\00:31:05.93
and I'm thinking, this
is going to be a torturous
00:31:05.96\00:31:08.30
three days here,
that somehow did not know
00:31:08.33\00:31:10.77
that the Lord really
wanted me to be there.
00:31:10.80\00:31:12.87
The first three prayers
that I uttered by the way,
00:31:12.90\00:31:16.74
during that time, I
had this, this anger,
00:31:16.77\00:31:19.97
this hatred in my heart towards
some, some people in my life.
00:31:20.01\00:31:24.45
And I, I had not been
praying for the past, like,
00:31:24.48\00:31:28.88
five, six months.
00:31:28.92\00:31:31.45
And in just three
sentences of prayer,
00:31:31.49\00:31:34.86
I broke down,
Jill, and praise God,
00:31:34.89\00:31:36.36
there's just the three
of us, my niece Kirsten,
00:31:36.39\00:31:39.53
and then Melissa and I.
00:31:39.56\00:31:41.36
The moment that happened,
00:31:41.40\00:31:42.83
it somehow dawned on me
that there's just this wall
00:31:42.86\00:31:45.37
that I have put
between me and God.
00:31:45.40\00:31:48.07
And that time in His
presence broke that wall down,
00:31:48.10\00:31:52.24
and like Melody's experience,
00:31:52.27\00:31:53.74
it all started
with a lot of crying.
00:31:53.78\00:31:56.01
And although I
thought that I was,
00:31:56.04\00:31:58.38
I was ready to be in
the ministry to serve Him.
00:31:58.41\00:32:01.05
I wanted to be a
missionary, but somehow
00:32:01.08\00:32:02.72
the Lord saw my condition
said, no, you need to be broken.
00:32:02.75\00:32:06.96
So like when you read
that, when you read that,
00:32:06.99\00:32:11.13
that person's
experience about praying to God,
00:32:11.16\00:32:13.83
and seemingly,
there's no answer.
00:32:13.86\00:32:16.60
That was my experience, Greg.
00:32:16.63\00:32:18.70
That was my experience, Jill.
00:32:18.73\00:32:20.07
I was pointing my finger to God,
00:32:20.10\00:32:21.87
I was even blaming Him
like, "Lord, I gave all to You,
00:32:21.90\00:32:24.97
and You did not defend me.
00:32:25.01\00:32:26.94
I did this, I did that."
00:32:26.98\00:32:28.78
And it seems like God was like,
putting His hands on His ears.
00:32:28.81\00:32:33.18
And I did not know that God
was trying to take my attention,
00:32:33.21\00:32:38.82
because of these things
that I did not give Him.
00:32:38.85\00:32:42.26
There are things in my
life that somehow blocked me
00:32:42.29\00:32:45.06
from sensing His presence,
00:32:45.09\00:32:46.80
because God's
presence is with us.
00:32:46.83\00:32:49.53
Even though we don't
sense it, He promised,
00:32:49.56\00:32:52.07
I will never leave
you nor forsake you.
00:32:52.10\00:32:54.47
So even though
we don't sense it,
00:32:54.50\00:32:56.81
His Word is still more
powerful than our emotions.
00:32:56.84\00:32:59.34
That's right. Amen.
00:32:59.37\00:33:00.74
Then what we feel,
00:33:00.78\00:33:02.11
then what we think that
we are experiencing that
00:33:02.14\00:33:03.81
we're going
through to that moment.
00:33:03.85\00:33:05.65
And this is one amazing thing,
00:33:05.68\00:33:08.45
how the Lord
brought my attention
00:33:08.48\00:33:10.59
and then He wanted me to,
to unload my burden to Him.
00:33:10.62\00:33:15.82
The moment I
confess that to Him,
00:33:15.86\00:33:18.56
the moment I gave that
up, and it was not one day,
00:33:18.59\00:33:21.86
it did not happen in that day.
00:33:21.90\00:33:24.20
But that was the
somehow the breaking point.
00:33:24.23\00:33:28.10
The moment that
happened gradually,
00:33:28.14\00:33:30.61
somehow the Lord taught me
and God is so patient, right?
00:33:30.64\00:33:32.94
Just imagine, Jill,
00:33:32.97\00:33:34.31
He is faster than
the speed of light.
00:33:34.34\00:33:36.31
And yet, He
walked at my own pace.
00:33:36.34\00:33:40.45
Isn't that beautiful?
00:33:40.48\00:33:41.82
He's so patiently walking,
00:33:41.85\00:33:43.42
and then so when
that thing happened,
00:33:43.45\00:33:45.39
I said to Lord, "Okay, Lord,
what do You want me to do?"
00:33:45.42\00:33:48.72
And then I realized the moment
that breakthrough happened,
00:33:48.76\00:33:53.09
the Lord started opening doors.
00:33:53.13\00:33:54.93
The moment I gave Him
00:33:54.96\00:33:56.83
the things that He
wanted me to give Him.
00:33:56.87\00:33:59.23
Now, after that, I've
led out like prayer sessions
00:33:59.27\00:34:04.17
and in divisions, in
schools, and revivals,
00:34:04.21\00:34:07.88
and seeing what the
Lord somehow wanted me to do.
00:34:07.91\00:34:11.55
It was, it was
mind blowing, Greg.
00:34:11.58\00:34:13.88
Now the joy was
just like overflowing
00:34:13.92\00:34:16.48
and I'm thinking,
"Lord, I did not know that,
00:34:16.52\00:34:18.79
that in the times of
those darkest moments
00:34:18.82\00:34:20.46
and those difficulties,
You were trying to,
00:34:20.49\00:34:23.49
to somehow cook
something, brew something."
00:34:23.53\00:34:27.96
Anything and I was
just too impatient.
00:34:28.00\00:34:30.20
Yeah.
00:34:30.23\00:34:31.57
See, I wanted to see
something being done,
00:34:31.60\00:34:33.54
but I did not see it.
00:34:33.57\00:34:35.97
And eventually,
00:34:36.00\00:34:38.37
I got involved
with the local GYC
00:34:38.41\00:34:41.38
in the Philippines called PYC.
00:34:41.41\00:34:43.61
And now, as I've experienced
at the time in the prayer...
00:34:43.65\00:34:47.72
What year was
that? Do you remember?
00:34:47.75\00:34:49.42
That was 2014. Okay.
00:34:49.45\00:34:52.82
In 2014, and our prayer
room was quite small attendees.
00:34:52.85\00:34:57.49
So there's like 40
00:34:57.53\00:34:59.13
and then the next year
it went up to like 400.
00:34:59.16\00:35:02.26
Wow.
