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Okay, that's good. 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:08,860 All right. 4 00:00:08,860 --> 00:00:10,940 Oh my goodness. 5 00:00:10,940 --> 00:00:12,740 Looking forward to the study tonight. 6 00:00:12,740 --> 00:00:18,340 So go ahead and get this opened. 7 00:00:18,340 --> 00:00:27,980 The Wi-Fi is just a tad bit slow, 8 00:00:27,980 --> 00:00:30,140 but while it's loading, 9 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:35,640 we will go ahead and proceed on into our lesson. 10 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:42,440 That'll be good. 11 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,240 Okay, so did everyone get a handout if you did? 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:46,680 That's wonderful. 13 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,780 We're going to get started. 14 00:00:48,780 --> 00:00:51,000 And let's see here. 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,840 Looks like I've got 100% creeping up. 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,000 There you go. 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:06,920 Tonight our lesson is on pray with passion. 18 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,120 Pray with passion. 19 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,120 What are you passionate about? 20 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,620 I used to be really passionate about college soccer. 21 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:20,700 I was a about what? 22 00:01:20,700 --> 00:01:24,760 10 years ago in about 15, 10 years ago in 30 pounds, 23 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,800 I was a soccer referee. 24 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,920 So things change as you get older. 25 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,360 So I was passionate about it, 26 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:37,520 and that passion would just about sometimes overcome you. 27 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:41,560 And so tonight we're going to be looking at those passionate things 28 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:44,400 that we have in our life, but we're also going to take a look 29 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:49,360 at those things that cause us to be uncomfortable 30 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:53,120 or being overwhelmed or overcome. 31 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:57,520 It could be that the shower in your home just sprung a leak. 32 00:01:57,520 --> 00:02:00,120 How many of you have experienced a leak in your house? 33 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,200 Oh my goodness gracious. 34 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:05,920 And it's one of those things where you call and say, 35 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,400 when can you get here? 36 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,800 And they say, well, I got some time tomorrow. 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:18,160 So how do I go outside and turn the water off out front? 38 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:22,520 Or maybe your car starts making a terrible noise 39 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,400 and you're 100 miles from home, and then on top of that 40 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,440 it starts smoking really bad. 41 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:28,720 You've ever been there? 42 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:30,760 Just overwhelmed, overcome. 43 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,640 You know, what am I going to do? 44 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:37,440 Sometimes when we get in those fixes, we consult who? 45 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:41,360 Dr. Google, right? 46 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:42,480 Dr. Google. 47 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,400 Dr. Google has quite a resource behind it. 48 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,720 You can just about find any, you can find an answer to just 49 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:50,680 about anything that you want. 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,000 It may not be the best answer. 51 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,760 It may not be the correct answer most times. 52 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:59,880 But there's a clause that tells them that they need to be as 53 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,040 accurate as they possibly can be. 54 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,320 But one of the things that we know 55 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,600 is that even though that resource is so powerful, 56 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,200 it's not as powerful as the resource that we have. 57 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:17,640 There's a resource that we can connect into, and it is awesome. 58 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:21,840 And that is more powerful than the internet. 59 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:24,560 It's more powerful than a speeding locomotive. 60 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,080 It's more powerful than, what's the next one? 61 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:32,240 A speeding bullet, and able to, and a single bound. 62 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:36,680 It is Superman. 63 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,880 I can see who is older and younger in this class. 64 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,560 But what is more powerful than the internet is prayer. 65 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:51,280 And we are going to see a story tonight in the Old Testament 66 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,640 about the power of prayer, but more than anything else 67 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:59,120 when someone is passionate and impassioned about their prayer. 68 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,000 We're going to be looking at King Nebut Chat Nezor. 69 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,480 And he dreamed dreams. 70 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,360 And what we're going to see in the fact that his dreams, 71 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,080 notice, is plural, more than one. 72 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,800 So he had more than one, or he maybe 73 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,680 dreamed the same dream more than once. 74 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,400 But something about this dream, it 75 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,000 tells us that wherewith his spirit was troubled. 76 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,640 We know that the spirit is what? 77 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:30,920 It's the seed of our emotions, our desire, sorrow, trouble. 78 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:32,400 We can see those things. 79 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,120 It's that when we said that the New Testament sometimes 80 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:38,880 talks about something, they're bowels. 81 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,120 Sometimes pressure and things in life 82 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:47,400 can get so heart heavy that they hurt even in your bowels 83 00:04:47,400 --> 00:04:49,120 or in your heart. 84 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,320 And so we'll be looking at this tonight because King Nebut 85 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:56,640 Chat Nezor shares with us some really insightful things. 