WEBVTT 00:00:17.390 --> 00:00:18.390 back to your seats. We're going to go to the 00:00:18.390 --> 00:00:21.410 word of the Lord. What a great moment in God 00:00:21.410 --> 00:00:23.570 to hear God speak to some people about their 00:00:23.570 --> 00:00:26.510 future. Can you give the Lord another hand? He's 00:00:26.510 --> 00:00:31.989 awesome. Should we bring this down here? Oh, 00:00:31.989 --> 00:00:40.250 you want it up? Okay. Hallelujah. You know, it's 00:00:40.250 --> 00:00:44.609 wonderful to be able to have men of God that 00:00:44.609 --> 00:00:50.740 are And so for those of you that have been here 00:00:50.740 --> 00:00:54.060 a while and walked with me and Life Bible, you 00:00:54.060 --> 00:00:58.140 know Pastor Bob and you know Pastor Danny, that 00:00:58.140 --> 00:01:01.820 they operate not just in the prophetic, but that 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:04.739 there is a prophet mantle that rests over the 00:01:04.739 --> 00:01:11.040 years. And you can tell. I had no idea how accurate 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:16.019 those words are. Amazing. God bless you. Let's 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:18.219 welcome Pastor Danny as he comes and teaches 00:01:18.219 --> 00:01:20.359 us tonight. Come on, give him a big hand. Welcome 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:25.900 the man of God. Thank you. Love you. Praise God. 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.120 Praise the Lord. What an awesome honor to be 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:33.159 back. Amen. Thank you for having me back and 00:01:33.159 --> 00:01:36.030 I bring you greetings from my dear wife. who 00:01:36.030 --> 00:01:38.409 is home. She could not make this trip as well. 00:01:38.569 --> 00:01:41.569 I was hoping that she would be with me, but through 00:01:41.569 --> 00:01:43.909 the trips that we've made, she grew ill from 00:01:43.909 --> 00:01:46.849 her body, and we felt best for her to get some 00:01:46.849 --> 00:01:49.650 rest. So I didn't book her flight so she could 00:01:49.650 --> 00:01:51.670 come here. I wanted her to rest for the last 00:01:51.670 --> 00:01:54.890 few trips, and it's been so. She's recovering 00:01:54.890 --> 00:01:58.370 well, sends her love this way, and just recently 00:01:58.370 --> 00:02:02.129 had a great miracle. And we could tell she was 00:02:02.129 --> 00:02:04.650 depleted. Our back was giving her problems. And 00:02:04.650 --> 00:02:09.150 as we entered into this time of her being still 00:02:09.150 --> 00:02:12.789 and resting, she got hit with a bell palsy. For 00:02:12.789 --> 00:02:14.550 some of you who might know what that is, it's 00:02:14.550 --> 00:02:17.469 a paralysis of the face where just your face 00:02:17.469 --> 00:02:19.409 gets contorted. It can last six months. It could 00:02:19.409 --> 00:02:23.250 last even more than that. And it takes a while 00:02:23.250 --> 00:02:27.110 to heal. Well, the other day we anointed her 00:02:27.110 --> 00:02:32.379 and she felt... very strong to accompany me on 00:02:32.379 --> 00:02:36.560 one trip. And when we got to the city, the pastor 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:41.699 who was there told me about this story about 00:02:41.699 --> 00:02:45.319 an anointing oil that came from a Bible that 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:49.080 just started literally dripping oil. It's one 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.259 of those marks and signs that we can't explain, 00:02:52.379 --> 00:02:55.520 but who happened? The supernatural happens. And 00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:00.280 so they... picked the oil up, they put it in 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:02.719 a bowl, it dripped into a bowl, and it was enough 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:05.340 to fill enough flasks of oil. And when we got 00:03:05.340 --> 00:03:07.580 there with my wife, we were able to anoint her. 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:10.039 I personally anointed her with that oil. And 00:03:10.039 --> 00:03:13.819 as I swiped my hand over her eye, which was very 00:03:13.819 --> 00:03:16.300 twisted and could not close and drippy for almost 00:03:16.300 --> 00:03:19.300 two weeks already, and then to her mouth that 00:03:19.300 --> 00:03:23.240 was contorted, as I went down her face, I saw 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:26.080 her healed right before my eyes. Her face come 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.419 into place. The elders were watching. All the 00:03:28.419 --> 00:03:31.520 pastor there was watching. And we just were amazed 00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:37.139 at the Holy Spirit healing. He could do that 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:39.319 without the oil, but sometimes he just pleases 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:42.139 to do things the way he wants to. And we just 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:45.659 prayed and used that oil. Nathan, I sent you 00:03:45.659 --> 00:03:48.340 a picture. There's that Bible. They had to put 00:03:48.340 --> 00:03:50.900 it in a baggie because it just kept pouring oil 00:03:50.900 --> 00:03:54.560 out of it. Hello. This is not any kind of gimmick. 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:56.620 This is just a regular Bible from one of my disciples 00:03:56.620 --> 00:03:59.139 who all of a sudden, he's an evangelist and now 00:03:59.139 --> 00:04:02.719 his Bible is actually flowing with oil. So he 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:05.139 actually carries two Bibles, a dry one that he 00:04:05.139 --> 00:04:07.500 can preach from and this one that he can annoy 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:11.599 people with. So what, can you give God a hand 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:15.560 for supernatural things, signs and wonders? Amen. 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:19.920 Well, we definitely not. Are not to follow signs 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:21.699 and wonders, but signs and wonders are supposed 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:24.500 to follow us. Can you say amen? If we believe 00:04:24.500 --> 00:04:26.759 in Christ. So we're believing the Lord for great 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.459 things. And one of the great things that I'm 00:04:29.459 --> 00:04:31.980 here for this weekend is to talk to you about 00:04:31.980 --> 00:04:35.420 intercession. And we've titled it prophetic intercession. 00:04:36.040 --> 00:04:39.699 Prophetic intercession. And there is a scripture 00:04:39.699 --> 00:04:44.519 in Timothy. In Timothy, it reads this way. I 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.199 urge you then, first of all, that petitions, 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:49.500 prayer, intercession, and thanksgiving be made 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:52.720 for all people. This is 1 Timothy 2, verse 1 00:04:52.720 --> 00:04:55.480 through 4. For kings and those in authority, 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:58.519 that we may live peacefully and quiet lives in 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:01.670 all godliness and holiness. This is good. and 00:05:01.670 --> 00:05:05.569 pleases God our Savior who wants all people to 00:05:05.569 --> 00:05:09.189 be saved and to come to the knowledge of truth. 00:05:09.430 --> 00:05:11.949 Come on. How many believe that God wants all 00:05:11.949 --> 00:05:14.750 people to be saved? How many can thank God for 00:05:14.750 --> 00:05:16.470 people that were reached today? Give the Lord 00:05:16.470 --> 00:05:18.870 another hand for souls reached in the midst of 00:05:18.870 --> 00:05:22.889 our worship. Amen. And prophetic intercession 00:05:22.889 --> 00:05:26.389 is to take a stand for someone else. It's to 00:05:26.389 --> 00:05:30.029 take a stand for someone else. or someone else, 00:05:30.089 --> 00:05:32.790 take up someone else's burden in prayer, standing 00:05:32.790 --> 00:05:35.509 in the gap for an individual, a church, a community, 00:05:35.610 --> 00:05:39.129 a city, or a nation. I believe that God wants 00:05:39.129 --> 00:05:41.649 to do this. I believe that God wants you and 00:05:41.649 --> 00:05:44.110 I to learn how to take a stand for somebody else. 00:05:44.449 --> 00:05:46.790 So many times we're concerned about ourselves 00:05:46.790 --> 00:05:49.250 that we forget that we are the salt of the earth. 00:05:49.389 --> 00:05:51.389 We forget that we are the light of this world 00:05:51.389 --> 00:05:54.110 and that somehow our prayer should affect the 00:05:54.110 --> 00:05:58.000 world. And though we are living in a day, There's 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.899 too much feedback here. Can we correct that? 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:03.680 Thank you. Though we're living in a day, is it 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:07.959 too high? Is it me? Hello. Okay, we got rid of 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:11.870 the bird. All right. Good. Though we're living 00:06:11.870 --> 00:06:14.350 in an age of change, it's the norm of our day, 00:06:14.490 --> 00:06:17.089 you and I are supposed to be stewards of change, 00:06:17.290 --> 00:06:19.930 affect change, bring change. And prayer is one 00:06:19.930 --> 00:06:22.689 of those ways. Intercessory prayer is one of 00:06:22.689 --> 00:06:25.170 those ways. And I believe prophetic intercession 00:06:25.170 --> 00:06:29.850 is divine intervention. I believe prophetic intercession 00:06:29.850 --> 00:06:34.430 is divine intervention. You and I can intervene 00:06:34.430 --> 00:06:37.649 in people's lives. You and I can actually come 00:06:37.649 --> 00:06:42.410 between them and the thing that... them and the 00:06:42.410 --> 00:06:44.769 very attack of the enemy, them and the sickness 00:06:44.769 --> 00:06:48.610 that is plaguing their lives. You and I can bring 00:06:48.610 --> 00:06:51.470 a change. In the last few months, my wife and 00:06:51.470 --> 00:06:53.750 I have been praying and though we are human and 00:06:53.750 --> 00:06:55.889 we grow sick in our bodies and we need prayer, 00:06:56.029 --> 00:06:58.290 just like I told you about the testimony of my 00:06:58.290 --> 00:07:01.689 wife, we've also watched healings and God used 00:07:01.689 --> 00:07:05.290 our ministry, our school of ministry, the prophetic 00:07:05.290 --> 00:07:08.009 school that we're taking around the world. We've 00:07:08.009 --> 00:07:11.610 trained about 7 ,000 people so far, and now through 00:07:11.610 --> 00:07:13.810 it, we've watched healings and miracles take 00:07:13.810 --> 00:07:16.990 place. In Brazil, we watched a lady that had 00:07:16.990 --> 00:07:21.069 cancer. She had been diagnosed with cancer in 00:07:21.069 --> 00:07:23.870 both of her breasts. As we laid hands upon her 00:07:23.870 --> 00:07:25.990 and prayed, laid hands on her head, she went 00:07:25.990 --> 00:07:27.970 down under the anointing of the Lord, and all 00:07:27.970 --> 00:07:31.730 of a sudden, her blouse began to fill up with 00:07:31.730 --> 00:07:37.430 fluid. Tumors just seeped out of her body and 00:07:37.430 --> 00:07:40.949 she was healed by the power of prayer. Amen. 00:07:41.089 --> 00:07:43.170 Can you give the Lord a hand for that miracle? 