00:35:02.30\00:35:03.67
And now this is
one thing that I,
00:35:03.70\00:35:05.77
that I see that my dream
00:35:05.80\00:35:07.20
is being
realized, the experience,
00:35:07.24\00:35:09.14
the first experience
that I had in the prayer
00:35:09.17\00:35:11.27
now it is being
enjoyed by 400 people the next,
00:35:11.31\00:35:14.54
the next year.
00:35:14.58\00:35:16.18
The next year, it
was like 600 people.
00:35:16.21\00:35:18.35
And when Melody came,
there was just like 800 people
00:35:18.38\00:35:21.78
who are there at
five in the morning,
00:35:21.82\00:35:25.99
at five in the morning.
00:35:26.02\00:35:27.39
And Melody thought,
00:35:27.42\00:35:28.76
and this is funny
because Melody said,
00:35:28.79\00:35:30.13
I should be there
earlier at 4:45 or 4:40.
00:35:30.16\00:35:35.06
I want to be, I want
to be in a peaceful mood.
00:35:35.10\00:35:37.87
And then when you turn around,
there's like 20 young people.
00:35:37.90\00:35:40.77
Already at that
time in the morning.
00:35:40.80\00:35:42.57
Wow. It was amazing.
00:35:42.60\00:35:43.94
I was blown away
after seeing people.
00:35:43.97\00:35:46.27
Yes, so seeing that happen
00:35:46.31\00:35:48.31
and seeing what the Lord
is doing because you gave
00:35:48.34\00:35:53.58
what He wanted you to
surrender at that moment,
00:35:53.62\00:35:56.75
in the time in His presence.
00:35:56.79\00:35:58.75
You know, Gem, I want to go back
00:35:58.79\00:36:00.22
just a little bit here
to what you're just saying.
00:36:00.26\00:36:02.26
You were talking about walls
00:36:02.29\00:36:03.69
and barriers that
were in your life.
00:36:03.73\00:36:05.76
For someone right now that says,
00:36:05.79\00:36:07.13
you know, I've got
a wall and a barrier.
00:36:07.16\00:36:08.63
Where do I even
begin? How do I even start?
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.43
How do we even
start to break that down?
00:36:10.47\00:36:11.83
What would you say?
00:36:11.87\00:36:13.23
Like where it began,
at the foot of the cross,
00:36:13.27\00:36:15.60
in His presence.
00:36:15.64\00:36:16.97
He could not begin
anywhere else except there.
00:36:17.01\00:36:19.07
The moment you see
yourself at His feet,
00:36:19.11\00:36:22.74
you see your value,
00:36:22.78\00:36:24.58
you see your value
because of what the sacrifice
00:36:24.61\00:36:27.38
that was made for you.
00:36:27.42\00:36:28.75
And when you see
that, there's nothing
00:36:28.78\00:36:30.85
is too hard for you then.
00:36:30.89\00:36:32.85
He did not give
up His Son for you.
00:36:32.89\00:36:35.02
So what are the biggest
00:36:35.06\00:36:36.86
and hardest things in
your life that you think
00:36:36.89\00:36:38.89
could not be solved?
00:36:38.93\00:36:40.43
God did not hold
back His best. So...
00:36:40.46\00:36:43.63
So what does one say to
God? You go ahead, Melody.
00:36:43.67\00:36:46.13
Yeah, I was just
going to interject.
00:36:46.17\00:36:48.07
The enemy is
constantly seeking to lie to us
00:36:48.10\00:36:51.84
and to get us to
disbelieve things.
00:36:51.87\00:36:53.74
So oftentimes,
00:36:53.78\00:36:55.11
when we're feeling that silence,
00:36:55.14\00:36:56.48
or we're feeling
up against a wall,
00:36:56.51\00:36:58.25
the enemy's
speaking to us and saying...
00:36:58.28\00:37:01.18
You're not good
enough. You're not good enough.
00:37:01.22\00:37:04.29
God doesn't care about you.
00:37:04.32\00:37:06.39
He's really not listening.
00:37:06.42\00:37:08.32
And that's why
we have to go back.
00:37:08.36\00:37:09.69
And Gem touched on this
earlier to the Word of God,
00:37:09.72\00:37:12.16
and what does God say?
00:37:12.19\00:37:14.13
And He says, one
of my favorite verses,
00:37:14.16\00:37:15.86
and I claim it many times
00:37:15.90\00:37:17.23
because I fall
short of the glory of God,
00:37:17.27\00:37:19.90
and I will continually
go back to God and say,
00:37:19.93\00:37:21.77
"Lord, I'm sorry,
00:37:21.80\00:37:23.47
I have not been living
00:37:23.51\00:37:24.97
as I know that
You've called me to live.
00:37:25.01\00:37:26.34
I've dishonored
You. I've shamed You."
00:37:26.37\00:37:28.34
But He's saying in John
6:37, "Him that comes to Me,
00:37:28.38\00:37:30.85
I will in no wise cast out."
00:37:30.88\00:37:32.61
Great promise.
00:37:32.65\00:37:34.12
I'm just claiming that promise.
00:37:34.15\00:37:37.09
And so we have to
really take the Word
00:37:37.12\00:37:39.19
of God for what it says
even when we don't feel it.
00:37:39.22\00:37:43.89
And yeah, don't listen
to the lies of the enemy.
00:37:43.93\00:37:46.96
Because he's speaking
doubt, discouragement, darkness,
00:37:47.00\00:37:49.83
and God is saying, come, come.
00:37:49.86\00:37:52.63
Praise the Lord. Yeah.
00:37:52.67\00:37:54.00
You know there's
a... That's good.
00:37:54.04\00:37:55.37
I mentioned
earlier, there is a great
00:37:55.40\00:37:56.74
controversy going
on in this world...
00:37:56.77\00:37:58.11
And Christ can save,
Christ can save them.
00:37:58.14\00:37:59.51
Absolutely.
00:37:59.54\00:38:00.88
And so sometimes these barriers
00:38:00.91\00:38:02.84
and walls in our lives
are there purely because Satan
00:38:02.88\00:38:06.68
is trying to, you
know, destroy our lives.
00:38:06.72\00:38:08.62
But sometimes
it is a combination
00:38:08.65\00:38:10.75
of our own
decisions that we make,
00:38:10.79\00:38:12.79
whether conscious or not,
00:38:12.82\00:38:14.16
we, you know, our sinful nature
00:38:14.19\00:38:15.79
drives sometimes to do
things that are not right.
00:38:15.82\00:38:17.83
And it builds up problems.
