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 So we have Brother Woolley here from Southland Baptist Church down in Kansas City, down in Belton.

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 And he's on staff there with Brother Gary Berry that many of you met and know.

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! Brother Berry's a good friend and been a big help as I walk through the challenges of the cancer and all the things there.

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 But Brother Woolley, why don't you come and share with us this morning what God has put upon your heart for us here today, Brother.

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 Thank you, Brother.

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 Well, good morning.

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 Good to see you all here this morning.

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 It's always a pleasure to be able to come to the house of God and come to be able to fellowship and minister to folks that you're going to share heaven with.

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 And it's a blessing to be able to do that.

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 And so, as a pastor mentioned, I'm on pastoral staff there at Southland Baptist in Belton, Missouri.

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 And I've been there for a few years.

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 And so we're just excited to be able to be here to see what the Lord has for us this morning.

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 How many would say, just honestly, I'm just a little bit weary, a little bit tired this morning.

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 Anybody like that?

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 Okay.

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 All right.

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 Well, not that many.

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 So I ain't going to have you stand and sing Father Abraham for a few minutes, okay?

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 Now, if you don't know what the song Father Abraham is, just ask somebody else.

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 And they may demonstrate that for you for a few minutes, okay?

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 So, but it is good to be here.

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 But I would like to have you stand as we read the Word of God this morning.

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 So if you would turn with me to the book of James.

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 Book of James chapter 1.

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 And as we look at this blessed book here, I want us to look beginning in verse 5.

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 And then we're going to turn a couple pages here to chapter 4, okay?

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 So let's look here.

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 James chapter 1, beginning in verse 5.

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 Scripture says,

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 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraided not.

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 And it shall be given him.

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 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.

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 For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed.

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 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord.

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 James chapter 4 says in verse 2.

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 Ye lust and have not, ye kill and desire to have and cannot obtain.

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 Ye fight and war.

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 And let's repeat the next phrase here to the end of the sentence here.

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 Here we go, ready?

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 Yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

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 Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask and miss, that it may consume it upon your lusts.

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 Let's go to the Lord in prayer and ask the Lord to help us now as we look.

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 The title of the message is,

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 The Prayer That Has an Effect.

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 Let's go to the Lord in prayer.

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 Father, we just ask now that you would meet with us this morning.

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 May you come down and pour into our hearts what we need.

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 For Father, without you, this is just a meeting.

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 We want you to work.

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 We want you to say to us what you would have us to learn, what you'd have us to know, what you'd have us to follow.

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 God, I pray that you would be preeminent in this meeting.

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 May you get the glory and honor for all that is said and done.

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 And we ask, Lord, these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.

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 You may be seated.

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 The prayer that has an effect.

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 I want you to ask you a question.

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 And I want you to think about what the answer would be in your life.

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 The question is this.

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 If the Lord stopped answering your prayers, how soon would you notice?

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 You see, the answer to that question can give us a good barometer, a good idea of how effectual our prayer life is.

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 What God is doing, what God is not doing.

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 And so, as we look here this morning, let me just say this.

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 I've seen God work more in prayer meetings in my ministry and in the years that God has given me than in practically any other ministry that the church has.

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 Now, I hope that's not a shock to you.

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 I hope that's a reality.

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 Because God works when God's people ask, when God's people pray.

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 Charles Spurgeon said this.

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 The condition of the church may be very accurately gauged by its prayer meetings.

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 If God be near a church, it must pray.

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 If he be not near, one of the first tokens of his absence will be a slothfulness in prayer.

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 End quote.

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 You see, the prayer meeting is what God would have us to do to approach the throne of grace to obtain grace.

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 Hebrews chapter 4.

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 In the time of need.

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 So, what is prayer?

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 And how can our prayers have an effect?

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 Let's think of the first thing.

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 There's two words that I'd like to talk about this morning before we get into the meat of the message that has to do with prayer.

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 The first one, we've already said a few times in the scripture.

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 The first one is ask.

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 If we ask the question, what is prayer?

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 The one word that comes out more often, it is the word ask.

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 Now, oftentimes, I'll hear something like this.

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 Well, I don't know how to pray.

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 Now, there's two different types of people that say that.

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 The people that say, I don't know how to pray, and I don't want to know how to pray.

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 And then there's the people that say, I don't know how to pray, and I would like to know how to pray.

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 So, how do we pray?

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 Well, my response to those folks that ask that question over the years is, well, do you know how to ask?

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 Everybody asks questions, don't they?

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 We ask questions almost every day, probably several times a day.

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 Do we know how to ask?

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 And then I might get a question like this.

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 Well, how do I ask?

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 And then I will quickly respond, well, you just did.

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 You see how easy that is?

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 You see, we have a God who loves to hear from his children.

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 He wants us to ask.

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 He wants us to come to his throne and ask.

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 We have a great Heavenly Father.

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 And he wants us to talk to him.

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 And one of the main words here in prayer is the word ask.

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 A few years ago, there was a church up in the middle of Michigan in a rural area.

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 And the church sat in between two perpendicular roads, one going in one direction, one going in the other direction.

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 And on down both of those roads, about a quarter of a mile, half a mile, there were a group of houses.

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 And some of the people that lived in those houses were members of that church.

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 Well, one day, the women got together and decided that they were going to paint the side of the church or a section of the church that needed painting.

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 So they had a day in which they set up.

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 And the ladies went out there and they had a good time fellowshipping and painting the church.

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 The color was white, by the way, but that's why they painted.

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 And as they were getting finished up for the day and they were getting ready to go, storm clouds became very evident.

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 They were rolling in pretty quick.

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 One of the ladies looked at the other one and said,

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 Oh, man, if it rains on the church, then all the things that we just did is going to be a wash.

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 And it's going to be difficult because the paint's going to be ruined.

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 Well, as the ladies were out there, some of the ladies brought their kids with them to play and things like that.

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 There's a six-year-old that just happened to be the pastor's son.

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 But he overheard the ladies talking about that.

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 And he just looked at them and says, Well, why don't you pray that God would stop the rain?

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 And the ladies kind of looked at each other and looked at him.

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 And then they watched this six-year-old boy get up and he went to the parking lot of the church.

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 And he tucked his head between his legs.

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 And he began to pray that God would hold the rain.

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 And as the ladies were watching the storm clouds rolled in, it appeared, based on what their testimony was,

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 the storm clouds went in one direction and in the other direction and drenched the houses down those roads.

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 And not one drop of rain touched the church.

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 Now, folks, if God can answer the prayer of a six-year-old boy in simple faith,

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 would he not listen to his people who come to him in faith and pray?

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 Notice in James chapter 1, the Scripture says,

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 Verse 6,

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 But let him ask in faith.

