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00:46 MISSED THE FIRST HOUR. MELODY SHARED A LOT OF HER OWN 00:52 PERSONAL JOURNEY, AND HOW GOD LEAD HER ON THIS DEEP INTIMATE 00:58 PRAYER WALK WITH JESUS CHRIST. THE PRAYER FOUNDED ON THE WORE 01:02 OF GOD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELODY, 01:05 FOR SHARING THE FIRST HOUR, AND THIS HOUR WE'RE GETTING 01:10 INTO -- YOU HAVE A BOOK "DARING TO ASK FOR MORE," AND WE'RE 01:17 GOING TO TALK ABOUT STPS TO MORE POWERFUL PRAYER. 01:22 BUT WHY WERE YOU IMPRESSED TO WRITE THE BOOK IN THE FIRST 01:26 PLACE? >> I WAS ASKED BY SOME LEADERS 01:29 IN THE CHURCH TO WRITE THE BOOK ON PRAYER, AND I WAS REALLY E 01:35 SITED, BECAUSE WE WERE SEEING GOD WORK IN THE MINISTRY, BUT I 01:40 WAS ALSO EXCITED BECAUSE I LOVE TO WRITE. 01:45 AND THIS WAS A CHILDHOOD DREAM OF MINE TO BE AN AUTHOR ALONG 01:50 THIS LINE. BUT GOD REALLY KNEW THAT I 01:53 WASN'T READY TO WRITE THE BOOK BECAUSE I WAS TO BE BLUNTLY 02:00 HONEST TOO FULL OF SELF. TOO FULL OF PRIDE. 02:03 LIKE I CAN DO THIS, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE EXCITING AND 02:07 WONDERFUL, AND HE WOULDN'T ALLOW ME TO DO IT. 02:11 I WOULD NEVER GE OFF OF THE GROWN FOR THREE YEARS BASICALLY. 02:15 >> NOW JUST TO INTERRUPT YOU FOR A MOMENT. 02:18 YOU WERE INVOLVED AT THIS TIME WITH PRAYER MINISTRY AT THE 02:22 GENERAL CONFERENCE WHEN THEY ASKED YOU TO WRIE THE BOOK? 02:24 >> YES. UH-HUH. 02:26 >> OKAY. >> SO I BASICALLY CAME TO THE 02:32 POINT OF SURRENDERING THE PROJECT TO GOD. 02:34 I SAID YOU NEED TO GET SOMEONE MORE QUALIFIED. 02:39 I CAN'T DO IT. AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME 02:43 FASTING, AND PRAYING, AND AT THE END, GOD BEGAN TO BRING THE 02:48 INSPIRATION TOGETHER FOR THE BOOK, AND IT CAME VERY QUICKLY, 02:51 AND IN SUCH A WAY, I WAS JUST OVERWHELMED, I WOULD READ 02:55 DIFFERENT THINGS I HAD WRITTEN, AND I WOULD SIT AND CRY, BECAUSE 03:02 I WAS LIKE THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR ME. 03:05 SO IT WAS A MIRACLE. MY NAME, I FEEL LIKE SHOULD NOT 03:09 EVEN BE ON THE COVER OF THE BOOK, BECAUSE GOD BROUGHT IT 03:12 TOGETHER, BUT HE -- HE HAS JUST BEEN BLESSING -- I -- SERIOUSLY, 03:18 I FEEL LIKE IT WAS REALLY WRITTEN WITH A LOT OF PRAYER AND 03:21 A LOT OF FASTING, AND WE -- WE EVEN DEDICATED THE BOOK WHEN IT 03:26 FIRST CAME OUT AT OUR CHURCH, AND WE ALL SURROUNDED AND PRAYED 03:31 THAT GOD WOULD TAKE THE MESSAGE FAR AND WIDE. 03:35 AND IT IS ALREADY IN FIVE LANGUAGES -- 03:38 >> WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT. >> YES. 03:40 WE HAVE ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE, FRENCH, POLISH, ROMANIAN, AND 03:47 IT'S BEING TRANSLATED RIGHT NOW INTO SPANISH. 03:51 SO GOD IS BLESSING. >> AMEN. 03:53 >> ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYTHING I IMAGINED. 03:55 >> AMEN. >> I JUST PRAISE GOD FOR THAT, 03:58 BUT IT'S HIS MIRACLE, AND I JUST HAD TO SHARE THAT, BECAUSE I 04:04 WANT GOD TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS GOD'S MIRACLE. 04:08 >> I LOVE THAT HUMILITY, SO SHARE I HAD SELF GOING ON, AND 04:12 GOD HAD TO REMOVE THAT IN ORDER FOR HE TO USE YOU THAT MUCH MORE 04:20 EFFECTIVELY. >> THAT'S THE PLACE FOR "DARING 04:23 TO ASK FOR MORE." WE HAVE TO HUMBLE OURSELVES AND 04:28 COME BEFORE GOD. IT REMINDS ME OF THAT SCRIPTURE 04:32 IN CHRONICLES. >> YES, 2 CHRONICLES, IF MY 04:44 PEOPLE WILL TURN TO ME, THEN I WILL HEAL THEM AND THEIR LAND. 04:51 MANY PEOPLE ASK ME, LIKE, WHERE DO I START? 05:00 AND FIRST OFF, I TELL PEOPLE IT STARTS OUT OF YOU RECOGNIZING 05:04 YOUR NEED. >> UH-HUH. 05:06 >> BECAUSE WHEN WE THINK THAT WE KNOW -- I SAW THIS QUOTE 05:10 RECENTLY THAT SOMEONE POSTED, PRIDE DOESN'T LISTEN. 05:14 PRIDE KNOWS. [ LAUGHTER ] 05:15 >> AND IT'S SO TRUE. WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE 05:20 NEED, OR WE'RE OKAY, OR JESUS CAME TO FAITH CENTER, OF WHICH I 05:25 AM CHIEF, HE CAME TO HEAL THE BROKEN IN HEART, HE TELLS US IF 05:34 YOU ARE HUNGRY, THE THRUST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL BE FILLED. 05:40 >> AMEN. >> SO IT COMES FROM JUST 05:46 RECOGNIZING YOUR NEED, REPENTING, AND ASKING HIM TO 05:51 REMOVE THOSE THINGS THAT COME BETWEEN US AND HIM. 05:55 >> AND YOU TALK ABOUT HAVING A HUNGER, A RECOGNITION OF OUR 06:01 NEED. GOD WORKS [ INAUDIBLE ] AND IF 06:03 YOU LOOK IN THE GREEK, THE WILL MEANS DESIRE. 06:07 AND THEN THE DO MEANS POWER. >> YES. 06:10 >> AND SO OFTEN WE THINK, OKAY, I NEED THAT DESIRE TO FOLLOW GOD 06:16 OR HAVE A DEEPER PRAYER LIFE. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE DESIRE 06:21 TODAY TO EVEN PRAY, GOD CAN PUT IN YOUR HEART A DESIRE, A 06:26 HUNGERING, AND THRUSTING AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS. 06:29 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 06:30 >> I FEEL LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTING HERE TODAY. 06:34 YOU ARE CHALLENGING AND MOTIVATING FOR US TO -- TO GO 06:40 DEEPER. YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, 06:43 IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ONION, IT'S SO MANY LAYERS. 06:46 YOU WILL -- BECAUSE FOR YOU TO BE AT THE GENERAL CONFERENCE, 06:50 YOUR TRI FROM WHERE YOU WERE THAT BROKEN HEARTED, DEPRESSED 06:55 WOMAN THAT THE LORD TOOK AND H HAS -- BROUGHT YOU SO FAR, AND 07:03 SO WHEN YOU WERE ASKED TO WRITE THAT BOOK, THERE WAS SUCH 07:09 SURRENDER TO THE LORD, AND THAT'S BECAUSE GOD HAD BROUGHT 07:13 YOU STEP BY STEP OF YIELDING AND SURRENDERING, AND IT'S YOU GOING 07:19 DEEPER AND DEEPER, AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE NATURAL 07:23 OUTCROPPING OF THAT WOULD BE THIS AMAZING BOOK ON ASKING FOR 07:28 MORE, BUT THE LORD SHOWS YOU, NO, THERE'S STILL TOO MUCH OF 07:32 YOU THERE. