Hello and welcome to: The Missing Peace. 00:00:33.26\00:00:35.43 My name is Jason Bradley 00:00:35.46\00:00:36.80 and our primary host for this program 00:00:36.83\00:00:38.43 is: Dr. Nadine Joseph-Collins. 00:00:38.47\00:00:40.60 Dr. Nadine hails from the island of Saint Lucia. 00:00:40.64\00:00:43.57 She is passionate about prayer and has been empowering 00:00:43.61\00:00:46.71 the prayer lives of people around the world. 00:00:46.74\00:00:49.48 Dr. Nadine is an Author, Speaker and Teacher 00:00:49.51\00:00:52.25 who is in full-time ministry. 00:00:52.28\00:00:54.05 She is committed to showing us 00:00:54.08\00:00:55.78 how to make our prayer lives go "Wow!" 00:00:55.82\00:00:58.09 Before we get started, let's invite the Lord's presence 00:00:58.15\00:01:01.29 Dear Heavenly Father, We invite you to be with us, 00:01:01.32\00:01:04.66 we ask for the outpouring of your Holy Spirit 00:01:04.69\00:01:07.93 please help strengthen our prayer lives, 00:01:07.96\00:01:11.77 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 00:01:11.80\00:01:13.13 "Amen. " 00:01:13.17\00:01:14.50 So, what are we talking about today? 00:01:14.54\00:01:17.44 Today we're talking about praying with power 00:01:17.47\00:01:21.51 or "Power-packed Praying. " 00:01:21.54\00:01:23.18 we're going to look at the word "Power" 00:01:23.24\00:01:25.81 the different definitions of power 00:01:25.85\00:01:28.05 and how it can be applicable in our prayer lives. 00:01:28.08\00:01:30.52 So, I'm really excited about this 00:01:30.55\00:01:32.85 because a lot of times... 00:01:32.89\00:01:34.22 we have spoken about "Persistent Praying" 00:01:34.26\00:01:36.93 we've spoken about: Praying with Purpose 00:01:36.99\00:01:39.59 but just imagine if... what we have already discussed, 00:01:39.63\00:01:43.77 if we look at Praying with Purpose... 00:01:43.83\00:01:45.43 or Praying Persistently and now we put "Power" with that 00:01:45.47\00:01:48.97 I mean that will be a power-packed prayer, right? 00:01:49.00\00:01:51.61 Yes... yes... yes. 00:01:51.64\00:01:52.97 And that's what we really want to talk about today 00:01:53.01\00:01:54.61 so, one of the definitions of power is that 00:01:54.64\00:01:57.11 it denotes some extraordinary strength... 00:01:57.15\00:01:59.51 like, we could look at the David and Goliath story 00:01:59.55\00:02:03.79 and if we think of giants, 00:02:03.82\00:02:05.39 we might think that these people are powerful 00:02:05.45\00:02:07.12 or Samson... a better example... 00:02:07.16\00:02:09.96 when he actually put his hands to these two pillars 00:02:09.99\00:02:13.60 and was able to push them, 00:02:13.63\00:02:14.96 we can say he was strong but we also say he was powerful 00:02:15.00\00:02:18.57 because it denotes that strength... 00:02:18.63\00:02:21.90 that extraordinary strength... 00:02:21.94\00:02:23.37 and so, it also refers sometimes to the influence that we have 00:02:23.41\00:02:28.91 or authority over others 00:02:28.94\00:02:31.11 like, maybe we might look at a politician, 00:02:31.15\00:02:33.85 we might look at presidents of institutions or countries... 00:02:33.92\00:02:37.59 Jason: Or billionaires... 00:02:37.62\00:02:38.95 Nadine: Exactly... and we say that these people are powerful 00:02:38.99\00:02:41.39 because they have influence over others 00:02:41.42\00:02:43.89 and so, that's another definition of power 00:02:43.93\00:02:46.86 and in some countries, I think even here 00:02:46.90\00:02:49.76 and in most countries in the world, 00:02:49.80\00:02:51.67 when we look at light 00:02:51.70\00:02:53.44 and we speak about where we get our light from, 00:02:53.47\00:02:56.07 we usually say it comes from the Power Company, 00:02:56.10\00:02:58.61 and so, power also denotes that thing about light... 00:02:58.64\00:03:03.21 where there's light, there's power... 00:03:03.24\00:03:05.08 you go to... in fact, if you take away the light 00:03:05.11\00:03:07.62 people will say you have a power outage... 00:03:07.65\00:03:09.08 Hmmm... 00:03:09.15\00:03:10.49 And so, we're looking at power in these different contexts 00:03:10.52\00:03:13.36 so, when it comes to prayer, 00:03:13.39\00:03:15.29 we could actually look at these different definitions of prayer 00:03:15.32\00:03:20.60 and see... "How does that relate to my prayer life?" 00:03:20.63\00:03:23.13 Or "How can this influence how I pray?" 00:03:23.16\00:03:25.27 And that's where we're going to head today. 00:03:25.30\00:03:27.34 So, in prayer sometimes, we say, "A prayer is powerful" 00:03:27.37\00:03:31.74 based on the intensity of that prayer 00:03:31.77\00:03:33.68 and when we look at the story of Hannah, for example, 00:03:33.71\00:03:36.98 we know that was an intense prayer. 00:03:37.01\00:03:39.58 That prayer was like, from the heart... 00:03:39.61\00:03:42.15 from the foot... from every part of her body... 00:03:42.18\00:03:45.49 it was intense, it was deep, it was heavy 00:03:45.52\00:03:48.42 and so we look at prayer and we think about intensity, 00:03:48.46\00:03:52.13 the depth of that prayer, and so on. 00:03:52.16\00:03:54.06 Then we also look at prayer as having exerted certain strength 00:03:54.10\00:03:59.30 when we look at Jacob wrestling with God, 00:03:59.33\00:04:01.87 he exerted a lot of strength in that prayer 00:04:01.90\00:04:04.14 because the Bible says, "He wrestled... 00:04:04.17\00:04:06.61 he wrestled until the daybreak... " 00:04:06.64\00:04:09.04 that was a lot of wrestling... 00:04:09.08\00:04:10.41 he must been tired just like you today 00:04:10.45\00:04:12.21 because you played basketball. 