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Please turn to 2 Corinthians, the first chapter.

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A message this morning, helpers in prayer.

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Helpers in prayer.

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I'm talking about a new kind of ministry

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that very few are aware of and probably

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one of the most needed in the Church

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of Jesus Christ in this trying time.

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1 Corinthians, the first chapter, beginning to read

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at verse 11.

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Our next service is at 3 and at

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6.

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We never announce who's speaking in this church,

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very seldom.

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Occasionally we do but very seldom because we

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don't want people to come for personalities but

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come for Christ.

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In fact, nobody knows when I preach or

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whether the carter preaches and you didn't know

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I was preaching this morning.

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And I'm not telling you who's speaking this

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afternoon or this evening but God's going to

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be here and you're going to be fed.

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Hallelujah.

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Praise the Lord.

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Start to read verse 8, 2 Corinthians, first

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chapter.

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For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant

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of our trouble which came to us in

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Asia, that we were pressed out of measure,

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above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of

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life.

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But we had the sentence of death in

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ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves

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but God which raiseth the dead, who delivered

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us from so great a death, and doth

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deliver, in whom we trust that he will

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yet deliver us, ye also helping together by

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prayer for us.

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Ye also helping together by prayer for us.

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Helpers in prayer.

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Heavenly Father, we honor your word.

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We honor you, Jesus, and we thank you

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that you've honored your word above your name.

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Lord, I thank you for the time that

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you have dealt with me this past week,

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for the need in my own life in

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this matter of prayer and we pray that

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you will make this known to every heart

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in this place.

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But we came here not to be entertained.

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We came to hear your word and to

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give our hearts to you in worship.

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And we pray Holy Spirit now for a

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special unction and anointing of the Holy Spirit.

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I can't produce that in my own strength.

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I can't produce any way of causing people

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to hear and understand the word.

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But Holy Spirit, you're the one who opens

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our ears and our hearts to hear and

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to understand what is being presented.

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Lord, let it flow out of my innermost

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being.

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Let there be a river of life.

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Lord, we thank you, even though it be

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simple, that it lay hold of our hearts.

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We lay hold of this principle and this

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truth this morning so that the kingdom of

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God and the house of God be glorified.

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In Jesus' name, amen.

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Friends, prayer can become one of the most

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selfish things we do.

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Let me say it again.

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Prayer can become one of the most selfish

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things we do in our Christian experience because

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most of our praying is focused on our

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own needs, our own families, our own spiritual

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growth, our own problems, our own spiritual warfare.

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Occasionally, we will pray for missionaries.

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Occasionally, we reach beyond our narrow borders and

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limitations in prayer and we'll pray for someone

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beyond our family, a close friend or somebody.

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And we tell so many lies about prayer.

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I'll pray for you.

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Oh, yes, I'll pray for you.

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We never do it.

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We forget it completely.

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I don't do that anymore.

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If I see somebody and say, pray for

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me, I say, let's do it right now

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because I know I may forget it.

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In light of the Scriptures, lately, I've been

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examining my own prayer life.

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I've been diligently praying every day for my

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family.

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I've been praying for my children, my grandchildren.

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I've been praying for a number of friends.

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I've been praying for this church.

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I've been praying for certain individuals whose problems

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I've been made aware of.

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And I pray for missionaries occasionally, but I'll

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pray once or twice and then move on

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to something else.

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Much of my time in secret prayer has

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been spent in calling on the Lord for

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my own spiritual welfare.

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Now, I pray.

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Every demon in hell knows I'm a man

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of prayer.

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I don't boast in flesh, but in Christ.

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I've done it since I was a child.

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It's a wonderful experience to just go for

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hours in the presence of the Lord and

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just enjoy communion and just talk to Him,

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get to know Him and love Him.

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And all of that's wonderful.

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Jesus loves that.

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He loves communion because we are His bride

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and you can't have fellowship without that.

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And this is scriptural.

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It's wonderful.

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And I tell you, I do that.

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And maybe some of you in the congregation,

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well, thank God we have pastors that are

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studying with God and in communion with the

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Lord and come with a fresh anointed word

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from the Lord.

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But let me tell you, I've been convicted

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because if all I do as a minister

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of the gospel, if all you do as

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a believer is go to the Lord and

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have sweet communion, that can be a very

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selfish thing because there's a whole world in

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need.

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There are people around us in need that

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need our prayer help.

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And if we just focus on the communion

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and the fellowship and we are growing personally,

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we're becoming a different person.

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And prayer like that, communion with Christ, learning

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who you are in Christ, can be very,

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it can expand our growth.

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We can become strong and deep in the

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Lord.

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I know many deep Christians who walk in

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close fellowship with the Lord who are not

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intercessors, who don't carry the burden of the

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needs of the church and the body of

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Christ in their heart.

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And the Lord's been dealing with me on

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that.

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There's a precious man in San Diego.

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He's a retired postal office worker.

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He's retired and he's a poor man, a

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very simple poor man.

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And this man asked through a friend of

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ours if he could have the privilege of

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putting me on his prayer list.

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And this man goes around picking up junk

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on the streets that people leave out in

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the street and he fixes it up and

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gives it to widows.

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He lives on one meal a day, just

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eats meagerly, very little money.

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He goes around fixing the plumbing of the

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widows and the poor and doing work on

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their houses and just giving everything.

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He'll polish and brass it up and fix

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it up and make it as a gift

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to the widows.

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And this man wants to add me to

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his prayer list.

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And he's added me.

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I've been on that prayer list now, I

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think, two years.

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And this humble man has a whole list,

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a long list, and he prays two or

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three times.

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He prays for me at least three times

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a day.

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And he prays over this whole list and

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he doesn't take them off until they die.

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I mean, he just keeps praying without ceasing.

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He's going to pray for me until I

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die or he dies.

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Now, folks, I thought I was a man

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of prayer, but this man goes around doing

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all these things and prays while he's doing

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it.

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He is praying constantly and naming these names

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before the Lord and said, Now, Lord, bless

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Brother David, meet his needs.

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Don't let the devil get to him and

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do things like that.

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And I'll tell you, when we get to

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heaven, that man is going to have a

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greater word, I think, than I will.

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With all the souls the Lord's allowed me

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to bring into the kingdom.

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That man, he is a helper in prayer.

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He fulfills this that I'm talking about in

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Thessalonians.

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I can honestly say this message, I think,

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is for me more than anybody in this

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congregation because I want to get away from

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that selfishness in prayer.

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Paul, in this text that I've just read

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to you, tells us emphatically that he was

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delivered from a near-death experience.

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He was in deep trouble in Asia, but

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he was delivered.

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He said he was close to death so

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that he even despaired of life.

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He was deeply distressed and pressed.

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And that word pressed means beyond measure, beyond

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ability to cope.

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He said, I was pressed down with troubles

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in my life that I was unable to

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cope with and I contemplated or thought that

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this was going to be the end.

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He was not thinking of suicide, but he

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despaired that there could be any hope of

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him going on in this battle that he

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was in.

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Paul understated his sufferings at all times.

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Remember when a snake attached itself to his

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hands?

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No theatrics, no complaining, no holding out saying,

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A little flip of the wrist, nonchalantly goes

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on.

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He understated his sufferings.

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In fact, human suffering, the physical suffering never

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bothered Paul.

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Three times shipwrecked, he just mentions it in

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passing, trying to make a point.

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This man suffered, he's beaten and robbed and

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goes through all kinds of things in the

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flesh, never complains, totally understates it.

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But when he says, when I was in

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Asia, I was pressed beyond measure, he's talking

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about mental anguish.

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I believe that with all my heart.

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Because in my own life, and I'm sure

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in yours, it's not been the physical suffering,

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it's not been any kind of physical pain,

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it's not been an accident, it's not been

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anything in the physical, it's been in the

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mental, it's been in the spiritual.

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It's the rejection.

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Those coming against you who were your friends,

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those who have misunderstood you.

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All the pain in my life, when I

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look back, the worst pain in my life

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has been mental anguish or stress caused.

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Paul said, the more I love, the less

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I'd be loved.

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And like David, the great distress, he said,

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my bones are aching and my couch is

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a bed of tears.

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He wasn't talking about battle scars.

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He wasn't talking about a cut in his

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leg.

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He wasn't talking about any physical pain.

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He was talking about those who put their

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feet under his own table, those who he

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fed, those who he ministered to, those who

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had turned against him and totally misunderstood his

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motives and everything else.

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And this, we get a hint of that

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in 2 Corinthians when he said, when we

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were in Macedonia, our flesh had no rest,

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but we were troubled on every side.

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Without were fighting, within were fears.

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Now, what caused that?

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It was because Paul was preaching a strong

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gospel and he was afraid his own little

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children would turn against him and misunderstand him.

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And these little children, this church that he'd

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raised up with, would listen to other voices

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and not believe that he had their interest

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at heart.

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In fact, he was only comforted when Titus

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came to him.

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He said, I was comforted by the coming

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of Titus and by the consolation he brought

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when he told me of your mourning and

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your fervent mind toward me.

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He told me you still loved me, so

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that I rejoiced again.

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You see, in troubled times, Paul, and I'm

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sure we should all have learned some wonderful

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truths.

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I know that I've learned more in my

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suffering times than in the good times.

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I don't want to go back and endure

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it anymore.

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I look back and I tremble.

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But I know that that which I've learned

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of the Lord that's been any sense that

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has ministered to others, Paul said, we suffer

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that we may succor or comfort others.

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Out of our suffering, we comfort others.

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And in his awful troubles, Paul learned some

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great lessons.

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And the greatest lesson he learned is you

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can't trust your flesh.

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You can't trust in your own willpower.

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You can't trust in your own skill.

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You can't trust in anything in this flesh.

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The flesh has to die.

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When Paul said, I die daily, he's talking

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about trying to accomplish any favor with God,

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any righteousness in his flesh.

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By promises, by trying to do the will

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of God in his own strength, you don't

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have any strength against the powers of darkness.

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You don't have any strength in your human

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flesh to fight temptation.

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You can't conquer your lust by making promises

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and saying, I won't do it again.

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You've done that a thousand times and broken

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every promise.

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He said, we had the sentence of death

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in ourselves.