00:07:43.509 --> 00:07:48.819 Well, like that. We watched another lady who 00:07:48.819 --> 00:07:51.319 was in our fourth stage of cancer be brought 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:53.899 to the church of my brother -in -law. I have 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:56.319 a brother -in -law, my sister's brother, who 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:59.759 we sent out some 22 years ago to pastor a church 00:07:59.759 --> 00:08:01.920 and raise a church. And they brought this lady 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:04.279 with fourth degree cancer, fourth stage of cancer. 00:08:04.740 --> 00:08:06.639 Really, the doctor said they couldn't do anything 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:08.939 else for her. She came to church her first time. 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:11.730 We prayed for her and the cancer. It was God. 00:08:11.949 --> 00:08:14.129 God healed her. They could not find the cancer. 00:08:14.990 --> 00:08:17.370 She didn't even know what was happening, but 00:08:17.370 --> 00:08:20.550 we prayed in faith, and God caused that cancer 00:08:20.550 --> 00:08:22.990 to be eliminated from her body. And we believe 00:08:22.990 --> 00:08:25.970 that we can bring divine intervention. I believe 00:08:25.970 --> 00:08:28.149 that it starts in the smallest form, but it can 00:08:28.149 --> 00:08:30.810 increase, and your faith can increase to stand 00:08:30.810 --> 00:08:34.289 in the gap and believe God to intervene in situations, 00:08:34.309 --> 00:08:37.509 and God can use you. Would you look at your neighbor 00:08:37.509 --> 00:08:41.769 and say, God wants to use you? In divine intervention. 00:08:43.690 --> 00:08:46.789 That's right. I believe he wants you to stop 00:08:46.789 --> 00:08:49.750 the enemy's attack and onslaught on families. 00:08:49.850 --> 00:08:52.230 I believe you can stop the work of the enemy 00:08:52.230 --> 00:08:55.649 on families through intercessory prayer and through 00:08:55.649 --> 00:09:00.529 prayer that goes up before the Lord. When Timothy 00:09:00.529 --> 00:09:03.529 spoke about intercession, that it was good for 00:09:03.529 --> 00:09:06.730 us to make intercession, that word intercession 00:09:06.730 --> 00:09:12.750 in the Greek. Antioxis, it means it's an intercession 00:09:12.750 --> 00:09:18.590 prayer, falling in with it, meeting with an interviewer, 00:09:18.590 --> 00:09:23.529 coming together to visit, to converse for any 00:09:23.529 --> 00:09:29.870 other cause. It's to be able to make a petition 00:09:29.870 --> 00:09:34.620 and a supplication for another. what intercession 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:37.080 is all about it's you standing in that place 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.779 but then the old testament has a word for intercession 00:09:39.779 --> 00:09:43.600 and the old testament has a word and it's the 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:46.500 word in the hebrew intercession is known in your 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:50.039 old testament as the word paga paga and it's 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:52.279 a primitive comes from a primitive root to pray 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:57.139 to reach and even to run pray reach run and i 00:09:57.139 --> 00:09:59.580 believe those are all works it's to encounter 00:10:01.030 --> 00:10:04.710 to confront as one who makes war, to attack, 00:10:04.950 --> 00:10:09.429 I like that warfare language, to reach as to 00:10:09.429 --> 00:10:13.549 reach the mark, to entreat, to make intercession. 00:10:13.730 --> 00:10:17.470 And I believe that... As we believe in intercessory 00:10:17.470 --> 00:10:19.929 prayer and we talk about divine intervention, 00:10:20.269 --> 00:10:23.629 I believe that you're going to have to arm up 00:10:23.629 --> 00:10:26.809 because we're going to go to war with prophetic 00:10:26.809 --> 00:10:29.090 intercession. And we're going to believe God 00:10:29.090 --> 00:10:32.320 that God's going to use our prayers. And while 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:36.000 praise and worship is about creating an atmosphere 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:39.720 for the presence of the Lord to be made manifest 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:44.799 among us, intercession is more than just something 00:10:44.799 --> 00:10:48.190 descending. It's us ascending. To the presence 00:10:48.190 --> 00:10:51.570 of God. It's us going up into the presence of 00:10:51.570 --> 00:10:54.250 God. Hearing what is going on in the presence 00:10:54.250 --> 00:10:56.690 of God. Let God speak to us. And then we pray 00:10:56.690 --> 00:10:59.509 knowing what the will of God is. Can you say 00:10:59.509 --> 00:11:02.370 amen? And we're going to talk about this. So 00:11:02.370 --> 00:11:04.769 I believe that God wants to do some great things. 00:11:04.970 --> 00:11:11.049 And he wants to do it through you and I. In Psalm 00:11:11.049 --> 00:11:13.049 24, let me pull this scripture. It's one of the 00:11:13.049 --> 00:11:14.950 last scriptures in my slides, but if you can 00:11:14.950 --> 00:11:17.149 pull that, I want to introduce that right now. 00:11:17.230 --> 00:11:21.129 Psalm 24, verse 3 to 6. Listen to it. Who may 00:11:21.129 --> 00:11:23.490 ascend to the mountain of the Lord, and who may 00:11:23.490 --> 00:11:26.690 stand in his holy place? The one who has clean 00:11:26.690 --> 00:11:29.750 hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in 00:11:29.750 --> 00:11:33.990 an idol or swear by a false god. They will receive 00:11:33.990 --> 00:11:37.889 blessing from the Lord and vindication. from 00:11:37.889 --> 00:11:41.590 their God, their Savior. Such is the generation, 00:11:42.049 --> 00:11:45.509 such is the generation of those who seek him, 00:11:45.629 --> 00:11:50.509 who seek your face, God of Jacob. Another translation 00:11:50.509 --> 00:11:53.250 says, this is Jacob. That's quite a remarkable 00:11:53.250 --> 00:11:57.159 statement. Those who seek your face. There was 00:11:57.159 --> 00:11:59.179 something about Jacob. There was a persistent 00:11:59.179 --> 00:12:01.820 about Jacob of old. And while we've been taught 00:12:01.820 --> 00:12:04.220 he was a deceiver, I see him as a persister, 00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:08.080 somebody who persistently was going after God, 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:10.820 was waiting for his blessing. How many remember 00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:13.720 when he wrestled with God? He did not let go 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:17.690 until he got his blessing. Well... Prayer, intercessory 00:12:17.690 --> 00:12:19.750 prayer is all about persistent. It's all about 00:12:19.750 --> 00:12:23.169 insisting. It's all about going out. And we used 00:12:23.169 --> 00:12:24.769 to have an intercessory ministry in our church 00:12:24.769 --> 00:12:27.289 in New York City. We called it PUSH, the Ministry 00:12:27.289 --> 00:12:30.769 of PUSH. Pray until something happens. PUSH. 00:12:30.809 --> 00:12:32.850 Don't stop praying. You pray until something 00:12:32.850 --> 00:12:34.830 happens. You keep praying. You keep believing 00:12:34.830 --> 00:12:37.830 God. You keep going. You know, I'm reminded when 00:12:37.830 --> 00:12:41.940 I was a little boy. I wasn't growing up in a 00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:45.500 Christian home and I was full of mischief. And 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:48.360 growing up in New York City in downtown, close 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:51.059 to Delancey Street, where all the buildings were 00:12:51.059 --> 00:12:53.919 and businesses were together, living in a building 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:56.639 close to a big furniture store that was only 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:00.580 two buildings away from my building, I couldn't 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:03.879 wait to have some time off to persecute the people 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:06.919 in the business, furniture business. As a little 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:09.200 boy, some of the things I would do, At the age 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:11.240 of six or seven. And without my parents. We were 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.179 with other kids in the community. And you leave 00:13:13.179 --> 00:13:16.460 kids alone. And they'll find trouble. And so 00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:20.980 we would ring the bell. Of this business. This 00:13:20.980 --> 00:13:24.509 furniture store. And we'd ring it and run. Ever 00:13:24.509 --> 00:13:26.970 had somebody ring your bell and run? Kids are 00:13:26.970 --> 00:13:29.409 famous for that. We would ring the bell and run. 00:13:29.649 --> 00:13:32.649 Ring the bell and run. And we'd watch. And when 00:13:32.649 --> 00:13:34.669 the person went back already from the door and 00:13:34.669 --> 00:13:36.590 sat down comfortable, we'd ring the bell again. 00:13:36.750 --> 00:13:38.870 And they would run out again. And one day I got 00:13:38.870 --> 00:13:41.049 caught. It was this huge man. He looked like 00:13:41.049 --> 00:13:43.289 God to me. He was huge. I didn't know anything 00:13:43.289 --> 00:13:45.690 about God, but this guy was big. And he pulled 00:13:45.690 --> 00:13:47.809 me into the store and gave me the scolding of 00:13:47.809 --> 00:13:50.850 my life. And then he actually met my parents. 00:13:50.929 --> 00:13:53.860 And that was the end of my ring bell. Ringing 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:56.899 the bells in that store. But some of us in church 00:13:56.899 --> 00:14:01.340 are like that. We ring the bell and run. And 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:05.480 don't wait for God to show up. I thank God for 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:07.159 my grandchildren. When I come home from a long 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.759 trip, I still have young grandchildren. My oldest 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:12.950 is going to be 18 this Monday. Another one is 00:14:12.950 --> 00:14:15.649 going to be 16 this Monday, both born on my first 00:14:15.649 --> 00:14:17.250 birthday. That's when I'm flying out on Sunday 00:14:17.250 --> 00:14:19.710 night to celebrate Monday, our birthday together. 