WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:18.460 Good morning, everybody. How are you? It's a pleasure to be here, and I'm really pleased 00:00:18.460 --> 00:00:29.679 to stand in front of you as a Bible teacher. I've been taught by American Mission School 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:39.960 in Ethiopia from my childhood. My father was working for the American company called the 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:47.359 Bottling Company of Ethiopia, and then he got the opportunity to put his children to 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:56.200 the American Mission School. And we went there and we graduated our elementary class there, 00:00:56.200 --> 00:01:03.399 and I passed with good grades. And then I joined the high school and also joined the... 00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:08.659 Can you put that speaker? That's so powerful here. Can you put it closer? 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:12.280 I can't use it, but can I have it with my hand? 00:01:12.359 --> 00:01:12.519 Yeah. 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:12.879 Okay. 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:33.759 And I got good study in a place called the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Fellowship Bible 00:01:33.759 --> 00:01:44.620 College, ETC. And I did my Bachelor of Theology there and graduated in 2000. 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:52.560 And God gave me another opportunity to come here in America to study my master's degree. 00:01:52.880 --> 00:02:03.580 And I went to Gordon Conway and graduated in 2013. And me and my wife, we came alone, but 00:02:03.580 --> 00:02:10.460 God blessed us with two children. I have two girls, seven and three years old. The second 00:02:10.460 --> 00:02:17.180 one is look like a boy. She's energetic. So we don't need to have another boy anymore. 00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:29.400 So I became a pastor for Ethiopian and Eritrea ministry here at Trinity. And it's been seven years 00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:37.020 since we started this ministry. And we are very thankful for Trinity Baptist. We are working with 00:02:37.020 --> 00:02:44.780 Trinity Baptist for a long time. And you are like family for us. Of course, God gave us 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:51.920 this as his family and part of we are part of family. So now I'm going to teach you about 00:02:51.920 --> 00:03:02.719 something that I touched with my life. And I really love to pray. And my wife is even better 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:13.740 than me. She's really a prayer woman. And something that we helped us to found the base for our 00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:22.680 understanding about prayer. So I want to challenge you, brothers and sisters, for a little time, 00:03:22.819 --> 00:03:30.719 I want to take you to back from the Old Testament and build up some foundational things. And we're 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:36.639 going to come to the New Testament and we will conclude with some practical ways of prayer. Okay. 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:43.759 So this is my outline. And you will get that. If you have your handouts, we can follow the handouts. 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:51.020 If you don't understand my pronunciation when I speak English, you can find there so that, oh, 00:03:51.280 --> 00:04:00.599 he can say this. He means this one. So the church as house of prayer. This is the title. 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:12.240 We need to find for us to where this phrase, house of prayer comes from. I chose three scriptures and I want 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:21.279 two people to help me by reading scripture. And we will see three biblical passages, the Bible passages. 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:31.239 And the first one is Matthew 21. The second one is Isaiah 56. And the third one is 2 Chronicles 6. 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:46.240 But when we discuss about these three passages from the Bible, I just rather to choose to... 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:51.879 The last one are the first and the second and the third, okay? Chronologically. 00:04:51.879 --> 00:05:00.680 Because I want to get from the historical background what the house of prayer means in the Bible. 00:05:01.719 --> 00:05:11.740 So I ask somebody to read for me 2 Chronicles 6, verse 12 and 13. 00:05:11.740 --> 00:05:41.720 Okay, thank you. 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:50.079 Thank you. 00:05:51.579 --> 00:05:58.300 We see the temple of God was built in 2 Chronicles 5. 00:05:58.300 --> 00:06:11.319 And you see the dedication and the inauguration, the blessings and the prayers from this chapter up to chapter 7. 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:15.080 From chapter 5, 2 Chronicles up to chapter 7. 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:38.680 And in these chapters, we focus into two things that I want your attention to see how the house of prayer founded there by the end of this temple building has been finished. 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:58.019 So when we understand this chapter, when we understand this passage, definitely we can understand what Jesus is going to say in the temple when he meets some bad people, I could say, in the church. 00:06:58.019 --> 00:07:04.620 So that he can say, in the church, so that he can say, this is the house of prayer, but you did this and this. 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:06.620 Why he did that? 00:07:06.859 --> 00:07:07.779 Why he said that? 00:07:07.779 --> 00:07:14.919 Because he must have heard some concept in his mind from the Old Testament. 00:07:15.239 --> 00:07:21.039 That's why we are digging from the past, from the Old Testament to understand that concept. 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:27.920 So Solomon finished the work, and Solomon did for house of the Lord was finished. 00:07:28.220 --> 00:07:29.420 It says in verse 1. 00:07:30.280 --> 00:07:32.580 They watched the ark enter the temple. 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:39.140 The chronicler described the temple as filled with cloud. 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:41.040 This is chapter 5. 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:50.379 When chapter 5 finished, the Spirit of God came upon his people and filled to this temple. 00:07:50.740 --> 00:08:03.560 So the temple, how the temple was built, you know that David brought the intention, God gave him promise, and his child, Solomon, it's in our pronunciation Solomon, okay? 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:05.500 It's kind of Hebrew. 00:08:05.640 --> 00:08:07.780 Hebrew language and Ethiopian language are similar. 00:08:07.779 --> 00:08:10.979 So Solomon built it. 00:08:11.599 --> 00:08:16.959 So it's a sign that God is among his people. 00:08:17.939 --> 00:08:22.719 So this is a very significant time for Israel's history. 00:08:23.379 --> 00:08:24.899 So the second one is dedication. 00:08:25.479 --> 00:08:29.619 In chapter 6, from verse 1 to 11, you see Solomon's speech. 00:08:29.619 --> 00:08:37.620 He addresses or bless the people and talks about his father, David, but gave the credit to God. 00:08:38.419 --> 00:08:42.120 Even though his father gave him this opportunity. 00:08:42.919 --> 00:08:46.000 But he gave all the credit to God. 00:08:46.199 --> 00:08:54.159 He reminded the people that there is no God like their God. 00:08:54.839 --> 00:08:59.980 It's just like that time God promised that David's family would always rule in Israel. 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:04.299 Solomon's really, really hope the Almighty will stick by that. 00:09:04.299 --> 00:09:11.539 And the third one is Solomon's prayer of dedication, which I want to focus on. 00:09:11.939 --> 00:09:17.879 Solomon's prayer you find in 2 Chronicles, chapter 6, from verse 12 up to 13. 00:09:18.699 --> 00:09:23.219 Then Solomon stood up, that our brother read for us. 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:31.179 Solomon stood up before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. 00:09:31.179 --> 00:09:45.059 Solomon had made a branch platform five cobbets wide and three cobbets high and had set it in the court and had stood on it. 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:54.000 Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands towards heaven. 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.000 Do you see the picture? 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:58.100 I tried to put it in the PowerPoint. 00:09:58.299 --> 00:09:59.000 I couldn't finish. 00:09:59.080 --> 00:09:59.500 I'm sorry. 00:10:00.279 --> 00:10:03.519 So I don't use the PowerPoint today. 00:10:04.139 --> 00:10:06.799 But it was emotional. 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:09.379 When you see that, for me it was emotional. 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:14.840 Because I got a chance to visit Israel and I got a chance to get into the temple. 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:17.460 And then I cried there. 00:10:17.779 --> 00:10:19.480 I don't know why in that time. 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:26.419 Because one of the things that reminded me and came to my mind is, 00:10:27.220 --> 00:10:29.460 was in that time when I was in Israel. 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:34.340 By the way, I have a blood connection with Israelites. 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:36.759 And half of my family, they live in Israel. 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:44.419 So when I saw I visited that place, I cried. 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:45.600 I cried. 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:50.539 And I saw many things came up to my mind as a vision. 00:10:51.259 --> 00:10:53.100 The things that I read from the Bible. 00:10:53.220 --> 00:10:57.100 One of the things that came to my mind is Solomon's prayer. 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:01.899 The first day he prayed to the new temple of God. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:06.360 So he raised his hands and prayed to God. 00:11:06.759 --> 00:11:15.100 This is the first time for Solomon prayed as a connection, as a connector, 00:11:15.439 --> 00:11:18.899 or as a contact person at the temple of God. 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:26.700 So when you go to 2 Chronicles 6, from verse 18 to 21, 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:31.000 you see the long prayer passage. 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:34.320 I don't want to get you to get through there. 00:11:34.419 --> 00:11:36.960 So I leave that to you to read by yourself. 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.360 But I want to mention some things. 