3ABN Today LIVE

The Power of Praise

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Participants: Shelley Quinn (Host), Jill Morikone, Idalia Dinzey

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00:10 >> HELLO, AND WELCOME BACK TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE."
00:14 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, TONIGHT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
00:19 POWER OF PRAISE, AND HOW PRAISE CHANGES OUR MENTAL PRAYER
00:27 POSTURE, IF YOU WILL. >> UH-HUH.
00:29 >> YES. >> IT CHANGES US, AND MAKES US
00:33 RECOGNIZE HOW GLORIOUS GOD IS, HOW POWERFUL GOD IS, AND THAT,
00:37 NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR LIFE, HE CAN WORK US THROUGH
00:42 THAT. >> AMEN.
00:43 >> WELL, JOINING ME TONIGHT. WE HAVE JILL MORIKONE, 3ABN
00:50 GENERAL MANAGER, AND WE HAVE JILL -- JILL.
00:52 AND WE HAVE JILL AND JILL. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:55 >> I'M USED TO CALLING YOU [ INAUDIBLE ], SO I'M TRYING TO
00:59 CALL YOU IDALIA. IDALIA DINZEY, AND SHE IS THE
01:06 3ABN LATINO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT, WHO
01:11 HAPPENS TO BE HER HUSBAND. I KNOW YOU ARE BOTH PRAYER AND
01:15 PRAISE WARRIORS, AND YOU KNOW -- I HAVE NEVER SAID PRASE
01:20 WARRIOR, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO THAT.
01:21 >> YES. >> IT IS WHAT READIES YOU FOR
01:24 THE BATTLE. IT IS LIVE.
01:28 WE'RE GOING TO READ SOME OF YOUR PRAISE REPORTS AND TAKE YOUR
01:32 PRAYER REPORTS IN JUST A MOMENT. AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MESSAGE OF
01:37 MERCY WITH US, AND I DON'T KNOW THE TITLE OF THEIR SONG, BUT
01:45 THIS IS FIVE LADIES WHO HAVE BEAUTIFUL --
01:47 >> THEY HAVE GREAT HARMONY. >> OH, IT'S SO CLOSE.
01:52 SO HERE IS MESSAGE OF MERCY. ♪
02:20 ♪ AH, AH, AH ♪ ♪ CAN YOU HEAR IT WHEN THE
03:00 SPIRIT WHISPERS TO YOUR HEART ♪ ♪ HOLY SPIRIT REIGN ON US ♪
03:14 ♪ TEACH US TO BE HOLY ♪ ♪ COMFORT AND SUSTAIN US ♪
03:26 ♪ FILL US [ INAUDIBLE ] ♪ ♪ THERE IS A GENTLE ONE ♪
03:36 ♪ A COMFORTER SENT FROM THE SON ♪
03:43 ♪ A MESSENGER OF AN UNDIEING LOVE ♪
03:49 ♪ CAN YOU HEAR IT ♪ ♪ WHEN THE SPIRIT WHISPERS TO
03:54 YOUR HEART ♪ ♪ HOLY SPIRIT, RAIN ON US ♪
04:07 ♪ TEACH US TO BE HOLY ♪ ♪ COMFORT AND SUSTAIN US ♪
04:18 ♪ FILL US WITH GRACE AND PEACE ♪ ♪ HOLY SPIRIT, RAIN ON US ♪
04:45 ♪ TEACH US TO BE HOLY ♪ ♪ COMFORT AND SUSTAIN US ♪
04:59 ♪ FILL US WITH GRACE AND PEACE ♪ ♪
05:36 ♪ HOLY SPIRIT RAIN ON US ♪ ♪ TEACH US TO BE HOLY ♪
05:50 ♪ COMFORT AND SUSTAIN US ♪ ♪ FILL US WITH GRACE AND PEACE ♪
06:02 ♪ FILL US WITH GRACE AND PEACE ♪
06:17 ♪
06:39 >> OH, I LOVE TO LISTEN TO THEM SING, "WHISPERS TO YOUR HEART."
06:46 THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU MESSAGE OF MERCY.
06:50 MRS. DINZEY? [ LAUGHTER ]
06:51 >> YES. >> ISN'T THAT FUN, THOUGH?
06:54 >> YES. OKAY.
06:56 I JUST DON'T WANT SOMEONE WHO ISN'T USED TO WATCHING US TO
07:00 THINK THAT WE'RE NOT ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS, BUT SISTER EYE
07:07 DELIA. WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE PRINTER
07:11 PROBLEM -- BUT WE HAVE GOT SOME THAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN OUT FOR
07:16 US, BECAUSE OF THE PRINTER PROBLEM.
07:17 YOU HAVE A PRAISE REPORT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THAT?
07:21 >> IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT A CAR ACCIDENT.
07:25 AND WE DID NOT SEPARATE THESE. WE DID NOT SAY YOU READ THIS,
07:29 BECAUSE IT'S RELATED TO SOMETHING YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH.
07:32 >> YES. >> SO PRAISE THE LORD.-THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING
07:37 IN -- AND THIS IS A PRAISE -- A PRAISE FROM A PERSON WHO HAD A
07:42 TERRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT LAST THURSDAY.
07:45 OTHER PERSON'S FAULT. BUT I PRAISE GOD THAT IN SPITE
07:48 OF THE ACCIDENT, MY HUSBAND AND I SURVIVED, AND WERE NOT HURT.
07:53 OUR GUARDIAN ANGELS WERE LOOKING OVER FOR US --
07:56 >> AMEN. >> LOOKING OUT FOR US, AND WE
08:00 PRAISE THE LORD WITH YOU, THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR GUARDIAN ANGELS
08:04 ARE BUSY, BUT THEY ARE FAITHFUL. YOU KNOW?
08:07 AND THERE IS ENOUGH FOR EACH ONE OF US.
08:10 >> AMEN AND AMEN. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.
08:13 >> THIS ONE SAYS THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
08:20 REQUEST. I'M HAVING TROUBLE GETTING MY
08:23 CAR TO PASS INSPECTION. PLEASE PRAY THAT I CAN DO SO,
08:29 AND WE'RE GOING TO A CUSTODY BATTLE FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
08:34 AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN FEAR CAN
08:43 TAKE A GRIP ON YOU. AND LET'S LOOK AT PSALM 91 RIGHT
08:47 NOW. >> OH, YES.
08:48 >> THAT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PSALM, AND PSALM 91 REALLY HELPS
08:57 US TO UNDERSTAND. AND IDALIA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
09:02 READ PSALM 91:5. >> SURE PSALM 91:5, YOU WILL
09:08 HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR AT NIGHT, AND NO NEED TO BE AFRAID OF
09:12 ENEMY ARROWS DURING THE DAY. >> YES.
09:15 >> MAY I PLEASE READ 6, TOO? >> PLEASE DO.
09:20 >> YOU WILL HAVE NO FEAR OF THE [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT COME IN THE
09:24 DARK OR TERRIBLE SUFFERING THAT COMES AT [ INAUDIBLE ].
09:28 >> YES. >> THIS IS ONE THAT -- LIKE I
09:31 TOLD YOU, IT'S DELICIOUS. YOU KNOW?
09:35 >> I LIKE THAT. >> WHEN YOU SAVOR, YOU KNOW, THE
09:40 TEXT, AND YOU PAUSE -- YOU KNOW. >> SELEH, THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS
09:48 TO PAUSE AND MEDITATE. >> YEAH.
09:50 BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, YES, WE TAKE TIME TO READ THE BIBLE AND
09:55 TO DO OUR DEVOTIONAL, BUT I PREFER ONE TEXT
10:02 TO -- [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS] >> GOOD, I'M DONE WITH THAT, AND
10:05 I GOT TO GO, WHEREAS THIS YEAR WHEN YOU SAY YOU WILL HAVE
10:09 NOTHING TO FEAR AT NIGHT AND NO NEED TO BE AFRAID OF ENEMY
10:15 ARROWS DURING THE DAY, WHY? BECAUSE THE LORD IS YOUR SHIELD.
10:20 WHAT IS A SHIELD? WHAT DO SHOULDERS FIGHT WITH?
