[ TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES ] >> YEAH, YEAH.
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YOU MAKE A LOT OF
MONEY. [ LAUGHTER ]
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>> BUT YOU SURVIVE, YOU
SURVIVE THE BODY IMPACT.
00:09:02.04\00:09:05.74
>> YEAH. YEAH.
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IT'S DEFINITELY AN ADJUSTMENT,
BUT I BEEN THERE NOW, THREE
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YEARS THIS OCTOBER. AND
-- BUT I THINK LAST DECEMBER
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IT -- IT WAS GETTING TO ME LAST
DECEMBER, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
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DIRECT TICKETS, LIKE WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT TO HAWAII FROM
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ALASKA.
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>> SO WHEN YOU COME TO 3ABN IS
IT BEING BROUGHT OUT OF DARKNESS
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INTO THE LIGHT. >>
ACTUALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR
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THERE'S A LOT OF LIGHT.
>> SO YOU WANT THE SUN TO GO
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AWAY. >> YEAH, I
TOLD MY WIFE LAST
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NIGHT, I WAS LIKE HONEY,
IT'S LIKE 9:30, AND IT'S GETTING
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DARK. WHEREAS
THERE, IT'S 9:30, AND
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IT'S -- IT'S LIT UP. WE
GOT IN FROM A PLANE SUNDAY
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NIGHT, AND GOT IN
10:00 PM AND IT WAS LIGHT.
00:10:06.87\00:10:12.17
IT WAS LIKE
3:00 PM HERE. >> WOW.
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I GUESS THA'S WHY THEY TRY TO
ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME UP HERE.
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>> YES. >> EVERY
TIME PASTOR SHIN SHOWS
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UP WE KNOW WE ARE
GOING TO BE BLESSED.
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TELL ME HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THE
IDEA OR THE TOPIC OF PRAYER AND
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REVIVAL, WAS IT A PERSONAL
DISCOVERY, YOUR OWN DEVOTIONAL
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LIFE? GIVE US SOME FOUNDATION.
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>> WELL, I NOTICED IN MY BIBLE
STUDY WITH EVERY MAJOR REVIVAL
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THERE IS A LINK TO A PERSON OR
A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE
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DEDICATED TO A RADICAL,
SACRIFICIAL PRAYER LIFE.
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IT'S
UNPRECEDENTED. YOU CAN SEE THAT.
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AND IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE, I
FOUND IN MY MINISTRY THAT WHEN A
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GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER
TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT
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SPECIFICALLY, TO ASK FOR REVIVAL
THAT GOD MOVED IN AN INCREDIBLE
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WAY. NOW WHAT DO WE MEAN BY
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RERIVAL -- REVIVAL. IT
COMES FROM THE ROOT WORD
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REVIVE. REVIVE, RE
MEANS YOU HAVE DONE
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IT ONCE, YOU AR
GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
00:11:34.69\00:11:38.96
AND VIVE LITERALLY
MEANS TO LIVE AGAIN.
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IT IMPLIES YOU LIVED, THEN
YOU DIED, THEN YOU NEED TO BE
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REVIVED, AND IN OUR CHURCHES, I
PASTORED THREE OR FOUR CHURCHES
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WHEN -- WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS
THEME OF PRAYER AND REVIVAL, AND
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IT SEEMED LIKE IT DIDN'T MATTER
WHAT PROGRAM YOU PUT INTO PLACE,
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WHAT TYPE OF MESSAGES I -- I
WOULD ENDEAVOR TO PREACH, THAT
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THE ROOT PROBLEM OF -- OF
THE NEED FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
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REVIVAL WOULD JUST -- WOULD
JUST-pPERSIST, YOU KNOW? IT JUST
-- KIND OF REARRANGING
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THE FURNITURE, AND MEDIOCRE
RESULT, AVERAGE RESULTS, AND I
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GOT TO A PLACE WHEE I'M
JUST TIRED OF IMMEMEDIOCRITY.
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I'M TIRED OF JUST
GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS.
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>> I CALL IT THE
MAZE OF MEDIOCRITY.
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>> YEAH. >> YOU WANT A WAY OUT.
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>> YEAH. AND THEN
YOU READ STORIES IN THE
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BIBLE, SPECIFICALLY THE BOOK
OF ACTS AND IT WAS ANYTHING BUT.
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THEY WERE ABLE TO TURN THE WORLD
UPSIDEDOWN IN ONE GENERATION.
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TOOK THE GOSPEL
TO THE WHOLE WORLD.
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THE GOSPEL HAS GONE TO
EVERY CREATURE UNDER HEAVEN.
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THEY CHANGED THE
WHOLE ROMAN EMPIRE.
00:13:13.05\00:13:16.96
AND IT CAME AND
BEGAN IN A PRAYER MEETING.
00:13:16.96\00:13:20.20
A PRAYER MEETING. AND I
THINK IT'S VERY EASY FOR
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MYSELF AS A MINISTER TO GET
SO INTO THE MECHANICS AND THE
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PROGRAMS, AND I'M NOT SAYING
WE DON'T NEED GOOD PROGRAMS, AND
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I'M NOT SAYING WE
DON'T NEED TO PLAN.
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WE NEED THOSE THINGS.
BUT MANY TIMES PRAYER IS
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SOMETHING THAT IS PUT TO THE
PERIPHERY OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
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WHETHER IT'S AN EVANGELISTIC
SERIES, OR ALL OF THESE THINGS
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WHICH ARE NECESSARY AND NEEDED,
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO EVENTS IN
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DOING, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY,
I'M GOING TO DO A PRAYER.
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LET'S PRAY. IT
BECOMES THIS FORMALITY --
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>> IT'S PREPARATORY. >>
YEAH, IT'S A THIS FORMALISM
00:14:01.57\00:14:07.91
WE GO THROUGH. AND WE
NEED TO PRAY, SO WE PRAY
00:14:07.91\00:14:11.48
OUR LITTLE FORMAL PRAYER, AND
THEN ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND I'M
00:14:11.48\00:14:15.92
GOING THIS. BUT IN
THE BIBLE YOU SEE THAT
00:14:15.92\00:14:18.99
PRAYER WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT
WAS A SIDE DISH THAT WAS DONE
00:14:18.99\00:14:22.82
JUST BEFORE YOU DID
SOMETHING. >> RIGHT.
00:14:22.82\00:14:24.93
>> IT WAS VERY CENTRAL TO WHAT
INDIVIDUALS LIKE JESUS, LIKE THE
00:14:24.93\00:14:35.14
APOSTALES, LIKE ELIJAH, THEY
WERE MEN OF PRAYER, AND BELIEVED
00:14:35.14\00:14:38.81
IN THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER, AND
THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME THROUGH
00:14:38.81\00:14:43.14
THIS WHOLE PERSONAL JOURNEY AND
STUDY ABOUT PRAYER AND REVIVAL,
00:14:43.14\00:14:47.68
AND THERE IS A DIRECT
LINK BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.
00:14:47.68\00:14:51.19
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> A
DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE TWO
00:14:51.19\00:14:54.06
OF THEM. ONE OF
THE INSTANCES IS JOHN
00:14:54.06\00:14:57.83
WESLEY. JOHN
WESLEY WAS AN ENGLISH
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REFORMER. HE CHANGED THE WORLD.
00:15:02.00\00:15:04.00
I HAVE A STATEMENT HERE, IT
SAYS HE PREACHED 40,000 SERMONS
00:15:04.00\00:15:08.77
DURING HIS LIFETIME.
THAT'S A LOT OF SERMONS.
00:15:08.77\00:15:12.11
THAT'S NOT
PREACHING ONCE A WEEK.
00:15:12.11\00:15:14.28
>> NO. >> THAT'S
A LOT OF SERMONS.
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HE TRAVELED
250,000 MILES ON HORSEBACK.
00:15:17.11\00:15:21.42
WORKED WITH 15
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, AND THI IS
00:15:21.42\00:15:24.05
INTERESTING, AT THE AGE OF 83,
HE WAS ANGRY BECAUSE HIS DOCTOR
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WOULDN'T LET HIM PREACH LESS
THAN -- MORE THAN 14 TIMES A
00:15:30.33\00:15:33.63
WEEK. AT THE AGE
OF 86 WRITTEN IN HIS
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JOURNAL ARE THE WORDS LAZINESS
IS SLIPPING IN, THERE IS AN
00:15:38.03\00:15:43.37
INCREASING TENDENCY TO STAY IN
BED AFTER 5:30 IN THE MORNING.
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>> AND HE IS 86. >> AND HE'S 86.
00:15:50.75\00:15:53.85
AND HE CHANGED THE WORLD. HE
CHANGED ENGLAND SPECIFICALLY.
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AND THERE IS A LOOK THAT IS
CALLED "ENGLAND BEFORE AND AFTER
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WESLEY," AND THE TITLE
IS THE THESIS OF THE BOOK.
00:16:04.29\00:16:06.93
IT SHOWS ENGLAND BEFORE WESLEY,
AND THEN ENGLAND AFTER WESLEY,
00:16:06.93\00:16:13.94
AND HOW WESLEY WAS
TRANSFORMATIVE THROUGH THE HOLY
00:16:13.94\00:16:17.07
SPIRIT IN CHANGING ENGLAND.
THE BOOK ACCOUNTS HOW ENGLAND
00:16:17.07\00:16:23.18
HAD FALLEN TO ITS LOWEST
STEPS, UNKNOWN TO THAT POINT IN
00:16:23.18\00:16:27.02
CHRISTIAN HISTORY, AND THEN JOHN
WESLEY COMES ON THE SCEE, AND
00:16:27.02\00:16:32.29
THEN ENGLAND IS REVIVED
AND BROUGHT BACK TO THE LORD
00:16:32.29\00:16:36.69
AFTERWARD. AND I
FOUND IN JOHN WESLEY'S
00:16:36.69\00:16:38.66
LIFE, THAT HIM AND A GROUP
OF FRIENDS GATHERED TOGETHER AND
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SAID, LOOK,
LET'S PRAY FOR ENGLAND.