00:38:17.86\00:38:20.03
And so when it comes to prayer,
00:38:20.06\00:38:21.40
and breaking
down those barriers,
00:38:21.43\00:38:22.80
I have noticed that in my life,
00:38:22.83\00:38:24.33
and in the context of
the great controversy,
00:38:24.37\00:38:25.83
I've noticed that
when I'm totally vulnerable
00:38:25.87\00:38:28.97
and honest with God in prayer,
00:38:29.00\00:38:31.24
when I'm not holding back,
00:38:31.27\00:38:32.61
when I speak about
00:38:32.64\00:38:34.28
the things that I
don't want to speak about
00:38:34.31\00:38:35.81
the things that I'm holding
on to that I know of wrong.
00:38:35.84\00:38:38.98
And because sometimes you
can you can go into prayer
00:38:39.01\00:38:41.55
and just avoid certain topics,
00:38:41.58\00:38:43.59
you know, you along
would, you wiggle around...
00:38:43.62\00:38:45.85
And it's funny,
because we think God
00:38:45.89\00:38:47.22
doesn't know
about us, but He does.
00:38:47.26\00:38:48.59
It's ridiculous.
00:38:48.62\00:38:49.96
That is like Adam and
Eve trying and covering up
00:38:49.99\00:38:51.39
and hiding, really,
God sees everything.
00:38:51.43\00:38:54.60
But He is dependent
on our decision to let
00:38:54.63\00:38:59.17
Him deal with the
issue that we want to avoid.
00:38:59.20\00:39:01.20
Amen. Beautiful.
00:39:01.24\00:39:02.57
He will not force it upon us.
00:39:02.60\00:39:03.94
But when we let Him,
when we become vulnerable,
00:39:03.97\00:39:06.37
and when we
surrender totally to Him,
00:39:06.41\00:39:08.68
He can then start to
break down those barriers.
00:39:08.71\00:39:11.31
But in the
process, while our emotions
00:39:11.35\00:39:13.78
and the devil is
trying to make us think,
00:39:13.82\00:39:15.32
oh, we're not accepted.
00:39:15.35\00:39:16.69
Go to the Word of God.
00:39:16.72\00:39:18.05
Claim the promise,
believe what it says even
00:39:18.09\00:39:19.62
when you don't feel like it.
00:39:19.65\00:39:20.99
He will come
through. Excellent advice.
00:39:21.02\00:39:22.89
Yeah, thank you so much.
00:39:22.92\00:39:24.59
I'm taking notes here.
00:39:24.63\00:39:25.96
Yeah, I see that. I
wrote down surrender.
00:39:25.99\00:39:28.46
Trust the Word
of God over feelings
00:39:28.50\00:39:32.20
and be honest with God.
00:39:32.23\00:39:33.94
I like that. That's really good.
00:39:33.97\00:39:35.30
So I don't know if we
have more of your journey
00:39:35.34\00:39:36.84
or if we're going to
shift to Pastor Jonathan's.
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.71
Let's go to Brother Jonathan.
00:39:38.74\00:39:40.58
I'm ready to
listen to more of Gem.
00:39:40.61\00:39:43.08
There's more next
time. There's more next time.
00:39:43.11\00:39:46.78
Well, what do you want to know?
Tell us your journey in prayer?
00:39:46.82\00:39:50.05
Think of prayer
meeting and then all that.
00:39:50.09\00:39:51.85
Yeah, well, I
grew up in the church.
00:39:51.89\00:39:55.22
My dad is a pastor.
00:39:55.26\00:39:56.59
And so, you know, you grew up
00:39:56.62\00:39:58.19
and I'm very
thankful for the way
00:39:58.23\00:39:59.69
I grown up in the
most spiritual surroundings
00:39:59.73\00:40:01.60
and with my family,
you know, loving family.
00:40:01.63\00:40:04.13
Where was home?
Home was Austria.
00:40:04.17\00:40:06.00
So I'm from Europe originally.
00:40:06.03\00:40:07.94
And I've only
lived in the States
00:40:07.97\00:40:09.70
now for last seven years.
00:40:09.74\00:40:11.07
Okay.
00:40:11.11\00:40:12.44
But growing up
there in that surrounding,
00:40:12.47\00:40:14.34
even though it
was a very, you know,
00:40:14.38\00:40:16.41
a good home, I
was yet not having
00:40:16.44\00:40:19.85
that personal
connection with Jesus.
00:40:19.88\00:40:22.05
And because of a
smaller presence of the church
00:40:22.08\00:40:26.12
over there, I did not have
00:40:26.15\00:40:27.49
very many friends in the church.
00:40:27.52\00:40:28.86
So most of my
friends were secular,
00:40:28.89\00:40:30.23
there was really
negative influence in my life.
00:40:30.26\00:40:32.43
And that shaped a lot of
my teenage years definitely,
00:40:32.46\00:40:35.86
and led me to foolishness
and all kinds of things.
00:40:35.90\00:40:39.03
But little did I know that
my parents are praying for me,
00:40:39.07\00:40:42.10
other people are praying for me.
00:40:42.14\00:40:43.47
Now when I look back,
00:40:43.51\00:40:44.84
I can see how
that made a difference.
00:40:44.87\00:40:46.21
But I didn't know in the moment,
00:40:46.24\00:40:47.58
you know, and this is
just a little lesson here.
00:40:47.61\00:40:49.58
Some of the prayer requests
were for children, you know?
00:40:49.61\00:40:51.95
Yeah, many of them. Amen.
00:40:51.98\00:40:53.31
When the child is
not interested in God,
00:40:53.35\00:40:55.68
when the Word of God
is not in their sphere,
00:40:55.72\00:40:58.82
prayer can still do
something because when you
00:40:58.85\00:41:00.99
pray for
somebody, the Holy Spirit
00:41:01.02\00:41:02.79
can work on that
heart, and God can come in
00:41:02.82\00:41:05.29
and that's what I
know happened in my life.
00:41:05.33\00:41:07.10
Praise the Lord. Yes.
00:41:07.13\00:41:08.46
Amen.
00:41:08.50\00:41:09.83
And so, when I, when
I went to high school,
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.73
I had the privilege to
go to an Adventist Academy,
00:41:11.77\00:41:14.84
and there within
weeks, all those things,
00:41:14.87\00:41:18.14
all those worldly things
that really influenced me
00:41:18.17\00:41:20.28
negatively, I
believe, through the prayerful
00:41:20.31\00:41:23.51
influence that took
place there were taken away
00:41:23.55\00:41:26.55
and God slowly but surely was,
00:41:26.58\00:41:29.02
you know, tugging
to my heart and saying,
00:41:29.05\00:41:30.39
"Jonathan, I'm here.