10:27 DO THEY HAVE SHIELDS? DO THEY HAVE PROTECTION?
10:32 INTO THE POLICE OFFICERS HAVE PROTECTION?
10:37 YES. AND HE IS THE SHIELD ON US.
10:40 BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S -- THIS IS MY PROBLEM, YOU CAN HELP ME,
10:44 BUT I WILL HANDLE IT, BUT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, LORD,
10:53 BUT WE STILL WANT TO CHANGE OURSELVES.
10:55 >> WHAT I WANT TO POINT OUT TOO, IS WHAT PSALM 91 IS SAYING, YOU
11:02 MENTIONED THE STORY OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE ARMY WHO WAS
11:07 TELLING HIS SOLDIERS HE GOT -- HE WAS FRIGHTENED EVERY
11:11 NIGHT BEFORE BATTLE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
11:13 >> AND WHAT WAS HIS PRESCRIPTION?
11:23 >> WELL, THE SOLE SOLE -- SOLDIERS WERE SAYING
11:32 WHAT DO YOU DO? AND HE SAID READ.
11:35 PSALM 91. IT REVEALS GOD'S CHARACTER RIGHT
11:40 THERE. BECAUSE AS A FATHER HE PROTECTS
11:43 US CONSTANTLY. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT BATTLE
11:46 WE'RE FACING. >> AND I JUST WANTED TO READ THE
11:50 LAST FEW VERSES -- >> WHAT VERSE ARE YOU?
11:53 >> VERSE 14, PSALM 91:14, AND THIS IS GOD SPEAKING, AND HE IS
12:00 SAYING -- BECAUSE HE -- HE WAS PRAYING TO GOD AND SAYING LORD
12:05 THANK YOU, YOU KNOW -- CAN FALL AT YOUR SIDE, BUT I'M GOING TO
12:10 BE FINE. BECAUSE HE HAS SET HIS LOVE UPON
12:16 ME, THEREFORE, I WILL DELIVER HIM.
12:20 HE SHALL CALL UPON ME AND I WILL ANSWER HIM.
12:23 I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE. I WILL DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM-WITH LONG LIFE.
12:29 I WILL SATISFY HIM AND SHOW MY SALVATION.
12:32 BUT HERE IS WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, IF YOUR HEART IS BEING
12:37 GRIPPED -- MAYBE YOU HAVE JUST FOUND OUT YOU HAVE GOT STAGE IV
12:43 CANCER, THAT HAS METASTASIZED, IN THE MIDST OF IT, YOU CAN SAY,
12:50 LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE LIFE THAT I HAVE HAD.
12:54 THANK YOU FOR MAYBE -- JUST THE BLESSED HOPE -- THANK YOU THAT I
12:59 HAVE THE BLESSED HOPE OF BEING RESURRECTED.
13:02 THANK YOU, LORD, THAT I MAY GO TO MY REST, BUT YOU WILL TAKE
13:07 CARE OF MY FAMILY -- >> AMEN.
13:09 >> -- THERE ARE THINGS -- AND IT'S AMAZING -- I HAD A FRIEND
13:14 WHO WAS SO CLOSE TO DEATH A NUMBER OF TIMES BECAUSE OF HIS
13:19 CANCER, AND HE HAD A SAYING. HE SAID, I HAVE LEARNED HOW TO
13:27 LIVE WELL WITH CANCER. HE SAID I'M NOT TRYING TO LEARN
13:30 TO DIE WITH CANCER, BUT HOW TO LIVE WITH CANCER.
13:34 >> AMEN. >> AND JUST SAVER EVERY MOMENT
13:38 THAT YOU CAN. BUT FOR THIS PRECIOUS WOMAN, WE
13:41 WILL PRAY FOR YOUR CAR. WE'RE GOING TO GROUP SOME
13:44 PRAYERS TOGETHER IN A MOMENT, AND WE WILL PRAY.
13:47 IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT THING WHEN YOU HAVE A CHILD, A GRANDCHILD
13:52 IN A CUSTODY BATTLE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MEANS THERE ARE
13:58 DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT TURN YOUR HEART TO THE LORD,
14:02 AND HE CAN HELP YOU. JILL YOU HAVE ONE --
14:05 >> I DO. BUT BEFORE I READ THAT, CAN I
14:10 SHARE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY ON PSALM 91?
14:14 >> SURE. >> I WENT TO VISIT A FRIEND IN A
14:20 MENTAL HOSPITAL. SHE HAD BEEN HOSPITALIZED
14:23 BECAUSE SHE WAS SO VERY DEPRESSED.
14:26 AND I REMEMBER I'LL NEVER FORGET, THE -- I DON'T EVEN KNOW
14:31 HOW TO DESCRIBE IT, BUT THE HOPELESSNESS IN HER EYES.
14:36 YOU COULD SEE IT. THE DOORS ARE LOCKED, AND YOU
14:40 LEAVE YOUR STUFF, AND YOU WALK IN THE ROOM, AND I REMEBER THE
14:45 HOPELESSNESS, AND HE WAS JUST ROCKING ON THE DOOR JUST CRYING.
14:49 AND I REMEMBER I TOOK HER HANDS AND I SAID I LOVE YOU.
14:54 NOTHING. IT WAS LIKE I WASN'T THERE, YOU
14:57 KNOW? SHE WAS SO IN PAIN.
14:59 >> UH-HUH. >> AND I REMEMBER, I SAID, WELL,
15:02 CAN I SING A SONG? SO RESPONSE.
15:05 SO I'M SINGING, NOTHING. >> UH-HUH.
15:08 >> AND THEN I WAS LIKE GOD IMPRESSED ON MY HEART, READ HER
15:12 SCRIPTURE, AND I OPENED UP TO THIS PSALM, PSALM 91, AND I
15:17 BEGAN TO READ, PUTTING HER NAME. WE'LL CALL HER SARAH -- THAT'S
15:21 NOT HER NAME -- BUT I SAID SARAH DWELLS IN A SECRET PLACE, VERSUS
15:28 1. SARAH ABIDES UNDER THE SHADOW OF
15:31 THE ALL MIGHTY. SARAH SAYS TO THE LORD, HE IS MY
15:44 REFUGE AND FORTRESS. AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE
15:49 POWERFUL WORD OF GOD AS I DID THAT DAY.-AS I BEGAN TO READ, SHE STOPPED
15:57 CRYING. AND THEN THE ROCKING CEASED WHEN
16:01 I KEPT READING, AND THERE WAS THIS CLARITY IN HER EYES --
16:05 >> OH, LORD, GOD. >> AMEN.
16:08 >> AND SHE SMILED. >> AMEN.
16:10 >> AND SHE SAID, OH, THANK YOU FOR COMING.
16:13 THAT'S A GREAT PSALM. >> AMEN.
16:16 >> I HAVE NEVER SEEN TRANSFORMATION IN SOMEBODY'S
16:19 LIFE AS I DID THAT DAY. THE POWER OF THE WORD OF GOD.
16:23 >> YEAH, BREAKING THE DARKNESS. >> YEAH, IT WAS AMAZING.
16:28 ANYWAYS, YOU WERE RIGHT, SHELLEY, I HAVE -- I KNOW WE ARE
16:32 HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE PRINTER. BUT THESE ARE EMAILS COMING IN
16:37 TO MY PHONE AT 3ABN.TV. THIS IS FROM DELAIN.
16:47 SHE SAYS GOD HELP MY FAITH GROW EVEN MORE WHEN STRONG TOWER HAD
16:56 TO CLOSE ON ME BUILDING THAT WE STILL NEEDED TO BUY, AND WE
17:00 NEEDED $227,000 CASH THAT DAY SO WE COULD CLOSE.
17:04 AND WE RECENTLY FOUND OUT MORE OF THE STORY, HOW IT WAS
17:10 PROVIDED. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
17:14 ALSO PRAISING GOD FOR JOHN AND IDALIA.
17:18 >> PRAISE GOD. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PROGRAM ON
17:21 THE. BLESSINGS, AND JESUS IS COMING
17:28 SOON. THIS ONE IS FROM TONIA WHO HAS
17:31 BEEN IN A YEAR-LONG MEDICAL BATTLE.