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Why?

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That we should not trust in our flesh.

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There was a song an evangelist used to

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sing in the old days and I couldn't

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understand it.

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He said, Lord, I've sinned, but try me

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one more time.

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At least give me another chance.

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Not an ounce of scripture to that.

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You're not on trial.

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Jesus was on trial.

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He already went to the cross.

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He paid the price and he came forth

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with covenant promises in the precious blood of

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Jesus Christ and sent the Holy Ghost to

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be our strength.

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Hallelujah.

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You see, as in Paul's life, the Lord

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allows his children to go through great sufferings

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and trials and tribulations, great temptations, to make

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us see how weak and helpless we are

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until we know that we can't defend ourselves

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against any onslaught of the devil in human

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strength.

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And Paul sang the sentence of death.

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He sentenced himself to death.

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He sentenced his flesh to death.

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He said, flesh, I will never again trust

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you.

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You have failed me.

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His flesh could not give him any victory.

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He said, but through it all I learned

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to trust God.

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In his suffering and trial he trusted God

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who hath delivered us from so great a

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death and doth deliver us and whom we

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trust that he will yet deliver us.

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He said, I learned that God delivered me

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in the past.

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I've learned that God is delivering me right

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now from the power of the enemy.

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And he has shown me if I trust

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him, he's going to deliver me till the

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very end, till the day I die.

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I will be living under the living power

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of God.

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Now let's talk about how he got his

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deliverance.

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We know that it was in part due

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to his own faith and confidence in God.

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We know that this was a man of

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prayer who spent many days and hours in

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prayer.

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He was given to prayer.

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We know that Paul the apostle was the

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one who introduced us to, he unveiled the

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new covenant because I believe, if you don't

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believe Paul wrote all of Hebrews, I do

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believe with all my heart he wrote from

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8 to 11, the last few chapters.

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There's no question that is the writing of

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Paul.

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And Paul introduced the new covenant, all the

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provisions and promises of the new covenant.

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God, he said, was going to be God

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to us.

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He's going to give us a new heart,

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take the heart of stone out of us,

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give us a heart of flesh.

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He said, your enemies will not triumph over

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you.

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I will be your shield.

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I'll be your protector.

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I'm going to write my laws in your

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heart.

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You say the law's been done away with.

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Oh, it's been written here by the Holy

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Ghost in our hearts.

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Every precious law and commandment of the Lord

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Jesus Christ written in the hearts.

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He said, I'm going to be merciful to

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your sins.

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Now, you look at this man.

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You look at the apostle Paul.

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And he seems so assertive.

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Here's a man who's been to the third

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heaven.

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Here's a well-educated man, educated in all

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the Jewish ways.

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The mystery of the gospel had been opened

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to him.

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All the provisions and promises of the new

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covenant had been unveiled to his mind.

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A man who ministered the power and demonstration

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of the Holy Ghost.

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A man who shook nations and cities.

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A man who was as anointed or more

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anointed than any man in the New Testament

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other than Christ himself.

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You look at this man and you say,

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he doesn't need prayer.

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He doesn't need any help.

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He's withstood lions and devils and demons.

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This man has been...

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The devil tried three times to drown him

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and couldn't touch him.

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Snakes can't bite him.

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This man is invincible.

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He doesn't need prayer.

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He's so strong.

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He's got such faith.

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He's such a man of God.

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He doesn't need any help.

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Not so according to Paul.

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There's another important factor in his deliverance.

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It's what I would call the subordinate plan

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of God for deliverance.

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We know that salvation is of the Lord.

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We know that the covenants have been decreed

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from the foundation of the world.

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But Jesus knew the decrees of his Father.

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He knew all these things had been decreed

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from the foundation of the world yet he

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spent nights before God praying that those decrees

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become the will of God on earth now.

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Paul the apostle recognized his need of prayer.

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In fact, he pleaded for the prayers of

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the church and the body of Christ.

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A man of prayer, a man of faith,

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a man of miracles.

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And yet he pleaded with the church for

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their prayers.

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He said in verse 11, verse 11, Ye

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also helping together by prayer for us.

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He says, I prayed and God delivered me

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with the help of your prayers.

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Your praying for me brought about my deliverance.

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You helping me in prayer brought forth my

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deliverance.

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Paul is saying in so many words, I

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pray for myself and yet together helping me

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in prayer, God has not only delivered me

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in the past, he's not only delivering me

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now, he's going to deliver me in the

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future because you're praying for me.

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God, listen closely, God has decreed that deliverance

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is brought about by prayer.

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He's decreed it.

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He's commanded it.

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You can't separate deliverance from prayer.

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Impossible.

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Call upon me in the day of trouble.

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I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify

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me.

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He combines deliverance with prayer.

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Psalm 91, 15.

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He shall call upon me and then I

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will deliver him.

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He will call on me.

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He will seek my face.

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He'll pray.

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He'll seek me.

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Then I'll deliver him.

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I will be with him in trouble.

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I'll deliver him and honor him.

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Paul said that through the prayers of the

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saints, he'd been delivered out of the mouth

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of the lion.

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He said, The Lord shall deliver me from

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every evil work and preserve me unto his

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heavenly kingdom.

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Why could he say, I've been delivered from

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demonic powers and I'm going to be preserved

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until Jesus comes?

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Because he said, I have the church of

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Jesus Christ praying for me.

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Let me speak to you about this ministry

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of helping in prayer, being a helper in

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prayer.

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And I think it's one of the greatest

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needs in the body of Christ today.

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If you and I had spiritual eyes, we

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would understand the danger we're in at all

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times as believers who are walking as remnant

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Christians desiring holiness and purity before the Lord.

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You seek him.

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You're in his word.

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You've made a commitment to go all the

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way.

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You have an uncompromised love for Jesus.

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And the devil knows that.

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And you're in danger.

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You're a marked person.

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You are literally marked by the enemy because

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you stepped away from the crowd and you

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have made up your mind to go all

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the way with the Lord.

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And you're marked.

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And you're in danger every time you step

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your foot out of your apartment or your

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house.

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Every moment you, every time you get on

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the subway or get in a car or

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walk the streets, the enemy is trying to

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bring some foul play against you.

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We're in danger, folks.

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In other words, we are not in danger

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because we're on fire, but the danger is

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lurking there at all times.

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If God could just open your eyes and

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know the danger that we're in.

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There's another danger that seems to be taken

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so nonchalantly, and that's the danger in the

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homes of so many Christians, the danger of

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ruin, separation and divorce.

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I didn't plan to do this when I

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was preparing this message, but the last two

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days the Holy Spirit has really taken hold

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of my heart and it started with a

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telephone call from a counselor in the south.

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I happened to know this person and this

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counselor called and said, I have to tell

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you, Brother Dave, that I am crushed.

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I've been ministering in our church to married

548
00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:02,300
couples and in some parachurch ministries in this

549
00:22:02,300 --> 00:22:02,720
area.

550
00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:08,540
And she said, I'll tell you something, almost

551
00:22:08,540 --> 00:22:11,260
every couple in our church is either divorced,

552
00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,460
in trouble or contemplating divorce.

553
00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:18,860
Everybody I know, there are no friends left.

554
00:22:18,860 --> 00:22:21,540
Almost every friend of my family is either

555
00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:23,540
divorced or talking about divorce.

556
00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:25,540
She said, it's a plague.

557
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:26,940
What's happening, Pastor Dave?

558
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:27,660
What's happening?

559
00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:32,020
It is all over the nation.

560
00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:38,140
Ministers, wives and husbands writing and calling us

561
00:22:38,140 --> 00:22:39,820
in the ministry.

562
00:22:39,980 --> 00:22:43,920
Rampan is divorced in Pentecostal ministry areas and

563
00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,520
all over the nation.

564
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:46,320
It's gone.

565
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,220
It is pandemic.

566
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,300
I hear all the reasons for this turmoil

567
00:22:57,300 --> 00:22:58,260
in our families.

568
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:02,060
I want to talk to Times Square Church.

569
00:23:02,740 --> 00:23:03,840
I'm not going to even talk to them.

570
00:23:03,940 --> 00:23:05,320
This tape will probably be heard by many,

571
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:06,980
many thousands, but I'm not going to be

572
00:23:06,980 --> 00:23:09,220
on the walls of this church right now.

573
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:12,820
Married couples that are sitting here now in

574
00:23:12,820 --> 00:23:15,420
the annex and overflow rooms and basement or

575
00:23:15,420 --> 00:23:16,460
wherever you are and here in the main

576
00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:21,660
auditorium, some of you right now are contemplating

577
00:23:21,660 --> 00:23:21,980
divorce.

578
00:23:21,980 --> 00:23:23,400
Your marriage is in trouble.

579
00:23:23,540 --> 00:23:24,140
You're in a mess.

580
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,000
A real mess.

581
00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:29,800
Unless God gets a hold of you this

582
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:30,860
morning, some of you are going to be

583
00:23:30,860 --> 00:23:32,400
in divorce court and some of you are

584
00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:33,740
going to ruin your life and your kids

585
00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:34,520
in the process.

586
00:23:35,820 --> 00:23:37,600
No wonder we have so many young girls

587
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:38,240
anorexic.

588
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:40,040
They can't eat.

589
00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:42,980
When somebody calls me and says their daughter

590
00:23:42,980 --> 00:23:45,120
is pulling out her eyebrows and weighs 80

591
00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:47,780
pounds at 21 years of age because of

592
00:23:47,780 --> 00:23:51,880
trouble in the home, because a Christian father

593
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,600
is so mean and overbearing.

594
00:23:55,940 --> 00:23:57,560
Kids dying left and right.

595
00:23:57,620 --> 00:23:58,780
No wonder we have rebellion.

596
00:23:59,300 --> 00:24:02,480
We have rebellion in Pentecostal circles and Baptist

597
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:03,860
and evangelical circles.

598
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:05,880
We have homes breaking up.

599
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,780
We have pastors who can't live with their

600
00:24:07,780 --> 00:24:09,720
wives and wives say, I just assumed he'd

601
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:09,900
go.

602
00:24:12,820 --> 00:24:14,820
Talked to a wife this past week.

603
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:16,020
She said, I want him out.

