Hello and welcome back to 3AVN's today, Thursday Night 00:00:09.17\00:00:12.21 Live. 00:00:12.21\00:00:15.21 second hour. 00:00:15.21\00:00:16.11 And if you are just joining us now, you missed a powerful 00:00:16.41\00:00:19.71 first hour. 00:00:19.71\00:00:20.62 Of course, tonight's topic is on prayer and our... 00:00:20.82\00:00:24.52 I'm not going to call him guest, our 3AVN family members, 00:00:24.52\00:00:26.99 Pastor Goya. 00:00:27.16\00:00:27.82 It's a blessing to have him here. 00:00:28.16\00:00:29.32 He has a tremendously busy schedule. 00:00:29.39\00:00:31.79 But again, we're talking about when God answers prayer, when 00:00:32.19\00:00:35.60 it doesn't seem like God answers our prayer. 00:00:35.60\00:00:38.30 And yeah, if you didn't tune in to that first hour, we 00:00:38.73\00:00:41.74 encourage you to go to 3AVN's app. 00:00:41.74\00:00:43.67 Maybe you don't have an app, the 3AVN Plus app. 00:00:43.87\00:00:46.47 We encourage you to download it. 00:00:46.84\00:00:48.28 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as to a friend. 00:01:19.17\00:01:22.68 It seems as though I've talked to some people where they're 00:01:23.18\00:01:26.65 intimidated to talk to God. 00:01:26.65\00:01:28.15 They're afraid to talk to God. 00:01:28.22\00:01:29.75 Don't know how to pray so they don't do anything. 00:01:29.98\00:01:32.35 But when you think of God as like talking to him as a 00:01:32.35\00:01:34.86 friend, I'm not afraid to talk to my friend. 00:01:34.86\00:01:37.43 I'm not like uncomfortable to talk to my friend. 00:01:37.83\00:01:40.23 So if you think of God that way, like just talk to him. 00:01:40.26\00:01:43.37 And he's there, he listens. 00:01:43.40\00:01:44.93 He already knows what's going through our minds. 00:01:45.00\00:01:47.10 So I like that approach too. 00:01:47.10\00:01:48.37 You don't have to be afraid or intimidated. 00:01:48.44\00:01:50.87 Just talk to God. 00:01:50.94\00:01:52.14 And I liked what you were talking about breathing too. 00:01:52.37\00:01:54.71 Breathing in, breathing out. 00:01:54.88\00:01:56.58 Prayer is talking to God but it's also listening. 00:01:56.81\00:01:59.58 For me, I tend to talk too much and study the Word. 00:01:59.58\00:02:02.68 So yeah, so many things. 00:02:03.05\00:02:04.29 Thank you so much for being here again this evening. 00:02:04.35\00:02:05.95 My privilege, absolutely. 00:02:06.15\00:02:07.36 So as we talk about that breathing aspect, prayer and 00:02:08.12\00:02:11.36 the Word. 00:02:11.36\00:02:14.13 hand in hand. 00:02:14.13\00:02:14.96 We talk to God in prayer and He talks to us through the Word. 00:02:15.36\00:02:18.63 Let's talk a little bit about Bible study. 00:02:18.90\00:02:20.67 Is there a complicated way to study the Bible? 00:02:20.77\00:02:22.84 Can I just pick up and read book by book? 00:02:23.14\00:02:25.87 Or how would you recommend? 00:02:26.07\00:02:27.68 We study the Bible and let God talk to us. 00:02:27.68\00:02:30.41 Yeah, yeah, that's a good question. 00:02:30.41\00:02:32.28 So I guess if we start slow, I guess to study is better than 00:02:32.81\00:02:38.35 not to study regardless of how you study. 00:02:38.35\00:02:40.09 But we can also go in the routine study that we make it a 00:02:41.06\00:02:45.26 habit just to do our duty and we get nothing out of it. 00:02:45.26\00:02:49.70 Like Jesus says in John 5 to the Pharisees, you search, they 00:02:50.00\00:02:53.80 were searching. 00:02:53.80\00:02:54.37 They knew the scripture. 00:02:54.90\00:02:58.07 have eternal life, but they testify of me. 00:02:58.07\00:03:00.31 Basically Jesus is saying you should not just search them for 00:03:00.48\00:03:03.48 the sake of duty or routine or to get eternal life or to get 00:03:03.48\00:03:06.95 help. 00:03:06.95\00:03:10.35 me. 00:03:10.35\00:03:11.02 Because eternal life is to know God. 00:03:11.15\00:03:13.59 That's the reason Moses says, I want to know you like I want to 00:03:14.36\00:03:17.66 see you like David. 00:03:17.66\00:03:18.96 I want to see you. 00:03:19.03\00:03:20.03 I want to know you. 00:03:20.03\00:03:20.93 I want to know you always a desire to know God. 00:03:21.06\00:03:24.13 Search the scripture. 00:03:24.13\00:03:25.20 If you go to church as a routine, you lose time. 00:03:25.80\00:03:29.70 Go to the church to encounter God, to meet God, to worship 00:03:30.14\00:03:33.17 God, to know God, to have a relationship with God, to know 00:03:33.17\00:03:36.71 Him to the degree that you love Him and trust Him. 00:03:36.71\00:03:38.58 Because the more time you spend fixing your eyes on Him in the 00:03:39.28\00:03:43.55 Bible, in prayer, the more time you spend reflecting on Him, 00:03:43.55\00:03:47.62 the more you understand Him. 00:03:48.69\00:03:50.19 The more you understand Him, the more you love Him and the 00:03:51.06\00:03:54.00 more you trust Him and the more you have peace. 00:03:54.00\00:03:56.33 That's the reason the Bible says you keep Him in perfect 00:03:56.90\00:03:59.40 peace. 