17:35 SHE SAID I NEED TO RELEARN TO PRAISE.
17:39 >> AMEN. AMEN.
17:40 AND I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE UPON YOU, BECAUSE I --
17:47 REMEMBER WHEN I WENT THROUGH MY BACK SURGERY, AND I WAS QUITE
17:50 YOUNG -- I WAS JUST 19, AND ENDED UP IN A BODY BRACE FOR A
17:55 YEAR, AND IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE MONTHS, OR WHEN I WENT
18:00 THROUGH THE VERTIGO, WHEN YOU ARE PHYSICALLY OPPRESSED, IT IS
18:06 SO EASY TO BECOME EMOTIONALLY DEPRESSED, AND THEN YOU GET
18:11 SPIRITUALLY DEPRESSED. THAT'S WHY WHEN SOMEONE IS
18:16 CHRONICALLY ILL, OR THEY HAVE A SITUATION THAT IS LASTING A LONG
18:20 TIME, WE NEED TO REALLY -- AND -- AND YOU KNOW
18:24 THIS, THAT WITH YOU, I PRAY FOR IDALIA, PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE
18:29 TIMES A DAY >>
18:30 >> PRAISE THE WORD. >> AND SHE KNOWS THAT, BECAUSE
18:33 IT IS SOMETHING THAT IT IS SO EASY JUST TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
18:37 IN DARKNESS. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU SONIA,
18:41 JOB 13:15. JOB SAID, THOUGH HE
18:46 [ INAUDIBLE ] YET WILL I TRUST HIM.
18:48 AND NO MATTER HOW BAD YOUR LIFE IS, YOU CAN BE LIKE JOB, AND I
18:56 THINK ANOTHER WAY TO DEVELOP THAT THANKFUL HEART IS -- WHAT
19:01 DID GOD HAVE JOB DO AT THE END OF THE BOOK?
19:05 >> HE PRAYED. >> HE SAID PRAY FOR YOUR -FRIENDS.
19:10 SO AS JOB BEGAN TO PRAY FOR OTHERS, THAT'S WHERE THE
19:15 BREAK-THROUGH CAME, AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS
19:18 GOING THROUGH SUCH A HORRIBLE DIVORCE, AND I -- AND SHE WAS
19:22 BESIDE HERSELF, AND I TOLD HER, I WANT YOU -- I HAVE A
19:27 PRESCRIPTION -- BECAUSE I COULDN'T TALK HER INTO PRAISING
19:29 THE LORD, BECAUSE IT WAS A NASTY DIVORCE.
19:34 AND I SAID START PRAYING FOR OTHERS WHO ARE IN YOUR
19:37 SITUATION, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? JUST LIKE GOD DID WITH JOB, WHEN
19:42 HE BEGAN -- WHEN SHE BEGAN TO PRAY FOR OTHERS WHO WERE GOING
19:46 THROUGH A NASTY DIVORCE, WHAT HAPPENED IS HER WHOLE ATTITUDE
19:51 CHANGED. SHE GOT HER EYES FOCUSED ON THE
19:54 LORD. SUDDENLY SHE WAS PRAISING GOD,
19:56 AND -- AND THE LORD GAVE HER A DOUBLE-PORTION BLESSING JUST
20:01 LIKE HE DID WITH JOB, BECAUSE IT WASN'T THREE YEARS LATER, THAT
20:07 SHE MARRIED THE MOST WONDERFUL MAN THAT ANYONE WOULD ENVY.
20:13 JILL. >> THIS IS FROM COREEN.
20:16 SHE SAYS I THANK GOD THAT EVEN THOUGH MY FAITH FALTERED AT
20:23 TIMES, MY KNEE IS ON THE WAY TO COMPLETE HEALING.
20:26 THE DOCTORS TOLD ME A TORN MA MAMMAS ANY CUSS CANNOT HEAL
20:40 WITHOUT SURGERY, BUT IT DID. >> AMEN.
20:44 >> SHE IS MY FACEBOOK FRIEND TOO.
20:46 I HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR HER, AND SHE HAS BEEN PRAYING FOR ME TOO.
20:53 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT, SHELLEY.
20:59 IT WAS LIKE YOU WERE MY MOTHER, ALWAYS CHECKING UP ON ME,
21:03 PRAYING FOR ME, ENCOURAGING ME. CONSTANTLY SENDING TEXTS AND
21:10 EMAILS, BUT NOT ONLY THAT, MY FAMILY HERE AT 3ABN -- WE HAVE A
21:14 BIG FAMILY, AND WE ARE PRAISING THE LORD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
21:17 BE PART OF THIS FAMILY. >> YES.
21:21 >> BUT ALSO THERE IS OUR WORLDWIDE FAMILY WHO HAVE PULLED
21:25 TOGETHER AND PRAYED, NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT ALSO ALL OF THE
21:31 PRAYER REQUESTS THAT WE PROJECT ON THE SCREEN THROUGHOUT THE
21:34 DAY -- WE HAVE THE BIGGEST PRAYER LIST, RIGHT?
21:37 >> UH-HUH. >> AND A VERY BIG GROUP OF
21:40 PRAYER WARRIORS THAT ARE FAITHFULLY PRAYING FOR EVERY
21:44 PETITION. BUT I WAS PRAYING -- WHEN I WAS
21:46 IN THE HOSPITAL, I SAID LORD, IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO
21:53 HAVE SOME TEA -- THERE'S A TEA THAT I MAKE DAILY IN MY HOME,
21:58 AND I MAKE A BIG POT OF IT, YOU KNOW?
22:01 AND IT COMES WITH FRESH GINGER IN IT.
22:05 I SAID LORD, IT WOULD BE SO AWESOME IF I WERE ABLE TO GET
22:11 TEA WHILE I AM IN THE HOSPITAL. CAN YOU BELIEVE -- JAMIE IN
22:18 MICHIGAN -- SHE IS LIKE 45 MINUTES OR AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE
22:23 HOSPITAL, BUT SHE WOULD MAKE THAT TEA AND SEND IT US TO WITH
22:27 OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE COMING. I'M LIKE THANK YOU, LORD.
22:32 AND GUESS WHAT, WHEN WE WERE IN THE APARTMENT HERE ON 3ABN
22:37 PROPERTY -- BECAUSE OUR CHURCH MEMBERS AND COWORKERS WERE
22:41 TENDING US TO THERE -- ONE DAY -- I CALL HER MOMMA DONNA
22:46 NOW, A FAITHFUL WOMAN OF GOD -- >> ABSOLUTELY.
22:49 >> SHE ALL OF A SUDDEN SENT A BIG JUG FOR JOHNNY AND MYSELF OF
22:54 THAT TEA. >> OH, PRAISE GOD.
22:57 >> I'M LIKE LORD, SHE DIDN'T KNOW.
23:02 BUT THE LORD KNEW MY NEED. >> AMEN.
23:05 >> AND WE SHOULD DANCE WITH THE LORD WITH JOY.
23:08 >> YEAH. >> JUST THAT EMBRACE THAT YOU
23:11 FEEL THAT THE LORD IS TAKING CARE OF YOU IS SO REAL.
23:16 JUST LIKE YOU HAVE A NEW-BORN BABY, AND YOU LOVE THEM AND KISS
23:23 THEM, AND YOU ARE LOVING THEM. I'M LIKE THANK YOU, FATHER.
23:28 THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR MY ACCIDENT.
23:31 I SEE YOUR LOVE IS SO REAL AND THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU PUT IN OUR
23:36 LIVES. AND SOME DAYS WE MAY FEEL ALONE,
23:39 BUT GIVE GOD A CHANCE TO REVEAL HIS GREAT LOVE FOR YOU, IN
23:43 YOUR -- THE ESSENTIALS OF LIFE. THE BASICS OF LIFE.
23:47 WE DON'T NEED TO EXPECT THIS -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW
23:51 IF SOMEBODY IS DESIRING THIS HELP THAT THE LORD IS WILLING TO
23:57 GIVE TO YOU, BUT SOMETIMES WE'RE ASKING, LORD, JUST ONE LITTLE
24:02 THING. PLEASE LET ME SEE THAT YOU
24:04 ARE -- THAT I AM THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE.