604
00:24:19,990 --> 00:24:21,390
He used to be on my staff.

605
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,720
I've heard all the excuses.

606
00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:28,020
Lack of communication.

607
00:24:29,120 --> 00:24:30,180
Loss of affection.

608
00:24:31,620 --> 00:24:32,020
Incompatibility.

609
00:24:32,020 --> 00:24:32,420
Infidelity.

610
00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:33,360
I've heard it all.

611
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,560
But it's much more than that.

612
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,460
We're not recognizing what's behind all of this,

613
00:24:39,540 --> 00:24:39,740
folks.

614
00:24:39,860 --> 00:24:41,660
It's a demonic attack right out of the

615
00:24:41,660 --> 00:24:42,220
pits of hell.

616
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:43,700
It's the devil himself.

617
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,240
He's come as a destroyer.

618
00:24:49,830 --> 00:24:51,370
And I'll tell you, you can go to

619
00:24:51,370 --> 00:24:51,850
counselors.

620
00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:53,450
I'm not against counseling, but you can go

621
00:24:53,450 --> 00:24:54,390
to pastor to pastor.

622
00:24:54,390 --> 00:24:55,810
You can go to psychology.

623
00:24:56,070 --> 00:24:56,830
You can go anywhere.

624
00:24:56,950 --> 00:24:59,190
Get any number of books you want to

625
00:24:59,190 --> 00:25:00,750
read and stuff your mind with this.

626
00:25:01,550 --> 00:25:03,310
And it's not going to help you until

627
00:25:03,310 --> 00:25:04,830
you realize this is demonic.

628
00:25:05,630 --> 00:25:08,870
And somewhere along the line, somewhere along the

629
00:25:08,870 --> 00:25:11,190
line, if there's not peace in your home,

630
00:25:11,250 --> 00:25:12,130
you say, I'm a Christian.

631
00:25:12,290 --> 00:25:13,090
I believe Jesus.

632
00:25:13,310 --> 00:25:14,210
I love the Lord.

633
00:25:14,350 --> 00:25:15,190
I love my husband.

634
00:25:15,290 --> 00:25:16,190
I love my wife.

635
00:25:17,630 --> 00:25:20,950
If that is true, why aren't you asking

636
00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:21,850
the question?

637
00:25:21,850 --> 00:25:25,390
The disciples asked Jesus when they couldn't cast

638
00:25:25,390 --> 00:25:26,090
out the demons.

639
00:25:26,990 --> 00:25:28,750
Why couldn't we cast them out?

640
00:25:29,490 --> 00:25:31,730
Why isn't it Christians who have heard the

641
00:25:31,730 --> 00:25:35,150
covenant, Christians who know the Bible, who've sat

642
00:25:35,150 --> 00:25:38,530
under preaching for years, don't have the power

643
00:25:38,530 --> 00:25:40,490
and the authority over their marriages?

644
00:25:42,070 --> 00:25:44,710
They've allowed some compromise to come in at

645
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:45,430
some point.

646
00:25:45,990 --> 00:25:48,050
Some kind of bitterness has taken root, has

647
00:25:48,050 --> 00:25:49,110
never been dealt with.

648
00:25:49,110 --> 00:25:53,860
And I'm telling you now as a pastor,

649
00:25:54,140 --> 00:25:58,260
with a broken heart, this morning some of

650
00:25:58,260 --> 00:26:00,280
you are headed for divorce court.

651
00:26:04,460 --> 00:26:07,020
And I'm angry at the devil because I

652
00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:08,540
know who's behind this mess.

653
00:26:14,180 --> 00:26:15,680
It's not been a lack of Holy Ghost

654
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:16,120
preaching.

655
00:26:17,540 --> 00:26:20,600
If you come to this church, you have

656
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:21,140
heard me.

657
00:26:21,420 --> 00:26:23,520
You've heard Pastor Carter, Teresa.

658
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,780
You've heard others of the pastors for months,

659
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:28,560
almost a year and a half, preaching on

660
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:30,660
the covenant, the blessings and the promises of

661
00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:32,420
the covenant, how God can give you a

662
00:26:32,420 --> 00:26:35,300
new heart, put a new spirit in you,

663
00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:36,900
put the fear of God in you.

664
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,860
If you'll seek Him, you've heard promises, you've

665
00:26:40,860 --> 00:26:45,800
heard grace, you've heard mercy, you've heard it

666
00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:46,180
all.

667
00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:48,700
You can preach it to others.

668
00:26:51,310 --> 00:26:55,030
Then why is it, why is it you

669
00:26:55,030 --> 00:26:56,330
don't have dominion?

670
00:26:57,290 --> 00:26:59,370
Why is it you're still allowing the devil

671
00:26:59,370 --> 00:27:00,550
to overrun you?

672
00:27:01,070 --> 00:27:02,290
Why is the bitterness there?

673
00:27:02,430 --> 00:27:04,270
Why can't you talk to one another anymore

674
00:27:04,270 --> 00:27:05,290
without getting upset?

675
00:27:12,070 --> 00:27:16,090
Why you've even been thinking of an escape?

676
00:27:16,690 --> 00:27:18,910
If you think escaping for your marriage is

677
00:27:18,910 --> 00:27:20,590
going to give you some better down the

678
00:27:20,590 --> 00:27:24,310
line, you've got, you are so sadly mistaken.

679
00:27:24,690 --> 00:27:25,910
You get out of this, you're going to

680
00:27:25,910 --> 00:27:27,190
get in a bigger mess than you've ever

681
00:27:27,190 --> 00:27:27,990
seen in your life.

682
00:27:28,010 --> 00:27:28,890
I'll tell you that.

683
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,180
Jesus said there are certain satanic strongholds that

684
00:27:38,180 --> 00:27:40,260
cannot be removed by anything but prayer and

685
00:27:40,260 --> 00:27:40,720
fasting.

686
00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:43,360
You tell me you love your husband and

687
00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:44,500
wife, you've been having problems.

688
00:27:44,940 --> 00:27:46,380
Let me ask you, how much time do

689
00:27:46,380 --> 00:27:47,920
you spend every day on your face before

690
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:48,240
God?

691
00:27:48,860 --> 00:27:51,020
Your marriage is crumbling before your very eyes,

692
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:52,920
you can't get along, you see your children

693
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:55,420
nervous, wrecked anymore.

694
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,520
Tell me, come on now, saints, tell me

695
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,760
in Christian love, how much time, where's the

696
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,520
desperation, how much time you've been seeking the

697
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:02,100
face of God?

698
00:28:02,100 --> 00:28:04,440
How many times you've shut off the television

699
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,280
set and gone in and just cried before

700
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,160
the Lord and unburdened and unbosomed your soul

701
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,660
to the Lord and said, God, I can't

702
00:28:09,660 --> 00:28:11,920
handle this, you must move on me, change

703
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,160
my mind, change my husband, change my wife,

704
00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:16,240
change my family, heal us.

705
00:28:22,190 --> 00:28:23,990
How many meals have you missed?

706
00:28:24,650 --> 00:28:26,150
How many meals have you missed?

707
00:28:27,150 --> 00:28:29,150
So that you could get along with Jesus

708
00:28:29,150 --> 00:28:31,710
and tell him all about it.

709
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:37,540
Folks, we talk about the eyes of the

710
00:28:37,540 --> 00:28:38,680
Jews being veiled.

711
00:28:39,740 --> 00:28:41,580
I'm telling you the eyes of the church

712
00:28:41,580 --> 00:28:43,520
of Jesus Christ are far more veiled.

713
00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:47,280
The church of Jesus Christ, for the most

714
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:48,480
part, is in a stupor.

715
00:28:49,540 --> 00:28:50,440
It's a stupor.

716
00:28:51,620 --> 00:28:58,000
Because when troubles and cares and difficulties, family

717
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,980
problems, financial problems, career problems come to us,

718
00:29:00,980 --> 00:29:02,980
we don't go to Jesus anymore.

719
00:29:03,220 --> 00:29:04,960
We have abandoned the prayer closet.

720
00:29:05,220 --> 00:29:06,740
We pick up the phone and we call

721
00:29:06,740 --> 00:29:08,200
a friend, we call a counselor, we call

722
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,740
anybody but Jesus.

723
00:29:17,940 --> 00:29:19,040
You know what the problem is?

724
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,000
We've got a gospel, a damnable gospel, that's

725
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,280
being preached around the country saying, if you

726
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:30,240
ask God for something, you just take it

727
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,120
by faith, and if you pray anymore about

728
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:33,520
it, it proves that you didn't believe God

729
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:34,120
the first time.

730
00:29:34,980 --> 00:29:35,900
That's damnable.

731
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:38,300
And that's why people are not praying.

732
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:40,000
They say, well, I've got a promise and

733
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,320
I'm waiting on the promise.

734
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:43,780
I'm just standing on the word.

735
00:29:50,210 --> 00:29:51,850
That poor widow must have been out of

736
00:29:51,850 --> 00:29:53,690
her mind that kept coming back and back

737
00:29:53,690 --> 00:29:56,150
and back, and Jesus gave that illustration.

738
00:29:56,550 --> 00:29:59,370
She came back and back until she got

739
00:29:59,370 --> 00:30:00,350
her answer.

740
00:30:01,350 --> 00:30:04,250
Jesus prayed three times that the cup pass

741
00:30:04,250 --> 00:30:04,810
from him.

742
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:08,510
Elijah prayed seven times.

743
00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:14,940
Because you see, from the very beginning of

744
00:30:14,940 --> 00:30:16,180
time, men of God, you go all through

745
00:30:16,180 --> 00:30:18,360
your Bible, you'll find that every true man

746
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:19,600
or woman of God, when they had a

747
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,000
promise, they turned it into a prayer.

748
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,120
They turned it into a prayer.

749
00:30:27,580 --> 00:30:29,680
The Lord gave Ezekiel a wonderful promise of

750
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:30,200
restoration.

751
00:30:30,940 --> 00:30:33,740
He said the ruins of Israel would become

752
00:30:33,740 --> 00:30:36,200
the Garden of Eden, that he was going

753
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:39,800
to fulfill his word.

754
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,180
And God made Ezekiel incredible promises.