00:03:59.40\00:03:59.90 Him whose mind stays on you. 00:04:00.34\00:04:03.27 And so that's the goal to know God. 00:04:03.77\00:04:05.94 That's the reason we study the Bible. 00:04:06.14\00:04:07.34 Not just to do our duty, three chapters a day to get 00:04:07.38\00:04:09.84 information. 00:04:09.84\00:04:14.05 actually talks about that. 00:04:14.05\00:04:15.22 And she tells us not to read a lot. 00:04:15.95\00:04:18.59 There is nothing wrong with reading a lot. 00:04:19.09\00:04:20.56 But if you read a lot and you don't remember anything, then 00:04:20.56\00:04:23.22 why do you read it? 00:04:23.22\00:04:24.46 She says read one, two verses at a time. 00:04:25.36\00:04:28.63 That's very little. 00:04:29.03\00:04:30.00 But then she says pray over it. 00:04:31.33\00:04:35.20 As the Bible was inspired by the Spirit, humanly we cannot 00:04:35.60\00:04:39.91 understand spiritual things. 00:04:39.91\00:04:41.04 We need the Spirit to inspire the Bible, to inspire us to 00:04:41.14\00:04:43.78 understand what God wants to say to you specifically, to me 00:04:43.78\00:04:47.58 specifically. 00:04:47.58\00:04:48.32 So pray over it. 00:04:48.32\00:04:50.39 And then she says read again the same paragraph. 00:04:50.55\00:04:53.69 And then she says reflect upon it. 00:04:55.69\00:04:57.43 Meditate upon it. 00:04:57.59\00:05:01.16 Meditate, think, chew it, digest it. 00:05:02.00\00:05:04.30 That's the reason Jesus says men don't live only with bread, 00:05:04.57\00:05:06.67 but with every word. 00:05:06.70\00:05:07.84 The word is the spiritual bread. 00:05:08.54\00:05:10.74 Digest it until it goes into your body and it feeds your 00:05:11.64\00:05:14.81 cells and your brain until you are fed, you are filled with 00:05:14.81\00:05:18.05 the word. 00:05:18.05\00:05:18.51 Think about this. 00:05:18.55\00:05:19.95 Think about this in Ephesians chapter 6. 00:05:20.15\00:05:22.18 That's powerful. 00:05:22.48\00:05:23.52 It talks about we don't fight against flesh and blood. 00:05:24.52\00:05:28.32 We may think my boss and my car is broken, my health, my... 00:05:29.49\00:05:34.36 But we don't see it's spiritual war. 00:05:34.36\00:05:36.50 Satan is real like a lion trying to destroy us. 00:05:37.03\00:05:40.30 He hates us. 00:05:40.37\00:05:41.37 And very strange. 00:05:42.17\00:05:43.14 As soon as you make a good decision, I want to pray more, 00:05:43.54\00:05:45.87 I want to study more, I want to serve God, Satan attacks you. 00:05:45.91\00:05:48.81 When you do nothing and you sleep, Satan says, don't touch 00:05:48.91\00:05:52.51 him, we don't want to wake him up. 00:05:52.51\00:05:54.12 But when you try to change your life or to serve God, he 00:05:54.75\00:05:57.59 attacks you. 00:05:57.59\00:05:58.45 It's spiritual war. 00:05:58.89\00:05:59.95 Yes, absolutely. 00:06:00.16\00:06:00.92 Spiritual war. 00:06:00.92\00:06:01.72 I could give you practical examples. 00:06:03.02\00:06:04.46 I mean, when we started to do evangelism every year, every 00:06:04.69\00:06:08.23 year, every year, the night when we start evangelism, 00:06:08.23\00:06:12.67 Friday night, every year, not on a Thursday, not a week 00:06:12.73\00:06:15.00 before, no. 00:06:15.00\00:06:15.80 That's specific Friday night. 00:06:16.40\00:06:18.24 Half an hour or one hour before we would go to church, the 00:06:19.01\00:06:22.21 septic would come in our basement. 00:06:22.21\00:06:23.41 Next year again, next year again, every year. 00:06:24.38\00:06:28.12 Was it always the septic that came every time? 00:06:28.15\00:06:30.49 And so I called the people, the Roto-Rooter people or however 00:06:30.59\00:06:33.89 you call them, and they tried to clean and said, it's clean. 00:06:33.89\00:06:36.69 Then I called a team from Madison and they came with a 00:06:36.93\00:06:40.66 camera and they said, the pipes are clean. 00:06:40.66\00:06:42.30 Then I called next year another team and they dug a big hole 00:06:42.56\00:06:45.50 with an excavator in my front yard. 00:06:45.50\00:06:47.37 And they said, there is nothing to replace, it's good. 00:06:47.44\00:06:49.47 Yet the septic would come again. 00:06:49.84\00:06:51.44 Until the pastor who did evangelism, he said to me, 00:06:51.74\00:06:54.94 Pastor, have you thought about spiritual war? 00:06:54.94\00:06:57.05 He says, this is Satan trying to discourage, to stress you, 00:06:57.91\00:07:01.48 to stop you. 00:07:01.85\00:07:02.82 This is spiritual war. 00:07:03.18\00:07:04.49 This is not by chance. 00:07:04.69\00:07:06.02 And he said to me, have you dedicated your house to the 00:07:06.32\00:07:09.06 Lord? 00:07:09.06\00:07:11.06 He says, oh no, you dedicate everything you have. 00:07:11.13\00:07:13.76 As they dedicated the temple, why not your house and your 00:07:13.76\00:07:17.60 car? 00:07:17.60\00:07:18.07 Shouldn't they be dedicated to God? 00:07:18.43\00:07:20.47 Dedicated means set aside for a purpose. 