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 07:33 >> SO THERE IS MORE YIELDING AND MORE SURRENDER, MORE LAYERS TO 07:39 BE PEELED AWAY. SO MOTIVATED, ENCOURAGED AND 07:47 CHALLENGES TO ASK THE LORD TO TAKE YOU STEP BY STEP INTO THAT 07:51 DEEPER RELATIONSHIP. >> THIS IS SO TRUE. 07:57 AND SOMETHING I DIDN'T SHARE TOO MUCH DUING THE FIRST HOUR IS MY 08:01 GREAT STRUGGLE WITH PRIDE. IT'S A STRUGGLE WE ALL HAVE, BUT 08:05 I REALLY -- YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING -- YOU KNOW, OH, I -- I 08:08 CAN DO THIS OR I CAN DO THAT, AND GOD REALLY HAD TO BRING ME 08:12 TO A BREAKING POINT OF RECOGNIZING YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT 08:16 YOU NEED. AND HE IS DOING THAT 08:19 CONTINUALLY. HE KEEPS BRINGING ME BACK. 08:21 THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES I'M SUPPOSED TO BE THIS PRAYER 08:26 WARRIOR, AND I JUST COME TO GOD, AND I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW MY 08:31 THOUGHTS RIGHT NOW, AND THEY ARE NOT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE. 08:35 AND I REALLY DON'T EVEN FEEL LIKE PRAYING RIGHT NOW, BUT I 08:39 COME TO YOU, AND JOHN 6:27, THAT PROMISE HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH 08:45 COURAGE, BECAUSE HE IS NOT ASKING US -- HE'S KNOT ASKING US 08:49 TO COME WITH EVERYTHING IN LINE, EVERYTHING TOGETHER. 08:51 NONE OF US REALLY CAN -- CAN COME THAT WAY. 08:54 >> NOBODY. >> HE IS ASKING US TO COME, AND 08:57 WHEN WE COME, HE CHANGES US. I'M CONTINUALLY CLAIMING EZEKIEL 09:10 26:36, CHANGE ME LORD, I SING THAT, YOU KNOW. 09:13 IF WE WILL JUST COME WITH OUR NEED, HE IS READY TO CHANGE US, 09:18 AND FOCUS ON JESUS AND NOT THE ISSUES, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE SO 09:22 MANY ISSUES, AND WE CAN GET WEIGHED DOWN WITH OUR ISSUES, 09:27 BUT COME TO HIM IN NEED. >> JILL WHAT IS IN YOUR PRAYER 09:32 SO OFTEN. SEARCH ME AND KNOW MY HEART, TRY 09:36 ME AND KNOW MY THOUGHT, AND LEAD ME ON THAT PATH THAT IS EVER 09:44 LASTING, AND WE HAVE TO BE WILLING TO HAVE THAT PROCESS. 09:48 >> YEAH. >> AND ABOUT THE TIME YOU THINK 09:50 YOU HAVE ARRIVED -- [ LAUGHTER ] 09:53 >> -- PRIE CROPS UP, AND YOU REALIZE, I'M BACK TO THE DRAWING 09:58 BOARD. SEARCH ME OH GOD. 10:00 >> AND PRAISE GOD FOR HIS GRACE AND MERCY. 10:04 PRAISE GOD HE DOESN'T SAY JILL, YOU SLIPPED UP AGAIN. 10:08 AND WE GET UP AND HE CLEANSES US, AND THEN WE TAKE THE NEXT 10:12 STEP INTO THAT SURRENDER PROCESS. 10:14 SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE THEMES IN THE BOOK. 10:19 >> YEAH. AS I TALK ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE 10:22 JUST GO DEEPER IN THEIR PERSONAL WALK WITH GOD AND PRAYER, IT'S 10:28 VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ASK -- WE ASK THE LORD TO HELP REMOVE 10:32 DISTRACTIONS FROM OUR LIVES. THERE ARE MANY THINGS, EVEN GOOD 10:38 THINGS, THINGS THAT AREN'T BAD, THAT COME BETWEEN US AND GOD. 10:43 AND WE ARE SO BUSY TODAY, AND WE HAVE ALL OF THESE GADGETS THAT 10:48 ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING IN OUR WAY. 10:51 I HAVE ONE HERE UNDER MY CHAIR. THIS DEVICE DOES MORE TO 10:59 DISTRACT US FROM OUR TIME WITH GOD THAN ANYTHING. 11:02 YOU WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE THINGS BEFORE YOU HAVE YOUR TIME 11:06 WITH GOD, AND GOD HAS JUST BEEN REALLY CONVICTING ME MORE AND 11:10 MORE OVER TIME, TURN THAT THING OFF, FOCUS ON ME BEFORE YOU GET 11:14 INTO THE COMMUNICATION WITH PEOPLE OR SOCIAL MEDIA OR ALL OF 11:18 THESE THINGS. I MEAN, THE DISTRACTIONS JUST GO 11:23 ON AND ON, BUT WE NEED TO ASK GOD TO GIVE US THE FOCUS. 11:28 WE HAVE TO GUARD OUR DEVOTIONAL TIME IF WE ARE NOT INTENTIONAL 11:33 ABOUT MAKING OUR TIME WITH GOD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE 11:37 TIME. AND PEOPLE TALK ABOUT I'M JUST 11:39 NOT A MORNING PERSON. AND I SAY I GO THROUGH THESE 11:45 TIMES WHERE THERE'S THIS LETHARGY OVER ME. 11:50 IT'S A SPIRITUAL BATTLE. >> IT'S THE ENEMY. 11:53 >> YES. >> DO YOU EVER TAKE TO 11:56 YOURSELVES? [ LAUGHTER ] 11:57 >> THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD -- YOU KNOW IT'S THE LORD WAKES YO UP, 12:01 AND TELLS YOU TO GET UP, AND YOU SAY, GET UP. 12:05 AND THE OTHER SIDE OF ME SAYS, MOLLIE SUE, GET UP AND PRAY. 12:09 AND THE OTHER SIDE OF ME SAYS, NO, I DON'T WANT TO. 12:14 IT'S COLD AND I'M TIRED. AND WHO WINS? 12:17 IF YOU HAVE BEEN FEEDING YOURSELF SPIRITUALLY, THEN YOU 12:21 ARE GOING TO GET UP AND DO WHAT THE LORD IS SHOWING YOU TO DO, 12:25 AND IF YOU HAVE BEEN FEEDING YOURSELF CARNALLY, YOU WILL LAY 12:30 THERE AND GO BACK TO SLEEP. >> AMEN. 12:33 AND I TELL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ALLOW GOD TO WAKE YOU UP, AND 12:37 GET YOU UP IN THE MORNING. HE SAYS HE AWAKENS US MORNING BY 12:42 MORNING. JUST SAY LORD, I CAN'T WAKE UP, 12:45 BUT IF YOU WAKE ME UP, I'LL SPENDING TIME WITH YOU. 12:49 I TELL PEOPLE JUST CHALLENGE GOD TO GET TO YOU UP IN THE MORNING, 12:53 AND HE WILL HELP YOU. >> AND WHEN GOD WAKES YOU 12:56 UP -- AT LEAST WHEN HE WAKES ME UP, I'M WIDE AWAKE. 13:01 AND THOSE TIMES THAT I ARGUE, AND I SAY, I'M GOING BACK TO 13:05 SLEEP, BECAUSE IT'S 3:59, AND I DON'T GET UP UNTIL 4:00 OR 13:16 WHATEVER -- BUT WHEN GOD WAKES YOU UP, I'M WIDE AWAKE. 13:21 >> THAT IS SO, SO TRUE. AND ALSO WE TALK ABOUT PUTTING 13:26 AWAY PRESENTS. YOU CAN SAY ONE THING, BUT HE 13:29 KNOWS WHAT IS IN YOUR HEART. LET'S STOP PRETENDING. 13:32 LET'S STOP ACTING. LET'S BE REAL WITH GOD. 13:40 EVEN IF YOU ARE FRUSTRATED OR HURT, JUST BE REAL. 13:44 SO PUTTING AWAY ALL PRETENTS. ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT 13:51 AREAS OF DISTRACTIONS ARE WHAT I CALL BREACHES. 13:58 WE'RE TOLD IN ISAIAH 58:12 THAT WE ARE TO BE THE REPAIRER OF THE 14:05 BREECH. BUT WE CANNOT BEEN REPAIRERS OF 14:09 THE BREACH BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY BEACHES IN OUR LIVES. 14:13 THE ENEMY KNOWS HOW TO PULL DOWN THE WALLS. 14:16 AND HE'S TRYING FOR THE WEAK POINTS. 14:19 AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU SOME ILLUSTRATIONS. 14:25 FOR EXAMPLE -- I MEAN WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SIN AND IDOLS 14:28 AND ADDICTIONS AND MIND SETS AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS 14:33 THAT ARE BREACHES, AND I TALK ABOUT THIS EXTENSIVELY. 14:37 BUT ONE THING IS UNGODLY MIND SETS, CALLED RESPECTABLE SINS. 14:43 AND I WAS READING THIS BOOK, AND IT OPENED MY MIND TO ALL OF THE 14:49 RESPECTABLE SINS THAT WE COMMITMENT, WHICH WE ALL COMMIT 14:54 THEM, THINGS LIKE ANXIETY, AND BITTERNESS, AND ENVY, AND BACK 14:58 BITING, AND IRRITATION, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS -- AND THESE ARE 15:04 THINGS IN GOD'S WORD HE SPEAKS AGAINST. 