Participants: Alex Niculaescu & Levi Longoria
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL017526B
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00:12 >> HELLO. WE WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE
00:13 SECOND HOUR OF 3ABN TODAY LIVE. 00:14 AND WE ARE TALKING TONIGHT ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE. 00:19 OUR FIRST HOUR WAS A LITTLE RELAXED, AS WE GOT SOME 00:23 HISTORY. PUT YOUR SPIRITUAL TRACK SHOES 00:25 ON BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO SPEED THINGS UP NOW. 00:28 LET ME REINTRODUCE OUR SPECIAL GUEST. 00:31 WE HAVE ALEX NICULAESCU WITH US AND ALSO LEVI LONGORIA. 00:34 THEY ARE BOTH WITH CRYING AT THE GATES MINISTRY. 00:38 AND THAT IS A MINISTRY OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER. 00:43 MOST SPECIFICALLY YOU ARE FOCUSING ON RESCUING -- 00:47 FOLLOWING GOD'S PLAN TO RESCUE PEOPLE FROM SEX TRAFFICKING. 00:52 >> UH-HUH. >> OKAY. 00:53 NOW, WE TALKED ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL CHART, ABOUT 00:58 SPIRITUAL WARFARE, THE TWO SPIRITUAL BEINGS, HOW WE ARE 01:02 TRAPPED IN THE MIDDLE. THAT WOULD BE THE DEVIL AND 01:04 CHRIST. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TURN OUR 01:06 ATTENTION TO NOW IS A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN THAT. 01:11 I'LL THROW IT TO YOU, LEVI. >> YEAH, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS 01:16 MOVE FROM THE TRAFFICKING ASPECT, THINGS WE WERE TALKING 01:19 ABOUT LAST HOUR, INTO MORE OF THE ANSWER TO THAT. 01:24 MORE OF THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT AND WHAT WE CAN DO AND THOSE-WATCHING CAN DO TO PARTICIPATE 01:29 IN THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE. WHETHER IT'S TRAFFICKING OR 01:35 ANY OTHER THING THAT THE ENEMY USES AGAINST. 01:38 >> COULD I CORRECT YOU. YOU SAID TO PARTICIPATE. 01:41 WE ARE ALL IN A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. 01:44 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TO BE VICTORIOUS TO LEARN TO FIGHT 01:47 THROUGH CHRIST. >> PARTICIPATE EFFECTIVELY IS 01:49 A BETTER WAY TO SAY THAT. I'LL JUST START IN 2 TIMOTHY. 01:55 WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF SPIPTURE AND WE'LL GO QUICK 01:58 BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER. 02:03 2 TIMOTHY 2:00-4. IT SAYS, NO ONE ENGAGES IN 02:14 WARFARE -- WHO ENGAGE IN WAR FAR ENTANGLES HIMSELF WITH THE 02:18 AFFAIRS OF THIS LIFE THAT IT MAY PLEASE HIM WHO ENLISTED 02:24 HIMSELF AS A SOLDIER. FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO POINT 02:29 OUT THAT ANYONE WHO COMES INTO THE FAMILY OF CHRIST, WHO 02:33 BECOMES A PART OF HIS KINGDOM, HE IS ENLISTED AS A SOLDIER. 02:40 AS A SOLDIER FOR CHRIST. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. 02:44 BUT IF WE WERE REALLY ALL SOLDIER -- IF YOU WERE IN THE 02:49 ARMY, PHYSICAL ARMY, YOU WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHAT DOES A 02:52 SOLDIER DO AND HOW DO THEY FIGHT AND WHAT ARE THE TOOLS 02:55 AND WEAPONS AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW. 02:58 SOMETIMES WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT. 03:00 IT SAYS WE ARE ENLISTED AS SOLDIERS IN CHRIST'S ARMY IN 03:05 HIS KING SELDOM. SOME OF THE WAYS WE DO THAT 03:11 WE'LL SHARE TODAY. BASICALLY THESE ARE -- THE WAY 03:14 THAT WE APPROACH THIS TOPIC IS-BASICALLY GOD, HOW HE TAUGHT US, IS THROUGH USING PHYSICAL 03:26 REPRESENTATIONS TO ILLUSTRATE SPIRITUAL THINGS, SPIRITUAL 03:30 PRINCIPALS, OKAY. THAT WAY YOU CAN PUT 03:33 EVERYTHING INTO A PICTURE, SO TO SPEAK, INTO A CONTEXT. 03:42 I WANT TO TELL AN ILLUSTRATION. 03:44 WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO MAKE WOODEN SWORDS. 03:49 WE LIVED OUT IN THE COUNTRY. I WOULD MAKE WOODEN SWORDS. 03:52 MY FRIEND WOULD COME OVER AND WE WOULD MAKE SWORDS WITH DUCT 03:56 TAPE. MY DAD HAD A SHOP. 03:58 WE WOULD GO OUT AND FIGHT THE NEIGHBORS' CORN FIELD. 04:04 I FEEL BAD NOW. I REALIZE HOW MUCH CORN I 04:07 PROBABLY CUT DOWN IN MY NEIGHBOR'S FIELD. 04:09 WE WOULD GO AND DO THAT, WE HAD SHIELDS AND SWORDS AND 04:14 BOWS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. DRAGONS, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS 04:17 YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU ARE A KID. 04:19 I REALLY DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL MAYBE THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS 04:25 HOW PARTICLE ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE TO THINGS IN 04:29 SCRIPTURE THERE IS A REAL-DRAGON, AN ENEMY AND SHIELDS AND ARMOR AND ALL OF THOSE 04:38 THINGS ARE SYMBOLS THAT THE BIBLE USES THAT REPRSENT VERY 04:41 REAL THINGS IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE 04:45 WE ARE IN. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS 04:49 THAT WE KIND OF HAVE GONE ABOUT LEARNING THIS TOPIC IS 04:54 KIND OF ATTACHING THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OR 05:01 ATTACHING A PRINCIPLE TO THE THINGS UP WOULD USE IN A REAL 05:04 BATTLE. LET'S JUST LOOK AT A COUPLE OF 05:07 OTHER TEXTS REALLY QUICK. I WILL GO TO EPHESIANS. 05:11 OF COURSE, THIS IS ONE THAT WE ARE PROBABLY ALL FAMILIAR 05:15 WITH. EPHESIANS 6. 05:19 >> SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH AS FAR AS 05:21 HEARING IT BUT I HOPE EMPLOYING IT -- 05:26 >> THAT'S THE BOWL US. EPHESIANS 6 VERSE 11 AND 12. 05:38 THAT SAYS PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD THAT YOU MAY BE 05:42 ABLE TO STAND AGAINST THE WILES OF THE DEVIL SO WE DO IN 05:47 NOT WRESTLE AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD BUT PRINCIPALITIES AND 05:52 THE RIEWRLZ OF DARKNESS, AGAINST SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF 05:55 WICKEDNESS AND HELPLY PLACES. WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS VERSE 05:59 A LITTLE BIT LATER. I WANT TO POINT OUT IN THIS 06:06 PACKAGE -- IN THIS PASSAGE IT TELLS US THERE IS SPIRITUAL 06:13 ARMOR. THERE ARE WAYS TO UNDERSTAND 06:17 TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST THE ENEMY. 06:24 IT SAYS, THAT THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT CARNAL BUT 06:31 MIGHTY IN GOD IN PULLING DOWN STRONGHOLDS. 06:34 SO ON AND SO FORTH. IN SCRIPTURE THERE IS 06:39 SPIRITUAL ARMOR, SPIRITUAL WEAPONS, SPIRITUAL BATTLE, 06:44 DRAGONS. SATAN IS CALLED THE DRAGON OR 06:47 THE SERPENT. >> COULD I ELABORATE ON SECOND 06:53 CORINTHIANS. IT'S CLEARER IN THE CONTEST IN 06:57 TAKING EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE TO BE OBEDIENT TO THE WILL OF 07:02 THE LORD. THE BATTLE IS IN OUR MIND. 07:04 WE ARE ALL, WE DON'T RECOGNIZE IT ALWAYS, BUT WE ARE ALL 07:08 INVOLVED IN A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. 