>> WELCOME BACK. YOU
CAN GO TO YOUTUBE IF YOU
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MISSED THE FIRST HOUR.
MELODY SHARED A LOT OF HER OWN
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PERSONAL JOURNEY, AND HOW GOD
LEAD HER ON THIS DEEP INTIMATE
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PRAYER WALK WITH JESUS CHRIST.
THE PRAYER FOUNDED ON THE WORE
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OF GOD. SO THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MELODY,
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FOR SHARING THE FIRST HOUR,
AND THIS HOUR WE'RE GETTING
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INTO -- YOU HAVE A BOOK "DARING
TO ASK FOR MORE," AND WE'RE
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GOING TO TALK ABOUT
STPS TO MORE POWERFUL PRAYER.
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BUT WHY WERE YOU IMPRESSED
TO WRITE THE BOOK IN THE FIRST
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PLACE? >> I WAS
ASKED BY SOME LEADERS
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IN THE CHURCH TO WRITE THE BOOK
ON PRAYER, AND I WAS REALLY E
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SITED, BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING
GOD WORK IN THE MINISTRY, BUT I
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WAS ALSO EXCITED
BECAUSE I LOVE TO WRITE.
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AND THIS WAS A CHILDHOOD DREAM
OF MINE TO BE AN AUTHOR ALONG
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THIS LINE. BUT
GOD REALLY KNEW THAT I
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WASN'T READY TO WRITE THE
BOOK BECAUSE I WAS TO BE BLUNTLY
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HONEST TOO FULL OF
SELF. TOO FULL OF PRIDE.
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LIKE I CAN DO THIS, AND
THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCITING AND
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WONDERFUL, AND HE
WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO DO IT.
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I WOULD NEVER GE OFF OF THE
GROWN FOR THREE YEARS BASICALLY.
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>> NOW JUST TO
INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MOMENT.
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YOU WERE INVOLVED AT THIS
TIME WITH PRAYER MINISTRY AT THE
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GENERAL CONFERENCE WHEN
THEY ASKED YOU TO WRIE THE BOOK?
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>> YES. UH-HUH.
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>> OKAY. >> SO I
BASICALLY CAME TO THE
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POINT OF
SURRENDERING THE PROJECT TO GOD.
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I SAID YOU NEED TO GET
SOMEONE MORE QUALIFIED.
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I CAN'T DO IT. AND
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME
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FASTING, AND PRAYING, AND AT
THE END, GOD BEGAN TO BRING THE
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INSPIRATION TOGETHER FOR THE
BOOK, AND IT CAME VERY QUICKLY,
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AND IN SUCH A WAY, I WAS
JUST OVERWHELMED, I WOULD READ
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DIFFERENT THINGS I HAD WRITTEN,
AND I WOULD SIT AND CRY, BECAUSE
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I WAS LIKE THIS
IS A MESSAGE FOR ME.
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SO IT WAS A MIRACLE. MY
NAME, I FEEL LIKE SHOULD NOT
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EVEN BE ON THE COVER OF THE
BOOK, BECAUSE GOD BROUGHT IT
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TOGETHER, BUT HE -- HE HAS JUST
BEEN BLESSING -- I -- SERIOUSLY,
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I FEEL LIKE IT WAS REALLY
WRITTEN WITH A LOT OF PRAYER AND
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A LOT OF FASTING, AND WE -- WE
EVEN DEDICATED THE BOOK WHEN IT
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FIRST CAME OUT AT OUR CHURCH,
AND WE ALL SURROUNDED AND PRAYED
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THAT GOD WOULD TAKE
THE MESSAGE FAR AND WIDE.
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AND IT IS ALREADY
IN FIVE LANGUAGES --
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>> WE HAVE A
PICTURE OF THAT. >> YES.
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WE HAVE ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE,
FRENCH, POLISH, ROMANIAN, AND
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IT'S BEING TRANSLATED
RIGHT NOW INTO SPANISH.
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SO GOD IS BLESSING. >> AMEN.
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>> ABOVE AND BEYOND
ANYTHING I IMAGINED.
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>> AMEN. >> I JUST
PRAISE GOD FOR THAT,
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BUT IT'S HIS MIRACLE, AND I JUST
HAD TO SHARE THAT, BECAUSE I
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WANT GOD TO BE VERY CLEAR
THAT THIS IS GOD'S MIRACLE.
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>> I LOVE THAT HUMILITY, SO
SHARE I HAD SELF GOING ON, AND
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GOD HAD TO REMOVE THAT IN ORDER
FOR HE TO USE YOU THAT MUCH MORE
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EFFECTIVELY. >>
THAT'S THE PLACE FOR "DARING
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TO ASK FOR MORE." WE
HAVE TO HUMBLE OURSELVES AND
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COME BEFORE GOD. IT
REMINDS ME OF THAT SCRIPTURE
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IN CHRONICLES. >>
YES, 2 CHRONICLES, IF MY
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PEOPLE WILL TURN TO ME, THEN
I WILL HEAL THEM AND THEIR LAND.
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MANY PEOPLE ASK ME,
LIKE, WHERE DO I START?
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AND FIRST OFF, I TELL PEOPLE
IT STARTS OUT OF YOU RECOGNIZING
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YOUR NEED. >> UH-HUH.
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>> BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK
THAT WE KNOW -- I SAW THIS QUOTE
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RECENTLY THAT SOMEONE
POSTED, PRIDE DOESN'T LISTEN.
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PRIDE KNOWS. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> AND IT'S SO TRUE.
WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE
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NEED, OR WE'RE OKAY, OR JESUS
CAME TO FAITH CENTER, OF WHICH I
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AM CHIEF, HE CAME TO HEAL THE
BROKEN IN HEART, HE TELLS US IF
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YOU ARE HUNGRY, THE THRUST AFTER
RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL BE FILLED.
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>> AMEN. >> SO
IT COMES FROM JUST
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RECOGNIZING YOUR NEED,
REPENTING, AND ASKING HIM TO
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REMOVE THOSE THINGS
THAT COME BETWEEN US AND HIM.
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>> AND YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING
A HUNGER, A RECOGNITION OF OUR
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NEED. GOD WORKS [
INAUDIBLE ] AND IF
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YOU LOOK IN THE
GREEK, THE WILL MEANS DESIRE.
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AND THEN THE DO
MEANS POWER. >> YES.
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>> AND SO OFTEN WE THINK, OKAY,
I NEED THAT DESIRE TO FOLLOW GOD
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OR HAVE A DEEPER PRAYER LIFE.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE DESIRE
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TODAY TO EVEN PRAY, GOD CAN
PUT IN YOUR HEART A DESIRE, A
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HUNGERING, AND
THRUSTING AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
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>> I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT
YOU ARE PRESENTING HERE TODAY.
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YOU ARE CHALLENGING AND
MOTIVATING FOR US TO -- TO GO
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DEEPER. YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD,
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IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN
ONION, IT'S SO MANY LAYERS.
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YOU WILL -- BECAUSE FOR YOU
TO BE AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE,
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YOUR TRI FROM WHERE YOU WERE
THAT BROKEN HEARTED, DEPRESSED
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WOMAN THAT THE LORD TOOK AND
H HAS -- BROUGHT YOU SO FAR, AND
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SO WHEN YOU WERE ASKED TO
WRITE THAT BOOK, THERE WAS SUCH
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SURRENDER TO THE LORD, AND
THAT'S BECAUSE GOD HAD BROUGHT
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YOU STEP BY STEP OF YIELDING AND
SURRENDERING, AND IT'S YOU GOING
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DEEPER AND DEEPER, AND
THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE NATURAL
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OUTCROPPING OF THAT WOULD BE
THIS AMAZING BOOK ON ASKING FOR
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MORE, BUT THE LORD SHOWS YOU,
NO, THERE'S STILL TOO MUCH OF
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YOU THERE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
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>> SO THERE IS MORE YIELDING AND
MORE SURRENDER, MORE LAYERS TO
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BE PEELED AWAY. SO
MOTIVATED, ENCOURAGED AND
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CHALLENGES TO ASK THE LORD TO
TAKE YOU STEP BY STEP INTO THAT
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DEEPER RELATIONSHIP.
>> THIS IS SO TRUE.
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AND SOMETHING I DIDN'T SHARE TOO
MUCH DUING THE FIRST HOUR IS MY
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GREAT STRUGGLE WITH PRIDE.
IT'S A STRUGGLE WE ALL HAVE, BUT
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I REALLY -- YOU KNOW, I'M
THINKING -- YOU KNOW, OH, I -- I
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CAN DO THIS OR I CAN DO THAT,
AND GOD REALLY HAD TO BRING ME
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TO A BREAKING POINT OF
RECOGNIZING YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT
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YOU NEED. AND HE IS DOING THAT
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CONTINUALLY. HE
KEEPS BRINGING ME BACK.
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THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES
I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THIS PRAYER
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WARRIOR, AND I JUST COME TO
GOD, AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW MY
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THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW, AND THEY
ARE NOT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE.
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AND I REALLY DON'T EVEN FEEL
LIKE PRAYING RIGHT NOW, BUT I
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COME TO YOU, AND JOHN 6:27, THAT
PROMISE HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH
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COURAGE, BECAUSE HE IS NOT
ASKING US -- HE'S KNOT ASKING US
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TO COME WITH EVERYTHING
IN LINE, EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
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NONE OF US REALLY
CAN -- CAN COME THAT WAY.
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>> NOBODY. >> HE IS
ASKING US TO COME, AND
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WHEN WE COME, HE CHANGES US.
I'M CONTINUALLY CLAIMING EZEKIEL
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26:36, CHANGE ME
LORD, I SING THAT, YOU KNOW.
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IF WE WILL JUST COME WITH OUR
NEED, HE IS READY TO CHANGE US,
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AND FOCUS ON JESUS AND NOT THE
ISSUES, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SO
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MANY ISSUES, AND WE CAN GET
WEIGHED DOWN WITH OUR ISSUES,
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BUT COME TO HIM IN NEED.
>> JILL WHAT IS IN YOUR PRAYER
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SO OFTEN. SEARCH ME
AND KNOW MY HEART, TRY
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ME AND KNOW MY THOUGHT, AND LEAD
ME ON THAT PATH THAT IS EVER
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LASTING, AND WE HAVE TO BE
WILLING TO HAVE THAT PROCESS.
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>> YEAH. >> AND
ABOUT THE TIME YOU THINK
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YOU HAVE ARRIVED -- [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> -- PRIE CROPS UP, AND YOU
REALIZE, I'M BACK TO THE DRAWING
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BOARD. SEARCH ME OH GOD.
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>> AND PRAISE GOD
FOR HIS GRACE AND MERCY.
00:10:00.73\00:10:04.87
PRAISE GOD HE DOESN'T SAY
JILL, YOU SLIPPED UP AGAIN.