86 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,520 So one of the things that we know is he couldn't sleep. 87 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,760 So couldn't sleep. 88 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,640 Daniel chapter 2 is where we're going to be looking tonight. 89 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:15,560 He asked something of his royal court. 90 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:17,320 And this is where we're going to look tonight. 91 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:22,320 We're not going to be looking too closely at verses 1 through 7, 92 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,040 but I want to just set the context for us. 93 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:26,680 And as we set the context, we'll be 94 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,320 able to understand a little bit better of what's 95 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,800 going on in this chapter. 96 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,440 And in the second year of the reign of Nebut Chat Nezor, 97 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,560 Nebut Chat Nezor dreamed dreams wherewith his spirit 98 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,240 was troubled and his sleep break from him. 99 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,400 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, 100 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,600 the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans 101 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,760 to show the king his dreams. 102 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,360 So they came and stood before the king. 103 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,640 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream 104 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,280 and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 105 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:07,640 They inspected Chaldeans to the king in Cyraic. 106 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,240 O king, live forever. 107 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,080 Tell thy servants the dream and we will 108 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,920 show the interpretation. 109 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,240 King Nebut Chat Nezor is a pretty shrewd guy. 110 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,240 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, 111 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,800 the thing is gone from me. 112 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,360 If you will not make known unto me the dream 113 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,240 with the interpretation thereof, 114 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,480 ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall 115 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,320 be made a dung hill. 116 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,760 But if ye show the dream and the interpretation thereof, 117 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:40,760 ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor. 118 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,840 Therefore show me the dream and the interpretation 119 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:45,880 thereof. 120 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,600 Now talk about being in a hot spot, being overcome. 121 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,360 Here these guys were, and he was asking, 122 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,640 now they had fame about themselves 123 00:06:56,640 --> 00:07:00,040 as being able to be the smartest and the brightest 124 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,080 in the kingdom. 125 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,080 Not only were they the smartest and the brightest, 126 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:08,800 but they held a position that the king went to in every 127 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,240 opportunity that he had. 128 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:13,000 He went to them to find out what was going on. 129 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,040 And so he puts them on the spot. 130 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:21,560 He wants some answers, and he wants those answers right now. 131 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,560 They answered again and said, let the king 132 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:27,040 tell his service of dream, and we will show the interpretation 133 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,080 thereof. 134 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,280 The king answered and said, I know of certainty 135 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,880 that ye would gain the time because ye see the thing is 136 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,080 gone from me. 137 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,120 Not only was it frustrating for the king 138 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,600 that he had dreamed these dreams, and they troubled him, 139 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,960 but he couldn't remember. 140 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,080 What was that dream? 141 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:49,800 Now we know that dreams enter into what portion 142 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,200 of our sleep cycle. 143 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:56,520 Round, who said round? 144 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:00,040 Round sleep, that's where it happens. 145 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:04,040 And so at that deepest part of the sleep cycle, 146 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:06,200 you are just at the deepest point 147 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,760 is when dreams typically come. 148 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:13,680 Now was it the pizza, or was it something 149 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,400 you were thinking a lot about? 150 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,600 But the dreams come. 151 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,840 Now the book of Joel tells us that the young man and young 152 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,520 women were going to dream dreams. 153 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,960 We see in many other places in the scripture where dreams 154 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,600 were used by God to relay a specific message. 155 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:33,560 And so God is using this message in this man's life 156 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:36,520 to teach us something today. 157 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:40,680 Paul said that these things happen in the Old Testament 158 00:08:40,680 --> 00:08:44,560 for examples for us, that we might be able to learn, grow, 159 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:47,560 and understand from what God told them, 160 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,600 making it revelant today. 161 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,200 He would say, well, how in the world 162 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:58,600 can something that happened in about 605 BC impact me? 163 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,320 Well, we're going to see that tonight. 164 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:04,600 It's really some fun things to read. 165 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:11,880 So they answered and said to King that there is not 166 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:17,160 a man upon the earth that can show the king's matter. 