755
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,040
But listen to what the Lord said in

756
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,120
the very next verse, after saying, I'm going

757
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,480
to turn the ruins of Israel into Garden

758
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:51,940
of Eden.

759
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,960
He said, but I will for this be

760
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:57,680
inquired of by the house of Israel to

761
00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:58,380
do it for them.

762
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,400
God said, I've made you a promise and

763
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:01,220
I'm going to ask you to go and

764
00:31:01,220 --> 00:31:02,020
pray it to pass.

765
00:31:02,740 --> 00:31:04,480
You go and pray it to pass and

766
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,740
you seek God with all your heart until

767
00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:07,460
it's fulfilled.

768
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,620
Daniel was given a prophecy that after 70

769
00:31:10,620 --> 00:31:12,240
years, Israel would be restored.

770
00:31:12,500 --> 00:31:13,600
The 70th year had come.

771
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,200
He could have just taken it by faith.

772
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,100
No, he got on his face for two

773
00:31:17,100 --> 00:31:19,500
weeks and wept and cried and prayed until

774
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:20,940
God brought it to pass.

775
00:31:23,460 --> 00:31:26,880
God commands also that we pray for one

776
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:27,300
another.

777
00:31:28,460 --> 00:31:30,620
In the Old Testament, the priest went into

778
00:31:30,620 --> 00:31:33,760
the Holy of Holies with a breastplate, with

779
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,180
the 12 stones in the breastplate, a type

780
00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:40,260
of Christ going before the Father, having us

781
00:31:40,260 --> 00:31:42,780
in his heart and presenting our needs to

782
00:31:42,780 --> 00:31:43,320
the Father.

783
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:44,560
And the priest went there.

784
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:45,840
And the Bible said, you and I are

785
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:46,720
priests unto the Lord.

786
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:47,320
Is that true?

787
00:31:47,980 --> 00:31:50,000
And we are to carry the burdens.

788
00:31:50,260 --> 00:31:52,660
We're to carry in our hearts the needs

789
00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:54,400
of those around us in the body of

790
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:54,800
Christ.

791
00:31:55,020 --> 00:31:56,720
Every time we come into the Holy Place,

792
00:31:56,740 --> 00:31:58,160
every time we go in the secret closet,

793
00:31:58,420 --> 00:31:59,700
we're to carry that burden.

794
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,540
Paul was so conscious of his need of

795
00:32:03,540 --> 00:32:08,480
the prayer help of others, he pleaded everywhere

796
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,240
he went.

797
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,800
Every church he went to, he pleaded for

798
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:12,060
prayer.

799
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,120
To the Romans he begged, I beseech you,

800
00:32:15,220 --> 00:32:19,000
brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and

801
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,700
for the love of the Spirit, that you

802
00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:23,600
strive with me in your prayers to God

803
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:25,260
for me that I may be delivered.

804
00:32:26,580 --> 00:32:29,520
And that word strive there in Greek is

805
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,440
struggle, wrestle with me in prayer.

806
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:33,680
Wrestle for me.

807
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:34,980
Wrestle with me.

808
00:32:35,180 --> 00:32:37,300
Strive and fight in prayer for me in

809
00:32:37,300 --> 00:32:39,980
behalf of my needs in the gospel that

810
00:32:39,980 --> 00:32:40,540
I preach.

811
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:42,120
Brethren, pray for us.

812
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:46,640
1 Thessalonians 5.25 He wasn't asking for

813
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:47,360
a quickie prayer.

814
00:32:48,420 --> 00:32:49,560
He said, I want you to fight with

815
00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:49,660
me.

816
00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:50,920
I want you to strive for me.

817
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,660
In the letter to the Philippians, Paul, writing

818
00:32:54,660 --> 00:32:57,280
from prison, was begging for prayer.

819
00:32:57,420 --> 00:32:58,800
And he said, for I know that this,

820
00:32:58,860 --> 00:33:01,660
your prayers, shall turn to my salvation through

821
00:33:01,660 --> 00:33:04,080
your prayers and the supply of the Spirit

822
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,100
of Jesus Christ.

823
00:33:08,890 --> 00:33:12,110
And I'm telling you now that I know

824
00:33:12,110 --> 00:33:12,770
this works.

825
00:33:13,770 --> 00:33:15,270
I know this works.

826
00:33:15,730 --> 00:33:19,710
I've stood in this pulpit and asked and

827
00:33:19,710 --> 00:33:21,790
pleaded for the prayers of this body when

828
00:33:21,790 --> 00:33:25,010
I went recently to a trip to Europe.

829
00:33:25,270 --> 00:33:29,030
I went to France, to Croatia, and Romania,

830
00:33:29,270 --> 00:33:32,730
and Poland for ministers' conferences and evening crusades.

831
00:33:35,010 --> 00:33:36,790
And when I was gone, Pastor Carter would

832
00:33:36,790 --> 00:33:39,270
stand here and this whole body prayed for

833
00:33:39,270 --> 00:33:40,010
me and my wife.

834
00:33:41,390 --> 00:33:43,730
Because, you see, you don't just pray for

835
00:33:43,730 --> 00:33:44,230
the pastor.

836
00:33:44,350 --> 00:33:46,370
That's where you begin the ministry of helpers

837
00:33:46,370 --> 00:33:46,770
in prayer.

838
00:33:46,870 --> 00:33:48,890
You begin with the pastors, because they're the

839
00:33:48,890 --> 00:33:50,110
most marked man.

840
00:33:50,410 --> 00:33:52,390
Remember where then the battle says, don't fight

841
00:33:52,390 --> 00:33:53,450
any soldier, go to the king.

842
00:33:53,530 --> 00:33:54,090
Get the king.

843
00:33:54,210 --> 00:33:54,910
Go kill him.

844
00:33:54,910 --> 00:33:58,030
You get the king and the troops will

845
00:33:58,030 --> 00:33:58,370
scatter.

846
00:34:00,230 --> 00:34:02,490
And the pastors and their wives, that's why

847
00:34:02,490 --> 00:34:06,150
I told you the wife who called our

848
00:34:06,150 --> 00:34:09,010
answer phone last week and said, Dear Brother

849
00:34:09,010 --> 00:34:11,989
David, there are many thousands of pastors' wives

850
00:34:11,989 --> 00:34:14,929
like me who are drinking to drown their

851
00:34:14,929 --> 00:34:15,389
sorrow.

852
00:34:16,050 --> 00:34:18,110
She said, I drink in secret because I

853
00:34:18,110 --> 00:34:20,650
can't handle my pain anymore.

854
00:34:22,210 --> 00:34:24,010
Thousands, she said, just like me.

855
00:34:24,010 --> 00:34:25,790
She was evidently in touch with a number

856
00:34:25,790 --> 00:34:26,250
of them.

857
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,040
And I wonder, now folks, I've taken that,

858
00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:34,060
I don't know her name, but she's on

859
00:34:34,060 --> 00:34:35,080
my prayer list now.

860
00:34:35,580 --> 00:34:37,580
I'm her helper in prayer now because that's

861
00:34:37,580 --> 00:34:38,639
been brought to my attention.

862
00:34:38,980 --> 00:34:41,040
And I've been praying for her every day

863
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,659
now that the Lord would heal her heart

864
00:34:43,659 --> 00:34:46,780
and her pain and stop her from killing

865
00:34:46,780 --> 00:34:47,880
herself with alcohol.

866
00:34:51,170 --> 00:34:54,030
But when I was in Europe, the first

867
00:34:54,030 --> 00:34:58,030
week we were in France and we were

868
00:34:58,030 --> 00:35:00,590
doing the ministers' conference.

869
00:35:00,830 --> 00:35:03,470
They asked me to hold a crusade in

870
00:35:03,470 --> 00:35:06,230
the city of Nice in a big auditorium.

871
00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:07,990
And they said it can't be done, it

872
00:35:07,990 --> 00:35:09,190
had never been done in Nice.

873
00:35:09,670 --> 00:35:13,250
And there's such agnosticism and atheism and Americans

874
00:35:13,250 --> 00:35:16,650
are not very well liked, especially American evangelists.

875
00:35:17,770 --> 00:35:19,450
And everybody was saying no, it couldn't be

876
00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:19,750
done.

877
00:35:20,550 --> 00:35:25,130
And the directors of the program had a

878
00:35:25,130 --> 00:35:27,450
difficult time to tell them we need more

879
00:35:27,450 --> 00:35:28,610
than 50 counselors.

880
00:35:28,930 --> 00:35:29,870
And they said, well, we'll get 100.

881
00:35:30,010 --> 00:35:31,230
I said, no, we need more than that.

882
00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:33,030
And there were a few that had faith.

883
00:35:34,670 --> 00:35:35,510
But I got up.

884
00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:37,770
I sat during the whole program on the

885
00:35:37,770 --> 00:35:39,470
front seat and I said, Lord, there's not

886
00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:42,190
a message I have in my repertoire that

887
00:35:42,190 --> 00:35:43,990
I feel is right here.

888
00:35:44,090 --> 00:35:45,610
I don't know what to do.

889
00:35:45,830 --> 00:35:47,110
I don't know what to preach.

890
00:35:47,110 --> 00:35:48,950
I am tongue-tied.

891
00:35:49,110 --> 00:35:50,030
Nothing was coming.

892
00:35:51,310 --> 00:35:53,830
And I turned to Claude, who was my

893
00:35:53,830 --> 00:35:57,850
interpreter, and we had gone before that previously

894
00:35:57,850 --> 00:36:00,390
over some notes that I had and some

895
00:36:00,390 --> 00:36:03,890
ideas, and he turned to me and said,

896
00:36:04,370 --> 00:36:05,970
in words, you're not changing, are you?

897
00:36:06,190 --> 00:36:07,550
And I said, I don't know what I'm

898
00:36:07,550 --> 00:36:07,990
going to do.

899
00:36:08,610 --> 00:36:09,710
But I want you to know something, folks.

900
00:36:09,730 --> 00:36:12,610
When I stood before thousands of people and

901
00:36:12,610 --> 00:36:15,710
just opened my mouth, suddenly I was made

902
00:36:15,710 --> 00:36:17,170
to know I was aware.