00:04:12.25\00:04:13.58 Yes... 00:04:13.62\00:04:14.95 So, Jacob was wrestling... exerting all of that strength 00:04:14.98\00:04:18.35 and we talk about that as power. 00:04:18.39\00:04:19.99 Then power can also refer to the ability of that prayer 00:04:20.02\00:04:24.23 to go beyond the ceiling. 00:04:24.26\00:04:25.86 You know, many times we pray these prayers 00:04:25.89\00:04:28.26 but they don't go very far 00:04:28.30\00:04:29.63 but it could also refer to those prayers 00:04:29.66\00:04:31.57 that actually go far beyond the ceiling. 00:04:31.60\00:04:33.77 And a prayer that kind of... 00:04:33.80\00:04:36.54 it looks like we're not sure 00:04:36.57\00:04:39.24 what the king was trying to achieve, 00:04:39.27\00:04:41.44 but actually achieved what God wanted it to achieve 00:04:41.48\00:04:44.35 was a prayer in Daniel 6 verse 16 00:04:44.38\00:04:46.65 where the king of the Medes and Persians 00:04:46.68\00:04:50.22 actually said, in fact, when he was commanding 00:04:50.25\00:04:53.02 the folks who put Daniel in the lions' den... 00:04:53.05\00:04:55.82 he actually said a prayer... 00:04:55.86\00:04:57.49 because, he said, 00:04:57.53\00:04:59.59 "May your God, whom you serve continually, 00:04:59.63\00:05:03.13 deliver you!" 00:05:03.16\00:05:04.50 Hmmm... 00:05:04.53\00:05:05.87 Now, he said that prayer because he gave an order 00:05:05.90\00:05:08.37 but he said, "Hey, may your God deliver you" 00:05:08.40\00:05:10.37 he was actually praying, 00:05:10.41\00:05:11.74 his prayer went beyond the ceiling 00:05:11.77\00:05:13.14 because God did deliver Daniel out of the lions' den 00:05:13.17\00:05:16.24 so power can refer to the prayers 00:05:16.28\00:05:18.88 that really bring results. 00:05:18.91\00:05:20.65 So, when we say, "Go beyond the ceiling" 00:05:20.72\00:05:22.05 prayers that actually get an answer... 00:05:22.08\00:05:23.42 in that case, the king of the Medes and the Persians 00:05:23.45\00:05:25.82 he actually prayed a prayer 00:05:25.85\00:05:27.19 that actually went beyond the ceiling. 00:05:27.22\00:05:28.56 Yeah. 00:05:28.59\00:05:29.92 Then we have praying which can also... 00:05:29.96\00:05:31.96 a power which can also refer in our prayer life, 00:05:31.99\00:05:34.86 which can also refer to giving light on a matter 00:05:34.90\00:05:37.70 just as we looked at the definition of power being light 00:05:37.73\00:05:40.37 and in the case of the Bible, 00:05:40.40\00:05:42.50 we look at the examples of Daniel... in Daniel 2... 00:05:42.54\00:05:46.31 we look at the example of Joseph... 00:05:46.34\00:05:48.28 in Genesis 40 and 41 00:05:48.31\00:05:50.75 where in these instances, 00:05:50.78\00:05:52.51 God gave light or power to these two men 00:05:52.55\00:05:55.92 to actually interpret the dreams of other people... 00:05:55.95\00:05:59.52 and so, these are the contexts 00:05:59.55\00:06:01.69 with which we can actually parallel 00:06:01.72\00:06:03.36 the definitions of power in our prayer lives 00:06:03.39\00:06:07.36 and they still makes sense... 00:06:07.40\00:06:08.73 Yes... yes... 00:06:08.76\00:06:10.10 And Elijah, for example, 00:06:10.13\00:06:11.83 he offered one of the most powerful prayers in the Bible. 00:06:11.87\00:06:16.07 When we look at his story... there in 1st Kings verse 18, 00:06:16.10\00:06:19.97 you see, because there Elijah actually rebukes King Ahab 00:06:20.01\00:06:23.95 and he defeats also the prophets of... at Mount Carmel. 00:06:23.98\00:06:27.88 Jason: 1st Kings verse 18... what chapter? 00:06:27.92\00:06:29.68 Nadine: 1st Kings chapter 18. Jason: Oh, chapter 18? 00:06:29.72\00:06:33.22 Nadine: Yes. Jason: And what verse? 00:06:33.25\00:06:35.32 Nadine: We can look at like, verse 17, 00:06:35.36\00:06:37.39 there in verse 17 00:06:37.43\00:06:39.29 we would see Elijah going to Ahab 00:06:39.33\00:06:43.77 which is where we really want to pick up the story, 00:06:43.80\00:06:45.93 because what happens is that 00:06:45.97\00:06:47.30 Elijah was on the run for a long time, 00:06:47.34\00:06:48.74 he was like a fugitive, 00:06:48.77\00:06:50.11 remember, he was hiding in the cave... 00:06:50.14\00:06:51.94 God visited him there and so on 00:06:51.97\00:06:54.01 but Elijah eventually got out of the cave 00:06:54.04\00:06:56.98 and he was so bold... he went to Ahab, 00:06:57.01\00:07:00.05 "Yo, you've been looking for me... 00:07:00.08\00:07:02.88 I heard you've been looking for me... " 00:07:02.92\00:07:04.95 He went there with this assurance 00:07:04.99\00:07:08.16 because he was tired of running and... 00:07:08.19\00:07:10.56 in fact, God had asked him to get out of that cave anyhow, 00:07:10.59\00:07:12.89 so he was really living in obedience 00:07:12.93\00:07:14.80 and so Elijah presented himself to Ahab... 00:07:14.83\00:07:16.73 "You've been looking for me. " 00:07:16.77\00:07:18.10 Whether he addressed him as, "Sir... " 00:07:18.13\00:07:19.47 he gave... whichever shout-out he gave 00:07:19.50\00:07:21.60 "But I'm here... and I heard you've been looking for me. " 00:07:21.64\00:07:24.44 And the king looks to him and says, 00:07:24.47\00:07:26.61 "Hey, you troublemaker... " 00:07:26.64\00:07:27.98 so, Elijah says... I like to make it come alive 00:07:28.01\00:07:31.81 because these stories are so exciting 00:07:31.85\00:07:33.82 so the king, in verse 18, he says to Elijah, 00:07:33.85\00:07:37.82 "You troublemaker... " 00:07:37.85\00:07:39.19 and Elijah boldly defends himself... and he's like, 00:07:39.22\00:07:41.72 "You know what? I'm not the troublemaker... 00:07:41.76\00:07:43.32 in fact, you and your household... 