00:41:30.42\00:41:31.75
What do you think?"
00:41:31.79\00:41:33.12
I didn't know Him personally,
but that's when it started.
00:41:33.15\00:41:35.46
And the beautiful
thing was that I could tell
00:41:35.49\00:41:38.43
that He wanted me to connect
with Him on a deeper level.
00:41:38.46\00:41:41.43
And so I did start praying.
00:41:41.46\00:41:42.83
But I remember
it was a struggle,
00:41:42.86\00:41:44.20
this great
controversy was really,
00:41:44.23\00:41:45.57
I remember we were
starting to read the Bible.
00:41:45.60\00:41:47.27
And within really
seconds, I would fall asleep.
00:41:47.30\00:41:50.37
And I'm like, "Why
do I always fall asleep
00:41:50.41\00:41:52.11
reading my Bible,
I don't understand."
00:41:52.14\00:41:53.78
Wow.
00:41:53.81\00:41:55.14
And I realized Satan
does not want to give me up
00:41:55.18\00:41:56.91
because I hadn't
fully committed to God
00:41:56.95\00:41:58.41
yet at that point.
00:41:58.45\00:41:59.78
And so slowly, but surely,
God was teaching me that,
00:41:59.81\00:42:02.08
as I was praying, you
know, to be vulnerable with Him,
00:42:02.12\00:42:04.69
to be open with Him.
00:42:04.72\00:42:06.19
And so, that personal surrender
and conversion took place over
00:42:06.22\00:42:10.33
the time in my
high school years,
00:42:10.36\00:42:11.79
and I'm so
thankful for what happened.
00:42:11.83\00:42:14.03
The next step, and
really was that God
00:42:14.06\00:42:16.80
had to teach me to
not just pray for myself,
00:42:16.83\00:42:19.33
but to pray for others,
and to, to engage in ministry.
00:42:19.37\00:42:24.31
And so I had
opportunities to be part of,
00:42:24.34\00:42:26.17
you know,
different youth movements,
00:42:26.21\00:42:27.64
similar to GYC in
Europe and there as I was,
00:42:27.68\00:42:32.38
as I was asked to, you
know, be part of leadership
00:42:32.41\00:42:35.62
and do things.
00:42:35.65\00:42:36.99
I realized, wow, this is
way bigger than me, I need,
00:42:37.02\00:42:39.85
I need help
because I can't do this.
00:42:39.89\00:42:42.19
And so that's where I
learned to go on my knees,
00:42:42.22\00:42:44.63
almost forced, not
that God forced me,
00:42:44.66\00:42:46.23
but like the
situation forced me.
00:42:46.26\00:42:47.60
It does, right?
00:42:47.63\00:42:48.96
I think that's what the
desperation, that's right.
00:42:49.00\00:42:50.83
I think God does that,
00:42:50.87\00:42:52.20
He puts us sometimes
in circumstances that seem
00:42:52.23\00:42:53.70
impossible, because He
wants us to go on our knees
00:42:53.74\00:42:56.97
because we
forget that we need Him.
00:42:57.01\00:42:59.54
And so that was
a next step there.
00:42:59.57\00:43:01.74
Then the Lord
called me to be missionary,
00:43:01.78\00:43:04.48
after graduation
and after some service,
00:43:04.51\00:43:07.52
missionary in
the Marshall Islands,
00:43:07.55\00:43:09.25
and far away remote island,
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.32
completely disconnected
from the outside world.
00:43:11.35\00:43:13.25
And there I was
desperate, because I had no idea
00:43:13.29\00:43:16.06
what I was doing.
00:43:16.09\00:43:17.43
Here I am,
there is no, you know,
00:43:17.46\00:43:18.83
Seventh-day
Adventists on this island.
00:43:18.86\00:43:20.26
It's just very primitive
and I have to somehow survive,
00:43:20.30\00:43:23.97
number one, literally.
00:43:24.00\00:43:25.33
Okay.
00:43:25.37\00:43:26.70
And number two,
teach them about Jesus
00:43:26.74\00:43:28.07
not knowing their language.
00:43:28.10\00:43:29.44
It was, it was tough. Wow.
00:43:29.47\00:43:30.81
And you're all by yourself?
00:43:30.84\00:43:32.17
Oh, me and one
friend who was with me
00:43:32.21\00:43:33.71
'cause we were, we
were both, you know,
00:43:33.74\00:43:35.34
babies in the Lord so to say.
00:43:35.38\00:43:38.01
And so here we are.
00:43:38.05\00:43:39.88
And we are learning
to pray for the people
00:43:39.91\00:43:42.18
we were ministering to.
00:43:42.22\00:43:43.55
We learn to pray for rain,
00:43:43.59\00:43:45.12
literally, because
it stopped raining.
00:43:45.15\00:43:46.79
And we had no
more drinking water.
00:43:46.82\00:43:48.69
We were praying for
food, because we're running out
00:43:48.72\00:43:50.96
of food.
00:43:50.99\00:43:52.33
It was some of
these basic things
00:43:52.36\00:43:54.30
that I learned,
00:43:54.33\00:43:55.66
you know, that God will provide,
00:43:55.70\00:43:57.80
even when you are in
a desperate situation.
00:43:57.83\00:44:00.44
And I think I needed that,
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.54
because it taught me to depend
on Him not just with, you know,
00:44:02.57\00:44:06.94
a thing here and there,
but for your entire life,
00:44:06.98\00:44:09.34
you know, is dependent on God.
00:44:09.38\00:44:11.71
So, that was
something I learned there.
00:44:11.75\00:44:13.52
And then throughout the years,
00:44:13.55\00:44:15.72
I had different experiences
that really does prayer rooms,
00:44:15.75\00:44:19.02
Gem mentioned prayer
rooms at different conferences,
00:44:19.05\00:44:21.42
and prayer ministry
suddenly popped up in my vision.
00:44:21.46\00:44:26.19
And I was like, "What is this?"
00:44:26.23\00:44:27.63
And wherever I go, I
bump into this prayer people,
00:44:27.66\00:44:30.67
some of your friends, you
know, from all over the world
00:44:30.70\00:44:33.80
and it happened always
somehow a divine appointment.
00:44:33.84\00:44:37.57
And so I've got interested
00:44:37.61\00:44:38.94
and I learned about
the power of united prayer
00:44:38.97\00:44:41.44
before it was just
me but then the power
00:44:41.48\00:44:43.24
of united prayer.