00:14:19.950 --> 00:14:23.070 But all the others go up to six of age, and all 00:14:23.070 --> 00:14:25.409 of them, I remember them, and they still do it. 00:14:25.429 --> 00:14:28.110 The younger ones do it. They want to see Grandpa 00:14:28.110 --> 00:14:30.309 after a long trip. They get to my door, and they 00:14:30.309 --> 00:14:33.370 ring and ring and ring. And I could be off in 00:14:33.370 --> 00:14:35.730 some other room and try to make my way, and they 00:14:35.730 --> 00:14:38.029 don't stop ringing until that door opens. Well, 00:14:38.070 --> 00:14:40.029 I believe that's intercessory prayer at its best. 00:14:40.169 --> 00:14:42.679 I believe that you... You and I have got to ring 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.669 the bell. Somebody say, ring the bell. That's 00:14:45.669 --> 00:14:48.090 right. You and I need to ring the bell and stay 00:14:48.090 --> 00:14:50.610 there ringing that bell until something happens. 00:14:50.710 --> 00:14:53.629 Amen? You need to insist and you need to persist 00:14:53.629 --> 00:14:57.750 in seeing God do something on your behalf. God 00:14:57.750 --> 00:15:01.289 wants to work miracles on your behalf. But I 00:15:01.289 --> 00:15:03.929 believe that you and I need to also be able to 00:15:03.929 --> 00:15:06.409 ascend to the hill of God. Because intercessory 00:15:06.409 --> 00:15:09.210 prayer is about ascending into the presence of 00:15:09.210 --> 00:15:10.950 the Lord. It's about getting God's attention. 00:15:11.210 --> 00:15:14.409 It's about entering into that place of intimacy. 00:15:14.669 --> 00:15:17.769 with God through prayer where you can stand and 00:15:17.769 --> 00:15:20.850 you can with your whole heart into it and your 00:15:20.850 --> 00:15:23.070 whole soul you're praying it's not that prayer 00:15:23.070 --> 00:15:25.570 where people fall asleep when I first got saved 00:15:25.570 --> 00:15:28.049 I fell asleep well I didn't fall asleep but I 00:15:28.049 --> 00:15:30.250 was in a church and almost fell asleep because 00:15:30.250 --> 00:15:32.330 on Monday nights when they prayed they turned 00:15:32.330 --> 00:15:33.950 off the lights and dimmed the lights because 00:15:33.950 --> 00:15:36.710 somehow we got it in us humans that we have to 00:15:36.710 --> 00:15:41.399 turn the lights down to get spiritual And they 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:43.500 turned the lights down and people started praying 00:15:43.500 --> 00:15:45.820 and because it was a church full of elderly people, 00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:48.080 they couldn't help it but fell asleep. But here 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:51.000 I'm 17 years old, just got saved and I'm on fire. 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:53.080 I got filled with the Holy Ghost and I want some 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.139 action and people are snoring in the time of 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:58.940 prayer. And they're snoring, falling asleep. 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.100 Well, my whole task was to create a band of disciples 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:05.200 that would change that church. And so I created 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:06.899 a bunch of disciples, made sure they were filled 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:08.820 with the Holy Ghost. And we said, let's pray 00:16:08.820 --> 00:16:10.639 in the Spirit. When we get to church, as soon 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:12.179 as they turn the lights off, you're going to 00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:13.559 do this. They don't do it, but you're going to 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.200 do it. When the lights go off, you pray in the 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:17.960 Spirit. And pray loud. So they turned off the 00:16:17.960 --> 00:16:20.000 lights on the first day and we were all there. 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:22.659 And now it was a crowd of young people that were 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:24.779 saved because God was moving in a powerful way. 00:16:25.019 --> 00:16:27.500 And here we started praying in the spirit all 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:29.940 at once. Soon the lights went off, that was our 00:16:29.940 --> 00:16:33.559 marker. And all of a sudden that elder ran back 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.399 to the switch to turn the light off. As soon 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:39.779 as he turned it on, we all looked like... None 00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:41.799 of us were in because we knew it was a very conservative 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.259 church. They were going to throw us out. So as 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:46.879 soon as he turned the lights down again, we would 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:49.740 start praying in the Spirit again. And all night 00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:52.100 long, that went on for a number of weeks until 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:54.700 one night, on a Monday night, the Spirit of God 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:57.200 broke through as we ascended into the presence 00:16:57.200 --> 00:17:00.159 of God and there was no coming back. God showed 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:03.100 up in that church and revival struck that church. 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:08.279 It's never been the same again. Hallelujah. The 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:11.200 church has grown and planted churches and has 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.559 stepped away from the traditions of man that 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:15.900 were making the word of God of no effect and 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:17.779 have believed the word of God for the miraculous. 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:21.779 So I'm believing, God, that prophetic intercession 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:26.200 is about not just prayer. It's about, has a prophetic 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:29.819 element to it where you can actually hear the 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:32.440 voice of the Lord. The Lord can reveal things 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:34.859 that are going to happen and you can intervene. 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:39.670 Somebody say divine intervention. All right, 00:17:39.750 --> 00:17:46.950 the next scripture is, so it's to take a stand 00:17:46.950 --> 00:17:49.890 for someone else. That's what prophetic intercession 00:17:49.890 --> 00:17:52.049 is, to take a stand. It's to take up someone 00:17:52.049 --> 00:17:54.250 else's burden in prayer, standing in the gap 00:17:54.250 --> 00:17:56.809 for an individual, a church, community, a city, 00:17:56.829 --> 00:18:01.630 or a nation. The next slide, Luke chapter 22. 00:18:01.890 --> 00:18:05.470 Luke chapter 22, verse 31 through 32. Simon, 00:18:05.509 --> 00:18:08.670 stay on your toes. And I'm using the message 00:18:08.670 --> 00:18:11.789 translation to make this as simple as possible. 00:18:12.130 --> 00:18:14.930 Simon, stay on your toes. Satan has tried his 00:18:14.930 --> 00:18:18.710 best to separate all of you from me. This is 00:18:18.710 --> 00:18:22.349 Jesus speaking to Simon, to Peter. Like chaff 00:18:22.349 --> 00:18:26.869 from wheat, Simon, I've prayed for you in particular 00:18:26.869 --> 00:18:32.490 that you not give in or give out. When you have 00:18:32.490 --> 00:18:35.430 come through the time of testing, Turn to your 00:18:35.430 --> 00:18:39.549 companions and give them a fresh start. Come 00:18:39.549 --> 00:18:42.190 on. What an incredible word from the Lord Jesus 00:18:42.190 --> 00:18:45.069 Christ to Simon. That was intercessory prayer. 00:18:45.509 --> 00:18:47.369 I'm praying for you. I know what the enemy's 00:18:47.369 --> 00:18:50.470 up to, but I'm praying for you. You're going 00:18:50.470 --> 00:18:52.390 to go through the test. He didn't pray him out 00:18:52.390 --> 00:18:54.089 of the test. He prayed him through the test. 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:57.799 Come on, somebody say when we come through. Some 00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:59.380 people want you to pray them out of the test. 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:01.279 No, the test is going to make you grow. The test 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:03.259 is going to shape your character. It's the dark 00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:05.680 places of your life that shape your character 00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:08.019 if you allow God to work in your life. How many 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:09.859 have been shaped by some of the darkest moments 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:12.440 in your life? How many have gained some wisdom, 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:15.539 some authority? I love that word today coming 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:17.339 to that young missionary. She's not going to 00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:19.839 make the same mistakes you made. There's something 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:22.240 about mistakes and something that things that 00:19:22.240 --> 00:19:24.220 we go through that teach us wisdom so we can 00:19:24.220 --> 00:19:26.740 pass. and on. Amen? And that's what the Lord 00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:29.940 said. Give your friends a fresh start. When you 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:31.680 get through it, you're going to have something 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:35.779 to say to them. Can you say amen? So Jesus interceded. 