00:10:04.87\00:10:08.50
AND WE GET UP AND HE CLEANSES
US, AND THEN WE TAKE THE NEXT
00:10:08.50\00:10:12.67
STEP INTO THAT
SURRENDER PROCESS.
00:10:12.67\00:10:14.98
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE THEMES IN THE BOOK.
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>> YEAH. AS I TALK
ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE
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JUST GO DEEPER IN THEIR PERSONAL
WALK WITH GOD AND PRAYER, IT'S
00:10:22.38\00:10:28.26
VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ASK --
WE ASK THE LORD TO HELP REMOVE
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DISTRACTIONS FROM OUR LIVES.
THERE ARE MANY THINGS, EVEN GOOD
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THINGS, THINGS THAT AREN'T BAD,
THAT COME BETWEEN US AND GOD.
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AND WE ARE SO BUSY TODAY, AND WE
HAVE ALL OF THESE GADGETS THAT
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ARE CONSTANTLY
GETTING IN OUR WAY.
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I HAVE ONE HERE UNDER MY
CHAIR. THIS DEVICE DOES MORE TO
00:10:51.11\00:10:59.75
DISTRACT US FROM OUR
TIME WITH GOD THAN ANYTHING.
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YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE
THINGS BEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR TIME
00:11:02.69\00:11:06.33
WITH GOD, AND GOD HAS JUST BEEN
REALLY CONVICTING ME MORE AND
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MORE OVER TIME, TURN THAT THING
OFF, FOCUS ON ME BEFORE YOU GET
00:11:10.53\00:11:14.64
INTO THE COMMUNICATION WITH
PEOPLE OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR ALL OF
00:11:14.64\00:11:18.74
THESE THINGS. I MEAN,
THE DISTRACTIONS JUST GO
00:11:18.74\00:11:23.24
ON AND ON, BUT WE NEED TO
ASK GOD TO GIVE US THE FOCUS.
00:11:23.24\00:11:28.05
WE HAVE TO GUARD OUR DEVOTIONAL
TIME IF WE ARE NOT INTENTIONAL
00:11:28.05\00:11:33.49
ABOUT MAKING OUR TIME WITH
GOD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE
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TIME. AND PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT I'M JUST
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NOT A MORNING PERSON.
AND I SAY I GO THROUGH THESE
00:11:39.43\00:11:45.03
TIMES WHERE THERE'S
THIS LETHARGY OVER ME.
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IT'S A SPIRITUAL
BATTLE. >> IT'S THE ENEMY.
00:11:50.67\00:11:53.68
>> YES. >> DO YOU EVER TAKE TO
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YOURSELVES? [ LAUGHTER ]
00:11:56.64\00:11:57.45
>> THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD -- YOU
KNOW IT'S THE LORD WAKES YO UP,
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AND TELLS YOU TO GET
UP, AND YOU SAY, GET UP.
00:12:01.52\00:12:05.65
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF ME SAYS,
MOLLIE SUE, GET UP AND PRAY.
00:12:05.65\00:12:09.96
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF ME
SAYS, NO, I DON'T WANT TO.
00:12:09.96\00:12:14.83
IT'S COLD AND I'M
TIRED. AND WHO WINS?
00:12:14.83\00:12:17.83
IF YOU HAVE BEEN FEEDING
YOURSELF SPIRITUALLY, THEN YOU
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ARE GOING TO GET UP AND DO WHAT
THE LORD IS SHOWING YOU TO DO,
00:12:21.14\00:12:25.34
AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN FEEDING
YOURSELF CARNALLY, YOU WILL LAY
00:12:25.34\00:12:30.15
THERE AND GO BACK
TO SLEEP. >> AMEN.
00:12:30.15\00:12:33.08
AND I TELL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW,
ALLOW GOD TO WAKE YOU UP, AND
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GET YOU UP IN THE MORNING.
HE SAYS HE AWAKENS US MORNING BY
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MORNING. JUST SAY
LORD, I CAN'T WAKE UP,
00:12:42.72\00:12:45.66
BUT IF YOU WAKE ME UP,
I'LL SPENDING TIME WITH YOU.
00:12:45.66\00:12:49.36
I TELL PEOPLE JUST CHALLENGE GOD
TO GET TO YOU UP IN THE MORNING,
00:12:49.36\00:12:53.00
AND HE WILL HELP YOU.
>> AND WHEN GOD WAKES YOU
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UP -- AT LEAST WHEN HE
WAKES ME UP, I'M WIDE AWAKE.
00:12:56.30\00:13:01.11
AND THOSE TIMES THAT I ARGUE,
AND I SAY, I'M GOING BACK TO
00:13:01.11\00:13:05.55
SLEEP, BECAUSE IT'S 3:59,
AND I DON'T GET UP UNTIL 4:00 OR
00:13:05.55\00:13:16.99
WHATEVER -- BUT WHEN GOD
WAKES YOU UP, I'M WIDE AWAKE.
00:13:16.99\00:13:21.30
>> THAT IS SO, SO TRUE.
AND ALSO WE TALK ABOUT PUTTING
00:13:21.30\00:13:26.20
AWAY PRESENTS. YOU
CAN SAY ONE THING, BUT HE
00:13:26.20\00:13:29.40
KNOWS WHAT IS IN YOUR
HEART. LET'S STOP PRETENDING.
00:13:29.40\00:13:32.94
LET'S STOP ACTING.
LET'S BE REAL WITH GOD.
00:13:32.94\00:13:40.52
EVEN IF YOU ARE FRUSTRATED
OR HURT, JUST BE REAL.
00:13:40.52\00:13:44.55
SO PUTTING AWAY ALL PRETENTS.
ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT
00:13:44.55\00:13:51.26
AREAS OF DISTRACTIONS
ARE WHAT I CALL BREACHES.
00:13:51.26\00:13:58.27
WE'RE TOLD IN ISAIAH 58:12 THAT
WE ARE TO BE THE REPAIRER OF THE
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BREECH. BUT WE
CANNOT BEEN REPAIRERS OF
00:14:05.57\00:14:09.81
THE BREACH BECAUSE WE HAVE
SO MANY BEACHES IN OUR LIVES.
00:14:09.81\00:14:13.75
THE ENEMY KNOWS HOW
TO PULL DOWN THE WALLS.
00:14:13.75\00:14:16.28
AND HE'S TRYING
FOR THE WEAK POINTS.
00:14:16.28\00:14:19.12
AND I'LL JUST GIVE
YOU SOME ILLUSTRATIONS.
00:14:19.12\00:14:25.13
FOR EXAMPLE -- I MEAN WE HAVE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIN AND IDOLS
00:14:25.13\00:14:28.93
AND ADDICTIONS AND MIND SETS AND
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS
00:14:28.93\00:14:33.64
THAT ARE BREACHES, AND I
TALK ABOUT THIS EXTENSIVELY.
00:14:33.64\00:14:37.51
BUT ONE THING IS UNGODLY MIND
SETS, CALLED RESPECTABLE SINS.
00:14:37.51\00:14:43.38
AND I WAS READING THIS BOOK, AND
IT OPENED MY MIND TO ALL OF THE
00:14:43.38\00:14:49.42
RESPECTABLE SINS THAT WE
COMMITMENT, WHICH WE ALL COMMIT
00:14:49.42\00:14:54.16
THEM, THINGS LIKE ANXIETY, AND
BITTERNESS, AND ENVY, AND BACK
00:14:54.16\00:14:58.49
BITING, AND IRRITATION, AND ALL
OF THESE THINGS -- AND THESE ARE
00:14:58.49\00:15:04.03
THINGS IN GOD'S
WORD HE SPEAKS AGAINST.
00:15:04.03\00:15:07.40
LIKE WE'RE ANXIOUS ALL
THE TIME. WHAT ABOUT THIS?
00:15:07.40\00:15:10.34
OR WHAT ABOUT THAT? OR
-- YOU KNOW, WE THINK GOD
00:15:10.34\00:15:14.21
CAN'T HAD HANDLE
THE ISSUES THAT COME UP.
00:15:14.21\00:15:19.35
YET WE'RE TOLD DON'T
BE ANXIOUS FOR ANYTHING.
00:15:19.35\00:15:24.49
YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO QUICK TO BE
JUDGMENTAL AGAINST EACH OTHER,
00:15:24.49\00:15:28.12
WHEN HE IS CALLING
US TO EXTEND MERCY.
00:15:28.12\00:15:32.33
IT JUST GOES ON AND ON. WE
HAVE TO ASK GOD TO HEDGE UP
00:15:32.33\00:15:37.93
THESE BREACHES. THESE
ARE NOT THINGS THAT WE CAN
00:15:37.93\00:15:41.40
ATTACK IN OUR OURSELVES.
SELF CANNOT CRUCIFY SELF.
00:15:41.40\00:15:46.51
PRIDE CANNOT GET RID OF
PRIDE.-THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO
COME BROKEN TO THE CROSS.
00:15:46.51\00:15:51.75
JUST SAY LOR, CHANGE ME. I
DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE MY
00:15:51.75\00:15:55.52
HEART, BUT HE
SAYS HE WILL CHANGE US.
00:15:55.52\00:15:58.69
HE TELLS US IN JEREMIAH 20 --
I THINK IT IS 24:7, THAT HE WILL
00:15:58.69\00:16:04.83
GIVE US A HEART
TO KNOW HIM. >> AMEN.
00:16:04.83\00:16:07.66
>> AND WE NEED HIM CONTINUALLY
TO CHANGE OUR HEARTS, BECAUSE WE
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ARE PRONE TO GO AFTER THE
THINKING PATTERNS OF THE ENEMY.
00:16:11.90\00:16:16.27
SO A HUGE PART OF THIS IS JUST
REMOVING THE OBSTACLES THAT COME
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BETWEEN US AND GOD.
HE WANTS US TO COME.
00:16:23.14\00:16:30.49
IF WE ARE INTENTIONALLY SAYING,
LORD, DO THIS FOR ME, BUT WE'RE
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NOT WILLING TO LET GO OF THOSE
THINGS THAT ARE COMING BETWEEN
00:16:36.96\00:16:40.96
US AND GOD, NO WONDER OUR
PRAYERS ARE HITTING THE CEILING
00:16:40.96\00:16:45.40
AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, GET
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ON YOUR KNEES AND ASK
GOD TO SEARCH YOUR HEART.
00:16:50.01\00:16:54.31
YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW
WHAT THE BREACHES ARE.
00:16:54.31\00:16:57.71
IT MAY THE WAY YOU TREATED YOUR
SPOUSE -- IN FACT I'LL TALK TO
00:16:57.71\00:17:02.38
THE AUDIENCE FOR A SECOND.