00:44:43.28\00:44:44.61
And the prayer is
so much more than just,
00:44:44.65\00:44:46.72
you know, thank you
Lord for the food or,
00:44:46.75\00:44:48.55
Lord, please help
me with this test.
00:44:48.58\00:44:50.39
It is true ministry.
00:44:50.42\00:44:52.69
You infuse any kind of
ministry through prayer.
00:44:52.72\00:44:56.99
And so, yeah, God
blessed over the years
00:44:57.03\00:44:59.29
and I have had,
all glory goes to Him.
00:44:59.33\00:45:01.63
But I've had experiences
with Him that really,
00:45:01.66\00:45:04.63
you know, blew my
mind, my spiritual mind.
00:45:04.67\00:45:06.90
And it came always
through prayer, through prayer.
00:45:06.94\00:45:09.67
Tell us about something
that happened in Portugal?
00:45:09.70\00:45:13.21
Yes, this is, this is one
of those crazy experiences
00:45:13.24\00:45:17.45
so to say.
00:45:17.48\00:45:18.81
I was on my way to a leadership
retreat for GYC Europe.
00:45:18.85\00:45:23.65
And we had a little bit
of time me and a friend,
00:45:23.69\00:45:25.65
and we were, you
know, sightseeing.
00:45:25.69\00:45:27.96
I love old buildings.
00:45:27.99\00:45:29.32
So I always like to
go to the old cathedrals
00:45:29.36\00:45:30.89
and touch the
stone and you know,
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.26
just have a connection
with the past, I don't know.
00:45:32.29\00:45:34.56
It's just a
weird thing that I do.
00:45:34.60\00:45:35.93
And so I enjoy the
architecture and so on.
00:45:35.96\00:45:38.87
So we went to this cathedral
and as we walked there,
00:45:38.90\00:45:42.00
there was, by the entrance,
00:45:42.04\00:45:44.54
there was a Catholic
priest standing there,
00:45:44.57\00:45:47.58
and then a man
holding a very distressed
00:45:47.61\00:45:51.15
looking woman.
00:45:51.18\00:45:52.51
And I thought,
this is really weird.
00:45:52.55\00:45:53.88
But you know, we're in Europe,
00:45:53.92\00:45:55.25
you don't mingle with
other people's affairs.
00:45:55.28\00:45:56.79
You just go by and let them be.
00:45:56.82\00:45:59.22
Was she crying or how did she...
00:45:59.25\00:46:00.62
She was, she just looked
very frightened, but angry.
00:46:00.66\00:46:03.83
I couldn't tell, it
was just very brief.
00:46:03.86\00:46:05.66
We walked by and then
walked into the church.
00:46:05.69\00:46:08.43
But you know, usually I
enjoy looking at things,
00:46:08.46\00:46:10.87
but I had this
very uncomfortable
00:46:10.90\00:46:12.57
feeling that something is wrong
00:46:12.60\00:46:14.50
and I just didn't
know what to do about it.
00:46:14.54\00:46:16.67
But, you know, we
continued walking,
00:46:16.71\00:46:18.44
but then the impression
became so heavy on me,
00:46:18.47\00:46:21.74
I have to go back out there.
00:46:21.78\00:46:24.05
And so my friends
Samuel and I, we said, okay,
00:46:24.08\00:46:26.11
I said, I told him, "Hey,
00:46:26.15\00:46:27.48
something's
wrong with this woman,
00:46:27.52\00:46:28.85
we, let's just go outside."
00:46:28.88\00:46:30.22
So we walk outside.
00:46:30.25\00:46:31.59
And we walk by again,
and I look at this woman.
00:46:31.62\00:46:33.89
And I can just see
there's something really dark
00:46:33.92\00:46:36.79
in her life.
00:46:36.83\00:46:38.29
And so that's when it hit me.
00:46:38.33\00:46:39.66
I think there is
something demonic going on here.
00:46:39.69\00:46:42.90
Demonic
oppression, demonic possession
00:46:42.93\00:46:44.73
something of the kind.
00:46:44.77\00:46:46.10
I had never seen it before.
00:46:46.13\00:46:47.47
I've heard and read
about it in the Bible,
00:46:47.50\00:46:48.84
heard of stories here and there.
00:46:48.87\00:46:50.21
Not in Europe, but
from other countries.
00:46:50.24\00:46:52.27
And so I was
just, is this really it.
00:46:52.31\00:46:54.08
But so we continued
walking, didn't know
00:46:54.11\00:46:55.94
what we were doing,
as it often is in life.
00:46:55.98\00:46:58.85
And I said, well,
let's pray for her.
00:46:58.88\00:47:01.98
But then the Holy
Spirit made it very clear.
00:47:02.02\00:47:05.39
I don't know how to explain it.
00:47:05.42\00:47:06.76
It wasn't the voice, but
it was a strong impression,
00:47:06.79\00:47:08.22
you have to go back.
00:47:08.26\00:47:09.66
So I said,
"Samuel, we have to go back.
00:47:09.69\00:47:11.29
I don't know what I'm
doing. But let's go back."
00:47:11.33\00:47:13.36
So we walked back.
00:47:13.40\00:47:14.76
And as I walked I said, "Lord,
00:47:14.80\00:47:16.70
I don't know what to do,
but You need to help now."
00:47:16.73\00:47:19.23
And so I walked up there
00:47:19.27\00:47:20.60
and I just walked up to
these people standing there,
00:47:20.64\00:47:22.40
Catholic priest on
his, was on his phone,
00:47:22.44\00:47:24.01
I don't speak a
word of Portuguese.
00:47:24.04\00:47:25.84
So I just spoke in English
and said, "Is everything okay?"
00:47:25.87\00:47:29.64
I asked.
00:47:29.68\00:47:31.01
And the man who was holding
the woman was kind of waving
00:47:31.05\00:47:33.28
hit me away and
not just, you know,
00:47:33.31\00:47:34.65
he didn't speak English.
00:47:34.68\00:47:36.02
He just chucked me away.
00:47:36.05\00:47:37.39
And then I looked
at her and I was like,
00:47:37.42\00:47:39.09
I'm just gonna
ignore what he's doing.
00:47:39.12\00:47:40.46
And I looked at her and I said,
"Believe in the Lord Jesus,
00:47:40.49\00:47:42.76
and He can set you free."
00:47:42.79\00:47:44.13
That's all I said. Wow.
00:47:44.16\00:47:46.49
And when I started doing that,
00:47:46.53\00:47:47.86
she started
screaming and yelling at,
00:47:47.90\00:47:50.40
I mean, just going crazy.