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:38.640 And then in Colossians chapter 4, verses 12 through 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:42.400 13, listen how Paul speaks about this prayer 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:45.579 warrior for us. He says, who is one of you, a 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:49.420 bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring 00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:52.779 fervently. Somebody say fervently. That speaks 00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:56.420 about passion. Always laboring fervently for 00:19:56.420 --> 00:20:00.099 you in prayers that you may stand perfect and 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:04.279 complete in all the will of God. For I bear him 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:08.339 witness that he has a great zeal for you and 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:13.380 those who are in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis. 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:17.000 This man was a man who prayed not just for believers. 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:19.740 He prayed for cities and churches. He prayed 00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:22.299 for people. He was zealous. He had a passion. 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:26.039 He was giving. He was fervently. He burned with 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:28.740 this passion to pray. And there's people that 00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:31.160 God raises at the church. While all of us should 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:33.140 give ourselves to prayer and praying for governments 00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:35.140 and praying for people and cities. And all of 00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:37.359 us should experience intercession. There are 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:41.200 those that God anoints with a special anointing 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:45.480 to stand in prayer. This man was a man who constantly 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:49.900 went after prayer, praying to bring divine intervention 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:52.740 to people's lives. He prayed for the churches. 00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:56.019 He prayed for people individually. And I believe 00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:58.319 that God's raising that kind of people today. 00:20:58.380 --> 00:21:00.539 I believe they're in this church. This is a praying 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:02.720 church. Can you give the Lord a hand for a praying 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:09.339 church? Hallelujah. Ezekiel chapter 22, listen 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:13.779 to this. Ezekiel 22 verse 26 through 29 seems 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:17.500 to be speaking about our day almost. As it reads, 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:20.900 your priest violated my law and desecrated my 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:23.759 holy things. They can't tell the difference between 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.619 the sacred and the secular. They tell people 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:29.140 there's no difference between right and wrong. 00:21:29.930 --> 00:21:33.470 Their contemptions of my holy Sabbaths profaning 00:21:33.470 --> 00:21:38.369 me by trying to pull me down to their level. 00:21:38.890 --> 00:21:42.650 Your politicians are like wolves prowling and 00:21:42.650 --> 00:21:45.250 killing and rapturously taking whatever they 00:21:45.250 --> 00:21:48.349 want. How many think that sounds a little familiar? 00:21:50.170 --> 00:21:52.609 Your preachers cover up for the politicians. 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:55.500 By pretending to have received visions and special 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:58.680 revelations, they say, this is what God, the 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:01.859 master, says. When God hasn't said so much as 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:06.019 one word, extortion is rife, robbery is epidemic, 00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:09.619 the poor and the needy are abused, outsiders 00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:15.440 are kicked around at will. No access to justice. 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:21.119 No access to justice. How many think... That 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.960 God's raising a people who do have access to 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:26.259 justice. You and I have access by the blood of 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:29.339 Jesus into the throne of God. We have access 00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:33.000 into the very presence of God. So there's no 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.960 access. Then it goes on, verse 30 to 31. I look 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:41.079 for someone to stand up for me against all of 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:45.440 this. To repair the defenses of the city. To 00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:48.500 take a stand for me. And to stand in the gap. 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:52.200 To protect this land. So I wouldn't have to destroy 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:56.599 it. I couldn't find anyone. Not one. So I'll 00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:59.880 empty out my raft on them. Burned them to a crisp 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:03.720 with my hot anger. Served them. With the consequences 00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:08.599 of all they've done. Decree of God. The master. 00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:13.859 What a tough word. He only looked. He was looking 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:17.619 for one. At least one. He could not find one. 00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:21.859 I look for someone to stand up. Look at your 00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:26.140 neighbor and say, stand up. I look for someone 00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:30.420 to repair the defenses of the city. Somebody 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:35.740 say, dare to repair the defenses of a city. Oh, 00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:38.400 I know you want politicians to do that, but it's 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:42.329 the church's job to do it. We have... somehow 00:23:42.329 --> 00:23:45.430 given that to the politicians thinking that if 00:23:45.430 --> 00:23:47.329 they just legislate the right laws, everything 00:23:47.329 --> 00:23:49.809 will be all right. Well, the enemy is not a respecter 00:23:49.809 --> 00:23:52.990 of the laws of man. Though laws can be legislated, 00:23:52.990 --> 00:23:55.829 I believe that we need to stand in prayer for 00:23:55.829 --> 00:23:58.369 righteous men to rule and for the legislation 00:23:58.369 --> 00:24:01.869 of law. We cannot forget our place and our place 00:24:01.869 --> 00:24:04.730 of intercessory prayer that keeps nation. I believe 00:24:04.730 --> 00:24:06.930 that prayer can keep a city. Prayer can keep 00:24:06.930 --> 00:24:09.589 a family. Prayer can keep our children. How many 00:24:09.589 --> 00:24:11.950 believe that? How many believe that prayer can 00:24:11.950 --> 00:24:14.410 keep our nation? I think that the absence of 00:24:14.410 --> 00:24:16.029 prayer in our schools have brought on everything 00:24:16.029 --> 00:24:18.569 that we have going on in our schools. But we 00:24:18.569 --> 00:24:20.349 bring prayer back to its place and we're going 00:24:20.349 --> 00:24:23.230 to watch God do something in our city. Well, 00:24:23.309 --> 00:24:27.329 let's repair the defenses of the city to take 00:24:27.329 --> 00:24:31.269 a stand for me and stand in the gap to protect 00:24:31.269 --> 00:24:35.109 this land so I wouldn't have to destroy it. To 00:24:35.109 --> 00:24:39.990 take a stand, to stand up. For me against all 00:24:39.990 --> 00:24:42.190 this. And again he says to take a stand for me. 00:24:42.410 --> 00:24:44.630 Somebody say take a stand for the Lord. Take 00:24:44.630 --> 00:24:47.490 a stand for the Lord. Sometimes intercessory 00:24:47.490 --> 00:24:49.109 prayer. We think that it's taking a stand for 00:24:49.109 --> 00:24:52.250 somebody else. And though it is to stand in the 00:24:52.250 --> 00:24:54.589 gap. When you stand in the gap. You're actually 00:24:54.589 --> 00:24:56.890 taking a stand for the Lord. You're actually 00:24:56.890 --> 00:24:58.890 standing where the Lord wants you to stand. Where 00:24:58.890 --> 00:25:01.170 he would stand to make a difference. Can you 00:25:01.170 --> 00:25:04.509 say amen? So and I believe God wants to do this. 00:25:04.609 --> 00:25:07.740 Now we have a great example in Nehemiah. The 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:10.440 Bible talks about Nehemiah, and Nehemiah had 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:12.700 to stand up in his day. Let me move through this 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:14.359 quickly, because this weekend we're going to 00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:16.660 spend time talking about intercessory prayer 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:18.859 and the different avenues. This is a vast subject, 00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:22.160 but I'm here just as a forerunner of what's coming 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:25.200 later to this church. I believe that God is going 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:27.960 to take this church into deep realms of prayer, 00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:29.900 and things are going to begin to happen just 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:32.740 like the Lord said. The glory of the Lord is 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:35.359 going to show up in this place. Miracles, signs, 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:37.609 and wonders will begin to happen. and all over 00:25:37.609 --> 00:25:41.680 the place. Can you say amen? But Nehemiah's example, 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:45.500 as we go to the book of Nehemiah, we read, stand 00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:48.359 up for me. That's what God said. And Nehemiah, 00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:51.079 having heard of the destruction of Jerusalem, 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:54.700 when he got news that the walls were down and 00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:57.640 the gates were burned, the spirit of intercession 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:59.759 fell on him. He began to pray, separated himself 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:02.660 with fasting and prayer. And then he took a stand. 