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There may be a portion of scripture that has

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a special meaning for you because of some experience

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in your life. But for years, maybe it's because

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I have had so many battles to fight. You know,

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I'm very conscious of not only the power of God,

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presence of God. Oh, I know those promises are

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real. I know how real is the power of God. It's

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wonderful when you can take your problems and

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put those problems alongside of God's bigness,

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His greatness, His power. Those problems that

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seem so big to you just fade into insignificance.

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If I could just get you to see how great is the

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power of your Heavenly Father, you'd stop worrying.

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It would cast out all fear, all anxiety. But

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my friend, there is something that I pray with

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all of my heart that you shall realize today

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as never before, and that is the reality of His

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presence. That has meant more in my own personal

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life than perhaps any other thing in regards

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to my relationship as a child of the Heavenly

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Father. And... I read it over and over again.

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The sixth chapter of Second Kings. I do not believe

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that I have ever owned a Bible. But that was

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the first part that I have marked in red. It

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has meant that much to me. It was an experience

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that Elisha had. And I'll read only a portion

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of it. You read the entire incident yourself.

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Mark it in your own Bible. You may not need it

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today or tomorrow. You'll need it even as I have

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needed it. And it calls our attention to one

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of the most interesting events in the Old Testament.

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Elisha and his servant. you'll find one calm

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and steadfast, the other scared stiff. And he

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said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send

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and fetch him. And bestowed him, saying, Behold,

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he's in Piltham. Therefore sent he thither horses

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and carriots and a great host. And they came

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by night. and compassed the city about. And when

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the servant of the man of God was risen early,

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gone forth, behold, and host compassed the city

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both with horses and chariots. And his servant

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said unto him, that's unto Elisha, Alas, my master,

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how shall we do? What in the world can we do?

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Two. There are only two of us. And those that

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are against us are enemies. The mountains are

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filled with horses and chariots. We're licked

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before we even begin. Let's just put up the white

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flag. Let's put up our hands right now in surrender.

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We're licked. How often you've said that. How

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many times in your life have you said those very

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words? Mm -hmm. And he answered. It's Elisha

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answered and said, Fear not. Don't be frightened.

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Don't be afraid. For they that be with us are

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more than they that be with them. my goodness

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o life the servant might have said what do you

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mean elisha you've flipped your lid i see you

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you see me look at circumstances there you are

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you're just one human being here i am there's

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only one of me i'm scared i'm shaking so Don't

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depend on me. I'm so afraid. I, I, I, I. Oh,

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don't depend on me for any assistance. I'm so

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scared now I can't do anything. Let's face it.

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There are only two of us. And I'm not any help

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to you. And look. Look at the great army that's

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against us. A whole army. And yet you tell me

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not to be afraid. For they that be with us are

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more than they that be with them. And Elijah

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prayed. Oh, I like that. Elijah prayed. Instead

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of being afraid, instead of putting up the white

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flag, instead of putting up his hands in surrender,

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instead of being frustrated, Elijah prayed. prayed

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and said, Lord, and here he comes, the one who

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has all power in heaven and earth, I pray thee,

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open his eyes that he may see. Now, wouldn't

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one have thought that if Elijah was going to

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do any praying at all, he would have looked up

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and said, Dear God, help us. Oh! Help us. I want

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to pause right now and say something that's vitally

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important. And that is the fact that when you

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are desperate, and how often I have had folk

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who have come for healing, and they've stood

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right before me, and in desperation have said,

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God, heal me. Oh, please. And it isn't long before

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they get so loud in their praying. Help me. My

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friend, I just stop and wait until they get it

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all out of their system. I just wait. Then when

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they're all through, I look them directly in

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the face and say, Remember something. He's more

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willing to give you the desire of your heart

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than you are to receive. You don't have to tease

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and beg and plead and carry on. Just be still.

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Just realize his greatness. And then just simply...

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reach up and take from his giving hand. Knowing

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Elisha's circumstances, knowing that in the natural

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the two men were defeated, so far as the natural

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was concerned, one would have thought that when

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Elijah prayed under those circumstances, He would

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have done the thing that you have been doing

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all this time, that I have been doing for a long

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time until I learned the secret. Would have cried

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out, Oh, God, help us. Help us, dear God. But

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he didn't. When Elisha prayed, he took his eyes

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off of circumstances, knowing that the victory

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was... already theirs. That confidence. That

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complete trust. That's it. And only the Lord

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can make you see it. Only the Holy Spirit can

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get you to see it. We talk so much about faith.