GET ON YOUR KNEES AND ASK GOD TO
00:17:02.38\00:17:06.29
SHOW YOU WHAT IT IS IN YOUR
HEART THAT IS COMING BETWEEN HIM
00:17:06.29\00:17:09.82
AND YOU, WHETHER IT IS HOW YOU
RELATED TO A FAMILY MEMBER, A
00:17:09.82\00:17:14.30
COWORKER, SOMETHING YOU ARE
THINKING OR DOING BEHIND THE
00:17:14.30\00:17:17.47
SCENES MAYBE THAT NOBODY KNOWS,
AND ASK GOD TO SEARCH YOUR
00:17:17.47\00:17:20.87
HEART. AND IF YOU
ASK HIM, HE WILL, HE
00:17:20.87\00:17:23.34
WILL REVEAL IT, AND SURRENDER
THAT TO HIM, AND WHEN YOU DO,
00:17:23.34\00:17:30.35
THE FLOOD GATES WILL OPEN.
IT'S LIKE BREATHING AGAIN, YOU
00:17:30.35\00:17:34.72
REMOVE THE OBSTACLES
AND YOU WITH BREATHE.
00:17:34.72\00:17:38.05
>> GO AHEAD, MOLLY. >>
WE KNOW THAT GOD IS MORE
00:17:38.05\00:17:42.32
ANXIOUS TO CLEANSE AND PURIFY
US, THAN WE ARE TO BE CLEANSED
00:17:42.32\00:17:45.56
AND PURIFIED, SO IF YOU OPEN
THAT DOOR -- I JUST LOVE THAT
00:17:45.56\00:17:51.30
SCRIPTURE, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL
THAT WE ASK OR THINK, AND -- AND
00:17:51.30\00:17:56.14
GOD JUST -- HE MEETS US WHERE WE
ARE, AND HE ONLY REQUIRES US TO
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WALK IN THE LIGHT
THAT IS SHINING ON US.
00:18:01.51\00:18:04.81
I LOOK AT -- SOMETIMES I LOOK AT
OTHERS, AND THINK I WILL NEVER
00:18:04.81\00:18:09.88
ATTAIN TO THAT
LEVEL OF PERFECTION.
00:18:09.88\00:18:12.59
>> YES. >> SO YOU CAN BECOME
00:18:12.59\00:18:15.29
DISCOURAGED, BUT JUST KNOW
GOD IS DRAWING YOU AT YOUR RATE.
00:18:15.29\00:18:18.83
>> AMEN. >> AND HE
IS DEALING WITH YOU ON
00:18:18.83\00:18:21.66
YOUR LEVEL. GOD LOVES
YOU JUST LIKE YOU ARE.
00:18:21.66\00:18:25.23
>> AMEN. >> ALL YOU
HAVE TO DO IS HAVE A
00:18:25.23\00:18:29.90
LOVING HEARTH FOR HIM TO
RAISE YOU UP AND LIFT YOU UP.
00:18:29.90\00:18:32.61
THIS -- THIS WALK WITH THE
LORD -- THIS PATH THAT WE'RE ON
00:18:32.61\00:18:37.01
ISN'T A HARD PATH, IT'S A
PLEASANT PLACE TO BE, BEING A
00:18:37.01\00:18:43.08
CHRISTIAN IS THE MOST
EXCITING FUN THING THERE IS.
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IT ISN'T SOMETHING
WE NEED TO STRESS OVER.
00:18:46.72\00:18:48.96
OH, GOD, I DON'T
PRAY TEN HOURS A DAY.
00:18:48.96\00:18:52.83
WELL, PRAY FIVE MINUTES
A DAY. START WHERE YOU ARE.
00:18:52.83\00:18:56.10
THAT'S ALL GOD
IS ASKING FOR YOU.
00:18:56.10\00:18:58.37
>> THAT'S RIGHT. AMEN.
00:18:58.37\00:18:59.70
>> AMEN. >> A
REALLY SPECIAL PART OF
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GROWING CLOSER TO GOD WITH ME,
HAS BEEN COMING TO UNDERSTAND
00:19:02.50\00:19:06.57
WHAT WORSHIP IS. WHEN
WE THINK ABOUT WORHIP, IS
00:19:06.57\00:19:10.45
WORSHIP SOMETHING WE ATTEND?
OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE DO?
00:19:10.45\00:19:13.48
>> SOMETHING WE DO. >>
WORSHIP SHOULD BE SOMETHING
00:19:13.48\00:19:16.99
THAT WE DO. >> AMEN.
00:19:16.99\00:19:18.85
>> WE WORSHIP GOD, AND WE'RE
NATURALLY PRONE TO COME TO GOD,
00:19:18.85\00:19:23.49
GIVING HIM OUR REQUESTS,
PROBLEMS, COMPLAINTS, BURDENS,
00:19:23.49\00:19:27.96
AND HE WANTS TO HEAR THOSE.
HE CARES ABOUT THE DETAILS.
00:19:27.96\00:19:31.53
BUT WE'RE TOLD TO COME INTO HIS
COURTS WITH PRAISE, TO WORSHIP
00:19:31.53\00:19:35.80
HIM, AND THIS PERSONALLY FOR ME
HAS BECOME SUCH A VITAL PART OF
00:19:35.80\00:19:41.08
MY PRAYER LIFE. IN MY
OWN PRIVATE PRAYER TIME, I
00:19:41.08\00:19:45.48
ACTUALLY -- I -- I WILL
USUALLY PLAY SOME SOFT HYMNS OR
00:19:45.48\00:19:50.22
DIFFERENT SELECTED MUSIC, AND
I WILL SING WITH THEM TO GOD.
00:19:50.22\00:19:54.66
I LIVE ALONE, SO I'M
NOT INTERRUPTING ANYBODY.
00:19:54.66\00:19:57.63
EVEN THIS MORNING, HERE AT 3ABN,
PROBABLY -- IF I LOOK BACK AT MY
00:19:57.63\00:20:02.33
TIME WITH GOD THIS MORNING,
PROBABLY A THIRD OF MY TIME WITH
00:20:02.33\00:20:06.17
GOD WAS ACTUALLY IN WORSHIP, AND
IT JUST ADDED SUCH A RICH -- A
00:20:06.17\00:20:11.44
RICH PART TO MY
DEVOESHAL EXPERIENCE.
00:20:11.44\00:20:18.51
AND WE'RE TOLD WHEN WE PRAISE
GOD, WE WILL BE GIVEN MORE TO
00:20:18.51\00:20:22.22
PRAISE HIM FOR >> AMEN.
00:20:22.22\00:20:24.35
>> WE SO OFTEN ARE SO
LIMITED IN OUR GRATITUDE, AND
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SO -- THAT'S -- THAT'S A PART
THAT I DON'T WANT TO SKIP OVER
00:20:28.62\00:20:31.89
AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WORSHIP.
00:20:31.89\00:20:34.60
TAKE TIME TO PRAISE GOD, AND
JUST ASK HIM TO TEACH YOU HOW TO
00:20:34.60\00:20:38.57
ADORE HIM. >> AMEN.
00:20:38.57\00:20:40.57
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. AS
YOU TALKED ABOUT BREACHES,
00:20:40.57\00:20:43.14
WOULD YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN
STRONG HOLDS IN YOUR LIFE?
00:20:43.14\00:20:48.91
OR IS THAT THE SAME THING AS
WHAT YOU CALL A SPIRITUAL BREACH
00:20:48.91\00:20:54.52
IN YOUR LIFE? I
KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE
00:20:54.52\00:20:57.95
RESPECTABLE SINS AND ALL OF
THAT, BUT WOULD THAT BE THE SAME
00:20:57.95\00:21:02.59
AS A STRONG HOLD OR AN
ADDICTION, OR IS THAT DIFFERENT
00:21:02.59\00:21:06.86
IN YOUR MIND? >> I
SEE BREAHES KIND OF
00:21:06.86\00:21:10.50
COVERING THE
WHOLE CATEGORY. >> OKAY.
00:21:10.50\00:21:12.90
>> BUT STRONGHOLDS WOULD BE THE
DEEPER-SEEDED -- LIKE YOU SAY AN
00:21:12.90\00:21:17.41
ADDICTION OR THINGS THAT -- AND
THEY CAN BE GENERATIONAL, YOU
00:21:17.41\00:21:22.41
KNOW? NOT JUST THESE MORE PETTY
00:21:22.41\00:21:25.31
RESPECTABLE TYPE THINGS THAT WE
DO, AND WE HAVE TO REPENT FOR,
00:21:25.31\00:21:29.02
AND GIVE TO GOD, AND ASK HIM
TO CHANGE FOR US, SO THERE ARE
00:21:29.02\00:21:33.39
SERIOUS STRONGHOLDS, BUT
GOD WILL BREAK THEM DOWN IF WE
00:21:33.39\00:21:37.33
SPENDING TIME ON YOUR KNEES
AND IN THE WORD CLAIMING THE
00:21:37.33\00:21:42.16
PROMISES. I HAD
A FRIEND THAT WAS A
00:21:42.16\00:21:44.80
MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND
HE WAS RIDING ON THIS BUS, AND
00:21:44.80\00:21:49.97
STARTED TALKING TO A MAN NEXT
TO HIM, AND FOUND OUT HE WAS A
00:21:49.97\00:21:53.58
WITCH DOCTOR. AND HE
TOLD MY FRIEND I COULD
00:21:53.58\00:21:56.64
CAST A SPELL OF YOUR FAMILY AND
CAUSE YOUR WIFE TO LEAVE YOU,
00:21:56.64\00:22:01.05
AND I COULD BRING YOU
THE WOMAN OF YOUR DREAMS.
00:22:01.05\00:22:04.39
AND HE SAID NO.
YOU COULD DON'T THIS.
00:22:04.39\00:22:07.16
SO THE MAN STARTS ASKING HIM
DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, AND HE SAID
00:22:07.16\00:22:10.69
DO YOU LISTEN TO SUCH
AND SUCH? AND HE SAID NO.
00:22:10.69\00:22:14.20
HE SAID DO YOU WATCH SUCH
AND SUCH, AND LISTED SOME OF THE
00:22:14.20\00:22:17.77
POPULAR SHOWS OF TH REGION? NO.
00:22:17.77\00:22:21.54
DO YOU DO THIS? DO
YOU LOOK AT PORNOGRAPHY?
00:22:21.54\00:22:24.67
AND HE SAID NO. AND THE
MAN SAYS, YOU ARE RIGHT,
00:22:24.67\00:22:28.88
I CAN'T TOUCH YOU, BUT THE
MOMENT THAT YOU PARTAKE IN ANY
00:22:28.88\00:22:33.05
OF THOSE THINGS, I CAN EXERCISE
ALL OF THE POWER IN THE WORLD
00:22:33.05\00:22:37.69
OVER YOU, BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN
ME A FOOTHOLD IN YOUR LIFE.
00:22:37.69\00:22:44.03
>> THAT'S A BREACH IN THE
ARMOR.-WHEN THERE IS A BREACH,
THE ENEMY CAN MOVE IN.
00:22:44.03\00:22:50.57
>> AND THA'S WHY WE HAVE
TO ASK THE LORD TO HELP US.
