Hello and welcome back to
3AVN's today, Thursday Night
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Live.
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second hour.
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And if you are just joining
us now, you missed a powerful
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first hour.
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Of course, tonight's
topic is on prayer and our...
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I'm not going to call him
guest, our 3AVN family members,
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Pastor Goya.
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It's a blessing
to have him here.
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He has a
tremendously busy schedule.
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But again, we're talking about
when God answers prayer, when
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it doesn't seem like
God answers our prayer.
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Or you can get it
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You can get it on
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It's all about
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And if you've been encouraged
this evening, we encourage you
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to share it with someone else.
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But I've been encouraged, right?
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God is alive and well.
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He answers prayer and
we just need to trust him.
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And I liked what Pastor, what
you said in the first hour or
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two.
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But one is talk to
God as to a friend.
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It seems as though I've talked
to some people where they're
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intimidated to talk to God.
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They're afraid to talk to God.
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Don't know how to pray
so they don't do anything.
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But when you think of God
as like talking to him as a
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friend, I'm not
afraid to talk to my friend.
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I'm not like uncomfortable
to talk to my friend.
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So if you think of God
that way, like just talk to him.
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And he's there, he listens.
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He already knows what's
going through our minds.
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So I like that approach too.
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You don't have to be
afraid or intimidated.
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Just talk to God.
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And I liked what you were
talking about breathing too.
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Breathing in, breathing out.
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Prayer is talking to
God but it's also listening.
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For me, I tend to talk
too much and study the Word.
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So yeah, so many things.
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Thank you so much for
being here again this evening.
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My privilege, absolutely.
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So as we talk about that
breathing aspect, prayer and
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the Word.
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hand in hand.
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We talk to God in prayer and
He talks to us through the Word.
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Let's talk a little
bit about Bible study.
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Is there a complicated
way to study the Bible?
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Can I just pick up
and read book by book?
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Or how would you recommend?
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We study the Bible
and let God talk to us.
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Yeah, yeah,
that's a good question.
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So I guess if we start slow,
I guess to study is better than
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not to study
regardless of how you study.
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But we can also go in the
routine study that we make it a
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habit just to do our duty
and we get nothing out of it.
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Like Jesus says in John 5 to
the Pharisees, you search, they
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were searching.
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They knew the scripture.
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have eternal life,
but they testify of me.
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Basically Jesus is saying you
should not just search them for
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the sake of duty or routine
or to get eternal life or to get
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help.
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me.
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Because eternal
life is to know God.
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That's the reason Moses says, I
want to know you like I want to
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see you like David.
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I want to see you.
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I want to know you.
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I want to know you
always a desire to know God.
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Search the scripture.
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If you go to church as
a routine, you lose time.
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Go to the church to encounter
God, to meet God, to worship
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God, to know God, to have a
relationship with God, to know
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Him to the degree that
you love Him and trust Him.
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Because the more time you spend
fixing your eyes on Him in the
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Bible, in prayer, the more time
you spend reflecting on Him,
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the more you understand Him.
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The more you understand Him,
the more you love Him and the
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more you trust Him and
the more you have peace.
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That's the reason the Bible
says you keep Him in perfect
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peace.
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Him whose mind stays on you.
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And so that's
the goal to know God.
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That's the reason
we study the Bible.
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Not just to do our duty,
three chapters a day to get
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information.
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actually talks about that.
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And she tells us
not to read a lot.
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There is nothing
wrong with reading a lot.
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But if you read a lot and you
don't remember anything, then
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why do you read it?
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She says read one,
two verses at a time.
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That's very little.
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But then she says pray over it.
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As the Bible was inspired by
the Spirit, humanly we cannot
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understand spiritual things.
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We need the Spirit to inspire
the Bible, to inspire us to
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understand what God wants to
say to you specifically, to me
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specifically.
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So pray over it.
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And then she says read
again the same paragraph.
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And then she
says reflect upon it.
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Meditate upon it.
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Meditate, think,
chew it, digest it.
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That's the reason Jesus says
men don't live only with bread,
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but with every word.
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The word is the spiritual bread.
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Digest it until it goes
into your body and it feeds your
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cells and your brain until
you are fed, you are filled with
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the word.
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Think about this.
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Think about this in
Ephesians chapter 6.
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That's powerful.
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It talks about we don't
fight against flesh and blood.
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We may think my boss and my
car is broken, my health, my...
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But we don't see
it's spiritual war.
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Satan is real like a
lion trying to destroy us.
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He hates us.
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And very strange.
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As soon as you make a good
decision, I want to pray more,
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I want to study more, I want
to serve God, Satan attacks you.
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When you do nothing and you
sleep, Satan says, don't touch
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him, we don't
want to wake him up.
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But when you try to change
your life or to serve God, he
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attacks you.
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It's spiritual war.
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Yes, absolutely.
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Spiritual war.
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I could give you
practical examples.
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I mean, when we started to
do evangelism every year, every
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year, every year, the
night when we start evangelism,
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Friday night, every year,
not on a Thursday, not a week
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before, no.
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That's specific Friday night.
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Half an hour or one hour before
we would go to church, the
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septic would
come in our basement.
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Next year again, next
year again, every year.
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Was it always the
septic that came every time?
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And so I called the people, the
Roto-Rooter people or however
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you call them, and they tried
to clean and said, it's clean.
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Then I called a team from
Madison and they came with a
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camera and they
said, the pipes are clean.
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Then I called next year another
team and they dug a big hole
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with an
excavator in my front yard.
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And they said, there is
nothing to replace, it's good.
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Yet the septic would come again.
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Until the pastor who did
evangelism, he said to me,
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Pastor, have you
thought about spiritual war?
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He says, this is Satan trying
to discourage, to stress you,
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to stop you.
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This is spiritual war.
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This is not by chance.
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And he said to me, have
you dedicated your house to the
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Lord?
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He says, oh no, you
dedicate everything you have.
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As they dedicated the temple,
why not your house and your
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car?
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Shouldn't they
be dedicated to God?
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Dedicated means set
aside for a purpose.
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Shouldn't they be
set aside to serve God?
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He says, dedicated to God and
Satan has no more room there.
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So here we are Friday night.
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I cannot describe the stuff
floating in my basement where I
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had my office and my
books ruined and everything.
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And we pray and say,
Lord, we give this house to you.
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We dedicate it.
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It's yours.
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We want to use it
from now on for you.
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And as you finish prayer, it
starts going within 15 minutes.
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All the floating stuff gone,
never came back, the septic.
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That was the last time.
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It's spiritual war.
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And so going back to our
subject, talking about study of
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the Bible and prayer,
they should never be separated.
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The Bible says that
they always go only together.
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Talking about
prayer, it's spiritual war.
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The Bible says that for
spiritual war, that is the evil
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spirits in heavenly places,
you cannot fight from an earthly
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perspective, earthly
weapons, earthly power with the
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spiritual powers that
are in heavenly places.
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You need to be in heaven to
have heavenly power, spiritual
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power to fight heavenly forces.
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In our power, we will lose 100%.
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But when we are in Christ,
there is no way to lose because
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Christ already got
victory at the cross.
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Satan was defeated 100%.
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That's the reason we need to
be in Christ, never separated.
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Christ in you,
the hope of glory.
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That's the reason we need
to be continually in Christ,
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continually in prayer,
continually in the Word,
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continually covered
by the full armor of God.
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The breast place,
you remember that.
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And if you look there, the
Bible gives you the weapons to
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fight Satan.
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It says the sword of
the spirit, that is what?
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The Word of God.
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The Word of God.
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People read the Bible.
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But the Bible is not
only reading material.
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The Bible is a weapon.
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The Bible is a book.
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Jesus used it as a weapon.
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When Satan attacked him, three
times, he three times says, it
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is written.
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The Bible, Elinor talks about
that and she says, if we would
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memorize, she says, read it
again, the same Bible verse.
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Don't read a lot, read a little.
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Then she says, think about it.
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Then she says, read it again.
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Then pray over it.
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And then read it again.
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And then she says,
read it several times.
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And then she says,
commit it to memory.
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Yes.
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You don't need to be smart.
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If you read the Bible verse
10 times, you will remember it.
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That's right.
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Read it 10 times.
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But if you memorize one Bible
verse a day, in 10 years, 365
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Bible verses a year, in 10
years, that's the reason it
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says in the
Bible, I store thy word.
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In other translation
it says, I hide that.
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I store thy word into my
heart that I may not sin.
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The word in the heart is a
protection against sin, that I
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may not sin against thee.
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That's what Elinor says.
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She says, if the word is stored
in our heart, the Holy Spirit
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would remind us in the moment
we need it the most, the Bible
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verse that we need the most,
when we are tempted, when we
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are attacked, when we are
discouraged, when we talk to
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somebody.
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way to recall it out
because it's not there.
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But if you put it in, the Holy
Spirit would remind you what
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you need.
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So when you study the
Bible, memorize the Bible.
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If they take the Bible away
from you, what are you going to
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do?
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But that would grow us, because
if you study the Bible, not
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just read it, but eat
it, digest it, with love and
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passion for the world, with
a desire to understand, to dig
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deeper in the
treasure, to know God.
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When you do that, you
find Jesus in the Bible.
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And the more you pray, and
the more you study, and the more
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you reflect, the more you know
Him, the more you understand
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Him, the more
you know His voice.
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You understand how He
was, you distinguish His voice.
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The more He can communicate
with you, the more you
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understand His plan, the more
He can use you, the more you
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can experience His power.
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There is power in the world.
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The Word of God
is not just any word.
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It has power.
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It says and it happens.
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Jesus is the Word.
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That's right.
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I love that.
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I love that there is
such power in the Word.
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The Word of God is living and
powerful and sharper than any
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two -edged sword.
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You said something I
want to go back to a moment.