00:47:50.43\00:47:52.67
And he was, she
was out of her mind,
00:47:52.70\00:47:54.90
she was not herself.
00:47:54.94\00:47:56.60
And, of course,
it caused a scene,
00:47:56.64\00:47:57.97
this was a
touristic spot, people stopped
00:47:58.01\00:47:59.41
and started looking
and I just continue saying,
00:47:59.44\00:48:02.18
"Believe in Jesus,
He can set you free."
00:48:02.21\00:48:04.88
And so this went
on, and in the moment,
00:48:04.91\00:48:08.12
you could tell there was a
spiritual warfare going on,
00:48:08.15\00:48:10.59
I could physically
feel pressure against me.
00:48:10.62\00:48:13.82
And I was like, "Lord, help us."
00:48:13.86\00:48:16.02
And so I started
praying out loud,
00:48:16.06\00:48:18.19
you know, I'm like,
making a long story short here.
00:48:18.23\00:48:19.63
But I started praying
out loud for this person,
00:48:19.66\00:48:21.80
God free this person, please,
00:48:21.83\00:48:23.26
you know, and the demon
who was torturing this woman
00:48:23.30\00:48:27.44
spoke through her, like
he was saying, you know,
00:48:27.47\00:48:30.31
at one point, he started saying,
00:48:30.34\00:48:31.67
you have no authority over me.
00:48:31.71\00:48:33.38
And I could, all I could say is,
00:48:33.41\00:48:35.21
"Yes, but Jesus, I don't
have but Jesus has authority."
00:48:35.24\00:48:38.11
And so we
continue praying for her.
00:48:38.15\00:48:40.32
And at one point, a
police officer came over,
00:48:40.35\00:48:42.78
and, you know,
was saying, you know,
00:48:42.82\00:48:44.19
what are you doing here
and wanted to kind of stop me
00:48:44.22\00:48:46.76
because, you know,
he thought that whatever
00:48:46.79\00:48:49.02
I'm doing is, is
causing her pain.
00:48:49.06\00:48:52.03
And, but then the
Catholic priest walked
00:48:52.06\00:48:54.16
over to the
police officer and said,
00:48:54.20\00:48:55.60
"No what he's doing
is okay, let him be."
00:48:55.63\00:48:57.97
And so people were, you know,
it was the crazy situation,
00:48:58.00\00:49:00.87
you know, and I was like, well,
00:49:00.90\00:49:03.17
I don't even
know what I'm doing.
00:49:03.20\00:49:04.54
So I was just
praying, praying, praying
00:49:04.57\00:49:06.07
out loud for this woman.
00:49:06.11\00:49:07.51
And at one point,
suddenly, there was like,
00:49:07.54\00:49:12.15
it was like, the
tension was gone in the air,
00:49:12.18\00:49:14.25
I could, the pressure stopped.
00:49:14.28\00:49:16.22
And I could tell visually,
00:49:16.25\00:49:18.82
visibly that this
woman was relieved.
00:49:18.85\00:49:20.89
And the thing
was, she was very weak.
00:49:20.92\00:49:22.66
They held her.
00:49:22.69\00:49:24.03
But she had a totally
different look on her face.
00:49:24.06\00:49:27.56
And so the
priests and the other man,
00:49:27.60\00:49:30.30
they start kind of
helping her inside the church.
00:49:30.33\00:49:32.80
And as they took her inside,
00:49:32.83\00:49:35.14
she turned around
and looked at me and kind
00:49:35.17\00:49:36.50
of nodded thank you to me.
00:49:36.54\00:49:38.74
And I was like,
"What just happened?"
00:49:38.77\00:49:41.51
And to this day, I
don't know the details,
00:49:41.54\00:49:44.15
but I believe that
this warfare is real.
00:49:44.18\00:49:46.65
I've seen it here in
first world countries,
00:49:46.68\00:49:49.62
you know, and I saw
the power of prayer there.
00:49:49.65\00:49:53.12
Had nothing to do
with me because I tell you,
00:49:53.15\00:49:54.92
I'm not worthy of, I
don't have any power, nothing.
00:49:54.96\00:49:57.03
This is all Jesus.
00:49:57.06\00:49:58.56
And we saw that His
authority came through.
00:49:58.59\00:50:00.33
Amen.
00:50:00.36\00:50:01.70
An intercession, it works. Amen.
00:50:01.73\00:50:03.67
This woman was
trapped inside her body,
00:50:03.70\00:50:05.83
you know, having
no control of herself,
00:50:05.87\00:50:07.90
whatever led her
to this, but the power
00:50:07.94\00:50:09.77
of intercession
can make a difference.
00:50:09.80\00:50:11.67
Amen. Amen.
00:50:11.71\00:50:13.48
That's an incredible story.
00:50:13.51\00:50:14.84
Speaking of intercession,
let's do some more for these.
00:50:14.88\00:50:17.11
I love that. Yes.
00:50:17.15\00:50:18.48
That's amazing.
Thank you for sharing that.
00:50:18.51\00:50:19.95
Absolutely. Wow.
00:50:19.98\00:50:22.42
God is real. Yeah, amen.
00:50:22.45\00:50:24.09
His power is real.
00:50:24.12\00:50:25.69
Prayer makes an
incredible difference.
00:50:25.72\00:50:28.09
Amen.
00:50:28.12\00:50:29.49
Thank you for
sending in your prayer needs
00:50:29.52\00:50:32.19
so that we can
intercede for you at home.
00:50:32.23\00:50:35.33
This is from Washington State.
00:50:35.36\00:50:40.14
And they're
struggling with health issues.
00:50:40.17\00:50:42.80
This one is for Michigan,
my children's salvation.
00:50:42.84\00:50:47.31
This one does not
say where they're from,
00:50:47.34\00:50:49.01
there's a lot of needs.
00:50:49.04\00:50:50.38
"My sister is on
oxygen and it's dropping.
00:50:50.41\00:50:53.25
My daughter has breast cancer.
00:50:53.28\00:50:55.28
My son is struggling
with same sex attraction.
00:50:55.32\00:50:59.12
My husband has Alzheimer's.
00:50:59.15\00:51:02.06
My sister has
problems with her eyes."
00:51:02.09\00:51:04.69
It's incredible.
00:51:04.73\00:51:06.06
It's a lot of challenges
in one home, in one life.
00:51:06.09\00:51:08.73
It does not give a name.
00:51:08.76\00:51:10.10
It says, "Pray
for my three grandsons
00:51:10.13\00:51:11.47
in college."