00:07:21.10\00:07:23.07 Shouldn't they be set aside to serve God? 00:07:23.41\00:07:25.31 He says, dedicated to God and Satan has no more room there. 00:07:26.24\00:07:28.64 So here we are Friday night. 00:07:29.94\00:07:31.85 I cannot describe the stuff floating in my basement where I 00:07:32.85\00:07:35.48 had my office and my books ruined and everything. 00:07:35.48\00:07:38.19 And we pray and say, Lord, we give this house to you. 00:07:39.69\00:07:43.56 We dedicate it. 00:07:43.56\00:07:44.49 It's yours. 00:07:44.49\00:07:45.13 We want to use it from now on for you. 00:07:45.39\00:07:47.40 And as you finish prayer, it starts going within 15 minutes. 00:07:48.13\00:07:52.07 All the floating stuff gone, never came back, the septic. 00:07:52.67\00:07:56.27 That was the last time. 00:07:56.54\00:07:57.61 It's spiritual war. 00:07:58.11\00:08:00.44 And so going back to our subject, talking about study of 00:08:01.21\00:08:05.35 the Bible and prayer, they should never be separated. 00:08:05.35\00:08:08.48 The Bible says that they always go only together. 00:08:08.48\00:08:12.09 Talking about prayer, it's spiritual war. 00:08:15.12\00:08:17.79 The Bible says that for spiritual war, that is the evil 00:08:18.36\00:08:24.03 spirits in heavenly places, you cannot fight from an earthly 00:08:24.03\00:08:29.40 perspective, earthly weapons, earthly power with the 00:08:29.40\00:08:34.41 spiritual powers that are in heavenly places. 00:08:34.41\00:08:36.01 You need to be in heaven to have heavenly power, spiritual 00:08:36.01\00:08:40.05 power to fight heavenly forces. 00:08:40.05\00:08:42.52 In our power, we will lose 100%. 00:08:43.05\00:08:47.12 But when we are in Christ, there is no way to lose because 00:08:47.12\00:08:50.93 Christ already got victory at the cross. 00:08:50.93\00:08:52.59 Satan was defeated 100%. 00:08:52.79\00:08:55.23 That's the reason we need to be in Christ, never separated. 00:08:55.23\00:08:58.93 Christ in you, the hope of glory. 00:08:59.70\00:09:01.97 That's the reason we need to be continually in Christ, 00:09:02.54\00:09:04.44 continually in prayer, continually in the Word, 00:09:04.44\00:09:06.91 continually covered by the full armor of God. 00:09:07.38\00:09:10.78 The breast place, you remember that. 00:09:11.35\00:09:13.82 And if you look there, the Bible gives you the weapons to 00:09:14.12\00:09:17.02 fight Satan. 00:09:17.02\00:09:17.85 It says the sword of the spirit, that is what? 00:09:17.99\00:09:23.73 The Word of God. 00:09:23.86\00:09:24.56 The Word of God. 00:09:24.76\00:09:25.56 People read the Bible. 00:09:26.03\00:09:27.40 But the Bible is not only reading material. 00:09:27.76\00:09:29.70 The Bible is a weapon. 00:09:30.87\00:09:32.43 The Bible is a book. 00:09:32.43\00:09:32.60 Jesus used it as a weapon. 00:09:33.37\00:09:35.10 When Satan attacked him, three times, he three times says, it 00:09:36.00\00:09:38.71 is written. 00:09:38.71\00:09:39.17 The Bible, Elinor talks about that and she says, if we would 00:09:40.41\00:09:44.95 memorize, she says, read it again, the same Bible verse. 00:09:44.95\00:09:47.58 Don't read a lot, read a little. 00:09:48.75\00:09:49.92 Then she says, think about it. 00:09:50.29\00:09:51.45 Then she says, read it again. 00:09:51.59\00:09:52.42 Then pray over it. 00:09:52.69\00:09:53.46 And then read it again. 00:09:53.56\00:09:54.29 And then she says, read it several times. 00:09:54.49\00:09:56.02 And then she says, commit it to memory. 00:09:56.29\00:09:58.96 Yes. 00:09:58.96\00:09:59.59 You don't need to be smart. 00:10:01.63\00:10:03.33 If you read the Bible verse 10 times, you will remember it. 00:10:04.03\00:10:08.70 That's right. 00:10:08.70\00:10:09.24 Read it 10 times. 00:10:09.37\00:10:10.44 But if you memorize one Bible verse a day, in 10 years, 365 00:10:11.77\00:10:18.55 Bible verses a year, in 10 years, that's the reason it 00:10:18.55\00:10:22.55 says in the Bible, I store thy word. 00:10:22.55\00:10:24.99 In other translation it says, I hide that. 00:10:25.32\00:10:28.36 I store thy word into my heart that I may not sin. 00:10:28.36\00:10:31.43 The word in the heart is a protection against sin, that I 00:10:31.69\00:10:36.30 may not sin against thee. 00:10:36.30\00:10:37.50 That's what Elinor says. 00:10:37.87\00:10:39.07 She says, if the word is stored in our heart, the Holy Spirit 00:10:39.10\00:10:42.74 would remind us in the moment we need it the most, the Bible 00:10:42.74\00:10:46.84 verse that we need the most, when we are tempted, when we 00:10:46.84\00:10:49.61 are attacked, when we are discouraged, when we talk to 00:10:49.61\00:10:52.08 somebody. 00:10:52.08\00:10:55.92 way to recall it out because it's not there. 00:10:55.92\00:10:57.72 But if you put it in, the Holy Spirit would remind you what 00:10:57.72\00:11:01.02 you need. 00:11:01.02\00:11:01.66 So when you study the Bible, memorize the Bible. 