00:22:50.57\00:22:54.57
I TALKED ABOUT THE BARRAGE
OF SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TELEVISION,
00:22:54.57\00:22:59.47
AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
THINGS, THEY ARE NUMBING OUR
00:22:59.47\00:23:03.48
SPIRITUAL SENSIBILITIES.
LIKE I HAVE TO PURPOSEFULLY PUT
00:23:03.48\00:23:08.58
BOUNDARIES AROUND MY
NIGHTTIME, MY SOCIAL MEDIA TIME.
00:23:08.58\00:23:11.55
I CAN'T JUST LOOK AT EVERYTHING
THAT EVERYBODY POSTS, BECAUSE
00:23:11.55\00:23:15.92
THEY ARE NUMBING OUR SPIRITUAL
SENSITIVITIES, WHERE GRADUALLY
00:23:15.92\00:23:20.96
SIN IS BECOMING MORE ACCEPTABLE.
WE TEND TO GRADUALLY BECOME LIKE
00:23:20.96\00:23:27.14
WHAT WE OBSERVE. >> UH-HUH.
00:23:27.14\00:23:29.77
UH-HUH. >> SO WE
HAVE TO ASK GOD TO PUT
00:23:29.77\00:23:32.71
THAT HEDGE AROUND US AND
SAFEGUARD US, AND THAT REALLY
00:23:32.71\00:23:35.78
COMES THROUGH HIS WORE. >> YES.
00:23:35.78\00:23:38.25
TALK ABOUT FACT OVER FEELING.
BECAUSE MANY TIMES IN OUR OWN
00:23:38.25\00:23:43.59
EXPERIENCE AND WALK WITH GOD, WE
WANT TO BASE IT ON HOW I FEEL,
00:23:43.59\00:23:48.02
INSTEAD OF THE
TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD
00:23:48.02\00:23:51.09
>> YES, WE HAVE TO GO ACCORDING
TO WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS.
00:23:51.09\00:23:56.67
MY FEELINGS ARE CHANGING, MY
EMOTIONS ARE CHANGING, ALL OF
00:23:56.67\00:24:00.60
THESE THINGS ARE CHANGING
-- IN FACT, I'LL SKIP TO THE
00:24:00.60\00:24:07.28
[ INAUDIBLE ] OF
REVEALING PRAYER.
00:24:07.28\00:24:10.15
BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE UNDER TRIAL,
IT'S VERY EASY TO GO TO WHAT
00:24:10.15\00:24:14.62
WE'RE FEELING,
RATHER THAN THE WORD OF GOD.
00:24:14.62\00:24:17.69
AND THE FORTEST OF PERSEVERING
PRAYER, ACTUALLY A FRIEND OF
00:24:17.69\00:24:24.49
MINE CAME UP WITH THIS.
FIRST WHAT DO WE DO WHEN GOD IS
00:24:24.49\00:24:29.40
SILENT? WHEN IT
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE
00:24:29.40\00:24:31.70
LISTENS. IF YOU
LOOK AT MATTHEW 15, WE
00:24:31.70\00:24:34.94
ACTUALLY SEE THE STORY OF
A WOMAN THAT CAME TO JESUS,
00:24:34.94\00:24:42.14
PLEADING THAT HER DAUGHTER
WOULD BE HEALED, AND SHE'S
00:24:42.14\00:24:47.25
ASKING -- SHE IS DESPERATE, LORD
HAVE MERCY, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT
00:24:47.25\00:24:52.02
THE STORY, MATTHEW 15:21 AND ON,
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STORY, JESUS
00:24:52.02\00:24:58.89
DOESN'T ANSWER HER
IN A WORD, INITIALLY.
00:24:58.89\00:25:01.70
IT'S LIKE HE
IGNORES HER REQUEST.
00:25:01.70\00:25:04.20
IS SHE GOING TO
STAY OR KEEP GOING?
00:25:04.20\00:25:07.77
EVIDENCELY SHE KEEPS CRYING
AFTER HIM, BECAUSE THE DISCIPLES
00:25:07.77\00:25:16.41
SAY SEND HER
AWAY? SHE ASK ANNOYING.
00:25:16.41\00:25:20.02
WOULD WE KEEP SEEKING AFTER
JESUS IF WE WERE TOLD GO AWAY.
00:25:20.02\00:25:24.55
AS WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS GOING
FORWARD, HE FINALLY SPEAKS, AND
00:25:24.55\00:25:30.19
HE TELLS HER [ INAUDIBLE ]
ISRAEL SO BASICALLY WHAT HE IS
00:25:30.19\00:25:34.13
SAYING, IS I
DIDN'T COME FOR YOU.
00:25:34.13\00:25:36.87
I CAME FOR THEM. NOW
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL --
00:25:36.87\00:25:39.83
>> OUCH. >> YES.
00:25:39.83\00:25:42.00
YOU HAVE COME TO
CHRIST NEEDING A MIRACLE.
00:25:42.00\00:25:44.37
YOU ARE DESPERATE.
FIRST HE IGNORES YOU, AND THEN
00:25:44.37\00:25:48.74
HE SAYS I DIDN'T COME
FOR YOU. I CAME FOR THEM.
00:25:48.74\00:25:52.81
AND IF THAT'S NOT BAD --
WELL, HOW DOES SHE RESPOND?
00:25:52.81\00:25:55.78
OUR NATURALLY TENDENCY WOULD
BE TO RUN AWAY, BUT IN VERSE 25,
00:25:55.78\00:26:01.99
SHE CAME AND WORSHIPPED
HIM SAYING LORD HELP ME, I'M
00:26:01.99\00:26:06.93
DESPERATE. SO
THEN HE SPEAKS AGAIN.
00:26:06.93\00:26:08.53
HE SAYS IT'S NOT ME TO TAKE THE
CHILDREN'S BREAD AND TO CAST IT
00:26:08.53\00:26:13.90
TO THE DOGS. DO YOU
SEE WHAT HE JUST CALLED
00:26:13.90\00:26:17.47
HER. HE IS
BASICALLY SAYING A DOG,
00:26:17.47\00:26:21.11
RIGHT? AND YET SHE
RESPONDS, LORD, YET
00:26:21.11\00:26:23.88
THE DOGS EAT AT
THE MASTER'S TABLE.
00:26:23.88\00:26:34.96
WHO OF US WOULD STILL BE STAYING
SEEKING AFTER THE LORD IN THIS
00:26:34.96\00:26:39.29
SITUATION IN WE WOULD
BE LIKE, I'M OUT OF HERE.
00:26:39.29\00:26:41.63
HE IS OBVIOUSLY NOT
THE MAN HE SAID HE WAS.
00:26:41.63\00:26:45.47
HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ME.
WE WOULD BE OUT OF THERE, AND
00:26:45.47\00:26:49.24
YET, SHE WORSHIPS HIM, AND WE
SEE JESUS RESPOND.-SHE SAID YET
THE DOGS EAT AT THE
00:26:49.24\00:26:58.21
TONGUES OF THE MASTER'S TABLE.
AND SO HE SPEAKS TO HER AND THEN
00:26:58.21\00:27:07.72
THE DAUGHTER WAS HEALED. >> YES.
00:27:07.72\00:27:12.49
>> DID JESUS NOT CARE
ABOUT HER? OF COURSE HE DID.
00:27:12.49\00:27:15.40
HE DEPARTED INTO THE COAST,
AND THIS IS WHERE HE MEETS THE
00:27:15.40\00:27:19.47
WOMAN. HE CAME TO THE COAST.
00:27:19.47\00:27:22.34
IN VERSE 29, AND JESUS DEPARTED
AND WENT INTO THE SEA OF
00:27:22.34\00:27:32.68
GALILEE. HE CAME JUST FOR HER.
00:27:32.68\00:27:35.58
AND WE GO THROUGH THESE TESTS,
WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE GOD IS
00:27:35.58\00:27:39.32
SILENT. IT SEES
LIKE HE HAS FORGOTTEN
00:27:39.32\00:27:41.69
US. IT SEEMS
LIKE THE NATURAL REALM
00:27:41.69\00:27:48.66
IS TOO POWERFUL.
>> EVRYBODY HATES US.
00:27:48.66\00:27:53.40
WE'RE GOING TO GO EAT WORMS.
>> THAT'S WHAT MY MOM SAYS TO ME
00:27:53.40\00:28:00.54
WHEN I GET POUTY, ARE YOU
JUST GOING TO GO EAT WORMS.
00:28:00.54\00:28:06.92
[ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.32
GOD IS GOOD. IS HE
GOOD JUST WHEN HE SAYS YES
00:28:09.32\00:28:12.85
TO OUR PRAYERS? IS HE
GOOD JUST WHEN HE DOES
00:28:12.85\00:28:16.56
WHAT WE WANT HIM TO DO?
>> HE IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
00:28:16.56\00:28:19.76
>> HE IS GOOD ALL OF THE TIME.
ALL OF THE TIME HE IS GOOD, SO
00:28:19.76\00:28:23.63
OUR FAITH CANNOT BE
ROOTED IN OUR FEELING.
00:28:23.63\00:28:26.33
OUR FAITH HAS TO BE ROOTED
IN THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORD OF
00:28:26.33\00:28:29.87
GOD, BECAUSE
THAT DOES NOT CHANGE.
00:28:29.87\00:28:31.64
>> AMEN. >> HIS
WORD DOES NOT CHANGE, AND
00:28:31.64\00:28:36.58
THAT HAS REALLY MADE A BIG
DIFFERENCE FOR ME, BECAUSE THE
00:28:36.58\00:28:40.55
FIRST PART OF MY LIFE, MY FAITH
WAS ROOTED IN MY FEELINGS, AND
00:28:40.55\00:28:46.35
MY RELATIONSHIP
WITH GOD WAS UP AND DOWN.
00:28:46.35\00:28:51.13
AND WE HAVE TO COME TO THE POINT
WHERE OUR FAITH IS ROOTED IN
00:28:51.13\00:28:54.96
GOD, KNOWING WE ARE
GOING TO SEE THE END REWARD.
00:28:54.96\00:28:57.73
>> AND KNOWING HE HAS OUR
BEST INTEREST AT HEART IN EVERY
00:28:57.73\00:29:02.74
SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH IT
MAY FEEL LIKE -- GOING BY YOUR
00:29:02.74\00:29:06.47
FEELINGS THAT THAT
COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE THE CASE.
00:29:06.47\00:29:10.51
>> AMEN. >> I
LOVE THAT PRINCIPLE OF
00:29:10.51\00:29:13.62
STANDING ON THE WORD OF
GOD VERSUS HOW MY FEELINGS ARE.
00:29:13.62\00:29:16.95
BECAUSE I RELATE WITH YOU 100%.
FROM YOUR STORY FROM THE PAST,
00:29:16.95\00:29:25.06
OR WAKING UP, AND FEELING
LIKE GOD IS SHINING ON ME.