24:07 I NEED TO FEEL IT. I READ IT, BUT I DON'T FEEL IT,
24:11 LORD. SO THROUGH THESE TRIALS THAT WE
24:13 FACE, AND GIVE GOD A CHANCE. GOD IS SO REAL AND LOVING AND
24:19 COMFORTING FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR TOE.
24:21 >> AMEN. >> AMEN.
24:23 >> IT IS -- I DON'T KNOW -- I'M JUST SO THANKFUL.
24:26 >> AND ONE THING THAT I HAVE NOTICED ABOUT YOU THROUGH ALL OF
24:32 THIS, I THINK YOUR LOVIE SMITH -- LOVE FOR GOD HAS GROWN.
24:40 >> AMEN. YOU GET COMFORTABLE.
24:43 I WAS TOO COMFORTABLE. I HAVED TOO MITT.
24:46 I WAS TOO COMFORTABLE.-IT'S LIKE THE LORD IS WTH ME. WE DO THE FAMILY WORSHIP
24:53 FAITHFULLY, AND DEVOTIONALS FAITHFULLY, BUT THERE WAS
24:59 SOMETHING MISSING. THERE WAS SOMETHING MISSING.
25:02 WE ALL HAVE THEM, AND THAT CAN EASILY DRIVE YOU -- YOU KNOW, TO
25:08 NOT SEE GOD'S POWER IN YOUR LIFE.
25:11 AND WE TAKE IT FORGRANTED. >> AMEN.
25:14 >> SO I -- DO I THANK THE LORD FOR MY ACCIDENT, A MILLION
25:19 TIMES. FROM THE HEART.
25:20 >> FROM THE HEART. >> AND WHEN WE WERE STRUGGLING,
25:23 I SAID LORD, THANK YOU FOR MAKING YOURSELF REAL TO ME.
25:27 >> AMEN. >> THANK YOU.
25:29 THANK YOU, AND HELP ME NOT TO BE UNGRATEFUL, YOU KNOW?
25:33 HELP ME TO -- JUST GIVE YOU YOUR PLACE.
25:36 >> AMEN. >> BECAUSE HE DESERVES THE PLACE
25:40 THAT HE IS DESERVING OF. >> JILL -- WE HAVE GOT A
25:45 NUMBER -- >> I DO.
25:50 HERE IS ONE. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE GOING
25:53 THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TRIAL RIGHT NOW, AND LIK MRS. DINZEY
25:58 WE HAVE THOSE DAYS WHERE WE JUST WANT TO GIVE UP, BUT THEN THE
26:02 VERSES COME FROM THE LORD, AND HE STRENGTHS US, PLEASE KEEP US
26:08 IN YOUR PRAYERS. >> AMEN.
26:10 >> I WANT TO READ THIS ONE. IT DIDN'T HAVE A NAME, BUT IT
26:13 SAYS TEN YEARS AGO I LOST MY HUSBAND TO CANCER.
26:17 BEFORE HE DIED, I SAY TO HIM, UNLESS GOD PROVIDES A MIRACLE,
26:21 YOU ARE GOING TO DIE. YOU NEED TO MAKE IT RIGHT WITH
26:24 THE LORD. HE COULDN'T SPEAK, BUT LET ME
26:27 KNOW HE HAD. AND HE LET ME KNOW THAT TRUE
26:34 HAPPINESS COMES FROM THE LORD THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE.
26:36 HE IS ALWAYS THERE NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
26:40 WITHOUT GOD, I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THROUGH WHAT I HAVE
26:44 GOTTEN THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRAISE
26:48 REPORT. I -- I REMEMBER -- ISAIAH -- IN
26:52 ISAIAH, 42 -- WHERE IS THAT, WHERE THE LORD SAYS, YOUR MAKER
26:58 IS YOUR HUSBAND? I DO REMEMBER THAT WHEN MY
27:03 HUSBAND WAS IN INTENSIVE CARE, AND THEY KEPT COMING IN, SAYING
27:08 HE CAN DIE. HE CAN DIE.
27:11 AND I WAS UNDER SUCH STRESS. AND SO I PRESSED INTO THE
27:15 PRESENCE OF THE LORD, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO BE STRONG FOR MY
27:18 HUSBAND, AND I'M JUST VERY ROBOTIC, TAKING CARE OF THINGS,
27:23 BUT I WOULD PRAY ALL DURING THE DAY, BUT THEY WERE THESE LITTLE
27:28 BITTY GRASPY PRAYERS. AND I HEARD HIM -- HE WAS ON TH
27:32 PHONE WITH HIS BROTHER, AND HE TOLD HIM, HE SAID, IF IT'S MY
27:36 TIME TO DIE, HE SAID I'M READY. I HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOSER TO THE
27:41 LORD. AND I THOUGHT, I'M NOT READY.
27:43 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND FINALLY ON THE EIGHTH
27:47 NIGHT THAT HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, I FINALLY -- I WOULD
27:51 ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE ROOM ABOUT MIDNIGHT, I FINALLY PRESSED INTO
27:55 THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND LET THE WALL DOWN, AND AS I
28:01 EXPECTED, THE DAM BROKE, AND I'M ON THE FLOOR IN THE HOTEL ROOM
28:07 IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, I WAS SOBBING FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY
28:13 HEART, BEGGING GOD, BEGGING HIM TO SAVE J.D.
28:17 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD MYSELF SAY THESE WORDS, LORD, I
28:23 DON'T KNOW THE END FROM THE BEGINNING AND YOU DO, AND IF YOU
28:27 SEE THAT -- IF YOU WOULD RAISE HIM UP THAT HE WOULD BE -- MAYBE
28:31 TURN HIS BACK ON YOU, THEN TAKE HIM NOW, AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE
28:34 I SAID THAT -- >> THAT'S RIGHT.
28:37 >> -- BUT HERE IS MY POINT IN TELLING THIS, AS THIS PRECIOUS
28:41 WOMAN AS LEARNED, WHEN WE LET GOD BE GOD --
28:45 >> YES. >> -- IT TAKES ALL OF THE
28:48 PRESSURE OFF OF YOU. AS SOON AS I PRAYED THAT AND
28:51 THOUGHT, LORD, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS THE END FROM THE
28:55 BEGINNING. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW -- A MOTHER
28:57 CAME TO ME WHEN I WAS IN NEW ZEALAND, AND SHE SAID, MY SON
29:03 DIED OF LUKE. SHE SAID WE PRAYED SO HARD.
29:07 DID WE NOT HAVE ENOUGH FAITH? AND I TOLD HER -- ARE YOU GOING
29:10 TO BE HERE FOR THIS WEEKEND? AND SHE SAID YES.
29:18 AND I SAID GOD WILL REVEAL THE ANSWER DURING THE WEEKEND.
29:24 AND IF YOU ARE NOT SURE, COME TALK TO ME AVENUE WARD TS.
29:28 SHE CAME TO ME AFTERWARDS AND SAID, GOD HAS SHOWN ME WHAT IT
29:33 WAS. SEE, WE -- WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO
29:37 THINK THAT -- YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS PRECIOUS IN THE SITE
29:41 OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF THE SAINTS.
29:47 PRECIOUS. IF A CHILD DIES, IT'S LIKE HOW
29:49 COULD GOD ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. THAT CHILD MAY BE DIEING IN
29:54 FAITH. YOU MENTIONED ROMANS 8:28, BUT
30:02 YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THAT FROM 8:29, HE PREDESTINED TO BE
30:08 CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF JESUS. SO EVERYTHING WE GO THROUGH
30:13 IS -- HOW CAN WE THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING WHEN IT'S PAINFUL?
30:16 BECAUSE THROUGH THE MIDST OF -- OF THE TRIAL, GOD IS
30:21 WORKING IT OUT, SO THAT WE CAN BECOME MORE CHRIST LIKE AND
30:25 WE'LL HAVE THAT ETERNAL SECURITY, BUT JUST -- JUST -- AS
30:29 YOU SAID -- WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE HIS HAND.
30:34 TRUST HIS HEART. >> I'M SORRY FOR GIGGLING, BUT
30:38 IT'S JUST I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH -- WITH SAMUEL.