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You talked about
when we are in Christ.
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What does that
mean to be in Christ?
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And how can we know
that we are in Christ?
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Well, Jesus says in John 15,
separate it from me, you can do
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nothing.
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connected and never separate.
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Well, she says every
morning, she says it's powerful.
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I'm going to put it in my words.
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Every morning, she says,
present your plans before the
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Lord.
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didn't have a brain.
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But she says He received the
plans from the Father for that
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day.
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Every morning present your
plans, ready to surrender them
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or to fulfill them
according to God's will.
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And then she says seek His
plans and seek His presence.
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And then she says it's the duty
of the parents to seek God's
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presence not only for
themselves, but over the
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children, over the whole family.
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Basically, God is waiting
at the door of our heart.
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Respectfully, He doesn't push.
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He respects our
freedom of choice.
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He waits for us to invite Him.
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In the morning, you say, Jesus,
would you please come into my
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life today?
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more than life.
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I want you.
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Like David in a dry land, Psalm
63, where there is no water.
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I've seen in your sanctuary,
your presence is better than
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water, better than foods.
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I mean, he was
running from King Saul.
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King Saul with the whole army
and David is in the wilderness
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with 600 soldiers,
their wives, their children.
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You talk about
over 2,000 people.
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That's a lot.
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You need food for 2,000 people.
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I've been in the
wilderness there.
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There is nothing, no water,
no flowers, no snow, only sand,
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stones,
scorpions, snakes, nothing.
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The heat is terrible.
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You'd imagine that you pray,
Lord, protect us, Lord, feed
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us, give us.
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How am I going to
feed 2,500 people today?
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I need a train of food.
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How am I going
to give them water?
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I need two cisterns of water.
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He says, I've
seen you in a dry land.
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I've seen you in your sanctuary.
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Oh, your presence,
your love, your majesty.
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Wow, he says, is
better than life.
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When I am with
you, I need nothing.
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Basically, when you get a
glimpse of God, you forget your
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problems.
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And that's what the
Bible is about, to get in God's
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presence.
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desire to know God.
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So in the morning you say,
Lord, I want to spend time,
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quality time with you.
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You wake up early.
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I'm going to give you a story
about that, but in a second.
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You wake up early before the
telephone rings, before you go
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to work, before
the kids cry, before...
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and you spend quality time with
God, not as a duty, but with a
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passion and a
thirst to know Him.
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And you say, Lord, you promised
that if I seek you with all my
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heart, I will find you.
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I believe your promise.
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And as we seek Him, the Bible
says that if we draw near to
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Him, He will draw near to us.
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If we seek Him, He opens our
eyes as much as we can handle.
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And we know Him more.
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And then we love Him more.
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And then we desire Him more.
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And we seek Him more.
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So He makes another steps.
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And He gives us another glimpse.
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And that's a continual daily
process until we get closer and
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closer and closer
until we become one.
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And people see Jesus in us.
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Now let me give you a story.
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Alright.
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I was in the army.
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I was a lieutenant.
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I was in a group.
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This is in Romania.
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In Romania, long ago.
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In a group called Genius.
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Not that we are
genius or anything like that.
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And it was not many of us.
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It was all picked, all
that were in the university.
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You know.
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And we were supposed to learn,
not like artillery or, you
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know, we were supposed to learn
to fire any type of weapon.
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Literally any.
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And we were supposed to learn
to prepare to make a bomb to
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blow a mountain or to make
a bomb to blow a pencil or a
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telephone.
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Anything.
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And you know, this type of
people will be sent when you
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cannot send the whole army.
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You will send one or two.
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These would be like
special forces, I think.
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Not really, not special forces.
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But anyway.
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Well, it sounds
like special forces.
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No, no, no.
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No, no, no.
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So it was, anyway.
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So it was against
the law to have a Bible.
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And my girlfriend in that time,
that is my wife now, would send
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me letters.
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Long, impossible, crazy
long, 20, 30, 40 pages letters.
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And though she writes very
nice, she would write really
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crooked writing that
I could not even read.
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And she would write nonsense,
stupid things like, and I
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cooked and I put so much
parsley and so much salt and so
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much garlic and
so much green beans.
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And then I watched the game
and so on and so on for 10 feet.
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And then they shoot.
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pages nonsense.
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And then in the middle of the
letter, she would put a Bible
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verse and the paragraph.
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Everything was censored.
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The security would take every
single letter and they would
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read.
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And they would confiscate
them if there was anything
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religious.
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And they would
read, read garbage.
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Next one, they would get
tired after 10, 15 pages.
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And she told me, I'm going
to send you a lot of garbage.
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So I get them tired of reading.
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Look towards the end and
cut out the precious words.
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So I would cut
with the scissors.
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I would find the paragraphs,
cut them, throw out the
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garbage.
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you call it inside.
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And I would hide the paragraphs
and put the garbage inside.
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And I had a little flashlight.
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And I would pray in the
evening, Lord, I don't want to
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go without You.
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Please wake me up early enough
so I have quality time with You
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before everything starts.
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So I make sure
that I feel myself.
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You know, the foolish virgins,
when they started they did have
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oil.
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failed to daily fill the
container with fresh oil.
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A new daily baptism, fresh
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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They do that in the beginning
but then they get distracted
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with so many things.
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And they assume just because
they go to church they are
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okay.
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And Jesus says,
I don't know you.
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So I said, Lord, I want
to daily be filled with Your
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presence.
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I want to daily.
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So God would wake me up.
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And I was the guy blowing the
trumpet, calling everybody, you
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know.
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Waking them up,
everybody would curse me.
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Telling them that
it's time to go to sleep.
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Everyone loved me,
calling them to meals.
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Everybody loved me.
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So I would wake up around 5.15.
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That was supposed to, I
would wake up way earlier.
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And then around 5.30.
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D, d, d, d, d,
d, d, d, d, d, d, d.
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You know, and
it's time to wake up.
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Father, stop it, please.
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We want to sleep more.
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So anyway, we had a song, kind
of a melody for every type of
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activity.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Well, God would wake me up
around 3 a.m., 3.30, so until 5
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.30 I had time.
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And I would get under
the blanket with a little
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flashlight and the paragraphs
and I would read and pray.
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And I didn't have a lot of
reading, so I would read the
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same paragraphs again and
again and reflect on them.
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And the more you reflect on
a small quotation or a small
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verse, the more you read it and
the more you think and the more
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you pray and the more you think
and digest it and ask questions
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and read it again.
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You start reading between the
lines and then you memorize it.
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But then you remember another
verse that connects with this
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verse and they kind of
come together, they connect.
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So when you memorize them, your
mind starts working, you know.
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And so I was reflecting
and praying and reading in the
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morning between 3
and 5, 3.15 sometimes.
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Every morning I
had my time with God.
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Well, I prayed one night.
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I said, Lord, wake me up in
the morning talking about how do
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you study, how do you pray, how
do you connect with God every
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day, how are you
in Christ every day.
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God woke me up at 2.
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I said, come
on, are you kidding?
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I need a little more sleep than
that because through the day we
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run with all that equipment and
we do instruction and training
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and it takes a lot
of strength, you know.
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Otherwise you faint.
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And I said, I need
a little more sleep.
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Plus I could not eat the
food they ate because it was all
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pork.
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But anyway, so I
said, I need more sleep.
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I said, please wake me up
when you need to wake me up.
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Telling God what to do instead
of listening to what he says.
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So God said, wake up.
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I said, but it's 2 o'clock.
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So I said, that's okay.
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I got under, I got dressed
because usually I would get
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dressed and then study because
if somehow I fall asleep, you
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know, when the alarm clock
goes off, you know, take the
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trumpet, be ready.
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Don't take another 10
minutes to get dressed.
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So I got dressed, 2 a.m.
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I did my study.
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I prayed.
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And then I said,
okay, I have time.
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I could sleep
another one hour or two.
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In that moment,
the alarm went off.
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It was a war drill.
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It was a big, big, big
alarm over the tallest building.
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Ooh, when it would
start like tornadoes.
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But it was a war drill.
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When it was a war drill, you
had 15 seconds to be ready for
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war.
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15 seconds.
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They said
basically within 15 seconds.
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And they always were lenient in
a way that they gave you maybe
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half a minute.
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the building, ready for
war, you will be punished to be
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arrested.
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So God knew that and
He woke me up earlier.
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And I had time to get dressed
and to do my prayer and my
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study and to
spend time with Jesus.
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And then when the alarm
went off, I took my weapons, run
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out.
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I was the single one.
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And then after about 15
minutes, they start to pulling
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pants or shoes.
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And the lieutenant and the
captain and the major, they are
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all there like this, looking
to the clock and waiting.
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Arrest, arrest one day,
arrest two days, arrest.
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And then they put me at the
flag and they said, he's the
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single one ready for war.
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He's an example of soldier.
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I said, everybody
should be like him.
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And that's because
God woke you up early.
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At 2 a.m.
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And so the soldiers asked
me, how in the world were you
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ready?
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And I told them,
Jesus woke me up.
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They said, you are crazy.
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I said, no I am not actually.
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He woke me up, literally.
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The Bible says, He awakens my
ear every morning to listen as
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a disciple, not
to talk, to listen.
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I said, God wakes me up every
morning to spend time with him.
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They said, you are either crazy
or you are something different.
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I am neither
crazy nor different.
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I am the way
everybody should be.
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And so, how are you in Jesus?
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You ask him in the evening,
Lord, please wake me up.
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And then I said, if you cannot,
she says, discipline yourself.
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She says, discipline yourself.
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And he says,
after all you get used.
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And wake up early in the
morning, spend time with God,
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invite His presence.
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God wants, you
don't need to wake Him.
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He says, would you please come?
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And he says, no, let me think.
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No, He wants to come.