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 Now, we know that without faith it's impossible to what?

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 Please him.

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 It is impossible to please the Lord without faith.

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 The Bible says,

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 Whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

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 So if we're not trusting God,

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 if we're not walking with God,

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 if we're not walking by faith,

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 we're literally sinning against God

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 because we're not trusting him.

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 And if we're praying a prayer not in faith,

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 not believing God,

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 then the Bible tells us here,

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 verse 7,

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 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord.

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 How effectual is our prayers.

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 Now, the first word we talked about is ask.

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 God loves to hear from his people.

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 The second word I want to bring out is the word breath or breathe.

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 Now, if we stop breathing, we will eventually what?

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 If we stop praying, guess what?

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 Our prayers will be ineffective if we stop praying.

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 And we're not going to have because we don't ask.

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 Right?

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 We have not because we ask not.

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 And our spiritual life

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 is literally walking around on this earth without breath,

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 without the Spirit of God moving.

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 And doesn't Ephesians chapter 5 tell us to pray in the Spirit?

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 How often should we pray?

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 Well, how often should you breathe?

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 That's why the Bible says pray without ceasing.

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 All right?

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 It gives us strength

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 because we're constantly at the throne room of grace.

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 We're constantly asking.

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 We're constantly leaning on God,

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 leaning on the Lord to help us,

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 to give us wisdom,

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 to help us to walk,

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 to help us to talk,

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 to help us to be able to share the gospel

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 with those that God brings our way

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 because he is the Lord of the harvest.

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 And if we cease to breathe,

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 we will die.

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 Spiritually speaking,

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 we will be ineffective

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 for the cause of Christ

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 if we do not pray.

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 Now,

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 one might ask,

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 why is prayer so important?

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 Well, let me just say that

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 one of the reasons why prayer is so important

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 is because the lack of prayer limits God.

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 You say, wait a minute.

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 You mean an almighty,

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 omnipotent God

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 is limited when we cease to pray?

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 That's what the scripture says.

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 In Psalm chapter 78, verse 41,

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 it says,

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 yea, they turned back

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 and tempted God

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 and limited the Holy One of Israel.

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 The Bible says in Mark chapter 6

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 that Jesus could do no mighty work there

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 because of their unbelief,

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 and he marveled

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 because of their unbelief.

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 Isn't it amazing

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 that you can have a God

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 who created the world

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 and created the universe

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 with just speaking the words,

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 and he comes to earth,

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 and he's amazed.

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 He's amazed

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 at the people's unbelief

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 in him.

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 He was also amazed

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 at the people's faith

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 in him.

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 There was one thing

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 that amazed Jesus,

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 and that was people's faith

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 and people's unbelief.

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 You see, it limits God.

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 Now, think of King Ahaz

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 back in the Old Testament.

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 God comes to King Ahaz

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 and says,

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 King Ahaz,

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 ask of me anything.

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 Ask of me a sign.

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 Ask of me anything

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 and I will give it to you.

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 King Ahaz said,

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 I will not ask,

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 neither will I tempt God.

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 You see, King Ahaz said,

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 basically in his heart,

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 because of his pride,

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 I've got this myself.

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 I can do this my own way.

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 I've got this.

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 I don't need God.

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 I don't need you

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 and I will not ask.

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 You see,

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 the lack of prayer

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 limits God.

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 Why?

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 Because of the pride

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 in our hearts

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 when we say,

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 I've got this.

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 I can do this myself.

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 This day,

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 I'm just going to go

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 about my day

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 and God's not going to be

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 in my thoughts.

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 God's not going to be

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 in my ask

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 and asking him

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 for direction.

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 He's not going to be there.

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 He's there,

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 but he's not going to be

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 preeminent in my life today.

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 I've got this myself.

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 There's a way

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 that seemeth right

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 unto a man

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 and the in thereof

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 are the ways of

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 death.

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 And King Ahaz,

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 because of his pride,

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 said,

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 I will not ask.

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 And so you know what?

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 God didn't give him

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 anything.

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 God turned to the house

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 of Judah

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 and says,

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 okay, Judah,

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 I'm going to give you

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 a sign.

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 I'm going to give you

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 something that only

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 I can do.

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 You know what that sign was?

00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:42.600
 Behold,

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 a virgin shall conceive

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 and bring forth a son

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 and ye shall call

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 his name

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 Emmanuel,

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 God,

00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.600
 with us.

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 Only God

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 can do that.

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 So he went from Ahaz

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 to the house of Judah

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 all because Ahaz

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 says,

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 I'm not going to.

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 Now folks,

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:06.259
 how many times

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.940
 in our life

00:16:06.940 --> 00:16:08.399
 or in the days

00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.040
 in which God

00:16:09.040 --> 00:16:09.680
 has given us

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 that we go about

00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:11.259
 our day

00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.940
 and we lack

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 getting anything

00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.399
 from God

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 simply because

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 we don't ask,

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 because we think

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 we've got it

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 ourselves,

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 or just because

00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.540
 we don't believe

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 God will.

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 Have we ever

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 prayed to God

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 and before the prayer

00:16:25.940 --> 00:16:26.680
 meeting was ever

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 over,

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 you didn't believe

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 God was going to do

00:16:29.800 --> 00:16:30.639
 what you just asked

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 him to do?

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 That's the prayer

00:16:33.400 --> 00:16:34.220
 of unbelief.

00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:37.620
 Now,

00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:39.460
 if prayer

00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.379
 limits God,

00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:43.700
 how can we have

00:16:43.700 --> 00:16:44.700
 prayers that have

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 an effect?

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 if our prayers

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 are going to have

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 an effect,

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 then we must,

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 our will

00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:53.860
 must come into

00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.860
 union with God's

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 will.

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 Does that make sense?

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 Now,

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 let me give you

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 an example.

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 Remember when the

00:17:01.100 --> 00:17:01.980
 disciples asked

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 the Lord,

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 teach us to pray,

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 and the Lord

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 said,

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 Our Father,

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 which art in heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Do you remember

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 that?

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 The Lord's prayer.

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 And then he says,

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 Thy will be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:22.779
 Now,

00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:24.240
 Jesus said,

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 that's how we are

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 ought to pray.

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 It's a model prayer.

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 Now,

00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.579
 when he says

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 to pray

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 that God's will

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 would be done

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 on earth

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 as it is in heaven,

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 that implies

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 that God's will

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 may not be done

00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:38.960
 on earth

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:40.640
 as it is in heaven,

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 and we need to pray

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 for it to be done.

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 Make sense?

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 All right,

00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:46.700
 let me give you

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.420
 another example.