15:07 LIKE WE'RE ANXIOUS ALL THE TIME. WHAT ABOUT THIS? 15:10 OR WHAT ABOUT THAT? OR -- YOU KNOW, WE THINK GOD 15:14 CAN'T HAD HANDLE THE ISSUES THAT COME UP. 15:19 YET WE'RE TOLD DON'T BE ANXIOUS FOR ANYTHING. 15:24 YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO QUICK TO BE JUDGMENTAL AGAINST EACH OTHER, 15:28 WHEN HE IS CALLING US TO EXTEND MERCY. 15:32 IT JUST GOES ON AND ON. WE HAVE TO ASK GOD TO HEDGE UP 15:37 THESE BREACHES. THESE ARE NOT THINGS THAT WE CAN 15:41 ATTACK IN OUR OURSELVES. SELF CANNOT CRUCIFY SELF. 15:46 PRIDE CANNOT GET RID OF PRIDE.-THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO COME BROKEN TO THE CROSS. 15:51 JUST SAY LOR, CHANGE ME. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE MY 15:55 HEART, BUT HE SAYS HE WILL CHANGE US. 15:58 HE TELLS US IN JEREMIAH 20 -- I THINK IT IS 24:7, THAT HE WILL 16:04 GIVE US A HEART TO KNOW HIM. >> AMEN. 16:07 >> AND WE NEED HIM CONTINUALLY TO CHANGE OUR HEARTS, BECAUSE WE 16:11 ARE PRONE TO GO AFTER THE THINKING PATTERNS OF THE ENEMY. 16:16 SO A HUGE PART OF THIS IS JUST REMOVING THE OBSTACLES THAT COME 16:23 BETWEEN US AND GOD. HE WANTS US TO COME. 16:30 IF WE ARE INTENTIONALLY SAYING, LORD, DO THIS FOR ME, BUT WE'RE 16:36 NOT WILLING TO LET GO OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING BETWEEN 16:40 US AND GOD, NO WONDER OUR PRAYERS ARE HITTING THE CEILING 16:45 AND WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, GET 16:50 ON YOUR KNEES AND ASK GOD TO SEARCH YOUR HEART. 16:54 YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE BREACHES ARE. 16:57 IT MAY THE WAY YOU TREATED YOUR SPOUSE -- IN FACT I'LL TALK TO 17:02 THE AUDIENCE FOR A SECOND. GET ON YOUR KNEES AND ASK GOD TO 17:06 SHOW YOU WHAT IT IS IN YOUR HEART THAT IS COMING BETWEEN HIM 17:09 AND YOU, WHETHER IT IS HOW YOU RELATED TO A FAMILY MEMBER, A 17:14 COWORKER, SOMETHING YOU ARE THINKING OR DOING BEHIND THE 17:17 SCENES MAYBE THAT NOBODY KNOWS, AND ASK GOD TO SEARCH YOUR 17:20 HEART. AND IF YOU ASK HIM, HE WILL, HE 17:23 WILL REVEAL IT, AND SURRENDER THAT TO HIM, AND WHEN YOU DO, 17:30 THE FLOOD GATES WILL OPEN. IT'S LIKE BREATHING AGAIN, YOU 17:34 REMOVE THE OBSTACLES AND YOU WITH BREATHE. 17:38 >> GO AHEAD, MOLLY. >> WE KNOW THAT GOD IS MORE 17:42 ANXIOUS TO CLEANSE AND PURIFY US, THAN WE ARE TO BE CLEANSED 17:45 AND PURIFIED, SO IF YOU OPEN THAT DOOR -- I JUST LOVE THAT 17:51 SCRIPTURE, ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT WE ASK OR THINK, AND -- AND 17:56 GOD JUST -- HE MEETS US WHERE WE ARE, AND HE ONLY REQUIRES US TO 18:01 WALK IN THE LIGHT THAT IS SHINING ON US. 18:04 I LOOK AT -- SOMETIMES I LOOK AT OTHERS, AND THINK I WILL NEVER 18:09 ATTAIN TO THAT LEVEL OF PERFECTION. 18:12 >> YES. >> SO YOU CAN BECOME 18:15 DISCOURAGED, BUT JUST KNOW GOD IS DRAWING YOU AT YOUR RATE. 18:18 >> AMEN. >> AND HE IS DEALING WITH YOU ON 18:21 YOUR LEVEL. GOD LOVES YOU JUST LIKE YOU ARE. 18:25 >> AMEN. >> ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HAVE A 18:29 LOVING HEARTH FOR HIM TO RAISE YOU UP AND LIFT YOU UP. 18:32 THIS -- THIS WALK WITH THE LORD -- THIS PATH THAT WE'RE ON 18:37 ISN'T A HARD PATH, IT'S A PLEASANT PLACE TO BE, BEING A 18:43 CHRISTIAN IS THE MOST EXCITING FUN THING THERE IS. 18:46 IT ISN'T SOMETHING WE NEED TO STRESS OVER. 18:48 OH, GOD, I DON'T PRAY TEN HOURS A DAY. 18:52 WELL, PRAY FIVE MINUTES A DAY. START WHERE YOU ARE. 18:56 THAT'S ALL GOD IS ASKING FOR YOU. 18:58 >> THAT'S RIGHT. AMEN. 18:59 >> AMEN. >> A REALLY SPECIAL PART OF 19:02 GROWING CLOSER TO GOD WITH ME, HAS BEEN COMING TO UNDERSTAND 19:06 WHAT WORSHIP IS. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WORHIP, IS 19:10 WORSHIP SOMETHING WE ATTEND? OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE DO? 19:13 >> SOMETHING WE DO. >> WORSHIP SHOULD BE SOMETHING 19:16 THAT WE DO. >> AMEN. 19:18 >> WE WORSHIP GOD, AND WE'RE NATURALLY PRONE TO COME TO GOD, 19:23 GIVING HIM OUR REQUESTS, PROBLEMS, COMPLAINTS, BURDENS, 19:27 AND HE WANTS TO HEAR THOSE. HE CARES ABOUT THE DETAILS. 19:31 BUT WE'RE TOLD TO COME INTO HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE, TO WORSHIP 19:35 HIM, AND THIS PERSONALLY FOR ME HAS BECOME SUCH A VITAL PART OF 19:41 MY PRAYER LIFE. IN MY OWN PRIVATE PRAYER TIME, I 19:45 ACTUALLY -- I -- I WILL USUALLY PLAY SOME SOFT HYMNS OR 19:50 DIFFERENT SELECTED MUSIC, AND I WILL SING WITH THEM TO GOD. 19:54 I LIVE ALONE, SO I'M NOT INTERRUPTING ANYBODY. 19:57 EVEN THIS MORNING, HERE AT 3ABN, PROBABLY -- IF I LOOK BACK AT MY 20:02 TIME WITH GOD THIS MORNING, PROBABLY A THIRD OF MY TIME WITH 20:06 GOD WAS ACTUALLY IN WORSHIP, AND IT JUST ADDED SUCH A RICH -- A 20:11 RICH PART TO MY DEVOESHAL EXPERIENCE. 20:18 AND WE'RE TOLD WHEN WE PRAISE GOD, WE WILL BE GIVEN MORE TO 20:22 PRAISE HIM FOR >> AMEN. 20:24 >> WE SO OFTEN ARE SO LIMITED IN OUR GRATITUDE, AND 20:28 SO -- THAT'S -- THAT'S A PART THAT I DON'T WANT TO SKIP OVER 20:31 AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WORSHIP. 20:34 TAKE TIME TO PRAISE GOD, AND JUST ASK HIM TO TEACH YOU HOW TO 20:38 ADORE HIM. >> AMEN. 20:40 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. AS YOU TALKED ABOUT BREACHES, 20:43 WOULD YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN STRONG HOLDS IN YOUR LIFE? 20:48 OR IS THAT THE SAME THING AS WHAT YOU CALL A SPIRITUAL BREACH 20:54 IN YOUR LIFE? I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE 20:57 RESPECTABLE SINS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT WOULD THAT BE THE SAME 21:02 AS A STRONG HOLD OR AN ADDICTION, OR IS THAT DIFFERENT 21:06 IN YOUR MIND? >> I SEE BREAHES KIND OF 21:10 COVERING THE WHOLE CATEGORY. >> OKAY. 21:12 >> BUT STRONGHOLDS WOULD BE THE DEEPER-SEEDED -- LIKE YOU SAY AN 21:17 ADDICTION OR THINGS THAT -- AND THEY CAN BE GENERATIONAL, YOU 21:22 KNOW? NOT JUST THESE MORE PETTY 21:25 RESPECTABLE TYPE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND WE HAVE TO REPENT FOR, 21:29 AND GIVE TO GOD, AND ASK HIM TO CHANGE FOR US, SO THERE ARE 21:33 SERIOUS STRONGHOLDS, BUT GOD WILL BREAK THEM DOWN IF WE 21:37 SPENDING TIME ON YOUR KNEES AND IN THE WORD CLAIMING THE 21:42 PROMISES. I HAD A FRIEND THAT WAS A 21:44 MISSIONARY IN SOUTH AMERICA, AND HE WAS RIDING ON THIS BUS, AND 21:49 STARTED TALKING TO A MAN NEXT TO HIM, AND FOUND OUT HE WAS A 21:53 WITCH DOCTOR. AND HE TOLD MY FRIEND I COULD 21:56 CAST A SPELL OF YOUR FAMILY AND CAUSE YOUR WIFE TO LEAVE YOU, 22:01 AND I COULD BRING YOU THE WOMAN OF YOUR DREAMS. 