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08:55 [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] >> YEAH, YEAH.
08:57 YOU MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. [ LAUGHTER ] 09:02 >> BUT YOU SURVIVE, YOU SURVIVE THE BODY IMPACT. 09:05 >> YEAH. YEAH. 09:06 IT'S DEFINITELY AN ADJUSTMENT, BUT I BEEN THERE NOW, THREE 09:12 YEARS THIS OCTOBER. AND -- BUT I THINK LAST DECEMBER 09:15 IT -- IT WAS GETTING TO ME LAST DECEMBER, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 09:21 DIRECT TICKETS, LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TO HAWAII FROM 09:25 ALASKA. 09:36 >> SO WHEN YOU COME TO 3ABN IS IT BEING BROUGHT OUT OF DARKNESS 09:43 INTO THE LIGHT. >> ACTUALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR 09:48 THERE'S A LOT OF LIGHT. >> SO YOU WANT THE SUN TO GO 09:52 AWAY. >> YEAH, I TOLD MY WIFE LAST 09:54 NIGHT, I WAS LIKE HONEY, IT'S LIKE 9:30, AND IT'S GETTING 09:59 DARK. WHEREAS THERE, IT'S 9:30, AND 10:02 IT'S -- IT'S LIT UP. WE GOT IN FROM A PLANE SUNDAY 10:06 NIGHT, AND GOT IN 10:00 PM AND IT WAS LIGHT. 10:12 IT WAS LIKE 3:00 PM HERE. >> WOW. 10:14 I GUESS THA'S WHY THEY TRY TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME UP HERE. 10:22 >> YES. >> EVERY TIME PASTOR SHIN SHOWS 10:26 UP WE KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE BLESSED. 10:29 TELL ME HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OR THE TOPIC OF PRAYER AND 10:34 REVIVAL, WAS IT A PERSONAL DISCOVERY, YOUR OWN DEVOTIONAL 10:43 LIFE? GIVE US SOME FOUNDATION. 10:44 >> WELL, I NOTICED IN MY BIBLE STUDY WITH EVERY MAJOR REVIVAL 10:51 THERE IS A LINK TO A PERSON OR A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE 10:55 DEDICATED TO A RADICAL, SACRIFICIAL PRAYER LIFE. 10:59 IT'S UNPRECEDENTED. YOU CAN SEE THAT. 11:02 AND IN MY OWN EXPERIENCE, I FOUND IN MY MINISTRY THAT WHEN A 11:06 GROUP OF PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT 11:12 SPECIFICALLY, TO ASK FOR REVIVAL THAT GOD MOVED IN AN INCREDIBLE 11:17 WAY. NOW WHAT DO WE MEAN BY 11:22 RERIVAL -- REVIVAL. IT COMES FROM THE ROOT WORD 11:29 REVIVE. REVIVE, RE MEANS YOU HAVE DONE 11:34 IT ONCE, YOU AR GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. 11:38 AND VIVE LITERALLY MEANS TO LIVE AGAIN. 11:43 IT IMPLIES YOU LIVED, THEN YOU DIED, THEN YOU NEED TO BE 11:48 REVIVED, AND IN OUR CHURCHES, I PASTORED THREE OR FOUR CHURCHES 11:54 WHEN -- WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS THEME OF PRAYER AND REVIVAL, AND 12:00 IT SEEMED LIKE IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT PROGRAM YOU PUT INTO PLACE, 12:05 WHAT TYPE OF MESSAGES I -- I WOULD ENDEAVOR TO PREACH, THAT 12:11 THE ROOT PROBLEM OF -- OF THE NEED FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND 12:16 REVIVAL WOULD JUST -- WOULD JUST-pPERSIST, YOU KNOW? IT JUST -- KIND OF REARRANGING 12:23 THE FURNITURE, AND MEDIOCRE RESULT, AVERAGE RESULTS, AND I 12:27 GOT TO A PLACE WHEE I'M JUST TIRED OF IMMEMEDIOCRITY. 12:36 I'M TIRED OF JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS. 12:38 >> I CALL IT THE MAZE OF MEDIOCRITY. 12:41 >> YEAH. >> YOU WANT A WAY OUT. 12:43 >> YEAH. AND THEN YOU READ STORIES IN THE 12:49 BIBLE, SPECIFICALLY THE BOOK OF ACTS AND IT WAS ANYTHING BUT. 12:59 THEY WERE ABLE TO TURN THE WORLD UPSIDEDOWN IN ONE GENERATION. 13:03 TOOK THE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE WORLD. 13:07 THE GOSPEL HAS GONE TO EVERY CREATURE UNDER HEAVEN. 13:13 THEY CHANGED THE WHOLE ROMAN EMPIRE. 13:16 AND IT CAME AND BEGAN IN A PRAYER MEETING. 13:20 A PRAYER MEETING. AND I THINK IT'S VERY EASY FOR 13:23 MYSELF AS A MINISTER TO GET SO INTO THE MECHANICS AND THE 13:30 PROGRAMS, AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T NEED GOOD PROGRAMS, AND 13:35 I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T NEED TO PLAN. 13:39 WE NEED THOSE THINGS. BUT MANY TIMES PRAYER IS 13:42 SOMETHING THAT IS PUT TO THE PERIPHERY OF WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 13:47 WHETHER IT'S AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES, OR ALL OF THESE THINGS 13:51 WHICH ARE NECESSARY AND NEEDED, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO EVENTS IN 13:55 DOING, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, I'M GOING TO DO A PRAYER. 13:58 LET'S PRAY. IT BECOMES THIS FORMALITY -- 14:01 >> IT'S PREPARATORY. >> YEAH, IT'S A THIS FORMALISM 14:07 WE GO THROUGH. AND WE NEED TO PRAY, SO WE PRAY 14:11 OUR LITTLE FORMAL PRAYER, AND THEN ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND I'M 14:15 GOING THIS. BUT IN THE BIBLE YOU SEE THAT 14:18 PRAYER WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS A SIDE DISH THAT WAS DONE 14:22 JUST BEFORE YOU DID SOMETHING. >> RIGHT. 14:24 >> IT WAS VERY CENTRAL TO WHAT INDIVIDUALS LIKE JESUS, LIKE THE 14:35 APOSTALES, LIKE ELIJAH, THEY WERE MEN OF PRAYER, AND BELIEVED 14:38 IN THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER, AND THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT ME THROUGH 14:43 THIS WHOLE PERSONAL JOURNEY AND STUDY ABOUT PRAYER AND REVIVAL, 14:47 AND THERE IS A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM. 14:51 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN THE TWO 14:54 OF THEM. ONE OF THE INSTANCES IS JOHN 14:57 WESLEY. JOHN WESLEY WAS AN ENGLISH 15:02 REFORMER. HE CHANGED THE WORLD. 15:04 I HAVE A STATEMENT HERE, IT SAYS HE PREACHED 40,000 SERMONS 15:08 DURING HIS LIFETIME. THAT'S A LOT OF SERMONS. 15:12 THAT'S NOT PREACHING ONCE A WEEK. 15:14 >> NO. >> THAT'S A LOT OF SERMONS. 