167 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,960 Therefore, there is no king, lord, no ruler 168 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:25,680 that asks such thing in any magician, or astrologer, 169 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:27,640 or chaldean. 170 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,120 And it is a rare thing that the king required. 171 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,920 And there is none that can show it before the king, 172 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:39,960 except the gods, little g, gods, whose dwelling is not 173 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:41,560 with flesh. 174 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:43,040 Isn't that amazing? 175 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:44,800 Who is Jesus? 176 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:49,240 Emmanuel, God with us. 177 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:55,080 So they're saying, it would take a man that has God, 178 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,720 Emmanuel, God with us in order for us to do such a thing as what 179 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,840 the king is requiring. 180 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:05,480 And for this cause, the king was angry, furious, 181 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:12,120 and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 182 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:17,120 All the wise men are getting ready to meet their maker. 183 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:18,280 All the wise men. 184 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,520 But here's something that we'll note tonight 185 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,920 that in this portion of scripture, 186 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:31,240 Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are not present. 187 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,520 They weren't asked to come and be a part of this. 188 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,440 And so they weren't there when this was going on. 189 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:40,440 So we look at Daniel chapter 16. 190 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,440 And this is where our lesson starts tonight. 191 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,920 So that's the introduction to kind of get us all where 192 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:46,040 we need to be. 193 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:48,880 And the decree went forth. 194 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:55,760 A decree that's even worse than what the Supreme Court could 195 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:56,920 hand out. 196 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:00,120 A decree that's even more so terrible than the president 197 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:01,120 could set out. 198 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,720 This single leader sent out a decree. 199 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,360 And his word was the word. 200 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,320 And that was all it was. 201 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:15,720 And so it went forth that the wise men should be slain. 202 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,440 It's real easy to read. 203 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:22,040 And the wise men shall be slain. 204 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,880 We can't really embrace or appreciate 205 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,360 what that would mean when they said that all these men are 206 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:34,160 going to die. 207 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:38,920 So and if we could, we could maybe sense what they're going 208 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,080 through at about this time. 209 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:45,960 Now, Daniel and his three friends were not there. 210 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,800 But when they noticed this, when the decree went forth 211 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:50,480 and the wise men should be slain, 212 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,560 they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. 213 00:11:54,560 --> 00:12:00,720 They were gathering up all these magicians, astrologers, 214 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,560 Chaldeans, the suits that all those people were being 215 00:12:04,560 --> 00:12:08,800 herded up together like cattle. 216 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:14,320 And then he answered and said it to Ariok, the king's captain, 217 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:18,480 why is the decree so hasty from the king? 218 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,240 Then Ariok made the thing known to Daniel. 219 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:24,840 Then Daniel went in and desired of the king, 220 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,040 that he should give him time and that he should show the king 221 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:29,840 the interpretation thereof. 222 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:35,360 Now, let's get a little bit into what stress does to people. 223 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:38,680 What stress would do to a believer in Jesus Christ 224 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:43,000 versus what stress would do to someone who doesn't understand 225 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,400 the holy scriptures? 226 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:50,400 We see that Daniel spoke with tact and discretion. 227 00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:54,520 We as believers in whatever ordeal we are going through 228 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:59,000 should always respond with tact and discretion. 229 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:04,120 The King James says that he spoke with prudent counsel. 230 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,800 I think that is the New American Standard says, 231 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,800 the NEV and Daniel replied with discretion and discernment. 232 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:17,520 And then, fourthly, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. 233 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,360 So if you'll notice that tact, discretion, wisdom, 234 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:23,560 those words are almost interchangeable. 235 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:30,160 But Daniel took the time and I would just 236 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:31,600 say maybe whisper to prayer. 237 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,560 The Bible says that we shouldn't have to worry about what 238 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:42,400 we're going to say in those times, that the Spirit of God 239 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:46,240 would give us the words to say. 240 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:48,720 The Spirit of God is there with us in us 241 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:54,600 and when we run into those situations that are undeniable 242 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,920 difficult and they require us to make decisions that are 243 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:03,400 life changing and impacting. 244 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:09,800 Life changing and impacting things that happen in our lives 245 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:15,560 seem to get sprayed quicker than gossip. 