00:11:39.860 --> 00:11:43.019 You find prayer, the word prayer, five times here. 00:11:43.019 --> 00:11:59.799 And Solomon prayed primarily to God, asking God, not only for his personal request or for the situational request for his current people, 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:02.419 but also generational prayer. 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:12.299 He prayed for the generation come through after the Israelites, you know, so that God will listen to their prayer. 00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:19.079 Whenever any person come to this temple and want to contact God, want to connect with God, 00:12:19.719 --> 00:12:23.219 so that God will pray, God will listen to his or her prayer. 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:23.959 Amen? 00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:24.040 Amen? 00:12:24.660 --> 00:12:25.980 That's the foundation. 00:12:26.860 --> 00:12:27.660 That's the foundation. 00:12:27.900 --> 00:12:33.920 You know, the good thing is God responded to him by the next few verses. 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:42.620 Let's read first from chapter, next chapter, chapter 7 from 11 to 14. 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:45.660 Somebody can read that for me. 00:12:46.180 --> 00:12:49.300 Chapter 7 from 11 to 14. 00:12:49.299 --> 00:12:56.019 So Solomon prayed, asked God about what? 00:12:56.479 --> 00:13:05.339 Not only just for the personal issue or for the people that they had any question on that situation, 00:13:06.099 --> 00:13:07.879 but he prayed for generations. 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:16.459 He, like, inaugurated the house of God with the name of prayer house. 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:18.819 The house of prayer. 00:13:19.299 --> 00:13:21.079 This is the house of prayer. 00:13:21.459 --> 00:13:22.120 Praise God. 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:30.279 Whenever anybody comes with any request and nailed to you, raise their hands, listen to their prayer. 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:32.579 You know what God responds? 00:13:33.479 --> 00:13:35.719 Who got that passage to read for us? 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:39.659 Chapter 7, verse 11 to 14. 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:41.919 2 Chronicles. 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:44.379 Okay. 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:48.639 Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king's house. 00:13:48.980 --> 00:13:54.939 All that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house he successfully accomplished. 00:13:54.940 --> 00:13:59.400 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him, 00:13:59.400 --> 00:14:04.860 I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:05.860 Amen. 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:13.860 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain or command the locusts to devour the land or send pestilence among my people, 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:22.980 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:28.180 then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land. 00:14:28.179 --> 00:14:28.659 Amen. 00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:31.919 This is now the prayer we pray. 00:14:32.699 --> 00:14:33.579 We always pray. 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:40.539 For that last time we had, you know, fasting prayer time in our church for our country, for Ethiopia. 00:14:40.739 --> 00:14:42.839 Ethiopia is now in crisis. 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:47.819 And of course in a changing time, but there is big tensions. 00:14:49.059 --> 00:14:51.599 Here we have God's promise. 00:14:51.739 --> 00:14:51.879 Amen. 00:14:51.879 --> 00:14:52.000 Amen. 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.320 We pray. 00:14:53.679 --> 00:14:55.259 We read this scripture. 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:58.519 And we ask God, you promised us. 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:04.820 If your people come together and ask you, you will listen and bless our country. 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.700 This is the foundation. 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.720 This is the foundation. 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:10.220 Let's go to the second part. 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:23.420 The second part, we're going to go to the name or the phrase that we find directly as it is in Matthew chapter 24, 21. 00:15:23.420 --> 00:15:29.920 So it is in Isaiah chapter 56 from verse 1 to 7. 00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:37.840 If anybody willing, he can or she can help us to read this scripture. 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:43.399 Isaiah chapter 56 from verse 1 to 7. 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:45.060 Okay. 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.899 Thank you. 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:46.460 You can. 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:47.040 Yes. 00:15:47.700 --> 00:15:51.879 Thus says the Lord, preserve justice and do righteousness. 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:57.740 For my salvation is about to come and my righteousness to be revealed. 00:15:58.540 --> 00:16:03.320 How blessed is the man who does this and the son of man who takes hold of it, 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:08.580 who keeps from profaning the Sabbath and keeps his hand from doing any evil. 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:13.140 Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, 00:16:13.680 --> 00:16:16.420 The Lord will surely separate me from his people. 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:18.180 Nor let the eunuch say, 00:16:18.280 --> 00:16:20.140 Behold, I am a dry tree. 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:22.140 But thus says the Lord, 00:16:22.780 --> 00:16:26.980 To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me, 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:30.139 And hold fast my covenant. 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:35.259 To them I will give in my house and within my walls a memorial, 00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:41.180 And a name better than that of sons and daughters. 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:45.639 I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off. 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:50.399 Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, 00:16:50.920 --> 00:16:53.680 To minister to him and to love the name of the Lord, 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:57.919 To be his servants, everyone who keeps from profaning the Sabbath, 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.859 And holds fast my covenant. 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:02.979 Even those I will bring to my holy mountain, 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:05.940 And make them joyful in my house of prayer. 00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:11.279 Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar. 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:15.519 For my house will be called a house of prayer for all the people. 00:17:16.679 --> 00:17:17.579 That's great. 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:29.579 So this is the name that Jesus used to correct what was the wrong situation in the temple in Matthew 21. 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:32.460 As you know, after Solomon, 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:37.419 The Israel kingdom divided into two, the north and the south. 00:17:37.420 --> 00:17:48.640 And as you know, Isaiah was a prophet and ministering to the southern part of the kingdom. 00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:53.060 So Isaiah's focus was, as you know, 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:56.120 Most of, almost all of the prophets, 00:17:56.300 --> 00:17:58.880 Because there were false prophets during that time. 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:06.200 But the good prophets' focus was helping the people to come back to God, 00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:09.460 So that they can keep their promise and covenant. 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:13.860 But the people of Israel were very far from God. 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:15.880 They disobeyed God, re-blessed, 00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:19.760 And they were far and far and far. 00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:21.220 And the destruction comes. 00:18:21.780 --> 00:18:24.380 So when you see the book of Isaiah, 00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:27.240 You divide it into two, two major things. 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.500 Some people divided it into three, but I divided it into two. 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:34.200 And the first part is from chapter 1 to 39. 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:40.099 It is like telling the people how they are sinned, 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:42.819 How they are far from God. 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:45.299 And that brought destruction. 00:18:46.400 --> 00:18:49.120 And the destruction follows with judgment. 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:56.019 So Isaiah was telling the Israelites before the exile, 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.699 A little bit before the exile, 00:18:57.959 --> 00:19:00.419 Telling them that they need to repent. 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:02.779 They need to go back to God. 00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:04.159 They need to come back to God. 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:07.439 And the good thing, 00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:09.659 Every prophet in the Bible, 00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:11.039 And every prophecy, 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.079 Ends with hope and restoration. 00:19:14.479 --> 00:19:14.679 Amen? 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:19.120 It doesn't finish with like any judgmental message. 00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:21.519 Because God is mercy for God. 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:28.100 So Isaiah's message continued with another tone, 00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:32.500 From chapter 40 to the end of chapter 66. 00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:35.340 And telling the people that, of course, 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.519 God will judge them, 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:39.019 That God will come, 00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:43.259 And you think to their neighbors, 00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.240 You know, 00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:46.759 Gentiles, 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.440 And they invaded them. 