00:07:43.36\00:07:45.59 you guys are the troublemakers. " 00:07:45.63\00:07:47.86 Now, Elijah goes to him, and Elijah says, 00:07:47.90\00:07:50.80 "You guys are the troublemakers, I'm not a troublemaker 00:07:50.87\00:07:52.63 because you and your people have no regard for my God. " 00:07:52.67\00:07:55.80 That's why Elijah was referring to them as troublemakers 00:07:55.84\00:07:58.94 and essentially said to them, 00:07:58.97\00:08:00.31 "So, because you have no regard for my God, 00:08:00.34\00:08:02.41 I have a proposal for you" 00:08:02.44\00:08:04.55 and there he charges the king, 00:08:04.58\00:08:06.61 "You get all these prophets of Baal 00:08:06.65\00:08:08.75 you get all these other prophets, 00:08:08.78\00:08:10.72 you get all of them and let's have a showdown today. " 00:08:10.75\00:08:13.69 Hmmm... 00:08:13.72\00:08:15.06 "Let's just get this party started 00:08:15.09\00:08:17.39 so we can see who the real God is. " 00:08:17.43\00:08:18.83 Yeah. 00:08:18.86\00:08:20.20 You see, Elijah went into the community... 00:08:20.23\00:08:21.86 he called everybody, 00:08:21.90\00:08:23.23 "Come... we're going to have a showdown today. 00:08:23.26\00:08:25.13 we will know who the real God is. " 00:08:25.20\00:08:27.70 And so, we are told that all of these people gathered 00:08:27.74\00:08:31.04 and then these prophets of Baal 00:08:31.07\00:08:32.84 began to petition their gods. 00:08:32.87\00:08:34.58 They began to cut themselves, they began to shout... 00:08:34.61\00:08:38.18 they began to dance and they did all sorts of stuff 00:08:38.21\00:08:41.18 and I could only imagine Elijah in the sidelines... 00:08:41.22\00:08:45.29 "Shout a little louder... jump a little higher... 00:08:45.32\00:08:48.92 dance a little more... cut yourself more... " 00:08:48.96\00:08:52.56 you can imagine him taunting them 00:08:52.59\00:08:53.93 because these guys are going on for hours... 00:08:53.96\00:08:56.40 the Bible says, it went on until evening time 00:08:56.43\00:08:58.87 petitioning their gods 00:08:58.90\00:09:01.04 and by evening, Elijah is like, 00:09:01.10\00:09:02.70 "Okay, you guys aren't tired yet?" 00:09:02.74\00:09:04.34 Now by that time, 00:09:04.37\00:09:05.71 you could imagine the crowd that was there earlier in the day 00:09:05.74\00:09:07.88 had already thinned out big time 00:09:07.91\00:09:09.71 because no action was happening, Elijah promised them action 00:09:09.74\00:09:13.25 Elijah goes back and says, 00:09:13.28\00:09:15.38 "People, come, come, come back people come back. " 00:09:15.42\00:09:17.42 "Come near" he says, 00:09:17.45\00:09:19.72 "I need all of you to hear this. " 00:09:19.75\00:09:21.09 So, you remember they had broken down the walls 00:09:21.12\00:09:25.06 and the altars and so on... 00:09:25.09\00:09:27.10 so Elijah began to rebuild one 00:09:27.13\00:09:28.46 just putting stones and so on, 00:09:28.50\00:09:29.83 he says, "You know what? 00:09:29.86\00:09:31.20 I'm going to just put some wood here and so on... 00:09:31.23\00:09:33.37 now, I need you guys to help me get some water... " 00:09:33.40\00:09:37.11 and so, they began to throw water on that altar 00:09:37.14\00:09:40.78 then he began to dig round it 00:09:40.81\00:09:43.38 and make that trench... that gutter... 00:09:43.45\00:09:45.35 and said, "Pour water in there also" 00:09:45.38\00:09:47.65 that's big time show, you know... 00:09:47.68\00:09:49.72 so Elijah is there asking them, "Throw the barrels of water" 00:09:49.75\00:09:52.42 and the Bible says... 00:09:52.45\00:09:53.79 I think they threw about 12 of them on that thing 00:09:53.82\00:09:56.29 and then Elijah utters a prayer in 1st Kings 18:36 to 37, 00:09:56.32\00:10:01.36 he says, "Oh Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, 00:10:01.40\00:10:06.40 today let it be known that you are God in Israel 00:10:06.43\00:10:10.71 and that I am Your servant 00:10:10.74\00:10:12.61 and I have done all these things at Your word. 00:10:12.64\00:10:16.04 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, 00:10:16.11\00:10:18.88 that these people may know that You O Lord, are God, 00:10:18.91\00:10:22.78 and You have turned their hearts back again. " 00:10:22.82\00:10:27.42 And so, Elijah offers that prayer, 00:10:27.46\00:10:30.03 and in grand style 00:10:30.09\00:10:32.19 God immediately sends fire 00:10:32.23\00:10:35.86 and everything... the Bible says, everything... 00:10:35.90\00:10:38.47 all the water, according to the Bible, was licked up... 00:10:38.50\00:10:41.27 it was gone... in that one prayer, 00:10:41.30\00:10:44.11 "Everything was consumed... " 00:10:44.14\00:10:46.07 in 1st Kings 18:38 it says, 00:10:46.11\00:10:47.94 "The fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering 00:10:48.01\00:10:51.31 and the wood and the stones and the dust, 00:10:51.35\00:10:53.65 and licked it up... 00:10:53.68\00:10:55.28 all the water that was in the trench. " 00:10:55.32\00:10:57.75 So it didn't just burn the altar... 00:10:57.79\00:11:00.16 everything in its way was gone 00:11:00.19\00:11:02.79 and so, Elijah proved his point. 00:11:02.82\00:11:05.36 Not only did he serve the true God... 00:11:05.39\00:11:07.76 the living God... 00:11:07.80\00:11:09.13 he served the God who hears and answers prayers. 00:11:09.16\00:11:11.87 That's right... that's right... 