15:17 HE TRAVELED 250,000 MILES ON HORSEBACK. 15:21 WORKED WITH 15 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, AND THI IS 15:24 INTERESTING, AT THE AGE OF 83, HE WAS ANGRY BECAUSE HIS DOCTOR 15:30 WOULDN'T LET HIM PREACH LESS THAN -- MORE THAN 14 TIMES A 15:33 WEEK. AT THE AGE OF 86 WRITTEN IN HIS 15:38 JOURNAL ARE THE WORDS LAZINESS IS SLIPPING IN, THERE IS AN 15:43 INCREASING TENDENCY TO STAY IN BED AFTER 5:30 IN THE MORNING. 15:50 >> AND HE IS 86. >> AND HE'S 86. 15:53 AND HE CHANGED THE WORLD. HE CHANGED ENGLAND SPECIFICALLY. 15:58 AND THERE IS A LOOK THAT IS CALLED "ENGLAND BEFORE AND AFTER 16:04 WESLEY," AND THE TITLE IS THE THESIS OF THE BOOK. 16:06 IT SHOWS ENGLAND BEFORE WESLEY, AND THEN ENGLAND AFTER WESLEY, 16:13 AND HOW WESLEY WAS TRANSFORMATIVE THROUGH THE HOLY 16:17 SPIRIT IN CHANGING ENGLAND. THE BOOK ACCOUNTS HOW ENGLAND 16:23 HAD FALLEN TO ITS LOWEST STEPS, UNKNOWN TO THAT POINT IN 16:27 CHRISTIAN HISTORY, AND THEN JOHN WESLEY COMES ON THE SCEE, AND 16:32 THEN ENGLAND IS REVIVED AND BROUGHT BACK TO THE LORD 16:36 AFTERWARD. AND I FOUND IN JOHN WESLEY'S 16:38 LIFE, THAT HIM AND A GROUP OF FRIENDS GATHERED TOGETHER AND 16:42 SAID, LOOK, LET'S PRAY FOR ENGLAND. 16:45 LET'S PRAY FOR REVIVAL. AND THROUGH THAT PRAYER MEETING, 16:49 JOHN WESLEY BECAME THE FATHER OF METHODISM, AND WHAT HAPPENED IS 16:54 THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION, AND LUTHER WERE COMING OUT OF 16:58 DARKNESS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT LUTHER'S OWN THEOLOGY, IT'S 17:03 FASCINATING, BECAUSE HE WAS COMING OUT OF LEGALISM, AND MANY 17:07 TIMES FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF LEGALISM, THEY 17:12 TEND TO SWING THE PENDULUM IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. 17:15 AND LUTHER WAS NOT IMMUNE TO HIS OWN BIOGRAPHY. 17:20 BECAUSE THERE WAS ONE BOOK IN THE BIBLE THAT HE SAYS IT'S AN 17:26 EPSOLE OF STRAW. AND THAT WAS THE BOOK OF JAMES. 17:30 BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT FRUIT AND WORKS, AND HE WAS LIKE, HEY, I 17:34 CAN'T HANDLE THIS. AND IT WAS IN HIS GERMAN 17:38 TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE. HE SAYS IT'S THE BOOK OF JAMES. 17:43 AND YOU SEE THIS PENDULUM, AND PEOPLE SAID, LOOK, WE'RE SAVED 17:49 BY GRACE. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I DO. 17:51 I JUST LIVE MY LIFE. GROWTH AND SANCTIFICATION HAS NO 17:56 POINT IN THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, DOSN'T MATTER WHAT 17:59 I DO, AND JOHN WESLEY WAS LIKE, LOOK, IT'S NOT JUSTIFICATION OR 18:06 SANCTIFICATION, IT IS BOTH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 18:08 >> THEY ARE BOTH BY FAITH THROUGH GRACE. 18:10 AND JOHN WESLEY CAME ON THE SCENE, AND SAID LOOK, AN 18:14 IMPORTANT PART OF CHRISTIAN GROWTH IS PRAYER. 18:17 IT'S PRAYER. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN SANCTUARY 18:19 AND THE ALTER OF INCENSE, IN THE HOLY PLACE IN THE SANCTUARY. 18:25 SO PRAYER WAS BROUGHT BACK TO PREEMINENCE, AND IT BECAME 18:30 THE -- THE CENTRAL POINT THROUGH WHICH THE ENGLISH REFORMATION 18:34 WAS SPARKED IN ENGLAND. AND IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY OF 18:38 FAITH, IT'S INTERESTING THAT ELLEN WHITE WAS METHODIST. 18:43 WAS METHODIST, SO IT WAS THAT SYNTHESIS BETWEEN JUSTIFICATION 18:48 AND SANCTIFICATION THAT BROUGHT THOSE TWO ASPECTS TOGETHER. 18:51 >> IT WAS INTERESTING THAT YOU MENTION THE BOOK OF JAMES. 18:56 IT'S ANTAGONISTIC FOR SOME THEOLOGIANS EVEN TODAY. 19:00 >> YES. >> WHILE MANY TRY TO DISTINGUISH 19:03 THE LIFE OF CHRIST, THEN PAUL BRING IT BACK, AND MANY DO THEIR 19:08 BEST TO TRY TO GET RID OF PAUL'S WRITINGS, THEN JAMS COMES 19:15 ALONG, AND HE PUTS WORKS, FRUITS, PRAYER, GOD'S LAW -- 19:20 >> YES. >> -- HE BRINGS IT ALL BACK 19:23 TOGETHER AND THEN BRINGS OUT THIS WHOLE IDEA IN THE FIFTH 19:26 CHAPTER OF JAMES THAT ELIJAH WAS A MAN SUBJECT TO PASSION, YET HE 19:33 PRAYED. SO HE IS NOT FORGETTING TO CLOSE 19:35 THAT BOOK OUT WITH WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, PRAYER. 19:38 HE BRINGS IT BACK INTO FOCUS. YES, THE LAW IS GOOD, AND I CALL 19:43 JAMES -- AS A CHAPTER OF FAITH, BUT JAMES IS THE BOOK OF FAIT. 19:47 >> UH-HUH. >> THE WHOLE THING. 19:50 AND PRAYER IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF IT. 19:52 THAT'S WHY IT WAS INTERESTING THAT YOU INCLUDED JAMES IN THAT. 19:56 >> YES. >> AND WESLEY SAW THAT TOO. 19:58 >> YES, WESLEY SAW THAT, AND WESLEY PROTESTANT, HE BELIEVED 20:04 IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH, NOT RIGHTEOUSNESS BY WORKS. 20:09 HOWEVER, HE BELIEVED IF YOU ARE A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN, IT IS AS 20:14 ESSENTIAL TO BE BORN AGAIN AND TO GROW. 20:17 IF YOU WERE TO ASK PARENT, WHICH IS MORE ESSENTIAL FOR A BABY TO 20:21 BE BORN, OR A BABY TO BE GROWING AFTER BIT. 20:25 WHICH IS IT? >> BOTH. 20:28 BOTH. AND WE LIVE IN AN AGE TODAY 20:31 WHERE IN MUCH OF THE EVANGELICAL COMMUNITY, THE BIRTH IS 20:38 EMPHASIZED TO THE NEGATION OR THE -- 20:42 >> MINIMIZE. >> THE MINIMIZING OF GROWTH 20:46 AFTER BIRTH. AND I'M LIKE, IT'S BOTH. 20:50 IT'S BOTH. WE JUST HAD A BABY, AND IT'S 20:54 AMAZING, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THE BIRTH OF THE BABY, EVERYTHING IS 21:02 FOCUSED ON THE BIRTH. AND THE BABY IS BORN, IT WAS 21:05 LIKE 52 HOURS OF BIRTH. AND YOU ARE SO FOCUSED ON THAT 21:12 EVENT, AND THEN SUDDENLY, ACROSS YOUR SLEEP-DEPRIVED 21:20 CONSCIOUSNESS, YOU REALIZE THAT BABY REQUIRES DAILY, HOURLY, 21:28 CARE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. BUT THAT IS TOTALLY LINKED TO 21:32 GROWTH. AND IF A BABY DOES NOT GROW 21:35 AFTER BIRTH. IT IS CALLED FAILURE TO THRIVE. 