246 00:14:15,560 --> 00:14:17,160 Did you hear what happened? 247 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:24,920 But it's the Spirit of God that is able to take us 248 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,280 into the position of, whoa, I need to watch what I think, 249 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:32,120 watch what I say, watch how I respond. 250 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,200 We've got to let the Spirit of God guide us when we are ready 251 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,200 to snap back, when we are ready to defend ourselves 252 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,960 or not defend ourselves and just stand in our ground 253 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:45,320 and be quiet. 254 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,640 What's one of the hardest things to do 255 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:53,080 when you've been accused of something, let me finish first, 256 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,560 when you've been accused of something that you know is not 257 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:57,060 true? 258 00:14:57,060 --> 00:15:03,060 Would you just go, pfft, I'm not worried about it? 259 00:15:03,060 --> 00:15:07,220 Or would you go, whoa, wait a minute, I didn't do that? 260 00:15:07,220 --> 00:15:08,820 Where are you in that camp? 261 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:10,660 Are you quick to say, whoa, that wasn't me? 262 00:15:13,180 --> 00:15:15,860 Or maybe if they say something that is true, 263 00:15:15,860 --> 00:15:19,380 do you kind of cower and run and go high? 264 00:15:19,380 --> 00:15:21,140 But there is a willingness to pray. 265 00:15:21,140 --> 00:15:23,100 Daniel showed a willingness to pray. 266 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:28,060 We should all have that willingness to quickly pray. 267 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:31,140 Now, verse 16, then Daniel went in and desirated the king, 268 00:15:31,140 --> 00:15:36,780 that he should give him time and that he would show the king 269 00:15:36,780 --> 00:15:38,660 the interpretation. 270 00:15:38,660 --> 00:15:41,180 Now, notice that the king wanted to know, 271 00:15:41,180 --> 00:15:44,740 I want to know the dream, and then I want you to interpret me 272 00:15:44,740 --> 00:15:45,780 to dream. 273 00:15:45,780 --> 00:15:49,940 But Daniel went in in the manner that God let him, 274 00:15:49,940 --> 00:15:55,060 and he didn't have to give the dream just the interpretation. 275 00:15:55,060 --> 00:15:58,740 So we see that he would show the interpretation, not the dream. 276 00:15:58,740 --> 00:16:03,260 So the king was going to know if the interpretation was true, 277 00:16:03,260 --> 00:16:05,060 because as he would interpret the dream, 278 00:16:05,060 --> 00:16:08,140 then the king would begin to realize and understand 279 00:16:08,140 --> 00:16:12,060 what was taking place, actually. 280 00:16:12,060 --> 00:16:20,660 So Daniel, chapter 2, verses 17 through 19, 281 00:16:20,660 --> 00:16:22,940 then Daniel went to his house. 282 00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:29,420 King, give me a night to consult God. 283 00:16:29,420 --> 00:16:35,460 I think that example shows us that we should take our time 284 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:39,380 before making rash decisions. 285 00:16:39,380 --> 00:16:44,260 Do you make a decision quickly, or do you 286 00:16:44,260 --> 00:16:48,180 ponder it and think it through? 287 00:16:48,180 --> 00:16:52,020 I think a lot of times when we respond quickly, 288 00:16:52,020 --> 00:16:55,980 let me just say that when Michael Gentry responds quickly, 289 00:16:55,980 --> 00:16:59,740 sometimes I get myself in trouble. 290 00:16:59,740 --> 00:17:03,900 I am sometimes kind of impatient. 291 00:17:03,900 --> 00:17:08,260 I like things to happen and they're quick. 292 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:10,380 That's just who I am. 293 00:17:10,380 --> 00:17:16,500 But he asked for a night, and then he did something. 294 00:17:16,500 --> 00:17:19,700 He went and made the things known to Hananiah, 295 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:23,460 Michiel, and Azariah, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, 296 00:17:23,460 --> 00:17:26,100 their names, that they would desire 297 00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:30,100 of the mercies of God of heaven. 298 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:34,940 Daniel went and called a prayer meeting. 299 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:38,980 Hey, guys, we're going to pray. 300 00:17:38,980 --> 00:17:41,820 And we're going to pray, and we're 301 00:17:41,820 --> 00:17:46,220 going to ask for the mercies of God of heaven concerning 302 00:17:46,220 --> 00:17:49,340 this secret that Daniel and his fellows should not 303 00:17:49,340 --> 00:17:54,660 perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 304 00:17:54,660 --> 00:17:58,420 And so then was the secret reveal unto Daniel 305 00:17:58,420 --> 00:18:00,100 in a night vision. 306 00:18:00,100 --> 00:18:05,260 Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 307 00:18:05,260 --> 00:18:07,020 So they prayed. 308 00:18:09,980 --> 00:18:15,420 When you pray, do you believe? 309 00:18:15,420 --> 00:18:18,860 The Bible says praying, believing. 310 00:18:18,860 --> 00:18:21,020 When you pray, do you believe? 311 00:18:21,020 --> 00:18:24,460 Or do you pray, just Lord, help me in this mess? 312 00:18:24,460 --> 00:18:27,300 Or do you pray, Lord, help me in this mess 313 00:18:27,300 --> 00:18:29,500 because I need a direction. 314 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:31,020 I need an answer. 315 00:18:31,020 --> 00:18:34,940 Help me to formulate the right answer, the right opinion, 316 00:18:34,940 --> 00:18:36,700 the right move. 317 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:41,140 And let me do it per your word. 318 00:18:41,140 --> 00:18:44,780 Help me to stay in line with what you want me to do. 319 00:18:44,780 --> 00:18:46,220 And so they prayed. 320 00:18:46,220 --> 00:18:50,460 And then when they prayed, believing, God answered. 321 00:18:50,460 --> 00:18:57,020 Daniel was a man of God, and he knew where to go for help. 322 00:18:57,020 --> 00:19:02,780 So notice the wisdom in praying. 323 00:19:02,780 --> 00:19:05,940 Daniel asked his three friends to pray with him 324 00:19:05,940 --> 00:19:08,940 that God would show mercy and reveal 325 00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:10,660 the mystery of the king's dream. 326 00:19:14,140 --> 00:19:16,460 Daniel himself prayed. 327 00:19:16,460 --> 00:19:19,860 He didn't just go to some, he prayed with me. 328 00:19:19,860 --> 00:19:23,340 He prayed himself. 329 00:19:23,340 --> 00:19:27,020 He expected God to answer. 330 00:19:27,020 --> 00:19:31,980 And lastly, he praised God for answered prayer. 331 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:40,620 When you pray, believe. 332 00:19:40,620 --> 00:19:44,140 And all that sounds almost like some of the televangelists, 333 00:19:44,140 --> 00:19:47,820 more the name and claimant theology. 334 00:19:47,820 --> 00:19:50,260 And I'm not going there, but there 335 00:19:50,260 --> 00:19:52,260 are some truths of scripture that we 336 00:19:52,260 --> 00:19:55,820 have to understand without taking it out of context. 337 00:19:55,820 --> 00:19:58,700 That there is those signs in our lives 338 00:19:58,700 --> 00:20:02,420 that we should pray believing. 339 00:20:02,420 --> 00:20:06,060 Not pray believing that I'm going to get a million dollar 340 00:20:06,060 --> 00:20:11,500 house, because that's a whole other bunch of complications. 341 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:14,660 Because if he gave you that house for a million dollars, 342 00:20:14,660 --> 00:20:15,780 you have to pay taxes. 343 00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:20,980 Do you have enough to cover the taxes in the engine? 