00:11:11.90\00:11:13.23 You see, and that's the kind of power we are talking about, 00:11:13.27\00:11:16.40 this is a powerful response to a heartfelt demonstration 00:11:16.44\00:11:19.54 of a powerful prayer of faith 00:11:19.57\00:11:21.18 and as we spoke about being in connection with God 00:11:21.24\00:11:25.05 and talking with Him and seeking Him 00:11:25.08\00:11:26.72 and knowing His will and so on, 00:11:26.75\00:11:28.52 Elijah could have only gone to God like that. 00:11:28.55\00:11:31.09 He could have only made such a public spectacle 00:11:31.12\00:11:33.59 because he had a relationship with God 00:11:33.62\00:11:35.56 and he knew that his God was going to show up. 00:11:35.62\00:11:38.03 Yeah, and he knew that his God was the one true God. 00:11:38.06\00:11:41.26 Exactly and that day he proved the point, 00:11:41.30\00:11:43.57 when power now... so we're looking at power... 00:11:43.60\00:11:47.87 in that context, 00:11:47.90\00:11:49.24 now we're looking at power in the context of light 00:11:49.27\00:11:52.27 or electricity 00:11:52.31\00:11:54.08 and what implication does that have for our prayer lives? 00:11:54.11\00:11:58.11 Does it have any implication at all? 00:11:58.15\00:11:59.78 When we think about the light... 00:11:59.81\00:12:01.42 how, you know, if the power is gone... 00:12:01.45\00:12:04.49 the light is gone... there's no power... 00:12:04.52\00:12:06.99 how can that impact our prayer lives? 00:12:07.06\00:12:09.49 And so, one evening I was thinking about this... 00:12:09.52\00:12:11.76 one time, when I was preparing... 00:12:11.79\00:12:13.13 when I was working on one of my books on prayer... 00:12:13.16\00:12:15.83 and I thought to myself, "Lord, how can that...?" 00:12:15.86\00:12:18.50 Because I already had covered the other definitions of power 00:12:18.53\00:12:21.07 but this one power... 00:12:21.10\00:12:23.10 or light as power... power as light... 00:12:23.14\00:12:25.51 how could that impact our prayer lives? 00:12:25.54\00:12:27.74 And I went to sleep 00:12:27.78\00:12:29.24 and while I was sleeping, the Lord gave me the revelation 00:12:29.28\00:12:31.81 and I was able to wake up in the morning 00:12:31.85\00:12:33.98 and now, put it into context 00:12:34.02\00:12:35.42 because the thing about it is that... 00:12:35.48\00:12:39.32 in the lights... or how we get light... 00:12:39.35\00:12:43.19 in our homes and so on... 00:12:43.22\00:12:44.86 the source of electricity... we have wires and poles 00:12:44.89\00:12:48.53 and so, we have these wires and these poles 00:12:48.56\00:12:51.97 and then they use transmissions or distribution systems 00:12:52.03\00:12:56.40 so, poles, wires, and then distribution systems 00:12:56.44\00:12:59.51 to actually get the electricity 00:12:59.54\00:13:00.94 running through there, 00:13:00.98\00:13:02.74 so, these wires are connected by switches and transformers 00:13:02.78\00:13:06.01 from a power plant... 00:13:06.05\00:13:07.38 to the connections in our homes 00:13:07.42\00:13:09.75 now, how does that make sense for us? 00:13:09.78\00:13:11.99 So, now these power plants 00:13:12.02\00:13:13.36 are also connected to other power plants 00:13:13.39\00:13:15.09 and have something they call the Power Grid. 00:13:15.12\00:13:16.89 How does all that make sense in our prayer lives? 00:13:16.93\00:13:20.36 Each believer... you... myself... every viewer... 00:13:20.40\00:13:23.57 should be a power plant... 00:13:23.60\00:13:25.70 so, we should be a source 00:13:25.73\00:13:27.70 where others can actually come to receive light 00:13:27.74\00:13:30.24 because all of these transmissions 00:13:30.27\00:13:32.64 and poles and everything 00:13:32.67\00:13:34.01 is connected back to these power plants. 00:13:34.04\00:13:35.48 So, we being these power plants... 00:13:35.54\00:13:37.28 people come to us to receive light... 00:13:37.31\00:13:38.98 so we should be able to distribute that power 00:13:39.01\00:13:41.38 that light... general light by-the-way 00:13:41.42\00:13:43.85 because remember when we talk about 00:13:43.89\00:13:46.25 general and specific revelation and so on, 00:13:46.29\00:13:48.22 God revealing Himself to us in a general way... 00:13:48.26\00:13:50.66 through His Word... through nature... 00:13:50.73\00:13:52.06 and then specifically... when He reveals Himself to us personally 00:13:52.09\00:13:55.36 so, when we look at the power light as a power plant... 00:13:55.70\00:13:58.03 we give light... general light... 00:13:58.07\00:14:00.34 and as they connect to our light 00:14:00.37\00:14:02.34 and get to know God for themselves 00:14:02.40\00:14:04.37 then, they too become power plants 00:14:04.41\00:14:06.41 and distributors of the light of God 00:14:06.44\00:14:08.54 and so, that's one we can apply to us 00:14:08.58\00:14:10.61 and the current that is sent through these transformers 00:14:10.65\00:14:13.35 which are our prayers... 00:14:13.38\00:14:14.78 should increase the power and presence of God in our lives 00:14:14.82\00:14:19.05 and the lives of those we are praying for. 00:14:19.09\00:14:20.92 Yes... yes... 00:14:20.96\00:14:22.39 So, we go a little further with that 00:14:22.42\00:14:24.73 so the poles and the transmission lines 00:14:24.76\00:14:27.06 and the wires... 00:14:27.10\00:14:28.43 are the ways in which God pours into us 00:14:28.46\00:14:32.53 and gives us more of that light and more of that power 00:14:32.57\00:14:35.80 so, the more time we spend in the Word of God... 00:14:35.84\00:14:38.34 the more time we spend in the presence of God... 00:14:38.37\00:14:40.84 the more we receive power and light 00:14:40.88\00:14:43.38 and again we go back to Moses, 00:14:43.45\00:14:45.18 when he had spent time with God there... 00:14:45.21\00:14:47.78 the power of God was so present in him 00:14:47.82\00:14:50.22 that when he came down, he had to hide his face 00:14:50.25\00:14:53.12 because the light was so bright 00:14:53.15\00:14:55.42 that his people couldn't look on his face... 00:14:55.46\00:14:59.16 so, the thing about it is that our personal testimonies... 