903
00:36:17,990 --> 00:36:19,470
I was totally made aware by the Holy

904
00:36:19,470 --> 00:36:20,490
Ghost that people were praying.

905
00:36:21,410 --> 00:36:23,350
And suddenly the Spirit of God came on

906
00:36:23,350 --> 00:36:23,530
me.

907
00:36:23,690 --> 00:36:25,010
I don't even remember what I said.

908
00:36:25,690 --> 00:36:28,130
But the Holy Ghost came on me, and

909
00:36:28,130 --> 00:36:30,090
you could hear a pin drop the Spirit

910
00:36:30,090 --> 00:36:32,010
of God for about 40 minutes.

911
00:36:32,150 --> 00:36:32,610
It was just that.

912
00:36:32,850 --> 00:36:34,350
And I just said, if you need Jesus,

913
00:36:34,470 --> 00:36:34,750
get up.

914
00:36:34,810 --> 00:36:37,250
And, folks, it was just an avalanche of

915
00:36:37,250 --> 00:36:38,230
people came.

916
00:36:38,490 --> 00:36:40,830
There was no way that counselors could handle

917
00:36:40,830 --> 00:36:42,990
it, brokenness and weeping before the Lord.

918
00:36:43,490 --> 00:36:46,150
And I went back in the dressing room

919
00:36:46,150 --> 00:36:46,910
and sat down.

920
00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:49,730
I said, wow, oh, God, thank you for

921
00:36:49,730 --> 00:36:52,450
the prayers of Times Square Church and others

922
00:36:52,450 --> 00:36:54,490
that I know that have been praying, our

923
00:36:54,490 --> 00:36:55,530
Bible school and others.

924
00:36:55,670 --> 00:36:57,630
I felt the power of that.

925
00:37:00,050 --> 00:37:05,910
And all through in Croatia and in Romania,

926
00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:09,330
everywhere to suddenly when you felt dry and

927
00:37:09,330 --> 00:37:10,470
say, where am I going, Lord?

928
00:37:10,470 --> 00:37:12,470
And suddenly the Holy Ghost comes upon you.

929
00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:15,990
And then the Holy Spirit's whispering, people are

930
00:37:15,990 --> 00:37:17,210
praying, people are praying.

931
00:37:17,330 --> 00:37:18,430
It's the power of prayer.

932
00:37:18,570 --> 00:37:19,010
It's there.

933
00:37:20,310 --> 00:37:20,790
Hallelujah.

934
00:37:22,210 --> 00:37:23,070
Does it work?

935
00:37:23,130 --> 00:37:23,970
Yes, it does.

936
00:37:25,230 --> 00:37:27,550
Pastors that are here, you have every right

937
00:37:27,550 --> 00:37:29,550
to get up in your pulpit, and I

938
00:37:29,550 --> 00:37:30,430
beg you to do it.

939
00:37:30,870 --> 00:37:33,810
I plead with this church, everybody that belongs

940
00:37:33,810 --> 00:37:35,610
to Times Square Church, you call this home.

941
00:37:35,870 --> 00:37:37,170
I need your prayers.

942
00:37:37,390 --> 00:37:38,710
Our family needs your prayers.

943
00:37:38,710 --> 00:37:41,830
Pastor Carter, every pastor here, we plead for

944
00:37:41,830 --> 00:37:42,270
your prayers.

945
00:37:42,370 --> 00:37:44,270
And pastor, you have every right to get

946
00:37:44,270 --> 00:37:45,770
up, and God help you if you don't,

947
00:37:45,910 --> 00:37:46,930
like Paul the apostle.

948
00:37:47,050 --> 00:37:47,970
I need helpers.

949
00:37:49,350 --> 00:38:01,490
I wonder how many fallen

950
00:38:01,490 --> 00:38:04,290
evangelists, I wonder how many pastors who got

951
00:38:04,290 --> 00:38:06,670
so discouraged they couldn't even pray anymore, loaded

952
00:38:06,670 --> 00:38:07,950
down on all sides.

953
00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:10,650
I wonder if they would have fallen had

954
00:38:10,650 --> 00:38:12,530
they had a church or some people with

955
00:38:12,530 --> 00:38:15,130
intercessors behind them holding up their hands and

956
00:38:15,130 --> 00:38:16,410
fighting the devil with them.

957
00:38:20,330 --> 00:38:22,450
You know, you heard Pastor Carter talk about

958
00:38:22,450 --> 00:38:25,130
how his wife and her mother and father

959
00:38:25,130 --> 00:38:25,850
were delivered.

960
00:38:27,310 --> 00:38:30,090
Teresa's mother and father are saintly people, godly

961
00:38:30,090 --> 00:38:30,530
people.

962
00:38:32,550 --> 00:38:35,990
And I had told of this when Pastor

963
00:38:35,990 --> 00:38:36,450
Carter left.

964
00:38:36,530 --> 00:38:37,490
I was describing this.

965
00:38:37,930 --> 00:38:40,830
After Pastor Carter went back after, a very

966
00:38:40,830 --> 00:38:43,530
godly prayer word from this church came backstage.

967
00:38:44,610 --> 00:38:45,270
And she was trembling.

968
00:38:45,270 --> 00:38:47,290
She said, oh, brother Dave, I've got to

969
00:38:47,290 --> 00:38:47,970
tell you something.

970
00:38:48,130 --> 00:38:50,450
She said, the other night, the very night

971
00:38:50,450 --> 00:38:53,650
this happened, I was meditating, and this was

972
00:38:53,650 --> 00:38:57,310
about three hours before, because she was praying

973
00:38:57,310 --> 00:38:58,810
in mid-afternoon, and this happened, I found

974
00:38:58,810 --> 00:39:00,830
out later, about probably four or five o

975
00:39:00,830 --> 00:39:01,050
'clock.

976
00:39:01,870 --> 00:39:03,710
She said, the Holy Spirit came and said,

977
00:39:03,830 --> 00:39:07,010
pray for Teresa Conlon and her family.

978
00:39:08,630 --> 00:39:11,470
And she began to intercede and pray against

979
00:39:11,470 --> 00:39:12,690
the foul play of the enemy.

980
00:39:14,070 --> 00:39:16,070
God, I don't know what's going on, but

981
00:39:16,070 --> 00:39:16,670
preserve her.

982
00:39:16,810 --> 00:39:19,750
And she began to intercede and pray in

983
00:39:19,750 --> 00:39:20,310
the Spirit.

984
00:39:21,830 --> 00:39:24,910
It's called helpers in prayer, because when you

985
00:39:24,910 --> 00:39:26,870
take this ministry on you, you're willing to

986
00:39:26,870 --> 00:39:28,770
begin to pray and seek the face of

987
00:39:28,770 --> 00:39:29,070
God.

988
00:39:29,370 --> 00:39:31,310
God will wake you up at the middle

989
00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:31,770
of the night.

990
00:39:32,010 --> 00:39:33,750
He will put burdens on your heart.

991
00:39:34,070 --> 00:39:37,010
You will marvelously be led in prayer, and

992
00:39:37,010 --> 00:39:38,330
you may not hear about it.

993
00:39:38,370 --> 00:39:39,770
You may and may not until you get

994
00:39:39,770 --> 00:39:40,110
to heaven.

995
00:39:40,110 --> 00:39:41,550
Boy, and what a time will be when

996
00:39:41,550 --> 00:39:43,390
the Lord opens the books, and you see

997
00:39:43,390 --> 00:39:45,770
how much danger you chased away, how many

998
00:39:45,770 --> 00:39:46,950
demons you put to flight.

999
00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:00,530
Paul set the example.

1000
00:40:00,850 --> 00:40:03,430
He became a prayer helper for others.

1001
00:40:03,510 --> 00:40:04,370
He said, I'm not going to ask you

1002
00:40:04,370 --> 00:40:06,510
for prayer unless I myself am involved in

1003
00:40:06,510 --> 00:40:07,510
this ministry.

1004
00:40:08,970 --> 00:40:13,070
Paul said to the Philippians, I thank my

1005
00:40:13,070 --> 00:40:17,570
God upon every remembrance of you, always in

1006
00:40:17,570 --> 00:40:21,570
every prayer of mine for you all, making

1007
00:40:21,570 --> 00:40:24,390
requests with joy, because I have you in

1008
00:40:24,390 --> 00:40:24,910
my heart.

1009
00:40:28,350 --> 00:40:30,830
Folks, I can't even begin to measure up

1010
00:40:30,830 --> 00:40:31,190
to that.

1011
00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:33,910
No way.

1012
00:40:35,010 --> 00:40:37,970
As a pastor, I can't.

1013
00:40:39,350 --> 00:40:42,070
Always in every prayer of mine for you

1014
00:40:42,070 --> 00:40:45,830
all, making requests with joy, because I have

1015
00:40:45,830 --> 00:40:46,650
you in my heart.

1016
00:40:46,650 --> 00:40:49,110
I can't say I don't have this congregation

1017
00:40:49,110 --> 00:40:49,490
in my heart.

1018
00:40:49,550 --> 00:40:49,890
I do.

1019
00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:53,930
But I can't say with Paul, I thank

1020
00:40:53,930 --> 00:40:56,250
my God upon every remembrance of you, every

1021
00:40:56,250 --> 00:40:58,890
moment I think of you, always in prayer

1022
00:40:58,890 --> 00:41:01,330
of mine for all of you, making requests

1023
00:41:01,330 --> 00:41:03,790
with joy, because I have you in my

1024
00:41:03,790 --> 00:41:04,090
heart.

1025
00:41:05,290 --> 00:41:09,190
You see, Paul wasn't asking something of others

1026
00:41:09,190 --> 00:41:10,890
that he wasn't willing to undertake himself.

1027
00:41:12,150 --> 00:41:14,350
Paul, to those in Rome, said, God is

1028
00:41:14,350 --> 00:41:18,390
my witness that without ceasing, I make mention

1029
00:41:18,390 --> 00:41:20,110
of you always in my prayer.

1030
00:41:21,110 --> 00:41:24,070
Without ceasing, I make mention of you.

1031
00:41:24,250 --> 00:41:26,470
Now, that word in Greek means, I recite

1032
00:41:26,470 --> 00:41:28,550
your name and your problems before the Lord.