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.839 He took a stand by going in front of the king 00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:08.900 with the burden that he had. Now, in those days, 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:12.380 to go before a king sad, it meant a death penalty. 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.759 You would be put to death. It was not right to 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:17.019 serve in the courts of a king with a sad face. 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:19.460 You had to be joyful. But he took a stand. So 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:21.880 the king asked me, why does your face look so 00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:25.640 sad? And when you are not ill, there's no illness. 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.779 There's nothing wrong. What's going on? This 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:31.220 can be nothing but sadness of heart. And then 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:35.059 I was very much afraid. But I said to the king, 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:38.940 may the king live forever. Why should my face 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:43.019 not look sad when the city where my ancestors 00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:47.259 are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been 00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:51.339 destroyed by fire? He took on such a burden that 00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:54.900 he could not hide it. That's an intercessory 00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:58.420 burden. It isn't with you just the moment you 00:26:58.420 --> 00:27:02.339 pray. It's with you all day. You live with it. 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:04.819 You wake up with it. You go to bed at night with 00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:07.140 it. Intercessory prayer is just different than 00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:09.829 just... praying occasionally. This is something 00:27:09.829 --> 00:27:12.690 that grabs you. It falls as a burden on your 00:27:12.690 --> 00:27:15.170 life. You can't get rid of it. You've got to 00:27:15.170 --> 00:27:18.009 continue to pray. The Holy Spirit comes on you 00:27:18.009 --> 00:27:20.109 to make you an intercessor. How many have ever 00:27:20.109 --> 00:27:22.329 had a burden come on you? You weren't even thinking 00:27:22.329 --> 00:27:24.609 about it. All of a sudden God drops a burden 00:27:24.609 --> 00:27:26.730 on you for somebody and you begin to pray for 00:27:26.730 --> 00:27:29.009 them and you can't get it out of your mind and 00:27:29.009 --> 00:27:30.630 you're thinking about calling them but you don't 00:27:30.630 --> 00:27:33.049 call them but somehow you can't stop praying 00:27:33.049 --> 00:27:35.490 for them until you call them and find out what's 00:27:35.490 --> 00:27:38.299 going on and pray effectively. Well, that's the 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:40.940 intercessory prayer of the Holy Spirit training 00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:44.000 you to hear Him. He's trying to speak to you 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.940 about how to pray and what to pray for and who 00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:50.259 to pray for and at what time to pray. Are you 00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:53.299 with me? So intercessory prayer is a burden that 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:55.880 comes on you so that you can intervene. You can 00:27:55.880 --> 00:28:00.099 stand in the gap. And verse 10 says, when Sanballat, 00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:02.940 this is after he goes out there, when Sanballat 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:06.420 and Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official 00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:09.380 heard about this, they were very much disturbed 00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:12.579 that someone had come to promote the welfare 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:15.640 of the Israelites. Somebody say someone. Someone 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:19.180 had come to promote. He took his stand. It was 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:22.079 him. It was this man, Nehemiah, took a stand 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:25.759 and said, I'm going to do it. I'm gonna make 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:28.779 this happen. I'm gonna take a stand for the city. 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:31.500 I'm gonna take a stand. You've got to be able 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:35.980 to do that. Listen, when Nehemiah, when we talk 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:39.619 about Nehemiah as this example, number one is 00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:43.799 stand up for me. That's what it says. Number 00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:46.579 one is stand up for me. Nehemiah chapter two, 00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:51.039 verse 17 through 18. Then I said to them, you 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:53.440 see the trouble we are in? He's talking to the 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:56.390 people. Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates 00:28:56.390 --> 00:28:59.529 have been burned with fire. Come and let us rebuild 00:28:59.529 --> 00:29:03.269 the wall of Jerusalem and we will no longer be 00:29:03.269 --> 00:29:06.869 in disgrace. I also told them about the gracious 00:29:06.869 --> 00:29:11.509 hand of my God on me and what the king had said 00:29:11.509 --> 00:29:14.269 to me. And they replied, let us start rebuilding. 00:29:14.750 --> 00:29:19.990 So they began this good work. Intercessory prayers 00:29:19.990 --> 00:29:22.769 about you deciding to go to work. It's about 00:29:22.769 --> 00:29:25.109 you deciding to take a stand. It's about you 00:29:25.109 --> 00:29:27.150 deciding to influence other people to stand with 00:29:27.150 --> 00:29:30.609 you and help rebuild the wall. And I think many 00:29:30.609 --> 00:29:33.269 of us, and I was just so glad to see the spirit 00:29:33.269 --> 00:29:35.890 of prayer in this church because I can tell that 00:29:35.890 --> 00:29:39.089 you have been engaging in intercessory prayer. 00:29:39.289 --> 00:29:42.789 And I believe you got here because of many intercessors 00:29:42.789 --> 00:29:45.529 and those who have prayed this church along through 00:29:45.529 --> 00:29:47.450 the years. Can you give those that have gone 00:29:47.450 --> 00:29:49.829 before you a big hand? Those who have been at 00:29:49.829 --> 00:29:52.789 the inception of this ministry. stood prayer, 00:29:52.890 --> 00:29:57.089 tears. They called on God. Thank God for them. 00:29:57.509 --> 00:29:59.730 They're to be honored and blessed. They stood 00:29:59.730 --> 00:30:01.789 in the gap. When you weren't even here, they 00:30:01.789 --> 00:30:04.049 were praying for your arrival. I watched people 00:30:04.049 --> 00:30:06.869 today as we entered. I entered this place. People 00:30:06.869 --> 00:30:08.970 early in here praying over the chairs and laying 00:30:08.970 --> 00:30:11.869 hands on the chairs so that visitors would come 00:30:11.869 --> 00:30:15.230 and experience. God in a special way. I believe 00:30:15.230 --> 00:30:18.109 God is answering that prayer. Come on, give the 00:30:18.109 --> 00:30:20.369 Lord another hand. He is answering the prayers 00:30:20.369 --> 00:30:25.410 that are going on in this church. So you're to 00:30:25.410 --> 00:30:28.170 take a stand. You're to stand up for it. And 00:30:28.170 --> 00:30:29.809 you're to influence other people. Take the stand 00:30:29.809 --> 00:30:32.410 so strong that other people, you can convince 00:30:32.410 --> 00:30:35.190 other people to stand with you and start rebuilding. 00:30:35.470 --> 00:30:38.859 Because it's all about repairing up. The defense. 00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:42.599 Number two is Nehemiah's example was to repair 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:45.240 the defenses. That's what God said. Someone to 00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:47.240 repair the defenses. I'm looking for somebody 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:49.859 that would repair the defenses of this city. 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:53.220 That's what we read. Ezekiel 13 verse 5. You 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:55.539 have not gone up into the gates. Neither made 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:58.180 up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand 00:30:58.180 --> 00:31:02.279 in the battle in the day of the Lord. You did 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:06.440 not. You have not gone up. You haven't. Build 00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:10.140 a hedge. You have not gone up. To build a hedge. 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:16.680 To go up into the gaps. Into the gaps. That's 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:19.799 the ministry of intercession. At it's best. It's 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:23.039 when you can find your place. To stand. Those 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.339 gaps. Where people are not even talking about 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:28.460 it. Some people are looking at the end result. 