07:11 WE CAN'T HELP TO BE. WE ARE EITHER ON ONE SIDE -- 07:15 >> AUTOMATICALLY INVOLVED. >> IF YOU ARE ALIVE, IF YOU 07:17 ARE BREATHING. >> WHAT I WANT TO DO, JUST TO 07:22 MOVE INTO THAT. FROM THE TOPIC THAT WE WERE 07:26 ON. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO 07:29 CONNECT THAT WITH THE IDEA OF SPIRITUAL BATTLE AND SPIRITUAL 07:34 WARFARE THIS IS SORT OF A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON SOME 07:39 VERSES WE ALL KNOW, AT LEAST THOSE WHO HAVE STUDIED AND 07:47 DANIEL, WE USUALLY STUDY SOME OF THESE VERSES WE WILL SHARE 07:51 FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. I'LL START IN REVELATION, 07:55 CHAPTER 17. IN REVELATIONS 17, THERE IS A 08:04 POWER REPRESENTED THAT IS REPRESENTED A COUPLE OF 08:07 DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION IN DIFFERENT 08:11 WAYS WITH DIFFERENT SYMBOLISM. THE WAY THAT IT'S REPRESENTED 08:14 IN REVELATION 17 IS AS THE HARLOT AND HER DAUGHTERS, 08:20 ANOTHER HARLOT. LET'S READ VERSE 4 AND 5. 08:27 IT SAYS, THE WOMAN WAS IN PURPLE AND SCARLET AND ADORND 08:35 WITH PRECIOUS STONES HAVING IN HER HAND A GOLDEN CUP FULL OF 08:40 ADOMINATIONS AND FILTHNESS OF HER FORNICATION AND ON HER 08:44 FOREHEAD A NAME WAS WRITTEN, THE MOTHER OF HARLOT AND THE 08:50 ADOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. ALL RIGHT? 08:53 THE SYMBOLISM IN REVELATION 17 IS OF THE ENEMY OF GOD AT THE 08:59 END OF TIME AND OF HIS PEOPLE. SYMBOLIZED AS A HARLOT AND THE-NAME TO THAT HOR LOT IS THE 09:10 MOTHER HARLOT BABYLON. WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE STUDY 09:16 OF PROPHECY THT IN A SPECIFIC SENSE REPRESENTS THE FALLEN 09:23 CHURCHES, THAT SYSTEM, THE MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTERS, 09:26 RIGHT? >> RIGHT. 09:28 BUT I WANT TO BROADEN THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THE WAY THAT WE 09:32 WILL APPROACH IT TODAY. THAT SYSTEM INCLUDES -- WE 09:38 WILL SEE IT LATER IN CHAPTER 18. 09:41 IT INCLUDES A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE A PART 09:44 OF THAT. BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT IS 09:47 AGAINST GOD, CHRIST AND HIS WORK AT THE END OF TIME IS 09:50 PART OF THAT HARLOT SYSTEM, THAT BABYLONIAN SYSTEM. 09:55 I WANT TO GO REALLY QUICK, ALSO, TO REVELATION 13, WHICH 10:02 IS ANOTHER CHAPTER IT TALK ABOUT THE SAME POWER, BUT WITH 10:05 DIFFERENT SYMBOLISM IN CHAPTER 13, OKAY? 10:11 AGAIN, WE ARE JUST BASICALLY GOING THROUGH JUST QUICKLY. 10:16 I'M TRYING TO HIT IT QUICK, TO GIVE A CONTEXT FOR WHAT WE'LL 10:20 BE TALKING ABOUT. CHAPTER 13, THE VERSE IS 1 AND 10:27 2. IT SAYS, THEN I STOOD ON THE 10:30 SAND OF THE SEA AND I SAW A BEAST RISING UP OUT OF THE SEA 10:36 HAVING SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS AND TEN CROWNS AND A 10:42 BLOSSOMS NAME. BY THE WAY, IF YOU STUDY THE 10:46 SYMBOLISM WHAT IT IS REPRESENTING HERE, THIS BEAST 10:49 COMING OUT OF THE SEA IS THE HARLOT FROM 17. 10:54 THE HARLOT. VERSE 2, NOW THE BEAST WHICH I 10:56 SAW WAS LIKE A LEPP AR, HIS FEET WERE LIKE THE FEET OF A 11:01 BEAR AND THE MOUTH OF A LYON. THE DRAGON GAVE HIS POWER AND 11:07 THRONE AND GREAT AUTHORITY. WHO GAVE HIM THE AUTHORITY? 11:11 THE DRAGON IN THE DRAGON REVELATION VERSE 9. 11:19 REVELATION 12, VERSE 9 SAYS SO THE GREAT DRAGON, HE WAS CAST 11:28 OUT, THAT SERPENT OF OLD CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN. 11:32 HE IS CAST TO THE EARTH AND HIS ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH 11:36 HIM. >> SO THERE IS NO QUESTION WHO 11:38 THIS DRAGON IS. >> NO QUESTION. 11:41 THE DEVIL IS THE DRAGON. THE DRAGON GAVE THIS POWER, 11:45 ITS AUTHORITY. HE IS BEHIND THE POWER OF THE-BEAST HERE OR THE HARLOT, THE 11:52 BABYLON SYSTEM. IT IS THE ENEMY, SATAN WHO IS 11:57 BEHIND THE SYSTEM AT THE END THAT IS BABYLON, SPIRITUAL 12:02 BABYLON.-úSO THE REASON I POINT THAT OUT IS KIND OF TO TIE IT IN WITH 12:07 WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. LET'S GO TO EZEKIAL 28 REALLY 12:13 QUICK. WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT 12:18 SOMETHING INTERESTING ABOUT THAT POWER THAT IS BEHIND 12:23 SPIRITUAL BABYLON. >> OKAY. 12:28 >> EZEKEIAL CHAPTER 28 IT'S IN HERE SEVERAL PLACES, WE CAN 12:39 LOOK AT 18. EZEKIEL 28, FOR THOSE WHO 12:44 HAVEN'T STUDIED THIS CHAPTER, BASICALLY STARTING FROM VERSE 12:48 14, IT IS USING THE KING AS A SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF 12:58 SAINT OR LUCIFER. THAT IS JUST FOR THOSE WHO 13:00 DON'T KNOW, THAT IS THE CONTEXT OF THIS PASSAGE WE'LL 13:05 READ. VERSE 18 SAYS, YOU, SPEAKING 13:10 ABOUT LUCIFER, YOU DEFILED YOUR SANCTUARY BY THE 13:15 MULTITUDE OF YOUR INEQUITY BY THE INEQUITY OF YOUR 13:19 TRAFFICKING. THEREFORE, I BROUGHT FIRE AND 13:23 DEVOURED YOU AND TURNED TO ASHES UPON THE EARTH. 13:27 REMEMBER, THIS POWER, SATAN OR LUCIFER SENIOR ONE BEHIND 13:32 SPIRITUAL BABYLON AT THE END. THIS VERSE TELLS US THAT HE IS 13:37 A TRAFFICKER. RIGHT? 13:39 JUST A QUICK NOTE, SOMETHING I FOUND A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO 13:44 THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING, THAT WORD -- WE 13:46 DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE TEXT. THAT WORD, WHEN IT SAYS YOU 13:53 DEFILED YOUR SANCTUARY, THE WORD DEFILED, THE NAME WORD IS 13:59 IN LEE VET CUSS 19-29, WHEN IT SAYS YOU PROSTITUTED YOUR 14:06 DAUGHTERS. >> THAT IS INTERESTING. 14:11 >> THE CONTEXT IS OF PARENTS WHO HAVE SOLD THEIR CHILDREN 14:13 IN PROSTITUTION. YOU COULD READ THAT AS YOU 14:20 HAVE PROSTITUTED YOUR SANK WEARS BY THE MULTITUDE OF YOUR -- SO ON. 14:30 IT IS CONNECTION TO LEAD INTO THE SPIRITUAL ASPECT OF IT. 14:40 THE POWER OF THE ENEMY SATAN AND HE IS THE ULTIMATE, THE 14:44 HEAD TRAFFICKER, THE HEAD PIMP, YOU MIGHT SAY, OF ALL OF 14:49 IT. DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH 14:51 TRAFFICKING AND SEX TRAFFICKING. 14:55 HE TRAFFIC A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. 14:57 ANYTHING THAT HE PUTS OUT THERE TO BUY US FROM GOD, SO 15:05 TO SPEAK. ANYTHING WE WILL ACCEPT TO 15:08 TAKE US AWAY FROM OUR RIGHTFUL OWNER AND HE BECOMES OUR 15:16 SLAVEMASTER. THIS IS A CONTEXT OF WHAT 15:18 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, THE WAY THAT WE FIGHT IN THIS 15:24 BATTLE, NUMBER ONE, IS THROUGH INTERCESSORY PRAYER. 