00:29:25.06\00:29:28.56
GOD AND I MUST BE ON GOOD TERMS.
AND IF YOU WAKE UP AND YOU DON'T
00:29:28.56\00:29:33.47
FEEL THE PRESENCE OF
JESUS, WELL, THEN THERE MUST BE
00:29:33.47\00:29:38.87
SOMETHING WITH THAT.
WHAT WERE THE FOUR AGAIN.
00:29:38.87\00:29:41.64
>> THE FIRST IS
WHEN GOD IS SILENT.
00:29:41.64\00:29:43.88
THE SECOND IS WHEN IT
SEEMS LIKE GOD HAS FORGOTTEN.
00:29:43.88\00:29:47.18
THE THIRD IS WHEN IT SEEMS
LIKE THE NATURAL REALM IS TOO
00:29:47.18\00:29:52.92
POWERFUL. LIKE PETER
WALKING ON THE STORM.
00:29:52.92\00:29:55.79
THE NATURAL
RELM IS TOO POWERFUL.
00:29:55.79\00:29:59.43
AND THE FOURTH TEST IS
WHEN IT SEEMS GOD HAS FAILED.
00:29:59.43\00:30:03.06
GOD HASN'T FAILED, BUT
THINK ABOUT CHRIST ON CALVARY.
00:30:03.06\00:30:08.40
HIS DISCIPLES THOUGHT HE
WAS GOING TO SAVE THEM, AND THEY
00:30:08.40\00:30:13.24
LOOK UP AND SAY
THEY SAVIOR ON A CROSS.
00:30:13.24\00:30:16.01
LIKE, ARE YOU REALLY THE SON OF
GOD IN I MEAN YOU WERE SUPPOSED
00:30:16.01\00:30:20.52
TO SAVE US. AND I THINK AT SOME
POINT OR -ANOTHER, WE WILL ALL
00:30:20.52\00:30:29.12
WALK LIKE THAT IN LIFE.
IT SEEMS LIKE GOD HAS FAILED,
00:30:29.12\00:30:32.06
BUT ULTIMATELY, HE
DOESN'T FAIL. >> WE HAVE T BE
00:30:32.06\00:30:40.00
INSTRUMENT-RATED CHRISTIANS.
INSTRUMENT-RATED PILOTS GO ONLY
00:30:40.00\00:30:44.94
BY THEIR INSRUMENTS. WE
HAVE TO GO ONLY BY THE WORD
00:30:44.94\00:30:49.01
OF GOD, NO MATTER WHAT
THE SITUATION MAY LOOK LIKE.
00:30:49.01\00:30:53.68
>> AMEN. CAN I
SHARE A STORY OUT OF
00:30:53.68\00:31:00.36
"DARING TO ASK." >> YES.
00:31:00.36\00:31:03.32
>> BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
TOPIC, A TESTIMONY OF DAVID WILL
00:31:03.32\00:31:10.70
KERSON, HE WORKED WITH A LOT
OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GANGS OF
00:31:10.70\00:31:14.20
NEW YORK AND BROUGHT THEM
TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.
00:31:14.20\00:31:20.04
HE WROTE SOMETHING ON HIS
PERSONAL BLOG JUST A FEW HOURS
00:31:20.04\00:31:24.61
BEFORE HE WAS KILLED IN A TRAGIC
CAR ACCIDENT A FEW YEARS AGO,
00:31:24.61\00:31:29.65
AND THIS IS WHAT HE WROTE,
AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT TO
00:31:29.65\00:31:33.99
YOU. TO BELIEVE
WHEN ALL MEANS FAIL
00:31:33.99\00:31:36.06
IS EXCEEDINGLY PLEASING
TO GOD AND MOST ACCEPTABLE.
00:31:36.06\00:31:39.59
JESUS SAID TO THOMAS, YOU HAVE
BELIEVED BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN,
00:31:39.59\00:31:43.10
BUT BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT
DO BELIEVE AND HAVE NOT SEEN.
00:31:43.10\00:31:47.77
BLESSED ARE THOSE ARE WHO TRUST
BEYOND HOPE WHEN ALL MEANS HAVE
00:31:47.77\00:31:52.01
FAILED. SOMEONE HAS
COME TO THE PLACE OF
00:31:52.01\00:31:55.24
HOPELESSNESS, WE END OF
HOPE, THE END OF ALL MEANS.
00:31:55.24\00:31:57.65
A LOVED ONE IS FACING
DEATH, AND DOCTORS GIVE NO HOPE.
00:31:57.65\00:32:03.35
HOPE IS GONE. THE
MIRACLE PRAYED FOR IS NOT
00:32:03.35\00:32:07.66
HAPPENING. THAT IS
WHEN SATAN'S HOERDS COME
00:32:07.66\00:32:15.96
TO ATTACK YOUR
MIND. WHERE IS GOD NOW?
00:32:15.96\00:32:19.93
YOU TRUSTED. PRAYER FAILED.
00:32:19.93\00:32:23.20
FAITH FAILED. DON'T QUIT ON GOD.
00:32:23.20\00:32:26.68
JUST DON'T TRUST HIM
ANYMORE. IT DOESN'T PAY.
00:32:26.68\00:32:30.91
EVEN QUESTIONING GOD'S
EXISTENCE WILL BE IN YOUR MIND.
00:32:30.91\00:32:35.42
THESE HAVE BEEN
DEVICES OF SATAN FOR CENTURIES.
00:32:35.42\00:32:40.56
TO THOSE GOING THROUGH THE
VALLEY IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH,
00:32:40.56\00:32:45.73
HEAR THIS WORD, WEEPING WILL
LAST THROUGH SOME DARK AWFUL
00:32:45.73\00:32:49.86
NIGHTS AND IN THAT DARKNESS,
YOU WILL SOON HEAR THE FATHER
00:32:49.86\00:32:54.14
WHISPER, I AM WITH YOU.
ONE DAY IT WILL ALL MAKE SESE.
00:32:54.14\00:32:58.67
YOU WILL SEE IT WAS
ALL PART OF MY PLAN.
00:32:58.67\00:33:01.24
>> AMEN. >> IT WAS NO ACCIDENT.
00:33:01.24\00:33:05.55
IT WAS NO FAILURE ON YOUR PART.
HOLD FAST, LET ME EMBRACE YOU.
00:33:05.55\00:33:11.75
BELOVED GOD HAS NEVER FAILED
TO ACT BUT IN GOODNESS AND LOVE
00:33:11.75\00:33:15.79
WHEN ALL MEANS
FAIL, HIS LOVE PREVAILS.
00:33:15.79\00:33:19.56
HOLD FAST TO YOUR FAITH.
STAND FAST IN HIS WORD, THERE IS
00:33:19.56\00:33:24.93
NO OTHER HOPE. AND HE
WROTE THAT JUST LIKE TWO
00:33:24.93\00:33:29.07
HOURS BEFORE HE
DIED. >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
00:33:29.07\00:33:32.57
THE -- THE HOPE, THE TRUST,
THE CONFIDENCE IN OUR FATHER.
00:33:32.57\00:33:36.38
IT REMINDS ME OF THAT QUOTE,
GOD NEVER LEAVES HIS CHILDREN
00:33:36.38\00:33:44.05
OTHERWISE, THEN THEY
WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO BE LEAD.
00:33:44.05\00:33:46.79
>> UH-HUH. GOD
NEVER LEAVES HIS CHILDREN
00:33:46.79\00:33:52.13
OTHERWISE IF THEY WOULD DESERVE
THE GLORY OF THE PURPOSE WHICH
00:33:52.13\00:33:54.93
THEY ARE FULFILLING
WITH COWORKERS WITH HIM.
00:33:54.93\00:33:57.53
AND THAT HAS GIVEN ME SUCH
STRENGTH IN MY OWN PERSONAL WALK
00:33:57.53\00:34:03.54
WITH GOD. AS I
SHARED I HAVE BEEN THROUGH
00:34:03.54\00:34:07.98
HEART ACHE AND
STRUGGLES AND DISILLUSIONMENT.
00:34:07.98\00:34:11.65
I PRAYED I FASTED,
AND YOU LET ME DOWN.
00:34:11.65\00:34:15.78
YOU BETRAYED ME. AND
NOW I CAN SAY, I'M SO GLAD
00:34:15.78\00:34:20.66
GOD HAS DONE WHAT HE HAS DONE.
OBVIOUSLY I DON'T SEE THE END OF
00:34:20.66\00:34:24.69
THE STORY, BUT I SEE GOD
WORKING, AND I'M SO THANKFUL.
00:34:24.69\00:34:28.50
HE IS GOOD. >> AMEN.
00:34:28.50\00:34:31.30
AMEN. TO ME I
ALWAYS PICTURE IT AS A
00:34:31.30\00:34:35.14
FABRIC, AND YOU LOOK
DOWN ON IT, AND IS BEAUTIFUL.
00:34:35.14\00:34:39.01
FROM THE UNDER SIDE IT MAY BE
A BIT TANGLED AND THERE MAY BE
00:34:39.01\00:34:45.08
SOME DARK-COLORED THREADS,
BUT FROM THE TOP YOU SEE THE
00:34:45.08\00:34:48.62
BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. AND
THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES IN EACH
00:34:48.62\00:34:51.49
OF OUR LIVES.
YOU HAVE SOME CARDS.
00:34:51.49\00:34:55.39
>> AMEN. I BROUGHT
SOME CARDS WITH ME.
00:34:55.39\00:34:58.66
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN
IMPORTANT PART OF MY EXPERIENCE.
00:34:58.66\00:35:02.76
PRAYING THE WORD OF GOD, AND
TEACHING PEOPLE TO PRAY THE WORD
00:35:02.76\00:35:07.80
OF GOD, SO I HAVE PUT THESE
CARDS TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE
00:35:07.80\00:35:11.41
PRAYERS ON ONE SIDE, AND
PROMISES ON THE OTHER, AND
00:35:11.41\00:35:14.98
ACTUALLY JILL, I'M GOING TO HAVE
YOU GIVE A SET TO MOLLIE, SO SHE
00:35:14.98\00:35:20.65
CAN HAVE HER OWN
PERSONAL SET AS WELL.
00:35:20.65\00:35:23.15
>> BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER, I WANT
TO SAY, THIS SET MELODY GAVE ME
00:35:23.15\00:35:28.42
MAYBE A YEAR AND A
HALF AGO, I'M NOT SURE --
00:35:28.42\00:35:30.76
>> OKAY. >> -- I
HAVE IT AT MY DESK, AND
00:35:30.76\00:35:33.96
EVERY DAY WHEN I GET TO
WORK -- I HAVE MY TIME WITH GOD
00:35:33.96\00:35:36.90
IN THE MORNING BEFORE I GET TO
WORK, BUT WHEN I GET TO WORK, I
00:35:36.90\00:35:40.60
FLIP IT OVER, AND I READ THE
PROMISE, AND I CLAIM THE PROMISE
00:35:40.60\00:35:44.47
FOR THAT DAY, AND I SAY
YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED FOR TODAY.