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In the final analysis, I don't think any of us

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really had the answer to faith. That's the reason

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I don't preach on it very much. The older I get

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in The more that I know about the things of God,

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the less I understand about faith. But I can

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talk to you about confidence. I can talk to you

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about trust. I know what that is. Here is one

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of the greatest examples of it that I know anything

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about. This is absolutely one of the greatest

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examples of confidence that I have ever seen.

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Elijah prayed and said, Lord, I pray thee, open

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his eyes that he may see. Lord, I know. I know

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you're there. I've got confidence that you're

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going to give us deliverance. I know how great

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you are. But here's my... Poor servant. He's

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so human. His eyes are on circumstances. His

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eyes are on the enemy. He's not able to see beyond

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his own fears. Open his eyes that he may see.

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And the Lord was right there. Elijah didn't have

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to scream and yell. I believe that... When he

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prayed those words, it was just a normal conversation.

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And the Lord was so close, he heard immediately.

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And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man,

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and he saw. Do you want to know what he saw when

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God opened his eyes? And behold, the mountain

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was full of horses and chariots of fire round

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about Elisha. That's the reason. Elisha could

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say, they that be with us are far greater than

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those of our enemy who are trying to destroy

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us. Do you understand? Why this portion of the

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Word of God means so much to me personally? How

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often in a moment when I might have gone down

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in defeat, I have just stood still and I've said,

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Catherine Kuhlman, if only for one minute the

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Lord could open your eyes. And you could see

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his protection. And you could see the host of

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angels encamped around about you. If you could

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only know with your own little puny limited intelligence

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that all of heaven is at your command, that he'll

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never let you down, he'll never let you down.

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He'll... never let you down. As long as you're

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faithful to him. Elisha knew he was the center

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of God's will. Elisha knew that he was being

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obedient to the Lord. If you can know the purpose,

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the motive in your own heart is right. If you

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can know that you're being obedient unto Him,

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if you know that you're living in the center

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of His will, you can also be assured of the fact

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that God will never, never, never let you down.

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Never! That is as sure as the person of Almighty

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God. I wish right now somehow, I wish I had it

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in my power to pray the prayer that Elisha prayed.

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I'd pray for each one of you. That little widow

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lady, that little hostess in that tea room, that

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little waitress in that cafeteria, that man who

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feels so defeated in his business affairs, that

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little mother right now who feels as though...

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The bottoms dropped out. That's somebody who's

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facing such a big problem in your life. That's

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somebody so worried. If only right now I could

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pray for you the same prayer that Elisha prayed

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for his servant. Dear God, I pray thee, open

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her eyes. Open his eyes. that he may see, that

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she may see. And in this moment, if the Lord

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would open your eyes and you could see how God

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is with you, for you, caring for you, having

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made provision for you, you would never shed

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a tear. You'd never. Spend a sleepless night.

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You would never go down in defeat. Never. For

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God's presence with his people is not merely

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a theory. It's a fact. He will not leave you

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in the eleventh hour. He will not fail to keep

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his word with you. He's not asleep. He... continues

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to work even while you sleep. I mean that. Kier

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was a king of Syria who would send a whole army

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after one of God's men. A whole army against

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one man. God's man. That was the greatest compliment

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that could have been paid. They say that Queen

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Mary of Scotland feared the prayers of John Knox

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more than she feared an entire army. Little mother,

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they may not admit it, but your unsaved children

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fear your prayers more than you ever did. Dream.

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They fear those prayers. They know that you know

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God. They know that God will answer prayer. Your

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own family trembles when they know you are praying.

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There's power in prayer. And there's just as

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much power in trust. And in confidence. Mm -hmm.

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Elisha didn't see circumstances. You take your

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eyes off of circumstances. That's the reason

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you're going down in defeat. Your eyes are on

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circumstances. This very moment. Get your eyes

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off of circumstances. Get your eyes off of that

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problem. Get your eyes off of yourself. Look

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up. Get your eyes on Jesus. Now. And behold,

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your mountain, too, will be full of horses and

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chariots of fire round about you. He is. Power

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and presence. God bless you.