00:11:02.09\00:11:05.49 If they take the Bible away from you, what are you going to 00:11:05.69\00:11:08.13 do? 00:11:08.13\00:11:11.07 But that would grow us, because if you study the Bible, not 00:11:11.47\00:11:15.80 just read it, but eat it, digest it, with love and 00:11:15.80\00:11:19.11 passion for the world, with a desire to understand, to dig 00:11:19.11\00:11:22.28 deeper in the treasure, to know God. 00:11:22.28\00:11:24.08 When you do that, you find Jesus in the Bible. 00:11:24.45\00:11:27.72 And the more you pray, and the more you study, and the more 00:11:27.98\00:11:30.05 you reflect, the more you know Him, the more you understand 00:11:30.05\00:11:32.39 Him, the more you know His voice. 00:11:32.39\00:11:34.52 You understand how He was, you distinguish His voice. 00:11:34.66\00:11:36.89 The more He can communicate with you, the more you 00:11:37.33\00:11:39.29 understand His plan, the more He can use you, the more you 00:11:39.29\00:11:42.86 can experience His power. 00:11:42.86\00:11:44.10 There is power in the world. 00:11:44.27\00:11:45.53 The Word of God is not just any word. 00:11:45.80\00:11:47.74 It has power. 00:11:48.14\00:11:49.27 It says and it happens. 00:11:49.47\00:11:50.74 Jesus is the Word. 00:11:51.07\00:11:52.17 That's right. 00:11:52.34\00:11:53.01 I love that. 00:11:53.68\00:11:54.78 I love that there is such power in the Word. 00:11:54.78\00:11:56.68 The Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any 00:11:57.05\00:11:59.55 two -edged sword. 00:11:59.55\00:12:00.38 You said something I want to go back to a moment. 00:12:00.65\00:12:02.28 You talked about when we are in Christ. 00:12:02.35\00:12:04.92 What does that mean to be in Christ? 00:12:06.02\00:12:08.39 And how can we know that we are in Christ? 00:12:08.66\00:12:10.93 Well, Jesus says in John 15, separate it from me, you can do 00:12:12.43\00:12:15.63 nothing. 00:12:15.63\00:12:22.24 connected and never separate. 00:12:22.24\00:12:23.77 Well, she says every morning, she says it's powerful. 00:12:23.77\00:12:28.64 I'm going to put it in my words. 00:12:28.78\00:12:29.54 Every morning, she says, present your plans before the 00:12:29.94\00:12:33.78 Lord. 00:12:33.78\00:12:37.69 didn't have a brain. 00:12:37.69\00:12:38.52 But she says He received the plans from the Father for that 00:12:39.49\00:12:42.06 day. 00:12:42.06\00:12:43.46 Every morning present your plans, ready to surrender them 00:12:43.59\00:12:46.43 or to fulfill them according to God's will. 00:12:46.43\00:12:48.50 And then she says seek His plans and seek His presence. 00:12:48.66\00:12:51.50 And then she says it's the duty of the parents to seek God's 00:12:51.90\00:12:54.00 presence not only for themselves, but over the 00:12:54.00\00:12:57.67 children, over the whole family. 00:12:57.67\00:12:58.64 Basically, God is waiting at the door of our heart. 00:12:59.27\00:13:03.35 Respectfully, He doesn't push. 00:13:04.01\00:13:06.82 He respects our freedom of choice. 00:13:07.45\00:13:09.52 He waits for us to invite Him. 00:13:10.19\00:13:11.52 In the morning, you say, Jesus, would you please come into my 00:13:11.62\00:13:15.82 life today? 00:13:15.82\00:13:19.86 more than life. 00:13:19.96\00:13:20.60 I want you. 00:13:20.96\00:13:22.10 Like David in a dry land, Psalm 63, where there is no water. 00:13:22.10\00:13:26.43 I've seen in your sanctuary, your presence is better than 00:13:27.04\00:13:29.77 water, better than foods. 00:13:29.77\00:13:30.81 I mean, he was running from King Saul. 00:13:31.07\00:13:33.01 King Saul with the whole army and David is in the wilderness 00:13:34.88\00:13:37.31 with 600 soldiers, their wives, their children. 00:13:37.31\00:13:40.45 You talk about over 2,000 people. 00:13:40.68\00:13:42.35 That's a lot. 00:13:42.35\00:13:42.95 You need food for 2,000 people. 00:13:43.39\00:13:45.35 I've been in the wilderness there. 00:13:45.45\00:13:47.09 There is nothing, no water, no flowers, no snow, only sand, 00:13:47.42\00:13:51.73 stones, scorpions, snakes, nothing. 00:13:51.83\00:13:53.63 The heat is terrible. 00:13:53.90\00:13:55.06 You'd imagine that you pray, Lord, protect us, Lord, feed 00:13:57.03\00:13:59.90 us, give us. 00:13:59.90\00:14:00.80 How am I going to feed 2,500 people today? 00:14:00.94\00:14:02.87 I need a train of food. 00:14:02.97\00:14:03.91 How am I going to give them water? 00:14:04.11\00:14:05.44 I need two cisterns of water. 00:14:05.61\00:14:06.81 He says, I've seen you in a dry land. 00:14:07.54\00:14:10.41 I've seen you in your sanctuary. 00:14:10.51\00:14:12.21 Oh, your presence, your love, your majesty. 00:14:12.78\00:14:17.25 Wow, he says, is better than life. 00:14:17.72\00:14:19.79 When I am with you, I need nothing. 00:14:19.79\00:14:21.89 Basically, when you get a glimpse of God, you forget your 00:14:22.19\00:14:25.73 problems. 00:14:25.73\00:14:26.23 And that's what the Bible is about, to get in God's 00:14:26.83\00:14:31.37 presence. 