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 In 2 Peter 3,

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 verse 9,

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 the Bible says,

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 God is not willing

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 that any should perish,

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 but all will come

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 to repentance.

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 Amen?

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 That's what God

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 is not willing to do.

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 Or excuse me,

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 he's not willing

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 that any should perish.

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:01.900
 Now,

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.519
 are people perishing

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.339
 and going to hell

00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:04.819
 on earth?

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 Take a deep breath

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 and let it out.

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 two people

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:13.419
 have just went out

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 into eternity

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:14.859
 on this globe.

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 Where are they going?

00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:18.319
 Folks,

00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:18.979
 there are people

00:18:18.979 --> 00:18:19.839
 that are dying

00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.719
 and going to hell

00:18:20.719 --> 00:18:21.819
 on this earth.

00:18:22.099 --> 00:18:23.239
 That's not God's will.

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 So,

00:18:25.159 --> 00:18:27.459
 let's think about this.

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 Is God's will

00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:29.139
 being done

00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:29.959
 in heaven today?

00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.199
 Amen.

00:18:32.699 --> 00:18:33.239
 God's will

00:18:33.239 --> 00:18:33.759
 is being done

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 in heaven today.

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:35.759
 Perfect.

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.079
 So,

00:18:38.199 --> 00:18:38.639
 let me ask you

00:18:38.639 --> 00:18:39.339
 another question.

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 If sin,

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.079
 and I'll just

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.599
 give you a hint,

00:18:41.699 --> 00:18:42.599
 if sin is committed

00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.179
 on this earth,

00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.139
 that's not God's will.

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.480
 Is God's will

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.740
 perfectly being done

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 on earth today?

00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.039
 No.

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 So,

00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.859
 he's asking us

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 to pray

00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:54.759
 that God's will

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:56.199
 in your life

00:18:56.199 --> 00:18:57.579
 will be done

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 here

00:18:58.459 --> 00:19:00.319
 as it would be

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:00.740
 in heaven.

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 And in order

00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:04.240
 for that to happen,

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.259
 we must pray.

00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:05.959
 Now,

00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:07.159
 let's think about this

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 for a moment.

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 The Bible tells us

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.920
 in Isaiah 59,

00:19:12.100 --> 00:19:12.460
 16,

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 a very solemn verse

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:15.340
 that says this,

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:17.440
 as God is looking

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:17.940
 around,

00:19:19.320 --> 00:19:20.340
 the Bible says,

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 he saw,

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 he saw no man

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 and wondered

00:19:25.060 --> 00:19:27.140
 that there was

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:27.880
 no intercessor.

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:31.140
 God's looking around,

00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.759
 he's saying,

00:19:32.840 --> 00:19:34.000
 he's in amazement,

00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:34.800
 he's in wonder,

00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:36.039
 why is there not

00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.720
 an intercessor?

00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:38.759
 Now,

00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:40.180
 I'm going to say this,

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 I think there's

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.799
 Bible weight to it,

00:19:41.819 --> 00:19:42.539
 I can't prove it

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.960
 necessarily 100%

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:44.519
 in the Bible,

00:19:44.659 --> 00:19:45.299
 but I believe

00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:47.019
 that when people

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.859
 get saved,

00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:48.680
 oftentimes,

00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:50.460
 God's people

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:50.940
 are praying

00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:51.759
 for that soul

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:53.359
 in some way.

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.759
 Ain't you so glad

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:56.299
 somebody was praying

00:19:56.299 --> 00:19:56.940
 for you

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:58.119
 to get saved?

00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:59.139
 Ain't you so glad

00:19:59.139 --> 00:20:01.700
 God sent someone

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.399
 your way

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.480
 to tell you

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.620
 about the gospel?

00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:05.360
 Whether it was

00:20:05.360 --> 00:20:06.120
 a family member,

00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.720
 a friend,

00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.180
 whether it was

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.160
 an invite to church,

00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:08.539
 whether it was

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.079
 a pastor,

00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:09.779
 whether it was

00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.700
 a radio speaker,

00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:12.160
 wherever it might be,

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.860
 God did something

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.660
 in your life,

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.480
 and oftentimes,

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.660
 he does it

00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:18.400
 when there's

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.160
 an intercessor

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:21.000
 that asks.

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.299
 There's a story

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:25.400
 that takes place

00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:27.099
 in our life

00:20:27.099 --> 00:20:28.880
 when my wife

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.299
 and I

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:31.500
 was engaged

00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.819
 a number

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.500
 of years ago,

00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.680
 way back,

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:37.039
 somewhere around

00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.680
 1989.

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:40.039
 We were attending

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.660
 a church.

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.200
 The name of the

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:43.200
 church in Kentucky

00:20:43.200 --> 00:20:43.940
 was Hard Money

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.940
 Baptist Church.

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:47.240
 It was in the town

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.859
 of Hard Money,

00:20:48.460 --> 00:20:48.960
 so hence,

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.759
 that's the name.

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.460
 And of course,

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.259
 your reaction

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.160
 was the same reaction

00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:54.319
 as mine,

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.480
 because I was

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:55.980
 from the south

00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:56.740
 side of Chicago,

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.480
 we moved down

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.039
 to Kentucky

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:59.420
 because that's

00:20:59.420 --> 00:21:00.000
 where my parents

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.940
 were originally born,

00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:02.500
 and so they

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.900
 built a house

00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:04.440
 down there

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.259
 after I graduated

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.019
 high school,

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.140
 and so we started

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.880
 attending there.

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.299
 Hard Money

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.160
 Baptist Church,

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.460
 the dynamic

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:13.259
 there was

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.279
 they didn't have

00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:15.359
 a lot of teenagers

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.500
 at the time.

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.339
 They had a number

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.279
 of college and career

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.779
 people,

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.420
 my age,

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.960
 18,

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:22.700
 and up to

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:24.200
 25 or so.

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:26.700
 and so

00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:28.100
 there's a number

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:29.000
 of kids

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.059
 that some

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.299
 were,

00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:31.480
 most of them

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.340
 were unmarried,

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.100
 and of course,

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:34.860
 Melissa and I

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:36.640
 was engaged

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.340
 at the time.

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.059
 Well,

00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:40.039
 during this time,

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.700
 one of the

00:21:40.700 --> 00:21:42.259
 people in the church

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.900
 invited a man

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.240
 by the name

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.840
 of Rodney.

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.420
 Rodney was a tall

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:46.779
 man,

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.620
 22,

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.759
 23 years old

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.460
 at the time,

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:51.960
 and Rodney

00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:53.680
 was very faithful

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:54.440
 to come to church,

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.620
 but Rodney was lost.

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.360
 And every Sunday

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:57.740
 morning,

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.779
 every Sunday night,

00:21:58.880 --> 00:21:59.640
 Wednesday night,

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.440
 he would be there.