22:04 AND HE SAID NO. YOU COULD DON'T THIS. 22:07 SO THE MAN STARTS ASKING HIM DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, AND HE SAID 22:10 DO YOU LISTEN TO SUCH AND SUCH? AND HE SAID NO. 22:14 HE SAID DO YOU WATCH SUCH AND SUCH, AND LISTED SOME OF THE 22:17 POPULAR SHOWS OF TH REGION? NO. 22:21 DO YOU DO THIS? DO YOU LOOK AT PORNOGRAPHY? 22:24 AND HE SAID NO. AND THE MAN SAYS, YOU ARE RIGHT, 22:28 I CAN'T TOUCH YOU, BUT THE MOMENT THAT YOU PARTAKE IN ANY 22:33 OF THOSE THINGS, I CAN EXERCISE ALL OF THE POWER IN THE WORLD 22:37 OVER YOU, BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A FOOTHOLD IN YOUR LIFE. 22:44 >> THAT'S A BREACH IN THE ARMOR.-WHEN THERE IS A BREACH, THE ENEMY CAN MOVE IN. 22:50 >> AND THA'S WHY WE HAVE TO ASK THE LORD TO HELP US. 22:54 I TALKED ABOUT THE BARRAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TELEVISION, 22:59 AND ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, THEY ARE NUMBING OUR 23:03 SPIRITUAL SENSIBILITIES. LIKE I HAVE TO PURPOSEFULLY PUT 23:08 BOUNDARIES AROUND MY NIGHTTIME, MY SOCIAL MEDIA TIME. 23:11 I CAN'T JUST LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY POSTS, BECAUSE 23:15 THEY ARE NUMBING OUR SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITIES, WHERE GRADUALLY 23:20 SIN IS BECOMING MORE ACCEPTABLE. WE TEND TO GRADUALLY BECOME LIKE 23:27 WHAT WE OBSERVE. >> UH-HUH. 23:29 UH-HUH. >> SO WE HAVE TO ASK GOD TO PUT 23:32 THAT HEDGE AROUND US AND SAFEGUARD US, AND THAT REALLY 23:35 COMES THROUGH HIS WORE. >> YES. 23:38 TALK ABOUT FACT OVER FEELING. BECAUSE MANY TIMES IN OUR OWN 23:43 EXPERIENCE AND WALK WITH GOD, WE WANT TO BASE IT ON HOW I FEEL, 23:48 INSTEAD OF THE TRUTH OF THE WORD OF GOD 23:51 >> YES, WE HAVE TO GO ACCORDING TO WHAT GOD'S WORD SAYS. 23:56 MY FEELINGS ARE CHANGING, MY EMOTIONS ARE CHANGING, ALL OF 24:00 THESE THINGS ARE CHANGING -- IN FACT, I'LL SKIP TO THE 24:07 [ INAUDIBLE ] OF REVEALING PRAYER. 24:10 BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE UNDER TRIAL, IT'S VERY EASY TO GO TO WHAT 24:14 WE'RE FEELING, RATHER THAN THE WORD OF GOD. 24:17 AND THE FORTEST OF PERSEVERING PRAYER, ACTUALLY A FRIEND OF 24:24 MINE CAME UP WITH THIS. FIRST WHAT DO WE DO WHEN GOD IS 24:29 SILENT? WHEN IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE 24:31 LISTENS. IF YOU LOOK AT MATTHEW 15, WE 24:34 ACTUALLY SEE THE STORY OF A WOMAN THAT CAME TO JESUS, 24:42 PLEADING THAT HER DAUGHTER WOULD BE HEALED, AND SHE'S 24:47 ASKING -- SHE IS DESPERATE, LORD HAVE MERCY, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT 24:52 THE STORY, MATTHEW 15:21 AND ON, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE STORY, JESUS 24:58 DOESN'T ANSWER HER IN A WORD, INITIALLY. 25:01 IT'S LIKE HE IGNORES HER REQUEST. 25:04 IS SHE GOING TO STAY OR KEEP GOING? 25:07 EVIDENCELY SHE KEEPS CRYING AFTER HIM, BECAUSE THE DISCIPLES 25:16 SAY SEND HER AWAY? SHE ASK ANNOYING. 25:20 WOULD WE KEEP SEEKING AFTER JESUS IF WE WERE TOLD GO AWAY. 25:24 AS WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS GOING FORWARD, HE FINALLY SPEAKS, AND 25:30 HE TELLS HER [ INAUDIBLE ] ISRAEL SO BASICALLY WHAT HE IS 25:34 SAYING, IS I DIDN'T COME FOR YOU. 25:36 I CAME FOR THEM. NOW HOW WOULD YOU FEEL -- 25:39 >> OUCH. >> YES. 25:42 YOU HAVE COME TO CHRIST NEEDING A MIRACLE. 25:44 YOU ARE DESPERATE. FIRST HE IGNORES YOU, AND THEN 25:48 HE SAYS I DIDN'T COME FOR YOU. I CAME FOR THEM. 25:52 AND IF THAT'S NOT BAD -- WELL, HOW DOES SHE RESPOND? 25:55 OUR NATURALLY TENDENCY WOULD BE TO RUN AWAY, BUT IN VERSE 25, 26:01 SHE CAME AND WORSHIPPED HIM SAYING LORD HELP ME, I'M 26:06 DESPERATE. SO THEN HE SPEAKS AGAIN. 26:08 HE SAYS IT'S NOT ME TO TAKE THE CHILDREN'S BREAD AND TO CAST IT 26:13 TO THE DOGS. DO YOU SEE WHAT HE JUST CALLED 26:17 HER. HE IS BASICALLY SAYING A DOG, 26:21 RIGHT? AND YET SHE RESPONDS, LORD, YET 26:23 THE DOGS EAT AT THE MASTER'S TABLE. 26:34 WHO OF US WOULD STILL BE STAYING SEEKING AFTER THE LORD IN THIS 26:39 SITUATION IN WE WOULD BE LIKE, I'M OUT OF HERE. 26:41 HE IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE MAN HE SAID HE WAS. 26:45 HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT ME. WE WOULD BE OUT OF THERE, AND 26:49 YET, SHE WORSHIPS HIM, AND WE SEE JESUS RESPOND.-SHE SAID YET THE DOGS EAT AT THE 26:58 TONGUES OF THE MASTER'S TABLE. AND SO HE SPEAKS TO HER AND THEN 27:07 THE DAUGHTER WAS HEALED. >> YES. 27:12 >> DID JESUS NOT CARE ABOUT HER? OF COURSE HE DID. 27:15 HE DEPARTED INTO THE COAST, AND THIS IS WHERE HE MEETS THE 27:19 WOMAN. HE CAME TO THE COAST. 27:22 IN VERSE 29, AND JESUS DEPARTED AND WENT INTO THE SEA OF 27:32 GALILEE. HE CAME JUST FOR HER. 27:35 AND WE GO THROUGH THESE TESTS, WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE GOD IS 27:39 SILENT. IT SEES LIKE HE HAS FORGOTTEN 27:41 US. IT SEEMS LIKE THE NATURAL REALM 27:48 IS TOO POWERFUL. >> EVRYBODY HATES US. 27:53 WE'RE GOING TO GO EAT WORMS. >> THAT'S WHAT MY MOM SAYS TO ME 28:00 WHEN I GET POUTY, ARE YOU JUST GOING TO GO EAT WORMS. 28:06 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT 28:09 GOD IS GOOD. IS HE GOOD JUST WHEN HE SAYS YES 28:12 TO OUR PRAYERS? IS HE GOOD JUST WHEN HE DOES 28:16 WHAT WE WANT HIM TO DO? >> HE IS GOOD ALL THE TIME. 28:19 >> HE IS GOOD ALL OF THE TIME. ALL OF THE TIME HE IS GOOD, SO 28:23 OUR FAITH CANNOT BE ROOTED IN OUR FEELING. 28:26 OUR FAITH HAS TO BE ROOTED IN THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORD OF 28:29 GOD, BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE. 28:31 >> AMEN. >> HIS WORD DOES NOT CHANGE, AND 28:36 THAT HAS REALLY MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR ME, BECAUSE THE 28:40 FIRST PART OF MY LIFE, MY FAITH WAS ROOTED IN MY FEELINGS, AND 28:46 MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WAS UP AND DOWN. 28:51 AND WE HAVE TO COME TO THE POINT WHERE OUR FAITH IS ROOTED IN 28:54 GOD, KNOWING WE ARE GOING TO SEE THE END REWARD. 