15:28 SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO GO INTO NOW. 15:31 ALEX, I THINK, IS GOING TO SHARE KIND OF A BASIC LOOK AT 15:36 SOME OF THE WEAPONS THAT WE USE IN THAT BATTLE, OKAY? 15:40 >> OKAY. ALEX. 15:43 >> SO, IN WARFARE YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE THREE UNITS. 15:47 LET'S PICK OUT THE MOST BASIC UNIT ANYBODY WOULD RECOGNIZE. 15:51 UP HAVE THE SWORTSMAN. IF WE ARE GOING TO ATTACK A 15:59 WAR THIS TERRITORIER, ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE SWORDS MAN UP 16:03 AGAINST A WALL? THAT'S A BAD IDEA. 16:06 HE WILL GET SHOT BY WHOEVER IS ON TOP OF THE WALL. 16:11 ALSO, IN DIFFERENT CONTEXT. YOU HAVE A SWORDS MAN AND YOU 16:15 ARE TRYING TO ATTACK THE FRONT LINE OF ENEMY TROOPS. 16:18 DO YOU RUSH ALL OF YOUR SPORTS MAN INTO ENEMY TROOPS JUST 16:23 STRAIGHT OUT. >> NOT IF YOU ARE A SMART 16:26 GENERAL. >> EXACT LIAN ARCHERS AGAINST 16:28 A WALL? AFTERNOONERS CAN'T PENETRATE 16:32 WALLS. THE ARROWS, THEY ARE GOOD FOR 16:35 LONG DISTANCE. WILL YOU TAKE THEM AGAINST THE 16:37 LINE THAT YOU WANT YOUR SWORSDS MAN TO RUN INTO BUT 16:42 NOT AGAINST THE WALL. THEN WE HAVE SEGE WEAPONS. 16:45 THAT'S WHAT YOU TAKE AGAINST THE WALL. 16:48 EVERY UNIT HAS ITS PLACE. SWORDS MEN ARE GOOD AT CLOSE 16:52 WARFARE. BEFORE YOU RUN YOUR CLOSE 16:56 COMBAT SOLDIERS INTO THE FRONT LINES, YOU USE ARCHERS FIRST. 16:59 ARCHERS WILL SHOOT THE ARROWS THAT WILL DECIMATE THE FRONT 17:03 LINES, GAPS ARE MADE, BREACHES ARE MADE WHERE YOUR SWORDSMEN 17:08 CAN BEGIN TO PUSH BACK THE DEFENSIVE LINE. 17:15 YOUR SEIGE WEAPONS BACK CAT PUTS, TREB CHER, BASICALLY 17:24 LIKE A CATAPULT ON STEROIDS. IT'S A HUGE LONG DISTANCE 17:30 CATAPULT. IT IS VERY SLOW. 17:32 BUT IF YOU WANT TO BRING DOWN A WALL, THAT'S WHAT YOU USE SO 17:35 YOU CAN BE OUT OF RANGE OF ENEMY FIRE. 17:41 WE OFTEN ARE USING SWORDS MEN ALONE. 17:45 USING PEOPLE DOING FACE-TO-FACE, WHETHER IT'S 17:49 EVANGELISM, MEDICAL EVANGELISM, SPEAKING 17:53 EVANGELISM. WHETHER IT'S LITERATURE AVENGE 17:56 LOISM. YOU NEED THE SWORDS MEN, BUT 17:59 YOU DON'T RUN A SWORDS MAN INTO A WALL. 18:03 >> WHY ARE YOU MAKING THE REFERENCE. 18:07 I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS WHY ARE YOU MAKING 18:12 THE COMPARISON BETEEN EVANGELISM AND SWORDSMEN? 18:22 THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND COMPARES SCRIPTURES TO A 18:30 SWORD. >> SWORDS AND SPIRIT. 18:33 THERE IS OUR COMPARISON. OKAY. 18:35 >> WE ARE USING THE WORD OF GOD IN CLOSE QUARTERS, RIGHT? 18:40 YOU USE THE WORD OF GOD WHEN YOU SPEAK TO PEOPLE. 18:42 YOU ARE GIVING THEM BASICALLY THE TRUTH. 18:45 THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE USING AS YOUR SWORD, TO CUT. 18:49 AS EFFECTIVE AS THAT MAY BE, WHAT YOU NEED FIRST IS YOU 18:53 NEED LONG DISTANCE WARFARE. YOU NEED THE ARCHERS TO LAUNCH 18:57 INTO THAT LINE. WHAT AN ARCHER IS A PRAYER 19:01 WARRIOR, SOMEBODY WHO PRAYS. IF YOU BASICALLY START HACKING 19:04 AWAY WITHOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEN IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 19:07 AS EFFECTIVE. YOU WANT THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO 19:10 GO BEFORE YOU. SO WE PRAY FIRST. 19:15 AN ARCHER CAN'T GO AGAINST A WALL. 19:16 YOU NEED A SEIGE WEAPON. A SEIGE WEAPON IS NOT AT 19:21 MOBILE AND REQUIRES MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO RUN. 19:23 WHAT A SEIGE WEAPON IS A PRAYER GROUP. 19:27 A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT UNITES IN PRAYER TO HIT A SECTION OF 19:32 WALL. YOU CAN'T RANDOMLY PEPPER A 19:34 WALL AND EXPECT IT TO FALL. YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE ONE SPOT, 19:37 ONE SPECIFIC THING THAT YOU CAN SEE. 19:41 TOGETHER YOU UNITE IN PRAYER TO BASICALLY HIT THAT SAME 19:44 SPOT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL A BREACH IS MADE 19:47 THAT ALLOWS THINGS LIKE EVANGELISM TO GO IN. 19:51 WHEN I WAS WORKING IN ATLANTA THERE WAS A MINISTRY WE WERE A 19:53 PART OF THAT I WAS A PART OF THAT FOR THREE YEAR I WORKED 19:57 WITH THEM. WE WERE RUNNING A 24-HOUR CALL 20:02 CENTER RESCUING WOMEN FROM TRAFFICKING, FROM PROSTITUTION 20:05 THERE WAS A THAT WANTED TO PRAY FOR US 24HOURS A DAY. 20:13 YES, ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. WHAT THEY DID, THEY BROUGHT A 20:18 CHURCH BUILDING IN A PART OF TOWN THAT IS STHEAD, RUN DOWN,-THEY KNEW TRAFFICKING WAS 20:24 GOING IN THAT AREA. THEY TRADE 24 HOURS A DAY AND 20:27 PRAYED FOR THE COMMUNITY 24 HOURS A DAY. 20:30 >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE COMMITMENT. 20:32 >> OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T PRAY 24 HOURS CONTINUOUSLY. 20:35 PEOPLE WOULD COME IN FOR TWO HOURS THERE WAS ALWAYS 20:39 SOMEBODY IN THE CHURCH PRAYING 24 HOURS AROUND THE CLOCK. 20:44 WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 AND 4:00 A.M., 20:46 THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SCHEDULED TO PRAY HAD TROUBLE HEARING 20:50 THEMSELVES PRAY THERE WAS A CLUB ABOUT A BLOCK OR SO, ON 20:54 THE SAME BLOCK, A LITTLE WAYS DOWN. 20:55 THE MUSIC WAS SO LOUD THEY HAD TROUBLE HEARING THEMSELVES. 20:59 SO THEY SAID, WE ARE NOT GOING TO RESIST FROM PRAYING, WE ARE 21:05 CREATING A WALL UNWE'LL YELL OUR PRAYERS. 21:09 ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF LATER, THERE WAS A STING 21:12 OPERATION DONE ON THAT CLUB. THE OWNER WAS ARRESTED. 21:16 WE DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS. THE GOVERNMENT CAME TO THE 21:18 CHURCH MEMBERS AND SAID, HEY, THERE IS A VACATE BUILDING 21:21 WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE IT AS YOUR NEW CHURCH BUILDING? 21:26 >> HOW WONDERFUL. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. 21:27 WE'LL TAKE IT. THEY GO. 21:29 AS THEY WERE CLEANING IT OUT, GETTING IT READY TO MAKE IT 21:32 INTO A CHURCH, THEY FIND A TRAP DOOR. 21:35 THEY FIND A TRP DOOR, THEY GO INTO THE BASEMENT OF THIS CLUB-AND THEY SEE TONS OF SECTIONED 21:41 OFF ROOMS WITH TORTURE DEVICES. 21:44 DID THEY KNOW THAT WAS GOING ON? 21:46 THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS BEHIND THE WALL. 21:49 WHEN WE TALK A WALL. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS BEHIND 21:52 THE WALL. WE KNOW WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO 21:54 BREAK DOWN AND CRATE A BREACH IN THAT WALL. 21:56 SO WHEN WE GET TOGETHER AND SAY, LORD, WE DON'T KNOW 22:00 EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT WE KNOW THERE IS EVIL IN THIS 22:03 PLACE, THERE IS A STRONGHOLD OF SATAN AND WE NEED TO BRING 22:11 BREAK DOWN THE WALL. WE GET TOGETHER AND WE PRAY 22:13 AND WE PRAY. SOMETIMES IT WILL TAKE A YEAR, 22:17 THE CATAPULT IS A SLOW UNITS. THEY ARE NOT FAST MOVING. 