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.299
 He would sit

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.079
 pretty much right

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.700
 over here

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:04.019
 in the auditorium,

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.840
 and when the

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.940
 invitation would come,

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.539
 everybody would

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.180
 stand up,

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.940
 and many of the

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:09.559
 members of the

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.620
 church who knew

00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:11.039
 Rodney,

00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.680
 knew Rodney

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.819
 needed to be saved,

00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.100
 would look at,

00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.799
 stare at the

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.660
 back of his head.

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.680
 Is Rodney going

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:18.380
 to come forward

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.059
 and get saved?

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.960
 Months went by.

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.600
 The Spirit of God

00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:23.620
 worked in many

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.500
 of those services,

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.340
 if not all,

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.640
 and you could see

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.440
 Rodney

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:30.079
 grabbing the pew.

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.299
 You could see

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.579
 Rodney swaying.

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.600
 You could see

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.519
 Rodney was under

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.039
 conviction,

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.220
 but Rodney

00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.140
 would not move.

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.720
 One Sunday

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.360
 afternoon,

00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.819
 the pastor

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.539
 got us all

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.400
 together in that

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.920
 age group,

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.880
 except for Rodney.

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:48.840
 We went down

00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.480
 in the basement,

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:51.799
 and we stood

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.519
 in a circle,

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:55.519
 and pastor

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.180
 said this,

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.680
 he said,

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:58.519
 let's pray for

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:58.980
 Rodney,

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.880
 that Rodney

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.720
 would get saved.

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.319
 And so,

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.240
 the young people

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.339
 were going around

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.880
 in that circle,

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.299
 and they were

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.059
 saying things like

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.279
 this,

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.279
 oh God,

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.900
 save Rodney,

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.640
 oh God,

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.539
 don't let Rodney

00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:14.259
 go to hell,

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.740
 oh God,

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:17.200
 please save him.

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:18.680
 And as those

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.400
 young people

00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:20.740
 were going around

00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.360
 and praying

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.080
 for Rodney,

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.299
 the prayer

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:25.039
 began to change.

00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.799
 And it changed

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.120
 from,

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.880
 oh God,

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.100
 please save

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:29.660
 Rodney,

00:23:30.340 --> 00:23:31.440
 to oh God,

00:23:31.559 --> 00:23:32.220
 thank you Lord

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.860
 for what you're

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.420
 going to do.

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.700
 You ever

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.279
 met in a prayer

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.920
 meaning that

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.779
 nurtured faith?

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.620
 That was one

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:39.980
 of them.

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:42.200
 Where God's

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.740
 people were

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.279
 praying,

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.759
 and God's

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.340
 people began

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:45.860
 to believe

00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.500
 God's going

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.200
 to do it.

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.180
 After that

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:48.759
 prayer meeting,

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:50.039
 we dismissed,

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.140
 and that Sunday

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.539
 night,

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.880
 an invitation

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:55.079
 call came.

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.640
 Rodney was

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.200
 there in the

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.720
 same spot

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.599
 he always was.

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 And as soon

00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.839
 as the invitation

00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:03.099
 hymn began

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.660
 to play

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:05.200
 without hesitation,

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.160
 Rodney came

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.619
 forward and

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.140
 got saved.

00:24:08.619 --> 00:24:09.119
 You know what

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.920
 God was doing,

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.420
 I believe?

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:12.759
 He was looking

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.299
 and he was

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.740
 saying,

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.440
 where are my

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.079
 intercessors?

00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:18.000
 there they

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.319
 are.

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:20.200
 There's my

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.779
 intercessors.

00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.039
 And therefore,

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.099
 Rodney gets

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.599
 saved.

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.420
 God's people

00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.779
 began to

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:29.539
 have the

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.160
 heart,

00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.279
 earnest desire

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.299
 to see a

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:33.359
 soul saved

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.019
 and begin to

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.799
 cry out to

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.140
 God,

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.559
 and they that

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.200
 call upon the

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.599
 name of the

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.180
 Lord shall

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:39.140
 be saved.

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.680
 And Rodney

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.359
 did that that

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.740
 night.

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.400
 Folks,

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:44.259
 wouldn't it be a

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.279
 sad story for

00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.859
 God to be

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.420
 looking around

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:48.319
 today and

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.799
 saying,

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:51.460
 there's your

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.160
 neighbor across

00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.779
 the street

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:55.539
 and I don't

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.879
 see an

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.359
 intercessor.

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.539
 There's your

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.500
 co-worker you've

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.220
 been working with

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.000
 for a number of

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:03.500
 years and I'm

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:05.519
 looking and I'm

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.899
 not seeing

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.339
 anybody.

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:08.200
 I'm not seeing

00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.859
 an intercessor.

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:10.959
 I'm not seeing

00:25:10.959 --> 00:25:11.559
 one that's going

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.319
 to call out to

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:13.299
 me and ask.

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:15.659
 And we have

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:16.740
 not because we

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:18.439
 ask not.

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.399
 What about

00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:21.879
 your family

00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:23.439
 members that

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.099
 may even be on

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.899
 the prayer list?

00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:27.179
 Friends,

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.419
 have we really

00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:31.119
 had a get

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:32.519
 together where

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:33.639
 God's people got

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:35.559
 together and we

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:37.379
 got into an

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.660
 assembly and we

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:40.900
 prayed for God

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.600
 to move?

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.460
 As God gives

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.380
 us burdens and

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.400
 he does that,

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.800
 are we lifting

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.440
 those burdens

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.060
 back up to

00:25:50.060 --> 00:25:50.340
 him?

00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.300
 Can God look

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:54.080
 down and say,

00:25:54.760 --> 00:25:56.960
 yes, I see

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.780
 my intercessors?

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.780
 Wasn't that the

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:02.000
 case in the life

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.520
 of Elijah?

00:26:04.020 --> 00:26:05.360
 James chapter 5,

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.060
 let's look here

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.639
 real quick.

00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:08.879
 In James

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.679
 chapter 5,

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:12.059
 notice it says

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:13.399
 this in verse

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.960
 16.

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.359
 The last part

00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.000
 of verse 16

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.879
 says, the

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.799
 effectual fervent

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.419
 prayer of a

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.339
 righteous man

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:22.839
 availeth much.

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.220
 And I've heard

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.720
 people say,

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:25.379
 well, I'm just

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:26.019
 not righteous

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:29.379
 enough, so I

00:26:29.379 --> 00:26:29.740
 don't believe

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.500
 God's going to

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.399
 answer my

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:31.740
 prayers.

00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:33.579
 I'm just not,

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.839
 I'm not Elijah

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.500
 quality.