00:16:42.23\00:16:45.13
LET'S PRAY FOR REVIVAL. AND
THROUGH THAT PRAYER MEETING,
00:16:45.13\00:16:49.10
JOHN WESLEY BECAME THE FATHER OF
METHODISM, AND WHAT HAPPENED IS
00:16:49.10\00:16:54.04
THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION,
AND LUTHER WERE COMING OUT OF
00:16:54.04\00:16:58.85
DARKNESS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK
AT LUTHER'S OWN THEOLOGY, IT'S
00:16:58.85\00:17:03.82
FASCINATING, BECAUSE HE WAS
COMING OUT OF LEGALISM, AND MANY
00:17:03.82\00:17:07.56
TIMES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT
ARE COMING OUT OF LEGALISM, THEY
00:17:07.56\00:17:12.93
TEND TO SWING THE
PENDULUM IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
00:17:12.93\00:17:15.80
AND LUTHER WAS NOT
IMMUNE TO HIS OWN BIOGRAPHY.
00:17:15.80\00:17:20.27
BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE BOOK IN
THE BIBLE THAT HE SAYS IT'S AN
00:17:20.27\00:17:26.64
EPSOLE OF STRAW. AND
THAT WAS THE BOOK OF JAMES.
00:17:26.64\00:17:30.95
BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT FRUIT AND
WORKS, AND HE WAS LIKE, HEY, I
00:17:30.95\00:17:34.48
CAN'T HANDLE THIS.
AND IT WAS IN HIS GERMAN
00:17:34.48\00:17:38.89
TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE.
HE SAYS IT'S THE BOOK OF JAMES.
00:17:38.89\00:17:43.99
AND YOU SEE THIS PENDULUM, AND
PEOPLE SAID, LOOK, WE'RE SAVED
00:17:43.99\00:17:49.03
BY GRACE. IT
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I DO.
00:17:49.03\00:17:51.93
I JUST LIVE MY LIFE.
GROWTH AND SANCTIFICATION HAS NO
00:17:51.93\00:17:56.54
POINT IN THE CHRISTIAN
EXPERIENCE, DOSN'T MATTER WHAT
00:17:56.54\00:17:59.61
I DO, AND JOHN WESLEY WAS LIKE,
LOOK, IT'S NOT JUSTIFICATION OR
00:17:59.61\00:18:06.48
SANCTIFICATION, IT IS
BOTH. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:18:06.48\00:18:08.65
>> THEY ARE BOTH BY
FAITH THROUGH GRACE.
00:18:08.65\00:18:10.99
AND JOHN WESLEY CAME ON
THE SCENE, AND SAID LOOK, AN
00:18:10.99\00:18:14.99
IMPORTANT PART OF
CHRISTIAN GROWTH IS PRAYER.
00:18:14.99\00:18:17.46
IT'S PRAYER. YOU CAN
SEE THAT IN SANCTUARY
00:18:17.46\00:18:19.89
AND THE ALTER OF INCENSE, IN
THE HOLY PLACE IN THE SANCTUARY.
00:18:19.89\00:18:25.27
SO PRAYER WAS BROUGHT BACK
TO PREEMINENCE, AND IT BECAME
00:18:25.27\00:18:30.14
THE -- THE CENTRAL POINT THROUGH
WHICH THE ENGLISH REFORMATION
00:18:30.14\00:18:34.38
WAS SPARKED IN ENGLAND.
AND IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY OF
00:18:34.38\00:18:38.31
FAITH, IT'S INTERESTING
THAT ELLEN WHITE WAS METHODIST.
00:18:38.31\00:18:43.12
WAS METHODIST, SO IT WAS THAT
SYNTHESIS BETWEEN JUSTIFICATION
00:18:43.12\00:18:48.26
AND SANCTIFICATION THAT BROUGHT
THOSE TWO ASPECTS TOGETHER.
00:18:48.26\00:18:51.23
>> IT WAS INTERESTING THAT
YOU MENTION THE BOOK OF JAMES.
00:18:51.23\00:18:56.33
IT'S ANTAGONISTIC FOR
SOME THEOLOGIANS EVEN TODAY.
00:18:56.33\00:19:00.44
>> YES. >> WHILE
MANY TRY TO DISTINGUISH
00:19:00.44\00:19:03.84
THE LIFE OF CHRIST, THEN PAUL
BRING IT BACK, AND MANY DO THEIR
00:19:03.84\00:19:08.34
BEST TO TRY TO GET RID OF
PAUL'S WRITINGS, THEN JAMS COMES
00:19:08.34\00:19:15.95
ALONG, AND HE PUTS WORKS,
FRUITS, PRAYER, GOD'S LAW --
00:19:15.95\00:19:20.59
>> YES. >> -- HE
BRINGS IT ALL BACK
00:19:20.59\00:19:23.22
TOGETHER AND THEN BRINGS
OUT THIS WHOLE IDEA IN THE FIFTH
00:19:23.22\00:19:26.86
CHAPTER OF JAMES THAT ELIJAH WAS
A MAN SUBJECT TO PASSION, YET HE
00:19:26.86\00:19:33.44
PRAYED. SO HE IS
NOT FORGETTING TO CLOSE
00:19:33.44\00:19:35.54
THAT BOOK OUT WITH WHAT
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, PRAYER.
00:19:35.54\00:19:38.07
HE BRINGS IT BACK INTO FOCUS.
YES, THE LAW IS GOOD, AND I CALL
00:19:38.07\00:19:43.45
JAMES -- AS A CHAPTER OF FAITH,
BUT JAMES IS THE BOOK OF FAIT.
00:19:43.45\00:19:47.88
>> UH-HUH. >> THE WHOLE THING.
00:19:47.88\00:19:50.39
AND PRAYER IS THE
CENTRAL FOCUS OF IT.
00:19:50.39\00:19:52.95
THAT'S WHY IT WAS INTERESTING
THAT YOU INCLUDED JAMES IN THAT.
00:19:52.95\00:19:56.19
>> YES. >> AND
WESLEY SAW THAT TOO.
00:19:56.19\00:19:58.73
>> YES, WESLEY SAW THAT, AND
WESLEY PROTESTANT, HE BELIEVED
00:19:58.73\00:20:04.03
IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH,
NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS.
00:20:04.03\00:20:09.30
HOWEVER, HE BELIEVED IF YOU ARE
A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN, IT IS AS
00:20:09.30\00:20:14.68
ESSENTIAL TO BE
BORN AGAIN AND TO GROW.
00:20:14.68\00:20:17.08
IF YOU WERE TO ASK PARENT, WHICH
IS MORE ESSENTIAL FOR A BABY TO
00:20:17.08\00:20:21.02
BE BORN, OR A BABY
TO BE GROWING AFTER BIT.
00:20:21.02\00:20:25.29
WHICH IS IT? >> BOTH.
00:20:25.29\00:20:28.59
BOTH. AND WE
LIVE IN AN AGE TODAY
00:20:28.59\00:20:31.33
WHERE IN MUCH OF THE EVANGELICAL
COMMUNITY, THE BIRTH IS
00:20:31.33\00:20:38.37
EMPHASIZED TO THE
NEGATION OR THE --
00:20:38.37\00:20:42.57
>> MINIMIZE. >> THE
MINIMIZING OF GROWTH
00:20:42.57\00:20:46.24
AFTER BIRTH. AND
I'M LIKE, IT'S BOTH.
00:20:46.24\00:20:50.25
IT'S BOTH. WE JUST
HAD A BABY, AND IT'S
00:20:50.25\00:20:54.05
AMAZING, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THE
BIRTH OF THE BABY, EVERYTHING IS
00:20:54.05\00:21:02.26
FOCUSED ON THE BIRTH.
AND THE BABY IS BORN, IT WAS
00:21:02.26\00:21:05.89
LIKE 52 HOURS OF BIRTH.
AND YOU ARE SO FOCUSED ON THAT
00:21:05.89\00:21:12.30
EVENT, AND THEN SUDDENLY,
ACROSS YOUR SLEEP-DEPRIVED
00:21:12.30\00:21:20.84
CONSCIOUSNESS, YOU REALIZE THAT
BABY REQUIRES DAILY, HOURLY,
00:21:20.84\00:21:28.48
CARE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE.
BUT THAT IS TOTALLY LINKED TO
00:21:28.48\00:21:32.95
GROWTH. AND IF A
BABY DOES NOT GROW
00:21:32.95\00:21:35.59
AFTER BIRTH. IT IS
CALLED FAILURE TO THRIVE.
00:21:35.59\00:21:38.89
FAILURE TO THRIVE.
AND MY FEAR IS THAT IN THE
00:21:38.89\00:21:42.46
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TODAY WE
HAVE A HOST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT
00:21:42.46\00:21:45.73
HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN,
BUT ARE STILL IN THE NICU.
00:21:45.73\00:21:50.07
FAILURE TO
THRIVE. >> I LIKE THAT.
00:21:50.07\00:21:52.04
>> FAILURE TO
THRIVE AFTER BIRTH.
00:21:52.04\00:21:54.04
AND THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IS
ABOUT THE NEW BIRTH AND GROWING
00:21:54.04\00:21:58.41
UP IN CHRIST. IT'S THE
SAME SUPERNATURAL POWER
00:21:58.41\00:22:03.52
OF THAT -- THAT CREATED THE
BIRTH PROCESS IS THERE IN THE
00:22:03.52\00:22:06.79
GROWTH PROESS.
IT'S SUPERNATURAL.
00:22:06.79\00:22:09.52
YOU THINK ABOUT
CONCEPTION AND BIRTH.
00:22:09.52\00:22:13.19
IT'S A MIRACLE. >> OH, YEAH.
00:22:13.19\00:22:15.20
>> YEAH, IT'S A MIRACLE
BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, BUT IT'S
00:22:15.20\00:22:21.00
A MIRACLE THAT THAT BABY GROWS
AND DEVELOPS AND IT'S THROUGH
00:22:21.00\00:22:25.57
DAILY DEPENDANCE ON FOOD,
AND THE NATURING OF THE MOTHER.
00:22:25.57\00:22:36.62
SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF
NOT ONLY THE REVIVAL OF GOD'S
00:22:36.62\00:22:42.09
CHURCH, BUT CHRISTIAN
EXPERIENCE AND CHRISTIAN GROWTH.