22:21 IT TAKES COMMITMENT. THE MOMENT THAT YOU COMMIT TO 22:23 DOING THAT IS THE MOMENT THAT THE REST OF YOUR SOLDIERS WILL 22:28 HAVE ACCESS BECAUSE YOU HAVE CREATED THE BREACH IN THE 22:31 STRONGHOLD. THAT'S WHAT WE THINK WHEN WE 22:34 THINK OF UNITS. WE CAN GO DEEPER BUT I THINK 22:38 THAT IS THE MAIN PART THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. 22:41 THE MAIN PART THAT OUR MINISTRY CONSISTS OF. 22:45 >> INTERESTING, AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE HEARD THIS 22:49 EXPRESSION. WELL, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT I 22:51 CAN DO BUT PRAY. LIKE I'VE RUN OUT OF OPTIONS, 22:57 ABOUT I CAN PRAY. PRAYER IS THE GREATEST THING, 23:02 IT IS BRINGING DOWN THE WALL. >> IT IS UNFORTUNATELY MANY 23:06 TIMES IT'S SEEN AS A LAST RESORT, IN A WAY. 23:11 WHICH IS TOTALLY FLIPPED ON ITS HEAD. 23:14 IT SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING THAT WE DO IN ANY SPIRITUAL 23:18 WORK. IT SHOULD BE THE FOUNDATION. 23:22 BECAUSE IF YOU ARE REDUCED TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN'T DO 23:25 ANYTHING BUT PRAY, GOD IS BASICALLY SAYING FINALLY, HE 23:28 IS IN A POSITION WHERE HE CAN HAVE POWER. 23:31 GOD IS TRYING TO REMOVE THE THINGS THAT ARE MEANT TO BE 23:35 ADDED LATER ON SO THAT YOU AN FOCUS ON THE THING THAT IS 23:38 MEANT TO BE FIRST. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE 23:42 GREATEST PRAYER HINDRANCES? IS IT OUR PRIDE? 23:46 WHAT IS IT ABOUT SO MANY THAT PRAYER IS A LOST RESORT. 23:54 THANK YOU JESUS FOR THIS MORNING. 23:55 THANK YOU FOR THIS FOOD. BUT FOR REALLY SERIOUS PRAYER, 24:00 IT IS A LAST RESORT FOR MANY. WHAT DO YOU THINK -- THAT'S 24:04 PART OF THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE. >> I WOULD SAY IT'S THREE 24:08 THINGS. THREE THINGS THAT COME FIRST 24:09 TO MIND ARE THIS. WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GREAT 24:13 CONTROVERSY. AS A REAL SPIRITUAL WAR. 24:16 WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE TWO BEINGS IN THE CONTROVERSY ARE 24:20 SPIRITUAL, CHRIST AND SATAN. THE ONLY WAY TO ENGAGE IN 24:24 WARFARE BETWEEN TWO SPIRITUAL BEINGS IS THROUGH SPIRITUAL 24:27 MEANS. WE FORGET THAT. 24:29 WE DON'T SEE THERE IS A REAL CONFLICT. 24:31 WE ARE NOT CONVINCED THERE IS A BATTLE OVER THE INFLUENCE OF 24:35 OUR MINDS. SOMETHING IS TRYING TO TAKE 24:37 CONTROL AND INFLUENCE US IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION, EITHER 24:40 TOWARDS GOD OR TOWARD SATAN THE SECOND THING IS WE DON'T 24:44 HAVE FAITH. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD 24:47 ANSWERS PROMISES. WE DON'T HAVE PERSONAL VICTORY 24:49 IN OUR LIVES. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT GOD 24:52 LISTENS TO US. SO HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR HUGE 24:56 THINGS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE VICTORY IN THE SMALL THINGS. 24:59 I HAD A THIRD THING -- >> I WOULD SAY SATAN'S 25:05 DISTRACTIONS. >> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO 25:09 TAKE YOUR MIND AWAY FROM SPIRITUAL THINGS, THAT WHEN 25:15 YOU DO COME TO SPEND TIME IN PRAYER, IF YOU HAVE BEEN 25:19 FOCUSING ON MOVIES AND GAMES AND Facebook AND ALL OF THIS 25:22 OTHER STUFF, IT BECOMES DISTASTEFUL. 25:25 >> I WANTED TO BROADEN THAT JUST A LITTLE. 25:28 THOSE ARE MORE LIKE FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT. 25:31 BUT MANY PEOPLE ARE FOCUSED ON JUST GETTING THEIR WORK DONE, 25:34 GETTING THE HOUSE CLEAN, GETTING THE CHILDREN'S 25:39 HOMEWORK DONE. THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN 25:41 SOCIETY TODAY. >> YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY, I 25:45 THINK, TO GET PAST THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ARE STILL -- WE 25:51 DON'T SPEAK UP HERE, WE ARE STILL LEARNING AND GROWING 25:56 EVERY DAY. ALL OF IT. 25:57 THE WAY THAT I AM LEARNING TO GET BEYOND THAT IS YOU JUST 26:02 HAVE TO INVEST. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. 26:06 YOU HAVE TO INVEST IN MAKING THAT THAT A PRIORITY, MAKING 26:14 YOUR TIME WITH GOD AND INTERCESSION A PRIORITY. 26:18 >> WHAT HIT ME, THE REASON PEOPLE INVEST IS BECAUSE THEY 26:21 KNOW THERE WILL BE AN R.O.I., RETURN ON INVESTMENT. 26:26 IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT, I WAS TOLD THE 26:29 WAY YOU INVEST YOUR TIME IS THE WAY YOU INVEST YOUR LIFE. 26:33 TIME IS LIFE. IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT -- WHO 26:39 WAS IT MARTIN LUTHER SAYING HOW HE WAS SO BUSY THAT DAY 26:42 THAT HE HAD TO SPENT THE FIRST SIX HOURS IN PRAYER. 26:48 THAT IS COUNTER INTUITIVE TO US BUT THAT IS HOW HE WAS SO 26:54 PRODUCTIVE. >> I WANTED TO GO BACK TO WHAT 26:57 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE ILLUSTRATION THAT ALEX GAVE OF 27:01 THE WAY THAT IT HAPPENED WITH THIS CHURCH, PRAYING AND 27:05 BASICALLY GOD GAVE THEM THE TERRITORY WE WERE PRAYING FOR. 27:11 RIGHT? I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT. 27:13 THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH-SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE GO TO CHURCHES 27:18 OR PLACES TO SPEAK ON THESE THINGS, IS THE IDEA OF TAKING 27:25 TERRITORIES. IT'S VERY INTERESTING, 27:26 ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK IN SCRIPTURE. 27:29 I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. 27:33 LOOK AT JOB CHAPTER 1. BASICALLY VERSUS 6 THROUGH 11, 27:40 OR 6 THROUGH 10, REALLY. YOU SEE THIS STORY OF 27:46 BASICALLY SATAN GOING TO HEAVEN, TO THE COUNSEL IN 27:51 HEAVEN AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF EARTH, RIGHT? 27:55 HE GOES AND GOD ASKS WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING, HE SAYS I'VE 28:00 BEEN GOING 20 AND FRO. I.E., THIS IS MY TERRITORY. 28:05 GOD SAYS, YES, BUT, HAVE YOU NOTICED I HAVE TERRITORY 28:09 THERE, TOO. HAVE YOU NOTICED MY SERVANT 28:13 JOB? WHAT DOES THE ENEMY SAID, 28:16 HAVEN'T YOU PUT A HEDGE AROUND HIM AND ON EVERY SIDE? 28:21 WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO READ THE STORY, WHY, BECAUSE JOB WAS 28:27 INTERCEDING ON BEHALF OF HIS FAMILY AND HIS CHILDREN. 28:30 EVERY DAY HE WOULD SACRIFICE AND BRING THEM TO GOD. 28:35 SO YOU HAVE THIS IDEA, IT'S KIND OF STRANGE TO THINK 28:40 ABOUT. WE DON'T USUALLY CONNECT IT IN 28:42 THIS WAY. YOU HAVE THE IDEA OF THE 28:46 SPIRITUAL WORLD ACTUALLY WORKING BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL 28:52 TERRITORIES. >> I BELIEVE THAT. 28:53 >> YOU HAVE THE SAME THING IN DANIEL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL 10, 28:58 VERSUS 12 AND 13. DANIEL CHAPTER 10, GABLE COMES 29:07 TO DANIEL AND HE SAYS, DANIEL HAD BEEN APRAYING FOR THREE 29:11 WEEKS. HE SAYS I WAS HELD UP BECAUSE 29:13 I WAS IN A STRUGGLE WITH THE PRINCE OF PERSIA. 