21:38 FAILURE TO THRIVE. AND MY FEAR IS THAT IN THE 21:42 CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TODAY WE HAVE A HOST OF INDIVIDUALS THAT 21:45 HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN, BUT ARE STILL IN THE NICU. 21:50 FAILURE TO THRIVE. >> I LIKE THAT. 21:52 >> FAILURE TO THRIVE AFTER BIRTH. 21:54 AND THE CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE IS ABOUT THE NEW BIRTH AND GROWING 21:58 UP IN CHRIST. IT'S THE SAME SUPERNATURAL POWER 22:03 OF THAT -- THAT CREATED THE BIRTH PROCESS IS THERE IN THE 22:06 GROWTH PROESS. IT'S SUPERNATURAL. 22:09 YOU THINK ABOUT CONCEPTION AND BIRTH. 22:13 IT'S A MIRACLE. >> OH, YEAH. 22:15 >> YEAH, IT'S A MIRACLE BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, BUT IT'S 22:21 A MIRACLE THAT THAT BABY GROWS AND DEVELOPS AND IT'S THROUGH 22:25 DAILY DEPENDANCE ON FOOD, AND THE NATURING OF THE MOTHER. 22:36 SO IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF NOT ONLY THE REVIVAL OF GOD'S 22:42 CHURCH, BUT CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND CHRISTIAN GROWTH. 22:46 PRAYER IS THE BREATH OF THE SOUL, ONE OF MY FAVORITE WRITERS 22:50 SAYS. THINK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF 22:53 THAT. THE BREATH OF THE SOUL. 22:56 >> WITHOUT IT YOU DIE. >> YEAH. 22:59 AND HOW OFTEN DO WE NEED TO BREATHE? 23:02 YOU DON'T JUST SAY, OKAY, I TOOK MY BREATH THIS MORNING. 23:08 I'M GOOD. [ LAUGHTER ] 23:09 >> CONSTANT BREATHING. >> CONSTANT BREATHING. 23:12 AND THIS IS NOT TO INDICATE THAT WE NEED TO BE ALWAYS ON OUR 23:18 KNEES. WE CAN BE GOING THROUGH OUR DAY 23:21 AND JUST -- AS SOON AS OUR ENGAGEMENT GOES FROM WHATEVER 23:24 TASK WE'RE INVOLVED IN, WE GO BACK TO THOSE IDLE MOMENTS, AND 23:30 I BELIEVE THAT PRAYER AND COMMUNION WITH GOD SHOULD BE THE 23:35 FAVORITE PLACE WE GO TO WHEN WE ARE DETACHED AND HAVE A FEW IDOL 23:43 MOMENTS. RATHER TODAY, PEOPLE GO TO THEIR 23:46 PHONES, BUT THE BIBLE INDICATES THAT PRAYER AND COMMUNION WITH 23:50 GOD SHOULD BE A PLACE THAT WE AS GROWING CHRISTIANS SHOULD 23:55 NATURALLY GO TO FOR STRENGTH, FOR ILL ILLUMINATION, FOR 24:00 INSPIRATION. AND YOU SEE THAT IN THE LIFE OF 24:04 JESUS, PRAYER WAS NOT A PERIPHERAL PART OF HIS OWN 24:08 EXPERIENCE. THIS IS PHENOMENAL WHEN YOU 24:10 THINK ABOUT IT. JESUS IS GOD, AND YET, HE TOOK 24:14 TIME TO PRAY. THERE IS A LOT OF IMPLICATIONS 24:16 OF THAT. AND JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE. 24:21 OBVIOUSLY, HE DIDN'T NEED TO PRAY, OKAY? 24:24 BUT IN HIS HUMANITY, HE -- YOU KNOW, HE -- HE CHOSE NOT TO TAP 24:30 INTO HIS DIVINITY AND DEPENDED ON THE FATHER FOR EVERYTHING, 24:34 AND THAT'S WHY HE SAID OF MYSELF I CAN DO NOTHING. 24:37 HE CHOSE TO DEPEND ON GOD THE FATHER FOR EVERYTHING, AND THAT 24:42 MADE PRAYER A NECESSITY. >> RIGHT. 24:44 >> MARK 1:35, IT SAYS NOW IN THE MORNING, HAVING RISEN A LONG 24:50 WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT, HE WENT OUT TO A SOLITARY PLACE, AND 24:54 THERE WE PRAYED. SO JESUS WOULD GET UP, AND THE 24:58 BIBLE SAYS A LONG WHILE BEFORE DAYLIGHT. 25:01 SO THIS IS NOT 8:00 A.M. SOME SCHOLARS BELIEVE THIS IS 25:06 BETWEEN 3:00 AND 4:00 IN THE MORNING. 25:09 SO HE WOULD GET UP VERY, VERY EARLY, AND GO TO A QUIET PLACE, -AND THERE HE PRAYED. 25:15 AND THE BIBLE SAYS BUT JESUS WAS OFTEN SLIP AWAY TO THE 25:21 WILDERNESS AND PRAY. SO PRAYER WAS NOT SOMETHING HE 25:24 DID ON THE PERIPHERY. SOMETIMES HE WOULD PRAY ALL 25:28 NIGHT IN PRAYER. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 25:31 HISTORIANS THAT INDICATE THAT THE MOST NOTABLE FIGURE IN HUMAN 25:37 HISTORY IS JESUS CHRIST. YOU KNOW, HE MADE A SIGNIFICANT 25:39 IMPACT ON HUMAN HISTORY, AND WHEN YOU PEEL BACK THE LAYERS 25:43 AND GO INTO HIS PRIVATE LIFE, YOU SEE THAT HE WAS SPENDING 25:48 SIGNIFICANT TIME IN PRAYER. YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN AN AGE 25:52 TODAY WHERE YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC LIFE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE 25:56 PRIVATE LIFE. THERE'S THIS DICHOTOMY BETWEEN 25:59 THE TWO, AND PEOPLE ARE SO INTERESTED WITH THEIR PUBLIC 26:04 PERSONA, AND IT'S INTERESTING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. 26:07 WE BECOME FASCINATED AND -- TO THE POINT OF SELF ABSORPTION 26:12 WITH OUR PUBLISH PERSONA OR OUR FACEBOOK PROFILE -- 26:16 >> WE'RE CAMPAIGNING FOR RECOGNITION. 26:19 >> YES, YOU WANT TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY, AND HAVE A CERTAIN 26:23 IMAGE, BUT WE BECOME SO FOCUSED ON OUR PUBLIC IMAGE AND PERSONA, 26:28 AND IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE OF 26:33 JESUS, HE WAS JUST AS INTERESTED, IF NOT MORE, IN HIS 26:39 PRIVATE LIFE. YOU HEAR OF INDIVIDUALS, THEY 26:42 HAVE THIS PUBLIC PERSONA, AND THEIR PUBLIC PRIVATE LIFE IS IN 26:47 SHAMBLES. THEY HAVE A TERRBLE MARRIAGE. 26:49 THEY HAVE MULTIPLE AFFAIRS, AND ALL OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS. 26:54 THEIR PRIVATE LIFE -- IT'S JUST NAS -- NASTY IN THE HOME. 27:02 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE OF JESUS, YOU SEE HE PRACTICED WHAT 27:05 HE PREACHED. IN THE BOOK MINISTRY OF HEALING 27:09 SAYS NEVER A MAN SPOKE AS JESUS SPOKE, BECAUSE NEVER A MAN LIVED 27:14 AS JESUS LIVED. IN OTHER WORDS THE POWER OF HIS 27:19 PUBLIC LIFE CAME FROM HIS PRIVATE LIFE, NOT THE OTHER WAY 27:22 AROUND. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PRIVATE 27:24 LIFE OF JESUS, THERE WAS A -- A POWERFUL PRAYER LIFE, AND MY 27:30 THESIS IS VERY SIMPLE, THAT EVERY SPIRITUAL REVIVAL CAN BE 27:36 TRACED TO A PERSON OF PRAYER. EVERY SPIRITUAL REVIVAL. 27:39 THERE IS NO EXCEPTION TO THIS IDEA THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT A 27:46 MASS MOVEMENT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING GENUINE 27:51 REVIVAL -- BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE A FALSE REVIVAL AT 27:54 THE END OF TIME. THERE IS GOING TO BE A FALSE 27:58 FIRE THAT COMES, BUT EVERY GENUINE REVIVAL IS LINKED TO A 28:04 RADICAL PRAYER LIFE OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PRAYING 28:08 SACRIFICIALLY FOR PRAYER. >> WHAT IF -- WE LIVE IN A 28:12 TECHNICAL WORLD TODAY. >> YES. 28:15 >> EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS TRACED. 28:18 >> YES. >> YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, WHEN 28:21 YOU POST ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM, YOU HAVE THIS OPTION, 28:25 WOULD YOU LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR LOCATION? 28:28 THEN WHEN YOU BUY A NEW PHONE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TURN ON YOUR 28:32 LOCATION. >> YES. 28:32 >> WHAT IF -- I'M THINKING OF THE SPIRITUAL REALM. 28:36 WHAT IF WE HAD A PRAYER LOCATION DETERMINING APP. 28:41 WHERE DID YOU PRAY TODAY? AND YOU HAVE THOSE RUNNING APPS 28:46 THAT SHOWS YOU RAN, CAME BACK, YOU DID TWO MILES OR THREE 28:52 MILES. WHAT IF WE HAD ONE THAT TRACED 28:55 WHERE WE PRAY TODAY. HOW MANY DOTS WOULD WE SEE ON 28:59 THAT? OR HOW MANY HITS WOULD WE GET IN 29:03 HOW MANY HITS IS HEAVEN GETTING FROM PRAYER LIFE? 29:07 >> YEAH, IT'S REMARKABLE BECAUSE -- I WAS JUST READING 29:10 THE OTHER DAY ABOUT APPLE, AND THEY ARE JUST RELEASING AN APP, 29:15 OR A MECHANISM ON THEIR PHONES TO HELP PEOPLE WITH PHONE 29:19 ADDICTION -- >> YES. 29:21 >> DID YOU READ ABOUT THAT? >> YES. 29:23 >> ABOUT PHONE ADDICTION. AND THEY WERE INTERVIEWING THE 29:27 CEO AND HE WAS VERY SURPRIORED BECAUSE THE APP SHOWS YOU HOW 29:31 MUCH TIME YOU ARE SPENDING ON THE PHONE, AND WHICH APPS YOU 29:34 ARE USING. AND HE THOUGHT, HEY, I'M PRETTY 29:39 DISCIPLINED, BUT HE HIMSELF HAD TO ADMIT, WHEN HE SAW THE ACTUAL 29:43 DATA OF HOW MUCH TIME HE WAS SPENDING ON THE PHONE, HE WAS 29:46 SHOCKED. HE SAID I HAVE GOT TO MITIGATE 29:48 AGAINST THIS, BECAUSE HE WAS SPENDING -- WHEN YOU SEE THE 29:52 ACTUAL DATA OF HOW MUCH TIME, AND IT WOULD BE 29:55 INTERESTING -- LIKE YOU SAID, AN APP THAT SHOWS YOU WHERE YOU 29:59 PRAY, BUT NOT ONLY HOW MUCH TIME YOU SPENDING IN PRAYER, AND IT 30:03 WOULD BE INTERESTING IF YOU COMPARED THAT WITH HOW MUCH TIME 30:07 WE SPENDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR ON OUR PHONE JUST LOOKING AT 30:11 NONSENSE. >> RIGHT. 30:12 >> I WAS READING A STATISTIC THAT SAID THAT MILLENNIALS SPEND 30:17 AS MUCH AS 18 HOURS A DAY ON THEIR DEVICES. 30:21 18 HOURS A DAY. I MEAN THIS IS THE AGE THAT 30:25 WE'RE LIVING IN, YOU KNOW?-AND -- AND THE STATISTICS OF A PRAYER LIFE -- THE AVERAGE 30:32 CHURCH MEMBER, AVERAGE DAY SPENDS LESS THAN A MINUTE IN 30:36 PRAYER. LESS THAN A MINUTE IN PRAYER. 30:42 A FOR MINISTERS IT WASN'T MUCH BETTER. 30:45 IT WAS LESS THAN THREE MINUTES IN PRAYER. 30:47 AND I THINK THAT IT IS EASY -- I WILL SAY FOR ME, TO 30:52 STUDY -- EASIER TO STUDY THAN TO PRAYER, FOR SOME REASON, BECAUSE 31:01 PRAYER IS JUST -- IT'S JUST KIND OFFETH -- ETHERIAL. 31:13 BUT PRAYER IS THIS AREA OF MYSTERY AND -- 31:17 >> VERY FAITH-BASED. >> YEAH, VERY FATH BASED. 31:22 SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN BELIEVE IN PRAYER. 31:24 THEY BELIEVE IT'S SOME SORT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL COPING MECHANISM. 31:29 >> I MADE A STATMENT ONCE IN A SERMON, AND I HAVE DONE THIS A 31:33 FEW TIMES, I DON'T BELIEVE IN PRAYER, I JUST BELIEVE IN TO 31:38 WHOM I PRAY. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 31:40 >> PRAYER DOESN'T DO ANYTHING. IT'S TO WHOM YOU PRAY. 31:43 AND WHEN YOU KNOW THERE IS A LIVING GOD ON THE OTHER END OF 31:47 PRAYER, IT TAKES IT OUT OF THE WHO AM I TALKING TO REALM? 31:53 IS THERE ANYBODY THERE? THE LIGHTS WENT OFF, DADDY, I 31:57 CAN'T SEE. AND HE SAID, I'M HERE. 32:01 SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU MAY BRING OUT LATER ON. 32:05 IT'S NOT JUST US TALKING TO GOD, BUT GOD TALKING TO US. 32:11 >> YES. >> BUT I KNOW WE'LL GET THERE. 32:14 >> YES, GOD SPEAKING TO US, AND THE WAY I TYPICALLY LIKE TO 32:18 FRAME IT IS THAT PRAYER IS US TALKING TO GOD, AND THEN HOW GOD 32:24 TALKS TO US IS PRIMARILY THROUGH HIS WORD. 32:27 IT'S THE MOST EXPLICIT, THE MOST DETAILED WAY THAT GOD 32:32 COMMUNICATES WITH US. HE ALSO COMMUNICATES US TO 32:34 THROUGH IMPRESSIONS. >> RIGHT. 32:36 BUT NEVER OUT OF HARMONY WITH HIS WORD. 32:39 >> YES. SOME INDIVIDUALS WILL SAY, HEY, 32:42 GOD TOLD ME TO DO THIS. AND I DON'T DOUBT THAT. 32:45 I'M NOT HERE TO -- BUT WE NEED TO CLARIFY OR MAKE IT AN 32:52 IMPORTANT POINT THAT THAT VOICE OR IMPRESSION THAT YOU GET NEEDS 32:57 TO BE VERIFIED -- >> QUANTIFIED. 33:00 >> YES, OR AT LEAST NOT BE IN CONTRADICTION TO HIS WORD. 33:06 IF I FEEL AN IMPRESSION AT THE MALL SAYING YOU NEED TO STEAL 33:12 THIS, THAT'S NOT FROM THE LORD. THAT'S DIRECTLY CONTRADICTORY. 