00:22:42.09\00:22:46.03
PRAYER IS THE BREATH OF THE
SOUL, ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS
00:22:46.03\00:22:50.13
SAYS. THINK ABOUT
THE IMPLICATIONS OF
00:22:50.13\00:22:53.03
THAT. THE BREATH OF THE SOUL.
00:22:53.03\00:22:56.60
>> WITHOUT IT YOU DIE. >> YEAH.
00:22:56.60\00:22:59.44
AND HOW OFTEN DO
WE NEED TO BREATHE?
00:22:59.44\00:23:02.94
YOU DON'T JUST SAY, OKAY, I
TOOK MY BREATH THIS MORNING.
00:23:02.94\00:23:08.35
I'M GOOD. [ LAUGHTER ]
00:23:08.35\00:23:09.85
>> CONSTANT BREATHING.
>> CONSTANT BREATHING.
00:23:09.85\00:23:12.35
AND THIS IS NOT TO INDICATE
THAT WE NEED TO BE ALWAYS ON OUR
00:23:12.35\00:23:18.33
KNEES. WE CAN BE
GOING THROUGH OUR DAY
00:23:18.33\00:23:21.10
AND JUST -- AS SOON AS OUR
ENGAGEMENT GOES FROM WHATEVER
00:23:21.10\00:23:24.80
TASK WE'RE INVOLVED IN, WE GO
BACK TO THOSE IDLE MOMENTS, AND
00:23:24.80\00:23:30.14
I BELIEVE THAT PRAYER AND
COMMUNION WITH GOD SHOULD BE THE
00:23:30.14\00:23:35.94
FAVORITE PLACE WE GO TO WHEN WE
ARE DETACHED AND HAVE A FEW IDOL
00:23:35.94\00:23:43.18
MOMENTS. RATHER
TODAY, PEOPLE GO TO THEIR
00:23:43.18\00:23:46.62
PHONES, BUT THE BIBLE INDICATES
THAT PRAYER AND COMMUNION WITH
00:23:46.62\00:23:50.63
GOD SHOULD BE A PLACE THAT
WE AS GROWING CHRISTIANS SHOULD
00:23:50.63\00:23:55.63
NATURALLY GO TO FOR STRENGTH,
FOR ILL ILLUMINATION, FOR
00:23:55.63\00:24:00.87
INSPIRATION. AND YOU
SEE THAT IN THE LIFE OF
00:24:00.87\00:24:04.14
JESUS, PRAYER WAS NOT A
PERIPHERAL PART OF HIS OWN
00:24:04.14\00:24:08.61
EXPERIENCE. THIS
IS PHENOMENAL WHEN YOU
00:24:08.61\00:24:10.41
THINK ABOUT IT. JESUS
IS GOD, AND YET, HE TOOK
00:24:10.41\00:24:14.08
TIME TO PRAY. THERE
IS A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS
00:24:14.08\00:24:16.79
OF THAT. AND
JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE.
00:24:16.79\00:24:21.19
OBVIOUSLY, HE
DIDN'T NEED TO PRAY, OKAY?
00:24:21.19\00:24:24.26
BUT IN HIS HUMANITY, HE -- YOU
KNOW, HE -- HE CHOSE NOT TO TAP
00:24:24.26\00:24:30.47
INTO HIS DIVINITY AND DEPENDED
ON THE FATHER FOR EVERYTHING,
00:24:30.47\00:24:34.04
AND THAT'S WHY HE SAID
OF MYSELF I CAN DO NOTHING.
00:24:34.04\00:24:37.97
HE CHOSE TO DEPEND ON GOD THE
FATHER FOR EVERYTHING, AND THAT
00:24:37.97\00:24:42.08
MADE PRAYER A
NECESSITY. >> RIGHT.
00:24:42.08\00:24:44.88
>> MARK 1:35, IT SAYS NOW IN
THE MORNING, HAVING RISEN A LONG
00:24:44.88\00:24:50.15
WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE WENT
OUT TO A SOLITARY PLACE, AND
00:24:50.15\00:24:54.29
THERE WE PRAYED. SO
JESUS WOULD GET UP, AND THE
00:24:54.29\00:24:58.23
BIBLE SAYS A LONG
WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT.
00:24:58.23\00:25:01.16
SO THIS IS NOT 8:00 A.M.
SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THIS IS
00:25:01.16\00:25:06.30
BETWEEN 3:00 AND
4:00 IN THE MORNING.
00:25:06.30\00:25:09.40
SO HE WOULD GET UP VERY, VERY
EARLY, AND GO TO A QUIET PLACE,
-AND THERE HE PRAYED.
00:25:09.40\00:25:15.81
AND THE BIBLE SAYS BUT
JESUS WAS OFTEN SLIP AWAY TO THE
00:25:15.81\00:25:21.48
WILDERNESS AND PRAY. SO
PRAYER WAS NOT SOMETHING HE
00:25:21.48\00:25:24.02
DID ON THE PERIPHERY.
SOMETIMES HE WOULD PRAY ALL
00:25:24.02\00:25:28.76
NIGHT IN PRAYER.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S
00:25:28.76\00:25:31.53
HISTORIANS THAT INDICATE THAT
THE MOST NOTABLE FIGURE IN HUMAN
00:25:31.53\00:25:37.10
HISTORY IS JESUS CHRIST.
YOU KNOW, HE MADE A SIGNIFICANT
00:25:37.10\00:25:39.53
IMPACT ON HUMAN HISTORY, AND
WHEN YOU PEEL BACK THE LAYERS
00:25:39.53\00:25:43.51
AND GO INTO HIS PRIVATE LIFE,
YOU SEE THAT HE WAS SPENDING
00:25:43.51\00:25:48.04
SIGNIFICANT TIME IN PRAYER.
YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN AN AGE
00:25:48.04\00:25:52.55
TODAY WHERE YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC
LIFE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE
00:25:52.55\00:25:56.89
PRIVATE LIFE. THERE'S
THIS DICHOTOMY BETWEEN
00:25:56.89\00:25:59.75
THE TWO, AND PEOPLE ARE SO
INTERESTED WITH THEIR PUBLIC
00:25:59.75\00:26:04.69
PERSONA, AND IT'S
INTERESTING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA.
00:26:04.69\00:26:07.60
WE BECOME FASCINATED AND --
TO THE POINT OF SELF ABSORPTION
00:26:07.60\00:26:12.63
WITH OUR PUBLISH PERSONA
OR OUR FACEBOOK PROFILE --
00:26:12.63\00:26:16.40
>> WE'RE
CAMPAIGNING FOR RECOGNITION.
00:26:16.40\00:26:19.07
>> YES, YOU WANT TO LOOK A
CERTAIN WAY, AND HAVE A CERTAIN
00:26:19.07\00:26:23.48
IMAGE, BUT WE BECOME SO FOCUSED
ON OUR PUBLIC IMAGE AND PERSONA,
00:26:23.48\00:26:28.25
AND IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE OF
00:26:28.25\00:26:33.76
JESUS, HE WAS JUST AS
INTERESTED, IF NOT MORE, IN HIS
00:26:33.76\00:26:39.36
PRIVATE LIFE. YOU
HEAR OF INDIVIDUALS, THEY
00:26:39.36\00:26:42.20
HAVE THIS PUBLIC PERSONA, AND
THEIR PUBLIC PRIVATE LIFE IS IN
00:26:42.20\00:26:47.60
SHAMBLES. THEY
HAVE A TERRBLE MARRIAGE.
00:26:47.60\00:26:49.80
THEY HAVE MULTIPLE AFFAIRS, AND
ALL OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS.
00:26:49.80\00:26:54.58
THEIR PRIVATE LIFE -- IT'S
JUST NAS -- NASTY IN THE HOME.
00:26:54.58\00:27:02.08
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE OF
JESUS, YOU SEE HE PRACTICED WHAT
00:27:02.08\00:27:05.75
HE PREACHED. IN THE
BOOK MINISTRY OF HEALING
00:27:05.75\00:27:09.76
SAYS NEVER A MAN SPOKE AS JESUS
SPOKE, BECAUSE NEVER A MAN LIVED
00:27:09.76\00:27:14.20
AS JESUS LIVED. IN
OTHER WORDS THE POWER OF HIS
00:27:14.20\00:27:19.73
PUBLIC LIFE CAME FROM HIS
PRIVATE LIFE, NOT THE OTHER WAY
00:27:19.73\00:27:22.74
AROUND. AND YOU
CAN SEE IN THE PRIVATE
00:27:22.74\00:27:24.67
LIFE OF JESUS, THERE WAS A --
A POWERFUL PRAYER LIFE, AND MY
00:27:24.67\00:27:30.18
THESIS IS VERY SIMPLE, THAT
EVERY SPIRITUAL REVIVAL CAN BE
00:27:30.18\00:27:36.02
TRACED TO A PERSON OF
PRAYER. EVERY SPIRITUAL REVIVAL.
00:27:36.02\00:27:39.42
THERE IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS
IDEA THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT A
00:27:39.42\00:27:46.13
MASS MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS
THAT ARE EXPERIENCING GENUINE
00:27:46.13\00:27:51.43
REVIVAL -- BECAUSE THERE IS
GOING TO BE A FALSE REVIVAL AT
00:27:51.43\00:27:54.70
THE END OF TIME.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A FALSE
00:27:54.70\00:27:58.01
FIRE THAT COMES, BUT EVERY
GENUINE REVIVAL IS LINKED TO A
00:27:58.01\00:28:04.21
RADICAL PRAYER LIFE OF
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PRAYING
00:28:04.21\00:28:08.98
SACRIFICIALLY FOR PRAYER.
>> WHAT IF -- WE LIVE IN A
00:28:08.98\00:28:12.72
TECHNICAL WORLD TODAY. >> YES.
00:28:12.72\00:28:15.29
>> EVERYTHING
THAT WE DO IS TRACED.
00:28:15.29\00:28:18.96
>> YES. >> YOU
HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, WHEN
00:28:18.96\00:28:21.80
YOU POST ON FACEBOOK OR
INSTAGRAM, YOU HAVE THIS OPTION,
00:28:21.80\00:28:25.47
WOULD YOU LIKE TO
INCLUDE YOUR LOCATION?