29:17 HE WASN'T STRUGGLING WITH A MAN. 29:19 ANGELS DON'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE WITH A MAN. 29:21 HE WAS STRUGGLING WITH A BEING, A SPIRITUAL BEING FROM 29:24 THE OTHER SIDE, WHO IS CALLED THE PRINCE OF PERSIA. 29:29 IN OTHER WORDS, THERE WAS AN ANGEL, A FALLEN ANGEL OVER THE 29:33 KINGDOM OF PERSIA, OVER THE PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHIC TERRITORY. 29:39 YOU SEE IN EPHESIANS 6 THE WORD PRINCIPALITIES, WE 29:45 WRESTLE NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD BUT PRINCIPALITIES AND 29:49 POWERS. THE WORD PRINCIPALITY HAS TO 29:52 DO WITH THAT. THE DEFINITION IS ABOUT A 29:55 TERRITORY OR A REGION WITH A PRINCE OR PRINCESS OVER IT. 30:00 PRINCIPALITY IS A BEING OVER AN AREA, A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. 30:07 AND SO I WANTED TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY 30:10 ONE OF THE ASPECTS THA WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE GO PLACES, 30:16 TO CHURCHES AND TO TALK TO GROUPS ABOUT THIS MINISTRY. 30:21 WE BELIEVE VERY MUCH IN GOING INTO ESPECIALLY INTO OUR 30:26 CITIES AND TOWNS TO PRAY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT GOD WOULD 30:31 WITH BREAK DOWN THE SPIRITUAL BARRIERS THERE TO TAKE THEM 30:33 OVER. JOSHUA 1-3, WHEREVER YOU SET A 30:39 SOLDIER AFOOT AND THERE IS OBVIOUS REASONS FOR THAT. 30:42 ONE, WHEN YOU GO TO A PLACE TO PRAY, THERE IS NOTHING MAGICAL 30:47 ABOUT BEING IN A PLACE AND PRAYING THERE. 30:50 ONE, YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS THERE TO PRAY FOR. 30:53 YOU DON'T KNOW, OTHERWISE, RIGHT? 30:55 SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT TO PRAY FOR SPECIFICALLY. 30:58 NUMBER TWO, IT'S BECAUSE GOD-HAS A FREE WILL AGENT IN THAT PLACE, A REPRESENTATIVE ASKING 31:08 HIM, INVITING HIM TO BE THERE. AND SO THAT WAS A LOT OF WHAT 31:13 WE DID IN BRAZIL WAS ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE CITIES AND PRAY 31:17 IN THE CITIES, PRAY FOR THE CITIES, PRAY ALONG THE 31:23 STADIUMS, SAYING GOD, WE'RE HERE, YOU HAVE SOMEBODY 31:27 INVITING YOU TO BE HERE, COME BREAK THE WALLS DOWN SO YOUR 31:32 WORK CAN BE DONE HERE. >> SO YOU WERE ANSWERING 31:36 ISAIAH WHERE IT SAYS GOD LOOKED DOWN AND SAW NO MAN AND 31:40 WONDERED WHY THERE WAS NO INTERCESSOR. 31:42 GOD WILL NOT FORCE HIS WILL. EVEN WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING FOR 31:47 A LOVED ONE, YOU MAY SEE YOUR LOVED ONES TAKING THE WRONG 31:53 PATH. IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO PRAY 31:55 FOR THEMSELVES, PRAY FOR THEM. GOD IS NOT GOING TO FORCE 31:59 HIMSELF. HE HAS HANDCUFFS OF LOVE ON 32:03 HIM THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO FORCE HIS WILL ON ANYONE. 32:06 BOY, PRAYER IS THE KEY THAT UNDOES THOSE HANDCUFFS. 32:09 NOW HE HAS PERMISSION TO WORK IN THAT PERPENDICULAR'S LIFE 32:13 OR IN THIS CITY SITUATION. YOU SA SOME AMAZING RESULTS 32:18 TO PRAYER WHEN YOU WERE THERE, DIDN'T YOU? 32:22 >> YES. WE DID. 32:24 TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT I WAS SAYING IN TERMS O 32:28 WE HAVE THE PRINCE OF PERSIA, WE HAVE THIS SPIRIT 32:31 INFLUENCING THINGS IN PERSIA. HE IS THE HEAD. 32:34 SO WE KNOW THERE IS A HIERARCHY IN THE SPIRITUAL 32:38 WORLD, EVEN ON SATE. 'S SIDE THERE ARE CERTAIN 32:43 DEMONSES, THERE IS STRONGER ONES, DIFFERENT ROLES, A 32:46 CERTAIN LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION. YOU HAVE A LEGION WAS CAST OUT 32:51 OF ONE MAN. WHAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE 32:56 BASICALLY SPIRITS THAT ARE AHEAD OF A LARGER TERRITORY 32:59 AND SMALLER ONES. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED 33:02 THIS. THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE BIBLE 33:04 WHERE YOU SHOULD PRAY FOR A PLACE. 33:07 WHERE DOES IT SAY I SHOULD PRAY FOR THAT NIGHTCLUB OR 33:11 PRAY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. IN REALITY YOU ARE NOT SO MUCH 33:14 PRAYING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS ASKING GOD TO CAST OUT THE 33:17 SPIRIT THAT IS RULING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 33:19 IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO A PLACE OR A CITY, WHERE YOU WALK ON ONE 33:23 STREET AND YOU FEEL LIKE, WOW, THERE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT 33:27 HERE. YOU GO TO THE NEXT STREET, OH, 33:30 IT'S TOTALLY FINE THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES WHERE YOU CAN 33:35 FEEL A CERTAIN DIFFERENT INFLUENCE THAN OTHER PLACES. 33:39 WE KNOW THERE ARE AREAS, TERRITORIES THAT DIFERENT 33:43 SPIRITS HAVE DWIIVE ED UP AMONGST THEMSELF. 33:48 ONE THING WE ARE CRITICAL OF OUR LEADER. 33:51 WE LIKE TO MAKE FUN OF WHATEVER PRESIDENT OR ROYAL 33:55 FAMILY, BACKUP THE WAY SATAN WORK, HE FINDS THE LARGEST 33:59 TERRITORY AND FIGHTS THE PERSON AT THE TOP, THE PERSON 34:02 WHO HAS AUTHORITY. HE FIGHTS WITH THAT PERSON. 34:05 HE GETS THEM TO FALL AND MAKES MISTAKES. 34:07 THEN HE GOES TO THE PEOPLE UNDER THEM AND CAUSES THEM TO 34:10 REBEL. LOOK HOW BAD THAT PERSON 34:13 RESPONDED TO THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER. 34:16 AND THEN HE GETS THE PEOPLE UNDER THAT LEADER TO REBEL. 34:19 SOMETIMES I WONDER HOW MUCH MORE WE COULD GET DONE WHICH 34:24 INSTEAD OF CRITICIZING THE PEOPLE THAT GOD HAS PUT IN 34:27 POWER, BECAUSE IT SAYS HE HAS PUT THOSE PEOPLE IN POWER. 34:31 HOW MUCH MORE WE COUD GET DONE IF WE STOP CRITICIZING 34:35 THOSE THAT HAVE INFLUENCE AND PRAYING FOR THEM. 34:39 START PRAYING THAT GOD WOULD INTERCEDE AND TAKE THE SPIRITS 34:42 OF INFLUENCE THAT IS MAKING THEM MAKE WRONG CHOICES AND 34:46 BEGIN PROTECTING THEM AND CAUSE THEM TO MAKE RIGHT 34:49 CHOICES. INSTEAD WE BRING THEM DOWN 34:52 ALONG WITH SATAN RATHER THAN-LIFTING THEM UP. >> THAT IS THE HUMAN DILEMMA, 34:59 WE HAVE THIS TENDENCY TO BE JUDGMENTAL AND BACK-BITING. 35:05 LET ME JUMP BACK FOR ONE SECOND. 35:10 WHEN YOU WERE IN BRAZIL, YOU HAD INCREDIBLE RESULTS. 35:14 >> YES. >> YOU WERE PRAYING AND 35:15 WALKING THROUGH THE STREETS. WHEN YOU ARE GOING UP AGAINST 35:20 PRINCIPALITIES LIKE THIS, DID YOU EXPERIENCE PUSH-BACK? 35:27 HOW MUCH DID YOU HAVE THE-PERSONAL DEMONIC ATTACK ON YOU BY THESE BEINGS, BECAUSE 35:34 CERTAINLY YOU WEREN'T UNNOTICED. 35:36 DID YOU FIND -- DID YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION 35:39 WHERE YOU WERE FEARFUL OR SOMETHING POPPED UP THAT YOU 35:43 WERE, LIKE, OH, OKAY, HE KNOWS WE'RE HERE? 35:47 >> WE DEFINITELY HAD QUITE A FEW. 35:48 IT WAS MORE THAN JUST ONE OCCASION. 