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:50.819 They will take them to captivity. 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:55.619 But God also will restore them. 00:19:56.339 --> 00:19:56.779 One day. 00:19:57.359 --> 00:20:01.599 So Isaiah started from chapter 40. 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:04.200 He will tell them that, 00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:06.000 How God will save them. 00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:07.579 How God will come. 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:09.779 After a while to rescue them. 00:20:10.619 --> 00:20:12.539 And that way, 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:14.319 Is his son, 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.159 Jesus Christ. 00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:17.000 So through that, 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:19.939 The second part of Isaiah's book, 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.319 You find this chapter, 00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.699 Chapter 56. 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.359 That's why, 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:26.240 As brother told us, 00:20:26.319 --> 00:20:27.919 As brother read for us, 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.619 We see that, 00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:31.539 God will tell them, 00:20:31.919 --> 00:20:33.480 When the restoration comes, 00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.579 The people come, 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:36.559 Back to the house of God. 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.859 With what? 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.679 With songs. 00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:41.480 With joyful songs. 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:42.960 Which, 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:44.299 Which place they come? 00:20:44.659 --> 00:20:46.000 With the place called, 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:48.000 The house of what? 00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:48.679 Prayer. 00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.440 So that's, 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.720 That's why he mentioned. 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.899 It is what, 00:20:53.139 --> 00:20:53.799 When do he, 00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.579 It happens, 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.559 After the captivity, 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:57.279 After 70 years. 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.940 Because they, 00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.819 They should have to, 00:20:58.819 --> 00:21:00.420 Go to the captivity, 00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:02.339 With the Babylonian, 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.240 Stay there, 00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.579 And one day, 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.460 God will send, 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.980 The, 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.859 The messengers, 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:09.519 And they rescuer them, 00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.099 And they, 00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:11.539 They will take them out. 00:21:11.879 --> 00:21:12.180 But, 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.399 All these things, 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.440 Were, 00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.519 A shadow, 00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.579 For the New Testament, 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.379 For the, 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.019 The, 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.279 The major, 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:21.200 The prophet, 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:22.180 You could say, 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.740 That's the Messiah, 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.680 Jesus Christ. 00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:24.960 Amen? 00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:26.160 That's why, 00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.420 Now Isaiah, 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:29.039 Is telling the people that, 00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.200 These, 00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:32.259 Judgment, 00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.259 Will end up, 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:33.980 With restoration. 00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.359 So, 00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.740 We see hope here. 00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:36.740 We see hope. 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.200 But, 00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:39.480 But we need to understand that, 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.079 Why, 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.420 This old destruction, 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.700 And judgment is coming, 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:44.200 Because the people, 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:45.259 Of God, 00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:47.059 Were, 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.860 Far, 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.240 From God. 00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:51.100 They were, 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.920 Like, 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.039 Stuttered enemy, 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.080 From God. 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.740 They do bad things, 00:21:55.840 --> 00:21:57.500 Even in the house of God. 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.279 You know the stories, 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.580 Many stories you find. 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.819 Even, 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.860 Who are, 00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.319 Who, 00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:02.620 They, 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.720 They were elected, 00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.779 To serve the Lord. 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.200 Their families, 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.860 Their children, 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.480 They did sin, 00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.660 In the house of God. 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.759 Now, 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:13.259 You can see, 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:14.599 This picture, 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.819 Almost similar, 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.759 With similarity, 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.900 In the New Testament. 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.799 That's why, 00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.099 Jesus, 00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.579 Immediately after, 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.819 He got in the, 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:26.019 Jerusalem, 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.559 He immediately, 00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.759 Went to, 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.579 The temple. 00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.359 And, 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.720 You know, 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.700 We're going to see, 00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.920 In a few minutes that. 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.140 So, 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.900 The main point, 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.900 In Isaiah chapter 6, 00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.059 The main point, 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.519 Is, 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.140 Hope, 00:22:41.140 --> 00:22:42.280 Of restoration, 00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.580 For, 00:22:44.300 --> 00:22:45.380 The house of prayer. 00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.840 So, 00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:48.960 We see the foundation, 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:51.420 In second chronicles, 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.520 The foundation, 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.200 How, 00:22:54.800 --> 00:22:55.840 The temple of God, 00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.280 Built, 00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.980 For what purpose? 00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.480 The purpose is what? 00:23:00.780 --> 00:23:02.060 People can come, 00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.420 And, 00:23:03.040 --> 00:23:04.040 Connect with God. 00:23:04.780 --> 00:23:05.600 Have relationship, 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.920 Have fellowship with him. 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.080 Pray, 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:08.759 With him, 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.399 Prayer is, 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.039 What's prayer? 00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.099 Prayer is, 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.199 A conversation, 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.539 Right? 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:14.379 Talking with God, 00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:16.240 Spending some time with God, 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.559 Sitting with him, 00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.579 Talking to him, 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.980 Anything you like, 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:21.279 You can talk to him, 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:23.299 And he responds, 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.000 Amen? 00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.980 That's the house of God. 