00:51:11.50\00:51:13.20
This one's moving
from California to Texas
00:51:13.23\00:51:15.50
asking for prayer for that.
00:51:15.54\00:51:17.94
This one is asking for
healing from health challenges.
00:51:17.97\00:51:21.31
This is healing for her husband.
00:51:21.34\00:51:24.68
This is Tammy, it
doesn't say where.
00:51:24.71\00:51:27.18
"Pray for our
family, all 10 of us."
00:51:27.22\00:51:30.19
This one is, "I'm a Christian,
00:51:30.22\00:51:32.12
my sons are
pulling away from Christ.
00:51:32.15\00:51:34.69
One is introduced to the Quran.
00:51:34.72\00:51:36.93
Please pray for us."
00:51:36.96\00:51:39.06
This one says, "I struggle
with making time to pray.
00:51:39.09\00:51:42.36
Do other people,
00:51:42.40\00:51:43.73
how do you keep your
prayer lists in a notebook
00:51:43.77\00:51:45.83
or there apps for prayer lists?"
00:51:45.87\00:51:47.64
That's a really good question.
00:51:47.67\00:51:49.20
So if someone is trying,
00:51:49.24\00:51:50.77
I know we'll
pray in just a moment.
00:51:50.81\00:51:52.14
But if someone
is trying to pray,
00:51:52.17\00:51:53.98
and do you keep lists, do
you keep it in a notebook?
00:51:54.01\00:51:57.18
And how do you,
how do you do that?
00:51:57.21\00:51:59.01
I mean, there's lots of things.
00:52:02.45\00:52:03.79
Whatever works best
for you, I would say,
00:52:03.82\00:52:05.55
but it is good to keep a
memory or journal or something
00:52:05.59\00:52:09.52
of answered prayer
because sometimes we forget
00:52:09.56\00:52:11.76
about those answers.
00:52:11.79\00:52:13.40
And then we think, "Oh,
God never answers my prayer."
00:52:13.43\00:52:15.23
But if you have a journal,
00:52:15.26\00:52:16.60
and you write those answers down
00:52:16.63\00:52:17.97
where God has
answered your prayer,
00:52:18.00\00:52:19.67
and even the ones
that you still praying for,
00:52:19.70\00:52:21.64
it's good to keep
that in front of your mind.
00:52:21.67\00:52:23.00
Yes, there's apps.
00:52:23.04\00:52:24.37
I mean, just look for
and search for prayer apps.
00:52:24.41\00:52:26.84
But I want to
recommend one website
00:52:26.88\00:52:29.31
that we actually have
that's part of our ministry
00:52:29.34\00:52:31.61
is called WePray.mobi
00:52:31.65\00:52:33.95
So WePray.mobi
00:52:33.98\00:52:37.12
And there it's an
online prayer community,
00:52:37.15\00:52:38.82
you can put your prayer requests
00:52:38.85\00:52:40.19
and people can indicate
that they're praying for you.
00:52:40.22\00:52:43.66
There's thousands on there,
00:52:43.69\00:52:45.33
and it's a
wonderful worldwide network
00:52:45.36\00:52:47.40
of online prayer ministry.
00:52:47.43\00:52:49.73
And that's where
you can also keep track
00:52:49.76\00:52:51.27
of your prayers as well.
00:52:51.30\00:52:52.63
Amen.
00:52:52.67\00:52:54.00
I just want to
add briefly something
00:52:54.04\00:52:55.37
and we've talked
about this in the past
00:52:55.40\00:52:56.74
that I love to do is write
00:52:56.77\00:52:58.11
my prayer
requests down on cards,
00:52:58.14\00:52:59.71
and then write a
Bible promise with it.
00:52:59.74\00:53:02.11
So as I'm praying the prayer,
00:53:02.14\00:53:04.11
I'm actually
claiming God's Word,
00:53:04.15\00:53:06.61
because there's so much power,
00:53:06.65\00:53:07.98
His Word does not
return unto Him void.
00:53:08.02\00:53:10.25
So that's what I
encourage people,
00:53:10.29\00:53:11.82
put your prayer
request with Bible promises.
00:53:11.85\00:53:15.02
And whether it's electronically
or in your notebook,
00:53:15.06\00:53:17.26
it's just powerful.
00:53:17.29\00:53:18.63
I love that, it's
good. Any thoughts, Gem?
00:53:18.66\00:53:21.36
A God is a personal
God and whatever works
00:53:21.40\00:53:24.60
He communicates
with us differently.
00:53:24.63\00:53:26.63
And God is just amazing.
00:53:26.67\00:53:28.40
He goes down to our level.
00:53:28.44\00:53:30.27
So let's pray over these.
00:53:30.31\00:53:32.17
Gem, why don't
you lead us in prayer?
00:53:32.21\00:53:33.84
Let us pray.
00:53:33.88\00:53:35.68
Our great, our dear
loving Heavenly Father, Lord,
00:53:35.71\00:53:37.55
we praise and we thank You
that even before we call You
00:53:37.58\00:53:40.08
have already answered, and
while we were yet speaking,
00:53:40.12\00:53:43.59
You have heard us.
00:53:43.62\00:53:44.99
Lord, for those
brothers and sisters
00:53:45.02\00:53:46.92
of ours who are
struggling with their health.
00:53:46.96\00:53:49.92
Lord, we praise and we thank You
00:53:49.96\00:53:51.29
because You are
a great physician.
00:53:51.33\00:53:53.19
You are a gentle healer.
00:53:53.23\00:53:54.76
Lord, I pray that You
place Your hands on them.
00:53:54.80\00:53:57.53
And, dear Father, I pray as well
00:53:57.57\00:53:58.90
for those parents
00:53:58.93\00:54:00.27
who are wanting
for their children
00:54:00.30\00:54:02.70
to have a closer walk with you.
00:54:02.74\00:54:04.71
Dear Father, I pray that may You
00:54:04.74\00:54:06.07
continue to encourage
them to intercede for,
00:54:06.11\00:54:09.14
like what Jonathan
shared a while ago,
00:54:09.18\00:54:11.31
it is only through
prayer that we are brought here.
00:54:11.35\00:54:14.52
It's our parent's
prayer that the reason
00:54:14.55\00:54:16.99
why we are here right now.
00:54:17.02\00:54:18.52
So Lord, may our presence
00:54:18.55\00:54:19.89
here be an encouragement to
those parents to continually
00:54:19.92\00:54:22.32
bring their kids to
the foot of the cross
00:54:22.36\00:54:25.13
because You are
the God who says,
00:54:25.16\00:54:26.56
"Suffer the little
children to come unto Me."