1033
00:41:28,650 --> 00:41:29,270
It means recite.

1034
00:41:29,650 --> 00:41:31,310
It doesn't just say, Paul said, I mention

1035
00:41:31,310 --> 00:41:31,890
you to God.

1036
00:41:32,110 --> 00:41:34,310
He said, I recite your name.

1037
00:41:34,470 --> 00:41:36,730
I name you and I name your needs

1038
00:41:36,730 --> 00:41:38,550
before the Lord every day.

1039
00:41:39,310 --> 00:41:41,630
Oh God, help me.

1040
00:41:45,650 --> 00:41:47,790
Even when Peter was in jail, what did

1041
00:41:47,790 --> 00:41:48,470
the church do?

1042
00:41:49,330 --> 00:41:51,530
Oh thank God, prayer was made without ceasing

1043
00:41:51,530 --> 00:41:53,090
for the church and to God for him.

1044
00:41:55,010 --> 00:41:57,370
Prayer was made without ceasing.

1045
00:41:58,830 --> 00:42:08,040
I know some intercessors who have get up

1046
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:12,420
early in the morning, every day, and pray

1047
00:42:12,420 --> 00:42:13,420
for me and my family.

1048
00:42:14,260 --> 00:42:15,120
Every day.

1049
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,060
Month after month after month and year after

1050
00:42:21,060 --> 00:42:21,440
year.

1051
00:42:23,180 --> 00:42:24,820
And folks, there are times that I have

1052
00:42:24,820 --> 00:42:27,000
known that I could not have made it.

1053
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,600
Miracles have happened in my family because of

1054
00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:32,300
intercessors.

1055
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,400
And then letters that come in from people

1056
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,800
say, I was on your meeting list now,

1057
00:42:38,060 --> 00:42:39,960
Brother Dave, for 25 years, and for 25

1058
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:41,420
years I've mentioned you to the Lord every

1059
00:42:41,420 --> 00:42:41,660
day.

1060
00:42:43,220 --> 00:42:44,680
And that's one of the reasons I think

1061
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:45,880
I'm standing here this morning.

1062
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:54,940
Now you may not know all the names

1063
00:42:54,940 --> 00:42:56,740
of people, but surely you have friends around

1064
00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:58,200
you whose marriages are in trouble.

1065
00:42:59,860 --> 00:43:03,540
You have people who have terrible problems in

1066
00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:04,060
their life.

1067
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:06,160
What do you do?

1068
00:43:06,220 --> 00:43:07,320
Do you just go to the neighbors, isn't

1069
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:07,820
that awful?

1070
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:08,800
Isn't that a shame?

1071
00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:10,060
They're breaking up.

1072
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:13,280
And do you know whose fault it is?

1073
00:43:14,060 --> 00:43:15,080
And we gossip.

1074
00:43:16,180 --> 00:43:20,520
Why can't we become a prayer helper of

1075
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,620
your friends, your acquaintances, and all you know

1076
00:43:23,620 --> 00:43:25,000
in the body of Christ who are in

1077
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,300
trouble, and why can't you and I just

1078
00:43:27,300 --> 00:43:29,820
go to God quietly and name their name,

1079
00:43:30,220 --> 00:43:31,980
recite it before the throne of God, and

1080
00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:32,980
say, Lord, have mercy.

1081
00:43:33,340 --> 00:43:34,380
I'm doing that now.

1082
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,200
I've begun to do that because I've been

1083
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:39,480
totally wholly convicted of my narrow praying and

1084
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,000
of my selfishness in prayer, and God wants

1085
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:43,800
to bring this whole body into that.

1086
00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:46,740
All-night prayer meeting.

1087
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:48,720
Oh, folks, if you come, write a list

1088
00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:49,400
if you have to.

1089
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:50,880
Name them before the Lord.

1090
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:52,820
Spend a little time with each one of

1091
00:43:52,820 --> 00:43:52,960
them.

1092
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:54,680
Folks, if all you do through the day,

1093
00:43:54,860 --> 00:43:57,220
name their name before the Lord and whisper,

1094
00:43:57,420 --> 00:44:00,180
Jesus, keep them from the wicked one.

1095
00:44:00,860 --> 00:44:02,680
Jesus, keep them by your power.

1096
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,040
Who delivered us from so great a death,

1097
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,580
and he does deliver us, and he will

1098
00:44:13,580 --> 00:44:17,900
deliver us, you also helping together by prayer

1099
00:44:17,900 --> 00:44:18,500
for us.

1100
00:44:18,620 --> 00:44:20,840
I'm going to close with one little story,

1101
00:44:20,940 --> 00:44:21,460
if you don't mind.

1102
00:44:21,700 --> 00:44:25,240
I was sick in bed one time, real

1103
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:25,660
sick.

1104
00:44:26,100 --> 00:44:27,740
I'd been in bed for about two days,

1105
00:44:27,820 --> 00:44:32,600
and one of my grandsons walked in with

1106
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:33,960
holy boldness.

1107
00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:36,820
He said, Pop, I'm going to pray for

1108
00:44:36,820 --> 00:44:37,060
you.

1109
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:39,620
I said, That's nice.

1110
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:42,260
He laid his little hand on my head.

1111
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:46,060
He said, Jesus, make him all better.

1112
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,120
Then he backed away, and I just laid

1113
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:49,300
there.

1114
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:50,080
I said, Thank you.

1115
00:44:50,940 --> 00:44:52,400
His eyes got big.

1116
00:44:54,660 --> 00:44:55,480
He said, You're healed.

1117
00:44:55,580 --> 00:44:55,960
Get up.

1118
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,060
I got up, and I was healed.

1119
00:45:16,300 --> 00:45:17,320
You know what that says to me?

1120
00:45:18,980 --> 00:45:22,800
God's not interested in a long, elaborated, deep

1121
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:23,180
prayer.

1122
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:28,240
He's interested in a prayer of faith.

1123
00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:31,020
That you know that you bring that.

1124
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:32,900
You just recite that before the Lord in

1125
00:45:32,900 --> 00:45:34,120
faith, and God is going to answer.

1126
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:35,840
That way, you can pray for so many

1127
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:36,240
people.

1128
00:45:37,020 --> 00:45:38,480
In one hour, you can cover the whole

1129
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:39,380
world if you have to.

1130
00:45:40,180 --> 00:45:40,980
Oh, hallelujah.

1131
00:45:41,180 --> 00:45:42,020
God is faithful.

1132
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:45,240
Do you want this ministry to be a

1133
00:45:45,240 --> 00:45:45,800
prayer helper?

1134
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,100
So many people want to be licensed and

1135
00:45:50,100 --> 00:45:50,580
ordained.

1136
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:51,460
They want a card.

1137
00:45:54,770 --> 00:45:55,870
They go around and say, Look at me.

1138
00:45:55,970 --> 00:45:58,130
I am a preacher.

1139
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:01,320
No, no, no.

1140
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:02,260
That's not what God...

1141
00:46:02,260 --> 00:46:03,660
That doesn't impress the Lord at all.

1142
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,300
I got my ordination card some day.

1143
00:46:08,340 --> 00:46:08,920
I lost it.

1144
00:46:08,940 --> 00:46:09,820
I don't even know where it is.

1145
00:46:11,940 --> 00:46:13,400
That's not what God's looking for.

1146
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,340
He's looking for humble saints.

1147
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:19,940
They go up to the pastor and say,

1148
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:21,320
Hey, you can come up and love me.

1149
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:22,080
Put your arms around me and say I

1150
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:22,360
love you.

1151
00:46:22,420 --> 00:46:23,640
Go, Pastor Carter and all the pastors.

1152
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:24,700
Oh, I love you.

1153
00:46:24,780 --> 00:46:25,600
Thank God for you.

1154
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:26,320
You bless me.

1155
00:46:26,380 --> 00:46:26,920
Your word's so wonderful.

1156
00:46:28,720 --> 00:46:29,880
Clattery will do you no good.

1157
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:32,380
Pray for us.

1158
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:34,580
Say I'm going...

1159
00:46:35,820 --> 00:46:37,080
I'd rather you come up and say, Brother,

1160
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:38,060
I am praying for you.

1161
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:39,320
And when you say it, you better mean

1162
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:39,500
it.

1163
00:46:40,300 --> 00:46:42,740
And in turn, I pledge to you, God

1164
00:46:42,740 --> 00:46:47,020
helping me and our pastors I know, do

1165
00:46:47,020 --> 00:46:47,500
the same.

1166
00:46:49,660 --> 00:46:50,700
Don't know your name?

1167
00:46:52,060 --> 00:46:53,460
By now, I know where most of you

1168
00:46:53,460 --> 00:46:54,980
sit because you sit in the same seat

1169
00:46:54,980 --> 00:46:55,720
all the time.

1170
00:47:01,230 --> 00:47:02,730
But we're going to pray for you.

1171
00:47:03,410 --> 00:47:04,710
I'm going to do that right now.

1172
00:47:05,090 --> 00:47:06,070
This is not a show.

1173
00:47:06,910 --> 00:47:07,930
I'm going to pray for you.

1174
00:47:08,130 --> 00:47:09,170
I'm going to ask you to sit here

1175
00:47:09,170 --> 00:47:11,170
now and ask God to examine your heart

1176
00:47:11,170 --> 00:47:12,310
about your own prayer life.

1177
00:47:13,290 --> 00:47:14,190
Have you been selfish?

1178
00:47:15,290 --> 00:47:18,710
Has this been me, my family, Uncle John,

1179
00:47:18,850 --> 00:47:19,630
us four, no more?

1180
00:47:21,230 --> 00:47:22,130
No, no, no, no.

1181
00:47:23,350 --> 00:47:27,630
Lord, we begin with the pastors, the families,

1182
00:47:28,270 --> 00:47:31,450
my family, and then all the needs, all

1183
00:47:31,450 --> 00:47:33,970
the divorces, all of the troubled families and

1184
00:47:33,970 --> 00:47:34,490
all of this.

1185
00:47:34,850 --> 00:47:35,850
Lord, we bring it all to you.

1186
00:47:36,130 --> 00:47:36,650
Will you stand?

1187
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:49,480
Hallelujah.