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He is waiting for
you to pray that prayer.
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Invite Him, because as soon
as you invite Him, He will come
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just right in.
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And you do that every day.
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You are not going
to see an explosion.
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An instant you fly and you
are holy and you have a tickling
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behind the neck and you
say, oh, oh, oh, you know.
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You don't feel anything.
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You know, when the Holy
Spirit works, it's not that
00:23:50.19\00:23:52.53
sensational
screaming and jumping.
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When the Holy Spirit works,
it's a peaceful transformation
00:23:55.20\00:23:58.83
that happens in time but
continually and securely.
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It's like the little wind, the
little, you know, how you call
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it in English...
00:24:08.11\00:24:10.25
Breath of air.
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Yes.
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Oh, the still small voice.
00:24:14.25\00:24:15.02
The still small voice, you know.
00:24:15.05\00:24:16.75
So, invite Him in.
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You will not see anything.
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But if you do that daily,
one year later you look back and
00:24:21.02\00:24:24.79
you clearly see that you
are here and now you are here.
00:24:24.79\00:24:28.10
Now you know God.
00:24:28.10\00:24:29.56
You walk with God.
00:24:29.93\00:24:30.57
You experience God.
00:24:30.70\00:24:31.57
The change, the Bible says that
the new birth is like the wind.
00:24:31.97\00:24:37.14
Jesus told
Nicodemus, it's like the wind.
00:24:38.81\00:24:40.78
You don't see it
but you see the effects.
00:24:40.98\00:24:42.51
You don't see from today to
tomorrow how God works but in
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time you will see the results.
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You know, I want to ask this
question because when we do a
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special prayer and praise
program here on Alive, a lot of
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the prayer requests that
come in are for parents with
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children that do not know
the Lord or have left the Lord.
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And so talk to us a little bit
about a parent that has prayed
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5 years, 10 years, 15 years,
20 years for their children and
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they are still
walking away from God.
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Do they continue to pray?
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Does it still make a difference?
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Because God already knows that
this child is a burden on the
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parent's heart.
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So is there power in continuing
to pray 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30
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years?
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prayer, petition prayer.
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One of them is
intercessory prayer.
00:25:36.60\00:25:38.97
Now when you pray petition
prayer, Lord I need a job.
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That's a good prayer to pray.
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It's a petition prayer.
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It's for something
temporary, for a temporary need.
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There is nothing wrong.
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The Bible says that we should
cast all our cares upon Him.
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Nothing wrong to ask.
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The problem we have is when
we twist God's arm to do what we
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want, the way we
want in the time we want.
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We don't only ask what we want.
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We even tell Him how to
do it and when to do it.
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Uh-oh.
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Okay.
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Which I have found
myself guilty of that.
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You know, kind of
twisting God's arm.
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We say God
didn't answer my prayer.
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What does it mean?
00:26:21.28\00:26:21.31
Yeah.
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God probably did answer
just not the way we expect.
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And if He doesn't work the
way we want, you think He didn't
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work.
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And then I says to every,
every, to every honest prayer
00:26:30.35\00:26:34.12
an answer will come.
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But it would be wrong to expect
God to answer the way we want
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in the time we want.
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So, going back.
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Okay.
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There are many types of prayer.
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One of them is petition.
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When you pray petition prayer,
you should present your needs,
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but you should be able to say,
as Jesus said, Nevertheless,
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not my will.
00:26:53.74\00:26:54.61
Basically, trust God's love and
wisdom because He knows the big
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picture.
00:26:59.28\00:26:59.78
He knows the future.
00:26:59.81\00:27:00.58
Give Him consent to do the way
He knows that is best because
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He loves you.
00:27:05.82\00:27:06.86
If He gave Jesus, what would be
easier to give you a car or to
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give His son?
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If He gave His son, He
can say and you have a car.
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But trust in His wisdom.
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He will not let you.
00:27:17.17\00:27:18.23
The problem people have is that
they don't know God, so they
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don't trust God and
they don't wait upon God.
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The Bible says those who wait,
they pray and then they act.
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Instead of
waiting, let the Lord work.
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That's petition prayer.
00:27:30.45\00:27:31.35
However, intercessory
prayer is not the same.
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It's not when you ask a car
or a house or a job or whatever.
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Intercessory prayer is not for
temporary needs, but it's for
00:27:39.49\00:27:43.02
somebody's salvation.
00:27:43.02\00:27:44.23
That prayer, we
should never give up.
00:27:44.96\00:27:47.46
We should always pray as
long as we live because it's a
00:27:47.46\00:27:51.37
matter of justice.
00:27:51.37\00:27:52.37
God gave us freedom of choice
and God would never violate
00:27:53.47\00:27:59.74
that freedom.
00:27:59.74\00:28:00.88
And so, if my son says leave
me alone, God has to respect his
00:28:02.18\00:28:08.58
choice.
00:28:08.58\00:28:09.12
If God forced him, Satan would
say you see God is a tyrant.
00:28:11.09\00:28:13.86
He's not just, I was right.
00:28:14.06\00:28:15.42
But if I pray for my son, God
says I need to answer Father's
00:28:16.12\00:28:20.13
prayers.
00:28:20.13\00:28:20.73
That's the reason Jesus says
to Peter, I'm praying for you
00:28:22.00\00:28:24.17
because he is our
greatest intercessor.
00:28:24.17\00:28:26.33
That's beautiful.
00:28:26.33\00:28:26.87
Making intercession for him.
00:28:27.20\00:28:27.97
In Hebrew it talks about that.
00:28:28.00\00:28:28.97
Making day and night.
00:28:29.24\00:28:30.41
He is doing
intercession before the Father.
00:28:30.57\00:28:32.67
He says my blood.
00:28:32.67\00:28:33.54
So, when I pray for my son,
not only that God gives me the
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wisdom to know what to do, what
to say, when to say, whatever,
00:28:39.45\00:28:44.49
but also it gives God
permission to work where God
00:28:44.49\00:28:47.39
has no right to work.
00:28:47.39\00:28:48.62
That's the reason you need
to pray daily so God could work
00:28:49.82\00:28:52.36
daily.
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very stubborn.
00:28:54.93\00:28:55.60
Yes, I understand.
00:28:57.20\00:28:58.13
So, God needs to keep working.
00:28:58.20\00:28:59.77
And God is working
more and more and more.
00:29:00.77\00:29:03.51
Eventually, he may allow some
things, if necessary, to get
00:29:04.01\00:29:07.21
their attention.
00:29:07.21\00:29:08.54
And so, I know, for instance,
a situation that I experienced
00:29:09.24\00:29:13.01
it.
00:29:13.01\00:29:17.42
lady, sweet, kind, loving,
one of the best church members,
00:29:17.42\00:29:21.66
always supporting the
church, always working.
00:29:22.22\00:29:23.99
She was the first one for all,
before evangelist, for Bible
00:29:24.06\00:29:26.49
studies.
00:29:26.49\00:29:27.03
She was a
reliable church member.
00:29:27.30\00:29:29.10
I wish everybody
was like her, you know.
00:29:29.20\00:29:31.03
She comes to me, says,
Pastor, sweet, old, short lady.
00:29:31.83\00:29:36.00
She says, Pastor, I've been
praying all my life for my son
00:29:36.34\00:29:40.18
and still he didn't come.
00:29:40.54\00:29:42.01
What should I do?
00:29:42.01\00:29:43.48
Stop praying.
00:29:43.48\00:29:43.95
I said, never.
00:29:44.21\00:29:45.51
Pray daily, so God works daily.
00:29:46.45\00:29:48.08
But God has not answered.
00:29:48.62\00:29:49.48
I said, oh, yes, God
has answered every day.
00:29:49.65\00:29:52.09
He has been working with
your son, but your son is really
00:29:52.49\00:29:55.12
like a donkey.
00:29:55.12\00:29:56.42
Double.
00:29:57.09\00:29:57.26
She smiled and says, what
should I do, Pastor, I am old.
00:29:58.63\00:30:01.10
I said, nothing.
00:30:01.36\00:30:02.50
That's God's
business about your age.
00:30:02.76\00:30:04.20
What is your business is prayer.
00:30:04.80\00:30:06.13
Don't worry about time.
00:30:07.24\00:30:09.34
Worry about
relationship, prayer.
00:30:10.07\00:30:11.44
Amen.
00:30:11.44\00:30:11.84
So she said, I've been
praying 40 years, Pastor.
00:30:12.97\00:30:15.84
40.
00:30:15.91\00:30:16.38
Wow.
00:30:17.48\00:30:17.81
That's a long time.
00:30:18.01\00:30:19.15
Yes, it is.
00:30:19.21\00:30:19.85
That's a lot of love.
00:30:20.02\00:30:20.88
I mean, Abraham
prayed 25 for a son.
00:30:21.02\00:30:22.95
But this lady, 40.
00:30:24.05\00:30:26.29
You get discouraged, you know.
00:30:27.26\00:30:28.76
Correct.
00:30:28.79\00:30:29.09
So I told her, keep praying.
00:30:29.72\00:30:30.69
And I told her about, I
don't know if you know, George
00:30:31.46\00:30:36.10
Mueller.
00:30:36.10\00:30:36.56
Oh, yes.
00:30:36.70\00:30:37.27
He had a few friends.
00:30:37.57\00:30:38.50
He prayed for them.
00:30:38.83\00:30:39.73
One converted after six months.
00:30:39.73\00:30:41.57
One converted after two years.
00:30:42.24\00:30:43.74
But the last
two never converted.
00:30:44.51\00:30:46.44
And he prayed all his life.
00:30:46.68\00:30:47.78
When he is old, he has been
praying already, I don't know,
00:30:47.91\00:30:50.88
alive.
00:30:51.31\00:30:52.01
He dies.