33:16 SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IDEA OF PRAYER AND REVIVAL, YOU CAN SEE 33:20 IT WITH MARTIN LUTHER IN THE REFORMATION, WE JUST CELEBRATED 33:28 THE 500TH YEAR OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION. 33:34 WHAT MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS THAT MARTIN LUTHER WAS A MAN OF 33:39 PRAYER. AND FROM THE BOOK GREAT 33:41 COIN CONTR 33:44 CONTROVERSY, FROM THE SECRET PLACE OF PRAYER CAME THE SHOWER 33:49 THAT SHOOK THE REFORMATION. THESE HOURS WERE TAKEN FROM THAT 33:53 PORTION OF DAY MOST FAVORABLE TO STUDY. 33:56 SO IN THE BOOK GREAT CONTROVERSY, IT SAYS THAT IF YOU 34:03 WERE TO TRACE BACK TO THE, QUOTE, CAUSE OF THE REFORMATION. 34:07 YOU TRACE IT BACK NOT TO WHITTENBERG, THE DOOR OF THE 34:14 WHITTENBERG CHAPEL, THAT'S WHERE WE TRACE BACK THE IMAGES OF THE 34:20 REFORMATION, AND WE ASSUME THAT THAT IS THE CAUSE, BUT ACCORDING 34:26 TO THE BOOK GREAT CONTROVERSY, WE NEED TO GO BACK FURTHER TO 34:30 THAT, TO THE PRIVATE LIFE OF MAR THIN LUTHER, AND SEE A MAN ON 34:35 HIS KNEES, PRAYING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT, PRAYING FOR REVIVAL, AND 34:41 IT SAYS THREE HOURS EACH DAY. >> WOW. 34:45 >> AND THESE WERE MOST FAVORABLE TO STUDY. 34:47 AND IT SAYS THE POWER THAT SHOOK THE WORLD. 34:50 THIS IS A TIME OF DOMINATION, OF A WORLD SUPERPOWER THAT 34:56 LITERALLY BRINGS KINGS TO THEIR KNEES; THAT IS DOMINATING THE 35:00 WORLD, DOMINATING WESTERN EUROPE AS NEVER BEFORE, AND THERE IS NO 35:04 END IN SITE OF THIS TYPE OF DOMINATION, AND AN OBSCURE MONK 35:10 IN WHITTENBERG IS ON HIS KNEES PRAYING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND 35:14 PRAYING FOR REVIVAL AND THAT IS FROM WHERE THE POWER CAME. 35:21 AND IT WAS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT HE WAS IMPRESSED TO 35:24 NAIL THAT DOCUMENT, BECAUSE -- IT'S REMARKABLE, I 35:29 WAS READING A SECULAR HISTORIAN, AND HE WAS GIVING HIS OWN 35:33 REFLECTIONS ON THE REFORMATION, AND HE SAYS IT'S AMAZING HOW 35:37 SUCH A SIMPLE EVENT LIKE NAILING A PIECE OF PAPER ON A DOOR COULD 35:43 SPARK SUCH A -- AND HE SAYS -- HE SAYS IT IS THE 35:47 PROTESTANT REVOLUTION, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT ONLY A THEOLOGICAL 35:51 SHIFT THAT HAPPENED IN WESTERN EUROPE. 35:53 HE SAID IT WAS A TRANSFER OF POWER IN WESTERN EUROPE, BECAUSE 35:59 AS ONE BY ONE, GERMANY, AND -- AND SWI 36:08 SWIZ -- SWITZERLAND -- IT WAS A NOTABLE SHIFT IN POWER. 36:12 AND HE SAYS IT JUST BEFUDDLES HIM AND HE STANDINGS BACK IN AH 36:18 AND SAYS HOW IN THE WORLD CAN THIS MONK DO THAT? 36:25 >> YEARS AGO PASTOR FINLEY SAID UNTIL YOU ARE WILLING TO KNEEL, 36:30 YOU ARE NOT FIT TO STANDING. I REMEMBER HIM TALKING ABOUT 36:34 THAT. AND HE USED THE ANALOGY OF 36:36 DANIEL'S LIFE. DANIEL WAS ABLE TO STAND BECAUSE 36:39 HE WAS WILLING TO KNEEL. AND SO THAT IS A PREPARATORY 36:43 ACT. BUT PRAYER, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 36:46 PRAYER, PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT -- IN THIS SOCIETY 36:47 TODAY -- AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS KILLING THIS SOCIETY 36:51 TODAY IS SO MANY THINGS ARE COMING AT US SO QUICKLY. 36:58 120 MEGAHERTZ REFRESH RATE, YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE TERMINOLOGIES, 37:02 HOW FAST IS THE COMPUTER? HOW FAST IS THE NEXT LAPTOP. 37:06 AND SOMETIMES WE THINK THAT PRAYER IS A FAST ACTIVITY. 37:13 MICROWAVE PRAYER. BUT IT'S NOT JUST PRAYER, BUT 37:16 WHO YOU ARE SPENDING TIME WITH. >> YES, WHO YOU ARE SPENDING 37:19 TIME WITH. >> THINK OF PRAYER AS PICKING UP 37:22 YOUR CELL PHONE AND TALKING TO SOMEBODY, DO YOU SAY -- HEY, 37:27 TALK TO YOU LATER? NO. 37:29 IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND CHRIST, YOU PICK THAT 37:33 PHONE UP, THAT IS SOMEBODY YOU ARE LONGING TO TALK TO. 37:36 AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE'S SUCH A DEFICIENCY IN 37:39 PRAYER IS BECAUSE THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP MISSING. 37:42 YOU ARE DISCONNECTED. IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT PERSON, 37:45 YOU DON'T WANT TO SPEND TIME TALKING TO SOMEBODY YOU DON'T 37:48 KNOW. BECAUSE NOTHING KILLS YOU 37:50 MORE -- I REMEMBER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, I WAS IN THE 37:54 PHILIPPINES. IT WAS A QUICK TRIP. 37:58 AND I -- I REALIZED THAT IF I HAD TAKEN MY WIFE, IT WOULD HAVE 38:03 BEEN CHEAPER TO TAKE HER THAN THE PHONE BILL. 38:07 IT CAME UP TO LIKE A $750 PHONE BILL. 38:11 AND I REALIZED YOU KNOW WHAT, TAKING HER WITH ME IS CHEAPER 38:15 THAN A PHONE BILL. WHY? 38:17 BECAUSE THERE IS SUCH A CONNECTION THAT YOU WANT TO 38:21 TALK. WHEN WE'RE CONNECTED TO CHRIST, 38:23 WE WANT TO TALK TO HIM. >> YES, AND I THINK THAT BRINGS 38:26 TO LIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF RECOGNIZING, LIKE YOU 38:28 SAID -- IT'S THE PERSON. IT'S THE PERSON. 38:31 BECAUSE I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WE GET INTO THIS RITUALISM OF 38:35 PRAYER IS JUST ANOTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO CHECK OFF, AND 38:40 IT'S THIS -- ALMOST MINDLESS STATEMENT THAT WE MAKE, AND THEN 38:47 WE HAVE DONE IT, AND WITH GO ON,-FORGETTING THAT, LOOK, PRAYER IS MEANT TO BE COMMUNICATION 38:53 WITH -- >> NOT RECITAL. 38:56 >> -- A GOD OF A UNIVERSE. YES. 38:59 THINK ABOUT EVEN THE TIMES THAT WE PRAYER -- AND HOW MANY TIMES 39:02 DO WE ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT -- I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT 39:09 MYSELF. LIKE WE PRAY BEFORE A MEAL. 39:11 AND THEN YOU JUST GO ON -- IT'S JUST THIS THING THAT YOU DO. 39:15 >> IT'S LIKE OPENING THE POTATO CHIPS BEFORE YOU EAT IT. 39:20 >> YEAH. RIGHT. 