30:42 I HAD MY FIT -- YOU KNOW, I HAD ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS, AND I
30:49 STAYED QUIET AND SAMUEL WAS JUST CONTINUING ON -- YOU KNOW,
30:53 WHATEVER HE WAS DOING -- OH, AND CALEB PASSED DOWN THIS TOO, AND
30:59 ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WAS LIKE, I WILL PRAISE YOU WITH ALL OF MY
31:06 HEART, WITH ALL OF MY SOUL, YOU ARE SO GOOD.
31:09 WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM, MOM? ARE YOU LOSING YOUR MIND OR
31:13 SOMETHING? IT'S JUST LIKE TWO
31:16 PERSONALITIES. AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, I WAS SO
31:19 FRUSTRATED AND FOCUSED IN THE PROBLEM, AND THE LORD TAPPED ME
31:22 ON MY SHOULDER, AGAIN, HEY, HERE I AM.
31:26 I'M WORKING THINGS OUT FOR YOU. >> HUM.
31:29 >> I'M LIKE, OH. SO I BLURTED IT OUT.
31:36 BUT THEY HEARD ALL OF MY COMPLAINING, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
31:43 I BLURTED OUT. THANK YOU, JESUS.
31:47 IT IS NOT MY PROBLEM. IT IS YOUR PROBLEM.
31:51 SO PUT THE PRINCE IN MY HEART RIGHT NOW!
32:03 LORD! AND MY KIDS ARE LIKE, OKAY.
32:07 AND I GOT GOOSE BUMPS ALL OVER MY SKIN, AND I THINK AGAIN OVER
32:13 ALL OF HIS MIRACLES. AND TODAY HE CREATES MIRACLES,
32:19 HE DOES MIRACLES. HE BRINGS HEALING EVEN TO THE
32:23 MOST BROKEN HEARTS. I ADMIRED THIS FAMILY IN BRAZIL
32:29 WHO'S THREE YEAR OLD DIED, AND THEY ARE A CHRISTIAN FAMILY, AND
32:33 YOU CAN HEAR THE CRYING IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM, BUT ALL OF A
32:37 SUDDEN, THE MOTHER AND THE FATHER STARTED PRAISING GOD,
32:44 SINGING, SINGING AFTER THEIR BABY HAS PASSED AWAY.
32:49 LORD, THERE IS STRENGTH IN YOUR PRAISE.
32:52 THERE IS STRENGTH WHEN WE PRAISE THE LORD ANYHOW.
32:55 IT MAY NOT BE EASY. I MEAN TEARS ARE ROLLING.
32:59 IT'S NOT LIKE YOU ARE SMILING AND LAUGHING, NO.
33:03 BUT EVEN AS WE ARE SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF OUR LUNGS, BECAUSE WE
33:07 ARE SO HURT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MOMENT, BUT WHEN WE CALL OUT
33:11 TO GOD, HE IS GOING TO SOOTHE OUR HEART --
33:14 >> AMEN. >> -- HE IS GOING TO GIVE US THE
33:19 STRENGTH THAT WE NEED FOR THAT MOMENT.
33:21 I'M SORRY I'M GETTING SO EMOTIONAL, BUT IT JUST MOVES MY
33:27 HEART HOW POWERFUL IT IS TO PRAY.
33:30 IT BRINGS HOPE. >> THAT'S IT.
33:32 I REMEMBER PRAYING WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD.
33:40 I BABY SAT A WOMAN WHO'S SON DROWNED IN A CANAL.
33:49 AND I PRAYED AND SAID LORD, DON'T LET ME HAVE A CHILD IF I
33:58 CAN'T OUT LIVE THE CHILD. AND IT TURNED OUT THAT WE
34:01 COULDN'T HAVE CHILDREN, AND IT WAS A VERY PAINFUL THING, AND
34:04 JILL, YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH THAT AS WELL.
34:07 IT WAS EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL. BECAUSE THAT WAS AL I WANTED TO
34:13 BE WAS SOMEBODY'S MOMMA, AND INTRODUCE THEM TO THE LORD, AND
34:17 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK -- NOW I LOOK AT IT, AND I
34:21 COULDN'T BE DOING WHAT I'M DOING --
34:23 >> UH-HUH. >> -- I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE WHAT
34:25 I HAVE DONE WITH MY LIFE, IF I HAD CHILDREN, SO I HAVE A LOT OF
34:30 SPIRITUAL CHILDREN NOW. >> YES, YOU DO.
34:33 WORLDWIDE. >> AND I WANT TO SAY ONE THING.
34:35 WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT -- WHEN YOU WERE SAYING TO
34:38 THE LORD THAT YOU KNEW -- THAT HE KNEW, IN HEBREWS 2:17-18, IT
34:45 SAYS IN ALL THINGS, HE, JESUS, HAD TO BE MADE LIKE
34:52 [ INAUDIBLE ] MERCIFUL AND HIGH PRIEST IN THINGS PERTAINING TO
34:57 GOD, FOR IN THAT HE HIMSELF HAS SUFFERED --
35:01 >> YEP. >> -- BEEN TEMPTED, HE IS ABLE
35:05 TO AID THOSE WHO ARE TEMPTED. AND THEN WE LOOK WHEN AT HEBREWS
35:12 4:15-16, IT SAYS WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO CANNOT
35:17 SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT WITH ALL POINTS TEMPTED A WE
35:25 ARE WITHOUT SIN, LET US THEREFORE, BECAUSE HE
35:29 UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.
35:31 HE UNDERSTANDS THE TEMPTATION THE DEVIL IS PUTTING ON YOU, TO
35:35 MAKE YOU DEPRESSED AND TO FOCUS ON YOUR PROBLEMS.
35:39 HE UNDERSTANDS THAT, BECAUSE HE WAS TEMPTED THAT WAY, BUT LET US
35:43 THEREFORE -- BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS YOU -- COME BOLDLY
35:47 TO THE THROWN OF GRACE THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY AND FIND GRACE
35:52 TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED. >> AMEN.
35:58 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK SOMETIMES WE PRAY -- OR WE'RE STARTING
36:02 SOMETHING IN OUR LIFE, AND WE START WITH A PLAN WE THINK WE
36:06 HAVE GOT. >> YEAH.
36:07 >> WE NEED TO START WITH PRAYER. >> AMEN.
36:10 >> YOU HAVE GOT ONE, JILL. >> YEAH, I HAVE GOT A COUPLE
36:13 HERE. THIS IS FROM ELLEN, YESTERDAY I
36:15 GOT A CALL FROM A FRIEND, CAN YOU TAKE US TO THE HOSPITAL?
36:20 MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND IS IN THE HOSPITAL.
36:25 SHE SAYS I HAVE NEVER TRANSPORTED ANYONE WHO GOT IN
36:28 THE CAR AND STARTED GIVING THANKS.
36:30 THANK YOU, LORD, THAT MY HUSBAND IS ALIVE.
36:33 THANK YOU THAT WE WERE CONTACTED.
36:35 THANK YOU FOR THIS TRANSPORTATION.
36:37 THIS LADY WENT INTO SONG. LATER SHE SAYS THANK THAT THE
36:43 CAR INSURANCE WAS PAID A FEW DAYS AGO.
36:48 THANK YOU THAT THERE IS NO HEAD AND NECK DAMAGE.
36:53 I GIVE THANKS FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE TWO KIDS.
36:57 THEN SHE SAYS PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE FRIENDS OF MARY.
37:01 SHE IS STILL STRESSED, BUT STILL FOUND THINGS TO GIVE THANKS FOR.
37:06 >> AMEN. >> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING
37:09 ABOUT. THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
37:10 THIS IS FROM RON IN NORTH CAROLINA.
37:13 IN 1996, MY WIFE HAD A STROKE. THE DOCTOR TOLD US LATER THAT
37:18 THE STROKE SHE HAD LEFT INDIVIDUALS IN ONE OF TWO
37:23 CONDITIONS, PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE FOR THE REST OF
37:26 HER LIFE OR DEAD. SHE SURVIVED, AND OUR SON AND
37:30 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW CAME TO SEE MOM. I PUT THEM IN THE FAMILY ROOM ON
37:33 A HIDE A BED, AND WENT TO MY BEDROOM.