00:35:44.47\00:35:48.18
THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO CALLED
IN, AND I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT
00:35:48.18\00:35:53.01
THOSE CARDS, AND SHE
SAID I WANT THOSE CARDS.
00:35:53.01\00:35:56.65
SO I'M SENDING HER MINE. >>
AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW PEOPLE
00:35:56.65\00:36:04.89
CAN GET THEIR OWN SETS.
SO GOD HAS CONVICTED ME.
00:36:04.89\00:36:08.03
I NEED TO BE PRAYING THE WORD.
I HAVE TO BE FOUNDED IN THE WORD
00:36:08.03\00:36:12.10
OF GOD. WE'RE TOLD TO GRASP HIS
00:36:12.10\00:36:17.87
PROMISES, FROM
THE LEAVES OF LIFE.
00:36:17.87\00:36:20.78
THE CARDS ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES PRAYERS AND PROMISES
00:36:20.78\00:36:24.68
FOR PRAYING THE WORD PRAYERS AND
PROMISES FOR OUR SPIRITUAL WALK,
00:36:24.68\00:36:29.25
PRAYERS AND PROMISES FOR YOUR
MARRIAGE, FOR YOUR CHILDREN, OR
00:36:29.25\00:36:34.22
IN MY CASE, MY SPIRITUAL
CHILDREN, PRAYERS AND PROMISES
00:36:34.22\00:36:39.09
FOR YOUR MINISTRY, FOR THE
HOLY SPIRIT, AND I HAVE MANY
00:36:39.09\00:36:42.60
DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. WHY
IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:36:42.60\00:36:46.07
PRAY THE WORD OF GOD. WE
ARE TOLD IN PSALMS, HIS WORD
00:36:46.07\00:36:53.68
IS FOREVER SETTLED IN
HEAVEN.-WE'RE TOLD THAT HE CAN'T
LIE, SO I CAN PRAYING MY OWN
00:36:53.68\00:37:00.78
THOUGHTS AND ALL F O THESE
THINGS, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT
00:37:00.78\00:37:05.19
WHEN HE GIVE GOD HIS WORD,
IT DOESN'T RETURN TO HIS VOICE.
00:37:05.19\00:37:07.96
SO PRAYING THE PROMISES HAS
BECOME SO FOUNDATIONAL FOR ME.
00:37:07.96\00:37:12.63
PRAISE YOU LORD FOR YOUR
EXCEEDING GREAT -- PRECIOUS
00:37:12.63\00:37:17.27
PROMISES YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ADD
FUEL TO MY PRAYERS, HELP ME TO
00:37:17.27\00:37:22.64
STANDING UPON THESE PROMISES
UNTIL WE SEE THE VICTORIES THAT
00:37:22.64\00:37:25.54
WE LONG FOR. AND ON
THE BACK I HAVE 2 PETER
00:37:25.54\00:37:33.01
4:1. NOW I'M
GOING TO MOVE OVER TO
00:37:33.01\00:37:35.28
PRAYERS AND PROMISES FOR YOUR
SPIRITUAL GROWTH THEN HERE ARE
00:37:35.28\00:37:39.52
SOME ILLUSTRATIONS. I
PRAISE THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER
00:37:39.52\00:37:42.89
TO BRING NEW LIFE TO DEAD BONES.
GIVE ME A PASSION TO KNOW YOU
00:37:42.89\00:37:50.63
AND TO LIVE TO YOU WHERE
JOY. AND EZEKIEL 37:5, THUS
00:37:50.63\00:37:58.17
[ INAUDIBLE ] BREATH TO ENTER
INTO YOU, AND YOU SHALL LIVE.
00:37:58.17\00:38:02.31
IF YOU ARE FEELING DRY TONIGHT,
IF YOU ARE FEELING LIKE LORD, I
00:38:02.31\00:38:07.08
DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO, HE
SAYS CLAIM THIS PROMISE, I WILL
00:38:07.08\00:38:13.19
CAUSE BREATH TO ENTER
INTO YOU, AND YE SHALL LIVE.
00:38:13.19\00:38:19.86
>> AMEN. >> HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
00:38:19.86\00:38:22.93
HELP ME TO SEEK YOU WITH
ALL OF MY HEART, AND NOT SEEK A
00:38:22.93\00:38:28.37
SUPERFICIAL BLESSING. HE
WILL GIVE US A HEART TO KNOW
00:38:28.37\00:38:31.77
HIM. IN JEREMIAH
29:13, AND YOU SHALL
00:38:31.77\00:38:36.11
SEEK ME -- >> AMEN.
00:38:36.11\00:38:38.71
>> -- WHEN YOU SEARCH
ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART.
00:38:38.71\00:38:41.92
HERE IS ONE FOR WAKENING EARLY.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WE CAN'T
00:38:41.92\00:38:45.99
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING.
HERE IS A PROMISE WE CAN CLAIM.
00:38:45.99\00:38:50.33
HE AWAKENS OUT MORNING BY
MORNING TO HEAR HIS ALARM.
00:38:50.33\00:38:54.56
AND WE CAN PRESENT THIS TO GOD,
AND HE WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISE.
00:38:54.56\00:38:59.40
I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER
TO PRAYING FOR BREACHES.
00:38:59.40\00:39:02.64
I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU MROM
MISTO HEAL ME OF MY WOUNDS, SHOW
00:39:02.64\00:39:07.54
ME THE SPECIFIC WAYS THAT I HAVE
DISHONORED YOU, HEAL ME AND LEAD
00:39:07.54\00:39:14.25
ME IN THE WA EVER LASTING.
THIS IS THE PROMISE YOU ALREADY
00:39:14.25\00:39:19.12
CLAIMED MOLLIE YOU
WERE SPEAKING OF EARLIER.
00:39:19.12\00:39:23.26
SEARCH ME OH GOD AND KNOW
MY HEART, TRY ME AND NOW MY
00:39:23.26\00:39:28.23
THOUGHTS. HE
PROMISES TO DO THIS, JEREMIAH
00:39:28.23\00:39:34.24
30:17. I WILL HEAL
THEE OF THY WOUNDS.
00:39:34.24\00:39:42.31
>> AMEN. >> LET ME DO ONE.
00:39:42.31\00:39:44.31
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY.
00:39:44.31\00:39:46.78
I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU
PROMISE TO TEACH MY CHILDREN.-I
HAVE GOT TWO CHILDREN AND
00:39:46.78\00:39:52.42
THREE GRANDCHILDREN
AND I SPEAK THIS --
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.46
>> AMEN. >> -- YOU
PROMISE TO GIVE THEM
00:39:54.46\00:39:56.83
WHAT I CANNOT GIVE THEM, YOU
ALSO PROMISE TO GIVE THEM PEACE.
00:39:56.83\00:40:05.87
AND ALL THY CHILDREN. >> AMEN.
00:40:05.87\00:40:10.81
>> WHAT THEY LAY
THEIR HAND TO WILL PROSPER.
00:40:10.81\00:40:14.28
>> AMEN. >> AND
WE HOLD ON TO THESE
00:40:14.28\00:40:17.38
PROMISES FOR OUR
CHILDREN. >> AMEN.
00:40:17.38\00:40:19.21
HERE IS ONE IN
THE MARRIAGE SECTION.
00:40:19.21\00:40:22.75
I PRAISE YOU HAVE GIVEN US
AN EXAMPLE OF PERFECT LOVE.
00:40:22.75\00:40:29.26
PLEASE CHAGE ME AND GROW ME.
HELP ME TO BE THE BETTER SPOUSE
00:40:29.26\00:40:33.03
YOU CALLED ME TO BE.
OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT MARRIED, BUT
00:40:33.03\00:40:38.33
I'M CLAIMING THIS FOR MY
RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE SELF IS
00:40:38.33\00:40:43.20
CONTINUALLY GETTING IN THE
WAY, AND IN THIS ONE, I HAVE TWO
00:40:43.20\00:40:46.51
DIFFERENT THINGS. I
LISTED A QUOTE WHERE ELLEN
00:40:46.51\00:40:51.18
WHITE WRITES CRUCIFY SELF IN
A PLACE OF SEEKING TO CRUCIFY.
00:40:51.18\00:40:55.62
IT COULD BE YOUR ROOMMATE OR
YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILY, IF ANY
00:40:55.62\00:41:00.36
MAN WILL COME TO ME, LET
HIM DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS
00:41:00.36\00:41:04.16
CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. AND
ANOTHER ONE [ INAUDIBLE ]
00:41:04.16\00:41:08.96
NOTHING SHALL
OFFEND ME. >> AMEN.
00:41:08.96\00:41:12.03
CAN I READ ONE? >> YES.
00:41:12.03\00:41:13.60
>> THIS IS IN THE PINK
SECTION, PRAYERS FOR MARRIAGE.
00:41:13.60\00:41:17.37
I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU
ARE SO LONG SUFFERING FOR US.
00:41:17.37\00:41:21.91
FORGIVE ME FOR THE TIME I HAVE
WASTED DEFENDING MY PROU AND
00:41:21.91\00:41:28.75
WOUNDED SELF. AND ON
THE BACK, THIS IS A QUOTE
00:41:28.75\00:41:31.75
FROM EARLY WRITINGS, PAGE 119,
IF PRIDE AND SELFISHNESS WERE
00:41:31.75\00:41:38.76
LAID ASIDE, FIVE
MINUTES WOULD REMOVE --
00:41:38.76\00:41:44.87
>> AMEN. >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
00:41:44.87\00:41:46.70
>> AMEN. >> AND
THEN THE SCRIPTURES,
00:41:46.70\00:41:54.04
HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIFE EVEN
AS THE LORD LOVED THE CHURCH.
00:41:54.04\00:41:58.31
>> AMEN. HERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR
00:41:58.31\00:42:02.02
CHILDREN. AND I
HAVE LOVED ONES THAT ARE
00:42:02.02\00:42:04.35
NOT IN THE
FAITH, I CLAIM THIS FOR.
00:42:04.35\00:42:06.49
I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU
PROMISED TO TEACH MY CHILDREN.
00:42:06.49\00:42:10.99
ACTUALLY THATIS
WHAT YOU JUST CLAIMED.
00:42:10.99\00:42:13.40
THAT IS NOT THE ONE
I WAS MEANING TO CLAIM.
00:42:13.40\00:42:15.73
I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU
PROMISE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN OF
00:42:15.73\00:42:18.70
THE NEEDY -- THIS WAS WHAT I WAS
MEANING TO SHARE -- WE ARE IN
00:42:18.70\00:42:22.67
GREAT NEED FATHER, THE ENEMY
WANTS TO CLAIM OUR CHILDREN.
00:42:22.67\00:42:26.04
OUR LOED ONES, BUT WE ARE
LOOKING TO YOU TO BREAK THE
00:42:26.04\00:42:30.25
POWER OF THE OPPRESSOR.