39:21 RIGHT. JUST THIS THING YOU HAVE GOT TO 39:23 GO TO IN ORDER TO GET TO WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO DO, WHICH 39:27 IS EAT. SO I THINK IT'S THIS 39:29 THING -- AND I THINK EVEN IN OUR PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL TIME, IT'S 39:34 EASY TO GET SOMETIMES STUCK IN A RUT, WHERE SAY THE SAME 39:38 THINGS -- YOU KNOW, AND -- AND IT LOSES THE GENUINENESS. 39:44 THE GENUINENESS OF THAT, AND -- AND I THINK THAT PART OF 39:51 WHAT WE NEED TO PRAY IS FOR A REVIVAL OF OUR PRAYER LIVES. 39:55 AND TO SAY LORD, CREATE IN ME -- BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT 39:59 DESIRE -- A DEEPER -- A DEEPER DESIRE FOR YOU. 40:02 AND YOU SEE EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE, LIKE JAMES 5:17, ELIJAH 40:08 BEING HUMAN AS WE ARE, PRAYED EARNESTLY AND BROUGHT REVIVAL TO 40:14 ENGLAND, AND THERE'S OTHER EXAMPLES IN THE BIBLE OF THE 40:18 BOOK OF ACTS BEGINNING IN A PRAYER ROOM. 40:21 THEY CHANGED THE WORLD IN -- IN ONE GENERATION -- 40:28 >> YOU MEANS WE -- JOHN WESLEY BRINGS REVIVAL TO ENGLAND, AND 40:49 THEN YOU HAVE MARTIN LUTHER, AND THEN OF COURSE JESUS CHRIST. 40:57 AND I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED TO MYSELF, WHEN I HAVE BEEN PRAYING 41:00 FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND REVIVAL, OR THE LORD'S INTERVENTION, I 41:05 SAID, YOU KNOW, GOD WANTS TO INTERVENE. 41:12 GOD NOT ONLY WANTS TO INTERVENE, HE CAN, AND SO MANY 41:18 PEOPLE -- AND I HAVE ASKED MYSELF THIS QUESTION. 41:20 IT'S LIKE, HEY, WHY SHOULD -- WHY SHOULD I PRAY? 41:24 IF -- IT'S KIND OF LIKE, GOD WANTS TO DO IT ANYWAY. 41:29 AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY SHOULD I PRAY IF GOT WANTS TO 41:35 INTERVENE, HE LOVES THIS PERSON MORE THAN I DO. 41:39 WHY -- WHY SHOULD I SPEND THIS TIME -- YOU SEE MARTIN LUTHER 41:43 SPENDING THREE HOURS A DAY IN PRAYER, LIKE, DIDN'T GOD WANT TO-BRING THE REFORMATION TO THE 41:54 WHOLE WORD. WHAT IS GOD UP THERE WAITING 41:57 FOR? IS HE UP THERE WITH HIS 42:00 STOPWATCH AND SAYS DAVID PUT IN HIS ONE HOUR, I'LL ABOUT NOW. 42:05 IS PRAYER SOME SORT OF MERITORIOUS GOAL WE HAVE TO 42:10 ATTAIN AND THEN GOD ACTS. OBVIOUSLY THE BIBLE INDICATES 42:17 THAT PRAYER IS NOT MERITORIUS, AND THE ONLY CONCLUSION I COULD 42:30 COME TO IS IN THE THEME OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY, THAT THERE 42:36 ARE RULES IN THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND 42:41 SATAN. WHERE IN THIS EPIC BATTLE 42:44 BETWEEN JESUS CHRIST AND SATAN, AND THERE ARE GROUND RULES IN 42:48 THIS ENGAGEMENT, AND ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL GROUND RULES IS 42:53 FREEDOM OF CHOICE AND FREE WILL. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 42:59 >> IN OTHER WORDS GOD WILL NOT INTERVENE IN MY LIFE ABOVE A 43:04 CERTAIN POINT, BECAUSE THAT CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF FREE 43:11 WILL, BUT PRAYER IS ON A VERY FUNDAMENTAL FOUNDATIONAL LEVEL, 43:16 PRAYER IS CONSENT. IT'S GIVING GOD CONSENT TO CROSS 43:21 THAT LINE. BECAUSE IF YOU -- IF YOU CROSS A 43:24 LINE -- I HEARD ONE PREACHER SAY, LOOK, IF IT'S NOT LOVE, 43:30 IT'S RAPE. I MEAN THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL 43:33 STATEMENT. >> THAT'S DARK. 43:34 >> YEAH, IF IT'S NOT LOVE, IT'S RAPE. 43:37 IN OTHER WORDS WHEN YOU CROSS THAT, IT ENTERS INTO VIOLATION. 43:42 >> THERE'S NO PERMISSION. >> YEAH, THERE'S NO PERMISSION. 43:46 BUT WHEN YOU CONSENT AND WHEN YOU GIVE PERMISSION, THEN IT 43:50 BECOMES VERY SOMETHING -- SOMETHING VERY 43:52 BEAUTIFUL IN THAT CONTEXT, AND GOD WILL NOT CROSS A CERTAIN 43:56 LINE UNLESS WE CONSENT, AND I TELL INDIVIDUALS, LOOK, IF 44:01 THERE'S ANYTHING YOU SHOULD DO IN YOUR PRAYER LIFE, GIVE GOD 44:05 CONSENT. GIVE GOD ACCESS. 44:07 GIVE GOD PERMISSION, AND THERE IS A RADICAL PRAYER THAT I PRAY, 44:13 AND I SAID LORD, WHATEVER IT TAKES. 44:16 WHATEVER IT TAKES. >> A DANGEROUS PRAYER. 44:20 >> I KNOW. THAT IS A DANGEROUS PRAYER. 44:24 LIKE, LORD, WHATEVER IT TAKES SAVE ME. 44:26 WHOEVER IT TAKES SAVE MY FAMILY. AND YOU ARE GIVING GOD THAT FULL 44:32 ACCESS. I USED TO SELL BOOKS DOOR TO 44:35 DOOR. AND ONE OF THE CARDINAL RULES OF 44:38 SELLING BOOKS DOOR TO DOOR IS WHEN SOMEONE OPENS THE DOOR THAT 44:43 YOU HAVE KNOCKED ON, THERE IS A CERTAIN LINE THAT YOU DON'T 44:47 CROSS. THEY CAN GIVE ME MONEY, FOOD, 44:49 ALL TYPES OF THINGS, BUT THERE IS A CERTAIN LINE THAT I JUST 44:53 DON'T CROSS, AND I'M CURRENTLY LIVING IN ALASKA, THEY ARE WELL 44:59 ARMED UP THERE, AND YOU CROSS THAT LINE, AND YOU DON'T KNOW 45:03 WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THERE IS A POWER THAT THE PERSON 45:07 GIVES WHEN THEY SAY THESE WONDERFUL WORDS, WHEN I WAS 45:11 SELLING BOOKS, THEY SAY COME ON IN. 45:13 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> COME ON IN. 45:16 THAT'S CONSENT. THAT'S PERMISSION, AND UNTIL I 45:18 HEAR THOSE WORDS, I DON'T COME IN. 45:23 YOU DONE DO THAT. AND WHEN I WAS SELLING BOOKS IN 45:25 THE WINTERTIME, I LEARNED THIS LITTLE STATEMENT -- ESPECIALLY 45:31 WHEN IT WAS COLD, I WOULD SAY, SORRY TO LET ALL OF THE HOT AIR 45:36 OUT. AND THE PERSON WOULD SAY, OH, 45:39 COME IN. AND I WOULD COME INSIDE. 45:43 BUT THAT SAME ANALOGY, JESUS SAYS BEHOLD I STANDING AT THE 45:47 DOOR AND KNOCK. THAT SAME IMAGERY, GOD IS AT TH 45:51 DOOR. THE IMPLICATION IS THERE NEEDS 45:53 TO BE CONSENT IN ORDER FOR GOD TO COME IN, AND IT'S THIS IDEA 46:00 THAT WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS THAT HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF 46:06 BEING INHABITED BY DIFFERENT SPIRITS. 