35:51 THE BIGGEST IS WHEN WE HAD AN EX-SATANIST CONVERTED WITHIN A 35:56 WEEK AND HE NEEDED TO BE BAPTIST EYED SO HE CAN GIVE US 36:00 A MESSAGE. I DON'T WANT TO USE THE TIME 36:04 UP BUT THERE WAS AN EX-ING-SATANIST. 36:10 HE WANTED MONEY TO GO BACK TO ANOTHER CITY. 36:13 THE PASTOR SAID NO. HE SAYS WE'LL BUY YOU THE 36:15 TICKET IF YOU WORK. HE LISTENED TO THE MESSAGE 36:17 THAT THE PASTOR AND THE HEAD BIBLE WORKER WERE DOING AND 36:21 WITHIN THREE DAYS HE WANTED BAPTIZED. 36:25 HE SAID I'VE NEVER HEARD THE GREAT CONTROVERSY EXPLAINED BY 36:29 ANY OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION THE WAY YOU 36:31 EXPLAIN IT. HE FELT THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY 36:34 EXPLAINED IT, THEE WAS SOMETHING MISSING. 36:36 HE ASKED THE PASTOR IF THE TWO MISSIONARIES STAYING AT HIS 36:40 HOUSE WOULD WORK WITH HIM. HE SAID, LISTEN, I KNOW WHAT 36:43 YOU ARE DOING HE SAID I HAVE A MESSAGE BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU 36:48 UNTIL I GET BAPTIZED BECAUSE I'M NOT SAFE. 36:52 HE GOT BAPTIZED AND HE GAVE US A THREE-HOUR TALK ON SPIRITUAL 36:56 WARFARE AND HOW THE FORCES ON THE OTHER SIDE OPERATE AND HOW 37:00 THEY ARE AFTER US, WHEN YOU ARE INVOLVED IN INTERCESSORY 37:06 TERRITORY, WHETHER YOU'RE TAKING TERRITORY OR PEOPLE 37:09 TERRITORY FROM HIM THAT SATAN DOESN'T FORGET THOSE KINDS OF 37:13 THINGS. YOU ARE PUTTING A MARK UPON 37:15 YOURSELF AND ASKING FOR HIM TO TRY TO KILL YOU. 37:18 HE SAYS TWO THINGS HE WILL TRY TO DO. 37:20 HE SAYS HE WILL TRY TO GET YOU TO DIE OR HE WILL TRY TO GET 37:24 TO YOU FALL INTO SOME SORT OF SIN SO YOU LOSE THE POWER OF 37:29 GOD IN YOUR MINISTRY. >> SO THE POINT IS, BECAUSE WE 37:32 ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS AND THIS IS WHY I WANTED TO BRING 37:35 THE POINT UP. IS THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD 37:37 ALL BE ENGAGED IN BECAUSE INTERCESSORY PRAYER IS THE 37:41 HIGHEST CALLING TO MINISTRY THERE IS. 37:44 THIS IS THE MINISTRY OF OUR SIFF EURO. 37:49 WE DON'T GO OUT LIGHTLY. YOU NEED TO BE COMMITTED. 37:53 YOU NEED TO HAVE BEEN REPENTANT AND ASKING GOD TO 37:57 COVER YOUR SINS. THIS IS SOMETHING TO TAKE VERY 38:04 SERIOUSLY. >> REPENITANCE ALWAYS COMES 38:07 FIRST.-úTHE MAN TOLD US WHEN YOU GO OUT AND PRAY IN NEIGHBORHOODS 38:12 AND THESE PLACES WHERE YOU ARE GOING, YOU BETTER NOT TAKE 38:16 ANYBODY WITH YOU WHO IS NOT COMMITTED AND SERIOUS. 38:19 IF THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT SOCCER AND THIS AND THAT, THEY 38:24 WILL WEAKEN THE INFLUENCE OF GOD'S ANGELS AROUND YOU THAT'S 38:33 HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE ANOINTING. 38:35 YOU DON'T WANT ANYONE IN THE ROOM THAT DOESN'T HAVE 38:38 ABSOLUTE FAITH THAT GOD CAN PERFORM MIRACLES. 38:45 >> WE ALSO POINT OUT, AS REAL AS THIS SPIRITUAL BATTLE IS, 38:49 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INVOLVED IN INTERCESSORY 38:55 PRAYER MINISTRY, YOU ARE PUTTING YOURSELF -- MAKING 38:58 YOURSELF A TARGET. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT 39:00 IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO BE A TARGET BECAUSE WE ARE SOMEONE 39:06 SOMEONE INTIMATELY ABOVE AND MORE POWERFUL THAN THE ENEMY 39:10 AGAINST US. >> IF WE ARE FILLED WITH THE 39:12 HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE GREATER IS HE. 39:16 WE DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE SOMEONE BY SAYING THIS. 39:22 IT'S ALL ABOUT COMING CLOSER TO THE LORD. 39:25 WE ALSO -- >> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS. 39:30 WE GO BACK EPHESIANS. IF WE HAVE CHRIST'S 39:36 RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> LET'S GO THROUGH THIS 39:38 QUICKLY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 39:41 >> EPHESIAN 6 IS ANOTHER FORM OF TRUE RELIGION. 39:43 IT GIVES US OUR OFFENSE AND OUR DEFENSE. 39:47 SO WE HAVE THE ARMOR OF GOD. IT TELLS US WE WRESTLE NOT 39:51 AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, TAKE UNTO THE AR MORE OF GOD SO YOU 39:58 CAN UNDERSTAND HAVING ALL TO STAND. 40:00 IT TELLS US WE CAN STAND ONCE WE HAVE THE ARMOR OF GOD. 40:04 >> SPEAKING TO EVERYONE. HE IS ENCOURAGING SAYING STAND 40:08 THEREFORE. STAND. 40:11 HAVING THEREFORE YOUR LIONSKIRT AND THE BREAST PLATE 40:17 AND YOUR FEET SHOD AND TAKING THE SHIELD OF FAITH YOU SHOULD 40:20 BE ABLE TO QUENCH ALL THE FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED. 40:25 TAKE THE HEMET OF SALVATION AND THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE 40:27 WORD OF GOD. THIS IS THE VERSE WE FORGET. 40:31 PRAYING WITH ALL SUBPOENALY INDICATION AND WATCHING WITH 40:34 ALL PERSEVERANCE FOR ALL THE SAINTS. 40:40 WE FORGET ABOUT THE ALL PRAYER. 40:44 ASKING US TO CONTINUE IN PRAYER. 40:50 IF YOU ARER CONSTANTLY INTERCEDING FOR SOMEONE ELSE, 40:52 IT'S A DEFENSE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE 40:55 LEARNING WE DON'T LEARN TO PUSH BACK FAITHEN HE ATTACKS 40:59 US AND CAUSES US TO FALL. WHAT DO WE DO, WE COWER? 41:03 IF WE WOULD TAKE THE MIND, THAT EVERY TIME SATAN ATTACKS 41:07 US, WE COUNTERATTACK. ALL OF A SUDDEN HIS ATTACKS 41:10 WILL COME LESS OFTEN, LESS FREQUENTLY. 41:13 LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANGER, YOU GET ANGRY WHEN 41:19 SOMEBODY ELSE SOMETHING. YOU GET AINGE ARE YOU AND YOU 41:22 FEEL BAD. BUT WHAT IF YOU INSTEAD 41:25 DECIDED EVERY TIME I GET ANGRY, AFTER I GET ANGRY, I'LL 41:29 PRAY FOR MY MOM WHO IS NOT DOING WELL. 41:33 MY MOM WHO IS NOT IN THE CHURCH. 41:35 >> FOR OTHER PEOPLE. >> OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE ANGER 41:38 ISSUES. YOU PICK A PRAYER TARGET. 41:40 SO EVERY TIME YOU GET ATTACKED BY SATAN, YOU DON'T JUST FALL 41:44 DOWN, YOU SAY, OKAY, I'LL ATTACK SOMETHING BACK. 41:47 YOU BEGIN INTERCEDING IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU HAVE-úFALLEN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE WHO 41:51 IS IN DANGER AND NEEDS PRAYER. WHAT HAPPENS SATAN IS LIKE 41:55 EVERY TIME I PUSH, I GET PUSHED BACK. 41:57 WE CAN'T BE AFRAID TO DO THAT. >> I THINK OF JOB, WHEN 42:01 EVERYTHING TURNED AROUND IS WHEN HE STARTED INTERCEDING 42:04 FOR HIS FRIENDS. THAT'S WHEN HE GOT THE DOUBLE 42:07 PORTION BLESSING. I TELL PEOPLE IF YOU HAVE A 42:13 PROBLEM IN YOUR MARRIAGE, ONE OF THE GREATER THINGS CAN YOU 42:15 DO IS INTERCEDE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE HAVING A PROBLEM. 