37:36 I GOT READY FOR BED AND WENT TO BED, AND PUT MY PILLOW OVER MY
37:41 FACE AND SHOUTED INTO IT. LORD, I WANT YOU TO HEAL HER.
37:45 WHEN WE ASK FOR HEALING, MANY TIMES WE'RE ASKING FOR COMPLETE
37:50 HEALING. HE DID NOT GIVE HER COMPLETE
37:53 RESTORATION, BUT HE HEALED. I DON'T THINK GOD UNDERSTANDS
37:56 DEMANDS LIKE THAT, BUT HE DOES UNDERSTANDING OUR PAIN.
37:59 >> AMEN. >> AMEN.
38:02 MAY I SHARE SOMETHING VERY PERSONAL AS WELL.
38:04 I HAVE BEEN SHARING SO MANY PERSONAL THINGS ALREADY, RIGHT?
38:08 I THANK THE LORD THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS ACCIDENT TOGETHER,
38:11 AND I LOVE MY HUSBAND DEARLY. >> YES.
38:15 >> BUT IT IS AMAZING HOW MY LOVE TOWARDS HIM IS LIKE -- WOE!
38:21 IT'S OUT OF THIS WORLD. >> WELL, THERE ARE NOT A WHOLE
38:25 LOT OF HUSBANDS THAT WILL WASH YOUR HAIR AND BRUSH IT, AND FIX
38:29 YOUR HAIR, AND DO EVERYTHING THAT HE DID.
38:32 I MEAN IT HAS BROUGHT YOU ALL CLOSER TOGETHER.
38:35 >> DEFINITELY, BUT -- YOU KNOW, I ADMIRE MY HUSBAND AND RESPECT
38:41 MY HUSBAND, AND THERE IS NO DISRESPECTING YOUR FATHER, BOYS,
38:45 NOT WHILE I'M ALIVE, YOU KNOW? SO YOU KNOW HOW I AM WITH MY
38:51 KIDS, BUT I PRAISE THE LORD THAT HE HAS -- THE ACCIDENT BROUGHT
38:56 LIKE A SENSE OF NEW LIFE, NEW PASSION --
38:59 >> YES. >> -- AND NEW -- NEW OUTLOOK.
39:03 >> AMEN. >> YES.
39:05 >> SO EVERY CHALLENGE, I'M LIKE -- YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T
39:08 HAVE COMPLETE HEALING RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAVE BEEN -- I HAVE BEEN
39:14 ENCOURAGED MORE SPIRITUALLY. >> AMEN.
39:16 >> THE SPIRITUAL HEALING. >> AMEN.
39:19 >> -- IS OVER ALL THINGS. I PREFER TO BE A VEGETABLE, BUT
39:24 UNDER GOD'S CARE, YOU KNOW? SO BE AT PEACE WITH GOD?
39:28 YOU KNOW? BECAUSE I'M LIKE, LORD, IF I'M
39:31 GOING TO GET UP FROM THIS BED AND CURSE YOU, KEEP ME DOWN.
39:34 >> YES. >> AND IN THOSE MOMENTS THAT I
39:37 HAVE HA MY UPS AND DOWNS, THE LET YOUR HAIR DOWN MOMENTS, I
39:41 SAID LORD, IF I NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT CONDITION TO STAY AT
39:45 YOUR FEET, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR PRESENCE, LET IT BE, BECAUSE I
39:48 DON'T WANT TO LEAVE YOUR PRESENCE.
39:51 I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT BOND THAT -- OH, I -- IT'S HARD TO
39:54 PUT IT INTO WORDS -- >> AMEN.
39:58 >> -- BUT THE SENSE OF BEING ONE WITH THE LORD, OR THAT
40:03 CLOSENESS -- >> I THINK HE IS GIVING YOU
40:07 IDALIA -- WHAT I RECOGNIZE IS HE IS GIVING YOU.
40:10 HE NEVER LEAVES US OR FORSAKES US, BUT HE IS GIVING YOU A
40:18 DIVINE AWARENESS OF HIS PRESENCE.
40:20 HE IS ALWAYS WITH US, BUT WE'RE NOT ALWAYS AWARE OF IT.
40:24 >> UH-HUH. >> I HAVE A HEART BREAKING ONE
40:27 HERE. IT SAYS CALLER'S HUSBAND WAS
40:31 MURDERED, AND SHE IS ASKING FOR PRAYER AND STRENGTH, AND THE
40:35 CASE IS STILL IN COURT. AND OH, SISTER, WE ARE GOING TO
40:41 PRAY FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
40:45 GOD IS WITH YOU, AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU.
40:52 I HOPE AND PRAY YOU HAVE OTHERS AROUND YOU, AND PARTICULARLY,
40:56 SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS, BUT IF NOT, GOD KNOWS WHAT
40:59 IT IS LIKE, BECAUSE HIS SON WAS MURDERED, AND HE WILL -- HE WILL
41:05 POUR HIS LOVE INTO YOUR HEART -- >> AMEN.
41:09 >> AND I -- I WANT TO SHARE A STORY -- WE HAD A FRIEND -- A
41:16 COUPLE, WHOSE SON KIND OF WENT ASTRAY FROM THE CHURCH, GOT INTO
41:22 DRUGS, THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.
41:24 AND THEY PRAYED, LORD, WHATEVER IT TAKES, SAVE OUR SON.
41:29 >> SAVE OUR SON. >> THEIR SON CAME BACK INTO THE
41:32 CHURCH. >> AMEN.
41:33 >> AND FOR THREE MONTHS HE WAS ON FIRE FOR GOD.
41:37 >> YES. >> THEN, HE WAS MURDERED AT A
41:43 REST STOP. >> OH.
41:45 >> AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY WERE PRAISING GOD.
41:47 >> OH. >> THEY WERE PRAISING GOD THAT
41:51 HE HAD ANSWERED THEIR PRAYER, BECAUSE GOD --
41:55 >> SPIRITUAL HEALING >> -- THEY NEW HAD HEALED HIM
42:01 SPIRITUALLY AND SAVED HIM FOR ETERNITY.
42:04 AND GUESS WHAT THEY DID. THEY WENT TO THE COURT.
42:09 THEY GAVE THE GUY FORGIVENESS. THEY STARTED VISITING THIS GUY
42:12 IN PRISON, AND IT ENDED UP HE WAS RELEASED EARLY -- I THINK HE
42:17 SPENT LIKE 12 YEARS OR SOMETHING, BUT HE WAS RELEASED
42:24 EARLY, AND HE BECAME LIKE THEIR ADOPTED SON.
42:26 >> OH. >> ISN'T THAT AMAZING.
42:29 >> HERE IS ONE THAT SAYS THANK YOU FROM BARBADOS.
42:33 SHE HAS BEEN CALLING THE PRAYER DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO SO THANKFUL
42:41 MRS. DINZEY IS BETTER. PRAY FOR THE ELECTIONS IN WEST
42:46 INDIES, AND SHE CARES FOR A BROTHER WITH SOCIAL NEEDS.
42:51 JILLY YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE? >> YES, FROM OREGON, I WENT TO
42:55 PRAISE GOD FOR HEALING ME FROM A MONTH OF PAINFUL BACK PROBLEMS.
43:02 I PRAY THAT I RECEIVE MY ENERGY BACK.
43:06 AND HERE IS ANOTHER ONE. THIS SAYS PRAYING THAT THE LORD
43:10 WILL PROVIDE A HUSBAND FOR MY DAUGHTER, AND THAT IS A -- THE
43:17 DESIRE OF EVERY PARENT, RIGHT? ALSO PRAYING THAT I GET MY
43:21 HUSBAND'S APPROVAL PAPERS THIS MONTH.
43:24 WE LIVE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. >> AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT
43:27 MOTHER, IF YOU ARE PRAYING THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE A GODLY HUSBAND
43:32 FOR YOUR DAUGHTER -- >> YES.
43:34 >> -- AND NOT JUST A HUSBAND, BUT A GODLY HUSBAND.