46:10 THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SPIRITS. GOD'S SPIRIT AND THE EVEN 46:14 SPIRIT, AND WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE INHABITED, AND 46:17 THE MOST POWERFUL THING YOU CAN DO IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD 46:21 IS TO GIVE THAT CONSENT. >> BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T THE DOOR 46:25 IS SITTING OPEN. >> YES. 46:27 I HAVE BEEN AROUND INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE GIVEN CONSENT FOR AN 46:31 EVIL SPIRIT, AND THEY ARE NOT JUST -- IT'S NOT JUST DEMONIC 46:38 HARASS , IT'S DEMONIC POSSESSION. 46:41 THE SPIRIT POSSESSES THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL. 46:47 AND THE DEVIL IS A SQUATTER THAT DOES NOT WANT TO COME OUT. 46:55 FOR PERSONAL REVIVAL YOU CAN ASK FOR THE LORD TO COME IN AND GIVE 47:01 HIM PERMISSION TO COME IN. ALSO, THERE'S THIS IDEA IN THE 47:05 BIBLE OF GIVING CONSENT FOR OTHER PEOLE, AND I REALLY HAD 47:12 TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND THIS IDEA, BECAUSE EVIDENTLY, WHEN 47:17 YOU LOOK AT THE STORY OF THAT PERSON THAT WAS BROUGHT TO 47:25 JESUS, AND THEY HAD TO TEAR DOWN THE ROOF TO BRING THAT PERSON TO 47:30 JESUS, THAT WHEN THAT PERSON WAS LEAD DOWN, AND THEN JESUS, 47:34 ACCORDING TO MARK'S ACCOUNT, THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR 47:37 FAITH -- IN OTHER WORDS IT DIDN'T SAY WHEN JESUS SAW HIS 47:41 FAITH. IT SAYS WHEN JESUS SAW THEIR 47:44 FAITH. THE FAITH OF THE FOUR FRIENDS 47:46 WERE INCLUDED IN JESUS INTERVENING IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S 47:50 LIFE. IN OTHER WORDS YOU CAN HAVE 47:53 FAITH FOR SOMEONE ELSE. AND THE POWER OF INTERSESRY 48:04 PRAYER, WHEN WE BRING OUR FATHER OR OUR SON OR A PERSON AND WE 48:11 SAY GOD, INTERVENE IN THIS PERSON'S LIFE. 48:15 AND THAT GIVES THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE IN THAT PERSON'S LIFE. 48:19 AND THAT'S THE POWER OF THAT KIND OF PRAYER. 48:23 YOU LOOK IN THE BOOK OF JUDE, AND YOU SEE THAT WHEN JESUS GOES 48:28 TO RESURRECT MOSES FROM THE DEAD, THAT SATAN IS STANDING 48:31 THERE TO CONTEST OVER THE BOY OF MOSES. 48:34 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> IN OTHER WORDS EVERY TIME GOD 48:38 IS ABOUT TO INTERVENE, HE IS ABOUT TO TAKE MOSES TO HEAVEN, 48:46 AND THERE SATAN IS CONTESTING OVER HIS BODY, IT INDICATES THAT 48:51 ANY TIME GOD IS ABOUT TO MOVE IN A POWERFUL WAY, SATAN IS THERE 48:55 TO CONTEST IT. SO WHEN WE PRAY FOR SOMEONE 48:58 ELSE, AND GOD COMMISSIONS HIS ANGELS TO INTERVENE IN THAT 49:01 PERSON'S LIFE, I BELIEVE SATAN IS THERE TO CONTEST IT. 49:04 HE SAYS, LOOK, HE DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS, WHY ARE YOU INTERVENING SO 49:11 THIS PERSON IS MORE SES SEPTEMBERABLE TO THE GOSPEL. 49:15 AND I BELIEVE THAT JESUS SAYS THE LORD REBUKED YOU, BECAUSE HE 49:21 DIDN'T ASK FOR IT, BUT HIS MOTHER DID. 49:24 OR THIS CHURCH DID. THEY ARE ASKING FOR MY 49:27 INTERVENTION. SO I HAVE THE CLEARANCE TO MOVE 49:30 ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND IT IS A VERY POWERFUL 49:33 THOUGHT THAT IN THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GOOD AND 49:39 EVIL, THAT WE HAVE A PART TO PLAY IN NOT OLY OUR SALVATION, 49:44 BUT ALSO GIVING GOD THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE IN THE LIVES OF OUR 49:48 LOVED ONES, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT HE WOULD NORMALLY BE 49:53 AVAILABLE. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PRAYER 49:54 FOR SEASON, WHEN YOU SAY I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR SOMEONE, IT IS 49:59 GOOD TO LET THAT PERSON KNOW YOU ARE PRAYING FOR THEM, BECAUSE IT 50:04 GIVES -- SUBLIMINAL SUGGESTION IS NOT THE WORD -- IT LETS THEM 50:08 KNOW THEY ARE NOT OUT ON A LIMB BY THEMSELVES UNNOTICED. 50:13 >> YES. >> BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT PRAYER 50:15 IS -- IS MORE THAN JUST PRAYING ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE, BUT 50:19 LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I'M YOLKING UP WITH YOU. 50:23 I MAY NOT BE THERE PHYSICALLY WITH YOU, BUT I'M YOLKING UP 50:29 WITH YOU. I KNOW THE STRUGGLE YOU ARE 50:31 FACING, THE ODDS THAT ARE STACKED AGAINST YOU, QUOTE, 50:35 UNQUOTE, AND I'M ENCOURAGING YOU. 50:38 OR SOMETIMES WE SAY TO OUR LOVED ONE, I KNOW IT'S JUS MATTER OF 50:42 TIME BEORE YOU SURRENDER TO GOD. 50:45 I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M PRAYING FOR YOU EVERY DAY. 50:49 AND I WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN A FLYING CLUB HERE IN SOUTHERN 50:53 ILLINOIS, AND PEOPLE LEARNING THAT I WAS A PASTOR. 50:57 THEY WOULD COME UP WITH THESE SUGGESTIONS, MY WIFE IS HAVING A 51:02 SURGERY. COULD YOU PRAY FOR HER FOR ME? 51:07 AND I WOULD PAUSE RIGHT THERE ON THE FLYING FIELD, AND I WOULD 51:13 SAY, I'LL PRAY FOR YOUR RIGHT NOW. 51:17 AND PRAYER SHOULD BE SOMETHING -- LET PEOPLE KNOW IN 51:25 THE PARTICIPATEORY SENSE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T 51:34 FEEL THE NEED TO PRAYER -- THEY DON'T FEEL THE PERSONAL 51:39 WORTHINESS. >> YES. 51:40 >> AND GOD DOESN'T SAY YOU HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN PERSON TO PRAY. 51:44 SOME PEOPLE LISTENING TO THE PROGRAM MIGHT SAY, I REALLY WANT 51:48 TO PRAY, BUT WHO DO I ASK? WHAT ABOUT THAT ROLE? 51:53 BUT WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE THAT FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH OR 51:57 WORTHY ENOUGH TO PRAY? >> YES. 51:59 >> THEY JUST DON'T FEEL THAT GOD WANTS TO HEAR ME. 52:03 WHAT DO WE SAY TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS? 52:05 >> WELL, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A BOOK "STEPS OF 52:10 CHRIST," IT SAYS WHEN WE PRAY TO GOD, IT IS THOUGH -- AND I'M 52:15 PARAPHRASING, THAT WE'RE THE ONLY PERSON ON THE EARTH. 