00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:31.079 Not looking at the consequence. Or what caused 00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:34.329 that. The things that caused those results. And 00:31:34.329 --> 00:31:37.130 somebody's got to go into those gaps. Intercessors 00:31:37.130 --> 00:31:39.569 know how to make their way right there and pray 00:31:39.569 --> 00:31:41.710 with the will of God, with divine revelation 00:31:41.710 --> 00:31:45.269 about the cause of these things that are happening 00:31:45.269 --> 00:31:48.769 in our nation. The ministry of intercession will 00:31:48.769 --> 00:31:53.349 draw your enemy's attention. So when you enter 00:31:53.349 --> 00:31:55.849 the ministry of intercession, just like Nehemiah, 00:31:55.869 --> 00:31:59.349 it drew the attention of his enemies. If you're 00:31:59.349 --> 00:32:01.569 going to be part of intercessory ministry, some 00:32:01.569 --> 00:32:03.490 of you are already under attack. Get ready for 00:32:03.490 --> 00:32:06.190 more attack. That's a great word, pastor. Why 00:32:06.190 --> 00:32:09.970 did you bring him? In the middle of warfare, 00:32:10.150 --> 00:32:12.150 in the middle of attack, the enemy draws. Listen, 00:32:12.309 --> 00:32:15.250 why would the enemy care to mess with a church 00:32:15.250 --> 00:32:17.819 that's not being effective? But the moment the 00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:19.960 church steps into a place where she becomes effective, 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:22.900 all hell will break loose against you. The moment 00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:25.099 you family decides, and all of you have experiences, 00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:27.160 the moment you decide to pray more, read your 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:29.259 Bible more, the moment you decide to give more, 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:31.140 the moment you decide to get more committed, 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:33.119 all hell breaks loose. Anybody been there? It's 00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:36.799 just me. Come on. Somehow, the word gets out 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:39.700 in hell, and every demon is released against 00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:42.720 you. But that's the time when God wants you to 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.119 be able to understand that this is just part 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:49.079 of the program. Come. Hello? Are you with me? 00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:53.099 Nehemiah 4, 7. But when Zimbala, Tobias, the 00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:56.140 Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashton 00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:59.200 heard the repairs of Jerusalem's wall had gone 00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:02.839 ahead and that gaps were being closed, they were 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:07.039 very angry. Come on. We should intercede just 00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:10.819 to make the devil mad. Just to make him angry. 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:14.099 I'm going to stand in the gap just to make you 00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:16.700 angry. That's my first agenda. I want to make 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:18.599 you angry, devil. I want you to know there's 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:21.759 somebody ready to fight against you. Ready to 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:25.160 take a stand. And then letter B, the ministry 00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:30.329 of intercession will... your enemies will attempt 00:33:30.329 --> 00:33:33.089 to distract you. Not only will they attract your 00:33:33.089 --> 00:33:34.750 enemies, but your enemies, when they come, they 00:33:34.750 --> 00:33:38.109 will attempt to distract you. Distract you. I 00:33:38.109 --> 00:33:42.769 heard the story of a little champion girl who 00:33:42.769 --> 00:33:45.269 had done something wrong and when she was corrected, 00:33:45.490 --> 00:33:49.349 she told somebody, I was distracted and sin got 00:33:49.349 --> 00:33:56.230 a hold of me. I think she's five years old. She's 00:33:56.230 --> 00:34:02.539 in this house. Little Jesse. I was distracted. 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:06.920 I just heard that tonight. And sin got a hold 00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:10.559 of me. How many of you know that's true? Every 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.960 time we get distracted, she's a preacher already. 00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:17.340 Well, Nehemiah knew something that you can't 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:19.719 allow the enemy to distract you. Because if the 00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:23.300 enemy can distract you, he'll divert you. And 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:26.800 if he can divert you, he'll deceive you. And 00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:29.840 if he deceives you, he'll disgrace you. And if 00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:31.880 he can disgrace you, he'll attempt to destroy 00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:37.739 you. Don't be distracted. Look at somebody and 00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:41.400 say, don't be distracted. So Nehemiah 6, verse 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:44.360 1 through 3, when the word came out to Zimbala, 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:48.639 Tobias, Geshem, and the Arab, and the rest of 00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:52.019 our enemies, that I had rebuilt the wall and 00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:58.300 not a gap was left in it. Though up to that time 00:34:58.300 --> 00:35:02.500 I had not set the doors in the gates, Samballot 00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:05.460 and Geshem sent me this message. Come and let 00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:10.199 us meet together in one of the villages on the 00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:13.760 plain of Ono. But they were scheming to harm 00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:18.920 me. So I sent messengers to them with this reply. 00:35:19.260 --> 00:35:23.750 I'm carrying on a great project. Or a great work. 00:35:24.190 --> 00:35:28.170 I cannot go down. Why should the work stop. While 00:35:28.170 --> 00:35:32.230 I leave it to go down to you. Look at your neighbor 00:35:32.230 --> 00:35:36.389 and say. We're called to a great work. It's a 00:35:36.389 --> 00:35:39.449 great project. Amen. God's got an agenda. He 00:35:39.449 --> 00:35:41.849 wants us to get this thing done. He wants us 00:35:41.849 --> 00:35:44.110 to stand in the gap, and you've got no time to 00:35:44.110 --> 00:35:46.670 get distracted. You need to tell the enemy, I 00:35:46.670 --> 00:35:49.210 don't have time for this distraction. I am going 00:35:49.210 --> 00:35:50.849 to continue. I know you're trying to stop me 00:35:50.849 --> 00:35:52.650 from what God's called me to do, but I'm going 00:35:52.650 --> 00:35:54.750 to pray even more. I'm going to pray harder. 00:35:54.809 --> 00:35:56.769 I'm going to get up early. I'm going to go to 00:35:56.769 --> 00:35:58.309 bed later. I'm going to do whatever I have to 00:35:58.309 --> 00:36:00.409 do, but I'm going to pray on. Can you say amen? 00:36:00.789 --> 00:36:04.289 Somebody say push. Pray until something happens. 00:36:04.369 --> 00:36:08.840 Amen. Don't stop praying. And the ministry of 00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:13.980 intercession, listen, this point C, your enemies 00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:17.400 will realize you're not alone. When you keep 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:19.420 on pushing, when you keep on doing the work, 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:22.900 Nehemiah 6 .16 says this, when all our enemies 00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:25.699 heard about this, all the surrounding nations 00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:29.960 were afraid and lost their self -confidence because 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:33.500 they realized that this work had been done with 00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:37.099 the help of God. Come on. Are you ready to see 00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:40.099 God come to your aid? When you stand in the gap, 00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:42.199 that's all God's waiting for. I heard a prophetic 00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:44.900 word. The eyes of the Lord are going to and fro. 00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:48.159 They're looking for somebody whose heart is totally 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:51.179 committed with Him to show Himself strong on 00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:53.619 their behalf. Come on, somebody. Look at your 00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:55.619 neighbor and say, God wants to show off on your 00:36:55.619 --> 00:37:00.539 behalf. Things that cannot be done will be done. 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:02.920 be done. Things that could not happen will happen. 00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:05.619 Things that could not be healed. Infirmity that 00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:07.880 could not leave will be gone in the name of the 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:11.860 Lord. Intercessors step into a place of divine 00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:14.820 intervention and cause the miraculous to take 00:37:14.820 --> 00:37:18.619 place in the house of God. I believe that you 00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:23.179 and I have got to be able to repair those places. 00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:27.099 Repair the ruins. Repair those things that will 00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:31.019 help our city get restored. Number three. Nehemiah's 00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:34.539 example, to stand in the gap to protect. In Nehemiah 00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:37.320 chapter four, verse 13 through 14, says, therefore 00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:39.900 I stationed some of the people behind the lowest 00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:43.239 points of the wall at the exposed places, posting 00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:47.500 them by families with their swords, spears, and 00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:52.800 bows. Verse 14, after I looked things over, I 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:59.230 stood up and said to the nobles, The officials 00:37:59.230 --> 00:38:02.829 and the rest of the people, don't be afraid of 00:38:02.829 --> 00:38:06.829 them. Remember the Lord who is great and awesome. 00:38:07.070 --> 00:38:10.829 And fight for your families. Somebody say fight 00:38:10.829 --> 00:38:14.789 for your families. Your sons. Your daughters. 