00:30:55.52\00:30:56.22
One converts then at his
funeral and one a few months
00:30:56.89\00:31:00.26
later.
00:31:00.26\00:31:00.66
So he never saw.
00:31:01.39\00:31:02.72
He never saw it.
00:31:02.72\00:31:03.39
But he prayed his entire life.
00:31:03.39\00:31:04.36
But God did answer.
00:31:04.36\00:31:04.39
So I told the lady,
I said, keep praying.
00:31:05.99\00:31:07.96
Keep praying.
00:31:07.96\00:31:09.00
Well, she had a stroke.
00:31:10.03\00:31:11.53
I visited her in hospital.
00:31:12.60\00:31:13.40
She was in and out, in and out.
00:31:13.47\00:31:15.30
And she is, for a few
moments, she is aware.
00:31:15.80\00:31:18.57
And she says,
Pastor, are you here?
00:31:18.71\00:31:19.64
I said, yes, I've been here.
00:31:19.64\00:31:20.94
She says, Pastor, I am dying.
00:31:21.51\00:31:22.41
Who is going to pray for my son?
00:31:22.48\00:31:23.61
I said, well, we will.
00:31:23.98\00:31:24.95
However, you need to talk
to Jesus and say, lead Jesus.
00:31:25.15\00:31:27.78
I've been interested for him.
00:31:28.25\00:31:29.52
Now I am dying.
00:31:29.52\00:31:30.25
But I am asking you
to keep working with him.
00:31:31.12\00:31:34.29
Amen.
00:31:34.69\00:31:35.09
Yeah, that's powerful.
00:31:35.36\00:31:36.19
That's powerful.
00:31:36.46\00:31:37.03
Okay, Pastor.
00:31:37.69\00:31:38.53
And she prayed.
00:31:39.03\00:31:39.63
And then she entered
again in coma and then out.
00:31:40.30\00:31:42.13
And she died.
00:31:42.26\00:31:42.86
At her funeral, her son came.
00:31:43.93\00:31:45.43
Oh, wow.
00:31:45.70\00:31:46.63
Now, to mention before that,
every time she would talk to
00:31:46.90\00:31:50.14
him about religion, he told
her, if you talk again about
00:31:50.14\00:31:52.17
God, I'm going to change
my email, change my telephone.
00:31:52.17\00:31:54.44
You will never reach me again.
00:31:54.98\00:31:55.91
I hate God.
00:31:56.11\00:31:56.78
Don't even mention church.
00:31:57.05\00:31:58.41
I hate, you know, either.
00:31:58.58\00:31:59.75
And he would
curse and he would...
00:32:00.05\00:32:01.88
It was terrible.
00:32:01.88\00:32:02.68
Very discouraging for her.
00:32:04.42\00:32:05.62
So he died.
00:32:05.62\00:32:06.72
He comes at the funeral.
00:32:07.02\00:32:07.89
I preach.
00:32:08.22\00:32:08.89
He comes with tears and he
says, Mom was such a patient,
00:32:09.72\00:32:12.93
loving being.
00:32:13.03\00:32:14.93
She always talked to me and
she's going to be in heaven for
00:32:15.63\00:32:18.40
sure.
00:32:18.40\00:32:20.90
And I will never get there.
00:32:21.14\00:32:22.17
I said, why not?
00:32:22.24\00:32:22.94
Because I am a sinner.
00:32:23.47\00:32:24.31
I said, guess what?
00:32:24.57\00:32:25.44
We are all.
00:32:25.44\00:32:25.47
your mama, you know.
00:32:29.34\00:32:30.48
He says, what
can I do to be saved?
00:32:31.21\00:32:33.18
I said, well, that's
the first step asking.
00:32:33.48\00:32:35.32
I said, you need to
repent and be baptized.
00:32:35.62\00:32:39.22
He says, should
I confess to you?
00:32:39.75\00:32:41.39
I said, absolutely not.
00:32:41.46\00:32:42.42
You need to confess to Jesus.
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.16
Yeah, not to a human being.
00:32:44.19\00:32:45.29
But you need to come
to me for Bible studies.
00:32:45.29\00:32:45.33
Amen.
00:32:47.83\00:32:48.16
He did.
00:32:48.30\00:32:48.86
And I baptized him.
00:32:49.46\00:32:50.83
He says, Pastor, I lost so much
time in my life being an enemy,
00:32:50.87\00:32:54.44
I want to recover the time.
00:32:54.50\00:32:55.64
I said, well, you will not
be, but at least you will not be
00:32:55.74\00:32:57.61
able to recover
the time past is past.
00:32:57.61\00:32:59.34
At least you can use
properly the time from now on.
00:32:59.71\00:33:01.94
Pastor, I want to
save as many as possible.
00:33:02.18\00:33:03.95
And he with another family,
with another group with myself,
00:33:04.98\00:33:08.12
small group, a few people,
we went to a different location,
00:33:08.78\00:33:12.09
no church, and started a church.
00:33:12.12\00:33:14.49
And he worked, he
became the head elder.
00:33:14.72\00:33:16.56
And with that group, the
church grew like 20, 70 members.
00:33:16.83\00:33:19.86
I mean, you talk about a church.
00:33:20.06\00:33:21.70
So when Jesus comes, she
died without seeing an answer.
00:33:22.30\00:33:27.34
But she will see him in heaven.
00:33:27.67\00:33:29.47
I say, wow, you're here.
00:33:30.01\00:33:31.17
Intercessory
prayer is when you...
00:33:32.44\00:33:34.68
It's powerful.
00:33:34.68\00:33:35.41
Yes, absolutely.
00:33:35.74\00:33:36.85
So why don't you talk to
this camera here right off to my
00:33:36.98\00:33:39.61
left here.
00:33:39.61\00:33:42.75
to them to encourage
them to keep going forward?
00:33:42.75\00:33:44.85
Never, never stop praying.
00:33:46.29\00:33:48.06
God loves your child
more than you love your child.
00:33:49.46\00:33:52.49
God gave his son...
00:33:52.53\00:33:54.63
The Spirit of Christ says
that God loves us as much as he
00:33:54.63\00:33:57.60
loves Jesus Christ, his son.
00:33:57.60\00:33:59.23
God loves your child.
00:33:59.33\00:34:00.47
Always pray, never give
up, never get discouraged.
00:34:00.47\00:34:03.17
Don't look to the appearances.
00:34:03.47\00:34:05.47
Look to Jesus.
00:34:06.11\00:34:07.14
Trust in him.
00:34:07.91\00:34:08.68
He works before you know.
00:34:09.01\00:34:10.85
He works the
ways you don't know.
00:34:11.01\00:34:12.65
He's working.
00:34:13.05\00:34:13.78
Don't think just because you
don't see it, it doesn't mean
00:34:14.28\00:34:16.45
God doesn't work.
00:34:16.45\00:34:17.09
God is answering
every honest prayer.
00:34:17.49\00:34:20.52
You may not see him
now, but he is working.
00:34:20.79\00:34:24.73
He'll do whatever possible to
save that person that you pray
00:34:24.83\00:34:28.20
for.
00:34:28.20\00:34:30.97
What to do, because
you have a part to do.
00:34:31.27\00:34:33.34
Not to give them hard
time, you need to show Christ.
00:34:33.74\00:34:36.57
But not to leave them alone.
00:34:36.94\00:34:38.47
You need to also work with them.
00:34:39.11\00:34:40.61
Keep praying.
00:34:41.24\00:34:41.84
Amen.
00:34:42.71\00:34:43.98
What a great story, you know.
00:34:44.18\00:34:46.15
Very encouraging.
00:34:46.25\00:34:50.82
see Jesus answer those prayers,
going to sleep in Jesus, not
00:34:50.82\00:34:54.89
knowing the answer
that was on its way.
00:34:54.89\00:34:57.93
And what an
incredible testimony.
00:34:57.93\00:34:59.29
Not just her son becoming the
head elder and accepting Jesus.
00:34:59.43\00:35:03.30
He's bringing so
many people to Jesus.
00:35:03.30\00:35:05.50
He's so many people being
converted and finding Jesus.
00:35:06.00\00:35:09.74
That's incredible.
00:35:10.41\00:35:12.77
This is a terrible example.
00:35:12.91\00:35:14.94
Terrible on my side.
00:35:15.44\00:35:16.81
So, I don't know if you
ever heard the story, but so the
00:35:18.31\00:35:23.49
place that we lived some time
ago, we are not there anymore.
00:35:23.49\00:35:26.12
We sold the house and
moved because our kids finished
00:35:26.12\00:35:28.42
school and they
moved and anyway.
00:35:28.42\00:35:30.83
I usually, I believe what
the Spirit of the Prophet says.
00:35:33.36\00:35:38.00
She says, not everybody
can go in a foreign land as a
00:35:38.50\00:35:41.87
missionary, but everyone is
called to be a missionary in
00:35:41.87\00:35:45.64
his neighborhood.
00:35:45.64\00:35:46.07
Yes, that's right.
00:35:46.27\00:35:47.11
I believe that.
00:35:47.28\00:35:48.08
And she says, those that
have been truly converted have a
00:35:48.51\00:35:52.61
passion for the laws.
00:35:52.61\00:35:53.42
They love people.
00:35:53.45\00:35:54.28
They love God
and they love people.
00:35:54.28\00:35:56.15
She says, those who don't
love people, they have never
00:35:56.65\00:35:58.49
understood God.
00:35:58.49\00:35:59.15
They don't know God.
00:35:59.25\00:36:00.19
They have never
been truly converted.
00:36:00.32\00:36:01.62
The Bible clearly says, if you
say you love God and you don't
00:36:02.29\00:36:05.16
love your
neighbor, you are a liar.
00:36:05.16\00:36:07.00
And the love of
God is not in you.
00:36:07.56\00:36:09.06
That's right.