344 00:20:20,980 --> 00:20:25,940 I mean, so pray believing in the right context of what 345 00:20:25,940 --> 00:20:29,980 God would be able to do in my life in regards 346 00:20:29,980 --> 00:20:34,020 to an answered prayer. 347 00:20:34,020 --> 00:20:42,140 I have two brothers in Christ. 348 00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:43,180 One's a pastor. 349 00:20:43,180 --> 00:20:51,140 And I'm praying for their salvation. 350 00:20:54,260 --> 00:20:59,100 Because I don't think that I've heard them preach and teach. 351 00:20:59,100 --> 00:21:02,220 And I just shake my head and go, oh, 352 00:21:02,220 --> 00:21:07,180 you can't be saved seeing stuff like that. 353 00:21:07,180 --> 00:21:10,020 I remember he told me one time, maybe the Lord 354 00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:14,700 will open your eyes one day. 355 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:18,940 But I'm praying, believing that they would get saved. 356 00:21:18,940 --> 00:21:21,980 He's a powerful preacher. 357 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:24,780 But there's something missing in his message. 358 00:21:24,780 --> 00:21:27,100 And that something that is missing 359 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:30,420 is a lordship of Jesus Christ. 360 00:21:30,420 --> 00:21:35,380 Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin. 361 00:21:35,380 --> 00:21:39,540 You just can't claim this prosperity gospel 362 00:21:39,540 --> 00:21:41,380 and everything's going to be OK. 363 00:21:41,380 --> 00:21:45,100 And your life is going to be just so simple and so much better. 364 00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:46,820 And he's fallen into that trap. 365 00:21:49,660 --> 00:21:52,140 And I'm praying for him. 366 00:21:52,140 --> 00:21:56,620 And I'm believing that they're going to come to Christ. 367 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:03,820 There's another lady that I know. 368 00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:06,540 I'm praying, believing that she will come 369 00:22:06,540 --> 00:22:10,700 into a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. 370 00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:16,540 And I have to actively pray and go to the throne of God 371 00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:21,340 and beg and beseech and ask him for their salvation, 372 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:26,620 but more than anything, that the door for me to witness 373 00:22:26,620 --> 00:22:29,540 might be open so that I can come to them 374 00:22:29,540 --> 00:22:34,740 and I can share with them about the saving grace of Jesus 375 00:22:34,740 --> 00:22:39,540 and that it is not what I own and what I get out of religion, 376 00:22:39,540 --> 00:22:44,580 but it's what God can do through me because of Christ. 377 00:22:44,580 --> 00:22:45,380 It is nothing. 378 00:22:45,380 --> 00:22:50,020 I mean, God can bless you and bless me with things, 379 00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:53,740 but it's not the things I should look at and say, oh, 380 00:22:53,740 --> 00:23:02,380 God is so good because it's not this, it's this. 381 00:23:02,380 --> 00:23:05,980 God is good because he loved a sinner like me. 382 00:23:05,980 --> 00:23:07,300 No good rotten sinner. 383 00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:14,060 I was a preacher's kid. 384 00:23:14,060 --> 00:23:16,780 And the church says, amen. 385 00:23:16,780 --> 00:23:20,100 Preacher's kids were the nicest and best kids in any church. 386 00:23:22,540 --> 00:23:25,420 At least when I was growing up, preacher's kids kind of had it 387 00:23:25,420 --> 00:23:31,980 made, but it wasn't until one day my dad stood 388 00:23:31,980 --> 00:23:35,820 in the pulpit and he gave the message of salvation 389 00:23:35,820 --> 00:23:39,100 and it hit me. 390 00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:44,340 And he said, if you're not safe, you are going to hell forever 391 00:23:44,340 --> 00:23:48,300 and you will burn in hell forever. 392 00:23:48,300 --> 00:23:51,580 That did something to me. 393 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:54,100 You mean I won't get to heaven because I'm the preacher? 394 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:55,420 I'm Reverend Gentry's boy. 395 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:01,580 And all the sisters in the church treated all us boys 396 00:24:01,580 --> 00:24:04,260 really nice. 397 00:24:04,260 --> 00:24:06,900 They did. 398 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:12,420 But I was a long way from the glory of God and from salvation. 399 00:24:16,260 --> 00:24:17,620 This is for everybody. 400 00:24:17,620 --> 00:24:21,700 What are the benefits of praying with others? 401 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:24,260 One answer from this side, one answer from this side, 402 00:24:24,260 --> 00:24:29,420 one answer from this side, and four answers from over here. 403 00:24:29,420 --> 00:24:33,620 Now, what are the benefits of praying with others? 404 00:24:33,620 --> 00:24:35,340 Anyone? 405 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:37,740 How does it benefit me to pray with others? 406 00:24:37,740 --> 00:24:39,020 And how does it benefit them? 407 00:24:43,780 --> 00:24:44,780 Yes, sir? 408 00:24:44,780 --> 00:24:47,900 Strengthing numbers. 409 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:48,900 Strengthing numbers? 410 00:24:53,140 --> 00:24:54,420 Strength in numbers. 411 00:24:54,420 --> 00:24:57,420 Daniel could have just prayed by himself, 412 00:24:57,420 --> 00:24:59,660 but he decided to do what? 413 00:24:59,660 --> 00:25:01,140 Get his friends. 414 00:25:01,140 --> 00:25:02,740 And they prayed together. 415 00:25:02,740 --> 00:25:04,740 Strength in numbers. 416 00:25:04,740 --> 00:25:10,420 Or in other words, they were all of one spirit. 417 00:25:10,420 --> 00:25:14,420 One Lord, one baptism, one spirit. 418 00:25:14,420 --> 00:25:16,380 Why else is it good for us? 419 00:25:16,380 --> 00:25:20,620 What are some benefits of praying with others? 420 00:25:20,620 --> 00:25:24,100 Yes, the encouragement. 421 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:29,420 The encouragement that it's not just me, 422 00:25:29,420 --> 00:25:31,940 that it's somebody else that has needs, 423 00:25:31,940 --> 00:25:33,980 and somebody else that has hurts, 424 00:25:33,980 --> 00:25:36,740 and it's somebody else that is being misunderstood, 425 00:25:36,740 --> 00:25:38,220 and it's somebody else that it just 426 00:25:38,220 --> 00:25:40,180 seems like every time you turn around, 427 00:25:40,180 --> 00:25:43,140 something is going wrong. 428 00:25:43,140 --> 00:25:45,780 But it's not just me. 429 00:25:45,780 --> 00:25:48,060 There's a lot more people in this world 430 00:25:48,060 --> 00:25:52,340 are dealing with stuff that would blow your mind. 431 00:25:52,340 --> 00:25:55,540 Like Pastor goes, pfft. 432 00:25:55,540 --> 00:25:56,660 It would blow your mind. 433 00:25:56,660 --> 00:25:58,940 So what are the benefits of praying with a touch? 434 00:25:58,940 --> 00:26:03,300 It has to do with that fellowship, that being one 435 00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:06,860 in the spirit, being an encouragement with each other, 436 00:26:06,860 --> 00:26:13,540 to edify, to build somebody up is what the Lord wants us to do. 437 00:26:13,540 --> 00:26:15,500 And when we are doing His will, there's 438 00:26:15,500 --> 00:26:18,860 going to be blessings from that. 439 00:26:18,860 --> 00:26:21,340 But when I see another brother assist in Christ, 440 00:26:21,340 --> 00:26:24,900 that says that we'll share the tear over where they are, 441 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:29,140 and what's going on in their life, 442 00:26:29,140 --> 00:26:33,660 then it's like I've taught this many times. 443 00:26:33,660 --> 00:26:37,260 When someone says, they can just look at someone, 444 00:26:37,260 --> 00:26:40,660 says, I know what you're feeling. 