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.339
 But folks, do

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:39.099
 you realize if

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:39.879
 you're born again

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:41.500
 here this morning

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:44.279
 that God calls

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:44.740
 you righteous?

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.619
 God does that.

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.139
 He calls you

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.500
 righteous.

00:26:50.059 --> 00:26:50.839
 The Bible uses

00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.839
 the word saints

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:54.220
 some almost 60

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.240
 times in the New

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.500
 Testament.

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.879
 You know what

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:56.480
 saint means?

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.960
 Holy ones,

00:26:58.439 --> 00:26:59.699
 righteous ones.

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:01.220
 God calls us

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.920
 righteous.

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:03.900
 Now he says,

00:27:04.120 --> 00:27:04.940
 the effectual

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.140
 prayer of a

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:07.140
 righteous man

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:10.600
 avails much.

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.319
 And then he

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:13.319
 goes on to

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:15.100
 give us an

00:27:15.100 --> 00:27:16.079
 example of a

00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.519
 man by the

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.160
 name of Elijah.

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.160
 And he goes

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.640
 on to say

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.480
 Elijah was just

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.880
 like any other

00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.660
 man like we

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:22.900
 are.

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.299
 He had the

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.019
 same passions

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.620
 as we do.

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.420
 I mean, he

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.319
 laughed like we

00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:26.579
 do.

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:28.100
 He probably

00:27:28.100 --> 00:27:29.259
 told jokes like

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.720
 we do.

00:27:29.860 --> 00:27:30.299
 I mean, he

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.440
 was just a

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.819
 normal, you

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:33.299
 look at him,

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.819
 he's just a

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:34.619
 normal person.

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.159
 The difference

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:40.779
 is he had a

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:42.599
 prayer life that

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.379
 had an effect

00:27:43.379 --> 00:27:45.419
 because he

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.339
 believed God.

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.619
 Now think about

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.019
 this.

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:49.839
 The scripture

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.440
 gives us an

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.859
 example.

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.159
 Verse 17,

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.139
 notice the last

00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:53.500
 part.

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.019
 It says he

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.779
 prayed earnestly

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.460
 that it might

00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.079
 not rain.

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:58.819
 And it

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.500
 rained not on

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.079
 the earth by

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.839
 the space of

00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:02.259
 three years and

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.000
 six months.

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:03.939
 You say,

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.460
 wait a minute.

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.579
 What happened

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.059
 here in this

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.379
 story?

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:11.720
 Well, Elijah

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.319
 looked around

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.919
 one day and

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.240
 says, you

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.599
 know what,

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:13.919
 God?

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.480
 Your people are

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.259
 apostatizing.

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.000
 They're

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.419
 worshiping

00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:18.799
 idols.

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.639
 They're going

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.240
 off in their

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.799
 own direction.

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:22.079
 They're not

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.759
 believing you.

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.159
 They're not

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.779
 following you.

00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.179
 They're not

00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:25.039
 worshiping you.

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:27.259
 And so

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.700
 God, that's

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.180
 a problem.

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.839
 So then he

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:31.899
 began to

00:28:31.899 --> 00:28:32.460
 look at what

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.240
 God says,

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.799
 his will.

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.420
 And in the

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:35.680
 book of

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.200
 Deuteronomy,

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.059
 it says this.

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:38.980
 God said to

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.399
 his people,

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.740
 if you

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.480
 apostatize

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.059
 against me and

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.440
 you commit

00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:42.119
 idolatry,

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.740
 then I'm

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:43.920
 going to

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.319
 shut up the

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.460
 heavens and

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.799
 it will be

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.500
 like brass.

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.859
 That means

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.359
 this, the

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.940
 heavens are

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.379
 going to be

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.619
 like an

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.500
 orange kind

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:53.539
 of glow in

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.119
 the skies.

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:54.700
 There's not

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:54.980
 even going

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:55.319
 to be a

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.640
 cloud in

00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:57.120
 the sky.

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.799
 I'm going

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.100
 to shut

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.380
 up the

00:28:59.380 --> 00:28:59.680
 heavens,

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.220
 God said.

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.380
 But the

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.860
 problem was

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.120
 this.

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.799
 Elijah was

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.279
 living in a

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.640
 time when

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.039
 they were

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.880
 apostatizing

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.360
 and it

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.759
 was still

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.120
 raining.

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.000
 That's

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.920
 why Elijah

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.460
 prayed.

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.220
 Isn't it

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.980
 interesting that

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.059
 God did not

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.039
 follow through

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:16.000
 with his

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.019
 promise until

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.279
 one man

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.400
 lined up his

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:19.980
 will with

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.720
 God's will.

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:21.880
 There's God's

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.920
 intercessor and

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.640
 God shut up

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:24.039
 the heavens.

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.099
 You see

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.399
 that?

00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:26.740
 God's waiting

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.259
 for his

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.819
 people to

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.480
 say, are

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:28.819
 you going to

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.460
 believe me?

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.240
 Are you going

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.220
 to trust what I

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.539
 said in my

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:33.960
 word?

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.399
 And so

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.200
 Elijah prayed

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.019
 earnestly.

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.200
 It wasn't

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.839
 some just

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:42.019
 formal prayer

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.680
 or repetitive

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.019
 prayer.

00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.480
 It was an

00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.139
 earnest prayer.

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.779
 God, will you

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.559
 shut up the

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.799
 heavens?

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.440
 This is what

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:48.059
 you promised

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.539
 to do.

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.399
 Do it.

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:51.680
 God did for

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.380
 three and a

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.000
 half years.

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:53.759
 People were

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.220
 dying.

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.220
 Animals were

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.640
 dying.

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.440
 There was an

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.420
 extreme drought.

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.019
 People were

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.500
 suffering.

00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:00.300
 And at the

00:30:00.300 --> 00:30:00.740
 end of three

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.180
 and a half

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.960
 years, close

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:03.620
 to it, God

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.080
 comes to

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:04.580
 Elijah and

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:06.320
 says, Elijah,

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.660
 I'm going to

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.140
 make it rain

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.460
 again.

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.700
 This was before

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:09.080
 the Mount

00:30:09.080 --> 00:30:09.460
 Carmel

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:10.200
 experience.

00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:11.860
 Do you

00:30:11.860 --> 00:30:12.860
 realize Elijah

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.519
 went to Mount

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.420
 Carmel knowing

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:16.279
 that God was

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.620
 going to give

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.120
 the victory

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.440
 because he

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.180
 knew God's

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.660
 people were

00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:19.920
 going to

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.840
 repent and

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:21.500
 get back with

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:22.420
 God because

00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.100
 he knew God

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.519
 was getting

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.160
 ready to send

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.640
 the rain.