00:28:25.47\00:28:28.04
THEN WHEN YOU BUY A NEW PHONE,
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TURN ON YOUR
00:28:28.04\00:28:32.24
LOCATION. >> YES.
00:28:32.24\00:28:32.94
>> WHAT IF -- I'M
THINKING OF THE SPIRITUAL REALM.
00:28:32.94\00:28:36.28
WHAT IF WE HAD A PRAYER
LOCATION DETERMINING APP.
00:28:36.28\00:28:41.68
WHERE DID YOU PRAY TODAY?
AND YOU HAVE THOSE RUNNING APPS
00:28:41.68\00:28:46.62
THAT SHOWS YOU RAN, CAME
BACK, YOU DID TWO MILES OR THREE
00:28:46.62\00:28:52.36
MILES. WHAT IF WE
HAD ONE THAT TRACED
00:28:52.36\00:28:55.43
WHERE WE PRAY TODAY. HOW
MANY DOTS WOULD WE SEE ON
00:28:55.43\00:28:59.47
THAT? OR HOW MANY
HITS WOULD WE GET IN
00:28:59.47\00:29:03.41
HOW MANY HITS IS HEAVEN
GETTING FROM PRAYER LIFE?
00:29:03.41\00:29:07.01
>> YEAH, IT'S REMARKABLE
BECAUSE -- I WAS JUST READING
00:29:07.01\00:29:10.78
THE OTHER DAY ABOUT APPLE, AND
THEY ARE JUST RELEASING AN APP,
00:29:10.78\00:29:15.48
OR A MECHANISM ON THEIR
PHONES TO HELP PEOPLE WITH PHONE
00:29:15.48\00:29:19.95
ADDICTION -- >> YES.
00:29:19.95\00:29:21.39
>> DID YOU READ
ABOUT THAT? >> YES.
00:29:21.39\00:29:23.59
>> ABOUT PHONE ADDICTION.
AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWING THE
00:29:23.59\00:29:27.13
CEO AND HE WAS VERY SURPRIORED
BECAUSE THE APP SHOWS YOU HOW
00:29:27.13\00:29:31.53
MUCH TIME YOU ARE SPENDING
ON THE PHONE, AND WHICH APPS YOU
00:29:31.53\00:29:34.77
ARE USING. AND HE
THOUGHT, HEY, I'M PRETTY
00:29:34.77\00:29:39.64
DISCIPLINED, BUT HE HIMSELF HAD
TO ADMIT, WHEN HE SAW THE ACTUAL
00:29:39.64\00:29:43.38
DATA OF HOW MUCH TIME HE WAS
SPENDING ON THE PHONE, HE WAS
00:29:43.38\00:29:46.58
SHOCKED. HE SAID I
HAVE GOT TO MITIGATE
00:29:46.58\00:29:48.62
AGAINST THIS, BECAUSE HE
WAS SPENDING -- WHEN YOU SEE THE
00:29:48.62\00:29:52.25
ACTUAL DATA OF HOW
MUCH TIME, AND IT WOULD BE
00:29:52.25\00:29:55.22
INTERESTING -- LIKE YOU SAID,
AN APP THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE YOU
00:29:55.22\00:29:59.06
PRAY, BUT NOT ONLY HOW MUCH TIME
YOU SPENDING IN PRAYER, AND IT
00:29:59.06\00:30:03.40
WOULD BE INTERESTING IF YOU
COMPARED THAT WITH HOW MUCH TIME
00:30:03.40\00:30:07.14
WE SPENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
OR ON OUR PHONE JUST LOOKING AT
00:30:07.14\00:30:11.07
NONSENSE. >> RIGHT.
00:30:11.07\00:30:12.01
>> I WAS READING A STATISTIC
THAT SAID THAT MILLENNIALS SPEND
00:30:12.01\00:30:17.41
AS MUCH AS 18 HOURS
A DAY ON THEIR DEVICES.
00:30:17.41\00:30:21.65
18 HOURS A DAY. I
MEAN THIS IS THE AGE THAT
00:30:21.65\00:30:25.49
WE'RE LIVING IN, YOU KNOW?-AND
-- AND THE STATISTICS OF A
PRAYER LIFE -- THE AVERAGE
00:30:25.49\00:30:32.76
CHURCH MEMBER, AVERAGE DAY
SPENDS LESS THAN A MINUTE IN
00:30:32.76\00:30:36.16
PRAYER. LESS THAN
A MINUTE IN PRAYER.
00:30:36.16\00:30:42.84
A FOR MINISTERS IT
WASN'T MUCH BETTER.
00:30:42.84\00:30:45.74
IT WAS LESS THAN
THREE MINUTES IN PRAYER.
00:30:45.74\00:30:47.51
AND I THINK THAT IT IS
EASY -- I WILL SAY FOR ME, TO
00:30:47.51\00:30:52.15
STUDY -- EASIER TO STUDY THAN TO
PRAYER, FOR SOME REASON, BECAUSE
00:30:52.15\00:31:01.32
PRAYER IS JUST -- IT'S
JUST KIND OFFETH -- ETHERIAL.
00:31:01.32\00:31:13.34
BUT PRAYER IS THIS
AREA OF MYSTERY AND --
00:31:13.34\00:31:17.14
>> VERY FAITH-BASED.
>> YEAH, VERY FATH BASED.
00:31:17.14\00:31:22.11
SOME PEOPLE DON'T
EVEN BELIEVE IN PRAYER.
00:31:22.11\00:31:24.21
THEY BELIEVE IT'S SOME SORT OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL COPING MECHANISM.
00:31:24.21\00:31:29.02
>> I MADE A STATMENT ONCE IN
A SERMON, AND I HAVE DONE THIS A
00:31:29.02\00:31:33.69
FEW TIMES, I DON'T BELIEVE
IN PRAYER, I JUST BELIEVE IN TO
00:31:33.69\00:31:38.19
WHOM I PRAY. >>
THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
00:31:38.19\00:31:40.30
>> PRAYER DOESN'T DO
ANYTHING. IT'S TO WHOM YOU PRAY.
00:31:40.30\00:31:43.50
AND WHEN YOU KNOW THERE IS A
LIVING GOD ON THE OTHER END OF
00:31:43.50\00:31:47.07
PRAYER, IT TAKES IT OUT OF
THE WHO AM I TALKING TO REALM?
00:31:47.07\00:31:53.38
IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?
THE LIGHTS WENT OFF, DADDY, I
00:31:53.38\00:31:57.35
CAN'T SEE. AND
HE SAID, I'M HERE.
00:31:57.35\00:32:01.85
SO THIS IS SOMETHING
YOU MAY BRING OUT LATER ON.
00:32:01.85\00:32:05.85
IT'S NOT JUST US TALKING
TO GOD, BUT GOD TALKING TO US.
00:32:05.85\00:32:11.83
>> YES. >> BUT I
KNOW WE'LL GET THERE.
00:32:11.83\00:32:14.93
>> YES, GOD SPEAKING TO US,
AND THE WAY I TYPICALLY LIKE TO
00:32:14.93\00:32:18.87
FRAME IT IS THAT PRAYER IS US
TALKING TO GOD, AND THEN HOW GOD
00:32:18.87\00:32:24.34
TALKS TO US IS
PRIMARILY THROUGH HIS WORD.
00:32:24.34\00:32:27.98
IT'S THE MOST EXPLICIT,
THE MOST DETAILED WAY THAT GOD
00:32:27.98\00:32:32.48
COMMUNICATES WITH US.
HE ALSO COMMUNICATES US TO
00:32:32.48\00:32:34.92
THROUGH IMPRESSIONS. >> RIGHT.
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.95
BUT NEVER OUT OF
HARMONY WITH HIS WORD.
00:32:36.95\00:32:39.95
>> YES. SOME
INDIVIDUALS WILL SAY, HEY,
00:32:39.95\00:32:42.92
GOD TOLD ME TO DO
THIS. AND I DON'T DOUBT THAT.
00:32:42.92\00:32:45.86
I'M NOT HERE TO -- BUT WE
NEED TO CLARIFY OR MAKE IT AN
00:32:45.86\00:32:52.80
IMPORTANT POINT THAT THAT VOICE
OR IMPRESSION THAT YOU GET NEEDS
00:32:52.80\00:32:57.17
TO BE VERIFIED -- >> QUANTIFIED.
00:32:57.17\00:33:00.04
>> YES, OR AT LEAST NOT BE
IN CONTRADICTION TO HIS WORD.
00:33:00.04\00:33:06.18
IF I FEEL AN IMPRESSION AT THE
MALL SAYING YOU NEED TO STEAL
00:33:06.18\00:33:12.52
THIS, THAT'S NOT FROM THE LORD.
THAT'S DIRECTLY CONTRADICTORY.
00:33:12.52\00:33:16.22
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IDEA OF
PRAYER AND REVIVAL, YOU CAN SEE
00:33:16.22\00:33:20.23
IT WITH MARTIN LUTHER IN THE
REFORMATION, WE JUST CELEBRATED
00:33:20.23\00:33:28.00
THE 500TH YEAR OF THE
PROTESTANT REFORMATION.
00:33:28.00\00:33:34.04
WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS
THAT MARTIN LUTHER WAS A MAN OF
00:33:34.04\00:33:39.55
PRAYER. AND FROM THE BOOK GREAT
00:33:39.55\00:33:41.88
COIN CONTR
00:33:41.88\00:33:44.75
CONTROVERSY, FROM THE SECRET
PLACE OF PRAYER CAME THE SHOWER
00:33:44.75\00:33:49.19
THAT SHOOK THE REFORMATION.
THESE HOURS WERE TAKEN FROM THAT
00:33:49.19\00:33:53.83
PORTION OF DAY
MOST FAVORABLE TO STUDY.
00:33:53.83\00:33:56.53
SO IN THE BOOK GREAT
CONTROVERSY, IT SAYS THAT IF YOU
00:33:56.53\00:34:03.30
WERE TO TRACE BACK TO THE,
QUOTE, CAUSE OF THE REFORMATION.