445 00:26:40,660 --> 00:26:46,020 And just that I know what you're feeling is just like, oh, 446 00:26:46,020 --> 00:26:47,500 they get it. 447 00:26:47,500 --> 00:26:51,500 That person understands what I'm dealing with. 448 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:54,620 And you didn't say a word about what it was you were dealing 449 00:26:54,620 --> 00:26:58,140 with, but just because the Spirit of God 450 00:26:58,140 --> 00:27:07,620 is able to meet with me, commune with me, and teach me, 451 00:27:07,620 --> 00:27:11,980 oh, I have a joy that is unspeakable. 452 00:27:11,980 --> 00:27:19,100 Now, many people treat the Lord like a vending machine. 453 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:22,580 They don't pray until an emergency comes, 454 00:27:22,580 --> 00:27:25,980 or they have a want, or they have a need, or they re- 455 00:27:25,980 --> 00:27:29,660 oh, I remember I haven't prayed in a while. 456 00:27:29,660 --> 00:27:33,060 When we were in Japan, we went there a few times, 457 00:27:33,060 --> 00:27:38,580 one thing that just blew me away was the vending machines. 458 00:27:38,580 --> 00:27:44,460 They were everywhere in neighborhoods, street corners, 459 00:27:44,460 --> 00:27:47,660 bus stops, train stations. 460 00:27:47,660 --> 00:27:51,060 And you could have a full course meal out 461 00:27:51,060 --> 00:27:53,260 of these vending machines. 462 00:27:53,260 --> 00:27:56,220 I mean, they sold it all in vending machines. 463 00:27:56,220 --> 00:27:57,700 And it was really amazing. 464 00:27:57,700 --> 00:27:59,780 My little grandkids, when they were like this, 465 00:27:59,780 --> 00:28:01,620 would go to the vending machine. 466 00:28:01,620 --> 00:28:04,700 And they could operate those things like crazy. 467 00:28:04,700 --> 00:28:07,220 And I got hooked on, I didn't get hooked on. 468 00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:09,100 Excuse me, that's probably not right. 469 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:14,900 I really, really, really liked the coffee that they sold, 470 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:19,420 and came in the can, and it was hot. 471 00:28:19,420 --> 00:28:20,980 Hot coffee. 472 00:28:20,980 --> 00:28:23,580 It was, it's amazing. 473 00:28:23,580 --> 00:28:25,100 God is amazing. 474 00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:27,020 God can meet all our needs. 475 00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:30,140 But he's never going to be at our beck and call 476 00:28:30,140 --> 00:28:34,260 to just put in a quarter, or put in a token, thank you, 477 00:28:34,260 --> 00:28:36,180 Lord, or put in that. 478 00:28:36,180 --> 00:28:39,060 That's not what he desires from us. 479 00:28:41,140 --> 00:28:45,700 Luke, chapter 17, verses 12 through 19. 480 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:48,660 I'm going to go there real quickly. 481 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,660 I'm hurrying, Brother Dave. 482 00:28:50,660 --> 00:29:05,140 1712. And as he entered into a certain village, 483 00:29:05,140 --> 00:29:12,620 there met him 10 men that were lepers who had stood afar off. 484 00:29:12,620 --> 00:29:15,860 And they lifted up their voices and said, Jesus, Master, 485 00:29:15,860 --> 00:29:17,700 have mercy on us. 486 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:20,420 And when he saw them, he said unto them, 487 00:29:20,420 --> 00:29:23,220 go show yourselves unto the priest. 488 00:29:23,220 --> 00:29:28,420 And he came to pass that as they went, get this, as they went, 489 00:29:28,420 --> 00:29:31,220 they were clean. 490 00:29:31,220 --> 00:29:36,020 They were cleansed just by obeying the master's command. 491 00:29:36,020 --> 00:29:39,220 Go to the priest. 492 00:29:39,220 --> 00:29:41,300 Go show yourselves unto the priest. 493 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:45,100 They went, and as they went, they were cleansed. 494 00:29:45,100 --> 00:29:51,460 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back. 495 00:29:51,460 --> 00:29:54,820 And with a loud voice, glorified God. 496 00:29:54,820 --> 00:29:59,100 And fell down at his face, at his feet, giving him thanks. 497 00:29:59,100 --> 00:30:00,220 He was a Samaritan. 498 00:30:00,220 --> 00:30:04,580 And Jesus answering, say it, were there not 10 cleansed, 499 00:30:04,580 --> 00:30:06,460 but where are the nine? 500 00:30:06,460 --> 00:30:09,940 They are not found that return to give glory to God, 501 00:30:09,940 --> 00:30:13,740 save this stranger. 502 00:30:13,740 --> 00:30:17,900 And he was showing them and showing us the whole idea 503 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:25,580 that sometimes the blessings can take our minds off the blesser. 504 00:30:25,580 --> 00:30:28,100 And though they were cleansed by Jesus, 505 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:32,660 who gave them that cleansing, they forgot. 506 00:30:32,660 --> 00:30:35,900 The many did not come back to do that. 507 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:40,700 So Daniel and his friends got together. 508 00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:42,340 They prayed. 509 00:30:42,340 --> 00:30:44,140 They communed together. 510 00:30:44,140 --> 00:30:45,500 They departed. 511 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:47,100 They went to sleep. 512 00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:54,420 It was, I wonder, I bet they slept pretty good. 513 00:30:54,420 --> 00:31:00,100 But can you imagine all the astrologers, the magicians, 514 00:31:00,100 --> 00:31:04,180 the Chaldeans, they knew that the next day their lives were going 515 00:31:04,180 --> 00:31:07,020 to be taken away from them. 516 00:31:07,020 --> 00:31:09,820 But these four men slept really well. 517 00:31:09,820 --> 00:31:18,100 Okay? Then was a secret reveal unto Daniel in a night vision. 518 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,220 God came in the vision. 519 00:31:20,220 --> 00:31:26,860 Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 520 00:31:26,860 --> 00:31:35,140 When God answers your prayer, sometimes I'll have to admit, 521 00:31:35,140 --> 00:31:40,060 I have been like, whoa, whoa. 522 00:31:40,060 --> 00:31:46,020 And deep down inside, I'm thinking to myself, I can't, 523 00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:48,660 I can't. 524 00:31:48,660 --> 00:31:51,420 God blessed. 525 00:31:51,420 --> 00:31:54,780 And then it's almost like, whoa. 526 00:31:54,780 --> 00:31:59,940 And now that reminds me of what Carlos Hasus said to me 527 00:31:59,940 --> 00:32:04,540 in Wyoming back in 1979. 528 00:32:04,540 --> 00:32:07,300 He asked me one day, he walked to me and said, hey, Gentry. 529 00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:09,340 I said, yeah, what is it? 530 00:32:09,340 --> 00:32:11,380 He said, how's God been good? 531 00:32:11,380 --> 00:32:13,820 How's God been to you? 532 00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:18,380 I thought, I said, well, he's been good. 533 00:32:18,380 --> 00:32:23,660 He said, how else could he be? 534 00:32:23,660 --> 00:32:28,340 Oh, I thought, yeah, how else could he be? 535 00:32:28,340 --> 00:32:30,820 God is good, amen? 536 00:32:30,820 --> 00:32:31,460 All right. 537 00:32:31,460 --> 00:32:35,020 So Daniel chapter 2, verses 20 through 23, 538 00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:39,940 Daniel answered and said, bless be the name of God forever 539 00:32:39,940 --> 00:32:44,940 and ever for wisdom and might are his. 540 00:32:44,940 --> 00:32:48,300 And he changed the times and the seasons. 541 00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:52,140 He removed with kings and set us up kings. 542 00:32:52,140 --> 00:32:55,220 He'd give wisdom and to the wise and knowledge to them 543 00:32:55,220 --> 00:32:56,740 that no understanding. 544 00:32:56,740 --> 00:33:00,100 He revealed the deep and secret things. 545 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:07,180 He knoweth what is in darkness and the light dwelleth in him. 546 00:33:07,180 --> 00:33:09,660 I could take that, boy, that would be a good place 547 00:33:09,660 --> 00:33:12,060 to just kind of stop and park for a little while. 548 00:33:12,060 --> 00:33:15,140 He revealed the deep and secret things. 