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.199 That's the purpose. 00:23:28.199 --> 00:23:29.099 The house of God, 00:23:29.199 --> 00:23:29.500 Built, 00:23:29.939 --> 00:23:30.199 In, 00:23:30.399 --> 00:23:31.439 In the middle of, 00:23:31.699 --> 00:23:32.299 Israelite. 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.379 Now, 00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.639 Through history, 00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.440 That's, 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.319 Destroy, 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.680 That's, 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.659 Relationship, 00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:39.639 Go, 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.980 Now, 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.259 Isaiah is, 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.700 Telling them, 00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:44.680 Please, 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.919 Go back to God. 00:23:46.399 --> 00:23:46.899 Repent. 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.200 Unless, 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.599 Otherwise, 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.740 God will come, 00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.460 With judgment. 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.539 But, 00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:54.500 God also will rescue you. 00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:56.339 The Messiah will come, 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.879 And he will save you. 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.500 That's why, 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:01.960 We see in the last part, 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:03.059 Of our passage, 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.819 Let's go to Matthew chapter, 00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.900 21. 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.680 The, 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:12.200 And I ask also, 00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:15.420 Any person to read for us, 00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.339 From, 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:19.240 Verse, 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:24.759 Verse 1 up to 13. 00:24:24.759 --> 00:24:29.140 Now, 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:30.640 When they drew near to Jerusalem, 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:32.039 And came to Bethphage, 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.579 To the Mount of Olives, 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:35.519 Then Jesus sent two disciples, 00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.940 Saying to them, 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.700 Go into the village in front of you, 00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:40.879 And immediately you will find a donkey tied, 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.839 And a colt with her. 00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.240 Untie them, 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.119 And bring them to me. 00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:46.379 If anyone says anything to you, 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:47.160 You shall say, 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.379 The Lord needs them, 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:50.700 And he will send them at once. 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.400 This took place to fulfill, 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:53.660 What was spoken by the prophet, 00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.240 Saying, 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:56.079 Say to the daughter of Zion, 00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.700 Behold, 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.819 Your king is coming to you, 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.420 Humble and mounted on a donkey, 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.720 And on a colt, 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:02.259 The foal of a beast of burden. 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:06.119 The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. 00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.059 They brought the donkey and the colt, 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.940 And put on them their cloaks, 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.900 And he sat on them. 00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:13.839 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:15.579 And others cut branches from the trees, 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.680 And spread them on the road. 00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:19.279 And the crowds that went before him, 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.140 And that followed him, 00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.660 Were shouting, 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.240 Hosanna to the son of David, 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:24.619 Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, 00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.899 Hosanna in the highest. 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.639 And when he entered Jerusalem, 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.979 The whole city was stirred up, 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.279 Saying, 00:25:29.399 --> 00:25:30.119 Who is this? 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.559 And the crowd said, 00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.799 This is the prophet Jesus, 00:25:32.959 --> 00:25:34.379 From Nazareth of Galilee. 00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:36.339 And Jesus entered the temple, 00:25:36.719 --> 00:25:38.919 And drove out all who sold and bought in the temple. 00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:41.739 And he overturned the tables of the money changers, 00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:43.579 And the seats of those who sold pigeons. 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.159 He said to them, 00:25:45.459 --> 00:25:46.219 It is written, 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:48.419 My house shall be called a house of prayer, 00:25:48.939 --> 00:25:50.619 But you make it a den of robbers. 00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:54.599 Now you get the story, 00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:54.919 Right? 00:25:55.399 --> 00:25:56.679 And you get the connection, 00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:58.679 From the Old Testament to here. 00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.099 The foundation, 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.679 The restoration, 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.279 Now the Messiah. 00:26:04.500 --> 00:26:06.659 Now we see the Messiah is entering, 00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:11.359 In the last week of his life. 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:15.439 And the first thing what he did is, 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:20.299 He go to the temple of God. 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.559 And all surprisingly, 00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:26.699 He found another rebellious people. 00:26:27.459 --> 00:26:29.459 They are doing their business. 00:26:30.479 --> 00:26:32.359 They are not rebuked by Jesus, 00:26:32.719 --> 00:26:34.559 Because they are doing the business. 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:37.159 But he rebuked them, 00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.259 Because they are thieves. 00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:41.659 The Naive translation says thieves. 00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:43.879 So, 00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:45.819 They do bad things there. 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:51.779 Why don't they do that, 00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:52.059 You know, 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:53.159 Outside of the temple? 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:55.480 But that's in the temple. 00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.819 That's also significant. 00:26:57.659 --> 00:27:01.159 And Jesus does three major things there. 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.700 I did not write this. 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:03.440 You can write it, 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:04.039 You know, 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.880 By your notes. 00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.580 So, 00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.080 Three things. 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.480 The first one is correction. 00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.779 He corrected that. 00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.340 He corrected, 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:13.000 Why he came to this world? 00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:15.240 Because he wanted to correct, 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.420 The, 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.880 Things that, 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.140 Made, 00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.039 Chaos, 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.059 Into Christianity, 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.640 Into any spirituality, 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.960 Into the relationship with God, 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.700 And his people. 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.779 So, 00:27:28.120 --> 00:27:29.059 He corrected that. 00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.220 It is not, 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.340 A business place. 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.779 It is not, 00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.039 Bad people, 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.640 You know, 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:38.059 Comes for no repentance. 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:38.900 You know, 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.819 For no change. 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:43.420 This is the house of prayer. 