00:14:59.19\00:15:02.60 our personal experiences of God... 00:15:02.66\00:15:05.43 can travel through these transmissions 00:15:05.47\00:15:08.20 across the globe... you know, 00:15:08.24\00:15:10.54 through mediums like 3ABN, 00:15:10.57\00:15:12.81 through mediums like magazines and quarterlies and so on... 00:15:12.87\00:15:17.25 our testimonies travel... and so these transmissions 00:15:17.31\00:15:21.28 are happening across the globe 00:15:21.35\00:15:23.55 and the sub-stations of our personal prayer lives 00:15:23.59\00:15:26.55 or our powerful prayers... represent the impact 00:15:26.59\00:15:29.52 that we are actually having in our communities 00:15:29.56\00:15:32.19 so, while we have the transmissions taking place 00:15:32.23\00:15:34.83 where you can have electricity 00:15:34.86\00:15:36.20 traveling across states and across countries, 00:15:36.23\00:15:38.10 you have these sub-stations 00:15:38.13\00:15:40.04 which are our own little space... 00:15:40.07\00:15:43.07 our own little communities... our homes... 00:15:43.10\00:15:45.24 and how the prayers we are praying... 00:15:45.27\00:15:47.38 how they impact people in our direct vicinity 00:15:47.41\00:15:49.98 and the sub-stations actually do that. 00:15:50.05\00:15:52.61 I like that, it's so important 00:15:52.65\00:15:55.42 that we plug into the source of our power... which is Christ, 00:15:55.45\00:15:59.02 we have to stay in the Word of God... 00:15:59.05\00:16:02.42 we have to stay in prayer 00:16:02.49\00:16:04.93 and if we don't plug in... 00:16:04.96\00:16:07.33 just like, if you don't plug that lamp in at home, 00:16:07.40\00:16:10.87 there is going to be no power that's going into that lamp 00:16:10.90\00:16:14.20 which is... basically, you're going to be in darkness. 00:16:14.24\00:16:17.34 Exactly, because even like, 00:16:17.41\00:16:19.24 with the illustration of the power and the light... 00:16:19.27\00:16:22.41 outside of our homes, we have what is called a box... 00:16:22.44\00:16:25.75 we have this thing called a box... outside our home... 00:16:25.78\00:16:29.05 and I can't remember the name of that box... 00:16:29.08\00:16:30.42 but we have it outside 00:16:30.45\00:16:31.79 and so it measures how much electricity we use... 00:16:31.82\00:16:34.56 Jason: Oh, the Meter... 00:16:34.62\00:16:36.36 Nadine: Yes, the meter kind of thing 00:16:36.39\00:16:37.83 so it measures how much electricity we use 00:16:37.86\00:16:39.43 and that there now gives an indication, for example, 00:16:39.46\00:16:43.83 of guarding our own experiences and how we access Him and so on 00:16:43.87\00:16:47.74 but inside our homes, we have switches 00:16:47.80\00:16:50.41 and these switches... when we put them on... 00:16:50.44\00:16:54.34 they're really about 00:16:54.38\00:16:55.71 what's happening in our heart and in our minds. 00:16:55.74\00:16:58.75 So we have all of that kind of access to God 00:16:58.78\00:17:01.82 and the relationship with God 00:17:01.85\00:17:03.62 and how our relationship can grow 00:17:03.65\00:17:05.15 and I think it's called a Service Box... 00:17:05.19\00:17:06.79 you know, outside the house... 00:17:06.82\00:17:08.16 and so it measures that 00:17:08.19\00:17:09.56 and then in the house, of course, the switches... 00:17:09.59\00:17:11.33 and so, every time we put on the switch... we get light... 00:17:11.36\00:17:13.76 right... but that light is connected 00:17:13.80\00:17:16.10 through the whole chain of events 00:17:16.16\00:17:18.40 because there are transmissions happening 00:17:18.43\00:17:20.40 from the poles and the wires to the power plants and so on 00:17:20.44\00:17:24.71 and so, each person needs to be connected 00:17:24.74\00:17:27.14 like you just mentioned there 00:17:27.18\00:17:28.51 to that power source for themselves, 00:17:28.54\00:17:30.15 each person needs to have access at some point 00:17:30.18\00:17:33.25 to being connected 00:17:33.28\00:17:34.78 and that brings me to little story... 00:17:34.85\00:17:36.72 I remember my mom one time told me... 00:17:36.75\00:17:39.85 my brother built a house on the property 00:17:39.89\00:17:42.96 and he was getting light from her house 00:17:42.99\00:17:45.99 so, she was sharing electricity... 00:17:46.03\00:17:49.00 so, from the pole and wires... 00:17:49.03\00:17:50.57 she would have shared... I don't know how that's done 00:17:50.60\00:17:52.97 to give light to another house 00:17:53.00\00:17:54.97 but the electricity company came and said, 00:17:55.00\00:17:58.84 "Hey, everybody has to have their own connections... " 00:17:58.87\00:18:01.11 so they had to cut that connection off... 00:18:01.14\00:18:02.84 Jason: I like where you're going... 00:18:02.88\00:18:04.61 Nadine: So, you see, so at some point 00:18:04.65\00:18:06.31 our relationship with God 00:18:06.38\00:18:07.72 will have to have the potential to produce its own light... 00:18:07.75\00:18:11.95 we cannot just depend on the light of somebody else. 00:18:11.99\00:18:14.46 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:18:14.52\00:18:15.86 and that reminds me of that verse, 00:18:15.89\00:18:17.96 "O taste and see that the Lord is good... " 00:18:17.99\00:18:20.10 how can... you can't taste and see that the Lord is good 00:18:20.13\00:18:24.17 through my taste buds... 00:18:24.23\00:18:25.57 through my relationship with God... 00:18:25.60\00:18:27.94 just like, you can't tell if I'm eating an apple, 00:18:27.97\00:18:30.91 you're not tasting the apple that I'm eating. 00:18:30.94\00:18:33.44 Nadine: Yes. 00:18:33.48\00:18:34.81 Jason: You have to taste it for yourself. 