00:14:31.37\00:14:35.20 desire to know God. 00:14:35.20\00:14:36.30 So in the morning you say, Lord, I want to spend time, 00:14:36.37\00:14:39.77 quality time with you. 00:14:39.97\00:14:40.81 You wake up early. 00:14:40.88\00:14:41.88 I'm going to give you a story about that, but in a second. 00:14:42.78\00:14:45.71 You wake up early before the telephone rings, before you go 00:14:46.15\00:14:49.32 to work, before the kids cry, before... 00:14:49.32\00:14:51.62 and you spend quality time with God, not as a duty, but with a 00:14:51.62\00:14:55.62 passion and a thirst to know Him. 00:14:55.62\00:14:57.39 And you say, Lord, you promised that if I seek you with all my 00:14:57.39\00:15:01.86 heart, I will find you. 00:15:01.86\00:15:03.83 I believe your promise. 00:15:04.37\00:15:05.53 And as we seek Him, the Bible says that if we draw near to 00:15:05.60\00:15:09.24 Him, He will draw near to us. 00:15:09.24\00:15:10.87 If we seek Him, He opens our eyes as much as we can handle. 00:15:11.14\00:15:14.94 And we know Him more. 00:15:15.91\00:15:16.91 And then we love Him more. 00:15:17.05\00:15:18.15 And then we desire Him more. 00:15:18.15\00:15:19.41 And we seek Him more. 00:15:19.51\00:15:20.25 So He makes another steps. 00:15:20.38\00:15:22.05 And He gives us another glimpse. 00:15:22.15\00:15:23.42 And that's a continual daily process until we get closer and 00:15:23.79\00:15:27.46 closer and closer until we become one. 00:15:27.46\00:15:29.29 And people see Jesus in us. 00:15:29.62\00:15:30.93 Now let me give you a story. 00:15:31.26\00:15:32.26 Alright. 00:15:32.46\00:15:32.93 I was in the army. 00:15:33.76\00:15:34.56 I was a lieutenant. 00:15:35.03\00:15:35.83 I was in a group. 00:15:36.40\00:15:38.13 This is in Romania. 00:15:38.17\00:15:39.03 In Romania, long ago. 00:15:39.10\00:15:40.37 In a group called Genius. 00:15:40.84\00:15:41.84 Not that we are genius or anything like that. 00:15:41.87\00:15:43.71 And it was not many of us. 00:15:45.11\00:15:46.98 It was all picked, all that were in the university. 00:15:47.38\00:15:50.95 You know. 00:15:51.25\00:15:51.45 And we were supposed to learn, not like artillery or, you 00:15:53.15\00:15:56.55 know, we were supposed to learn to fire any type of weapon. 00:15:56.55\00:16:00.12 Literally any. 00:16:00.22\00:16:00.92 And we were supposed to learn to prepare to make a bomb to 00:16:01.46\00:16:04.66 blow a mountain or to make a bomb to blow a pencil or a 00:16:04.66\00:16:08.20 telephone. 00:16:08.20\00:16:08.53 Anything. 00:16:09.13\00:16:09.70 And you know, this type of people will be sent when you 00:16:10.30\00:16:12.57 cannot send the whole army. 00:16:12.57\00:16:13.34 You will send one or two. 00:16:13.37\00:16:14.30 These would be like special forces, I think. 00:16:14.37\00:16:15.60 Not really, not special forces. 00:16:15.67\00:16:16.91 But anyway. 00:16:16.91\00:16:17.34 Well, it sounds like special forces. 00:16:17.77\00:16:19.44 No, no, no. 00:16:20.44\00:16:20.74 No, no, no. 00:16:20.84\00:16:21.08 So it was, anyway. 00:16:21.34\00:16:23.04 So it was against the law to have a Bible. 00:16:24.38\00:16:26.58 And my girlfriend in that time, that is my wife now, would send 00:16:27.82\00:16:31.45 me letters. 00:16:31.45\00:16:32.02 Long, impossible, crazy long, 20, 30, 40 pages letters. 00:16:32.79\00:16:37.76 And though she writes very nice, she would write really 00:16:38.99\00:16:42.06 crooked writing that I could not even read. 00:16:42.06\00:16:43.87 And she would write nonsense, stupid things like, and I 00:16:44.33\00:16:47.24 cooked and I put so much parsley and so much salt and so 00:16:47.24\00:16:49.40 much garlic and so much green beans. 00:16:49.40\00:16:50.84 And then I watched the game and so on and so on for 10 feet. 00:16:50.91\00:16:53.61 And then they shoot. 00:16:53.81\00:16:57.55 pages nonsense. 00:16:57.55\00:16:58.81 And then in the middle of the letter, she would put a Bible 00:16:59.51\00:17:02.32 verse and the paragraph. 00:17:02.32\00:17:03.52 Everything was censored. 00:17:04.75\00:17:05.75 The security would take every single letter and they would 00:17:06.15\00:17:10.23 read. 00:17:10.23\00:17:10.76 And they would confiscate them if there was anything 00:17:11.36\00:17:14.36 religious. 00:17:14.36\00:17:14.83 And they would read, read garbage. 00:17:15.30\00:17:17.23 Next one, they would get tired after 10, 15 pages. 00:17:17.37\00:17:20.27 And she told me, I'm going to send you a lot of garbage. 00:17:20.87\00:17:23.41 So I get them tired of reading. 00:17:23.71\00:17:25.44 Look towards the end and cut out the precious words. 00:17:26.11\00:17:30.45 So I would cut with the scissors. 00:17:31.45\00:17:32.85 I would find the paragraphs, cut them, throw out the 00:17:32.95\00:17:36.75 garbage. 00:17:36.75\00:17:41.56 you call it inside. 00:17:41.56\00:17:42.56 And I would hide the paragraphs and put the garbage inside. 00:17:42.76\00:17:45.03 And I had a little flashlight. 