28:57 >> AND KNOWING HE HAS OUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART IN EVERY 29:02 SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY FEEL LIKE -- GOING BY YOUR 29:06 FEELINGS THAT THAT COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE THE CASE. 29:10 >> AMEN. >> I LOVE THAT PRINCIPLE OF 29:13 STANDING ON THE WORD OF GOD VERSUS HOW MY FEELINGS ARE. 29:16 BECAUSE I RELATE WITH YOU 100%. FROM YOUR STORY FROM THE PAST, 29:25 OR WAKING UP, AND FEELING LIKE GOD IS SHINING ON ME. 29:28 GOD AND I MUST BE ON GOOD TERMS. AND IF YOU WAKE UP AND YOU DON'T 29:33 FEEL THE PRESENCE OF JESUS, WELL, THEN THERE MUST BE 29:38 SOMETHING WITH THAT. WHAT WERE THE FOUR AGAIN. 29:41 >> THE FIRST IS WHEN GOD IS SILENT. 29:43 THE SECOND IS WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE GOD HAS FORGOTTEN. 29:47 THE THIRD IS WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE NATURAL REALM IS TOO 29:52 POWERFUL. LIKE PETER WALKING ON THE STORM. 29:55 THE NATURAL RELM IS TOO POWERFUL. 29:59 AND THE FOURTH TEST IS WHEN IT SEEMS GOD HAS FAILED. 30:03 GOD HASN'T FAILED, BUT THINK ABOUT CHRIST ON CALVARY. 30:08 HIS DISCIPLES THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SAVE THEM, AND THEY 30:13 LOOK UP AND SAY THEY SAVIOR ON A CROSS. 30:16 LIKE, ARE YOU REALLY THE SON OF GOD IN I MEAN YOU WERE SUPPOSED 30:20 TO SAVE US. AND I THINK AT SOME POINT OR -ANOTHER, WE WILL ALL WALK LIKE 30:29 THAT IN LIFE. IT SEEMS LIKE GOD HAS FAILED, 30:32 BUT ULTIMATELY, HE DOESN'T FAIL. >> WE HAVE T BE 30:40 INSTRUMENT-RATED CHRISTIANS. INSTRUMENT-RATED PILOTS GO ONLY 30:44 BY THEIR INSRUMENTS. WE HAVE TO GO ONLY BY THE WORD 30:49 OF GOD, NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION MAY LOOK LIKE. 30:53 >> AMEN. CAN I SHARE A STORY OUT OF 31:00 "DARING TO ASK." >> YES. 31:03 >> BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC, A TESTIMONY OF DAVID WILL 31:10 KERSON, HE WORKED WITH A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE GANGS OF 31:14 NEW YORK AND BROUGHT THEM TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST. 31:20 HE WROTE SOMETHING ON HIS PERSONAL BLOG JUST A FEW HOURS 31:24 BEFORE HE WAS KILLED IN A TRAGIC CAR ACCIDENT A FEW YEARS AGO, 31:29 AND THIS IS WHAT HE WROTE, AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT TO 31:33 YOU. TO BELIEVE WHEN ALL MEANS FAIL 31:36 IS EXCEEDINGLY PLEASING TO GOD AND MOST ACCEPTABLE. 31:39 JESUS SAID TO THOMAS, YOU HAVE BELIEVED BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN, 31:43 BUT BLESSED ARE THOSE THAT DO BELIEVE AND HAVE NOT SEEN. 31:47 BLESSED ARE THOSE ARE WHO TRUST BEYOND HOPE WHEN ALL MEANS HAVE 31:52 FAILED. SOMEONE HAS COME TO THE PLACE OF 31:55 HOPELESSNESS, WE END OF HOPE, THE END OF ALL MEANS. 31:57 A LOVED ONE IS FACING DEATH, AND DOCTORS GIVE NO HOPE. 32:03 HOPE IS GONE. THE MIRACLE PRAYED FOR IS NOT 32:07 HAPPENING. THAT IS WHEN SATAN'S HOERDS COME 32:15 TO ATTACK YOUR MIND. WHERE IS GOD NOW? 32:19 YOU TRUSTED. PRAYER FAILED. 32:23 FAITH FAILED. DON'T QUIT ON GOD. 32:26 JUST DON'T TRUST HIM ANYMORE. IT DOESN'T PAY. 32:30 EVEN QUESTIONING GOD'S EXISTENCE WILL BE IN YOUR MIND. 32:35 THESE HAVE BEEN DEVICES OF SATAN FOR CENTURIES. 32:40 TO THOSE GOING THROUGH THE VALLEY IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH, 32:45 HEAR THIS WORD, WEEPING WILL LAST THROUGH SOME DARK AWFUL 32:49 NIGHTS AND IN THAT DARKNESS, YOU WILL SOON HEAR THE FATHER 32:54 WHISPER, I AM WITH YOU. ONE DAY IT WILL ALL MAKE SESE. 32:58 YOU WILL SEE IT WAS ALL PART OF MY PLAN. 33:01 >> AMEN. >> IT WAS NO ACCIDENT. 33:05 IT WAS NO FAILURE ON YOUR PART. HOLD FAST, LET ME EMBRACE YOU. 33:11 BELOVED GOD HAS NEVER FAILED TO ACT BUT IN GOODNESS AND LOVE 33:15 WHEN ALL MEANS FAIL, HIS LOVE PREVAILS. 33:19 HOLD FAST TO YOUR FAITH. STAND FAST IN HIS WORD, THERE IS 33:24 NO OTHER HOPE. AND HE WROTE THAT JUST LIKE TWO 33:29 HOURS BEFORE HE DIED. >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 33:32 THE -- THE HOPE, THE TRUST, THE CONFIDENCE IN OUR FATHER. 33:36 IT REMINDS ME OF THAT QUOTE, GOD NEVER LEAVES HIS CHILDREN 33:44 OTHERWISE, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO BE LEAD. 33:46 >> UH-HUH. GOD NEVER LEAVES HIS CHILDREN 33:52 OTHERWISE IF THEY WOULD DESERVE THE GLORY OF THE PURPOSE WHICH 33:54 THEY ARE FULFILLING WITH COWORKERS WITH HIM. 33:57 AND THAT HAS GIVEN ME SUCH STRENGTH IN MY OWN PERSONAL WALK 34:03 WITH GOD. AS I SHARED I HAVE BEEN THROUGH 34:07 HEART ACHE AND STRUGGLES AND DISILLUSIONMENT. 34:11 I PRAYED I FASTED, AND YOU LET ME DOWN. 34:15 YOU BETRAYED ME. AND NOW I CAN SAY, I'M SO GLAD 34:20 GOD HAS DONE WHAT HE HAS DONE. OBVIOUSLY I DON'T SEE THE END OF 34:24 THE STORY, BUT I SEE GOD WORKING, AND I'M SO THANKFUL. 34:28 HE IS GOOD. >> AMEN. 34:31 AMEN. TO ME I ALWAYS PICTURE IT AS A 34:35 FABRIC, AND YOU LOOK DOWN ON IT, AND IS BEAUTIFUL. 34:39 FROM THE UNDER SIDE IT MAY BE A BIT TANGLED AND THERE MAY BE 34:45 SOME DARK-COLORED THREADS, BUT FROM THE TOP YOU SEE THE 34:48 BEAUTIFUL PICTURE. AND THAT'S WHAT GOD DOES IN EACH 34:51 OF OUR LIVES. YOU HAVE SOME CARDS. 34:55 >> AMEN. I BROUGHT SOME CARDS WITH ME. 34:58 THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY EXPERIENCE. 35:02 PRAYING THE WORD OF GOD, AND TEACHING PEOPLE TO PRAY THE WORD 35:07 OF GOD, SO I HAVE PUT THESE CARDS TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE 35:11 PRAYERS ON ONE SIDE, AND PROMISES ON THE OTHER, AND 35:14 ACTUALLY JILL, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU GIVE A SET TO MOLLIE, SO SHE 35:20 CAN HAVE HER OWN PERSONAL SET AS WELL. 35:23 >> BEFORE YOU GO FURTHER, I WANT TO SAY, THIS SET MELODY GAVE ME 35:28 MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I'M NOT SURE -- 35:30 >> OKAY. >> -- I HAVE IT AT MY DESK, AND 35:33 EVERY DAY WHEN I GET TO WORK -- I HAVE MY TIME WITH GOD 35:36 IN THE MORNING BEFORE I GET TO WORK, BUT WHEN I GET TO WORK, I 35:40 FLIP IT OVER, AND I READ THE PROMISE, AND I CLAIM THE PROMISE 35:44 FOR THAT DAY, AND I SAY YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED FOR TODAY. 