00:18:34.84\00:18:36.18 Nadine: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:18:36.21\00:18:37.55 and that's why we all need that personal connection, 00:18:37.58\00:18:39.48 that's why God has made Himself available 00:18:39.51\00:18:41.78 to have a personal relationship with every one of us 00:18:41.82\00:18:44.89 because... yes... we can read the Bible... 00:18:44.92\00:18:47.49 and be inspired by these testimonies 00:18:47.52\00:18:49.42 our own life is supposed to be producing testimonies as well 00:18:49.46\00:18:53.76 because when other people meet us, 00:18:53.80\00:18:55.83 as we had mentioned sometime before, 00:18:55.86\00:18:57.83 if it is... they don't want anything to do with the Word 00:18:57.87\00:19:00.34 they cannot contend with your personal story 00:19:00.37\00:19:03.30 and so, everybody needs to have that personal connection 00:19:03.34\00:19:06.11 at a point, 00:19:06.14\00:19:07.48 so, initially yes, you may be connected 00:19:07.51\00:19:09.31 through somebody else's connection... 00:19:09.34\00:19:11.35 somebody else may be praying for you 00:19:11.38\00:19:13.31 but there comes a time when you need to be praying for yourself. 00:19:13.35\00:19:15.42 Jason: Yes. 00:19:15.45\00:19:16.79 Nadine: We cannot, forever, pass notes to Him... 00:19:16.82\00:19:18.19 Jason: Yeah. Nadine: to God... 00:19:18.22\00:19:19.55 We have to... at some time 00:19:19.59\00:19:20.92 go and have our own personal discussion with Him, 00:19:20.96\00:19:22.86 and so, we see, Elijah was vitally connected to God... 00:19:22.89\00:19:27.60 that is how we are able to pray... for God... 00:19:27.63\00:19:30.40 he was able to pray for God to shut the heavens 00:19:30.43\00:19:33.03 and the Bible says, the heavens were shut, 00:19:33.07\00:19:34.70 you remember, when he talked... no rain... 00:19:34.74\00:19:36.37 and when he prayed for rain... it came... 00:19:36.40\00:19:38.01 because he had that connection with the source of all power 00:19:38.04\00:19:42.28 and that's what God wants for each of us... 00:19:42.31\00:19:44.51 the most notable idea about praying with power 00:19:44.55\00:19:47.42 in its full recognition... is that: 00:19:47.45\00:19:49.08 Power comes only from God. 00:19:49.12\00:19:51.29 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... 00:19:51.32\00:19:52.65 Nadine: Real power... 00:19:52.69\00:19:54.02 so you may be sustained by somebody else's testimony, 00:19:54.06\00:19:57.23 you may be sustained by somebody else's sermon 00:19:57.29\00:19:59.79 you may be sustained by somebody else's 00:19:59.83\00:20:01.56 personal devotional life based on what they share 00:20:01.60\00:20:04.73 but ultimately, you need to go to God 00:20:04.77\00:20:08.20 and get your source of strength, you know, 00:20:08.24\00:20:10.17 you need to get your own power... 00:20:10.21\00:20:11.84 you need to have your own personal testimonies 00:20:11.87\00:20:14.18 because I believe... if the Bible was being written today, 00:20:14.21\00:20:17.65 each of us should have a chapter or a book. 00:20:17.91\00:20:19.95 Something about our story 00:20:19.98\00:20:22.05 that would inspire somebody else who would read the book, 00:20:22.08\00:20:24.49 so, we need to be developing these testimonies 00:20:24.52\00:20:26.76 when we spoke about praying in faith and so on, 00:20:26.79\00:20:28.96 we need to have evidence that God is answering our prayers, 00:20:28.99\00:20:33.19 evidence that God is working 00:20:33.23\00:20:34.70 so that our own power will be increased 00:20:34.73\00:20:37.70 so you have dim light... 00:20:37.73\00:20:39.93 and you have very bright lights you know, 00:20:39.97\00:20:42.37 you have light that can shine only in one spot 00:20:42.40\00:20:44.34 and light that can shine in an entire room 00:20:44.37\00:20:46.31 and we need to be a big light for God 00:20:46.34\00:20:50.35 but of course, we would have to be connected... 00:20:50.38\00:20:52.91 so connected that our light will continue to grow 00:20:52.95\00:20:55.42 and continue to shine. 00:20:55.45\00:20:56.79 Jason: Yes. Nadine: And that is where 00:20:56.82\00:20:58.52 we really need to look at the power 00:20:58.55\00:21:00.19 in terms of our own prayer life, 00:21:00.22\00:21:01.79 because it's God who gives that power 00:21:01.82\00:21:04.26 and I remember, a few years ago, 00:21:04.29\00:21:06.16 I was up having my devotion 00:21:06.19\00:21:09.86 and I felt impressed to visit a lady... 00:21:09.90\00:21:11.97 I had only met that lady one time... 00:21:12.00\00:21:14.04 and I said, "Um... what am I going to tell her?" 00:21:14.07\00:21:17.91 Because I've never met her before... 00:21:17.97\00:21:19.31 I went to her house... 00:21:19.34\00:21:20.68 I met her, sorry, just that one time... 00:21:20.71\00:21:22.04 I'm thinking, "What am I going to say to this lady?" 00:21:22.08\00:21:24.11 I didn't even remember her name at the time, actually, 00:21:24.15\00:21:26.51 but I decided, "Okay, let me just go" 00:21:26.55\00:21:29.48 because the Holy Spirit really impressed upon my heart 00:21:29.52\00:21:32.09 that this is where I should go... 00:21:32.15\00:21:34.06 and so, I was walking to her house 00:21:34.09\00:21:35.89 and I'm saying to God, "What am I going to say to her?" 00:21:35.92\00:21:38.09 I knocked on her door 00:21:38.13\00:21:40.50 and I heard her voice say, "I am coming... " 00:21:40.53\00:21:42.80 when she opened the door, 00:21:42.83\00:21:44.40 she greeted me and she invited me in... 00:21:44.43\00:21:46.53 I sat on the chair that she gave me... 00:21:46.57\00:21:48.54 there was one by the door... 00:21:48.57\00:21:49.97 and I said not a word... 00:21:50.01\00:21:51.37 because, you see, when I was knocking on the door, 00:21:51.41\00:21:53.48 I said to God, "You're sending me here, 00:21:53.51\00:21:54.88 I don't know what I'm going to say... 00:21:54.91\00:21:56.24 You'd better speak Lord... " 00:21:56.28\00:21:57.81 so, when I sat there with her 00:21:57.85\00:21:59.35 she began to speak and tell me... 00:21:59.41\00:22:01.25 she's been sick for three weeks... 