00:36:09.06\00:36:09.70
So, God is going to make us
responsible for those people.
00:36:10.30\00:36:14.70
They will say, you knew
it and you didn't tell me.
00:36:14.90\00:36:17.17
And the Bible says
that we are the watchmen.
00:36:17.51\00:36:20.91
And if we don't give the sound
and they perish, their blood is
00:36:20.91\00:36:25.95
going to be required.
00:36:25.95\00:36:26.85
At our hands.
00:36:27.25\00:36:27.75
We will be accountable for it.
00:36:27.95\00:36:29.38
We will pay for their blood.
00:36:29.38\00:36:30.32
But if we give the sound, if
they come or not, that's their
00:36:30.62\00:36:33.09
business.
00:36:33.09\00:36:33.69
It's between them and God.
00:36:33.72\00:36:34.72
That's right.
00:36:34.72\00:36:35.16
But we will not be responsible.
00:36:35.42\00:36:36.69
But we may even
see them in heaven.
00:36:37.09\00:36:39.03
So, every place I go, I don't
consider that God gave me a
00:36:39.49\00:36:43.53
house so I have a house.
00:36:43.53\00:36:44.53
God gave me a house because
God loves those neighbors.
00:36:44.63\00:36:47.04
He died for those.
00:36:47.50\00:36:48.47
He values those neighbors.
00:36:48.47\00:36:50.41
So, I always
pray for opportunity.
00:36:51.04\00:36:52.31
I pray in the
neighborhood around the homes.
00:36:52.51\00:36:54.28
That's great.
00:36:54.41\00:36:58.48
And then, I love gardening.
00:36:58.88\00:37:02.05
Oh yes, you do.
00:37:02.25\00:37:05.45
away.
00:37:05.45\00:37:05.75
I'm happy.
00:37:06.22\00:37:06.72
Sometimes I
talk to the tomatoes.
00:37:06.99\00:37:08.22
I know it sounds
crazy, but I just love it.
00:37:08.36\00:37:10.23
Oh, it makes sense.
00:37:10.26\00:37:11.03
So, then I guess if you're
crazy, I am too because I do
00:37:11.96\00:37:14.36
the same thing.
00:37:14.36\00:37:15.06
So, I go in my garden and I
look there to the blessings and
00:37:15.56\00:37:19.37
those vegetables from
the garden have taste.
00:37:19.37\00:37:21.84
They are not
like the ones you buy.
00:37:22.10\00:37:23.30
That's right.
00:37:23.37\00:37:26.47
able to sell and to buy, what
do you eat if you don't buy?
00:37:26.47\00:37:29.74
Yes.
00:37:29.98\00:37:30.31
I have a big garden.
00:37:30.51\00:37:31.51
But anyway, so,
you know, countryside.
00:37:32.61\00:37:35.42
And so, I go to the garden and
I take the vegetables and I go
00:37:36.15\00:37:41.16
to the neighbors.
00:37:41.16\00:37:41.86
And first time I don't
tell them, I need to repent.
00:37:42.76\00:37:44.39
I just, hey, I'm the neighbor.
00:37:45.53\00:37:46.73
I'm the new neighbor.
00:37:46.76\00:37:47.40
We have plenty of tomatoes.
00:37:48.66\00:37:49.93
We don't want
them to go to waste.
00:37:50.07\00:37:51.43
We like to give them some.
00:37:51.93\00:37:52.60
Oh, thank you, neighbor.
00:37:52.73\00:37:53.60
You are a good neighbor.
00:37:53.60\00:37:53.64
A week later, I go again.
00:37:56.34\00:37:57.37
Hey, I got some
cucumbers or I got a watermelon.
00:37:57.41\00:37:59.57
Oh, thank you.
00:37:59.91\00:38:00.81
After you do that two, three
times, the message is that you
00:38:01.21\00:38:03.95
are a good person.
00:38:03.95\00:38:04.68
You care.
00:38:05.15\00:38:05.71
You are a good neighbor.
00:38:05.85\00:38:06.61
They start to like you.
00:38:06.85\00:38:07.72
They start to trust you.
00:38:07.72\00:38:08.62
So, I go and I
say, hey, I have a book.
00:38:08.68\00:38:10.82
I give them
tomatoes and the book.
00:38:11.22\00:38:12.55
Yeah.
00:38:12.92\00:38:13.22
They say, oh, okay.
00:38:13.86\00:38:14.62
Now, you're not a stranger.
00:38:14.82\00:38:15.89
They say, what?
00:38:15.89\00:38:16.36
I don't need the book.
00:38:16.46\00:38:17.36
You are a friend.
00:38:17.76\00:38:18.53
That's right.
00:38:18.66\00:38:21.73
I believe, I
strongly believe in prayer.
00:38:21.96\00:38:23.73
I would like to pray for you.
00:38:23.87\00:38:24.90
Tell me what to pray for.
00:38:25.13\00:38:26.10
You know, when I
go home, I'll pray.
00:38:26.94\00:38:28.30
I don't ask to pray right there.
00:38:28.37\00:38:29.74
When I go home,
I'll pray for you.
00:38:30.01\00:38:31.37
I have a group of prayer.
00:38:31.57\00:38:32.41
We have seen answers
to prayers, you know.
00:38:32.64\00:38:34.38
And then next time I go, I
say, can I pray for you now?
00:38:34.78\00:38:36.88
And gradually, slowly, you
know, and people start to say,
00:38:37.55\00:38:40.68
hey, he's the
pastor of the neighborhood.
00:38:40.75\00:38:42.35
Oh, wow.
00:38:42.55\00:38:45.75
for my son, for my wife, my
job, my health, my whatever.
00:38:45.75\00:38:48.32
And so I move to
the neighborhood.
00:38:48.69\00:38:50.29
We bought a house.
00:38:50.46\00:38:50.96
I go to the
neighbor to the right.
00:38:51.29\00:38:52.79
Big beard, he comes
to the door with a gun.
00:38:54.36\00:38:56.23
Oh, wow.
00:38:56.50\00:38:57.43
A little intimidating.
00:38:58.23\00:38:58.93
What do you want?
00:38:59.83\00:39:00.44
I'm the neighbor.
00:39:00.80\00:39:01.37
You just bought this house.
00:39:01.64\00:39:02.57
Yes.
00:39:02.97\00:39:03.30
I say, I got
some tomatoes for you.
00:39:04.11\00:39:05.64
Oh, so sweet.
00:39:06.04\00:39:07.01
He puts the gun down.
00:39:07.24\00:39:08.08
He takes the tomatoes.
00:39:08.18\00:39:08.91
The neighbor that was
before you, he was terrible.
00:39:09.28\00:39:11.01
He was crooked.
00:39:11.28\00:39:11.95
He deceived us.
00:39:12.15\00:39:12.88
He wanted to sue us.
00:39:13.38\00:39:14.52
He went on and on and on.
00:39:14.52\00:39:16.55
I give him the tomatoes.
00:39:17.02\00:39:17.99
I go.
00:39:18.25\00:39:18.52
I come again a few days later.
00:39:18.95\00:39:20.06
I bring tomatoes and the book.
00:39:20.22\00:39:21.72
He said, I'd
like to pray for you.
00:39:22.22\00:39:23.49
I said, well, we
don't go to church.
00:39:23.76\00:39:25.66
I said, did I ask
you to go to church?
00:39:25.83\00:39:28.36
No.
00:39:28.96\00:39:29.56
I said, I'd
like to pray for you.
00:39:29.76\00:39:31.00
What do you want me to pray for?
00:39:31.27\00:39:32.37
What is it that
you struggle with?
00:39:32.40\00:39:33.84
He puts his head down.
00:39:34.70\00:39:36.30
He calls his wife.
00:39:36.67\00:39:37.67
She comes.
00:39:38.01\00:39:38.74
He takes her like this and
says, we've been married for so
00:39:39.17\00:39:41.98
many years and we have
tried to have children.
00:39:41.98\00:39:44.58
We don't have children.
00:39:44.78\00:39:45.75
So I said, can I pray for you?
00:39:46.85\00:39:49.02
And I make a parenthesis.
00:39:49.85\00:39:51.39
I pray many times for
many people and many times for
00:39:52.22\00:39:54.72
myself.
00:39:54.72\00:39:55.36
And sometimes I see answer
prayers the way I pray and
00:39:56.59\00:39:59.96
sometimes I don't see that.
00:39:59.96\00:40:02.56
That may answer differently
or he may answer in different
00:40:03.00\00:40:05.10
time.
00:40:05.10\00:40:05.50
But I've seen something
that I think I'm right.
00:40:06.77\00:40:10.04
I'm not sure, but
I think I'm right.
00:40:10.11\00:40:11.64
Every time when the prayer
is meant not necessarily to help
00:40:12.74\00:40:17.55
them, but to help them in order
so they know Christ and they
00:40:17.55\00:40:21.15
are saved, then God answers.
00:40:21.15\00:40:23.12
It's like if you remember when
Jesus resurrected Lazarus, what
00:40:23.75\00:40:28.06
did he pray?
00:40:28.06\00:40:33.53
What was the goal?
00:40:33.93\00:40:34.96
Not that Lazarus lives another
2, 3, 5 years and die, but that
00:40:35.13\00:40:37.47
they accept Jesus as Messiah.
00:40:37.47\00:40:39.10
When he healed the paralysed
guy that was coming from the
00:40:40.44\00:40:45.01
ceiling and all, his friends
lured him to the ceiling, he
00:40:45.01\00:40:48.71
just said, your
sins are forgiven.
00:40:48.71\00:40:50.48
Who is this?
00:40:50.71\00:40:51.75
That's blasphemy.
00:40:52.05\00:40:53.05
And he says, for you to know,
what was the purpose of the
00:40:54.02\00:40:57.02
healing?