00:17:45.16\00:17:46.36 And I would pray in the evening, Lord, I don't want to 00:17:47.03\00:17:51.03 go without You. 00:17:51.03\00:17:52.00 Please wake me up early enough so I have quality time with You 00:17:53.03\00:17:57.41 before everything starts. 00:17:57.41\00:17:59.27 So I make sure that I feel myself. 00:18:00.41\00:18:02.64 You know, the foolish virgins, when they started they did have 00:18:03.04\00:18:06.38 oil. 00:18:06.38\00:18:10.82 failed to daily fill the container with fresh oil. 00:18:10.82\00:18:15.66 A new daily baptism, fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit. 00:18:15.96\00:18:18.46 They do that in the beginning but then they get distracted 00:18:18.69\00:18:21.03 with so many things. 00:18:21.03\00:18:22.00 And they assume just because they go to church they are 00:18:22.20\00:18:24.03 okay. 00:18:24.03\00:18:25.70 And Jesus says, I don't know you. 00:18:25.80\00:18:26.97 So I said, Lord, I want to daily be filled with Your 00:18:27.94\00:18:30.51 presence. 00:18:30.51\00:18:30.74 I want to daily. 00:18:30.94\00:18:31.87 So God would wake me up. 00:18:32.37\00:18:33.78 And I was the guy blowing the trumpet, calling everybody, you 00:18:33.98\00:18:37.65 know. 00:18:37.65\00:18:38.08 Waking them up, everybody would curse me. 00:18:38.55\00:18:40.22 Telling them that it's time to go to sleep. 00:18:40.58\00:18:41.92 Everyone loved me, calling them to meals. 00:18:41.92\00:18:44.22 Everybody loved me. 00:18:44.35\00:18:45.49 So I would wake up around 5.15. 00:18:45.55\00:18:48.39 That was supposed to, I would wake up way earlier. 00:18:49.19\00:18:51.36 And then around 5.30. 00:18:51.83\00:18:52.86 D, d, d, d, d, d, d, d, d, d, d, d. 00:18:53.23\00:18:54.73 You know, and it's time to wake up. 00:18:54.83\00:18:57.13 Father, stop it, please. 00:18:57.47\00:18:58.77 We want to sleep more. 00:18:58.83\00:18:59.63 So anyway, we had a song, kind of a melody for every type of 00:19:01.40\00:19:06.51 activity. 00:19:06.51\00:19:06.81 Okay. 00:19:07.04\00:19:10.55 Okay. 00:19:10.65\00:19:10.95 Well, God would wake me up around 3 a.m., 3.30, so until 5 00:19:11.81\00:19:17.39 .30 I had time. 00:19:17.39\00:19:18.55 And I would get under the blanket with a little 00:19:18.89\00:19:21.32 flashlight and the paragraphs and I would read and pray. 00:19:21.32\00:19:25.19 And I didn't have a lot of reading, so I would read the 00:19:25.69\00:19:28.33 same paragraphs again and again and reflect on them. 00:19:28.33\00:19:31.07 And the more you reflect on a small quotation or a small 00:19:31.30\00:19:34.17 verse, the more you read it and the more you think and the more 00:19:34.17\00:19:37.57 you pray and the more you think and digest it and ask questions 00:19:37.57\00:19:40.74 and read it again. 00:19:40.74\00:19:41.58 You start reading between the lines and then you memorize it. 00:19:41.98\00:19:45.61 But then you remember another verse that connects with this 00:19:45.75\00:19:48.15 verse and they kind of come together, they connect. 00:19:48.15\00:19:50.52 So when you memorize them, your mind starts working, you know. 00:19:51.02\00:19:55.59 And so I was reflecting and praying and reading in the 00:19:55.69\00:19:58.49 morning between 3 and 5, 3.15 sometimes. 00:19:58.49\00:20:01.86 Every morning I had my time with God. 00:20:02.30\00:20:04.10 Well, I prayed one night. 00:20:04.67\00:20:06.10 I said, Lord, wake me up in the morning talking about how do 00:20:06.17\00:20:10.71 you study, how do you pray, how do you connect with God every 00:20:10.71\00:20:14.18 day, how are you in Christ every day. 00:20:14.18\00:20:16.78 God woke me up at 2. 00:20:17.61\00:20:18.81 I said, come on, are you kidding? 00:20:19.15\00:20:20.92 I need a little more sleep than that because through the day we 00:20:22.52\00:20:26.09 run with all that equipment and we do instruction and training 00:20:26.09\00:20:30.29 and it takes a lot of strength, you know. 00:20:30.29\00:20:32.79 Otherwise you faint. 00:20:32.93\00:20:33.80 And I said, I need a little more sleep. 00:20:34.30\00:20:35.90 Plus I could not eat the food they ate because it was all 00:20:36.36\00:20:39.20 pork. 00:20:39.20\00:20:42.94 But anyway, so I said, I need more sleep. 00:20:43.44\00:20:45.77 I said, please wake me up when you need to wake me up. 00:20:46.04\00:20:49.34 Telling God what to do instead of listening to what he says. 00:20:49.58\00:20:52.01 So God said, wake up. 00:20:53.05\00:20:54.58 I said, but it's 2 o'clock. 00:20:54.72\00:20:55.62 So I said, that's okay. 00:20:56.12\00:20:57.12 I got under, I got dressed because usually I would get 00:20:57.65\00:21:00.79 dressed and then study because if somehow I fall asleep, you 00:21:00.79\00:21:04.96 know, when the alarm clock goes off, you know, take the 00:21:04.96\00:21:08.63 trumpet, be ready. 00:21:08.63\00:21:09.63 Don't take another 10 minutes to get dressed. 