1188
00:47:52,230 --> 00:47:56,690
Heavenly Father, I know you put this on

1189
00:47:56,690 --> 00:47:58,410
my heart this morning and I don't know

1190
00:47:58,410 --> 00:47:58,750
why.

1191
00:47:59,430 --> 00:48:00,370
You knew who would be here.

1192
00:48:00,470 --> 00:48:01,290
You knew who needed it.

1193
00:48:01,410 --> 00:48:05,310
And folks, and Lord, this church needs...

1194
00:48:05,310 --> 00:48:08,210
We need this whole church to become helpers

1195
00:48:08,210 --> 00:48:10,710
in prayer, to help those that are going

1196
00:48:10,710 --> 00:48:14,150
overseas, to help our missionaries, to be praying

1197
00:48:14,150 --> 00:48:15,050
Lord diligently.

1198
00:48:15,770 --> 00:48:18,210
Lord, even while I stand here, while I've

1199
00:48:18,210 --> 00:48:21,650
been preaching, right beneath me in the prayer

1200
00:48:21,650 --> 00:48:23,670
room, there are people pleading.

1201
00:48:23,750 --> 00:48:25,690
All through my preaching, they've been pleading.

1202
00:48:25,950 --> 00:48:27,530
We have elders downstairs praying.

1203
00:48:28,270 --> 00:48:30,330
These are those who are helpers in prayer.

1204
00:48:31,090 --> 00:48:32,570
And Lord, I have felt the power of

1205
00:48:32,570 --> 00:48:34,470
their prayers beneath me this morning.

1206
00:48:35,570 --> 00:48:38,110
And Lord, I'm asking that you help me.

1207
00:48:38,490 --> 00:48:39,550
I pray for this church.

1208
00:48:39,670 --> 00:48:41,550
And Lord, put this church in my heart

1209
00:48:41,550 --> 00:48:43,310
that I may become one of the intercessors

1210
00:48:43,310 --> 00:48:45,770
for this body, that the wicked one cannot

1211
00:48:45,770 --> 00:48:48,930
come and attack anyone in this church without

1212
00:48:48,930 --> 00:48:51,590
having to battle through the power and faith

1213
00:48:51,590 --> 00:48:54,570
of pastors who pray and seek God's face.

1214
00:48:55,130 --> 00:48:57,650
And then, Lord, we come to this congregation.

1215
00:48:57,910 --> 00:49:01,470
We come to Christians who want to pray

1216
00:49:01,470 --> 00:49:03,230
and seek your face, that they will stand

1217
00:49:03,230 --> 00:49:06,290
behind us in prayer, that we will not

1218
00:49:06,290 --> 00:49:08,310
turn aside, that we will come with a

1219
00:49:08,310 --> 00:49:11,590
fresh anointing each time we come, that we'll

1220
00:49:11,590 --> 00:49:14,170
be kept from the enticements of this world

1221
00:49:14,170 --> 00:49:15,690
and we'll be kept by the hand of

1222
00:49:15,690 --> 00:49:16,130
God.

1223
00:49:16,730 --> 00:49:20,030
Lord, Nicky Cruz needs many praying for him.

1224
00:49:20,650 --> 00:49:24,730
Lord, in his battle to reach kids in

1225
00:49:24,730 --> 00:49:27,290
the streets and the enemy will come against

1226
00:49:27,290 --> 00:49:28,970
him with everything in hell.

1227
00:49:28,970 --> 00:49:31,850
God, I pray this morning that you would

1228
00:49:31,850 --> 00:49:34,330
put his name and his wife and family

1229
00:49:34,330 --> 00:49:38,630
in prayer that every day we could recite

1230
00:49:38,630 --> 00:49:42,170
their name and their needs before you, that

1231
00:49:42,170 --> 00:49:43,950
you would open doors and, God, that you

1232
00:49:43,950 --> 00:49:45,150
send angels to protect.

1233
00:49:45,870 --> 00:49:48,930
God, do it, I pray, in Jesus' name.

1234
00:49:49,890 --> 00:49:50,190
Amen.

1235
00:49:50,430 --> 00:49:51,170
I want us...

1236
00:49:51,170 --> 00:49:52,890
Will you sing a chorus in just a

1237
00:49:52,890 --> 00:49:54,330
moment as I find the mind of the

1238
00:49:54,330 --> 00:49:55,270
Lord in this invitation?

1239
00:49:55,710 --> 00:49:56,930
Please stand still.

1240
00:49:56,990 --> 00:49:58,410
I ask you not to leave right now.

1241
00:49:58,410 --> 00:50:00,590
Wait until we give the invitation.

1242
00:50:01,350 --> 00:50:02,610
Just be still in the presence of the

1243
00:50:02,610 --> 00:50:03,370
Lord for a few moments.

1244
00:50:04,930 --> 00:50:06,550
I'm going to make a very bold invitation.

1245
00:50:07,970 --> 00:50:09,430
If you're here, you may be a husband

1246
00:50:09,430 --> 00:50:10,270
or wife alone.

1247
00:50:10,410 --> 00:50:11,770
You're not with your husband or wife.

1248
00:50:11,910 --> 00:50:14,030
You're here just here by yourself.

1249
00:50:14,450 --> 00:50:16,310
Or your husband or wife, you're both here

1250
00:50:16,310 --> 00:50:16,770
together.

1251
00:50:18,230 --> 00:50:19,670
I'm going to make a very bold invitation.

1252
00:50:20,330 --> 00:50:21,970
You say you want healing in your marriage?

1253
00:50:22,750 --> 00:50:24,490
I want you to get out of your

1254
00:50:24,490 --> 00:50:24,810
seat.

1255
00:50:25,610 --> 00:50:26,570
I want you to come up here and

1256
00:50:26,570 --> 00:50:27,610
let me agree with you.

1257
00:50:27,610 --> 00:50:28,830
I'm going to be your helper in prayer.

1258
00:50:28,970 --> 00:50:31,830
We're going to take authority and dominion over

1259
00:50:31,830 --> 00:50:34,170
the enemy and the stronghold of Satan that's

1260
00:50:34,170 --> 00:50:36,610
trying to destroy both you and your family.

1261
00:50:37,310 --> 00:50:39,010
If you're here together, husband or wife, just

1262
00:50:39,010 --> 00:50:40,510
squeeze your wife's hand and say, Honey, let's

1263
00:50:40,510 --> 00:50:40,770
go.

1264
00:50:41,090 --> 00:50:42,770
Up in the balcony, go to the stairs

1265
00:50:42,770 --> 00:50:43,630
on either side.

1266
00:50:44,090 --> 00:50:45,050
Now, listen to me also.

1267
00:50:45,190 --> 00:50:47,510
If you're here now and the enemy's trying

1268
00:50:47,510 --> 00:50:49,390
to destroy you, you know you're in a

1269
00:50:49,390 --> 00:50:50,470
battle for your life.

1270
00:50:50,790 --> 00:50:52,310
Some of you are backslidden.

1271
00:50:52,730 --> 00:50:54,010
Some of you are not right with God.

1272
00:50:54,110 --> 00:50:55,270
Somebody came in here totally.

1273
00:50:55,270 --> 00:50:56,810
You have slipped away from the Lord.

1274
00:50:56,950 --> 00:50:59,270
And others have never fully surrendered your life

1275
00:50:59,270 --> 00:50:59,790
to Jesus.

1276
00:50:59,990 --> 00:51:01,530
I'm inviting you to come with these that

1277
00:51:01,530 --> 00:51:02,010
are coming.

1278
00:51:02,690 --> 00:51:06,430
And in the annexes, in the main auditorium

1279
00:51:06,430 --> 00:51:10,150
in the annex, would you go just up

1280
00:51:10,150 --> 00:51:12,350
to the screen, if you will, or between

1281
00:51:12,350 --> 00:51:15,350
the screens, and in all the other rooms,

1282
00:51:16,830 --> 00:51:20,250
go beyond or stand beside the jumbotrons.

1283
00:51:20,390 --> 00:51:21,790
We're going to have somebody up there.

1284
00:51:22,030 --> 00:51:23,330
I'll be praying with you.

1285
00:51:24,550 --> 00:51:26,230
And those in this auditorium, up in the

1286
00:51:26,230 --> 00:51:27,490
balcony, go to the stairs on either side

1287
00:51:27,490 --> 00:51:28,470
and come down any aisle.

1288
00:51:29,410 --> 00:51:30,810
We're not going to have any mood music

1289
00:51:30,810 --> 00:51:31,130
or anything.

1290
00:51:31,190 --> 00:51:33,190
We're just singing this to give you time

1291
00:51:33,190 --> 00:51:33,650
to come.

1292
00:51:34,190 --> 00:51:35,090
But this is the time.

1293
00:51:35,310 --> 00:51:36,990
If God dealt with you this morning by

1294
00:51:36,990 --> 00:51:38,470
His Spirit, I want you to come.

1295
00:51:39,090 --> 00:51:40,230
I want you to open your heart.

1296
00:51:40,530 --> 00:51:42,510
I am going to lay hold of God

1297
00:51:42,510 --> 00:51:43,190
for marriages.

1298
00:51:43,810 --> 00:51:46,350
If you're here, sister, and your husband's not

1299
00:51:46,350 --> 00:51:47,790
with you, and your marriage is in trouble,

1300
00:51:48,350 --> 00:51:49,990
if the Holy Spirit's leading you, come and

1301
00:51:49,990 --> 00:51:51,150
we'll pray and believe God.

1302
00:51:51,150 --> 00:51:53,750
If your husband is in the same situation,

1303
00:51:54,430 --> 00:51:57,570
and husbands and wives who need a miracle,

1304
00:51:57,710 --> 00:51:59,410
you say, Pastor David, the enemy has come

1305
00:51:59,410 --> 00:52:00,350
in recently.

1306
00:52:02,770 --> 00:52:08,350
But along with that, don't you dare, don't

1307
00:52:08,350 --> 00:52:10,650
dare walk out on the Holy Ghost this

1308
00:52:10,650 --> 00:52:13,570
morning when He's come to meet your need

1309
00:52:13,570 --> 00:52:15,470
in a very special way.

1310
00:52:15,950 --> 00:52:17,590
The power of the Lord's here this morning

1311
00:52:17,590 --> 00:52:18,850
to deliver you.