00:40:57.02\00:40:57.05
For you to know that the Son
of Man has power to I say, what
00:40:58.62\00:41:02.82
was the purpose?
00:41:02.82\00:41:03.69
So Jesus many times did
miracles not for the sake of
00:41:03.96\00:41:07.00
helping people temporarily.
00:41:07.00\00:41:08.13
He didn't come to give
us comfort in this life.
00:41:08.13\00:41:10.77
He came and died to
give us eternal life.
00:41:10.97\00:41:13.40
He even said in this
life, you'll have troubles.
00:41:13.57\00:41:15.77
That's right.
00:41:16.07\00:41:16.64
And he said, if it's necessary,
it's better for you to lose a
00:41:17.31\00:41:19.67
leg or an eye
instead of losing eternity.
00:41:19.67\00:41:21.94
So if that prayer answered
would help them know God and
00:41:23.58\00:41:29.15
experience Him and commit their
life to Him and be saved, God
00:41:29.15\00:41:31.99
would do anything.
00:41:31.99\00:41:32.65
Not to the purpose necessarily
to do the miracle, but to the
00:41:33.69\00:41:36.89
purpose to save them,
to get their attention.
00:41:36.89\00:41:39.56
And so I prayed, I said,
Lord, these precious people are
00:41:40.56\00:41:45.33
looking for a baby.
00:41:45.33\00:41:46.30
If you want to give them a
baby, please do so, if not,
00:41:47.44\00:41:50.04
not.
00:41:50.24\00:41:54.64
how much they love the baby
and understand how much you love
00:41:54.64\00:41:57.21
them because
they are your babies.
00:41:57.21\00:41:59.08
And they will know
you through the baby.
00:41:59.48\00:42:01.98
Wow, that's powerful.
00:42:01.98\00:42:03.32
He looks to me, I've never
heard anybody praying that way.
00:42:03.85\00:42:06.39
People that I know pray the
prayers that are in our prayer
00:42:07.39\00:42:09.79
book.
00:42:09.79\00:42:10.13
One year later,
she was pregnant.
00:42:12.33\00:42:13.86
Anyway, so then I go to the
next neighbor and I give them
00:42:15.16\00:42:18.90
vegetables and I pray with him.
00:42:18.90\00:42:20.20
His wife had cancer.
00:42:20.20\00:42:21.04
And then I go to
the next neighbor.
00:42:21.07\00:42:22.57
Now across the street in the
left side of our house and he
00:42:23.00\00:42:26.91
lost his wife to cancer.
00:42:26.91\00:42:28.54
He lost his daughter to cancer.
00:42:28.61\00:42:30.01
His son was in a car
accident, got paralyzed.
00:42:30.21\00:42:32.35
That man was hit
from all directions.
00:42:32.35\00:42:34.42
And I pray with him.
00:42:35.12\00:42:36.12
And then I go to the next
door neighbor in the left side.
00:42:37.12\00:42:40.66
I knock on the
door, he opens the door.
00:42:41.09\00:42:42.52
When I start knocking, he
says, you have an accident.
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.69
I said, yes.
00:42:44.83\00:42:45.43
You immigrants.
00:42:46.83\00:42:47.60
And he starts cursing me.
00:42:48.40\00:42:50.70
And he uses really bad words
that I cannot even say a letter
00:42:51.30\00:42:54.80
or anything.
00:42:54.80\00:42:55.24
Bad words.
00:42:56.30\00:42:57.11
You immigrants, we hate you,
you should die, you should go
00:42:58.14\00:43:01.24
back to your country.
00:43:01.24\00:43:01.98
He says, if you ever come to
my door, I'm going to call the
00:43:02.81\00:43:05.41
police.
00:43:05.41\00:43:05.61
I hate you, go away!
00:43:06.05\00:43:07.65
Screaming, calling me names.
00:43:07.75\00:43:08.75
All that dirt, all
that garbage, all that...
00:43:09.98\00:43:14.06
I needed Q-tips to
clean my ears after that.
00:43:14.06\00:43:16.42
But anyway, so I go home
and tell my wife, honey, we move
00:43:17.23\00:43:21.03
next to Satan, honey.
00:43:21.03\00:43:22.20
She says, what?
00:43:22.96\00:43:23.83
I hate a lot of hate.
00:43:23.83\00:43:24.50
So I tell her.
00:43:24.90\00:43:25.90
And she says, no,
nothing happens by chance.
00:43:26.30\00:43:28.77
She says, God
put us here for him.
00:43:29.57\00:43:32.04
I say, no, no, no, no, no.
00:43:32.57\00:43:33.61
You cannot save that person.
00:43:33.74\00:43:35.14
You never know people
like Paul, a persecutor.
00:43:36.51\00:43:39.58
You never know.
00:43:39.75\00:43:40.88
People that you expect to
be saved probably will never
00:43:41.12\00:43:43.22
change.
00:43:43.22\00:43:43.49
You never know.
00:43:43.75\00:43:44.42
God knows the future.
00:43:44.49\00:43:45.52
You should pray for everybody.
00:43:45.79\00:43:46.89
So my wife says,
honey, get out of ministry.
00:43:47.46\00:43:49.86
I say, what?
00:43:49.96\00:43:50.53
You better than anybody should
know that you should pray for
00:43:51.53\00:43:54.00
everybody.
00:43:54.00\00:43:54.46
You should love everybody.
00:43:54.60\00:43:57.37
who hate us.
00:43:57.37\00:43:57.80
Why are you a minister?
00:43:58.33\00:43:59.30
I say, oh, come on, honey.
00:44:00.07\00:44:01.64
I already have
stomach pain from his curses.
00:44:02.70\00:44:05.11
He says, that's
another reason to pray for him.
00:44:05.47\00:44:08.34
Wow.
00:44:08.84\00:44:09.28
You have a good wife.
00:44:09.71\00:44:10.88
But next day, and next week,
and next month, every time I
00:44:10.88\00:44:14.12
get outside in the backyard, in
the front yard, on the deck, he
00:44:14.12\00:44:17.49
sees me, he starts
screaming and cursing.
00:44:17.49\00:44:18.95
He called the police on us.
00:44:19.15\00:44:20.32
He called the police that we,
our dogs keep barking and wake
00:44:20.52\00:44:23.29
him up.
00:44:23.29\00:44:23.76
He called the police.
00:44:23.86\00:44:24.49
He made our life miserable.
00:44:25.73\00:44:27.96
Cursing, I would hate to even
go outside to see him because
00:44:28.20\00:44:31.03
he would curse and scream.
00:44:31.03\00:44:32.03
Oh, and so my wife says,
that's because you don't pray.
00:44:33.37\00:44:36.97
I'm praying.
00:44:37.11\00:44:37.94
She says, oh, I heard you pray.
00:44:38.47\00:44:41.04
That's no intercessory prayer.
00:44:41.58\00:44:42.84
That's, she
said, entitled prayer.
00:44:43.91\00:44:46.01
I said, what do you mean?
00:44:46.18\00:44:47.02
He says, you pray, Lord, change
this man because he gives us
00:44:47.38\00:44:50.02
such a hard time.
00:44:50.02\00:44:50.99
She says, you are
worried about your hard time.
00:44:50.99\00:44:54.09
I said, what do
you want me to say?
00:44:54.39\00:44:55.76
He says, forget yourself.
00:44:56.16\00:44:57.89
Pray for him.
00:44:58.39\00:44:59.53
Care for him as
Jesus cares for him.
00:44:59.89\00:45:01.43
Say, oh Lord, change him.
00:45:01.56\00:45:02.83
She says, don't pray
that God changes him.
00:45:03.10\00:45:05.03
Pray that God will change you.
00:45:05.07\00:45:06.53
I said, okay, man.
00:45:06.94\00:45:07.60
This is a prayer of surrender.
00:45:07.87\00:45:09.00
Yes, it is.
00:45:09.14\00:45:09.90
She said, intercessory
prayer is to be like Jesus.
00:45:10.61\00:45:14.34
Amen.
00:45:14.61\00:45:15.01
I said, what do you mean?
00:45:15.91\00:45:16.54
She says, unless you are
willing to die for that man,
00:45:17.21\00:45:19.15
you will never be like Jesus.
00:45:19.15\00:45:20.98
So he says, Lord,
pray this prayer, Lord.
00:45:21.72\00:45:24.49
Do whatever it takes.
00:45:24.99\00:45:25.75
I am willing to give
you to surrender my life.
00:45:26.02\00:45:28.32
If my life would save this
man, I am ready to die if I know
00:45:28.69\00:45:32.56
that he will be in heaven.
00:45:32.56\00:45:33.36
He says, honey, I
cannot pray that prayer.
00:45:33.86\00:45:36.43
What if God answers it?
00:45:36.50\00:45:38.17
I know.
00:45:38.43\00:45:39.13
She says, then you
are not a Christian.
00:45:39.33\00:45:40.64
She says, you don't love people.
00:45:42.54\00:45:44.01
If you love people the way
Jesus loves people, you would
00:45:44.37\00:45:47.01
not value your life as
Jesus didn't value his life.
00:45:47.01\00:45:49.01
You think about
eternal life, not this life.
00:45:49.91\00:45:51.65
In this life, you are
called to serve Jesus.
00:45:51.88\00:45:53.78
Oh, I didn't like that.
00:45:55.08\00:45:56.45
I went to my bedroom
upset, but I started to think.
00:45:56.82\00:46:00.59
So I kneel down and I
said, Lord, this is a difficult
00:46:01.09\00:46:03.63
prayer and I really
hope you don't answer it.
00:46:03.63\00:46:05.83
You are just
being honest with God.
00:46:06.59\00:46:07.83
I am willing to
surrender my life.