35:48 THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO CALLED IN, AND I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT 35:53 THOSE CARDS, AND SHE SAID I WANT THOSE CARDS. 35:56 SO I'M SENDING HER MINE. >> AND I'LL TELL YOU HOW PEOPLE 36:04 CAN GET THEIR OWN SETS. SO GOD HAS CONVICTED ME. 36:08 I NEED TO BE PRAYING THE WORD. I HAVE TO BE FOUNDED IN THE WORD 36:12 OF GOD. WE'RE TOLD TO GRASP HIS 36:17 PROMISES, FROM THE LEAVES OF LIFE. 36:20 THE CARDS ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES PRAYERS AND PROMISES 36:24 FOR PRAYING THE WORD PRAYERS AND PROMISES FOR OUR SPIRITUAL WALK, 36:29 PRAYERS AND PROMISES FOR YOUR MARRIAGE, FOR YOUR CHILDREN, OR 36:34 IN MY CASE, MY SPIRITUAL CHILDREN, PRAYERS AND PROMISES 36:39 FOR YOUR MINISTRY, FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND I HAVE MANY 36:42 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT WE 36:46 PRAY THE WORD OF GOD. WE ARE TOLD IN PSALMS, HIS WORD 36:53 IS FOREVER SETTLED IN HEAVEN.-WE'RE TOLD THAT HE CAN'T LIE, SO I CAN PRAYING MY OWN THOUGHTS 37:00 AND ALL F O THESE THINGS, AND THAT'S FINE, BUT WHEN HE GIVE 37:05 GOD HIS WORD, IT DOESN'T RETURN TO HIS VOICE. 37:07 SO PRAYING THE PROMISES HAS BECOME SO FOUNDATIONAL FOR ME. 37:12 PRAISE YOU LORD FOR YOUR EXCEEDING GREAT -- PRECIOUS 37:17 PROMISES YOU HAVE GIVEN TO ADD FUEL TO MY PRAYERS, HELP ME TO 37:22 STANDING UPON THESE PROMISES UNTIL WE SEE THE VICTORIES THAT 37:25 WE LONG FOR. AND ON THE BACK I HAVE 2 PETER 37:33 4:1. NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER TO 37:35 PRAYERS AND PROMISES FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH THEN HERE ARE 37:39 SOME ILLUSTRATIONS. I PRAISE THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER 37:42 TO BRING NEW LIFE TO DEAD BONES. GIVE ME A PASSION TO KNOW YOU 37:50 AND TO LIVE TO YOU WHERE JOY. AND EZEKIEL 37:5, THUS 37:58 [ INAUDIBLE ] BREATH TO ENTER INTO YOU, AND YOU SHALL LIVE. 38:02 IF YOU ARE FEELING DRY TONIGHT, IF YOU ARE FEELING LIKE LORD, I 38:07 DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO GO, HE SAYS CLAIM THIS PROMISE, I WILL 38:13 CAUSE BREATH TO ENTER INTO YOU, AND YE SHALL LIVE. 38:19 >> AMEN. >> HERE IS ANOTHER ONE. 38:22 HELP ME TO SEEK YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART, AND NOT SEEK A 38:28 SUPERFICIAL BLESSING. HE WILL GIVE US A HEART TO KNOW 38:31 HIM. IN JEREMIAH 29:13, AND YOU SHALL 38:36 SEEK ME -- >> AMEN. 38:38 >> -- WHEN YOU SEARCH ME WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART. 38:41 HERE IS ONE FOR WAKENING EARLY. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WE CAN'T 38:45 WAKE UP IN THE MORNING. HERE IS A PROMISE WE CAN CLAIM. 38:50 HE AWAKENS OUT MORNING BY MORNING TO HEAR HIS ALARM. 38:54 AND WE CAN PRESENT THIS TO GOD, AND HE WILL FULFILL HIS PROMISE. 38:59 I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER TO PRAYING FOR BREACHES. 39:02 I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU MROM MISTO HEAL ME OF MY WOUNDS, SHOW 39:07 ME THE SPECIFIC WAYS THAT I HAVE DISHONORED YOU, HEAL ME AND LEAD 39:14 ME IN THE WA EVER LASTING. THIS IS THE PROMISE YOU ALREADY 39:19 CLAIMED MOLLIE YOU WERE SPEAKING OF EARLIER. 39:23 SEARCH ME OH GOD AND KNOW MY HEART, TRY ME AND NOW MY 39:28 THOUGHTS. HE PROMISES TO DO THIS, JEREMIAH 39:34 30:17. I WILL HEAL THEE OF THY WOUNDS. 39:42 >> AMEN. >> LET ME DO ONE. 39:44 >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY. 39:46 I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU PROMISE TO TEACH MY CHILDREN.-I HAVE GOT TWO CHILDREN AND 39:52 THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND I SPEAK THIS -- 39:54 >> AMEN. >> -- YOU PROMISE TO GIVE THEM 39:56 WHAT I CANNOT GIVE THEM, YOU ALSO PROMISE TO GIVE THEM PEACE. 40:05 AND ALL THY CHILDREN. >> AMEN. 40:10 >> WHAT THEY LAY THEIR HAND TO WILL PROSPER. 40:14 >> AMEN. >> AND WE HOLD ON TO THESE 40:17 PROMISES FOR OUR CHILDREN. >> AMEN. 40:19 HERE IS ONE IN THE MARRIAGE SECTION. 40:22 I PRAISE YOU HAVE GIVEN US AN EXAMPLE OF PERFECT LOVE. 40:29 PLEASE CHAGE ME AND GROW ME. HELP ME TO BE THE BETTER SPOUSE 40:33 YOU CALLED ME TO BE. OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT MARRIED, BUT 40:38 I'M CLAIMING THIS FOR MY RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE SELF IS 40:43 CONTINUALLY GETTING IN THE WAY, AND IN THIS ONE, I HAVE TWO 40:46 DIFFERENT THINGS. I LISTED A QUOTE WHERE ELLEN 40:51 WHITE WRITES CRUCIFY SELF IN A PLACE OF SEEKING TO CRUCIFY. 40:55 IT COULD BE YOUR ROOMMATE OR YOUR FRIENDS OR FAMILY, IF ANY 41:00 MAN WILL COME TO ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS 41:04 CROSS AND FOLLOW ME. AND ANOTHER ONE [ INAUDIBLE ] 41:08 NOTHING SHALL OFFEND ME. >> AMEN. 41:12 CAN I READ ONE? >> YES. 41:13 >> THIS IS IN THE PINK SECTION, PRAYERS FOR MARRIAGE. 41:17 I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU ARE SO LONG SUFFERING FOR US. 41:21 FORGIVE ME FOR THE TIME I HAVE WASTED DEFENDING MY PROU AND 41:28 WOUNDED SELF. AND ON THE BACK, THIS IS A QUOTE 41:31 FROM EARLY WRITINGS, PAGE 119, IF PRIDE AND SELFISHNESS WERE 41:38 LAID ASIDE, FIVE MINUTES WOULD REMOVE -- 41:44 >> AMEN. >> THAT'S INCREDIBLE. 41:46 >> AMEN. >> AND THEN THE SCRIPTURES, 41:54 HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIFE EVEN AS THE LORD LOVED THE CHURCH. 41:58 >> AMEN. HERE IS ANOTHER ONE FOR 42:02 CHILDREN. AND I HAVE LOVED ONES THAT ARE 42:04 NOT IN THE FAITH, I CLAIM THIS FOR. 42:06 I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU PROMISED TO TEACH MY CHILDREN. 42:10 ACTUALLY THATIS WHAT YOU JUST CLAIMED. 42:13 THAT IS NOT THE ONE I WAS MEANING TO CLAIM. 42:15 I PRAISE YOU LORD THAT YOU PROMISE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN OF 42:18 THE NEEDY -- THIS WAS WHAT I WAS MEANING TO SHARE -- WE ARE IN 42:22 GREAT NEED FATHER, THE ENEMY WANTS TO CLAIM OUR CHILDREN. 42:26 OUR LOED ONES, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO YOU TO BREAK THE 42:30 POWER OF THE OPPRESSOR. HE SHALL SAVE THE CHILDREN OF 42:35 THE NEEDY, AND SHALL BREAK IN PIECES THE OPPRESSOR. 