00:21:09.66\00:21:10.93 So I got dressed, 2 a.m. 00:21:11.83\00:21:13.70 I did my study. 00:21:13.77\00:21:14.94 I prayed. 00:21:15.27\00:21:15.87 And then I said, okay, I have time. 00:21:16.67\00:21:18.27 I could sleep another one hour or two. 00:21:18.37\00:21:19.91 In that moment, the alarm went off. 00:21:20.61\00:21:23.81 It was a war drill. 00:21:23.91\00:21:24.91 It was a big, big, big alarm over the tallest building. 00:21:25.95\00:21:28.75 Ooh, when it would start like tornadoes. 00:21:29.38\00:21:32.05 But it was a war drill. 00:21:32.05\00:21:33.52 When it was a war drill, you had 15 seconds to be ready for 00:21:33.66\00:21:36.49 war. 00:21:36.49\00:21:36.83 15 seconds. 00:21:36.89\00:21:38.16 They said basically within 15 seconds. 00:21:39.29\00:21:41.30 And they always were lenient in a way that they gave you maybe 00:21:41.56\00:21:43.97 half a minute. 00:21:43.97\00:21:48.00 the building, ready for war, you will be punished to be 00:21:48.00\00:21:51.47 arrested. 00:21:51.47\00:21:53.48 So God knew that and He woke me up earlier. 00:21:54.78\00:21:57.91 And I had time to get dressed and to do my prayer and my 00:21:58.11\00:22:03.28 study and to spend time with Jesus. 00:22:03.28\00:22:04.99 And then when the alarm went off, I took my weapons, run 00:22:04.99\00:22:09.39 out. 00:22:09.39\00:22:09.92 I was the single one. 00:22:09.92\00:22:10.83 And then after about 15 minutes, they start to pulling 00:22:11.09\00:22:14.20 pants or shoes. 00:22:14.20\00:22:16.03 And the lieutenant and the captain and the major, they are 00:22:17.43\00:22:20.94 all there like this, looking to the clock and waiting. 00:22:20.94\00:22:23.97 Arrest, arrest one day, arrest two days, arrest. 00:22:24.77\00:22:27.38 And then they put me at the flag and they said, he's the 00:22:27.88\00:22:30.88 single one ready for war. 00:22:30.88\00:22:32.01 He's an example of soldier. 00:22:32.25\00:22:33.45 I said, everybody should be like him. 00:22:33.45\00:22:34.75 And that's because God woke you up early. 00:22:35.22\00:22:36.99 At 2 a.m. 00:22:36.99\00:22:37.85 And so the soldiers asked me, how in the world were you 00:22:38.35\00:22:41.26 ready? 00:22:41.26\00:22:41.69 And I told them, Jesus woke me up. 00:22:42.09\00:22:43.69 They said, you are crazy. 00:22:43.73\00:22:44.76 I said, no I am not actually. 00:22:44.86\00:22:46.16 He woke me up, literally. 00:22:46.76\00:22:48.83 The Bible says, He awakens my ear every morning to listen as 00:22:49.10\00:22:56.91 a disciple, not to talk, to listen. 00:22:56.91\00:22:59.27 I said, God wakes me up every morning to spend time with him. 00:22:59.74\00:23:03.04 They said, you are either crazy or you are something different. 00:23:03.14\00:23:05.75 I am neither crazy nor different. 00:23:05.98\00:23:07.35 I am the way everybody should be. 00:23:07.98\00:23:09.68 And so, how are you in Jesus? 00:23:10.49\00:23:12.12 You ask him in the evening, Lord, please wake me up. 00:23:13.09\00:23:15.89 And then I said, if you cannot, she says, discipline yourself. 00:23:16.42\00:23:19.66 She says, discipline yourself. 00:23:20.33\00:23:21.56 And he says, after all you get used. 00:23:21.66\00:23:23.03 And wake up early in the morning, spend time with God, 00:23:24.00\00:23:26.97 invite His presence. 00:23:27.57\00:23:28.70 God wants, you don't need to wake Him. 00:23:28.84\00:23:30.41 He says, would you please come? 00:23:30.41\00:23:31.01 And he says, no, let me think. 00:23:31.11\00:23:32.24 No, He wants to come. 00:23:32.51\00:23:34.08 He is waiting for you to pray that prayer. 00:23:34.31\00:23:35.94 Invite Him, because as soon as you invite Him, He will come 00:23:36.51\00:23:39.01 just right in. 00:23:39.01\00:23:39.91 And you do that every day. 00:23:40.05\00:23:41.35 You are not going to see an explosion. 00:23:41.52\00:23:42.65 An instant you fly and you are holy and you have a tickling 00:23:42.85\00:23:45.95 behind the neck and you say, oh, oh, oh, you know. 00:23:45.95\00:23:47.86 You don't feel anything. 00:23:47.99\00:23:48.96 You know, when the Holy Spirit works, it's not that 00:23:50.19\00:23:52.53 sensational screaming and jumping. 00:23:52.53\00:23:54.76 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. 00:23:58.83\00:24:02.50 It's like the little wind, the little, you know, how you call 00:24:03.07\00:24:08.11 it in English... 00:24:08.11\00:24:10.25 Breath of air. 00:24:10.25\00:24:11.21 Yes. 00:24:11.45\00:24:14.25 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. 00:24:17.09\00:24:18.82 You will not see anything. 00:24:19.52\00:24:20.46 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 00:24:42.98\00:24:45.98 time you will see the results. 