00:38:15.590 --> 00:38:20.809 Your wives. And your homes. How many think it's 00:38:20.809 --> 00:38:24.070 worth fighting for? How many think your wife 00:38:24.070 --> 00:38:27.539 is worth fighting for? Somebody say, um. Fight 00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:30.800 for your wife. Come on. Women, look at your husband 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:34.280 and say, fight for me, honey. That's right. There's 00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:36.000 got to be men in this house that will fight. 00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:38.099 Not fight with them, but fight for them. Amen? 00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:41.300 We've got to fight all mixed up. We're fighting 00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:43.820 with one another. We're fighting and contending 00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:46.280 even home against home and family against family 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:48.119 when our fight is not against flesh and blood, 00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:50.199 but against principalities and powers of the 00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:53.000 air. When you feel yourself cornered, Fight the 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.739 devil. Come on, somebody rise up and fight the 00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:58.599 enemies of this house. Fight those that are saying 00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:01.019 that this house is not going to go to its future. 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:04.159 Fight that spirit of lying. Fight that spirit 00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:07.719 that comes to try to distract and discourage 00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:09.820 the people of the house of the Lord. Somebody 00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:13.500 say fight. Come on, intercessory ministry and 00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:15.840 divine intervention does not happen without a 00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:17.599 fight. You're going to have to fight and travail. 00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:19.699 You're going to have to travail in prayer. You're 00:39:19.699 --> 00:39:20.980 going to have to call out God. You're going to 00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:23.239 have to push the gates of hell back. You're going 00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:25.440 to have to say to the devil, I know what you're 00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:27.860 scheming, but it's not going to happen. You can't 00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:30.500 have my son. You can't have my daughter. You 00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:33.679 will not have my marriage. You've got to fight 00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:36.630 for your family. Some children and young people 00:39:36.630 --> 00:39:38.369 in this place need to begin to fight for their 00:39:38.369 --> 00:39:40.690 parents. Parents that are not saved and begin 00:39:40.690 --> 00:39:43.889 to say, I'm now saved. Washed by the blood of 00:39:43.889 --> 00:39:46.429 the Lamb. I have access into the throne of heaven. 00:39:46.590 --> 00:39:49.369 I have authority to push back the gates of hell. 00:39:49.510 --> 00:39:52.250 I have a promise from God. Believe in me and 00:39:52.250 --> 00:39:54.849 you and your house shall be saved. I'm going 00:39:54.849 --> 00:39:57.130 to pray for my parents. I'm going to see them 00:39:57.130 --> 00:40:00.590 saved. I'm going to push until something happens. 00:40:00.650 --> 00:40:04.199 I'm going to pray. Can you say amen? Hallelujah. 00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:08.320 I believe that God wants to do some spectacular, 00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:12.260 miraculous things as we dare to believe God. 00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:16.940 Well, that's all I have time for tonight. But 00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:19.860 you and I need to fight. We're gonna believe 00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:21.539 God because there are people that are taking 00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:24.500 care of the children of your families. And believe 00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:28.760 God that the spirit of intercession is gonna 00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:32.940 come upon this church and many... will stand 00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:37.599 up, will be repairs of the city, of the defenses 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:40.780 of the city, and will begin to close every gap 00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:45.179 by standing in the gap. Well, investigate. And 00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:47.659 what are the very weaknesses of this city? What's 00:40:47.659 --> 00:40:50.480 going on in this city? What are the major sins 00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:52.920 of this city? What are the things that are plaguing 00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:55.659 the young people of this house or of this city? 00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:59.239 How do you stand in the gap for a city if you 00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:01.789 don't know what's going on? How do you stand 00:41:01.789 --> 00:41:05.449 in the gap for a nation if you don't know what's 00:41:05.449 --> 00:41:08.369 going on? How do you stand in the gap for your 00:41:08.369 --> 00:41:10.769 family, your children, if you're not talking 00:41:10.769 --> 00:41:13.409 with your children? Finding out where are the 00:41:13.409 --> 00:41:16.690 low parts of the wall that need to be built. 00:41:17.070 --> 00:41:19.909 Where are those open gaps that have been left 00:41:19.909 --> 00:41:25.369 open? Maybe it was your own disobedience that 00:41:25.369 --> 00:41:27.630 opened some of those gaps up. Maybe it was your 00:41:27.630 --> 00:41:30.099 kids that opened the gap. But we have the authority 00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:32.519 to close them. We have the authority to stand 00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:37.099 in them. And until God does something, we need 00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:40.099 to stand and begin to pray. And we need to intercede 00:41:40.099 --> 00:41:44.019 in a way that the enemy knows that we're serious, 00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:47.260 that we're ready, that we're going to continue 00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:53.320 to ring the bell until God shows up with all 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:57.940 his glory and his majesty and fights for us. 00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:03.099 Are you with me? Are you ready to enter into 00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:05.320 a whole new realm of intercession? Maybe you're 00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:08.380 there already and this time this weekend is just 00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:11.059 to strengthen your hands and strengthen you to 00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:14.639 pray and to draw near to God and for you to understand 00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:19.460 that prayer works. I can't tell you enough about 00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:24.300 divine intervention. When I was going off to 00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:29.860 college, Bible college, I was selling my properties 00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:31.679 in Puerto Rico so I could pay my way through 00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:35.179 school and try to at least get my footing in 00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:36.800 Portland, Oregon when I was coming to Portland 00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:39.980 Bible College. My wife was young. We were both 00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:43.099 young and married. The person who was buying 00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:45.860 my house, together with a lawyer who was doing 00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:49.739 the transactions of the sale, tried to scheme. 00:42:50.360 --> 00:42:55.679 He wanted to take the money of the sale and wanted 00:42:55.679 --> 00:43:00.199 to rob us, basically. And when I got word of 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:03.320 it through another lawyer who saw it, he told 00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:05.840 me about the relationship of that buyer with 00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:08.320 that lawyer and how they were scheming. I really 00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:13.860 got very irate. And I was only saved about two 00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:18.360 years. Kind of a new saved guy. Saved out of 00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:22.579 the streets. And I remember calling for a meeting 00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:25.900 in my house. I was on my way to Bible college, 00:43:25.980 --> 00:43:28.730 but here's the enemy trying to distract me. right 00:43:28.730 --> 00:43:34.269 before I go off. And my mom saw me. She was a 00:43:34.269 --> 00:43:37.550 woman who had just come to the Lord also. First 00:43:37.550 --> 00:43:40.329 one saved my family after myself. She began to 00:43:40.329 --> 00:43:43.409 pray for me because she saw that my life had 00:43:43.409 --> 00:43:45.210 been transformed and changed and all of a sudden 00:43:45.210 --> 00:43:47.449 she's seeing me very upset. She hadn't seen me 00:43:47.449 --> 00:43:50.630 like this. So she begins to pray and I call for 00:43:50.630 --> 00:43:56.650 a meeting of all my old friends. Kind of my... 00:43:57.070 --> 00:44:00.130 Little mafia guys. Called them to my house to 00:44:00.130 --> 00:44:02.730 see how we would get even. My dear wife started 00:44:02.730 --> 00:44:05.690 praying and interceding so that God would intervene 00:44:05.690 --> 00:44:09.889 some way. Giselle, a young bride, was crying 00:44:09.889 --> 00:44:11.969 out to God. She was raised in a godly family. 00:44:12.030 --> 00:44:14.989 I wasn't raised that way. So she knew a lot more 00:44:14.989 --> 00:44:16.829 and had a lot more patience and knew that God 00:44:16.829 --> 00:44:19.889 would come to work. Life was young of the Lord 00:44:19.889 --> 00:44:23.869 and I thought, well, vengeance is mine. You know. 00:44:24.590 --> 00:44:27.269 And I was scheming that night to do something. 