HE SHALL SAVE THE CHILDREN OF
00:42:30.25\00:42:35.82
THE NEEDY, AND SHALL
BREAK IN PIECES THE OPPRESSOR.
00:42:35.82\00:42:41.22
>> AMEN. >> HE
HAS GIVEN US HIS WORD.
00:42:41.22\00:42:44.73
>> THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
SUCH A POWERFUL TOOL IN OUR
00:42:44.73\00:42:49.23
ARSENAL AND PRAISE AND
THANKSGIVING TO THE WORD.
00:42:49.23\00:42:51.90
>> AMEN. >> HOW
CAN THE 3ABN -- HOW CAN
00:42:51.90\00:42:57.51
THEY GET THE CARDS? >>
YES, THESE ARE -- YEAH, I
00:42:57.51\00:43:02.94
MAKE A FEW TO GIVE AWAY,
BUT I CAN'T GIVE THEM AWAY TO
00:43:02.94\00:43:09.82
EVERYBODY. THEY
ARE DOWNLOAD THEM TO
00:43:09.82\00:43:14.29
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.COM,
AND THEY CAN LOOK UNDER PRAYER
00:43:14.29\00:43:19.33
RESOURCES OR THE AUTHOR MELODY
MASON, THEY WILL FIND THEM.
00:43:19.33\00:43:23.70
THEY CAN DOWNLOAD THEM, PRINT
THEM UP FOR THEMSELVES, AND
00:43:23.70\00:43:28.34
START CLAIMING THEM. YOU
KNOW, I JUST WANT TO -- TO
00:43:28.34\00:43:31.57
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, WE
NEED TO FILL OUR MIND WITH
00:43:31.57\00:43:35.91
FAITH-BUILDING
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.
00:43:35.91\00:43:37.51
WE NEED TO BE PUTTING THE
WORD OF GOD INTO OUR MIND.
00:43:37.51\00:43:42.62
WE NEED TO FEED
UPON STORIES OF FAITH.
00:43:42.62\00:43:45.15
THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES THAT
I LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE.
00:43:45.15\00:43:49.96
LIKE THE TESTIMONY OF
ONE MIRACLE AFTER ANOTHER, OR
00:43:49.96\00:43:54.30
MISSION PILOT, ANOTHER ONE OF
MY FAVORITE BOOKS IS A THOUSAND
00:43:54.30\00:43:58.70
SHALL FALL. THERE
ARE CONSTANT RESOURCES.
00:43:58.70\00:44:01.80
IN FACT A NEW BOOK THAT JUST
CAME OUT IS TITLED "LONGING FOR
00:44:01.80\00:44:08.21
GOD," AND HE IS WALKING
PEOPLE THROUGH READING THE BIBLE
00:44:08.21\00:44:11.78
THROUGH IN A YEAR, AND
PRAYING AS THEY GO THROUGH, AND
00:44:11.78\00:44:16.02
REFLECTING, AND GOING DEEPER AS
THEY GO THROUGH THIS RESOURCE.
00:44:16.02\00:44:19.72
WE NEED TO BE USING THESE
RESOURCES, FEEDING UPON THESE
00:44:19.72\00:44:23.49
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO
GROW OUR FAITH, AND WHEN WE ARE
00:44:23.49\00:44:27.76
FEEDING UPON THESE THINGS
OUR FAITH CAN'T HELP BUT GROW.
00:44:27.76\00:44:32.63
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO
IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH
00:44:32.63\00:44:36.10
DOUBT, GET INTO
GOD'S WORD. >> AMEN.
00:44:36.10\00:44:38.91
>> AND FEED YOUR FAITH, AND GOD
IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU
00:44:38.91\00:44:42.18
MORE FAITH. >> AMEN.
00:44:42.18\00:44:44.28
AMEN. WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
00:44:44.28\00:44:46.45
BOOK, AND THESE
WONDERFUL INCREDIBLE CARDS.
00:44:46.45\00:44:48.62
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
GO TO THAT WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD
00:44:48.62\00:44:53.62
THEM AND START CLAIMING THE
PROMISES FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
00:44:53.62\00:44:58.19
BUT LET'S SHIFT TO THE REVIVAL
AND REFORMATION INITIATIVE.
00:44:58.19\00:45:06.84
YOU ARE
INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL.
00:45:06.84\00:45:09.37
WHAT IS THE
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION?
00:45:09.37\00:45:13.78
>> REVIVAL AND REFORMATION IS
NOT A NEW TERM, IT IS SOMETHING
00:45:13.78\00:45:18.28
THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED AND
PROMOTED AND SHARED, BUT THIS IS
00:45:18.28\00:45:22.12
SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS BEEN
CALLING HIS PEOPLE BACK TO DO.
00:45:22.12\00:45:28.56
CALL GOD'S PEOPLE
BACK TO THE ALTER.
00:45:28.56\00:45:31.43
WE SEE IT IN THE DAYS OF
MIA MIA, WHEN HE WENT AND WAS
00:45:31.43\00:45:35.56
BUILDING UP THE WALLS OF
JERUSALEM, AND THAT'S WHAT HE IS
00:45:35.56\00:45:40.50
CALLING US TO DO
TODAY AS A CHURCH.
00:45:40.50\00:45:48.38
RERIVAL AND REFORMATION IS
WHAT GOD IS CALLING US TO DO.
00:45:48.38\00:45:53.18
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING A
REMEMBER OF A CHURCH, IT'S ABOUT
00:45:53.18\00:45:57.22
A PERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
00:45:57.22\00:46:01.22
WE NEED HIM TO COME IN AND
REMAKE US AND CHANGE US, AND
00:46:01.22\00:46:05.86
PREPARE -- REPRAYER
US FOR HIS SOON COMING.
00:46:05.86\00:46:09.83
>> YEAH. >> I AM
REALLY BLESSED TO BE
00:46:09.83\00:46:13.87
PART OF THE REVIVAL AND
REFORMATION DEPARTMENT AT THE
00:46:13.87\00:46:18.51
GENERAL CONFERENCE. AND
WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY DOING
00:46:18.51\00:46:22.31
THROUGH THIS IS JUST PROVIDING
RESOURCES TO POINT PEOPLE BACK
00:46:22.31\00:46:26.78
TO THE WORD AND BACK TO PRAYER,
TO GROW THEIR PRAYER LIFE.
00:46:26.78\00:46:31.59
SO HELP THEM START SMALL BIBLE
STUDY GROUPS, PRAYER GROUPS.
00:46:31.59\00:46:35.76
WE'RE TALKING A LOT
ABOUT TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT.
00:46:35.76\00:46:39.06
AND THAT'S JUST CALLING
EVERYBODY TO DO SOMETHING TO WIN
00:46:39.06\00:46:43.26
OTHERS TO JESUS, TALKING TO THE
PERSON AT THE GROCERY STORE, YOU
00:46:43.26\00:46:48.37
KNOW, AT THE GAS
STATION, JUST BEING INVOLVED.
00:46:48.37\00:46:51.27
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EVERYONE
OUT PREACHING AN EVANGELISTIC
00:46:51.27\00:46:56.64
SERIES, BUT THIS IS NOT
NEW. WE'RE ALL TOLD TO SHARE.
00:46:56.64\00:47:00.15
>> YES. >> SO
THESE ARE THINGS THAT ALL
00:47:00.15\00:47:04.22
COME TOGETHER AS PART OF REVIVAL
AND REFORMATION IN REACHING THE
00:47:04.22\00:47:07.96
WORLD, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING
TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND
00:47:07.96\00:47:13.76
THE WORLD AS PEOPLE ARE
TAKING THESE PROGRAMS SERIOUSLY.
00:47:13.76\00:47:17.77
LIKE THERE IS A CHURCH IN KENYA
THAT HAS HAD MANY, MANY MEMBERS
00:47:17.77\00:47:26.88
FROM MANY DIFFERENT
DENOMINATIONS COMING TOGETHER
00:47:26.88\00:47:29.48
AND PRAYING. AND A
GROUP OF PASTORS HAVE
00:47:29.48\00:47:32.88
STARTED ATTENDING FROM
DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS.
00:47:32.88\00:47:35.95
AND THEY SAID CAN YOU TEACH US
WHAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ARE
00:47:35.95\00:47:38.62
ALL ABOUT? BECAUSE
THIS IS SO POWERFUL.
00:47:38.62\00:47:43.22
OBVIOUSLY GOD IS WORKING,
BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND.
00:47:43.22\00:47:46.29
BUT AS A RESULT OF THAT, ABOUT
400 PEOPLE STUDIED WITH THIS
00:47:46.29\00:47:52.10
GROUP OF PASTORS, AND FROM THAT
GROUP 16 PASTORS HAVE DECIDED TO
00:47:52.10\00:47:57.41
BE BAPTIZED. >> AMEN.
00:47:57.41\00:47:59.94
>> AND ABOUT 37 HAVE NOW GONE
ON TO BE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS.
00:47:59.94\00:48:05.18
AND THEY EVEN HAVE HAD
CONGREGATIONS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED
00:48:05.18\00:48:09.28
THEM AND HAVE BECOME SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CONGREGATIONS.
00:48:09.28\00:48:12.45
SO GOD IS IN THE PROCESS OF
WORKING THIS A AMAZING RERIVAL
00:48:12.45\00:48:17.19
AROUND THE WORLD, BUT WE'RE TOLD
THAT WHEN THE LATTER RAIN IS
00:48:17.19\00:48:21.43
POURED OUT -- THERE IS GOING
TO BE A GREAT OUTPOURING, IT IS
00:48:21.43\00:48:29.20
ACTUALLY GOING TO FALL, BUT
THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE WHO
00:48:29.20\00:48:32.77
DON'T KNOW IT'S
FALLING. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:48:32.77\00:48:35.18
>> AMEN. >> AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE
00:48:35.18\00:48:38.41
PREPARING OUR HEARTS
TO SAY LORD, CHANGE ME.
00:48:38.41\00:48:41.88
WORK IN ME. PLEASE OPEN MY EYES
TO THE -OBSTACLES, TO THE PRIDE,
00:48:41.88\00:48:48.22
THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND
ALL OF THESE THINGS -- THE
00:48:48.22\00:48:53.53
DISTRACTIONS. >> YES.
00:48:53.53\00:48:54.36
>> AND TENDERIZE OUR HEARTS SO
THAT WHEN THE OUTPOURING -- WE
00:48:54.36\00:49:01.34
HAVE SEEN THIS IN CHURCH IN THE
WORSHIP SERVICE OR THE MINISTER
00:49:01.34\00:49:05.37
IS MINISTERING, AND ONE PERSON
IS THERE JUST IN WORSHIP OF THE
00:49:05.37\00:49:12.58
LORD ARE JUST WEEPING, A THE
PERSON NEXT THEM ARE, OH, LORD,
00:49:12.58\00:49:20.82
WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE OVER.