42:41 >> AMEN. >> HE HAS GIVEN US HIS WORD. 42:44 >> THIS IS INCREDIBLE. SUCH A POWERFUL TOOL IN OUR 42:49 ARSENAL AND PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING TO THE WORD. 42:51 >> AMEN. >> HOW CAN THE 3ABN -- HOW CAN 42:57 THEY GET THE CARDS? >> YES, THESE ARE -- YEAH, I 43:02 MAKE A FEW TO GIVE AWAY, BUT I CAN'T GIVE THEM AWAY TO 43:09 EVERYBODY. THEY ARE DOWNLOAD THEM TO 43:14 REVIVAL AND REFORMATION.COM, AND THEY CAN LOOK UNDER PRAYER 43:19 RESOURCES OR THE AUTHOR MELODY MASON, THEY WILL FIND THEM. 43:23 THEY CAN DOWNLOAD THEM, PRINT THEM UP FOR THEMSELVES, AND 43:28 START CLAIMING THEM. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO -- TO 43:31 ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, WE NEED TO FILL OUR MIND WITH 43:35 FAITH-BUILDING MATERIALS AND RESOURCES. 43:37 WE NEED TO BE PUTTING THE WORD OF GOD INTO OUR MIND. 43:42 WE NEED TO FEED UPON STORIES OF FAITH. 43:45 THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES THAT I LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE. 43:49 LIKE THE TESTIMONY OF ONE MIRACLE AFTER ANOTHER, OR 43:54 MISSION PILOT, ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS IS A THOUSAND 43:58 SHALL FALL. THERE ARE CONSTANT RESOURCES. 44:01 IN FACT A NEW BOOK THAT JUST CAME OUT IS TITLED "LONGING FOR 44:08 GOD," AND HE IS WALKING PEOPLE THROUGH READING THE BIBLE 44:11 THROUGH IN A YEAR, AND PRAYING AS THEY GO THROUGH, AND 44:16 REFLECTING, AND GOING DEEPER AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS RESOURCE. 44:19 WE NEED TO BE USING THESE RESOURCES, FEEDING UPON THESE 44:23 THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GROW OUR FAITH, AND WHEN WE ARE 44:27 FEEDING UPON THESE THINGS OUR FAITH CAN'T HELP BUT GROW. 44:32 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH 44:36 DOUBT, GET INTO GOD'S WORD. >> AMEN. 44:38 >> AND FEED YOUR FAITH, AND GOD IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU 44:42 MORE FAITH. >> AMEN. 44:44 AMEN. WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE 44:46 BOOK, AND THESE WONDERFUL INCREDIBLE CARDS. 44:48 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THAT WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD 44:53 THEM AND START CLAIMING THE PROMISES FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 44:58 BUT LET'S SHIFT TO THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION INITIATIVE. 45:06 YOU ARE INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL. 45:09 WHAT IS THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION? 45:13 >> REVIVAL AND REFORMATION IS NOT A NEW TERM, IT IS SOMETHING 45:18 THAT HAS BEEN PUSHED AND PROMOTED AND SHARED, BUT THIS IS 45:22 SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS BEEN CALLING HIS PEOPLE BACK TO DO. 45:28 CALL GOD'S PEOPLE BACK TO THE ALTER. 45:31 WE SEE IT IN THE DAYS OF MIA MIA, WHEN HE WENT AND WAS 45:35 BUILDING UP THE WALLS OF JERUSALEM, AND THAT'S WHAT HE IS 45:40 CALLING US TO DO TODAY AS A CHURCH. 45:48 RERIVAL AND REFORMATION IS WHAT GOD IS CALLING US TO DO. 45:53 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEING A REMEMBER OF A CHURCH, IT'S ABOUT 45:57 A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS. 46:01 WE NEED HIM TO COME IN AND REMAKE US AND CHANGE US, AND 46:05 PREPARE -- REPRAYER US FOR HIS SOON COMING. 46:09 >> YEAH. >> I AM REALLY BLESSED TO BE 46:13 PART OF THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION DEPARTMENT AT THE 46:18 GENERAL CONFERENCE. AND WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY DOING 46:22 THROUGH THIS IS JUST PROVIDING RESOURCES TO POINT PEOPLE BACK 46:26 TO THE WORD AND BACK TO PRAYER, TO GROW THEIR PRAYER LIFE. 46:31 SO HELP THEM START SMALL BIBLE STUDY GROUPS, PRAYER GROUPS. 46:35 WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT TOTAL MEMBER INVOLVEMENT. 46:39 AND THAT'S JUST CALLING EVERYBODY TO DO SOMETHING TO WIN 46:43 OTHERS TO JESUS, TALKING TO THE PERSON AT THE GROCERY STORE, YOU 46:48 KNOW, AT THE GAS STATION, JUST BEING INVOLVED. 46:51 IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EVERYONE OUT PREACHING AN EVANGELISTIC 46:56 SERIES, BUT THIS IS NOT NEW. WE'RE ALL TOLD TO SHARE. 47:00 >> YES. >> SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT ALL 47:04 COME TOGETHER AS PART OF REVIVAL AND REFORMATION IN REACHING THE 47:07 WORLD, AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND 47:13 THE WORLD AS PEOPLE ARE TAKING THESE PROGRAMS SERIOUSLY. 47:17 LIKE THERE IS A CHURCH IN KENYA THAT HAS HAD MANY, MANY MEMBERS 47:26 FROM MANY DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS COMING TOGETHER 47:29 AND PRAYING. AND A GROUP OF PASTORS HAVE 47:32 STARTED ATTENDING FROM DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS. 47:35 AND THEY SAID CAN YOU TEACH US WHAT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST ARE 47:38 ALL ABOUT? BECAUSE THIS IS SO POWERFUL. 47:43 OBVIOUSLY GOD IS WORKING, BUT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. 47:46 BUT AS A RESULT OF THAT, ABOUT 400 PEOPLE STUDIED WITH THIS 47:52 GROUP OF PASTORS, AND FROM THAT GROUP 16 PASTORS HAVE DECIDED TO 47:57 BE BAPTIZED. >> AMEN. 47:59 >> AND ABOUT 37 HAVE NOW GONE ON TO BE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. 48:05 AND THEY EVEN HAVE HAD CONGREGATIONS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED 48:09 THEM AND HAVE BECOME SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CONGREGATIONS. 48:12 SO GOD IS IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THIS A AMAZING RERIVAL 48:17 AROUND THE WORLD, BUT WE'RE TOLD THAT WHEN THE LATTER RAIN IS 48:21 POURED OUT -- THERE IS GOING TO BE A GREAT OUTPOURING, IT IS 48:29 ACTUALLY GOING TO FALL, BUT THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE WHO 48:32 DON'T KNOW IT'S FALLING. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 48:35 >> AMEN. >> AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE 48:38 PREPARING OUR HEARTS TO SAY LORD, CHANGE ME. 48:41 WORK IN ME. PLEASE OPEN MY EYES TO THE -OBSTACLES, TO THE PRIDE, THE 48:48 SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND ALL OF THESE THINGS -- THE 48:53 DISTRACTIONS. >> YES. 48:54 >> AND TENDERIZE OUR HEARTS SO THAT WHEN THE OUTPOURING -- WE 49:01 HAVE SEEN THIS IN CHURCH IN THE WORSHIP SERVICE OR THE MINISTER 49:05 IS MINISTERING, AND ONE PERSON IS THERE JUST IN WORSHIP OF THE 49:12 LORD ARE JUST WEEPING, A THE PERSON NEXT THEM ARE, OH, LORD, 49:20 WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE OVER. SO TENDERIZE THEIR HEART AND 49:25 MAKE THEM SENSITIVE TO THE OUTPOURING. 