00:44:27.329 --> 00:44:29.349 And guess who showed up at my house? She didn't 00:44:29.349 --> 00:44:31.429 live close by me. She traveled all the way to 00:44:31.429 --> 00:44:33.670 my house because my wife began to pray. The Lord 00:44:33.670 --> 00:44:35.869 spoke to my mother. She made her way. There were 00:44:35.869 --> 00:44:38.210 no cell phones, no texts. There was no way my 00:44:38.210 --> 00:44:39.869 mom could know anything about this. But she showed 00:44:39.869 --> 00:44:42.289 up, a little woman, but just a little woman. 00:44:42.349 --> 00:44:44.409 You know, Mary was probably a little lady compared 00:44:44.409 --> 00:44:47.969 to Jesus. And I'm still little, but still wanting 00:44:47.969 --> 00:44:49.829 to grow. So if any of you have an anointing to 00:44:49.829 --> 00:44:52.710 make things grow, pray for me. But my mom showed 00:44:52.710 --> 00:44:55.079 up. full of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. 00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:58.179 Called, stepped into my meeting. She didn't ask 00:44:58.179 --> 00:45:00.360 for permission. She just said, Danny, come over 00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:04.059 here. I want to talk to you. And I just knew 00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:06.980 when I saw her eyes full of tears, I knew she 00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:09.179 had something in her heart to give me. I didn't 00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:11.639 expect her to give me the word of the Lord. She 00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:13.420 intervened that day with a word. She said, I've 00:45:13.420 --> 00:45:15.860 been praying for you. And God sent me to give 00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:19.360 you this word. He told me you're about to do 00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:22.090 something. That will destroy your ministry. Before 00:45:22.090 --> 00:45:24.929 it even starts. If you do what you're going to 00:45:24.929 --> 00:45:27.150 do tonight. What you're planning. You will never 00:45:27.150 --> 00:45:29.469 return back to this island. To preach the gospel. 00:45:29.889 --> 00:45:32.329 The doors will be closed. And you will have entrance 00:45:32.329 --> 00:45:36.690 into this island. She prayed with me. And she 00:45:36.690 --> 00:45:40.030 broke my spirit. Broke the anger in me. Brought 00:45:40.030 --> 00:45:42.110 me back to my senses in God. The Holy Spirit 00:45:42.110 --> 00:45:44.710 came over me. I walked out of that room. To that 00:45:44.710 --> 00:45:49.420 crowd of ungodly men. And said to them, please 00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:53.300 forgive me. I've done wrong by you and by the 00:45:53.300 --> 00:45:58.219 Lord. I asked their forgiveness. And they left 00:45:58.219 --> 00:46:01.460 not fulfilling anything that we had talked about. 00:46:02.139 --> 00:46:06.139 And we called off everything. And I went to court 00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:09.440 and went through the sale. And God reversed the 00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:12.579 whole thing. And God blessed us just like he 00:46:12.579 --> 00:46:16.500 said he would. And he prevented me, divine intervention. 00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:19.280 stepped into my life that day through my mother. 00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:22.579 And I'll never forget that. It's today I'm a 00:46:22.579 --> 00:46:26.300 preacher to the nations, not only to my island 00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:28.159 of Puerto Rico, but to the nations of the world 00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:30.699 because she dared to intervene. She dared to 00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:34.340 hear what God wanted to do. And in prayer, she 00:46:34.340 --> 00:46:38.000 responded and stood in the gap. I wonder how 00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:41.300 many things will be intervened by this church 00:46:41.300 --> 00:46:45.440 as you step in the gap and begin to pray. How 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:48.659 many attempts of the enemy will just crumble 00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:52.119 to nothing how many works of Satan will be destroyed 00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:55.460 through the faithful prayer how many people will 00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:58.900 be healed in this church how many miracles will 00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:01.619 begin to take place in the next few weeks and 00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:04.019 months in this church as you begin to take a 00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:08.719 whole different stand of prayer are you ready 00:47:08.719 --> 00:47:11.380 for the challenge? are you ready for the fight? 00:47:12.659 --> 00:47:21.590 stand with me tonight Lord, I thank you. I thank 00:47:21.590 --> 00:47:24.849 you that you're causing people not just to pray, 00:47:24.929 --> 00:47:28.070 but to enter into a realm of prophetic intercession. 00:47:28.489 --> 00:47:31.570 A time where they can hear what you want them 00:47:31.570 --> 00:47:33.909 to pray about, what you want them to do, and 00:47:33.909 --> 00:47:36.769 they can act on that word and bring a performance 00:47:36.769 --> 00:47:41.250 to intervene in every scheme of Satan. Cause, 00:47:41.349 --> 00:47:45.610 Lord, cause people's lives to be spared. Cause 00:47:45.610 --> 00:47:48.699 people to... Come out of their sick beds and 00:47:48.699 --> 00:47:51.880 out of their death beds. Cause families to walk 00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:54.760 away from divorce court and be healed and restored. 00:47:55.340 --> 00:47:59.559 Oh God, I pray. Hand of the Lord would save young 00:47:59.559 --> 00:48:03.039 people, Lord, from suicide through this church. 00:48:03.199 --> 00:48:06.739 From a spirit that lurks to try to destroy them 00:48:06.739 --> 00:48:10.039 before they even started. In the name of Jesus, 00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:13.760 I pray, oh God, that you put a burden on those 00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:17.639 who pray in the house. Cause them to understand 00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:21.179 how to ascend into your presence. How to have 00:48:21.179 --> 00:48:24.460 clean hands and a pure heart. To be able to ascend 00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:27.320 into your hill, into your very presence. Oh, 00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:31.619 God, to seek you with this endeavor. In Jesus' 00:48:31.800 --> 00:48:35.480 name, and everyone said, amen. God bless you. 00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:45.309 Hallelujah. Praise you, Lord. If we could have 00:48:45.309 --> 00:48:47.849 the ushers come. Bob, if we could just maybe 00:48:47.849 --> 00:48:50.809 just set the buckets on the stage of those that 00:48:50.809 --> 00:48:53.150 want to just sow in tonight. Tomorrow morning 00:48:53.150 --> 00:48:55.849 we'll receive an offering proper for Danny as 00:48:55.849 --> 00:48:58.829 well. But if you want to sow in tonight to his 00:48:58.829 --> 00:49:01.510 ministry, we're going to take a freewill offering 00:49:01.510 --> 00:49:05.429 for him. You know, we'll just set some up on 00:49:05.429 --> 00:49:07.869 the stage. I want you just to be able to come 00:49:07.869 --> 00:49:12.570 around as the worship team just kind of worships, 00:49:12.570 --> 00:49:16.340 I guess. And plays a little bit. I believe tonight 00:49:16.340 --> 00:49:20.739 there was an impartation of something on several 00:49:20.739 --> 00:49:23.679 levels. Number one, we heard the word of the 00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:27.860 Lord in regard to miracles, healings, the miraculous. 00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:31.119 I believe there was an impartation tonight. But 00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:35.420 two, I believe there was a stirring that took 00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:39.420 place to remind, especially some of us that have 00:49:39.420 --> 00:49:43.099 been... laboring for a long time to remind us 00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:46.679 that some of the things that have happened through 00:49:46.679 --> 00:49:49.280 the years it isn't coincidence and just to bring 00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:53.000 to our mind that God actually has been answering 00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:56.940 prayers and that the fight that some of the things 00:49:56.940 --> 00:49:59.539 that we've encountered is not by coincidence 00:49:59.539 --> 00:50:02.940 and not to grow weary in doing well for others 00:50:02.940 --> 00:50:07.599 that heard tonight recognizing that prayer And 00:50:07.599 --> 00:50:10.019 standing in the gap for the house of the Lord, 00:50:10.079 --> 00:50:12.760 for the people of God, for families, for the 00:50:12.760 --> 00:50:16.980 lost, for the miraculous is absolutely imperative. 00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:22.360 And to anchor into that and say, this is what 00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:27.300 God is looking for. He's asking me to sign up, 00:50:27.420 --> 00:50:30.460 to begin to pray according to the Spirit, to 00:50:30.460 --> 00:50:34.559 begin to receive a godly burden. Maybe it's for 00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:37.039 children. Maybe it's for the lost. Maybe it's 00:50:37.039 --> 00:50:41.079 for the miraculous. Maybe it's the gamut of how 00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:43.260 the Holy Spirit will just begin to bring thoughts. 00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:47.099 God is bringing a touch and an impartation. So 00:50:47.099 --> 00:50:50.079 tonight, as we dismiss, just bring something 00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:51.980 before the Lord. We're just going to add this 00:50:51.980 --> 00:50:55.699 to just Danny's love offering at the end of the 00:50:55.699 --> 00:50:58.920 weekend. God bless you. Receive that tonight 00:50:58.920 --> 00:51:02.489 in the name of Jesus. God bless you as you go. 00:51:02.550 --> 00:51:05.650 We'll see you in the morning. Doors open, I believe, 00:51:05.710 --> 00:51:08.750 around 9 .30. We'll start at 10 o 'clock. It's 00:51:08.750 --> 00:51:11.010 going to be a great time tomorrow. 10 to about 00:51:11.010 --> 00:51:21.980 12 .30. Thank you. interested in hearing other 00:51:21.980 --> 00:51:24.920 podcasts or contacting Life Bible Church, go 00:51:24.920 --> 00:51:29.519 to www .lifebiblechurch .org or call us at 541 00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:32.000 -995 -8282.