00:34:03.30\00:34:07.88
YOU TRACE IT BACK NOT TO
WHITTENBERG, THE DOOR OF THE
00:34:07.88\00:34:14.72
WHITTENBERG CHAPEL, THAT'S WHERE
WE TRACE BACK THE IMAGES OF THE
00:34:14.72\00:34:20.32
REFORMATION, AND WE ASSUME THAT
THAT IS THE CAUSE, BUT ACCORDING
00:34:20.32\00:34:26.23
TO THE BOOK GREAT CONTROVERSY,
WE NEED TO GO BACK FURTHER TO
00:34:26.23\00:34:30.67
THAT, TO THE PRIVATE LIFE OF MAR
THIN LUTHER, AND SEE A MAN ON
00:34:30.67\00:34:35.70
HIS KNEES, PRAYING FOR THE HOLY
SPIRIT, PRAYING FOR REVIVAL, AND
00:34:35.70\00:34:41.28
IT SAYS THREE
HOURS EACH DAY. >> WOW.
00:34:41.28\00:34:45.31
>> AND THESE WERE
MOST FAVORABLE TO STUDY.
00:34:45.31\00:34:47.65
AND IT SAYS THE
POWER THAT SHOOK THE WORLD.
00:34:47.65\00:34:50.32
THIS IS A TIME OF DOMINATION,
OF A WORLD SUPERPOWER THAT
00:34:50.32\00:34:56.19
LITERALLY BRINGS KINGS TO THEIR
KNEES; THAT IS DOMINATING THE
00:34:56.19\00:35:00.10
WORLD, DOMINATING WESTERN EUROPE
AS NEVER BEFORE, AND THERE IS NO
00:35:00.10\00:35:04.27
END IN SITE OF THIS TYPE OF
DOMINATION, AND AN OBSCURE MONK
00:35:04.27\00:35:10.44
IN WHITTENBERG IS ON HIS KNEES
PRAYING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
00:35:10.44\00:35:14.51
PRAYING FOR REVIVAL AND THAT
IS FROM WHERE THE POWER CAME.
00:35:14.51\00:35:21.68
AND IT WAS THROUGH THE HOLY
SPIRIT THAT HE WAS IMPRESSED TO
00:35:21.68\00:35:24.65
NAIL THAT DOCUMENT,
BECAUSE -- IT'S REMARKABLE, I
00:35:24.65\00:35:29.62
WAS READING A SECULAR HISTORIAN,
AND HE WAS GIVING HIS OWN
00:35:29.62\00:35:33.96
REFLECTIONS ON THE REFORMATION,
AND HE SAYS IT'S AMAZING HOW
00:35:33.96\00:35:37.50
SUCH A SIMPLE EVENT LIKE NAILING
A PIECE OF PAPER ON A DOOR COULD
00:35:37.50\00:35:43.77
SPARK SUCH A -- AND HE
SAYS -- HE SAYS IT IS THE
00:35:43.77\00:35:47.64
PROTESTANT REVOLUTION, BECAUSE
IT WAS NOT ONLY A THEOLOGICAL
00:35:47.64\00:35:51.15
SHIFT THAT
HAPPENED IN WESTERN EUROPE.
00:35:51.15\00:35:53.98
HE SAID IT WAS A TRANSFER OF
POWER IN WESTERN EUROPE, BECAUSE
00:35:53.98\00:35:59.02
AS ONE BY ONE,
GERMANY, AND -- AND SWI
00:35:59.02\00:36:08.93
SWIZ -- SWITZERLAND -- IT
WAS A NOTABLE SHIFT IN POWER.
00:36:08.93\00:36:12.93
AND HE SAYS IT JUST BEFUDDLES
HIM AND HE STANDINGS BACK IN AH
00:36:12.93\00:36:18.51
AND SAYS HOW IN THE
WORLD CAN THIS MONK DO THAT?
00:36:18.51\00:36:25.78
>> YEARS AGO PASTOR FINLEY SAID
UNTIL YOU ARE WILLING TO KNEEL,
00:36:25.78\00:36:30.85
YOU ARE NOT FIT TO STANDING.
I REMEMBER HIM TALKING ABOUT
00:36:30.85\00:36:34.52
THAT. AND HE USED THE ANALOGY OF
00:36:34.52\00:36:36.99
DANIEL'S LIFE. DANIEL
WAS ABLE TO STAND BECAUSE
00:36:36.99\00:36:39.43
HE WAS WILLING TO KNEEL.
AND SO THAT IS A PREPARATORY
00:36:39.43\00:36:43.97
ACT. BUT PRAYER,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
00:36:43.97\00:36:46.10
PRAYER, PEOPLE LOOK AT
THAT -- IN THIS SOCIETY
00:36:46.10\00:36:47.97
TODAY -- AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS KILLING THIS SOCIETY
00:36:47.97\00:36:51.87
TODAY IS SO MANY THINGS
ARE COMING AT US SO QUICKLY.
00:36:51.87\00:36:58.21
120 MEGAHERTZ REFRESH RATE, YOU
HAVE ALL OF THESE TERMINOLOGIES,
00:36:58.21\00:37:02.25
HOW FAST IS THE COMPUTER?
HOW FAST IS THE NEXT LAPTOP.
00:37:02.25\00:37:06.55
AND SOMETIMES WE THINK
THAT PRAYER IS A FAST ACTIVITY.
00:37:06.55\00:37:13.46
MICROWAVE PRAYER. BUT
IT'S NOT JUST PRAYER, BUT
00:37:13.46\00:37:16.40
WHO YOU ARE SPENDING TIME WITH.
>> YES, WHO YOU ARE SPENDING
00:37:16.40\00:37:19.60
TIME WITH. >> THINK
OF PRAYER AS PICKING UP
00:37:19.60\00:37:22.50
YOUR CELL PHONE AND TALKING
TO SOMEBODY, DO YOU SAY -- HEY,
00:37:22.50\00:37:27.54
TALK TO YOU LATER? NO.
00:37:27.54\00:37:29.24
IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD AND CHRIST, YOU PICK THAT
00:37:29.24\00:37:33.42
PHONE UP, THAT IS SOMEBODY
YOU ARE LONGING TO TALK TO.
00:37:33.42\00:37:36.25
AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
THERE'S SUCH A DEFICIENCY IN
00:37:36.25\00:37:39.55
PRAYER IS BECAUSE
THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP MISSING.
00:37:39.55\00:37:42.39
YOU ARE DISCONNECTED. IF
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT PERSON,
00:37:42.39\00:37:45.53
YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND TIME
TALKING TO SOMEBODY YOU DON'T
00:37:45.53\00:37:48.90
KNOW. BECAUSE NOTHING KILLS YOU
00:37:48.90\00:37:50.20
MORE -- I REMEMBER A NUMBER
OF YEARS AGO, I WAS IN THE
00:37:50.20\00:37:54.14
PHILIPPINES. IT
WAS A QUICK TRIP.
00:37:54.14\00:37:58.67
AND I -- I REALIZED THAT IF I
HAD TAKEN MY WIFE, IT WOULD HAVE
00:37:58.67\00:38:03.48
BEEN CHEAPER TO TAKE
HER THAN THE PHONE BILL.
00:38:03.48\00:38:07.65
IT CAME UP TO
LIKE A $750 PHONE BILL.
00:38:07.65\00:38:11.62
AND I REALIZED YOU KNOW WHAT,
TAKING HER WITH ME IS CHEAPER
00:38:11.62\00:38:15.89
THAN A PHONE BILL. WHY?
00:38:15.89\00:38:17.89
BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A
CONNECTION THAT YOU WANT TO
00:38:17.89\00:38:21.03
TALK. WHEN WE'RE
CONNECTED TO CHRIST,
00:38:21.03\00:38:23.00
WE WANT TO TALK TO HIM. >>
YES, AND I THINK THAT BRINGS
00:38:23.00\00:38:26.53
TO LIGHT THE IMPORTANCE
OF RECOGNIZING, LIKE YOU
00:38:26.53\00:38:28.94
SAID -- IT'S THE
PERSON. IT'S THE PERSON.
00:38:28.94\00:38:31.71
BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOMETIMES
WE GET INTO THIS RITUALISM OF
00:38:31.71\00:38:35.91
PRAYER IS JUST ANOTHER THING
THAT WE NEED TO CHECK OFF, AND
00:38:35.91\00:38:40.25
IT'S THIS -- ALMOST MINDLESS
STATEMENT THAT WE MAKE, AND THEN
00:38:40.25\00:38:47.52
WE HAVE DONE IT, AND WITH GO
ON,-FORGETTING THAT, LOOK,
PRAYER IS MEANT TO BE
00:38:47.52\00:38:53.19
COMMUNICATION
WITH -- >> NOT RECITAL.
00:38:53.19\00:38:56.60
>> -- A GOD OF A UNIVERSE. YES.
00:38:56.60\00:38:59.70
THINK ABOUT EVEN THE TIMES THAT
WE PRAYER -- AND HOW MANY TIMES
00:38:59.70\00:39:02.94
DO WE ACTUALLY THINK
ABOUT -- I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT
00:39:02.94\00:39:09.74
MYSELF. LIKE WE
PRAY BEFORE A MEAL.
00:39:09.74\00:39:11.68
AND THEN YOU JUST GO ON -- IT'S
JUST THIS THING THAT YOU DO.
00:39:11.68\00:39:15.85
>> IT'S LIKE OPENING THE
POTATO CHIPS BEFORE YOU EAT IT.
00:39:15.85\00:39:20.12
>> YEAH. RIGHT.
00:39:20.12\00:39:21.99
RIGHT. JUST THIS
THING YOU HAVE GOT TO
00:39:21.99\00:39:23.69
GO TO IN ORDER TO GET TO WHAT
YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO DO, WHICH
00:39:23.69\00:39:27.36
IS EAT. SO I THINK IT'S THIS
00:39:27.36\00:39:29.16
THING -- AND I THINK EVEN IN OUR
PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL TIME, IT'S
00:39:29.16\00:39:34.34
EASY TO GET SOMETIMES STUCK
IN A RUT, WHERE SAY THE SAME
00:39:34.34\00:39:38.24
THINGS -- YOU KNOW, AND --
AND IT LOSES THE GENUINENESS.