00:54:26.59\00:54:28.96
So, Lord, I ask
in a very special way
00:54:29.00\00:54:31.23
that may continue to give
us a desire to come before You
00:54:31.27\00:54:34.30
with all our burdens.
00:54:34.34\00:54:36.00
And, Lord, for those
who are seeking for wisdom,
00:54:36.04\00:54:38.41
for those who are
seeking for direction.
00:54:38.44\00:54:40.61
Lord, I ask in
a very special way
00:54:40.64\00:54:42.61
that may we look to You.
00:54:42.64\00:54:44.55
Dear Father, we praise
and we thank You that You
00:54:44.58\00:54:46.21
have promised, I
will instruct you
00:54:46.25\00:54:47.82
and teach you in the
way that you should go,
00:54:47.85\00:54:49.28
I will guide you with mine eye."
00:54:49.32\00:54:51.62
So dear Father, I
pray that may all of us
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will take You at Your word
and know that You are the God,
00:54:55.06\00:54:57.89
the God who's all
powerful and yet so faithful.
00:54:57.93\00:55:01.70
Thank You so much,
Lord, for hearing our prayers
00:55:01.73\00:55:03.57
and thank You, Lord,
for hearing the prayers
00:55:03.60\00:55:06.23
of those people who
texted, who emailed.
00:55:06.27\00:55:09.10
Lord, I know that
You are a personal God.
00:55:09.14\00:55:11.31
Thank You so much
for hearing our prayer
00:55:11.34\00:55:14.18
and we ask that You
please anoint each one
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with the anointing
part of Your Holy Spirit.
00:55:16.18\00:55:18.15
Lord, we pray this in the loving
00:55:18.18\00:55:19.51
and precious name
of Your Son Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
00:55:21.38\00:55:23.42
Well, this first hour has
gone by in a hurry almost,
00:55:23.45\00:55:25.62
the first hour is almost gone.
00:55:25.65\00:55:27.46
But, Melody, I want
to ask you this question
00:55:27.49\00:55:29.12
maybe in a minute or so.
00:55:29.16\00:55:30.49
And we'll talk more about it
in the next hour because next
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hour is really
packed full, so stay tuned.
00:55:32.29\00:55:35.16
But, Melody, tell me
why there's power in united
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prayer because
we're group here praying,
00:55:38.00\00:55:40.47
but we've been
talking about united prayer.
00:55:40.50\00:55:41.90
So why is it
power in united prayer?
00:55:41.94\00:55:44.11
Well, I just go
straight to the Word first,
00:55:44.14\00:55:45.97
because we were
told in Matthew 18:19-20,
00:55:46.01\00:55:48.41
"If two of you
shall agree as touching
00:55:48.44\00:55:49.84
anything that they ask,
it shall be done for them."
00:55:49.88\00:55:52.68
Amen.
00:55:52.71\00:55:54.05
And there's just
something beautiful
00:55:54.08\00:55:56.28
about coming
together in agreement.
00:55:56.32\00:55:58.52
There is.
00:55:58.55\00:55:59.89
I mean, we see unity
between God the Father,
00:55:59.92\00:56:01.89
God the Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
00:56:01.92\00:56:04.13
We do.
00:56:04.16\00:56:05.49
And I really believe that
God wants us to experience
00:56:05.53\00:56:06.96
that as a body
to coming together,
00:56:07.00\00:56:09.33
bearing one another's burdens.
00:56:09.36\00:56:10.87
You know, it's harder.
We talked about this a lot.
00:56:10.90\00:56:13.20
It's harder to pick each
other or criticize each other
00:56:13.23\00:56:15.80
when we're
praying for one another
00:56:15.84\00:56:17.17
or when we're praying together.
00:56:17.21\00:56:18.94
That's excellent, I love that.
00:56:18.97\00:56:20.31
No, you're right. It
deepens your relationship.
00:56:20.34\00:56:22.68
Yeah, I love it. It is.
00:56:22.71\00:56:24.45
And you know, Ellen White
makes a beautiful statement.
00:56:24.48\00:56:27.52
I don't remember the
exact reference to it.
00:56:27.55\00:56:30.09
But the fact that
there's more power
00:56:30.12\00:56:32.79
when we come
together in unity, in love.
00:56:32.82\00:56:36.83
The power given
00:56:36.86\00:56:38.19
will be proportionate to
the unity of the members...
00:56:38.23\00:56:40.53
And their love for
God and for one another.
00:56:40.56\00:56:42.86
Yes, thank you. Thank you.
00:56:42.90\00:56:45.67
Do you remember the reference?
00:56:45.70\00:56:47.30
Letter 32, 1903.
00:56:47.34\00:56:50.17
There we go.
00:56:50.21\00:56:51.54
Incredible team.
00:56:51.57\00:56:52.91
We're united.
00:56:52.94\00:56:54.28
It's our
favorite quote, I think.
00:56:54.31\00:56:57.38
Yeah, no, just, yeah.
00:56:57.41\00:56:59.48
And that's what
God wants to see.
00:56:59.51\00:57:00.95
And it's just beautiful.
00:57:00.98\00:57:02.32
I mean, it has to start
00:57:02.35\00:57:03.69
in our own
personal prayer closet.
00:57:03.72\00:57:05.05
We need to have that
personal walk with God,
00:57:05.09\00:57:06.96
but then as we
do to unite together
00:57:06.99\00:57:09.89
on behalf of the needs
00:57:09.92\00:57:11.49
and it just
enlarge your prayer vision.
00:57:11.53\00:57:13.13
This isn't just about me.
00:57:13.16\00:57:14.63
This is about
the needs of others.
00:57:14.66\00:57:16.23
Amen. Absolutely. Thank you.
00:57:16.26\00:57:17.93
We have a full second
hour coming up for you
00:57:17.97\00:57:20.77
where we're going to find out
00:57:20.80\00:57:22.14
how you can become
involved in prayer ministry,
00:57:22.17\00:57:24.81
in the 10 days of
prayer and the revival
00:57:24.84\00:57:26.91
and reformation initiative
from the General Conference.
00:57:26.94\00:57:29.88
In united prayer,
they have prayer groups
00:57:29.91\00:57:32.48
praying all over the world,
00:57:32.51\00:57:34.95
and how you can become involved
in prayer ministry at home,
00:57:34.98\00:57:37.85
so don't go away.
00:57:37.89\00:57:39.22
We'll be back
in just two moments
00:57:39.25\00:57:41.12
with your prayer requests
and more amazing information.
00:57:41.16\00:57:44.39