00:22:01.28\00:22:03.05 and she showed me all of her books on the table... 00:22:03.08\00:22:05.25 she had not been to classes 00:22:05.29\00:22:07.16 because she was not well at all, 00:22:07.19\00:22:09.16 her stomach was all the way out here 00:22:09.19\00:22:11.13 and she was saying to me 00:22:11.19\00:22:12.53 all of the pain she was having and so on 00:22:12.56\00:22:14.70 and I said, "Oh Lord, that's why I'm here?" 00:22:14.73\00:22:16.83 And so, then I began to talk to her about faith 00:22:16.87\00:22:19.53 and I remembered another story that I had 00:22:19.60\00:22:22.30 where I was dealing with a friend of mine, 00:22:22.34\00:22:24.87 a pastor on campus... 00:22:24.91\00:22:26.24 we had been praying about his tuition... 00:22:26.27\00:22:27.74 for God to provide and so on 00:22:27.78\00:22:29.88 and we spent many days in the Prayer Garden praying... 00:22:29.91\00:22:32.58 and I remember saying to him, 00:22:32.61\00:22:33.98 "A journey that begins by faith, only ends in faith... " 00:22:34.02\00:22:37.19 and so, because his journey has started that way 00:22:37.22\00:22:40.12 where he came to school without funds 00:22:40.16\00:22:42.02 and I gave him my own story and I said... 00:22:42.06\00:22:43.86 maybe that's why God connected us 00:22:43.89\00:22:45.43 because we have a similar story, 00:22:45.46\00:22:46.90 I said, "You know, it will end by faith... 00:22:46.93\00:22:48.93 so, you need to continue to trust God... " 00:22:48.96\00:22:50.93 and we went through his process 00:22:50.97\00:22:52.30 and we saw how God came through big time 00:22:52.33\00:22:54.14 and so, I shared that story of faith with her 00:22:54.17\00:22:56.47 because she knew him... 00:22:56.50\00:22:57.84 because we were all in the same campus 00:22:57.87\00:22:59.21 and so I said to her, 00:22:59.24\00:23:00.74 "Do you believe that God can heal you?" 00:23:00.78\00:23:02.41 And she said, "Yes. " 00:23:02.44\00:23:04.01 I said, "Well, if you believe God can heal you, 00:23:04.05\00:23:06.21 then I'm going to pray for you... " 00:23:06.25\00:23:07.65 because I did not want to pray with her, 00:23:07.68\00:23:09.25 if she did not believe that He could heal her. 00:23:09.28\00:23:10.75 Jason: Yes. 00:23:10.79\00:23:12.12 Nadine: Now since her husband was a pastor, I said to her, 00:23:12.15\00:23:13.96 "I'll bring some olive oil to church 00:23:13.99\00:23:15.59 and I'll anoint that oil so your husband can anoint you" 00:23:15.62\00:23:17.99 so, we prayed... and I remember part of the prayer, 00:23:18.06\00:23:21.86 I said to her, "Lord, you are the mechanic of her creation" 00:23:21.93\00:23:25.67 so I asked Him to fix whatsoever is inside of her 00:23:25.70\00:23:28.87 because I use that prayer sometimes... 00:23:28.90\00:23:30.24 if I don't feel well, 00:23:30.27\00:23:31.61 I say, "Lord, you are the mechanic of my creation... " 00:23:31.64\00:23:33.78 just as a mechanic is good and knows how to fix that car 00:23:33.81\00:23:36.31 because they know everything about that car, 00:23:36.34\00:23:38.48 God knows everything about us, and I said, 00:23:38.51\00:23:40.62 "If you know everything about me, then you can fix me... " 00:23:40.65\00:23:43.25 and I prayed that prayer for her and I paused again... 00:23:43.28\00:23:45.85 "Do you believe?" And she said, "Yes. " 00:23:45.89\00:23:48.29 And so, that evening when I went to church, 00:23:48.32\00:23:50.69 I had the oil in my bag... 00:23:50.73\00:23:52.13 she came to me and she said to me... 00:23:52.16\00:23:53.86 "You know, Sister, after you left my house, 00:23:53.90\00:23:56.23 I went back to sleep. " 00:23:56.26\00:23:58.00 And she said, "I felt like a hand was moving inside of me" 00:23:58.03\00:24:01.50 and she felt like she wanted to vomit... 00:24:01.54\00:24:03.51 and she said... she was well after that. 00:24:03.54\00:24:05.71 The thing is, what she told me again 00:24:05.77\00:24:07.88 was that she was in her room but a Spirit... 00:24:07.91\00:24:12.15 she said, "Something told me... " 00:24:12.18\00:24:13.52 obviously, it was the Spirit of God 00:24:13.55\00:24:14.88 to go out into the Living Area 00:24:14.92\00:24:16.25 because, she said... 00:24:16.28\00:24:17.62 in the bedroom she would not have heard my knock on the door, 00:24:17.65\00:24:19.05 in the first place... 00:24:19.09\00:24:20.66 three weeks later, 00:24:20.69\00:24:22.02 I went to sing at a Women's Ministries Convention 00:24:22.06\00:24:23.96 I met her there, all dressed up nicely 00:24:23.99\00:24:26.36 in her high heels and looking very well... 00:24:26.39\00:24:28.53 she said, she had never felt sick again. 00:24:28.56\00:24:30.47 Jason: Wow! 00:24:30.50\00:24:31.83 Nadine: So, that was a testimony for me in terms of obedience 00:24:31.87\00:24:34.70 and also, the power of God in prayer. 00:24:34.74\00:24:37.04 So, she told a friend of mine, 00:24:37.07\00:24:39.01 "You know, your friend prayed for me and God healed me... " 00:24:39.04\00:24:40.71 and she asked that I come back to pray for her 00:24:40.74\00:24:42.54 for another issue... and I said to my friend, "No" 00:24:42.58\00:24:45.01 because she saw the power of God demonstrated... 00:24:45.05\00:24:47.48 now, you have access to the same power... 