00:39:38.24\00:39:44.71
THE GENUINENESS OF THAT,
AND -- AND I THINK THAT PART OF
00:39:44.71\00:39:51.62
WHAT WE NEED TO PRAY IS FOR
A REVIVAL OF OUR PRAYER LIVES.
00:39:51.62\00:39:55.72
AND TO SAY LORD, CREATE IN
ME -- BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT
00:39:55.72\00:39:59.63
DESIRE -- A DEEPER --
A DEEPER DESIRE FOR YOU.
00:39:59.63\00:40:02.76
AND YOU SEE EXAMPLES IN THE
BIBLE, LIKE JAMES 5:17, ELIJAH
00:40:02.76\00:40:08.94
BEING HUMAN AS WE ARE, PRAYED
EARNESTLY AND BROUGHT REVIVAL TO
00:40:08.94\00:40:14.24
ENGLAND, AND THERE'S OTHER
EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE OF THE
00:40:14.24\00:40:18.05
BOOK OF ACTS
BEGINNING IN A PRAYER ROOM.
00:40:18.05\00:40:21.05
THEY CHANGED THE WORLD
IN -- IN ONE GENERATION --
00:40:21.05\00:40:28.96
>> YOU MEANS WE  -- JOHN WESLEY
BRINGS REVIVAL TO ENGLAND, AND
00:40:28.96\00:40:49.64
THEN YOU HAVE MARTIN LUTHER,
AND THEN OF COURSE JESUS CHRIST.
00:40:49.64\00:40:57.62
AND I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED TO
MYSELF, WHEN I HAVE BEEN PRAYING
00:40:57.62\00:41:00.99
FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND REVIVAL,
OR THE LORD'S INTERVENTION, I
00:41:00.99\00:41:05.53
SAID, YOU KNOW,
GOD WANTS TO INTERVENE.
00:41:05.53\00:41:12.73
GOD NOT ONLY WANTS TO
INTERVENE, HE CAN, AND SO MANY
00:41:12.73\00:41:18.11
PEOPLE -- AND I HAVE
ASKED MYSELF THIS QUESTION.
00:41:18.11\00:41:20.91
IT'S LIKE, HEY, WHY
SHOULD -- WHY SHOULD I PRAY?
00:41:20.91\00:41:24.61
IF -- IT'S KIND OF LIKE,
GOD WANTS TO DO IT ANYWAY.
00:41:24.61\00:41:29.75
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY
SHOULD I PRAY IF GOT WANTS TO
00:41:29.75\00:41:35.76
INTERVENE, HE LOVES
THIS PERSON MORE THAN I DO.
00:41:35.76\00:41:39.73
WHY -- WHY SHOULD I SPEND THIS
TIME -- YOU SEE MARTIN LUTHER
00:41:39.73\00:41:43.97
SPENDING THREE HOURS A DAY IN
PRAYER, LIKE, DIDN'T GOD WANT
TO-BRING THE REFORMATION TO THE
00:41:43.97\00:41:54.11
WHOLE WORD. WHAT IS
GOD UP THERE WAITING
00:41:54.11\00:41:57.81
FOR? IS HE UP THERE WITH HIS
00:41:57.81\00:42:00.95
STOPWATCH AND SAYS DAVID PUT
IN HIS ONE HOUR, I'LL ABOUT NOW.
00:42:00.95\00:42:05.22
IS PRAYER SOME SORT OF
MERITORIOUS GOAL WE HAVE TO
00:42:05.22\00:42:10.06
ATTAIN AND THEN GOD ACTS.
OBVIOUSLY THE BIBLE INDICATES
00:42:10.06\00:42:17.13
THAT PRAYER IS NOT MERITORIUS,
AND THE ONLY CONCLUSION I COULD
00:42:17.13\00:42:30.71
COME TO IS IN THE THEME OF THE
GREAT CONTROVERSY, THAT THERE
00:42:30.71\00:42:36.55
ARE RULES IN THE GREAT
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND
00:42:36.55\00:42:41.59
SATAN. WHERE IN THIS EPIC BATTLE
00:42:41.59\00:42:44.46
BETWEEN JESUS CHRIST AND SATAN,
AND THERE ARE GROUND RULES IN
00:42:44.46\00:42:48.43
THIS ENGAGEMENT, AND ONE OF
THE FUNDAMENTAL GROUND RULES IS
00:42:48.43\00:42:53.37
FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND
FREE WILL. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
00:42:53.37\00:42:59.64
>> IN OTHER WORDS GOD WILL
NOT INTERVENE IN MY LIFE ABOVE A
00:42:59.64\00:43:04.15
CERTAIN POINT, BECAUSE THAT
CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF FREE
00:43:04.15\00:43:11.15
WILL, BUT PRAYER IS ON A VERY
FUNDAMENTAL FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL,
00:43:11.15\00:43:16.09
PRAYER IS CONSENT. IT'S
GIVING GOD CONSENT TO CROSS
00:43:16.09\00:43:21.40
THAT LINE. BECAUSE
IF YOU -- IF YOU CROSS A
00:43:21.40\00:43:24.27
LINE -- I HEARD ONE PREACHER
SAY, LOOK, IF IT'S NOT LOVE,
00:43:24.27\00:43:30.74
IT'S RAPE. I MEAN
THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL
00:43:30.74\00:43:33.68
STATEMENT. >> THAT'S DARK.
00:43:33.68\00:43:34.78
>> YEAH, IF IT'S
NOT LOVE, IT'S RAPE.
00:43:34.78\00:43:37.98
IN OTHER WORDS WHEN YOU CROSS
THAT, IT ENTERS INTO VIOLATION.
00:43:37.98\00:43:42.82
>> THERE'S NO PERMISSION.
>> YEAH, THERE'S NO PERMISSION.
00:43:42.82\00:43:46.02
BUT WHEN YOU CONSENT AND WHEN
YOU GIVE PERMISSION, THEN IT
00:43:46.02\00:43:50.63
BECOMES VERY
SOMETHING -- SOMETHING VERY
00:43:50.63\00:43:52.63
BEAUTIFUL IN THAT CONTEXT,
AND GOD WILL NOT CROSS A CERTAIN
00:43:52.63\00:43:56.77
LINE UNLESS WE CONSENT, AND
I TELL INDIVIDUALS, LOOK, IF
00:43:56.77\00:44:01.24
THERE'S ANYTHING YOU SHOULD
DO IN YOUR PRAYER LIFE, GIVE GOD
00:44:01.24\00:44:05.71
CONSENT. GIVE GOD ACCESS.
00:44:05.71\00:44:07.58
GIVE GOD PERMISSION, AND THERE
IS A RADICAL PRAYER THAT I PRAY,
00:44:07.58\00:44:13.01
AND I SAID LORD,
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
00:44:13.01\00:44:16.55
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
>> A DANGEROUS PRAYER.
00:44:16.55\00:44:20.12
>> I KNOW. THAT IS
A DANGEROUS PRAYER.
00:44:20.12\00:44:24.23
LIKE, LORD,
WHATEVER IT TAKES SAVE ME.
00:44:24.23\00:44:26.66
WHOEVER IT TAKES SAVE MY FAMILY.
AND YOU ARE GIVING GOD THAT FULL
00:44:26.66\00:44:32.30
ACCESS. I USED TO
SELL BOOKS DOOR TO
00:44:32.30\00:44:35.17
DOOR. AND ONE OF
THE CARDINAL RULES OF
00:44:35.17\00:44:38.71
SELLING BOOKS DOOR TO DOOR IS
WHEN SOMEONE OPENS THE DOOR THAT
00:44:38.71\00:44:43.61
YOU HAVE KNOCKED ON, THERE
IS A CERTAIN LINE THAT YOU DON'T
00:44:43.61\00:44:47.02
CROSS. THEY CAN
GIVE ME MONEY, FOOD,
00:44:47.02\00:44:49.28
ALL TYPES OF THINGS, BUT THERE
IS A CERTAIN LINE THAT I JUST
00:44:49.28\00:44:53.09
DON'T CROSS, AND I'M CURRENTLY
LIVING IN ALASKA, THEY ARE WELL
00:44:53.09\00:44:59.16
ARMED UP THERE, AND YOU CROSS
THAT LINE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW
00:44:59.16\00:45:03.30
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT
THERE IS A POWER THAT THE PERSON
00:45:03.30\00:45:07.37
GIVES WHEN THEY SAY THESE
WONDERFUL WORDS, WHEN I WAS
00:45:07.37\00:45:11.07
SELLING BOOKS,
THEY SAY COME ON IN.
00:45:11.07\00:45:13.44
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> COME ON IN.
00:45:13.44\00:45:16.04
THAT'S CONSENT. THAT'S
PERMISSION, AND UNTIL I
00:45:16.04\00:45:18.98
HEAR THOSE
WORDS, I DON'T COME IN.
00:45:18.98\00:45:23.28
YOU DONE DO THAT. AND
WHEN I WAS SELLING BOOKS IN
00:45:23.28\00:45:25.82
THE WINTERTIME, I LEARNED THIS
LITTLE STATEMENT -- ESPECIALLY
00:45:25.82\00:45:31.66
WHEN IT WAS COLD, I WOULD SAY,
SORRY TO LET ALL OF THE HOT AIR
00:45:31.66\00:45:36.90
OUT. AND THE
PERSON WOULD SAY, OH,
00:45:36.90\00:45:39.57
COME IN. AND I
WOULD COME INSIDE.
00:45:39.57\00:45:43.10
BUT THAT SAME ANALOGY, JESUS
SAYS BEHOLD I STANDING AT THE
00:45:43.10\00:45:47.14
DOOR AND KNOCK. THAT
SAME IMAGERY, GOD IS AT TH
00:45:47.14\00:45:51.88
DOOR. THE
IMPLICATION IS THERE NEEDS
00:45:51.88\00:45:53.85
TO BE CONSENT IN ORDER FOR GOD
TO COME IN, AND IT'S THIS IDEA
00:45:53.85\00:46:00.46
THAT WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS
THAT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF
00:46:00.46\00:46:06.80
BEING INHABITED
BY DIFFERENT SPIRITS.
00:46:06.80\00:46:10.60
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SPIRITS.