SO TENDERIZE THEIR HEART AND
00:49:20.82\00:49:25.26
MAKE THEM
SENSITIVE TO THE OUTPOURING.
00:49:25.26\00:49:29.03
>> ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW
YOU BROUGHT A VIDEO FROM
00:49:29.03\00:49:32.87
THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION
COMMITTEE -- WHAT DO YOU CALL IT
00:49:32.87\00:49:35.54
DEPARTMENT? >> UH-HUH.
00:49:35.54\00:49:36.91
>> THAT'S THE
RIGHT WORD, DEPARTMENT.
00:49:36.91\00:49:39.71
>> UH-HUH. >> SO WE
WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT
00:49:39.71\00:49:43.71
THAT VIDEO NOW. >> A
WORLD IS A VERY COLD PLACE.
00:49:43.71\00:49:51.75
PEOPLE ARE DISCONNECTED, LONELY,
AND DISTRACTED, AND GOD'S PEOPLE
00:49:51.75\00:50:00.80
ARE JUST AS DISTRACTED,
JUST AS DISCONNECTED.
00:50:00.80\00:50:06.47
THEY HAVE NO LIGHT TO SHARE
WITH THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST.
00:50:06.47\00:50:08.54
¤ >> AN EVEN IN WORSHIP, WE FAIL
00:50:08.54\00:50:19.51
TO GIVE ETERNAL
THINGS OUR FULL ATTENTION.
00:50:19.51\00:50:23.12
¤ >> AN WHEN WE ALLOW OUR BUSIED
00:50:23.12\00:50:31.83
LIVES TO SEPARATE US FROM JESUS,
SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS.
00:50:31.83\00:50:36.63
OUR RELATIONS FALL APART.
IN EPHESIANS 5:15, THE BIBLE
00:50:36.63\00:50:47.28
TELLS US TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE
LIVE, MAKING THE BEST USE OF OUR
00:50:47.28\00:50:53.08
TIME, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE
EVIL. WHEN WE'RE IN SCHOOL, OUR
00:50:53.08\00:51:00.32
TEACHER HELPS US MOVE
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
00:51:00.32\00:51:05.73
¤ >> AND WHEN WE SPENDING TIME
00:51:05.73\00:51:08.60
WITH JESUS, HE DOES
THE SAME THING FOR US.
00:51:08.60\00:51:12.23
¤ >> WE LIVE IN
INCREDIBLE TIMES,
00:51:12.23\00:51:21.34
AND HAVE SO MANY GOOD THINGS
AT OUR FINGERTIPS TO BRING US
00:51:21.34\00:51:27.52
TOGETHER. ¤
00:51:27.52\00:51:28.75
>> THERE ARE COUNTLESS
WAYS TO CONNECT TO HIM.
00:51:28.75\00:51:31.82
TO GATHER AROUND THE SOURCE OF
LOVE, AND BE TRANSFORMED BY IT.
00:51:31.82\00:51:39.56
IF WE WANT TO CHANGE, WE HAVE TO
SPEND TIME WITH JESUS BECAUSE HE
00:51:39.56\00:51:46.40
TELLS US BY BEHOLDING
HIM, WE ARE TRANSFORMED.
00:51:46.40\00:51:51.41
HE CAN BREATHE A NEW SPIRITUAL
LIFE INTO OUR HEARTS AND HOMES.
00:51:51.41\00:51:58.81
AS FOR ME, MY FAMILY IS HAPPIEST
WHEN WE PUT JESUS FIRST.
00:51:58.81\00:52:06.09
BUT IT'S A CHOICE YOU
HAVE TO MAKE EVERY DAY.
00:52:06.09\00:52:10.73
TO LEAVE BEHIND THE ARTIFICIAL.
AND RECEIVE SOMETHING THAT YOU
00:52:10.73\00:52:18.00
JUST CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE. ¤
00:52:18.00\00:52:25.77
>> SO HOW IS YOUR
FRIENDSHIP WITH JESUS?
00:52:25.77\00:52:28.81
ARE YOU READY TO GO
DEEPER, DRAW CLOSER?
00:52:28.81\00:52:34.48
HE IS WAITING
FOR YOUR RESPONSE. ¤
00:52:34.48\00:52:39.92
>> WHEN JESUS KNOCKS ON THE DOOR
OF YOUR HEART, AND YOU FULLY
00:52:39.92\00:52:45.23
SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO HIM, HE
WILL FILL YOU WITH HIS LOVE, AND
00:52:45.23\00:52:51.33
MAKE YOU A BLESSING
TO PEOPLE ALL AROUND YOU.
00:52:51.33\00:52:55.00
¤
00:52:55.00\00:53:02.31
>> AMEN. PRAISE GOD
FOR WHAT HE IS DOING
00:53:14.52\00:53:17.69
IN HEARTS AND LIVES OF
PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
00:53:17.69\00:53:20.43
>> YES. >> WE'RE
JUST THANKFUL FOR THAT.
00:53:20.43\00:53:25.50
PRAISE GOD FOR THE REVIVAL
AND REFORMATION AND WHAT GOD IS
00:53:25.50\00:53:29.70
DOING THERE, AND
THROUGH YOU MELODY.
00:53:29.70\00:53:33.41
WE WANT TO PUT UP THE ADDRESS,
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, TALK TO
00:53:33.41\00:53:37.95
US ABOUT -- YOU DO A
SPECIAL TEN DAYS OF PLAYER.
00:53:37.95\00:53:41.38
>> YES, EACH YEAR WE HAVE TEN
DAYS OF PRAYER, AND WE HAVE JUST
00:53:41.38\00:53:45.65
SEEN THIS CHANGING THE LIVES
OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
00:53:45.65\00:53:48.86
YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT TEN DAYS
OF PRAYER, TENDAYSOFPRAYER.ORG.
00:53:48.86\00:53:58.83
SO, YEAH, WE JUST ININVITE
PEOPLE -- IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN
00:53:58.83\00:54:02.50
PART OF THIS, YOU NEED TO BE A
PART OF THIS.-pIT'S AN INAMAZING
00:54:02.50\00:54:07.98
EXPERIENCE. >> AMEN. WHAT
WE WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW IS
00:54:07.98\00:54:10.95
GO TO THE ADDRESS. IF
YOUR HEART HAS BEEN STIRRED,
00:54:10.95\00:54:15.55
OR YOU PART OF A CHURCH, AND YOU
WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO, IF
00:54:15.55\00:54:19.49
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES
OR THINGS THAT DARE TO ASK FOR
00:54:19.49\00:54:27.13
MORE, HERE IS HOW
YOU CONTACT THE PROPERTY.
00:54:27.13\00:54:33.17
>> THROUGHOUT HISTORY, GOD
HAS CALLED HIS PEOPLE TO COME TO
00:54:33.17\00:54:42.11
HIM. BUT FIRST WE
MUST HAVE PROFOUND
00:54:42.11\00:54:47.42
REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.
DISCOVER RICH PRAYER RESOURCES,
00:54:47.42\00:54:52.79
BY VISITING:
00:54:52.79\00:54:59.13
>> I CAN'T BELIEVE MISS MOLLIE
HOW FAST THIS TWO HOURS HAVE
00:55:12.34\00:55:15.61
BEEN, BUT MY HEART HAS
BEEN BLESSED AND CHALLENGED.
00:55:15.61\00:55:19.11
>> I HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED.
OH, THIS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO
00:55:19.11\00:55:22.75
ME. I -- I TOLD MELODY, THIS HAS
00:55:22.75\00:55:25.92
MOTIVATED ME, AND PROBABLY
ONE -- BEEN ONE OF THE BEST
00:55:25.92\00:55:29.89
PROGRAMS I HAVE BEEN A PART OF
IN ALL OF THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN
00:55:29.89\00:55:33.73
HERE. >> AMEN.
00:55:33.73\00:55:34.56
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELODY FOR
COMING, AND WE JUST HAVE A FEW
00:55:34.56\00:55:38.63
MINUTES LEFT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN
00:55:38.63\00:55:41.27
APPEAL, SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS
PUT ON YOUR HEART TO THE PEOPLE
00:55:41.27\00:55:44.74
AT HOME. >> YES, WE
SERVE AN AN INAMAZING
00:55:44.74\00:55:48.11
AND INCREDIBLE GOD. WE
ARE ALL HIS EAR IS NOT CLOSED
00:55:48.11\00:55:52.01
TO OUR PARTITIONS. WHEN
WE PROVE HIS WORD, HE WILL
00:55:52.01\00:55:57.42
HONOR OUR FAITH. YOU
CAN COME TO ANY ONE OF US
00:55:57.42\00:56:00.16
AND SAY, CAN YOU PRAY FOR ME?
AND WE LOVE TO DO THAT, BUT THE
00:56:00.16\00:56:05.43
REAL ISSUE IS GOD HAS GIVEN US
THE KEY, THE KEY OF PRAYER, AND
00:56:05.43\00:56:09.53
HE JUST WANTS US TO USE
IT. WE ALL HAVE THIS KEY.
00:56:09.53\00:56:13.54
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I
JUST RECEIVED OR YOU RECEIVED.
00:56:13.54\00:56:16.54
IT IS SOMETHING HE HAS GIVEN ALL
OF US, SO PROVE HIS WORD, AND HE
00:56:16.54\00:56:22.28
WILL HONOR YOUR FAITH. >> AMEN.
00:56:22.28\00:56:24.65
>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH FOR
SHARING YOUR JOURNEY WITH GOD,
00:56:24.65\00:56:29.35
WHAT GOD AND DONE IN AND THROUGH
YOUR LIFE, AND CONTINUES TO DO.
00:56:29.35\00:56:33.79
I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT GOD IS
DOING IN THE PRAYER MINISTRIES,
00:56:33.79\00:56:38.96
AND THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION
DEPARTMENT AT THE GENERAL
00:56:38.96\00:56:41.56
CONFERENCE. GOD WANTS
US TO BE READY FOR HIS
00:56:41.56\00:56:44.23
SOON RETURN, AND AT 3ABN, WE
BELIEVE THAT HIS COMING IS SOON,
00:56:44.23\00:56:48.40
AND WHAT BETTER WAY DO GET READY
THAN TO SPEND TIME IN THE WORD
00:56:48.40\00:56:52.34
OF GOD, SPENDING TIME IN PRAYER
AND SHARE THAT WITH A LOST AND
00:56:52.34\00:56:58.51
DYING WORLD. KNOW
THAT WE CONSIDER YOU AS
00:56:58.51\00:57:01.38
PART OF OUR FAMILY, WE LOVE YOU,
AND WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU THAT
00:57:01.38\00:57:05.92
YOU WOULD EVERY DAY
DARE TO ASK FOR MORE.
00:57:05.92\00:57:10.29
>> AMEN. ¤
00:57:10.29\00:57:16.43