52:18 THINK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS. IN OTHER WORDS WHEN WE 52:22 PRAY -- GOD HAS THE ONLY CAPACITY TO DO THIS, WE HAVE HIS 52:26 UNDIVIDED ATTENTION. THERE ARE 8 BILLION PEOPLE OR 52:30 WHATEVER ON PLANET EARTH. AND WE HAVE HIS UNDIVIDED 52:34 ATTENTION. IN OTHER WORDS GOD VALUES YOU, 52:36 AND GOD VALUES OUR PRAYERS. AND WHEN WE PRAY TO GOD, I THINK 52:41 OF THE STORY OF THE LEPER THAT CAME TO JESUS AS A LEPER, AND 52:46 THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN COME TO GOD. 52:48 IT'S NOT OUR WORTHINESS THAT IS IMPORTANT. 52:50 IT IS THE WORTHINESS OF CHRIST. DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD 52:54 THINKS OF US, BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT GOD THINKS OF CHRIST, AND 52:59 THAT'S WHY WE COME TO GOD THE FATHER IN JESUS'S NAME. 53:03 IT'S THE WORTHINESS OF JESUS THAT MAKES OUR PRAYERS 53:08 ACCEPTABLE TO GOD. IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE COMING IN HIS 53:15 NAME. THERE ARE SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE 53:18 TOLD TO TALK TO SOMEBODY OF INFLUENCE, AND THEY SAY, HEY, 53:23 TELL THEM THAT I SENT YOU. AND I JUST CHANGES THE WHOLE 53:28 DYNAMICS. YOU ARE THERE, AND THEN YOU DROP 53:31 THAT NAME, AND THEY ARE LIKE, OH OKAY. 53:35 AND THEY GIVE YOU LIKE A -- 3 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. 53:39 >> YEAH, A VIP ACCESS TO THIS WHOLE THING. 53:42 SO WHEN WE PRAY, IT'S NOT MY MERITS OR GOODNESS, WHEN WE SAY 53:49 IN JESUS'S NAME -- OH, OKAY. >> YES, WE'RE GOING TO THE 53:56 FATHER IN THE AUTHORITY AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE SON. 53:58 >> YES. >> THERE IS A PASSAGE IN PSALMS 54:04 18, WHERE IT SAYS IN MY DISTRESS I CALLED UPON THE LORD AND CRIED 54:10 UNTO MY GOD. HE HEARD MY VOICE OUT OF HIS 54:14 TEMPLE, AND MY CRY CAME BEFORE HIM EVEN TO HIS EARS. 54:18 AND LATER ON -- WE'RE READING THIS IN -- IN SAMUEL, 2 SAMUEL, 54:24 IT SAYS HE INCLINED. GOD CAN HEAR US FROM EVEN HIS 54:31 TEMPLE. >> UH-HUH. 54:32 >> HE HEARD MY VOICE OUT OF HIS TEMPLE AND MY CRY CAME BEFORE 54:37 HIM. THAT'S THE INTIMACY OF PRAYER. 54:39 AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW MANY TEXT MESSAGES ARE SENT OUT 54:43 EACH DAY. >> YEAH, I CAN'T IMAGINE THE 54:47 NUMBERS. >> HOW MANY POSTS. 54:48 I THINK YOUTUBE SAID THERE ARE MORE VIDEOS POSTED EACH DAY THAN 54:52 YOU CAN WATCH IN YOUR LIFETIME. >> WOW, THAT'S JUST -- THAT'S 54:56 JUST AMAZING. >> SO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 54:59 CALLING ON GOD AND HE CAN HEAR EACH ONE OF THEM. 55:02 CAN YOU IMAGINE? >> YEAH, THE INFINITE MIND OF 55:07 GOD, IT'S REALLY A MARVEL. AND THE THING IS, IN THIS 21ST 55:12 CENTURY, I THINK PRAYER IS THE POSSIBILITY OF PRAYER IS MORE 55:17 BELIEVABLE. BECAUSE TODAY WE HAVE -- YOU 55:19 KNOW, WE HAVE THESE TYPES OF THINGS -- I MEAN THERE'S NO 55:22 WIRES CONNECTED TO IT. YOU CAN TEXT AND IT GOES JUST 55:26 INTO THIN AIR. THERE'S A WHOLE REALITY THAT WE 55:30 CAN'T SEE ALL AROUND US, AND THESE THINGS ARE TRANSMITTED, 55:35 INFORMATION -- WE ARE TAPPING INTO INFORMATION AT OUR 55:38 FINGERTIPS, AND YOU DON'T SEE IT. 55:39 AND THIS IS FROM A HUMAN POINT OF TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT MAKES THE 55:46 PRAYER BELIEVABLE. >> UH-HUH. 55:48 >> THAT YOU CAN PRAY AND GOD CAN HEAR THOSE -- THOSE PRAYERS. 55:54 NOT ONLY CAN HE HEAR IT, BUT HE IS VERY INTERESTED IN -- IN WHAT 55:57 WE PRAY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES SAYS 56:01 BY YOUR FERVENT PRAYERS, YOU CAN MOVE THE ARM THAT MOVES THE 56:06 WORLD. AND THE BOOK STEPS TO CHRIST 56:09 PAGE 94 SAYS PRAYER IS THE KEY IN THE HAND OF FAITH TO UNLOCK 56:14 HEAVEN'S STOREHOUSE. I MEAN, WHAT AN IMAGE THAT IS, 56:19 THE KEY TO UNLOCK HEAVEN'S STOREHOUSE. 56:22 IN OTHER WORDS THAT CONSENT, THAT PERMISSION THAT YOU GIVE 56:25 FOR THAT TYPE OF ACCESS THAT GOD GIVES YOU, AND THIS BOOK ALSO 56:30 SAYS THAT ANGELS WONDER WHEN THEY LOOK AT FRAIL HUMAN BEINGS, 56:34 AND SEE ALL OF THE LIMITLESS POTENTIAL THAT HEAVEN HAS IN 56:40 STORE FOR US, SPIRITUALLY AND PHYSICALLY, THEY WONDER WHY WE 56:45 DON'T PRAY MORE, AND WHY WE BECOME SO INDEPENDENT ON 56:48 OURSELVES. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 56:50 PRAYER DOES FOR ME, IS IT LEADS ME TO THE PLACE WHERE I NEED 56:55 GOD. THE VERY POSTURE OF PRAYER 57:01 IMPLIES OUR NEED AND DEPENDANCE ON HIM. 57:06 >> PEOPLE ASK WHERE IS THE CLAUDE CLOUD -- CLOUD? 57:14 AND PEOPLE SAY UP THERE SOMEWHERE. 57:16 BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT NOT JUST PRAYER BUT REVIVAL, AND 57:20 WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE END OF OUR FIRST HOUR WITH YOU FRIENDS. 57:25 AND HOW DOES PRAYER PLAY A MAYOR ROLE IN REVIVAL. 57:29 YOU WERE ONCE ALIVE, BUT SOMETHING HAPPENED AND YOU MUST 57:33 BE ALIVE AGAIN. HOW PRAYER PLAYS A ROLE IN 57:36 RERIVAL. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT 57:39 IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE PROGRAM. 57:41 DON'T GO AWAY, WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A FEWMOMENTS. 57:44 ♪ |
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