549 00:33:15,140 --> 00:33:18,380 He knoweth what is in the darkness. 550 00:33:18,380 --> 00:33:21,500 Man, we are living in times, it's perilous times 551 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:22,820 and there are dark times. 552 00:33:22,820 --> 00:33:26,340 There are things going on in this world that is just, 553 00:33:26,340 --> 00:33:30,700 it makes us as believers go, what in the world are some people 554 00:33:30,700 --> 00:33:31,700 thinking? 555 00:33:34,020 --> 00:33:36,980 But we know the truth of what's going on 556 00:33:36,980 --> 00:33:44,780 because we are children of light because in him dwelleth light 557 00:33:44,780 --> 00:33:47,500 and because of that light that's dwelling in him, 558 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:50,220 I have partaken of that. 559 00:33:50,220 --> 00:33:53,700 So I thank thee and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, 560 00:33:53,700 --> 00:34:00,820 who has given me wisdom and might and has made known unto me 561 00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:03,300 now what we desire to thee. 562 00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:08,540 Thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter. 563 00:34:08,540 --> 00:34:14,620 God has turned everything around and now Daniel can do nothing 564 00:34:14,620 --> 00:34:18,500 but praise him for what he's done. 565 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:23,980 So what do you appreciate about Daniel's prayer of praise? 566 00:34:23,980 --> 00:34:27,740 What do you appreciate about Daniel's prayer of praise? 567 00:34:27,740 --> 00:34:28,860 Anyone? 568 00:34:28,860 --> 00:34:30,700 You think about his prayer of praise. 569 00:34:34,020 --> 00:34:35,220 It's the proper response. 570 00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:40,340 There's many other things he could have said and done, 571 00:34:40,340 --> 00:34:43,740 but he gave the proper response and that was the praise God 572 00:34:43,740 --> 00:34:46,140 for who he was, what he was doing, 573 00:34:46,140 --> 00:34:48,820 and how he was able to save his people. 574 00:34:54,500 --> 00:35:00,340 So notice the worship in prayer after he prayed and after God 575 00:35:00,340 --> 00:35:05,340 revealed him to that, revealed the information to him Daniel 576 00:35:05,340 --> 00:35:08,220 worshipped and he praised God for who he was. 577 00:35:08,220 --> 00:35:09,980 Daniel glorified God. 578 00:35:09,980 --> 00:35:13,940 Lord had done what the so-called gods of Babylon 579 00:35:13,940 --> 00:35:16,100 were powerless to do. 580 00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:20,660 He revealed the mystery to Daniel 581 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:24,620 and they are exemplified in God's omniatributes, 582 00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:27,740 his omnipresence, his omnipotence in this omnipresence. 583 00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:37,740 God was before before and he would be after after, 584 00:35:37,740 --> 00:35:40,020 but he's always present. 585 00:35:40,020 --> 00:35:40,780 That's pretty cool. 586 00:35:43,380 --> 00:35:49,380 And he has all the power in his hands. 587 00:35:49,380 --> 00:35:57,180 I watched a little mini documentary series on Elon Musk 588 00:35:57,180 --> 00:36:00,780 and what it took for him to develop that rocket that 589 00:36:00,780 --> 00:36:04,260 was able to get us back into orbit again. 590 00:36:04,260 --> 00:36:06,060 And I was so fascinated with that. 591 00:36:06,060 --> 00:36:08,780 But the thing that fascinated me more than anything else 592 00:36:08,780 --> 00:36:10,460 is they came to the point and they said, 593 00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:12,820 we've got to develop this thing, but we 594 00:36:12,820 --> 00:36:16,860 want to not spend the money on those fuel tanks that just 595 00:36:16,860 --> 00:36:20,660 go up and drop into the sea and just waste the money. 596 00:36:20,660 --> 00:36:23,740 And so they decided to start testing rockets that 597 00:36:23,740 --> 00:36:32,220 would go up in the air and then come back and land. 598 00:36:32,220 --> 00:36:35,580 And I thought, no way. 599 00:36:35,580 --> 00:36:37,380 But then I start seeing them and what 600 00:36:37,380 --> 00:36:40,420 they were doing to try to bring all that together. 601 00:36:40,420 --> 00:36:44,540 And the power in these engines to do what they did, 602 00:36:44,540 --> 00:36:47,540 to come back into orbit and then to come down 603 00:36:47,540 --> 00:36:52,260 and to sit on the ground, it was pretty interesting. 604 00:36:52,260 --> 00:36:58,700 But that has that much of the power of God. 605 00:37:01,140 --> 00:37:03,620 I mean, that's phenomenal, yes. 606 00:37:03,620 --> 00:37:07,340 But it doesn't touch the power that God has. 607 00:37:07,340 --> 00:37:10,900 Now, Daniel chapter 2, verses 27 through 29, 608 00:37:10,900 --> 00:37:14,100 Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, 609 00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:17,740 the secret which the king hath demanded 610 00:37:17,740 --> 00:37:22,420 cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, 611 00:37:22,420 --> 00:37:25,980 and the suit sayers show unto the king. 612 00:37:25,980 --> 00:37:28,300 And at that point, I can imagine the king saying, well, 613 00:37:28,300 --> 00:37:30,620 yeah, that's right. 614 00:37:30,620 --> 00:37:36,820 But then Daniel says, but there is a God in heaven 615 00:37:36,820 --> 00:37:41,420 that reveal its secrets and make it known to the king, 616 00:37:41,420 --> 00:37:45,460 nebbi shet nezor, whoshel be in the latter days thy dream 617 00:37:45,460 --> 00:37:50,700 and thy visions of thy head upon thy dead. 618 00:37:50,700 --> 00:37:54,100 The God of heaven revealeth those secrets. 619 00:37:54,100 --> 00:37:56,300 And he is going to make known these things. 620 00:37:56,300 --> 00:38:02,420 And so Daniel and I don't know if Daniel and the four other men 621 00:38:02,420 --> 00:38:05,060 were with him at this time, but Daniel 622 00:38:05,060 --> 00:38:08,260 is making this proclamation to King Nebbi Shet Nezor 623 00:38:08,260 --> 00:38:09,820 at that time. 624 00:38:09,820 --> 00:38:12,900 And so notice the witness of the prayer warriors 625 00:38:12,900 --> 00:38:14,620 that come together here. 626 00:38:14,620 --> 00:38:17,900 And so we look at what Daniel was able to do 627 00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:21,660 and come before the king and say that the secret has now 628 00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:24,300 been revealed. 629 00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:25,340 And here it is. 630 00:38:25,340 --> 00:38:27,660 And so he's able to let them know about that. 631 00:38:27,660 --> 00:38:32,020 So notice the witness of the prayer warriors. 632 00:38:32,020 --> 00:38:33,780 And so when we think about that, we 633 00:38:33,780 --> 00:38:35,380 have to ask ourselves this question. 634 00:38:35,380 --> 00:38:40,300 What are some things that our group, us tonight, 635 00:38:40,300 --> 00:38:46,780 can acknowledge and praise God for today? 636 00:38:46,780 --> 00:38:52,380 What can we praise him for today? 637 00:38:52,380 --> 00:38:55,460 Is there any blessings? 638 00:38:55,460 --> 00:38:57,740 Is there any praise? 639 00:38:57,740 --> 00:38:59,620 It seems like it's such a terrible thing 640 00:38:59,620 --> 00:39:01,940 when we look at our southern border. 641 00:39:01,940 --> 00:39:06,140 But can God use that for good? 642 00:39:06,140 --> 00:39:10,020 Can you see any good coming out of that? 643 00:39:10,020 --> 00:39:13,220 I can. 644 00:39:13,220 --> 00:39:18,660 I can. Those people here in America, 645 00:39:18,660 --> 00:39:20,380 they can get exposed to the gospel. 646 00:39:23,620 --> 00:39:25,140 And they're standing there wanting 647 00:39:25,140 --> 00:39:28,380 to come in from all corners of the world by the hundreds, 648 00:39:28,380 --> 00:39:29,740 by the thousands. 649 00:39:29,740 --> 00:39:31,820 And they want to come over here. 650 00:39:31,820 --> 00:39:34,980 And there are going to be some people in some churches 651 00:39:34,980 --> 00:39:38,180 that are going to reach out to these people. 