00:30:26.460 --> 00:30:26.840
 And so he

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.340
 went to Mount

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:28.060
 Carmel knowing

00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:28.779
 God was going

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.160
 to give the

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.539
 victory.

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.120
 And God

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.519
 did.

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:31.880
 Amen?

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.800
 Now, think

00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:35.400
 about it this.

00:30:36.060 --> 00:30:36.940
 After that,

00:30:37.340 --> 00:30:38.300
 after that,

00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.900
 Elijah's looking

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:42.120
 around and it's

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.680
 not raining.

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.480
 There's a

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.920
 revival.

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.720
 the nation

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.200
 of Israel.

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.940
 They get

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.279
 right.

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.800
 They begin

00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:47.240
 to worship

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.720
 God.

00:30:48.360 --> 00:30:49.000
 Once again,

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.220
 the prophets

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.779
 of Baal have

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.400
 been destroyed.

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.720
 And so

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.500
 Elijah turns

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.840
 to his

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.340
 servant and

00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:55.940
 says this,

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.960
 go up over

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.340
 here on the

00:30:59.340 --> 00:31:01.039
 hillside and

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.400
 I want you

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:02.480
 to look at

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.279
 the skies.

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.060
 I want you

00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:05.600
 to come back

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.180
 to me and

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:07.620
 let me know

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.400
 if God's

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.840
 sending the

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.019
 rain.

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.560
 You know

00:31:10.560 --> 00:31:11.000
 what Elijah

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.400
 did?

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:13.160
 Elijah got

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.660
 on his

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:14.160
 knees,

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.800
 his hands

00:31:14.800 --> 00:31:15.380
 between his

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.700
 knees and

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.200
 he began

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.940
 to earnestly

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:18.960
 pray that

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.440
 God would

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:19.759
 send the

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:19.880
 rain.

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.180
 You say,

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.600
 wait a

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:20.700
 minute,

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:21.519
 why would

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:23.740
 Elijah pray

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.800
 something that

00:31:24.800 --> 00:31:25.400
 God already

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.019
 told him he

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.500
 was going to

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.880
 do?

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.300
 Because God's

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.920
 waiting for an

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.540
 intercessor.

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.080
 You see that?

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.800
 He's waiting for

00:31:31.800 --> 00:31:32.400
 somebody to

00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.140
 believe him.

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.360
 For we walk

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:36.380
 by faith and

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:37.000
 not by

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:38.160
 sight.

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:40.160
 God's

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.300
 God.

00:31:40.300 --> 00:31:40.560
 And so

00:31:40.560 --> 00:31:41.160
 Elijah

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.900
 earnestly

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.800
 prayed one

00:31:42.800 --> 00:31:43.300
 time.

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.360
 Servant

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:44.940
 comes back,

00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:45.400
 no,

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.779
 nothing's

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.279
 going on in

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.560
 the sky.

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.560
 Two times,

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.600
 three times,

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.620
 four times,

00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.279
 all the way

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.019
 up to seven

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.460
 times,

00:31:52.540 --> 00:31:53.200
 Elijah's like,

00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:53.920
 God,

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.740
 send the rain,

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.600
 you promised,

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.259
 you promised

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.740
 to do it,

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.660
 your nation's

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.220
 coming back

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.680
 to you.

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.279
 And the

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.840
 servant went

00:31:59.840 --> 00:32:00.320
 up to the

00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:00.940
 hill and

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.360
 he says,

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.860
 there's a

00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.860
 cloud forming

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:05.040
 like the shape

00:32:05.040 --> 00:32:05.680
 of a man's

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.000
 hand.

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.680
 And Elijah

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:06.980
 says,

00:32:07.060 --> 00:32:07.380
 oh,

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:07.800
 amen,

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.519
 praise God,

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.000
 we can get

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.359
 up now,

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.899
 we can stop

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.159
 praying.

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.419
 Why?

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.339
 Because God's

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.759
 given the

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.180
 answer.

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.319
 See,

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.200
 prevailing prayer

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.879
 doesn't have to

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.659
 be long,

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.379
 drawn out,

00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:17.339
 and complicated.

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.180
 Prevailing prayer

00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.859
 just needs to

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.379
 prevail.

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.099
 It just needs

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.779
 to be prayer

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.539
 of faith,

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.299
 of believing

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:25.039
 God.

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.019
 And Elijah

00:32:27.019 --> 00:32:28.139
 prayed,

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:30.500
 and the rain

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.980
 came.

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.079
 And it came

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:34.859
 in such a way

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.579
 that there was

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:36.339
 flash flooding.

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.039
 Amen?

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.139
 Man,

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.440
 we know

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.980
 about that.

00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:39.819
 God was

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.259
 sending the

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.519
 rain.

00:32:42.639 --> 00:32:43.079
 And let

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.599
 me ask you

00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:43.980
 this.

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.680
 As you

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.440
 study God's

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.920
 word and

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.500
 God gives

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.099
 you burdens,

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.799
 are you

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.339
 lifting them

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.940
 back up

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:54.740
 to the Lord?

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.279
 Tell you

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.879
 another story

00:32:56.879 --> 00:32:57.500
 real quick.

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:58.779
 In our

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.819
 ministry in

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.220
 Kansas,

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.259
 I pastored

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.680
 a church

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.019
 church for

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:04.400
 about 17

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.940
 years,

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:05.860
 began to

00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:07.140
 have

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.460
 Tuesday

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:07.740
 night

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:07.980
 prayer

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.360
 meetings.

00:33:10.620 --> 00:33:12.420
 And so

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:14.200
 seven

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.720
 o'clock,

00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:16.740
 and so we

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.259
 began those

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.840
 prayer meetings,

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:19.259
 and the

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.779
 prayer meetings

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.400
 was basically,

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.180
 God, we have a

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:22.019
 number of needs.

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.539
 Don't we all

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.019
 have needs?

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:26.240
 We have a

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.839
 number of needs,

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.220
 God.

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:27.920
 We're going to

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.420
 just give them

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.139
 back to you.

00:33:29.879 --> 00:33:30.480
 I have you

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.759
 deal with them

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.379
 as you will.

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.220
 One of the

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.859
 needs we had

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.879
 was we

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:37.119
 had an organ

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:38.579
 over here on

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.139
 this side

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:41.779
 with no organist.

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.000
 We had a

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.639
 piano player,

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:44.720
 prayer.

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.920
 And so we

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.480
 began to meet

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.860
 on Tuesday,

00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.320
 and one of

00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:50.080
 those needs

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:51.020
 was mentioned.

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.700
 So the first

00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.259
 night we came,

00:33:53.320 --> 00:33:53.660
 we had a

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:54.200
 couple people

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.840
 show up.