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.779 So, 00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.660 He corrected that. 00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.140 And, 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.000 The second thing is, 00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:48.180 He confirmed, 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.059 That, 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:51.380 The house of prayer, 00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:53.340 Who was built by Solomon, 00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.539 Who was, 00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:57.299 Prophesied by Isaiah, 00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:59.659 Is now, 00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.819 Will continue, 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.119 To generation, 00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:02.919 To generation, 00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.319 Because, 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.799 Is that, 00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:06.220 Is that not the prayer that Solomon prayed, 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.500 For the first day, 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.099 Where, 00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:09.759 The, 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.359 The, 00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:11.079 The, 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.359 The, 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.859 The, 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.639 The temple of God, 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.359 Was built. 00:28:13.859 --> 00:28:14.440 He prayed, 00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.500 Father God, 00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:17.200 Make this house, 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.940 Is the house of prayer. 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.159 Anybody, 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:21.180 When he comes, 00:28:21.659 --> 00:28:23.419 To pray for his country, 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.700 To pray for his family, 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.460 To pray for anybody, 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.940 Any problem, 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.140 Listen, 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.180 Their prayer. 00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.180 Now, 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.620 Jesus confirms, 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.000 This is the house of prayer. 00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:35.400 Nothing changed. 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:37.000 Sometimes people say, 00:28:37.340 --> 00:28:38.500 I'm going to preach you now, 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:38.980 Sorry, 00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.319 Okay? 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.779 When the time goes, 00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.740 When, 00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:43.620 Now, 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:45.240 We are now 21st century, 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:47.220 So they try to change Christianity, 00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:47.920 With, 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:49.180 With like modernism. 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.420 No, 00:28:50.840 --> 00:28:51.539 Jesus said, 00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:54.000 God remains forever. 00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.400 God, 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.660 Need his people, 00:28:56.800 --> 00:28:57.780 To come to his house, 00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.580 For prayer. 00:28:59.580 --> 00:29:00.660 He wants to connect them, 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.720 He wants to talk to them. 00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.519 That's, 00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:06.300 Why Jesus came to this world. 00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.380 And the third one, 00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.240 Is, 00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:08.980 He, 00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:10.420 Connect, 00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:12.160 His mission to this, 00:29:12.540 --> 00:29:12.840 The, 00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:14.220 Old Testament, 00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.220 With the New Testament. 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:15.900 That's why, 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.480 He came, 00:29:16.900 --> 00:29:17.740 To fulfill, 00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:19.180 The Old Testament prophecies, 00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.519 Right? 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.780 From the beginning, 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.640 As my brother, 00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.780 Read for us, 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:25.259 From verse one, 00:29:25.899 --> 00:29:27.899 He came as triumphal entry, 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.220 Right? 00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.599 Then, 00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:31.180 Everything there, 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.220 There happened, 00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.839 Is in purpose, 00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:35.579 Because it is being, 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.440 Prophesized, 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:37.799 Right? 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:38.899 So, 00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.940 He came to fulfill, 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.220 These old prophecies. 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.039 So, 00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.339 One of the prophecies is, 00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.500 He restored, 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.819 The house of God. 00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:47.059 He brought, 00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:48.359 Bring back the name, 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.779 The original name, 00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:50.960 To the house of God. 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:51.980 Now I say, 00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.200 To the church, 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.359 For this generation, 00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.119 Also, 00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:56.000 May God, 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.019 Bring back, 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.879 The name, 00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.200 The house of God, 00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.299 For every church. 00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:00.579 Amen? 00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.679 Because, 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.439 Nowadays, 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.359 Some churches, 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.639 They neglect this, 00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.859 They avoid this. 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.000 Some churches, 00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.859 They are, 00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.819 Giving high priority, 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:13.059 Maybe high emphasis, 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.639 For other activities, 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.300 In the church. 00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.580 But you don't find prayer, 00:30:17.780 --> 00:30:18.400 That much. 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.880 They don't pray. 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.700 In old times, 00:30:22.800 --> 00:30:23.600 Even in America, 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:25.080 People pray when they eat, 00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.940 When they, 00:30:26.020 --> 00:30:26.740 They go, 00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.020 Right? 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.100 Because I know that, 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.340 I've studied, 00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.500 The American history. 00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:36.160 Now I don't see, 00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:37.580 Many people do that. 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.340 You see, 00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:42.220 Jesus tells the people, 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:44.000 This is the house of the Lord. 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.640 This is the house of prayer. 00:30:47.280 --> 00:30:48.759 This is the major, 00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.060 The, 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.660 The main purpose, 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.660 That house of, 00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.480 Uh, 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.800 God, 00:30:54.020 --> 00:30:54.960 Has been built. 00:30:56.020 --> 00:30:57.620 So he is restored, 00:30:58.040 --> 00:30:58.480 Restoring, 00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.960 You see that he is restoring, 00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.460 These, 00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.160 Major, 00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.320 The purpose, 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:03.880 Of, 00:31:04.100 --> 00:31:04.320 You know, 00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:05.880 The building of God's house. 00:31:06.540 --> 00:31:07.460 The prayer, 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:09.080 And bringing back to, 00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:10.640 The right position, 00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.540 The right place. 