00:24:47.52\00:24:49.55 Jason: Yes... yes. 00:24:49.58\00:24:50.92 Nadine: Because the Bible says, 00:24:50.95\00:24:52.29 "All power is given unto all of us. " 00:24:52.32\00:24:53.66 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:24:53.69\00:24:55.02 Nadine: It's... we need to just be diligent in going to Him... 00:24:55.06\00:24:57.13 praying in faith... as she agreed with me in prayer 00:24:57.16\00:24:59.56 that God could heal... and God healed her. 00:24:59.59\00:25:01.66 Jason: Which is beautiful... we all have equal access to God. 00:25:01.70\00:25:04.63 Nadine: Exactly. 00:25:04.67\00:25:06.00 Jason: We don't utilize it as much as we should. 00:25:06.03\00:25:07.37 Nadine: Exactly... exactly because sometimes we believe 00:25:07.40\00:25:09.67 that praying with power is praying forcefully... 00:25:09.70\00:25:12.07 it's praying with the right words and the right tones 00:25:12.11\00:25:14.84 but sometimes, 00:25:14.88\00:25:16.21 these prayers don't have power backed behind it 00:25:16.24\00:25:18.11 that's why the Bible says, we have the form... 00:25:18.18\00:25:20.12 so, we know how to say the good prayer... 00:25:20.15\00:25:22.65 we know how to have the right tone... 00:25:22.68\00:25:25.15 but the power... we are denying... 00:25:25.22\00:25:27.22 and that's the power that we need 00:25:27.26\00:25:28.96 to actually have our prayers answered 00:25:28.99\00:25:32.09 and quickly, I will touch on the issue of agreement, 00:25:32.13\00:25:34.96 the Bible says, 00:25:35.00\00:25:37.23 "When two agree on something, it is done... " right? 00:25:37.27\00:25:41.34 Now, obviously that would be 00:25:41.37\00:25:42.80 when two agree on something that is the will of God... it is done 00:25:42.84\00:25:45.21 Jason: Yes... yes... 00:25:45.27\00:25:46.61 Nadine: But one thing I like about praying in agreement, 00:25:46.64\00:25:48.48 the Bible says, "If one can slay a thousand... " 00:25:48.51\00:25:51.01 in fact it says, "one can slay a thousand... " 00:25:51.08\00:25:53.55 the text is there... 00:25:53.58\00:25:54.92 it says, "With one can put a thousand of the enemy to flight, 00:25:54.95\00:26:00.36 two can do ten thousand. " 00:26:00.39\00:26:04.39 That's crazy math... 00:26:04.46\00:26:05.79 because we know one... if one is to 1,000 00:26:05.83\00:26:09.00 then, two is to 2,000 00:26:09.03\00:26:10.37 but God is saying here, "If one is to 1,000... 00:26:10.40\00:26:13.23 My math... two is to 10,000" 00:26:13.27\00:26:15.47 and you can understand why the enemy 00:26:15.50\00:26:18.04 does not want us to pray in agreement, 00:26:18.07\00:26:20.41 in fact, He hates agreement all together... 00:26:20.44\00:26:22.81 He will do whatever it takes 00:26:22.84\00:26:24.31 to ensure that husbands and wives don't get along... 00:26:24.35\00:26:26.65 Jason: Oh yeah, he wants to divide and conquer. 00:26:26.68\00:26:28.68 Nadine: Yes, so he knows... if two are there in Christ... 00:26:28.72\00:26:33.29 they can slay, at one time, 10,000 of his plans to nothing 00:26:33.32\00:26:37.83 so, he doesn't want us to be in agreement 00:26:37.89\00:26:39.73 and that's why praying in agreement is so powerful. 00:26:39.79\00:26:41.96 When I mentioned the example of my friends 00:26:42.00\00:26:44.37 and how we prayed together at night 00:26:44.40\00:26:45.83 so that our friend could deliver the baby, 00:26:45.90\00:26:47.90 it's because we believed in prayer, 00:26:47.94\00:26:50.34 we agreed in prayer 00:26:50.37\00:26:51.71 that that baby would be brought to term 00:26:51.74\00:26:53.61 in the name of Jesus... 00:26:53.64\00:26:55.58 and so, that is why we need to remember 00:26:55.61\00:26:59.05 when we're praying in power, a power plant... each of us 00:26:59.08\00:27:02.38 when we come together with another power plant... 00:27:02.42\00:27:05.75 forms a power grid... 00:27:05.79\00:27:07.26 that's much more power again... 00:27:07.29\00:27:09.12 and there's so much more we can say 00:27:09.16\00:27:10.89 about power-packed praying or praying with power 00:27:10.93\00:27:12.83 because when we look at these definitions, 00:27:12.86\00:27:14.80 they really help us 00:27:14.83\00:27:16.16 so I really want us to remember that all power comes from God 00:27:16.20\00:27:19.17 that we can surround ourselves with powerful persons 00:27:19.23\00:27:22.20 other persons of prayer... 00:27:22.27\00:27:23.71 other power plants like ourselves 00:27:23.74\00:27:25.37 to make that power grid... the enemy can't mess with 00:27:25.41\00:27:27.91 and when we intercede, of course, for others, 00:27:27.94\00:27:29.94 that these prayers will be answered for sure 00:27:30.01\00:27:32.01 because they are power packed. Jason: Yeah. 00:27:32.05\00:27:33.38 Nadine: So, let's just say a prayer, 00:27:33.42\00:27:35.05 "Father, thank you for the power that you have given us today, 00:27:35.08\00:27:37.39 thank you dear God 00:27:37.45\00:27:38.99 for just the desire to be able to access that power 00:27:39.02\00:27:42.42 and you said that all power is given unto us 00:27:42.46\00:27:44.49 may we do whatever it takes to find ourselves in your will 00:27:44.53\00:27:48.43 so that when we pray, our prayers will be answered, 00:27:48.46\00:27:50.70 we pray in the name of Jesus, amen. " 00:27:50.73\00:27:52.07 Jason: Amen... 00:27:52.10\00:27:53.44 thank you for that powerful message... 00:27:53.47\00:27:55.27 we need to pray with power! 00:27:55.30\00:27:57.21 Be sure to tune in next time 00:27:57.27\00:27:59.11 when Dr. Nadine shares more information 00:27:59.14\00:28:01.24 to supply the missing peace. 00:28:01.28\00:28:03.04