00:33:55.780 --> 00:33:56.140
 One of the

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:56.640
 ladies walked

00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:56.980
 in and says,

00:33:57.040 --> 00:33:57.540
 where's everybody

00:33:57.540 --> 00:33:57.860
 at?

00:33:58.300 --> 00:33:58.580
 And folks,

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.020
 that didn't

00:33:59.020 --> 00:33:59.820
 startle me,

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.300
 because you

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:01.700
 see,

00:34:01.800 --> 00:34:02.360
 prayer meetings,

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.920
 there's usually

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:03.940
 only 2% of

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.480
 the people in

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:05.080
 the congregation

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:05.740
 show up to

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.280
 prayer meetings.

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.400
 And that said,

00:34:08.660 --> 00:34:09.280
 it should be

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:10.519
 92%,

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.800
 amen,

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.740
 as God

00:34:12.740 --> 00:34:13.260
 gives the

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.760
 allowance.

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.460
 But it's

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.719
 usually,

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.639
 across the

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.940
 board,

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:17.639
 2%,

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.139
 same way

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.719
 with witnessing,

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.420
 going out

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:20.099
 and telling

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.619
 people about

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:20.879
 Christ,

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.480
 2%.

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.460
 And so I

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.159
 didn't respond

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.779
 to that,

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:24.719
 because that,

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.159
 you know,

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.659
 you can get

00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.179
 in the flesh

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.599
 and that,

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.059
 and start

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:27.679
 complaining.

00:34:27.879 --> 00:34:28.119
 Folks,

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.420
 listen,

00:34:28.879 --> 00:34:29.579
 complaining does

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:31.460
 nothing to

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.059
 please God.

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:35.179
 So we sat

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.719
 down and we

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.440
 began to have

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.000
 a prayer meeting.

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.799
 One of those

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.379
 needs were,

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:40.819
 Lord,

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.719
 you had

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.559
 thousands of

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.019
 musicians,

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.940
 and the

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.239
 temple.

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:46.940
 We're just

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.440
 asking for

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.719
 one.

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:48.880
 Organists are

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.340
 hard to come

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.579
 by,

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.460
 especially out

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.699
 in the

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:51.039
 country,

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:52.059
 when you're

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.739
 15 minutes

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.320
 away from

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.980
 nothing.

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.820
 And about

00:34:54.820 --> 00:34:55.300
 two,

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.119
 maybe three

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.759
 weeks later,

00:34:57.800 --> 00:34:58.400
 a lady about

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.280
 the age that I

00:34:59.280 --> 00:35:00.119
 met now

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:01.719
 comes into

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.300
 the church.

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.579
 She says,

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:03.880
 yes,

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.619
 I was driving

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.099
 by the other

00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.380
 day,

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.019
 came by this

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.599
 country road,

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.579
 looked up,

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:07.960
 seen your

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.199
 church,

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.619
 thought I'd

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:08.960
 give it a

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.300
 shot.

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.579
 Amen.

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:13.480
 Great to

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.819
 have you

00:35:13.819 --> 00:35:14.139
 here.

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.259
 Hope you

00:35:15.259 --> 00:35:15.500
 get a

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.799
 blessing.

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.779
 About two,

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.219
 three weeks

00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.440
 later,

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.860
 she joined

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.380
 the church.

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.119
 In the

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.519
 middle of

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.719
 that,

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.099
 she said,

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.319
 hey,

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:21.699
 I noticed

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.019
 you don't

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.779
 have an

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.259
 organ player.

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.659
 I can

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.000
 play the

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.219
 organ.

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.840
 Amen.

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.480
 Let's

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.019
 go.

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.500
 And she

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.039
 played it

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.539
 beautifully.

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.480
 You see

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:31.940
 how the

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.719
 Lord works?

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.659
 If we

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:34.400
 just ask.

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.599
 People

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.519
 were saying,

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.059
 wait a minute,

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:38.059
 what's going

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.659
 on in the

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:39.239
 Tuesday night

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.960
 prayer meetings?

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.599
 People

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.019
 were getting

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.599
 changed.

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:41.900
 People

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.300
 were getting

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:43.059
 moved by

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.519
 God.

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.079
 Folks,

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:45.059
 we began

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.940
 to run

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.679
 more on

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.539
 Tuesday night

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.420
 prayer meetings

00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:49.679
 than we had

00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.220
 on Sunday

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:51.039
 night services

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:53.240
 because God

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.960
 was working.

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.679
 I remember

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.059
 the end.

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.400
 I mean,

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.980
 we would be

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.440
 in a prayer

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.659
 meeting,

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.220
 start seven

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.519
 o'clock,

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.079
 it would be

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:59.099
 930 before

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.720
 we would get

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.460
 done and

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.900
 people would

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.199
 be looking

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.539
 around and

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:01.599
 say,

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.019
 where did

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.539
 the time

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.000
 go?

00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:03.780
 Folks,

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.260
 when you're

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.880
 with an

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.900
 eternal God,

00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:07.340
 time is of

00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:08.059
 no essence.

00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:08.659
 I remember

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.079
 the end of

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.460
 one prayer

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.720
 meeting,

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:10.199
 one lady

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.839
 said this.

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.819
 She came

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.500
 up afterwards

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.619
 as people

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:15.039
 were leaving

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:15.980
 and she

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.639
 said this,

00:36:17.419 --> 00:36:17.759
 Pastor,

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:20.000
 God was

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.719
 here today.

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.619
 God was

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:22.939
 here.

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.299
 Folks,

00:36:24.459 --> 00:36:24.799
 I've been

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.139
 in prayer

00:36:25.139 --> 00:36:25.639
 meetings where

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.079
 God was

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.679
 not there.

00:36:28.419 --> 00:36:28.739
 Folks,

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:29.399
 when God

00:36:29.399 --> 00:36:30.159
 is there,

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.939
 God's

00:36:30.939 --> 00:36:31.319
 moving,

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.139
 God's

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.519
 changing

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.980
 hearts,

00:36:33.359 --> 00:36:33.779
 people are

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.699
 getting saved

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.019
 out of

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.879
 prayer meetings.

00:36:37.359 --> 00:36:37.679
 Amen!

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.940
 Let me

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.319
 ask you

00:36:39.319 --> 00:36:39.699
 this,

00:36:40.019 --> 00:36:40.639
 is your

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:41.419
 prayer life

00:36:41.419 --> 00:36:43.259
 one that

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:43.619
 has an

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.079
 effect?

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.419
 Can God

00:36:46.419 --> 00:36:47.319
 come down

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:47.759
 and look

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.239
 at you

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.679
 and say,

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.139
 yes,

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:50.739
 I have

00:36:50.739 --> 00:36:51.859
 my

00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:52.539
 intercessors?