43:39 START PRAYING THAT GOD WILL DEVELOP YOUR DAUGHTER BE A GODLY
43:44 WIFE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S
43:46 ONE THING WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER.
43:48 WHEN PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR A SPOUSE.
43:50 WE NEED TO PRAY THAT GOD WILL PREPARE US TO BE WHAT HE WANTS
43:54 US TO BE AS A SPOUSE, AND THEN -- THEN WE'VE GOT THE
44:01 ANSWER. LADIES --
44:05 >> UH-HUH. >> DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE?
44:06 >> ABSOLUTELY. I'M LIVING WITH A HUSBAND WHO IS
44:10 ALZHEIMER'S, AND I'M THANKING GOD FOR TEACHING ME PATIENCE,
44:14 AND FOR MAKING ME SEE HOW UNPATIENT I WAS.
44:18 [ LAUGHTER ] >> OH, YES.
44:21 >> TO LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, PRAISE THE LOR.
44:24 >> AMEN. >> THIS ONE SAYS PRAISE REPORT
44:28 FOR HER SON WHO WAS DELIVERED FROM DRUGS.
44:30 GOD ANSWERED HER PRAYERS. NEEDS PRAYERS FOR HER BROTHER'S
44:35 KIDNEYS AND LIVER. SHE IS ENJOYING THE PROGRAM AND
44:38 ALWAYS DOES. SHE HAS COPD.
44:40 SHE IS A WINDOW AND HER SON HELPS TAKE CARE OF HER.
44:44 >> I RECENTLY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, AND WOULD LIKE PRAYER.
44:49 AND THE OTHER ONE IS PLEASE PRAY FOR ME, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT
44:53 MY -- >> I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE
44:56 THAT. >> -- IS NOT CURABLE.
44:58 I WOULD LIKE PRAYER THAT GOD WILL GIVE ME PEACE TO ACCEPT MY
45:03 SITUATION. WE'LL DEFINITELY PRAY FOR YOU,
45:05 AND I DON'T HAVE THE REQUEST, BUT IN MY HEART RIGHT NOW, WE'RE
45:10 TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN AND PSALMS AND STUFF, THERE HAVE
45:14 BEEN RECENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, AND THERE ARE SO MANY HEARTS
45:18 THAT ARE BREAKING -- I FLOODED MY LIVING ROOM WITH TEARS AS I
45:23 WATCHED THE NEWS, AND I SAID, LORD, LORD, YOU KNOW THESE
45:30 PEOPLE. COMFORT THEM.
45:31 I DON'T KNOW THEM, BUT THEY HAVE A MOM AND A DAD, COUSINS, FAMILY
45:36 AND FRIENDS THAT ARE HURTING, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE YOU
45:40 ALL, THAT THE LORD WILL USE YOU TO BLESS SOMEBODY THAT IS
45:45 HURTING -- THAT HAS LOST A LOVED ONE LIKE THAT.
45:48 >> AMEN. >> AMEN.
45:54 >> THIS ONE SAYS -- >> WELL, WHILE YOU ARE
45:58 LOOKING -- >> THANK YOU.
46:00 >> THIS ONE IS FROM LINDA, AND SHE SAYS SHE WAS FEELING
46:03 BAD -- HER DAUGHTER CALLED 911 --
46:06 >> UH-HUH. >> HER OXYGEN LEVEL WAS 40.
46:08 >> OH, MY. >> THE ER DOCTOR SAID HE DIDN'T
46:12 KNOW HOW SHE GOT TO THE ER ALIVE, BUT THE DAUGHTER SAID, I
46:19 DO. I GIVE ALL OF THE GLORY TO
46:22 GOD -- >> AMEN.
46:23 >> AND ALL OF THE PRAISE FOR THE MIRACLE.
46:26 >> AMEN. SUSAN WAS VISITING HER MOTHER.
46:29 HER MOTHER SUFFERED A MINOR STROKE, SO IF WE COULD REMEMBER
46:34 HER IN PRAYER. >> ABSOLUTELY.
46:36 >> AND JILL, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PRAY BEFORE WE FINISH
46:40 THIS UP. DID YOU FIGURE THAT ONE OUT?
46:44 >> IT SAYS MY FAMILY CAME IN ON A SUNDAY FOR VACATION.
46:48 I WAS WALKING OUT TO THE CAR WITH MY GRANDSON AND TOLD HIM I
46:53 DIDN'T FEEL GOOD. I STOPPED BREATHING AND LOST A
46:56 PULSE. THEY LAID ME IN THE DRIVEWAY
47:00 UNTIL THE AMBULANCE GOT THERE AND REVIVED ME.
47:03 I HAVE HAD SO MANY UPS AND DOWNS IN MY LIFE, BUT I'M SO GRATEFUL
47:10 TO GOD FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME.
47:16 >> AMEN. >> I JUST WANT TO GET TO THIS
47:19 ONE BEFORE WE GET TO THE END OF THE PROGRAM.
47:22 YOU READ EARLIER PSALM 22:3, GOD INHABITS THE PRAISES OF HIS
47:28 PEOPLE AS YOU DRAW NEAR TO HIM. AND THAT WORD INHABITS, IT
47:37 IS -- ALMOST TWICE AS OFTEN -- IT IS TRANSLATED AS
47:41 DWELLS. >> UH-HUH.
47:42 >> SO GOD COMES IN AND DWELLS WITH YOU WHEN YOU ARE PRAISING
47:49 HIM. AND IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE OPENED
47:51 YOUR HEART TO HIM. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
47:53 >> THAT'S WHERE HE WANTS TO BE. PRAISE DOESN'T CHANGE GOD.
47:57 HE DID NOT ASK US TO -- OR COMMAND US TO PRAISE HIM.-SO THAT IT WOULD CHANGE HIM.
48:03 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> HE SAID I AM THE LORD, I
48:06 CHANGE NOT. AND JESUS IS THE SAME YESTERDAY,
48:09 TODAY, AND FOREVER. SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT CHANGES
48:13 US. IT OPENS OUR HEART.
48:15 WE BECOME LIKE AN OPEN REC RECEPTACLE TO RECEIVE THE LORD.
48:27 2 CHRONICLES 5:13-14, INDEED IT CAME TO PASS WHEN THE TRUMPETERS
48:34 AND THE SINGERS WERE AS ONE, THEY WERE UNITED IN WORSHIP, TO
48:40 MAKE ONE SOUND TO BE HEARD IN PRAISING AND THANKING THE LORD,
48:45 AND WHEN THEY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE WITH THE TRUMPETS AND
48:49 SYMBOLS AND INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC, AND PRAISE THE LORD
48:54 SAYING FOR HE IS GOOD, FOR HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.
49:00 WHEN THIS HAPPENED, LISTEN, THE THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE OF THE
49:05 LORD, WAS FILLED WITH A CLOUD, SO THAT THE PRIEST COULD NOT
49:13 CONTINUE MINISTERING BECAUSE OF THE CLOUD, FOR THE GLORY OF THE
49:19 LORD. FILL THE HOUSE OF THE LORD.
49:21 >> AMEN. >> AMEN.
49:23 >> THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE OF PRAISING THE LORD.
49:26 >> AMEN. >> THAT IS THE EXPERIENCE.
49:28 SO I JUST WANT -- WE HAVE GOT SOME MORE WE'LL LOOK THROUGH
49:33 HERE. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF PRAYER
49:35 REQUESTS. THERE'S JUST SO MANY PAINFUL
49:40 SITUATIONS OUT THERE. AND I JUST WANT TO PRAISE THE
49:46 LORD. FIND SOMETHING.
49:47 JUST PRAISE HIM BECAUSE HE IS MIGHTY.
49:50 HE IS POWERFUL. PRAISE HIM FOR THE BEAUTY OF HIS
49:55 CREATION. >> AMEN.
49:56 >> PRAISE HIM FOR SENDING HIS SON JESUS TO DIE FOR A US.