42:19 WHATEVER YOUR ISSUE IS INTERCEDES FOR OTHER IN THE 42:23 SAME POSITION. >> I WANTED TO, SINCE WE ARE 42:27 TALKING ABOUT INTERCESSION, PRAYING FOR PEOPLE AND CITIES 42:30 AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I WANT TO BRING UP ONE POINT 42:35 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ALWAYS A DANGER FOR ANYTHING TO DO WITH 42:41 PRAYER THAT YOU END UP KIND OF MAKING A LAUNDRY LIST FOR GOD 42:45 AND KIND OF JUST GOING TO HIM LIKE A VENDING MACHINE. 42:50 JUST REALLY QUICK. I WANT TO SHARE A PRINCIPLE. 42:54 I'LL MENTION THE SCRIPTURES BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THERE 42:57 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE VERY LONG. 43:00 A PRINCIPLE WE REFER TO AS THE HEAD ROLE OR VANTAGE POINT. 43:05 LIKE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PHYSICAL BATTLE. 43:10 ESPECIALLY LIKE BACK IN THE DARK AGES, THEY USED BOWS AND 43:15 ARROWS AND SWORDS. IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO 43:17 BE ON THE HIGHER GROUND. IT STILL IS TODAY, EVEN. 43:21 BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING FROM THERE. 43:23 YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOUR ENEMIES ARE AND HOW THE BATTLE IS 43:26 GOING. A GENERAL WOULD USUALLY BE UP 43:29 ON A HILL SO HE CAN KNOW WHERE TO SEND TROOPS OUT THERE AND 43:33 THAT KIND OF THING. YOU HAVE THIS PRINCIPLE IN 43:39 SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED WHERE YOU SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 43:44 EXODUS CHAPTER 24, MOSES. HE WENT UP ON THE MOUNTAIN 43:48 WITH GOD, RIGHT? WHAT THAT WAS, GOING UP ON THE 43:52 MOUNTAIN WITH GOD WAS BEING IN GOD'S PRESENCE, CONNECTING, 43:57 BEING DIRECTLY WITH GOD, CONNECTED WITH HIM. 44:00 THAT IS WHERE GOD SPOKE TO HIM AND HELPED HIM LEAD ISRAEL. 44:06 IN MATTHEW 24, LUKE 6, LUKE 9, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PLACES IN 44:11 THE GOSPELS, YOU HAVE JESUS GOING UP ON THE MOUNT OF 44:16 OLIVES OR ON A HILL IT SAYS TO PRAY. 44:20 HE WOULD GO UP TO THE MOUNTAIN TO CONNECT WITH GOD, THE 44:27 FATHER, TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE, TO BE CONNECTED WITH HIM. 44:32 SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE. 44:34 IF YOU WANT TO SPIRITUALLY GET THE VANTAGE, THE HIGH VANTAGE 44:41 POINT WHERE GOD CAN SHOW YOU WHAT NEED TO HAPPEN, HE CAN 44:44 SHOW YOU WHERE HE WANTS HIS TROOPS TO GO AND WHERE SPECIAL 44:50 HELP AND SPECIAL PRAYER, WHERE TO SHOOT YOUR ARROWS, SO TO 44:55 SPEAK. THEN YOU GET ON THE MOUNTAIN 44:56 WITH HIM. SO WHEN WE PRAY, IT'S NOT LIKE 45:00 A LAUNDRY LIST WHERE HE DUMP STUFF ON GOD 45:03 YOU HAVE TO CONNECT WITH GOD FIRST. 45:06 YOU HAVE TO CONNECT FIRST SO THAT WHEN YOU ARE CONNECTED 45:09 WITH HIM, HE CAN SPEAK TO YOU, HE CAN IMPRESS YOU WHAT TO 45:12 PRAY FOR, HOW TO PRAY. JUST REALLY QUICK. 45:16 ONE VERSE JUST TO GO ALONG WITH THIS, THAT I WANT TO 45:20 SHARE JOHN CHAPTER 15. VERSES 5 AND 7. 45:29 IT'S JUST SORT OF AN ILLUSTRATION EVER THE SAME 45:31 PRINCIPLE. VERSE 5, JOHN 15, VERSE FIVE 45:35 SAYS I'M THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRADGES. 45:38 HE WHO ABIDES IN ME AND I IN HIM, WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO 45:45 NOTHING. FIRST OF ALL, VERSE 5, HE IS 45:48 THE VINE, WE ARE THE BRANCHES. THAT MEANS WE ARE CONNECTED 45:51 WITH HIM, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO 45:54 CHRIST. VERSE 7, IMMEDIATELY AFTER 45:57 THIS IDEA OF BEING CONNECTED WITH HIM, VERSE 7 SAYS, IF YOU 46:02 ABIDE IN ME AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU 46:06 DESIRE AND IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU. 46:11 THEN YOU CAN ASK THE THINGS IN PRAYER.-YOU GET ON THE HILL FIRST. 46:14 YOU GET THE VANTAGE POINT FIRST OVER THE ENEMY. 46:18 ONCE YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH GOD THAT'S WHEN YOU THINK IT 46:23 TO HIM. YOU CAN'T DUMP ALL OF YOUR 46:25 STUFF ON HIM. >> SOMETHING ELSE WE HAVE TO 46:29 REMEMBER, WE DON'T KNOW HOW WE AUTO TO PRAY -- OUGHT TO PRAY. 46:35 I START MY PRAYERS OR TRY TO REMEMBER -- I SHOULDN'T SAY 46:38 ALWAYS. I TRY TO REMEMBER TO ASK THE 46:41 LORD TO -- FILLED FRESH WITH THE SPIRIT, LET THE SPIRIT 46:46 GUIDE MY PRAYERS WHEN I'M PRAYING. 46:48 SOMETIMES YOU START PRAYING, YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU 46:51 SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR AND SUDDENLY THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL 46:54 TAKE YOU IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. 46:57 >> ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT IN MATHEAU CHAPTER 4, ON THE 47:00 FLIP SIDE, IT'S A TEMPTATION OF JESUS CHRIST. 47:04 IN CHAPTER 4, VERSE 8, AGAIN THE DEVIL TAKEth HIM UP INTO 47:09 AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAINS AND SHOWS HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS 47:11 OF THE WORLD AND THE GLORY OF THEM. 47:14 SO SATAN IS TAKING CHRIST TO HIS VANTAGE POINT TO HIS HIGH 47:19 PLACE WHERE HE CAN SHW HIM ALL OF HIS TERRITORY UNDER HIS 47:23 CONTROL. JESUS DIDN'T DISPUTE IT WAS 47:26 SATAN'S TO GIVE WHEN HE OFFERED IT. 47:27 BUT WHAT WAS THE CASE? HE SAID, I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU 47:31 IF YOU WORSHIP ME. LY GIVE YOU THIS TERRITORY IF 47:35 YOU WORSHIP ME. CHRIST'S RESPONSE WAS NO. 47:40 CHRIST AT THE CROSS, HE SWITCHED IT. 47:42 HE TOOK OVER SATE. 'S VANTAGE POINT. 47:45 HE CAST HIM DOWN. IT'S LIKE KING OF THE HILL. 47:48 SATIN WAS A TOP, HE OWN THE EARTH. 47:50 AT THE CROSS HE HAD BEEN CAST OUT. 47:54 ALL ANGELIC BEINGS HAD BEEN VINCEED THAT SATE. 47:57 WAS A LIAR AND DISEEFER AND NOTHING GOOD COULD COME FROM 48:01 HIS RULERSHIP. CHRIST IS NOW THE TOP OF THE 48:04 MOUNTAINS. WHEN WE GET INTO HIS PRESENCE 48:07 THROUGH WORSHIP BECAUSE SATAN WANTED CHRIST TO WORSHIP HIM. 48:11 NOW IT'S CHRIST'S TERRITORY. WHEN WE WORSHIP CHRIST, CHRIST 48:14 GIVES IT TO US. HE WANTS TO RECLAIM AS MUCH 48:17 TERRITORY FROM SATAN AS HE POSSIBLY CAN. 48:21 THE WAY WE ENTER IN IS NOT BY ASKING GOD FOR THE TERRITORY 48:25 BUT BY ENTERING INTO HIS PRESENCE AND SEEING THE WAY 48:29 THAT HE SEES. AT TIMES WE ARE AT THIS LOW 48:32 LEVEL WHEN WE CAN'T SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. 48:34 WHEN WE ENTER INTO GOD'S PRESENCE, HE ALLOWS US TO SEE 48:38 IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. ANOTHER THING, WE OFTENTIMES 48:41 SEE GOD AS WHEN WE ASK HIM FOR THINGS AS IF HE DOESN'T 48:45 ALREADY KNOW WHAT WE NEED. WHEN WE LOOK AT HIM AS A 48:49 FATHER, WOULD A FATHER WITHHOLD GOOD THINGS FROM HIS 48:53 SON? YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY, DAD, 48:56 GIVE ME FOOD. OR, DAD, TAKE CARE OF ME. 48:59 WHEN WE ENTER AND SPEND TIME WITH HIM AS A FATHER, HE IS 49:03 ALREADY GOING TO PROVIDE OUR DAILY NEEDS. 