00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:13.180 So, 00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.279 I, 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:14.359 I, 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.659 I'm, 00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:14.720 I'm, 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.980 I'm just going to tell you, 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.619 Some, 00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.440 Some things, 00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.319 And I'm going to finish, 00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.039 Because my, 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.259 My, 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.099 My, 00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.500 My time is running, 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:21.899 So, 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.399 Uh, 00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:25.099 Let's jump a little bit, 00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.639 To the down, 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.519 Because I already, 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.460 Uh, 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.599 Paraphrase for you, 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:28.839 The, 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.159 The, 00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.359 The, 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.299 Some of the points. 00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.700 Let's, 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:33.700 Let's raise question, 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:35.779 Why would Jesus refer to, 00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.740 His house, 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.419 As house of prayer? 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.819 First of all, 00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:41.799 Christ himself was a house of prayer, 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:43.259 And he was teaching, 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:45.359 His disciples to become one, 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:47.379 By modeling this, 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.299 For, 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.099 Them, 00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:49.879 Uh, 00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:51.700 When he continually withdraw, 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.119 And was taking, 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.500 With church, 00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.419 Is primarily, 00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:58.359 Who we are in relation to him. 00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.759 Church is primarily, 00:31:59.759 --> 00:32:00.640 Who we are, 00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:01.859 In relation to him. 00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:02.839 Uh, 00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:04.099 This is our picture, 00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.960 The picture of, 00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.920 At the church. 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.099 That's our title. 00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.259 And we then, 00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.579 Relate to one another, 00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.240 And to, 00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.200 The world, 00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.940 Out of, 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.559 Uh, 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:15.240 Our relation to him. 00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:17.400 We then relate to one another, 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.420 And to the world, 00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.059 I'm sorry, 00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.640 This is repeated, 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.559 And first Peter, 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.339 Uh, 00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:22.119 Chapter two, 00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.220 Verse five, 00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.960 You also, 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.579 As living stones, 00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.579 Are being, 00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:28.839 Built up as spiritual house, 00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.740 A holy priest, 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:31.539 To offer up, 00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:33.379 Spiritual sacrifices, 00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.960 Acceptable to God, 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.279 Through Jesus Christ, 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.180 A royal, 00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:38.480 Priesthood. 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.559 So then, 00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.579 What's prayer? 00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.000 Prayer is that, 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.819 Longing and intimacy, 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.680 Restored in the true, 00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.119 Back, 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.720 Throw back to life, 00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:49.420 Which was dead, 00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:51.039 In our sinful state, 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.980 Apart from Jesus Christ. 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.720 You can read, 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:53.740 You can read, 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.660 Ephesians chapter one, 00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.480 Chapter two, 00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.720 From verse one, 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.559 Even you can go up to chapter, 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.579 Verse ten, 00:33:01.099 --> 00:33:01.660 And it says, 00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:02.539 We were dead, 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.059 Spiritual, 00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:05.480 And because of Jesus, 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.259 We rose down, 00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.940 And God, 00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:07.960 And God, 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.259 Uh, 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:09.019 And God, 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.180 Uh, 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.440 Put us, 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.039 Uh, 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.259 Uh, 00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.539 With, 00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:12.259 With Jesus, 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.700 In his right hand. 00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.220 So, 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:17.980 Prayer is the intimate, 00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.819 Communication, 00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.799 With the father, 00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.799 In heaven, 00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:22.319 And the house of prayer, 00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.440 Is the earthly, 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.359 Expression, 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.240 Of what, 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.599 Is in heaven. 00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.279 And the church, 00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.299 As house of prayer. 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:33.139 In many of our modern churches, 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.419 There is much focus on the music, 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.339 The sermon, 00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.740 Or both, 00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:39.059 But prayer life, 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.399 Often seems like, 00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.500 Out of the circle. 00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.159 And I'm going to see, 00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.899 Figures, 00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:45.500 Some picture over there. 00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:47.079 But don't forget, 00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.059 When we say, 00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.720 A church, 00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.599 We mean that, 00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:51.579 We all individual members, 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:52.899 It's not, 00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.359 An organization, 00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.659 We are not talking about, 00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.279 The organization. 00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.859 So that, 00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.740 That means prayer should be, 00:33:58.879 --> 00:34:00.220 The center of every, 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.899 Activity, 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.240 Of the church. 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.440 And it should be, 00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:05.460 Exercised in everyday life, 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.319 Of an individual. 00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.740 I want to, 00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.360 Upshade, 00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.880 Trinity Baptist church leaders, 00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:11.559 And Sunday school coordinators, 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.719 For the emphasis, 00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:14.699 They give up on prayer, 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.500 At the beginning of the year. 