50:00 PRAISE HIM -- THINK OF SOMETHING --
50:03 >> YES. >> IF YOU HAVE SIGHT, THANK HIM
50:05 THAT YOU HAVE EYESIGHT. IF YOU CAN HEAR, THANK HIM THAT
50:09 YOU CAN HEAR. IF YOU CAN WALK, THANK HIM THAT
50:15 YOU CAN WALK. IF YOU HAVE GOT A JOB, THANK HIM
50:19 FOR THAT. THERE'S JUST -- SIT DOWN AND
50:21 THINK OF ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE
50:26 ARE CAUGHT -- THEY FEEL LIKE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE,
50:30 BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO DECIDE WHO -- MAYBE THEY ARE
50:34 MAKING A DECISION OF WHERE THEY SHOULD GO LIVE?
50:37 SHOULD THEY LIVE WITH A SON ON A DAUGHTER, AND PEOPLE ARE
50:41 FIGHTING OVER HIM, INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT IT, PRAISE GOD
50:45 THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU, AND WANT YOU WITH THEM.
50:50 AND GOD WILL LEAD. JILL?
50:52 >> DO YOU WAN ME TO PRAY? >> I THOUGHT YOU HAD ANOTHER --
50:56 >> OH, NO, I WASN'T SURE. [ LAUGHTER ]
51:01 >> OKAY. OKAY.
51:02 >> I CAN READ A SCRIPTURE OR -- WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE.
51:08 >> WE MUST PRAY ALSO FOR A YOUNG LADY WHO ATTENDS THE GREAT LAKES
51:15 ACADEMY. SHE WAS REMOVED FROM THE SCHOOL
51:18 BECAUSE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA.
51:23 AND THE STUDENTS -- IT'S A FAMILY THERE.
51:27 >> SURE. >> AND WHAT THE STUDENTS GO
51:29 THROUGH -- WHAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE GO THROUGH, THE HEART ACHES, THE
51:35 CHALLENGES, THAT IS HARD ON THEM AS WELL.
51:37 >> SURE. >> SO WE CANNOT FORGET ABOUT THE
51:40 YOUNG PEOPLE, AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN OUR
51:44 PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS, AND WITH HER FAMILY AS WELL.
51:47 >> AMEN. >> AND IN THIS LIFE, WE ALL FACE
51:53 TRIBULATIONS, WE ALL HAVE TRIBULATIONS, BUT WE JOYCE IN
51:55 THE GOD THAT WE SERVE. HE'S LIVE AND ON THE THROWN, AND
52:00 WE SURRENDER OUR LIVES TO HIM AND ACCEPT HIS WILL FOR OUR
52:05 LIVES. >> AMEN.
52:06 JILL, YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE? >> THIS IS FROM BOTHER JOHN.
52:11 I'M VERY FOND OF ALL OF YOU. I BENEFIT GREATLY FROM ALL OF
52:15 YOUR VARIOUS SHOWS AND APPEARANCES.
52:20 IDALIA, YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL THE.
52:23 >> AMEN. >> HOW MANY TIMES DID JESUS SAY,
52:28 GO, YOUR FAITH HAS HEALED YOU. ALL OF YOU SISTERS HAVE STRONG
52:32 FAITHS, AND WILL BE SAVED MANY MORE TIMES THAT CAN BE IMAGINED.
52:37 >> PRAISE GOD, AMEN. I WANT TO SHARE ONE MORE
52:41 SCRIPTURE, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO PRAYER.
52:45 IN PSALMS 100, KING DAVID IS PRAYING AND SAYS --
52:53 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> -- AND FORGET HIS BENEFITS,
52:58 WHO FORGIVES ALL OF YOUR INQUICK NICK -- INIQUITIES, WHO CROWNS
53:09 YOU ARE LOVING KINDNESS AD TENDER MERCY.
53:12 IF YOU ARE IN A DARK PLACE, I WANT YOU TO READ PSALM 103
53:18 TONIGHT, AND I WANT YOU TO PRAY IT BACK TO THE LORD, AND JUST -SAY, LORD, I BLESS YOU WITH ALL
53:25 OF MY SOUL. HELP ME NOT TO FORGET YOUR
53:29 BENEFITS. BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT IS GOING
53:31 ON, PROBABLY MY LIFE IS BETTER OFF THAN 90% THAN THE REST OF
53:37 THE WORLD. THANK YOU THAT YOU SENT YOUR
53:40 WORD TO HEAL ME. AND THAT YOU REDEEMED MY LIFE
53:43 FROM DESTRUCTION, AND THAT YOU CROWNED ME WITH LOVING KINDNESS.
53:47 IT APPEARS 240 TIMES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
53:52 THAT'S -- IT'S MORE THAN GRACE. IT'S GOD'S LOVE AND HIS GRACE
53:56 AND HIS MERCY, AND HIS TENDERNESS.
54:00 IT IS THE MOST PRECIOUS TERM. IT'S LIKE GRACE ROLLED INTO ONE
54:05 HEBREW WORD. >> PSALMS 30, IF I CAN READ THIS
54:09 BEFORE I PRAY. OH, LORD, MY GOD, I CRIED TO
54:12 YOU, AND YOU HEALED ME. OH, LORD, YOU BROUGHT MY SOUL UP
54:17 FROM THE GRAVE. YOU KEPT ME LIVE THAT I SHOULD
54:20 NOT GO BDOWN TO THE PIT. JOY COMES IN THE MOMENT.
54:32 >> ABSOLUTELY. JILL, WE HAVE A LOT OF PRAYER
54:36 REQUESTS THAT WE DID NOT GET TO READ, BUT AS YOU ARE PRAYING,
54:40 PLEASE REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY THE LADY THAT NEEDS HER CAR FIXED
54:45 THAT IT CAN PASS INSPECTION, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE
54:48 TO BE WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION, AND THE LADY'S WHOSE HUSBAND WAS
54:54 MURDERED, AND THEN FOR ALL OF THESE WHO ARE GOING -- THE LADY
54:58 WHO IS GOING FOR THE -- CUSTODY BATTLE AS WELL.
55:04 >> FOR HER GRANDDAUGHTER. >> FOR CHILDREN, FOR EVERYBODY.
55:11 >> HOLY FATHER, WE JUST PRAISE YOU TONIGHT, BECAUSE YOU ARE
55:16 GOOD, AND YOU ARE KINDNESS. LORD, WE ARE SO UNWORTHY OF YOU.
55:24 BUT YET, WE PRAISE YOU, BECAUSE WE CAN CALL YOU DADDY, AND WE
55:29 JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT PRIVILEGE.
55:31 THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF SALVATION.
55:34 THANK YOU FOR MERCY AND FORGIVENESS AND ALL OF THAT.
55:38 AND WE LIFT UP OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE LIFT UP THE PRAYER
55:43 REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME IN TONIGHT, AND THE PRAISES.
55:45 WE THAK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND WE
55:50 LIFT UP THESE PRAYER NEEDS, ESPECIALLY I THINK OF HER SISTER
55:55 WHO'S HUSBAND WAS MURDERED, AND SHE IS GOING THROUGH THIS PAIN
55:59 RIGHT NOW, LORD JESUS. WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU CAN PULL
56:05 HER FEET UP AND SET THEM UP ON A ROCK, THAT YOU BRING PEACE AND
56:11 HEALING AND COMFORT TO HER HEART.
56:14 AND WE PRAY FOR THIS OTHER PRECIOUS SISTER AND THE CAR AND
56:21 HER NEEDS. AND FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT
56:24 YOU HAVE DONE. WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE
56:27 GOING TO DO, AND WE ASK ALL OF THIS IN THE PRESSURE AND HOLY
56:31 NAME OF JESUS. >> AMEN.
56:33 FATHER WE JUST LINGER A MOMENT LONGER AND PRAY FOR EVERY CHILD
56:37 WHO NEEDS TO KNOW YOU. >> AMEN.
56:41 >> IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. I DIDN'T REALIZE -- THE TIMING
56:46 WAS PERFECT ON THAT. WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU
56:49 JOINED US TONIGHT. I WANT TO THANK JILL AND IDALIA.
57:00 MAY GOD CUP HIS HAND UNDER YOUR CHILDREN, AND POINT YOUR LITTLE
57:06 FACE HEAVENWARD, AND REMEMBER ALL BLESSINGS.
57:13 >> AMEN. ♪


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