49:07 YES, WE CAN ASK AND ASK HIM TO INTERCEDE ON BEHALF OF OTHER 49:11 PEOPLE. TO THINK THAT GOD DOESN'T KNOW 49:13 WHAT OUR DIFFERENT ARE AND HE DOESN'T DESIRE TO HEAL US IN 49:18 THOSE AREAS, I MEAN, THAT'S NOT TRUE. 49:21 BECAUSE HE DOES. HE DOES SO JUST BY US SPENDING 49:24 THAT TIME WITH HIM. >> I THINK ALSO WHERE HE SAYS 49:28 COME TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU AND SHOW MIGHTY THINGS 49:31 THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW. >> YES. 49:34 >> THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT A LOSS IF WE ARE NOT DIRECTED BY 49:38 HIS SPIRIT. YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR 49:41 MIND. >> I WANTED TO ALSO ADD TO 49:44 THAT, YOU KNOW HOW WE WERE CONNECTING THE END TIMES 49:52 SPIRITUAL BABYLON WITH OUR SATAN IS A TRAFFIC, HE BUYS 49:56 AND SELLS. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH SEX 49:59 TRAFFICKING OR THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT, THROUGH DRUGS, 50:03 RICHES, WHATEVER. I WANTED TO LOOK AT A COUPLE 50:09 OF THINGS REALLY QUICKLY THAT I WANTED TO ADD TO EVERYTHING 50:15 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. REVELATION 18 VERSUS 11-13. 50:24 BASICALLY GOES THROUGH WHAT THAT SYSTEM, THAT BABYLONIAN 50:28 SYSTEM AT THE END WAS GUILTY OF, OR SOME OF THE THINGS. 50:32 AND THE MER CHAJTS OF THE EARTH WILL WEEP AND MOURN OVER 50:35 HER, FOR NO ONE WILL BUY THE MERCHANDISE ANYMORE, THE MCHED 50:40 OF GOLD AND SILVER, FINE LINEN, PURPLE, SILK, EVERY 50:47 CITRON WOOD, EVERY IVORY, EVERY OBJECT, BRONZE, IRON, 50:53 MARSHALL AND CINNAMON AND INTENSE, FRAG RANTS OIL AND 50:59 FRANKINCENSE. LISTEN TO THE END OF THIS 51:01 VERSE. WINE AND OIL, WHEAT, CATTLE 51:05 AND SHEEP, HORSES AND CHARIOTS AND BODIES AND SOULS AS MEN. 51:12 >> I NEVER NOTICED THAT BEFORE. 51:15 THIS IS A PART OF THE BABYLONIAN SYSTEM THAT THE 51:19 ENEMY IS USING AGAINST GOD AND HIS PEOPLE IN THE END. 51:23 >> THEY ARE TRAFFICKING IN MERCHANDISE. 51:26 >> THEY ARE ALL LURCHED IN TOGETHER WITH ALL THE OTHER 51:28 OBJECTS. THE BODIES AND SOULS OF MEN 51:30 ARE TREATED AS THINGS BY THE ENEMY'S KINGDOM. 51:37 I WANTED TO SAY OR ADD IN RESPONSE TO THIS SYSTEM AND 51:44 WHAT WE ARE AGAINST AS GOD'S PEOPLE, IS THAT A VERSE IN 51:50 JEER MAYA -- I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANY OF THE PEOPLE WATCHING TO 51:53 READ JEREMIAH CHAPTER 50 AND 51, THINKING ABOUT THESE 51:58 THINGS. THOSE ARE REALLY CHAPTERS A 52:01 THAT GOD HAS USED TO CALL US TO THE MINISTRY OF 52:06 INTERCESSION. 50 AND 51. 52:09 WE WILL READ JEREMIAH CHAPTER 50, VERSE 29. 52:17 THIS IS KIND OF THE CALL TO EVERYONE OUT THERE TO JOIN 52:22 WITH US IN THIS MINISTRY OF INTERCESSION. 52:28 JEREMIAH CHAPTER 50, VERSE 29, SAYS CALL TOGETHER THE ARCHERS 52:35 AGAINST BABYLON ALL YOU WHO BEN THE BOW IN CAMP AGAINST IT 52:41 ALL AROUND LET NONE OF THEM ESCAPE, REPAY HER ACCORDING TO 52:45 HER WORK, ACCORDING TO ALL SHE HAS DONE DUE TO HER FOR SHE 52:49 HAS BEEN PROUD OF YOU AGAINST THE WHOLE OF ISRAEL. 52:53 WHAT WE ARE CALLING FOR IS FOR ARCHERS, FOR PRAYER WARRIORS, 52:59 FOR INTERSAYSERS TO JOIN US IN THE SPIRITUAL STRUGGLE NOT 53:06 JUST HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED TO 53:12 HELP COUNTER THAT ASPECT OF THE ENEMIES WORK THEN WE WOULD 53:16 LIKE TO HELP ANYONE TOWARD THAT GOAL IN A BROADER SENSE, 53:22 ANYTHING THAT IS AGAINST CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM IS A 53:25 PART OF THAT. >> YOU GO OUT TO CHURCHES AND 53:29 GIVE TRAINING SESSIONS AND THINGS. 53:31 SO YOU ARE AVAILABLE TO SPEAK AT CHURCHES. 53:34 YOU ALSO -- WE HAVE YOUR MINISTRY ADDRESS TO PUT UP SO 53:38 IF YOU WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM TO COME SPEAK AT 53:42 YOUR CHURCH OR PERHAPS MABE YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ALEX 53:46 AND LEVI IN THIS MINISTRY. THEY ARE CERTAINLY PUTTING OUT 53:52 THAT CALL TO ALL OF US TO WAKE UP TO THE PRAYER OF MINISTRY 53:58 OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER. HERE IS NOW YOU GET IN TOUCH 54:01 WITH THEM. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW MUCH 54:52 HAS THIS MINISTRY CHANGED YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, 54:58 YOUR ASSURANCE OF SALVATION, ALEX? 55:01 >> WELL, IF I'M HONEST, EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN THE CHURCH AND 55:05 EVEN DOING MISSION I CAN'T SAY I WAS FREE FROM DOUBT. 55:09 I NEVER -- I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE CLAIMED. 55:13 I LOVE MY FAMILY. GROWING UP, I DIDN'T ALWAYS 55:15 HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. I ALWAYS FELT LIKE I WANTED 55:18 SOMEBODY TO CLAIM ME, TO WANTS-ME, TO APPRECIATE ME. AND I REALIZED THAT GOD DOES 55:23 THAT. HE SAYS I WANT YOU TO BE MY 55:27 SON. AND TO ME IT WAS THE GREATEST 55:29 HOPE REALIZING THAT THROUGH THIS WORK GOD IS CALLING ALL 55:33 OF US TO ADOPTION. THAT'S HIS ANSWER TO THE GREAT 55:37 PLAGUE WE ARE GOING THROUGH. WE ARE NOT MEANT TO BE SLAVES.-WE ARE MEANT TO BE CHILDREN. 55:43 CHANGED MY RELATIONSHIP LOOKING TO HIM AS A FATHER AND 55:46 REALIZING THAT. >> 30 SECONDS. 55:48 TELL ME HOW HAS THIS CHANGED YOUR LIFE? 55:52 >> HONESTLY, BEFORE I WENT TO BRAZIL, I WAS IN A ROUGH SPOT 55:57 SPIRITUALLY THAT WAS WHERE GOD, THROUGH THE PRAYER 56:01 MINISTRY AND THROUGH INTERCESSION, REALLY BEGAN TO 56:05 KIND OF WAKE ME UP AGAIN, SO TO SPEAK. 56:09 AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO FOLLOW HIM, TO DO HIS WILL, BUT WHEN 56:13 YOU PRAY FOR OTHERS, IT'S A DUEL PURPOSE, INTERCEDING FOR 56:22 OTHERS AND GOD CHANGES YOU AT THE SAME TIME. 56:25 IT'S AS MUCH FOR ME AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE, THIS MINISTRY. 56:29 >> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT, AS YOU DO THE THIS, THE PROMISE 56:33 OF ISAIAH, 4 AND 5, THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE TONGUE OF AN 56:38 INSTRUCTED DISCIPLE, HE WILL WAKE IN YOUR EAR MORNING BY 56:41 MORNING AND YOU FIND AS YOU GO FORWARD THAT I DO NOT REBEL, I 56:48 DO NOT TURN OR CLOSE, BUT YOU ARE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 56:56 ALEX, THANK YOU, LEVI, WE THANK YOU AS WELL. 56:59 OUR PRAYER IS THE GRACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. 57:01 THE LOVE OF THE FATHER AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 57:07 WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. 57:16 [♪♪] |
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