1312
00:52:18,890 --> 00:52:20,650
You say, Pastor David, the devil's been trying

1313
00:52:20,650 --> 00:52:21,850
to draw me away from the Lord.

1314
00:52:21,850 --> 00:52:24,050
He's been trying to draw me away from

1315
00:52:24,050 --> 00:52:24,470
the Lord.

1316
00:52:25,450 --> 00:52:27,030
Come and be healed.

1317
00:52:27,670 --> 00:52:29,910
Come and be strengthened by the Holy Spirit.

1318
00:52:30,590 --> 00:52:33,510
This church, this past year, the Lord has

1319
00:52:33,510 --> 00:52:35,430
been healing so many marriages.

1320
00:52:36,090 --> 00:52:38,030
Every one of our pastors are meeting people

1321
00:52:38,030 --> 00:52:40,330
on the streets and in the men's fellowship

1322
00:52:40,330 --> 00:52:43,230
and in the women's meeting, and the pastor's

1323
00:52:43,230 --> 00:52:44,070
wives here also.

1324
00:52:44,870 --> 00:52:46,330
My marriage has been healed.

1325
00:52:46,890 --> 00:52:48,430
A new life, new love.

1326
00:52:48,950 --> 00:52:51,130
God's been healing, breaking down walls.

1327
00:52:51,130 --> 00:52:53,750
The Word of God is finding its mark.

1328
00:52:54,450 --> 00:52:55,950
And God's going to do that this morning.

1329
00:52:56,070 --> 00:52:57,010
God is going to heal.

1330
00:52:57,190 --> 00:53:00,430
If you're here as a mate, your mate

1331
00:53:00,430 --> 00:53:02,470
is not here with you, you're the one

1332
00:53:02,470 --> 00:53:03,990
who has to take the spiritual authority.

1333
00:53:04,170 --> 00:53:05,390
You're the one who has to make a

1334
00:53:05,390 --> 00:53:06,630
commitment to the Lord this morning.

1335
00:53:06,910 --> 00:53:08,570
I'm going to be the one who prays.

1336
00:53:08,670 --> 00:53:10,270
I'm going to get desperate before the Lord.

1337
00:53:10,690 --> 00:53:12,710
You can change the heart of your mate.

1338
00:53:13,090 --> 00:53:15,530
You can literally change them by the power

1339
00:53:15,530 --> 00:53:15,950
of prayer.

1340
00:53:16,370 --> 00:53:17,930
You can turn them around.

1341
00:53:17,930 --> 00:53:20,130
They can see such a change in you

1342
00:53:20,130 --> 00:53:20,810
through prayer.

1343
00:53:21,210 --> 00:53:23,770
They'll see such a change in you that

1344
00:53:23,770 --> 00:53:27,510
they've got to come your way, God's way.

1345
00:53:28,550 --> 00:53:29,930
And others of you here this morning that

1346
00:53:29,930 --> 00:53:31,930
have been slipping away from the Lord, others

1347
00:53:31,930 --> 00:53:34,650
of you are not right with God, some

1348
00:53:34,650 --> 00:53:35,870
of you to be saved here for the

1349
00:53:35,870 --> 00:53:37,570
first time and surrender your heart to Jesus.

1350
00:53:39,510 --> 00:53:41,550
If you were here last Tuesday, you saw

1351
00:53:41,550 --> 00:53:43,970
how long it took to baptize all the

1352
00:53:43,970 --> 00:53:45,030
people being saved.

1353
00:53:46,610 --> 00:53:50,010
We have to sometimes have two nights just

1354
00:53:50,010 --> 00:53:53,150
to get them all baptized because the Lord

1355
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is saving and healing and changing lives.

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And He's going to do that for you

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right now.

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I want this church to pray with me.

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I want you to become helpers in prayer

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now for all of these that are here

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now.

1362
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And there are some of you standing here

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in the audience, in the audience right now,

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you didn't step forward, but you need this

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prayer also for your marriage.

1366
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And others of you didn't come forward, but

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you say, I want to surrender all to

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Jesus right now in this service.

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And in the annexes, we want to pray

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with you.

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We want to pray with you right now

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that the Spirit of the Lord come in

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power and demonstration of the Spirit and break

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every chain that binds you.

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I'm going to ask you right now to

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make a commitment to Jesus.

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Lord, I'm going to seek your face.

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As of today, Holy Ghost helping me.

1379
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Ask the Holy Ghost to put it in

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your heart to remind you.

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It takes a discipline.

1382
00:54:43,910 --> 00:54:45,470
You don't have to go to anyone else

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right now.

1384
00:54:46,230 --> 00:54:47,610
You can go to a counselor after you

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00:54:47,610 --> 00:54:48,810
get your prayer life straightened out.

1386
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Get your prayer life right.

1387
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Then if you want to go to a

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counselor, he's only going to confirm what God

1389
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told you anyhow.

1390
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Heavenly Father, I come against the powers of

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darkness, against every evil spirit, against principalities and

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powers of the darkness of this sinful world.

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And we say to you, devil, you have

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no place here.

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We take the authority of Jesus Christ, our

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Lord and Savior, over all the powers of

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darkness that have come to destroy homes.

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We take your authority, Jesus, right now in

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binding those spirits, those spirits of destruction, those

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spirits of death, those spirits of absolute chaos

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and confusion.

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Go in Jesus' name.

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Go.

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I want you all who came forward, raise

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00:55:49,260 --> 00:55:49,680
your hands.

1406
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:50,720
Just lift up your hands.

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I want you to pray with me.

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Jesus, I surrender all of my selfishness and

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00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:04,300
all my self-efforts, Lord Jesus, by your

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Holy Ghost, call me to prayer, woo me

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to prayer, put it in my heart.

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00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:15,900
Holy Spirit, I don't know how to pray.

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00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:18,380
Teach me how to pray.

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I come now, Lord, for healing, healing in

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00:56:24,580 --> 00:56:26,900
my life and my home.

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Oh, Jesus, cleanse me, forgive me, sanctify me,

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00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:40,220
touch me as I've never been touched in

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all my life.

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And let me pray for you again.

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Lord Jesus, those that are in the annexes,

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00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:53,540
watching, listening, those in this auditorium, in the

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00:56:53,540 --> 00:56:57,980
balcony, Lord, I believe your word.

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00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:00,720
You said the effectual fervent prayer of a

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righteous man avails much.

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00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:06,320
Lord Jesus, you have all power and authority

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00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:10,280
against every enemy that's come against these who

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00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:11,400
stand in this place.

1428
00:57:14,040 --> 00:57:14,940
Now, look at me, folks.

1429
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:16,800
You have got, in the name of the

1430
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:18,440
Lord, to lay hold of faith right now,

1431
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,560
to believe that God's concerned, that God cares.

1432
00:57:22,300 --> 00:57:23,880
And if you have a heart to Him

1433
00:57:23,880 --> 00:57:25,580
right now, He is going to move on

1434
00:57:25,580 --> 00:57:27,200
you, and this is not going to dissipate.

1435
00:57:27,420 --> 00:57:29,200
What you are experiencing right now is not

1436
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:30,460
going to just leave you when you go

1437
00:57:30,460 --> 00:57:30,940
out the door.

1438
00:57:30,980 --> 00:57:31,820
It's going to be there.

1439
00:57:32,020 --> 00:57:33,760
And if you will, the rest of this

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00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:36,400
day, before you go to bed tonight, if

1441
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:38,580
you're together, husband and wife, pray together, begin

1442
00:57:38,580 --> 00:57:39,540
to pray together.

1443
00:57:40,700 --> 00:57:41,840
Do you pray together?

1444
00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:43,420
Every day?

1445
00:57:44,980 --> 00:57:45,820
Do you pray?

1446
00:57:46,780 --> 00:57:48,600
Do you just get together and say, Lord,

1447
00:57:49,380 --> 00:57:51,020
and if you don't, begin.

1448
00:57:52,260 --> 00:57:54,060
And I'm telling you, most of your problems

1449
00:57:54,060 --> 00:57:56,540
are going to be melted in the presence

1450
00:57:56,540 --> 00:57:58,120
of the Lord as you pray together.

1451
00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:00,320
They'll be melted in the presence of the

1452
00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:00,520
Lord.

1453
00:58:06,300 --> 00:58:08,380
Those of you that are single, Paul said,

1454
00:58:08,460 --> 00:58:09,920
you have more time to serve the Lord.

1455
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:12,600
You should be praying more.

1456
00:58:12,980 --> 00:58:14,640
He said, you're not as distracted.

1457
00:58:15,620 --> 00:58:17,700
I'm not saying marriage is a distraction.

1458
00:58:18,060 --> 00:58:19,340
Paul said that can be.

1459
00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:20,620
It's not my words.

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00:58:21,720 --> 00:58:22,280
Amen.

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00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:24,580
That's the joy of the Lord.

1462
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:26,580
That's the joy of the Lord.

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00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:30,520
If you're here together as husband and wife,

1464
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:37,620
just turn to her, or him, and just

1465
00:58:37,620 --> 00:58:40,400
whisper something sweet in the ear.

1466
00:58:40,440 --> 00:58:40,860
That's all.

1467
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:41,740
Just something sweet.

1468
00:58:42,300 --> 00:58:43,200
That's right.

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00:58:44,540 --> 00:58:45,380
Are you married?

1470
00:58:46,400 --> 00:58:47,260
Are you praying for your husband?

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00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:48,580
Yeah.

1472
00:58:49,300 --> 00:58:50,200
Something sweet.

1473
00:58:51,160 --> 00:58:52,280
That's all you want.

1474
00:58:53,420 --> 00:58:53,740
Yes.

1475
00:58:54,840 --> 00:58:57,940
Lord, there is a kindness, there's a sweetness

1476
00:58:57,940 --> 00:58:58,640
in Jesus.

1477
00:58:59,900 --> 00:59:03,000
You take the meanness out of us, curb

1478
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:07,160
our tongues from those bitter words, and let

1479
00:59:07,160 --> 00:59:09,180
every word we speak to one another be

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00:59:09,180 --> 00:59:10,180
worthy of Christ.

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This is the conclusion of the tape.