00:46:07.86\00:46:09.43
Hopefully you don't need that,
but please do whatever it takes
00:46:09.76\00:46:14.24
to save this man.
00:46:14.24\00:46:15.10
That's beautiful.
00:46:16.57\00:46:17.41
What happened when
I prayed that prayer?
00:46:17.84\00:46:19.21
No miracle or not,
he didn't stop cursing.
00:46:20.01\00:46:22.41
But instantly I
was angry every day.
00:46:22.74\00:46:26.05
I felt peace.
00:46:26.45\00:46:27.18
When he would curse me, I would
just feel sorry for him and go
00:46:27.68\00:46:30.79
back and pray another prayer.
00:46:30.79\00:46:32.02
Lord, I am not going to leave
you alone before you save this
00:46:32.02\00:46:34.72
man.
00:46:34.72\00:46:36.62
I want him to be my
best friend in heaven.
00:46:36.99\00:46:39.46
God was changing you.
00:46:41.10\00:46:42.36
A few days later, I
hear a noise outside.
00:46:42.60\00:46:45.20
I look, his dogs that he always
keeps inside are playing with
00:46:45.50\00:46:49.90
my dogs.
00:46:49.90\00:46:50.51
In your yard?
00:46:51.27\00:46:52.14
In my yard.
00:46:52.41\00:46:52.97
So I go down and I love animals.
00:46:53.78\00:46:56.11
I just love them.
00:46:56.21\00:46:57.25
My dogs are spoiled.
00:46:57.55\00:46:59.28
They have a better
life than many people do.
00:46:59.75\00:47:01.72
So I go down and I give
them organic treats like sweet
00:47:02.42\00:47:07.52
potatoes that are dry.
00:47:07.52\00:47:08.72
I give them this and I give
them that and I hug them and I
00:47:09.16\00:47:12.56
play with them and I pet them
and I, you know, and the dogs
00:47:12.56\00:47:16.56
love me.
00:47:16.56\00:47:17.47
And then I look and he is
at the border of the property,
00:47:17.77\00:47:21.20
looking like that.
00:47:21.40\00:47:22.60
So I say, hello.
00:47:24.14\00:47:25.51
He doesn't answer.
00:47:26.64\00:47:27.61
He is like a star, like a
not moving, like a statue, you
00:47:27.84\00:47:32.15
know.
00:47:32.15\00:47:32.25
So I said, come on
puppies, let's go home, come on.
00:47:33.28\00:47:35.58
And I get them to him.
00:47:35.75\00:47:36.55
I said, take your dogs.
00:47:36.58\00:47:37.35
And I noticed when I planted my
garden, it was on the mountain
00:47:38.75\00:47:43.79
rocks.
00:47:43.79\00:47:44.36
Nothing would grow.
00:47:45.16\00:47:45.93
So I put 11 trailers of
compost within cinder blocks.
00:47:46.26\00:47:53.27
Yeah, kind of like a raised bed.
00:47:53.54\00:47:55.64
Like a raised bed
and everything grew.
00:47:55.84\00:47:57.41
I noticed the
neighbor's wife trying.
00:47:57.81\00:47:59.64
All the plants died
when they were so small.
00:48:00.31\00:48:02.14
Nothing grew, zero.
00:48:02.38\00:48:03.81
So I've been praying, God give
me wisdom if there is something
00:48:05.31\00:48:08.48
I can do.
00:48:08.48\00:48:09.18
And in that
moment, God inspired me.
00:48:09.72\00:48:11.45
And I said, I gave him the
dogs and I said, come over.
00:48:11.45\00:48:15.26
He says, no.
00:48:15.89\00:48:16.86
I said, come over.
00:48:17.56\00:48:18.29
Why, did my dogs poop
and now you want me to clean?
00:48:18.69\00:48:21.20
I said, no, no,
no, no, no, come over.
00:48:21.66\00:48:23.33
Did they do any damage
and you want me to pay?
00:48:23.53\00:48:25.33
I said, no, just
come for a second.
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.60
I want to show you something.
00:48:27.60\00:48:28.44
What?
00:48:28.70\00:48:29.24
Just come for
one second, please.
00:48:29.54\00:48:31.91
I promise.
00:48:32.57\00:48:33.44
Very, you know, suspicious.
00:48:35.04\00:48:36.44
Oh, yes.
00:48:36.71\00:48:39.78
And I take him to the garden.
00:48:39.78\00:48:41.55
I say, help yourself.
00:48:42.25\00:48:44.22
Big, and we had like plants
that were nine, 10 feet tall,
00:48:45.15\00:48:48.06
50, 60 tomatoes per plant.
00:48:48.59\00:48:49.72
Big tomatoes, I put
them, I have pictures.
00:48:49.99\00:48:51.53
Put them on the scale,
1.4, 1.8 pounds of tomatoes.
00:48:51.59\00:48:54.93
Oh, those are big tomatoes.
00:48:54.93\00:48:56.00
Big tomatoes.
00:48:56.20\00:48:56.80
I said, help yourself.
00:48:57.10\00:48:57.63
Wow, big watermelons,
3.2 feet or whatever.
00:48:58.20\00:49:01.64
Over 3 feet watermelons.
00:49:01.94\00:49:03.24
I mean, eggplants.
00:49:04.81\00:49:05.71
If you see the
eggplant, you hold it.
00:49:05.91\00:49:07.94
I have pictures actually, I
can prove that because somebody
00:49:07.98\00:49:10.38
told me, you exaggerate.
00:49:10.38\00:49:11.41
I showed him the pictures
with eggplant on the scale.
00:49:11.51\00:49:13.15
Yes, okay, yep.
00:49:13.52\00:49:14.28
Can't deny that.
00:49:14.48\00:49:15.02
3.98 pounds, one eggplant.
00:49:15.22\00:49:17.49
That was a big, three.
00:49:17.72\00:49:19.35
Three, no, that's huge.
00:49:19.82\00:49:20.82
Almost four pounds.
00:49:21.02\00:49:22.26
Not all of them that big, but
many and big and nice because
00:49:22.29\00:49:26.76
of the compost,
manure, you know, rich.
00:49:26.76\00:49:29.73
But anyway, so he
says, oh, nice garden.
00:49:30.20\00:49:34.90
I said, help yourself.
00:49:35.07\00:49:35.77
He took the
tomatoes and he left.
00:49:36.27\00:49:37.21
I said, no, no, no, come back.
00:49:37.24\00:49:38.24
He said, you want me to pay?
00:49:38.37\00:49:39.17
I said, no.
00:49:39.17\00:49:39.84
I gave him a basket.
00:49:40.31\00:49:40.98
I said, fill it up.
00:49:41.14\00:49:42.04
No, no, no.
00:49:42.24\00:49:42.68
I said, okay.
00:49:42.94\00:49:46.38
and I put okra and
I filled the basket.
00:49:46.38\00:49:49.82
He holds the basket
looking like big eyes.
00:49:49.95\00:49:52.15
And I said, I'm going to take
a big watermelon and follow you
00:49:52.52\00:49:55.66
because he could not carry it.
00:49:55.66\00:49:57.99
And he puts it down.
00:49:58.13\00:49:59.26
He says, how much
do you want me to pay?
00:49:59.33\00:50:01.20
I said, nothing.
00:50:01.30\00:50:02.20
We are neighbors.
00:50:02.26\00:50:03.13
Neighbors help one another.
00:50:03.77\00:50:04.80
He's quiet for a second.
00:50:06.03\00:50:06.87
He says, can I call my wife?
00:50:06.90\00:50:08.14
I said, duh, it's your wife.
00:50:08.14\00:50:10.27
I mean, you asked me
permission to call her.
00:50:11.34\00:50:13.17
Call her.
00:50:13.31\00:50:14.04
He calls her and he
says, honey, come over.
00:50:14.31\00:50:16.14
Where?
00:50:16.21\00:50:16.58
The neighbor.
00:50:17.11\00:50:17.61
What neighbor?
00:50:17.81\00:50:18.31
He says, you know.
00:50:18.48\00:50:19.71
She says, what?
00:50:20.12\00:50:21.25
He says, the neighbor?
00:50:21.55\00:50:23.05
She says, the immigrants?
00:50:23.25\00:50:24.32
He says, yes.
00:50:24.65\00:50:25.25
And she says, is it safe?
00:50:25.25\00:50:26.45
He says, yes.
00:50:27.59\00:50:28.66
Should I take our son with us?
00:50:29.22\00:50:30.89
He says, no need.
00:50:31.16\00:50:31.93
They have a tall son.
00:50:32.96\00:50:33.90
And she comes and he
takes her to the garden.
00:50:35.70\00:50:38.00
She says, wow.
00:50:38.10\00:50:38.80
And she sees the basket.
00:50:39.33\00:50:40.20
What about this?
00:50:40.27\00:50:40.87
He says, the
neighbor gave it to us.
00:50:41.14\00:50:42.27
How much?
00:50:42.27\00:50:42.70
He says, for free.
00:50:42.90\00:50:43.74
And she looks to me and
she looks to the basket.
00:50:44.77\00:50:46.41
She says, why do you do that?
00:50:46.54\00:50:47.31
Don't you know that we hate you?
00:50:47.31\00:50:48.61
I said, no, you
just don't know me.
00:50:49.28\00:50:50.71
You don't hate me.
00:50:50.71\00:50:51.51
Don't you hate us?
00:50:51.91\00:50:52.68
I said, no, I
am praying for you.
00:50:52.71\00:50:54.48
What?
00:50:54.92\00:50:55.22
It's beautiful.
00:50:55.52\00:50:56.18
And she gets tears in her eyes.
00:50:57.29\00:50:58.99
He says, why would you do that?
00:50:59.32\00:51:00.46
I said, because that's
what we are supposed to do.
00:51:00.49\00:51:02.32
To be good
neighbors, to help one another.