GOD'S SPIRIT AND THE EVEN
00:46:10.60\00:46:14.24
SPIRIT, AND WE HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO BE INHABITED, AND
00:46:14.24\00:46:17.97
THE MOST POWERFUL THING YOU CAN
DO IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
00:46:17.97\00:46:21.74
IS TO GIVE THAT CONSENT. >>
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T THE DOOR
00:46:21.74\00:46:25.81
IS SITTING OPEN. >> YES.
00:46:25.81\00:46:27.98
I HAVE BEEN AROUND INDIVIDUALS
THAT HAVE GIVEN CONSENT FOR AN
00:46:27.98\00:46:31.39
EVIL SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE NOT
JUST -- IT'S NOT JUST DEMONIC
00:46:31.39\00:46:38.43
HARASS , IT'S
DEMONIC POSSESSION.
00:46:38.43\00:46:41.83
THE SPIRIT POSSESSES
THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL.
00:46:41.83\00:46:47.50
AND THE DEVIL IS A SQUATTER
THAT DOES NOT WANT TO COME OUT.
00:46:47.50\00:46:55.78
FOR PERSONAL REVIVAL YOU CAN ASK
FOR THE LORD TO COME IN AND GIVE
00:46:55.78\00:47:01.05
HIM PERMISSION TO COME IN.
ALSO, THERE'S THIS IDEA IN THE
00:47:01.05\00:47:05.92
BIBLE OF GIVING CONSENT FOR
OTHER PEOLE, AND I REALLY HAD
00:47:05.92\00:47:12.03
TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND THIS
IDEA, BECAUSE EVIDENTLY, WHEN
00:47:12.03\00:47:17.10
YOU LOOK AT THE STORY OF
THAT PERSON THAT WAS BROUGHT TO
00:47:17.10\00:47:25.74
JESUS, AND THEY HAD TO TEAR DOWN
THE ROOF TO BRING THAT PERSON TO
00:47:25.74\00:47:30.08
JESUS, THAT WHEN THAT PERSON
WAS LEAD DOWN, AND THEN JESUS,
00:47:30.08\00:47:34.15
ACCORDING TO MARK'S ACCOUNT, THE
BIBLE SAYS WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR
00:47:34.15\00:47:37.85
FAITH -- IN OTHER WORDS IT
DIDN'T SAY WHEN JESUS SAW HIS
00:47:37.85\00:47:41.96
FAITH. IT SAYS
WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR
00:47:41.96\00:47:44.69
FAITH. THE FAITH
OF THE FOUR FRIENDS
00:47:44.69\00:47:46.73
WERE INCLUDED IN JESUS
INTERVENING IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S
00:47:46.73\00:47:50.80
LIFE. IN OTHER
WORDS YOU CAN HAVE
00:47:50.80\00:47:53.10
FAITH FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
AND THE POWER OF INTERSESRY
00:47:53.10\00:48:04.68
PRAYER, WHEN WE BRING OUR FATHER
OR OUR SON OR A PERSON AND WE
00:48:04.68\00:48:11.35
SAY GOD, INTERVENE
IN THIS PERSON'S LIFE.
00:48:11.35\00:48:15.56
AND THAT GIVES THE RIGHT TO
INTERVENE IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE.
00:48:15.56\00:48:19.93
AND THAT'S THE POWER
OF THAT KIND OF PRAYER.
00:48:19.93\00:48:23.00
YOU LOOK IN THE BOOK OF JUDE,
AND YOU SEE THAT WHEN JESUS GOES
00:48:23.00\00:48:28.00
TO RESURRECT MOSES FROM THE
DEAD, THAT SATAN IS STANDING
00:48:28.00\00:48:31.74
THERE TO CONTEST
OVER THE BOY OF MOSES.
00:48:31.74\00:48:34.71
>> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IN
OTHER WORDS EVERY TIME GOD
00:48:34.71\00:48:38.75
IS ABOUT TO INTERVENE, HE IS
ABOUT TO TAKE MOSES TO HEAVEN,
00:48:38.75\00:48:46.15
AND THERE SATAN IS CONTESTING
OVER HIS BODY, IT INDICATES THAT
00:48:46.15\00:48:51.19
ANY TIME GOD IS ABOUT TO MOVE IN
A POWERFUL WAY, SATAN IS THERE
00:48:51.19\00:48:55.66
TO CONTEST IT. SO
WHEN WE PRAY FOR SOMEONE
00:48:55.66\00:48:58.23
ELSE, AND GOD COMMISSIONS
HIS ANGELS TO INTERVENE IN THAT
00:48:58.23\00:49:01.80
PERSON'S LIFE, I BELIEVE
SATAN IS THERE TO CONTEST IT.
00:49:01.80\00:49:04.94
HE SAYS, LOOK, HE DIDN'T ASK FOR
THIS, WHY ARE YOU INTERVENING SO
00:49:04.94\00:49:11.01
THIS PERSON IS MORE SES
SEPTEMBERABLE TO THE GOSPEL.
00:49:11.01\00:49:15.78
AND I BELIEVE THAT JESUS SAYS
THE LORD REBUKED YOU, BECAUSE HE
00:49:15.78\00:49:21.82
DIDN'T ASK FOR IT,
BUT HIS MOTHER DID.
00:49:21.82\00:49:24.29
OR THIS CHURCH DID.
THEY ARE ASKING FOR MY
00:49:24.29\00:49:27.86
INTERVENTION. SO I
HAVE THE CLEARANCE TO MOVE
00:49:27.86\00:49:30.73
ABOVE AND BEYOND.
AND IT IS A VERY POWERFUL
00:49:30.73\00:49:33.87
THOUGHT THAT IN THE GREAT
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GOOD AND
00:49:33.87\00:49:39.11
EVIL, THAT WE HAVE A PART TO
PLAY IN NOT OLY OUR SALVATION,
00:49:39.11\00:49:44.18
BUT ALSO GIVING GOD THE RIGHT
TO INTERVENE IN THE LIVES OF OUR
00:49:44.18\00:49:48.45
LOVED ONES, ABOVE AND
BEYOND WHAT HE WOULD NORMALLY BE
00:49:48.45\00:49:53.25
AVAILABLE. >> WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT PRAYER
00:49:53.25\00:49:54.56
FOR SEASON, WHEN YOU SAY I'M
GOING TO PRAY FOR SOMEONE, IT IS
00:49:54.56\00:49:59.86
GOOD TO LET THAT PERSON KNOW YOU
ARE PRAYING FOR THEM, BECAUSE IT
00:49:59.86\00:50:04.80
GIVES -- SUBLIMINAL SUGGESTION
IS NOT THE WORD -- IT LETS THEM
00:50:04.80\00:50:08.84
KNOW THEY ARE NOT OUT ON A
LIMB BY THEMSELVES UNNOTICED.
00:50:08.84\00:50:13.14
>> YES. >> BECAUSE
I BELIEVE THAT PRAYER
00:50:13.14\00:50:15.51
IS -- IS MORE THAN JUST PRAYING
ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE, BUT
00:50:15.51\00:50:19.91
LETTING THEM KNOW THAT
I'M YOLKING UP WITH YOU.
00:50:19.91\00:50:23.59
I MAY NOT BE THERE PHYSICALLY
WITH YOU, BUT I'M YOLKING UP
00:50:23.59\00:50:29.12
WITH YOU. I KNOW
THE STRUGGLE YOU ARE
00:50:29.12\00:50:31.69
FACING, THE ODDS THAT ARE
STACKED AGAINST YOU, QUOTE,
00:50:31.69\00:50:35.03
UNQUOTE, AND
I'M ENCOURAGING YOU.
00:50:35.03\00:50:38.23
OR SOMETIMES WE SAY TO OUR LOVED
ONE, I KNOW IT'S JUS MATTER OF
00:50:38.23\00:50:42.74
TIME BEORE YOU SURRENDER TO GOD.
00:50:42.74\00:50:45.67
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
I'M PRAYING FOR YOU EVERY DAY.
00:50:45.67\00:50:49.01
AND I WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN
A FLYING CLUB HERE IN SOUTHERN
00:50:49.01\00:50:53.11
ILLINOIS, AND PEOPLE
LEARNING THAT I WAS A PASTOR.
00:50:53.11\00:50:57.79
THEY WOULD COME UP WITH THESE
SUGGESTIONS, MY WIFE IS HAVING A
00:50:57.79\00:51:02.72
SURGERY. COULD YOU
PRAY FOR HER FOR ME?
00:51:02.72\00:51:07.86
AND I WOULD PAUSE RIGHT THERE
ON THE FLYING FIELD, AND I WOULD
00:51:07.86\00:51:13.57
SAY, I'LL PRAY
FOR YOUR RIGHT NOW.
00:51:13.57\00:51:17.67
AND PRAYER SHOULD BE
SOMETHING -- LET PEOPLE KNOW IN
00:51:17.67\00:51:25.98
THE PARTICIPATEORY SENSE,
BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T
00:51:25.98\00:51:34.82
FEEL THE NEED TO PRAYER --
THEY DON'T FEEL THE PERSONAL
00:51:34.82\00:51:39.19
WORTHINESS. >> YES.
00:51:39.19\00:51:40.26
>> AND GOD DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE
TO BE A CERTAIN PERSON TO PRAY.
00:51:40.26\00:51:44.53
SOME PEOPLE LISTENING TO THE
PROGRAM MIGHT SAY, I REALLY WANT
00:51:44.53\00:51:48.14
TO PRAY, BUT WHO DO I
ASK? WHAT ABOUT THAT ROLE?
00:51:48.14\00:51:53.14
BUT WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE THAT FEEL
THAT THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH OR
00:51:53.14\00:51:57.45
WORTHY ENOUGH TO PRAY? >> YES.
00:51:57.45\00:51:59.65
>> THEY JUST DON'T FEEL
THAT GOD WANTS TO HEAR ME.
00:51:59.65\00:52:03.42
WHAT DO WE SAY TO
THOSE INDIVIDUALS?