49:29 >> ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW YOU BROUGHT A VIDEO FROM 49:32 THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION COMMITTEE -- WHAT DO YOU CALL IT 49:35 DEPARTMENT? >> UH-HUH. 49:36 >> THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD, DEPARTMENT. 49:39 >> UH-HUH. >> SO WE WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT 49:43 THAT VIDEO NOW. >> A WORLD IS A VERY COLD PLACE. 49:51 PEOPLE ARE DISCONNECTED, LONELY, AND DISTRACTED, AND GOD'S PEOPLE 50:00 ARE JUST AS DISTRACTED, JUST AS DISCONNECTED. 50:06 THEY HAVE NO LIGHT TO SHARE WITH THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. 50:08 ♪ >> AN EVEN IN WORSHIP, WE FAIL 50:19 TO GIVE ETERNAL THINGS OUR FULL ATTENTION. 50:23 ♪ >> AN WHEN WE ALLOW OUR BUSIED 50:31 LIVES TO SEPARATE US FROM JESUS, SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS. 50:36 OUR RELATIONS FALL APART. IN EPHESIANS 5:15, THE BIBLE 50:47 TELLS US TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE LIVE, MAKING THE BEST USE OF OUR 50:53 TIME, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. WHEN WE'RE IN SCHOOL, OUR 51:00 TEACHER HELPS US MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 51:05 ♪ >> AND WHEN WE SPENDING TIME 51:08 WITH JESUS, HE DOES THE SAME THING FOR US. 51:12 ♪ >> WE LIVE IN INCREDIBLE TIMES, 51:21 AND HAVE SO MANY GOOD THINGS AT OUR FINGERTIPS TO BRING US 51:27 TOGETHER. ♪ 51:28 >> THERE ARE COUNTLESS WAYS TO CONNECT TO HIM. 51:31 TO GATHER AROUND THE SOURCE OF LOVE, AND BE TRANSFORMED BY IT. 51:39 IF WE WANT TO CHANGE, WE HAVE TO SPEND TIME WITH JESUS BECAUSE HE 51:46 TELLS US BY BEHOLDING HIM, WE ARE TRANSFORMED. 51:51 HE CAN BREATHE A NEW SPIRITUAL LIFE INTO OUR HEARTS AND HOMES. 51:58 AS FOR ME, MY FAMILY IS HAPPIEST WHEN WE PUT JESUS FIRST. 52:06 BUT IT'S A CHOICE YOU HAVE TO MAKE EVERY DAY. 52:10 TO LEAVE BEHIND THE ARTIFICIAL. AND RECEIVE SOMETHING THAT YOU 52:18 JUST CAN'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE. ♪ 52:25 >> SO HOW IS YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH JESUS? 52:28 ARE YOU READY TO GO DEEPER, DRAW CLOSER? 52:34 HE IS WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE. ♪ 52:39 >> WHEN JESUS KNOCKS ON THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART, AND YOU FULLY 52:45 SURRENDER YOUR LIFE TO HIM, HE WILL FILL YOU WITH HIS LOVE, AND 52:51 MAKE YOU A BLESSING TO PEOPLE ALL AROUND YOU. 52:55 ♪ 53:14 >> AMEN. PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT HE IS DOING 53:17 IN HEARTS AND LIVES OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 53:20 >> YES. >> WE'RE JUST THANKFUL FOR THAT. 53:25 PRAISE GOD FOR THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION AND WHAT GOD IS 53:29 DOING THERE, AND THROUGH YOU MELODY. 53:33 WE WANT TO PUT UP THE ADDRESS, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, TALK TO 53:37 US ABOUT -- YOU DO A SPECIAL TEN DAYS OF PLAYER. 53:41 >> YES, EACH YEAR WE HAVE TEN DAYS OF PRAYER, AND WE HAVE JUST 53:45 SEEN THIS CHANGING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 53:48 YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT TEN DAYS OF PRAYER, TENDAYSOFPRAYER.ORG. 53:58 SO, YEAH, WE JUST ININVITE PEOPLE -- IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN 54:02 PART OF THIS, YOU NEED TO BE A PART OF THIS.-pIT'S AN INAMAZING EXPERIENCE. 54:07 >> AMEN. WHAT WE WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW IS 54:10 GO TO THE ADDRESS. IF YOUR HEART HAS BEEN STIRRED, 54:15 OR YOU PART OF A CHURCH, AND YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO, IF 54:19 YOU ARE LOOKING FOR RESOURCES OR THINGS THAT DARE TO ASK FOR 54:27 MORE, HERE IS HOW YOU CONTACT THE PROPERTY. 54:33 >> THROUGHOUT HISTORY, GOD HAS CALLED HIS PEOPLE TO COME TO 54:42 HIM. BUT FIRST WE MUST HAVE PROFOUND 54:47 REVIVAL AND REFORMATION. DISCOVER RICH PRAYER RESOURCES, 54:52 BY VISITING: 55:12 >> I CAN'T BELIEVE MISS MOLLIE HOW FAST THIS TWO HOURS HAVE 55:15 BEEN, BUT MY HEART HAS BEEN BLESSED AND CHALLENGED. 55:19 >> I HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED. OH, THIS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO 55:22 ME. I -- I TOLD MELODY, THIS HAS 55:25 MOTIVATED ME, AND PROBABLY ONE -- BEEN ONE OF THE BEST 55:29 PROGRAMS I HAVE BEEN A PART OF IN ALL OF THE YEARS I HAVE BEEN 55:33 HERE. >> AMEN. 55:34 THANK YOU SO MUCH, MELODY FOR COMING, AND WE JUST HAVE A FEW 55:38 MINUTES LEFT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE AN 55:41 APPEAL, SOMETHING THAT GOD HAS PUT ON YOUR HEART TO THE PEOPLE 55:44 AT HOME. >> YES, WE SERVE AN AN INAMAZING 55:48 AND INCREDIBLE GOD. WE ARE ALL HIS EAR IS NOT CLOSED 55:52 TO OUR PARTITIONS. WHEN WE PROVE HIS WORD, HE WILL 55:57 HONOR OUR FAITH. YOU CAN COME TO ANY ONE OF US 56:00 AND SAY, CAN YOU PRAY FOR ME? AND WE LOVE TO DO THAT, BUT THE 56:05 REAL ISSUE IS GOD HAS GIVEN US THE KEY, THE KEY OF PRAYER, AND 56:09 HE JUST WANTS US TO USE IT. WE ALL HAVE THIS KEY. 56:13 IT'S NOT SOMETHING I JUST RECEIVED OR YOU RECEIVED. 56:16 IT IS SOMETHING HE HAS GIVEN ALL OF US, SO PROVE HIS WORD, AND HE 56:22 WILL HONOR YOUR FAITH. >> AMEN. 56:24 >> THANK YOU, SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR JOURNEY WITH GOD, 56:29 WHAT GOD AND DONE IN AND THROUGH YOUR LIFE, AND CONTINUES TO DO. 56:33 I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE PRAYER MINISTRIES, 56:38 AND THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION DEPARTMENT AT THE GENERAL 56:41 CONFERENCE. GOD WANTS US TO BE READY FOR HIS 56:44 SOON RETURN, AND AT 3ABN, WE BELIEVE THAT HIS COMING IS SOON, 56:48 AND WHAT BETTER WAY DO GET READY THAN TO SPEND TIME IN THE WORD 56:52 OF GOD, SPENDING TIME IN PRAYER AND SHARE THAT WITH A LOST AND 56:58 DYING WORLD. KNOW THAT WE CONSIDER YOU AS 57:01 PART OF OUR FAMILY, WE LOVE YOU, AND WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU THAT 57:05 YOU WOULD EVERY DAY DARE TO ASK FOR MORE. 57:10 >> AMEN. ♪ |
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