00:24:45.98\00:24:47.35 You know, I want to ask this question because when we do a 00:24:48.72\00:24:51.15 special prayer and praise program here on Alive, a lot of 00:24:51.15\00:24:55.26 the prayer requests that come in are for parents with 00:24:55.26\00:24:59.23 children that do not know the Lord or have left the Lord. 00:24:59.23\00:25:02.43 And so talk to us a little bit about a parent that has prayed 00:25:03.67\00:25:08.30 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years for their children and 00:25:08.30\00:25:14.48 they are still walking away from God. 00:25:14.48\00:25:16.11 Do they continue to pray? 00:25:16.71\00:25:18.25 Does it still make a difference? 00:25:18.31\00:25:20.45 Because God already knows that this child is a burden on the 00:25:20.48\00:25:24.35 parent's heart. 00:25:24.35\00:25:25.55 So is there power in continuing to pray 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 00:25:25.55\00:25:30.69 years? 00:25:30.69\00:25:34.56 prayer, petition prayer. 00:25:34.56\00:25:35.93 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. 00:25:39.77\00:25:42.74 That's a good prayer to pray. 00:25:43.67\00:25:44.57 It's a petition prayer. 00:25:44.57\00:25:46.37 It's for something temporary, for a temporary need. 00:25:46.88\00:25:49.38 There is nothing wrong. 00:25:50.95\00:25:52.08 The Bible says that we should cast all our cares upon Him. 00:25:52.18\00:25:55.05 Nothing wrong to ask. 00:25:55.58\00:25:56.58 The problem we have is when we twist God's arm to do what we 00:25:57.29\00:26:04.49 want, the way we want in the time we want. 00:26:04.49\00:26:06.13 We don't only ask what we want. 00:26:06.80\00:26:08.53 We even tell Him how to do it and when to do it. 00:26:08.66\00:26:10.70 Uh-oh. 00:26:10.70\00:26:11.37 Okay. 00:26:12.00\00:26:15.14 Which I have found myself guilty of that. 00:26:15.74\00:26:17.27 You know, kind of twisting God's arm. 00:26:17.27\00:26:19.04 We say God didn't answer my prayer. 00:26:19.74\00:26:21.28 What does it mean? 00:26:21.28\00:26:21.31 Yeah. 00:26:22.81\00:26:23.28 God probably did answer just not the way we expect. 00:26:23.91\00:26:26.38 And if He doesn't work the way we want, you think He didn't 00:26:26.68\00:26:28.58 work. 00:26:28.58\00:26:29.78 And then I says to every, every, to every honest prayer 00:26:30.35\00:26:34.12 an answer will come. 00:26:34.12\00:26:35.82 But it would be wrong to expect God to answer the way we want 00:26:36.12\00:26:39.43 in the time we want. 00:26:39.43\00:26:40.30 So, going back. 00:26:40.96\00:26:42.90 Okay. 00:26:43.00\00:26:43.43 There are many types of prayer. 00:26:44.50\00:26:45.57 One of them is petition. 00:26:45.57\00:26:46.94 When you pray petition prayer, you should present your needs, 00:26:47.17\00:26:50.04 but you should be able to say, as Jesus said, Nevertheless, 00:26:50.21\00:26:53.48 not my will. 00:26:53.74\00:26:54.61 Basically, trust God's love and wisdom because He knows the big 00:26:55.01\00:26:59.28 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 00:27:01.15\00:27:05.82 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 00:27:07.39\00:27:11.06 give His son? 00:27:11.06\00:27:11.76 If He gave His son, He can say and you have a car. 00:27:12.16\00:27:15.06 But trust in His wisdom. 00:27:15.33\00:27:16.83 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 00:27:18.37\00:27:20.47 don't trust God and they don't wait upon God. 00:27:20.47\00:27:22.34 The Bible says those who wait, they pray and then they act. 00:27:22.37\00:27:25.41 Instead of waiting, let the Lord work. 00:27:25.54\00:27:29.34 That's petition prayer. 00:27:30.45\00:27:31.35 However, intercessory prayer is not the same. 00:27:32.05\00:27:34.55 It's not when you ask a car or a house or a job or whatever. 00:27:35.28\00:27:38.85 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 00:28:34.28\00:28:39.45 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. 00:28:52.36\00:28:54.93 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. 00:56:14.37\00:56:17.11 You know, it changes lives. 00:56:17.61\00:56:18.94 And wow, to talk to God, what a blessing. 00:56:19.81\00:56:21.61 I'm so encouraged. 00:56:21.64\00:56:22.34 Amen, me too. 00:56:22.51\00:56:23.68 Well, thank you so much, Pastor Pavel Goyer, for being here 00:56:23.68\00:56:27.08 this evening, for sharing from your heart the Holy Spirit used 00:56:27.08\00:56:30.82 you in a powerful way. 00:56:30.82\00:56:31.85 And we just pray God's blessing and anointing over your 00:56:32.45\00:56:35.49 continued ministry for him. 00:56:35.49\00:56:36.89 Thank you. 00:56:36.99\00:56:40.40 well. 00:56:40.40\00:56:40.96 Those dates are June 4th through 7th. 00:56:41.16\00:56:43.67 So we look forward to having you join us either in person or 00:56:43.67\00:56:47.14 watching on 3ABN as well. 00:56:47.14\00:56:48.67 That's right. 00:56:48.67\00:56:53.04 else. 00:56:53.04\00:56:56.68 Because when we pray for others, it not only allows God 00:56:56.78\00:57:00.28 to work in their lives, but it changes us as well. 00:57:00.28\00:57:03.18 We love you and we pray for you. 00:57:03.45\00:57:05.35 We will see you next time. 00:57:05.59\00:57:07.26 Good night. 00:57:07.36\00:57:08.02