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.940 May God bless you. 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.300 In this, 00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.539 Now, 00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:22.320 Let me go to the, 00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.920 The, 00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.079 The, 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:23.639 The, 00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.219 The, 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.860 The figure over that picture. 00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.539 In this church, 00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.079 Prayer ministry, 00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.880 Is just, 00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:31.240 One of the ministries, 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.940 Of the church. 00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.180 So, 00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.920 You find, 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:36.200 Many different activities there, 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.559 The ministry activities, 00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:39.200 And the prayer ministry, 00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.340 Also among them. 00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:40.960 But, 00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:41.920 It, 00:34:42.180 --> 00:34:43.140 It doesn't mean that, 00:34:43.260 --> 00:34:44.320 The other ministries, 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:45.300 Does not pray, 00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.460 They don't pray, 00:34:47.079 --> 00:34:47.539 But, 00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:49.119 They don't have any connection, 00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.820 With the, 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:50.680 Prayer ministry. 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.480 The prayer ministry, 00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.519 Just sit alone. 00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.059 Sometimes, 00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:53.480 When I, 00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:53.900 You know, 00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.619 In my church, 00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.440 We, 00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.019 We have, 00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.299 Prayer ministry too. 00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.159 But, 00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.900 People say, 00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.079 Pray for me. 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.239 Pray for me. 00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:01.420 But, 00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.940 They don't pray. 00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.779 They, 00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.539 They think that, 00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:06.319 Prayer ministry is responsible. 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.980 It's not their, 00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.159 Responsibility. 00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.599 It's not their responsibility, 00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.299 By the way. 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.059 It's a life. 00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:15.699 God wants us to talk to him. 00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.000 Right? 00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.380 So, 00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.239 The prayer ministry, 00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.039 By itself, 00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.759 And alone, 00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:22.279 Sitting in a church ministry, 00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:24.299 Under a church ministry activity, 00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.639 Is not enough. 00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:27.239 And the second one is, 00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:28.319 This church, 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:30.400 Passionately practice, 00:35:30.859 --> 00:35:31.420 And practice, 00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:33.880 Participates in prayer, 00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:35.119 As a foundational, 00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.739 Or, 00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:38.019 Cornerstone ministry of the church. 00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:39.159 Not only does, 00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:40.339 Each ministry find, 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.659 Its strength in prayer, 00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.539 But, 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.980 It in turn, 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.219 Refocuses its attention, 00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.299 Back to strengthen, 00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:49.339 The prayer life of the church. 00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:51.279 The individual prayer life. 00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.400 So, 00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.039 You see, 00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.299 Prayer is the center here. 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:57.139 That's the concept of, 00:35:57.319 --> 00:35:59.619 What Jesus is telling to the people. 00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:02.279 As the head of the church, 00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.420 As the body of, 00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.319 The church, 00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.819 We are the body of the church. 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:07.059 He is the head of the church. 00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:09.079 We are connected, 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.480 With conversation, 00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.739 With relationship, 00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.719 With fellowship, 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.319 With God. 00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.980 That's why, 00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.500 He came, 00:36:15.859 --> 00:36:16.400 To correct, 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.420 He came, 00:36:17.859 --> 00:36:19.059 To the world, 00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:20.159 To confirm, 00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.500 And he came to the world, 00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:23.039 To connect us, 00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:23.679 With God. 00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:25.819 That's why, 00:36:26.379 --> 00:36:27.639 We need this kind of church. 00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:28.980 So, 00:36:29.419 --> 00:36:30.179 In conclusion, 00:36:30.399 --> 00:36:31.440 I want to include, 00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.679 With two points, 00:36:32.839 --> 00:36:33.099 As, 00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.359 To clarify, 00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.659 What I have been saying, 00:36:35.799 --> 00:36:36.239 So far. 00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.199 The first one, 00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.359 After we receive, 00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.139 Jesus Christ, 00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.779 As Savior, 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.259 You become, 00:36:41.379 --> 00:36:42.839 The temple of the Holy Spirit. 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:44.500 According to, 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.160 First Corinthians, 00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:46.000 Chapter 6, 00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.740 Verse 90. 00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.420 And the second one, 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.480 As we assemble, 00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.300 Together, 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.880 We are the corporate, 00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:55.019 Expression of prayer. 00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:55.900 So, 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.380 We are all called, 00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.559 To participate, 00:36:59.300 --> 00:37:01.100 In the house of prayer. 00:37:01.620 --> 00:37:02.720 That's what the church, 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.660 Is all about. 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:05.460 To connect, 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.760 Ourselves with God. 00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:08.180 So, 00:37:08.580 --> 00:37:09.480 Prayer should be, 00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:10.940 Everywhere, 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:12.280 In church activity. 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.180 Prayer, 00:37:14.540 --> 00:37:15.060 We need to, 00:37:15.560 --> 00:37:15.860 You know, 00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:17.980 Bring all the prayer lives, 00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:19.200 All the prayer activities, 00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.500 Into our family. 00:37:21.220 --> 00:37:22.680 We need to teach our children. 