652 00:39:38,180 --> 00:39:41,260 We might be one of those that a bus may pull up 653 00:39:41,260 --> 00:39:46,140 in the city of Finley, and about 15 or 16 immigrants 654 00:39:46,140 --> 00:39:48,020 would come on board. 655 00:39:48,020 --> 00:39:51,220 And where could we minister to them 656 00:39:51,220 --> 00:39:53,980 to bring to them a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ? 657 00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:00,540 There are things that could happen 658 00:40:00,540 --> 00:40:03,820 that we maybe hadn't got outside of the box 659 00:40:03,820 --> 00:40:07,740 and looked at it from a biblical spiritual perspective. 660 00:40:07,740 --> 00:40:12,340 It's so easy to get caught up in what this media says 661 00:40:12,340 --> 00:40:14,780 or what that media says or what these people believe 662 00:40:14,780 --> 00:40:16,100 or what they don't believe. 663 00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:19,740 But there are some good things that can come about 664 00:40:19,740 --> 00:40:20,740 because of that. 665 00:40:24,820 --> 00:40:27,380 It just floors me sometimes when people say, 666 00:40:27,380 --> 00:40:30,780 oh, the United States is such a terrible place. 667 00:40:30,780 --> 00:40:32,460 Why does everybody want to come here? 668 00:40:32,460 --> 00:40:36,500 God has blessed America. 669 00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:41,180 But America could be on the cusp of his judgment too. 670 00:40:43,860 --> 00:40:48,860 And so we praise him for what he's doing in our lives. 671 00:40:49,940 --> 00:40:53,500 We don't understand what's happening in Congress. 672 00:40:53,500 --> 00:40:56,340 We can't understand some of the things that's happening, 673 00:40:56,340 --> 00:40:57,940 but God does. 674 00:40:57,940 --> 00:41:00,740 And he is going to prepare a people 675 00:41:00,740 --> 00:41:03,340 that is going to be able to meet the needs 676 00:41:03,340 --> 00:41:05,580 and be able to have an answer for those 677 00:41:05,580 --> 00:41:09,140 who are going to look for those answers that we have. 678 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:12,180 And it's not a selfish thing. 679 00:41:12,180 --> 00:41:16,620 I have an answer to someone who doesn't have salvation 680 00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:17,580 in Christ. 681 00:41:18,740 --> 00:41:23,420 You have an answer and we can share that answer with him. 682 00:41:23,420 --> 00:41:25,780 And so what are some things our group can acknowledge 683 00:41:25,780 --> 00:41:31,300 and praise God for that he's still sovereign. 684 00:41:31,300 --> 00:41:35,340 He's still loving and forgiving. 685 00:41:35,340 --> 00:41:37,500 He's patient. 686 00:41:37,500 --> 00:41:40,580 Oh, when I think about his patience, 687 00:41:40,580 --> 00:41:41,420 I think about me. 688 00:41:41,420 --> 00:41:45,700 I go, praise you, Lord. 689 00:41:45,700 --> 00:41:48,180 Many's good. 690 00:41:48,180 --> 00:41:52,140 And so we as prayer warriors, as we come together tonight 691 00:41:52,140 --> 00:41:56,660 and we lift up and we look at the sicknesses 692 00:41:56,660 --> 00:41:57,780 that are out there. 693 00:41:59,340 --> 00:42:00,220 I'm reminded. 694 00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:07,460 Jesus went to this family whose daughter had just passed away 695 00:42:07,460 --> 00:42:09,740 and the professional mourners were there 696 00:42:09,740 --> 00:42:12,380 and they were going on and on. 697 00:42:12,380 --> 00:42:15,060 And he comes, you know, she's not dead. 698 00:42:17,420 --> 00:42:18,620 Not dead. 699 00:42:18,620 --> 00:42:19,460 She is. 700 00:42:19,460 --> 00:42:22,220 Put him out. 701 00:42:22,220 --> 00:42:24,740 He raised this little girl from the dead. 702 00:42:28,660 --> 00:42:32,100 Lazarus died, but he got a chance to come back. 703 00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:34,020 She got a chance to come back. 704 00:42:35,660 --> 00:42:39,660 When we think of the departed dead ones, 705 00:42:39,660 --> 00:42:41,580 I think about my dad. 706 00:42:41,580 --> 00:42:43,060 He lived to be 98. 707 00:42:45,460 --> 00:42:46,740 Lived a long time. 708 00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:50,580 And I miss him so much. 709 00:42:52,580 --> 00:42:54,620 But he's in such a better place. 710 00:42:56,140 --> 00:43:01,140 So I'm told that there's a cloud of witnesses up there. 711 00:43:08,140 --> 00:43:10,740 And my mother's one of those that's in that cloud 712 00:43:10,740 --> 00:43:12,060 of witnesses up there. 713 00:43:12,060 --> 00:43:16,780 And maybe she's saying, you can do it. 714 00:43:16,780 --> 00:43:18,180 Stay strong. 715 00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:20,740 God can deliver. 716 00:43:20,740 --> 00:43:23,380 I think she would be rooting for me. 717 00:43:23,380 --> 00:43:26,580 I know I loved, I'm waiting to see her again, 718 00:43:26,580 --> 00:43:30,980 but I can acknowledge God for so many wonderful things 719 00:43:30,980 --> 00:43:35,420 that are taking place around us and through us. 720 00:43:35,420 --> 00:43:38,820 And we have to be very, very, very cautious 721 00:43:38,820 --> 00:43:42,540 of that very thing and do our best. 722 00:43:42,540 --> 00:43:46,380 Our prayers do make a difference. 723 00:43:47,980 --> 00:43:51,100 If you don't get anything out of the night, 724 00:43:51,100 --> 00:43:52,900 take that away. 725 00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:56,900 Our prayers do make a difference. 726 00:43:58,500 --> 00:44:03,500 And our prayer should be the first and not the last, 727 00:44:03,500 --> 00:44:05,940 and not our last resort. 728 00:44:05,940 --> 00:44:10,540 I ought to be able to want to go to him first, 729 00:44:10,540 --> 00:44:13,300 no matter what, anything that happens in my life 730 00:44:13,300 --> 00:44:18,020 because he has the answer and he has the ability 731 00:44:18,020 --> 00:44:21,060 to deliver and he is willing. 732 00:44:22,300 --> 00:44:27,300 The Bible says that if I ask anything according to his name, 733 00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:28,820 that he hears me. 734 00:44:28,820 --> 00:44:30,060 He hears me. 735 00:44:30,060 --> 00:44:32,100 He's listening to me. 736 00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:35,220 But he also says that, as the scripture tells us 737 00:44:35,220 --> 00:44:37,700 that if we regard him iniquity in our heart, 738 00:44:37,700 --> 00:44:39,300 he won't hear us. 739 00:44:39,300 --> 00:44:42,340 So tonight we have this opportunity to come together 740 00:44:42,340 --> 00:44:46,580 and to praise him, but also ask him to forgive us 741 00:44:46,580 --> 00:44:49,900 of our sins of whom we stray, and we can repent of that, 742 00:44:49,900 --> 00:44:52,620 and we can have our fellowship renewed with him. 743 00:44:52,620 --> 00:44:55,700 We can come together in groups of twos, of threes, 744 00:44:55,700 --> 00:44:58,820 of whatever we have, and we can raise our hands up 745 00:44:58,820 --> 00:45:03,060 to the Lord and thank him for what he's done for us 746 00:45:03,060 --> 00:45:06,820 and praise him for the example that he's given through Daniel 747 00:45:06,820 --> 00:45:09,900 and just be excited about who he is 748 00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:12,540 and what he can do in our lives. 749 00:45:12,540 --> 00:45:17,540 That is some exciting things that we have to hold to. 750 00:45:18,100 --> 00:45:23,100 And so tonight our prayers do make a difference 751 00:45:23,860 --> 00:45:28,420 and prayer should be our first and not our last resort. 752 00:45:29,300 --> 00:45:31,500 So that is, we're gonna close in prayer now, 753 00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:33,580 and I just asked you, remember these things 754 00:45:33,580 --> 00:45:38,580 that we discussed tonight, of how praying together, 755 00:45:39,260 --> 00:45:42,260 how Daniel sought out the prayers of his friends 756 00:45:42,260 --> 00:45:45,260 and how they came together and how God answered their prayer 757 00:45:45,260 --> 00:45:47,580 and he's more than willing and ready and able 758 00:45:47,580 --> 00:45:50,780 to hear our prayers and answer our prayers. 759 00:45:50,780 --> 00:46:02,300 Father, we thank you.