00:51:02.92\00:51:04.79
He says, we have been hating
you and you have been praying
00:51:05.93\00:51:08.53
for us.
00:51:08.53\00:51:09.13
I said, yes.
00:51:09.33\00:51:10.10
I said, you tell me what
to pray for and I will be
00:51:11.17\00:51:12.93
delighted to pray for you.
00:51:12.93\00:51:14.40
He says, well, I
cannot sleep, she says.
00:51:14.54\00:51:16.47
I take pills.
00:51:17.14\00:51:17.77
I went to the doctor.
00:51:17.94\00:51:18.54
I cannot sleep.
00:51:18.57\00:51:19.24
And I get angry.
00:51:19.47\00:51:20.18
And I fight my husband.
00:51:20.18\00:51:20.21
And I have no joy.
00:51:21.58\00:51:22.51
I have no peace.
00:51:22.71\00:51:23.61
I am shaking because I have
nights and nights and nights
00:51:23.91\00:51:26.11
but not one hour of sleep.
00:51:26.11\00:51:27.18
I said, come here.
00:51:27.95\00:51:28.85
Close your eyes.
00:51:29.05\00:51:29.85
I put my hands around them.
00:51:30.49\00:51:31.95
I said, Lord, help her
sleep like a baby tonight so she
00:51:32.45\00:51:36.12
knows you.
00:51:36.12\00:51:36.89
And she knows that you love her.
00:51:36.89\00:51:38.29
And she would trust you and
know you and experience you.
00:51:38.46\00:51:41.40
She called me and
says, I slept last night.
00:51:42.50\00:51:45.10
I said, hallelujah.
00:51:45.10\00:51:46.43
And she said, God
put you here for us.
00:51:47.84\00:51:50.11
I said, well, I think
God put you here for me.
00:51:50.21\00:51:53.17
She says, you are
such a patient guy.
00:51:53.68\00:51:54.88
I said, well, you
better talk to my wife.
00:51:55.04\00:51:56.44
But what is intercessory prayer
is not only to pray for people
00:51:58.18\00:52:02.55
but pray that God would
give you the courage not to do
00:52:03.05\00:52:07.39
nothing but to do something.
00:52:07.39\00:52:10.03
Give them a bread.
00:52:10.13\00:52:11.23
Go visit them.
00:52:11.79\00:52:13.09
Pray for them.
00:52:13.16\00:52:14.63
God put you there.
00:52:15.40\00:52:16.43
You have a responsibility.
00:52:16.53\00:52:17.70
Jesus loves them.
00:52:18.17\00:52:19.53
We should end in prayer too.
00:52:20.27\00:52:21.77
We should.
00:52:22.07\00:52:25.61
we reach others
and you just answered.
00:52:25.61\00:52:27.08
So very powerful.
00:52:27.88\00:52:29.41
You know that personal story
getting ourselves out of the
00:52:29.51\00:52:32.85
way.
00:52:32.85\00:52:37.39
wants to do.
00:52:37.39\00:52:38.39
But when you prayed that prayer
of surrender and prayed for
00:52:38.59\00:52:40.92
them the miracles that began
to happen and it was for their
00:52:40.92\00:52:44.36
salvation.
00:52:44.36\00:52:44.89
I love that intercessory prayer.
00:52:45.59\00:52:47.66
Sometimes we think that if
we go to church what is good we
00:52:47.96\00:52:50.97
should.
00:52:50.97\00:52:51.43
We should not miss church.
00:52:51.60\00:52:52.07
If we do this and do that we
think it's enough because it's
00:52:53.80\00:52:57.47
comfortable and easy.
00:52:57.47\00:52:58.81
But God wants us to surrender.
00:52:59.74\00:53:01.04
God wants us to love people.
00:53:01.14\00:53:02.41
God wants us to die to self.
00:53:02.41\00:53:04.08
Those things that Jesus
did if we want to be like him.
00:53:04.48\00:53:08.32
Amen.
00:53:08.58\00:53:09.15
We'll spend some time
in the closing moments.
00:53:09.85\00:53:11.52
We only have like 4
minutes left to the second hour.
00:53:11.52\00:53:14.46
So Pastor would you mind to
again pray for those that are
00:53:14.62\00:53:17.03
viewing this evening
whatever is on your heart.
00:53:17.03\00:53:18.96
Yes, yes.
00:53:19.19\00:53:19.83
Let's pray.
00:53:19.86\00:53:20.43
Father in heaven what a
pleasure to know that you
00:53:22.40\00:53:26.87
answer our prayers.
00:53:26.87\00:53:28.34
Better than we ask.
00:53:29.77\00:53:31.14
That you love us.
00:53:31.14\00:53:32.94
If you gave Jesus how will you
not also in Jesus give us all
00:53:33.24\00:53:36.51
things.
00:53:36.51\00:53:37.01
But sometimes we put our ideas
and our plans above you and we
00:53:37.91\00:53:42.55
trust ourselves
more than we trust you.
00:53:42.55\00:53:44.59
Help us to seek you
before we seek blessings.
00:53:44.92\00:53:48.26
Help us to know you, to love
you, to trust you, to walk with
00:53:48.72\00:53:51.69
you, to depend on
you, to surrender daily.
00:53:51.69\00:53:54.50
Put in us your love for people.
00:53:55.70\00:53:58.77
Help us to pray for
them in necessary prayer.
00:53:58.77\00:54:02.40
And then open our eyes.
00:54:03.47\00:54:05.61
We are so busy that we are...
00:54:05.77\00:54:07.74
We sometimes we are
blind to people around.
00:54:07.74\00:54:10.08
Help us not to be so focused
on self but rather open our eyes
00:54:10.55\00:54:13.75
to see the
opportunities you give us.
00:54:13.75\00:54:15.85
To help others that are
stressed that are in need
00:54:16.72\00:54:19.05
because they need Jesus.
00:54:19.05\00:54:20.52
Help us to reach our neighbors,
our families, our friends.
00:54:21.39\00:54:24.29
Help us to pray for them and
give us wisdom to know what to
00:54:25.89\00:54:30.23
do, when to do, how to do.
00:54:30.23\00:54:32.20
Give us wisdom,
give us the Holy Spirit.
00:54:32.27\00:54:34.07
Give us love for people,
Father, because we want to see
00:54:35.54\00:54:37.87
as many as
possible in your Kingdom.
00:54:37.87\00:54:39.47
I pray for the
listeners, Father.
00:54:40.14\00:54:41.84
They have families, they have
friends, they have neighbors,
00:54:42.21\00:54:45.45
co -workers, colleagues.
00:54:46.18\00:54:48.05
I pray that you fill
them with your Spirit.
00:54:49.35\00:54:51.19
And that you give them
wisdom and use them for precious
00:54:52.65\00:54:56.32
people that will be in
your Kingdom for eternity.
00:54:56.32\00:54:59.13
Father, complete our prayers
because you know exactly what
00:55:00.86\00:55:03.67
we need.
00:55:03.67\00:55:07.34
And we know though it is
impossible for us, we know it's
00:55:08.40\00:55:12.01
not impossible for you.
00:55:12.01\00:55:13.14
We so many times say it's
impossible because we look to
00:55:13.31\00:55:15.91
problems instead
of looking to you.
00:55:15.91\00:55:17.35
Help us to fix our eyes on you.
00:55:18.25\00:55:19.75
We pray in Jesus' name
and thank you for answering.
00:55:20.45\00:55:23.39
We love you and we praise you.
00:55:23.52\00:55:25.25
Amen.
00:55:25.25\00:55:25.59
Thank you so very much, Pastor.
00:55:27.12\00:55:28.76
It's a blessing to talk to God.
00:55:29.39\00:55:31.06
And I've been encouraged this
evening from just what you had
00:55:31.26\00:55:34.83
to share but the testimonies.
00:55:34.83\00:55:36.30
We can tell you have a
communication and a walk with
00:55:36.30\00:55:38.87
God.
00:55:38.87\00:55:39.20
And we want to
encourage you also.
00:55:39.83\00:55:41.37
You know, 3ABN does have a
pastoral department, a prayer
00:55:41.44\00:55:44.47
line.
00:55:44.47\00:55:44.87
And you're
welcome to call that line.
00:55:45.31\00:55:47.08
You can see the number on
the bottom of your screen.
00:55:47.14\00:55:49.51
But again, if you are listening
on radio, you can't see that
00:55:49.58\00:55:52.98
graphic.
00:55:52.98\00:55:53.52
So here's the number.
00:55:53.55\00:55:54.45
It's 618-627-4651.
00:55:54.45\00:55:58.45
Just asked to talk to
our pastoral department.
00:55:58.75\00:56:01.32
They'd be so happy, so
delighted to pray with you.
00:56:01.42\00:56:04.79
Or if you don't want to do
that, you can always email in a
00:56:04.83\00:56:07.46
prayer request and we'll
just send that right on to the
00:56:07.46\00:56:09.73
pastoral department.
00:56:09.73\00:56:10.50
But what a blessing, you know,
Jill, to be able to again talk
00:56:11.00\00:56:14.37
to God, to talk
about this topic of prayer.
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You know, it changes lives.
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And wow, to talk to
God, what a blessing.
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I'm so encouraged.
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Amen, me too.
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Well, thank you so much, Pastor
Pavel Goyer, for being here
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this evening, for sharing from
your heart the Holy Spirit used
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you in a powerful way.
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And we just pray God's
blessing and anointing over your
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continued ministry for him.
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Thank you.
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well.
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Those dates are
June 4th through 7th.
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So we look forward to having
you join us either in person or
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watching on 3ABN as well.
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That's right.
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else.
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Because when we pray for
others, it not only allows God
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to work in their lives,
but it changes us as well.
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We love you and we pray for you.
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We will see you next time.
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Good night.
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