00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.380 Sometimes, 00:37:24.820 --> 00:37:25.440 The children, 00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:26.440 They don't even, 00:37:26.560 --> 00:37:27.480 Start to speak, 00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:28.420 Good language, 00:37:28.580 --> 00:37:29.880 Like my child, 00:37:30.040 --> 00:37:30.580 The third year, 00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:30.800 So, 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.520 The third year, 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.519 Even though she's, 00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.280 Third, 00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:34.780 Third year old, 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.259 But she, 00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:36.599 She's not still, 00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:36.900 You know, 00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.139 Because bilingual family, 00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:39.019 It's very late, 00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.780 To catch one of the languages, 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:42.159 Until they get to the school, 00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:42.460 Right? 00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:43.119 So, 00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:43.880 So, 00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.820 But she prays. 00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.059 We don't understand, 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.659 What she means. 00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.639 Father God, 00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.139 We need, 00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:49.000 We hear this one, 00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.840 And after that, 00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.380 We don't hear, 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:50.659 She, 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.800 As if she, 00:37:51.800 --> 00:37:52.539 She look like, 00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.860 As if she speak in tongues. 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:56.199 But we like her, 00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:57.559 Her prayer. 00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.539 We like, 00:37:58.619 --> 00:37:59.199 We give her, 00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.639 Always opportunity to pray, 00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.159 Because she, 00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:02.019 She is, 00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.759 Like in, 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.899 You know, 00:38:03.960 --> 00:38:04.980 Compete with her, 00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.279 Her, 00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:07.359 Oldest child, 00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.339 Oldest sister. 00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.039 She, 00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.960 Oldest sister, 00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:12.619 She prays perfectly. 00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:14.079 And, 00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:14.719 She, 00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:15.039 She, 00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.339 She, 00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:17.000 When she feels jealousy, 00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.699 We like that. 00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.099 We give her a chance. 00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.739 So, 00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:20.940 We need to teach our children. 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:22.699 That's, 00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:24.019 The purpose, 00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.119 Of, 00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:26.920 Jesus' correction, 00:38:27.779 --> 00:38:28.539 At the temple. 00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.500 Jesus went, 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.360 Also correct, 00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.460 Today's church, 00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.199 Today's Christians, 00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:36.760 Come back to the prayer life. 00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.460 May God bless you. 00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.500 And I want to, 00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.280 Leave, 00:38:41.420 --> 00:38:41.639 Uh, 00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:41.920 These, 00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:43.219 The practical, 00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:45.179 Uh, 00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:46.440 Some practical ways, 00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.260 And practical, 00:38:47.260 --> 00:38:48.460 Uh, 00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:50.039 Principles for prayer. 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:51.119 I don't know how many minutes, 00:38:51.260 --> 00:38:51.440 Does, 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:52.980 Pastor Greg, 00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.500 How many minutes, 00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.000 Uh, 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.900 Do, 00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.460 Do I live? 00:38:58.800 --> 00:38:59.199 Yeah, 00:38:59.280 --> 00:38:59.579 We should, 00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:01.260 We should be done in five, 00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.659 Five minutes. 00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.400 In five minutes, 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.780 Yeah. 00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:04.059 So, 00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.260 We, 00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:04.480 We, 00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.280 We can't, 00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:05.539 Uh, 00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.420 Get the prayer time? 00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.559 Uh, 00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:08.940 We could, 00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.519 We could, 00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.280 Five minutes for prayer. 00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.840 Five minutes? 00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.239 Okay. 00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:11.820 Okay. 00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.639 Yeah, 00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:12.820 So, 00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.480 You will lead us. 00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.739 Okay, 00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.519 You're gonna come here, 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.300 And lead us. 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.900 Yes. 00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.280 Yes. 00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.400 So, 00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:20.059 I will encourage you to read these practical, 00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.019 Uh, 00:39:21.160 --> 00:39:22.360 Some practical ways, 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.720 And practical, 00:39:23.720 --> 00:39:24.900 Uh, 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:26.160 Principles for prayer. 00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:28.460 I just wrote down some, 00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:29.619 Some principles, 00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:31.539 And I hope it will help you. 00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:33.539 And teach to others. 00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:34.599 And God, 00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.440 May God bless you, 00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.579 And thank you very much. 00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.220 All right. 00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.599 Thank you, 00:39:39.660 --> 00:39:40.139 Pastor Samuel. 00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.160 Um, 00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.480 Uh, 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.619 Since we have a short time, 00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:45.180 I'm not going to jump into groups, 00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:46.039 And share a prayer request. 00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:47.859 But why don't we just have a few of us, 00:39:47.859 --> 00:39:48.559 Um, 00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.480 Uh, 00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.219 Lead out of prayer. 00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:50.500 Maybe, 00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.139 Uh, 00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:51.859 Three of us. 00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.319 Um, 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:52.940 Uh, 00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:54.419 Would three people be willing to just, 00:39:54.419 --> 00:39:55.699 Lead out in prayer? 00:39:55.879 --> 00:39:56.119 Maybe, 00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:56.659 Um, 00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:58.099 Someone could give a prayer of thanksgiving. 00:39:58.619 --> 00:40:00.279 Someone could pray for our church. 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:00.839 Uh, 00:40:00.839 --> 00:40:02.779 Someone could pray for the Ethiopian Eritrea ministry. 00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:04.000 Um, 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:05.039 Maybe one for each. 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:07.019 I have three volunteers. 00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:10.919 Ralph, 00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:12.539 You can give, 00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:14.179 You can pray at thanksgiving. 00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:15.679 Someone like to pray for our church. 00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.599 Matt. 00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.579 And, 00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:19.839 Uh, 00:40:19.839 --> 00:40:21.159 Could someone pray for Pastor Samuel, 00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:21.859 And for the, 00:40:21.859 --> 00:40:22.339 Uh, 00:40:22.379 --> 00:40:24.159 Ethiopian and Eritrean ministry. 00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.019 Pat. 00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.599 And then I'll close us. 00:40:29.019 --> 00:40:29.299 All right. 00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.319 All right.