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:53.899
 Do you

00:36:53.899 --> 00:36:54.179
 have any

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.799
 burdens here

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.139
 in this

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.519
 church?

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.579
 I can

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.960
 think of

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.299
 some.

00:36:57.299 --> 00:36:59.319
 Are we

00:36:59.319 --> 00:36:59.879
 going to

00:36:59.879 --> 00:37:00.359
 the throne

00:37:00.359 --> 00:37:00.819
 room of

00:37:00.819 --> 00:37:02.699
 grace and

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.879
 asking God

00:37:03.879 --> 00:37:04.779
 to help

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:06.540
 in the

00:37:06.540 --> 00:37:07.019
 time of

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.360
 need?

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.420
 Let's

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.640
 go to

00:37:09.640 --> 00:37:09.880
 the Lord

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.300
 in prayer.

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.140
 As our

00:37:11.140 --> 00:37:11.480
 heads are

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.840
 bowed and

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.200
 eyes are

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.700
 closed,

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:14.720
 let me

00:37:14.720 --> 00:37:15.120
 ask you

00:37:15.120 --> 00:37:15.460
 this.

00:37:16.780 --> 00:37:17.060
 Maybe

00:37:17.060 --> 00:37:17.440
 you say

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.060
 here today,

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.620
 you know,

00:37:19.620 --> 00:37:19.900
 the Lord

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:22.280
 moved upon

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.900
 my heart

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.500
 and speaking

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.120
 to me this

00:37:24.120 --> 00:37:24.760
 morning about

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.060
 a few

00:37:25.060 --> 00:37:25.580
 things.

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.260
 By

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:27.740
 upraised

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:27.980
 hand,

00:37:28.060 --> 00:37:28.300
 I just

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.500
 say,

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.360
 yes,

00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:29.640
 the Lord

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:30.280
 was working

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.720
 on me.

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:31.000
 Anyone

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.440
 like that

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.980
 this morning?

00:37:32.560 --> 00:37:32.920
 The Lord

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:33.519
 burdened my

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.680
 heart.

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.000
 Thank you

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:34.320
 for that

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.540
 hand.

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:34.739
 Lord,

00:37:34.800 --> 00:37:35.139
 bless you.

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.380
 Anyone

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.759
 else?

00:37:36.739 --> 00:37:37.099
 Thank you

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.420
 for that

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.659
 hand.

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:37.940
 Anyone

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.380
 else?

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.420
 Lord,

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:40.960
 it was

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.519
 moving upon

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.099
 my heart.

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.219
 Anyone

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:43.659
 else?

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.039
 Maybe

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.360
 you're here

00:37:46.360 --> 00:37:46.880
 this morning

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.380
 saying,

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.639
 well,

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:47.960
 you know,

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:50.440
 I had a

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.000
 prayer life,

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.619
 but I

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.119
 just stopped

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.500
 praying.

00:37:53.920 --> 00:37:54.219
 I didn't

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.759
 see God

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.500
 working or

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.659
 there was

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.000
 something

00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:57.460
 wrong.

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.679
 I just

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:00.079
 don't pray

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.500
 like I

00:38:00.500 --> 00:38:00.820
 should.

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.699
 I'd like

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.079
 for you to

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.420
 pray for

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.579
 me.

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:03.820
 Anyone

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.300
 like that

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.539
 this

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.820
 morning?

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.580
 I need

00:38:07.580 --> 00:38:07.960
 help.

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:09.700
 Would you

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.080
 pray for

00:38:10.080 --> 00:38:10.300
 me?

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.000
 Father,

00:38:13.100 --> 00:38:13.440
 we thank

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.680
 you for

00:38:13.680 --> 00:38:14.280
 this time.

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.700
 We thank

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:14.840
 you,

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.039
 Lord,

00:38:15.160 --> 00:38:17.280
 for the

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.960
 message that

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.180
 you've

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.680
 given us.

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.260
 We just

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.880
 ask God

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.240
 that we

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.600
 would take

00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:21.400
 this message.

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.080
 And Lord,

00:38:22.160 --> 00:38:22.500
 I pray

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.320
 that we

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:23.600
 would,

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.440
 in faith,

00:38:24.600 --> 00:38:25.120
 believe you.

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.720
 And believe

00:38:27.720 --> 00:38:28.100
 what you

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:28.640
 will do.

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.200
 Believe what

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.739
 you can

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:30.919
 do and

00:38:30.919 --> 00:38:32.719
 pray in

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.079
 accordance

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.480
 with thy

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:33.839
 will,

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.759
 that you

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:35.259
 would work.

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.500
 May the

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:36.980
 power of

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.379
 God

00:38:37.379 --> 00:38:40.239
 work mightily

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.619
 in our

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:41.139
 lives,

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:42.539
 simply

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.099
 because,

00:38:43.299 --> 00:38:43.619
 just like

00:38:43.619 --> 00:38:44.379
 that six-year-old

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:44.619
 boy,

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.419
 we ask in

00:38:45.419 --> 00:38:45.799
 faith.

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:48.679
 God,

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.239
 we'll turn

00:38:49.239 --> 00:38:49.839
 the service

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:51.319
 over to

00:38:51.319 --> 00:38:52.179
 your decisions

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:52.899
 and your

00:38:52.899 --> 00:38:53.299
 work.

00:38:53.899 --> 00:38:54.159
 God,

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.719
 will you do

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:54.919
 it?

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:55.779
 We ask

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.219
 in Jesus'

00:38:56.439 --> 00:38:56.699
 name.

00:38:57.379 --> 00:38:57.699
 Amen.

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.059
 Let's all

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.779
 stand as

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.819
 we have a

00:39:00.819 --> 00:39:01.179
 hymn of

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.699
 invitation.

00:39:02.379 --> 00:39:02.699
 If you

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.019
 need to

00:39:03.019 --> 00:39:04.959
 come to

00:39:04.959 --> 00:39:05.339
 pray,

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.779
 if the

00:39:06.779 --> 00:39:07.059
 Lord's

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.379
 directing

00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:07.919
 your heart

00:39:07.919 --> 00:39:09.500
 to pray

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:09.919
 and ask

00:39:09.919 --> 00:39:10.659
 God for

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:11.299
 anything

00:39:11.299 --> 00:39:11.819
 that he's

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.079
 burdened

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.379
 your heart

00:39:12.379 --> 00:39:12.539
 for,

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:12.859
 will you

00:39:12.859 --> 00:39:13.279
 do that

00:39:13.279 --> 00:39:13.839
 as the

00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:14.139
 instruments

00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.480
 play?