00:52:03.42\00:52:05.82
>> WELL, I THINK FIRST OF
ALL, THERE'S A BOOK "STEPS OF
00:52:05.82\00:52:10.09
CHRIST," IT SAYS WHEN WE PRAY
TO GOD, IT IS THOUGH -- AND I'M
00:52:10.09\00:52:15.46
PARAPHRASING, THAT WE'RE
THE ONLY PERSON ON THE EARTH.
00:52:15.46\00:52:18.00
THINK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS.
IN OTHER WORDS WHEN WE
00:52:18.00\00:52:22.24
PRAY -- GOD HAS THE ONLY
CAPACITY TO DO THIS, WE HAVE HIS
00:52:22.24\00:52:26.57
UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.
THERE ARE 8 BILLION PEOPLE OR
00:52:26.57\00:52:30.61
WHATEVER ON PLANET
EARTH. AND WE HAVE HIS UNDIVIDED
00:52:30.61\00:52:34.42
ATTENTION. IN OTHER
WORDS GOD VALUES YOU,
00:52:34.42\00:52:36.52
AND GOD VALUES OUR PRAYERS.
AND WHEN WE PRAY TO GOD, I THINK
00:52:36.52\00:52:41.86
OF THE STORY OF THE LEPER THAT
CAME TO JESUS AS A LEPER, AND
00:52:41.86\00:52:46.09
THAT'S THE ONLY
WAY WE CAN COME TO GOD.
00:52:46.09\00:52:48.63
IT'S NOT OUR
WORTHINESS THAT IS IMPORTANT.
00:52:48.63\00:52:50.90
IT IS THE WORTHINESS OF CHRIST.
DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD
00:52:50.90\00:52:54.54
THINKS OF US, BUT THINK ABOUT
WHAT GOD THINKS OF CHRIST, AND
00:52:54.54\00:52:59.34
THAT'S WHY WE COME TO GOD
THE FATHER IN JESUS'S NAME.
00:52:59.34\00:53:03.91
IT'S THE WORTHINESS OF
JESUS THAT MAKES OUR PRAYERS
00:53:03.91\00:53:08.15
ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. IT'S
BECAUSE WE'RE COMING IN HIS
00:53:08.15\00:53:15.62
NAME. THERE ARE
SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE
00:53:15.62\00:53:18.99
TOLD TO TALK TO SOMEBODY OF
INFLUENCE, AND THEY SAY, HEY,
00:53:18.99\00:53:23.90
TELL THEM THAT I SENT YOU.
AND I JUST CHANGES THE WHOLE
00:53:23.90\00:53:28.67
DYNAMICS. YOU ARE
THERE, AND THEN YOU DROP
00:53:28.67\00:53:31.01
THAT NAME, AND
THEY ARE LIKE, OH OKAY.
00:53:31.01\00:53:35.54
AND THEY GIVE YOU LIKE
A -- 3 >> [ INAUDIBLE ].
00:53:35.54\00:53:39.25
>> YEAH, A VIP
ACCESS TO THIS WHOLE THING.
00:53:39.25\00:53:42.05
SO WHEN WE PRAY, IT'S NOT MY
MERITS OR GOODNESS, WHEN WE SAY
00:53:42.05\00:53:49.96
IN JESUS'S NAME -- OH,
OKAY. >> YES, WE'RE GOING TO THE
00:53:49.96\00:53:56.33
FATHER IN THE AUTHORITY
AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE SON.
00:53:56.33\00:53:58.70
>> YES. >> THERE
IS A PASSAGE IN PSALMS
00:53:58.70\00:54:04.57
18, WHERE IT SAYS IN MY DISTRESS
I CALLED UPON THE LORD AND CRIED
00:54:04.57\00:54:10.08
UNTO MY GOD. HE
HEARD MY VOICE OUT OF HIS
00:54:10.08\00:54:14.68
TEMPLE, AND MY CRY CAME
BEFORE HIM EVEN TO HIS EARS.
00:54:14.68\00:54:18.12
AND LATER ON -- WE'RE READING
THIS IN -- IN SAMUEL, 2 SAMUEL,
00:54:18.12\00:54:24.56
IT SAYS HE INCLINED. GOD
CAN HEAR US FROM EVEN HIS
00:54:24.56\00:54:31.37
TEMPLE. >> UH-HUH.
00:54:31.37\00:54:32.83
>> HE HEARD MY VOICE OUT OF HIS
TEMPLE AND MY CRY CAME BEFORE
00:54:32.83\00:54:37.21
HIM. THAT'S THE
INTIMACY OF PRAYER.
00:54:37.21\00:54:39.71
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
MANY TEXT MESSAGES ARE SENT OUT
00:54:39.71\00:54:43.51
EACH DAY. >> YEAH,
I CAN'T IMAGINE THE
00:54:43.51\00:54:47.02
NUMBERS. >> HOW MANY POSTS.
00:54:47.02\00:54:48.88
I THINK YOUTUBE SAID THERE ARE
MORE VIDEOS POSTED EACH DAY THAN
00:54:48.88\00:54:52.72
YOU CAN WATCH IN YOUR LIFETIME.
>> WOW, THAT'S JUST -- THAT'S
00:54:52.72\00:54:56.06
JUST AMAZING. >>
SO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
00:54:56.06\00:54:59.46
CALLING ON GOD AND HE
CAN HEAR EACH ONE OF THEM.
00:54:59.46\00:55:02.50
CAN YOU IMAGINE? >>
YEAH, THE INFINITE MIND OF
00:55:02.50\00:55:07.70
GOD, IT'S REALLY A MARVEL.
AND THE THING IS, IN THIS 21ST
00:55:07.70\00:55:12.74
CENTURY, I THINK PRAYER IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF PRAYER IS MORE
00:55:12.74\00:55:17.38
BELIEVABLE. BECAUSE
TODAY WE HAVE -- YOU
00:55:17.38\00:55:19.68
KNOW, WE HAVE THESE TYPES
OF THINGS -- I MEAN THERE'S NO
00:55:19.68\00:55:22.98
WIRES CONNECTED TO IT.
YOU CAN TEXT AND IT GOES JUST
00:55:22.98\00:55:26.35
INTO THIN AIR. THERE'S
A WHOLE REALITY THAT WE
00:55:26.35\00:55:30.36
CAN'T SEE ALL AROUND US, AND
THESE THINGS ARE TRANSMITTED,
00:55:30.36\00:55:35.16
INFORMATION -- WE ARE
TAPPING INTO INFORMATION AT OUR
00:55:35.16\00:55:38.33
FINGERTIPS, AND
YOU DON'T SEE IT.
00:55:38.33\00:55:39.93
AND THIS IS FROM A HUMAN POINT
OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT MAKES THE
00:55:39.93\00:55:46.11
PRAYER BELIEVABLE. >> UH-HUH.
00:55:46.11\00:55:48.81
>> THAT YOU CAN PRAY AND GOD
CAN HEAR THOSE -- THOSE PRAYERS.
00:55:48.81\00:55:54.28
NOT ONLY CAN HE HEAR IT, BUT HE
IS VERY INTERESTED IN -- IN WHAT
00:55:54.28\00:55:57.85
WE PRAY. ONE OF MY
FAVORITE QUOTES SAYS
00:55:57.85\00:56:01.72
BY YOUR FERVENT PRAYERS, YOU
CAN MOVE THE ARM THAT MOVES THE
00:56:01.72\00:56:06.36
WORLD. AND THE
BOOK STEPS TO CHRIST
00:56:06.36\00:56:09.33
PAGE 94 SAYS PRAYER IS THE KEY
IN THE HAND OF FAITH TO UNLOCK
00:56:09.33\00:56:14.60
HEAVEN'S STOREHOUSE. I
MEAN, WHAT AN IMAGE THAT IS,
00:56:14.60\00:56:19.74
THE KEY TO UNLOCK
HEAVEN'S STOREHOUSE.
00:56:19.74\00:56:22.34
IN OTHER WORDS THAT CONSENT,
THAT PERMISSION THAT YOU GIVE
00:56:22.34\00:56:25.78
FOR THAT TYPE OF ACCESS THAT GOD
GIVES YOU, AND THIS BOOK ALSO
00:56:25.78\00:56:30.35
SAYS THAT ANGELS WONDER WHEN
THEY LOOK AT FRAIL HUMAN BEINGS,
00:56:30.35\00:56:34.82
AND SEE ALL OF THE LIMITLESS
POTENTIAL THAT HEAVEN HAS IN
00:56:34.82\00:56:40.33
STORE FOR US, SPIRITUALLY AND
PHYSICALLY, THEY WONDER WHY WE
00:56:40.33\00:56:45.67
DON'T PRAY MORE, AND WHY
WE BECOME SO INDEPENDENT ON
00:56:45.67\00:56:48.87
OURSELVES. AND
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
00:56:48.87\00:56:50.87
PRAYER DOES FOR ME, IS IT LEADS
ME TO THE PLACE WHERE I NEED
00:56:50.87\00:56:55.18
GOD. THE VERY POSTURE OF PRAYER
00:56:55.18\00:57:01.02
IMPLIES OUR NEED
AND DEPENDANCE ON HIM.
00:57:01.02\00:57:06.49
>> PEOPLE ASK WHERE IS
THE CLAUDE CLOUD -- CLOUD?
00:57:06.49\00:57:14.10
AND PEOPLE SAY
UP THERE SOMEWHERE.
00:57:14.10\00:57:16.20
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
NOT JUST PRAYER BUT REVIVAL, AND
00:57:16.20\00:57:20.60
WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE END OF
OUR FIRST HOUR WITH YOU FRIENDS.
00:57:20.60\00:57:25.41
AND HOW DOES PRAYER
PLAY A MAYOR ROLE IN REVIVAL.
00:57:25.41\00:57:29.44
YOU WERE ONCE ALIVE, BUT
SOMETHING HAPPENED AND YOU MUST
00:57:29.44\00:57:33.21
BE ALIVE AGAIN. HOW
PRAYER PLAYS A ROLE IN
00:57:33.21\00:57:36.72
RERIVAL. WE'RE
GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT
00:57:36.72\00:57:39.39
IN THE SECOND
HALF OF THE PROGRAM.
00:57:39.39\00:57:41.92
DON'T GO AWAY, WE'LL BE
BACK IN JUST A FEWMOMENTS.
00:57:41.92\00:57:44.66
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