In the worship service. It can happen in your
car. It can happen in your prayer closet. God
wants to meet with you. And he wants you to ascend
to where he is at. I believe he wants you to
have that experience. Even John said in a moment.
In the spirit. I heard a voice of the Lord calling
to me. In an open door. And in a moment. In that
moment. I was in heaven. I was in the presence
of God. Well through the spirit of God. We do
have access to the very presence of God. You
know. I learned this at the age of 17 when I
was just... Coming into the kingdom. I was saved
at the age of 17. Filled with the Holy Ghost.
Right after I was saved. And one of my first
experiences. Actually the first miracle I ever
saw. In my ministry. As a young man. And I didn't
even know what ministry was in those days. But
it was what. First work that God allowed me to
do. Was after I had separated myself. To seek
the Lord. I spent some time fasting and praying.
And in a worship service at a camp meeting. Because
I was so exhausted. And having never fasted three
days for a young man, 17 of age, you try fasting
for three days and it's like a nightmare. And
so I was exhausted, depleted. And in the middle
of the service when the preacher came on, I fell
asleep. After we were in worship and in prayer,
I just fell asleep where I was. Thank God nobody
woke me up. But the Spirit of God began to speak
to me. Because even when your body is tired,
your spirit is awake. Amen. Your spirit doesn't
fall asleep. Your spirit should be awake. Amen.
And that inner man has awakened you. And I heard
a voice of the Lord. And I began to see some
things in my dream. I thought I was dreaming.
But it was the Lord speaking to me. And I believe
what pastor said. That we need to be able to
see and hear. Even the prophet Habakkuk said.
I will position myself. In Habakkuk chapter 2.
I will position myself to see what the Lord will
speak to me. There is that seeing part. Of hearing
the voice of the Lord. And God wants to use all
of our senses. So that we can perceive. his word.
And part of it is our faculties of seeing. Maybe
not the eyes, the natural eye at times. Maybe
it's the eyes of your understanding. Maybe it's
through a dream. But God can jump into any one
of our dreams whenever he wants and bring us
a word of direction. Well, I fell asleep and
I saw myself. Receiving instructions from the
Lord. And he told me to rise from that place.
Where I was asleep. And I knew I was asleep.
In my dream. And he said rise from here. And
go to a certain area. And he gave me directions
where to go. And there was. He said I would find
some people there. That were waiting for me.
And that he would heal this person. Who needed
healing. And that God was going to restore. Was
going to heal this young man. Well I thought
everybody would. be in the meeting in my own
nature. I woke up out of my dream with that instruction.
I looked around, and while the service was going,
here I have this urgency of the Holy Spirit.
Get up and do it now. I gave you this word. So
I get up. I'm 17 years old for the first time.
Actually hearing, I was praying and fasting for
one petition. I had been filled with the Holy
Ghost. Now I was praying and fasting to be able
to prophesy and to have the gifts of the Spirit.
I was pursuing earnestly the gifts of the Holy
Ghost. And this is when my ears, I believe, got
unplugged. As I heard in this dream, I heard
the voice of the Lord clearly. I woke up. It
spoke to me. And now I'm hearing the voice of
God. While the preacher's preaching, I'm hearing
God saying, get up from here and go to where
I told you. So I get up, follow the instructions
of the Lord, and it takes me out to the outside
of that same campground. They had a freestanding
chapel over this cliff. And under the chapel,
there was a little prayer room that people would
go to pray. And there were these metal steps
that would go down to that prayer room. So I
began to go down these steps. That's what he
was showing me exactly in my dreams. So I saw
the steps. I walked down to this place. It's
my first time in this camp. And as I walk down,
I hear somebody call my name out. And they said,
Danny, is that you? And now I know. They couldn't
see me because they were around the corner. But
when they heard me, they were expecting me. Just
like God told me. So I walk down and I find two
young men. One cannot speak. He's a mute. The
other one. Is the one talking. And I said how
do you know my name? And he said last night while
we were praying. God spoke to us. And spoke to
this man. To this young man. And he was a mute.
He couldn't talk. So he wrote my name in his
Bible. And he was crying because the Lord said
I'm going to heal you. I'm going to send Danny
to lay hands on you. And you're going to be healed.
So. He communicated that through sign language.
And the young man tells me now, and he shows
me the Bible with his tears that had blotted
out where he had marked out my name. And so here
God is speaking to somebody about me, and he's
speaking to me about them. Through prayer and
intercession, I had spent time in the presence
of God. Now, for the first time, I'm hearing
the voice of God. And now I'm there. How many
of you know when you see something like that,
your faith is going to get built up? I didn't
need any more faith. I just said, all right,
this is enough for me to fly with this. We're
going to believe God for a miracle. God told
me in my dream that he's going to heal you. I
spoke the word. And when I laid hands on him,
he immediately burst out. Sound came out of his
mouth. And he began to sing. He began to sing
before the Lord. His voice came back fully. And
he began to sing. And words began to be articulated.
Then he began to fill with the Holy Spirit. And
he began to sing in the Spirit. I was blown away.
This is my first time I see something like the
power of God flow by the laying out of hands.
And as I laid hands and I saw this explosion
of a miracle in front of my eyes, I just was
blown away. And that night he sang for the entire
camp meeting because it was a miracle that was
made public to everybody and he was healed. I
thank God for miracles like that. I believe God
wants to do them with every one of us. It's not
just for a few. I believe he wants to quicken
you. I believe that this time that you've separated
into God is going to count. I believe that through
intercession, we can actually bring forth miracles
into the lives of people. And God can speak to
us, give us directions so we can put ourselves
in a position where a miracle can happen. Look
at somebody and say, dare to position yourself.
For the next miracle. And then. I remember. Being
in a service. Years later. Pastoring now in New
York City. In Harlem. Actually it was the very
foundation of our church. We were in what's called
Washington Heights. Upper Manhattan. We still
had not gone right into Harlem. We were in the
upper part of the east side of Manhattan. That's
where we planted our church. And we were there,
and in this old Baptist church that we rented,
our church began to grow. And we were 30 and
50, and we were at a service, and I'm preaching
away, and the Holy Spirit interrupted my message
and said, I want you to do a prophetic act. and
I had he told me exactly what to do get me instructions
so I called one of the crazy young men in my
church to act out what the Holy Spirit was saying
I stopped the service I whispered it brought
him up whispered in his ear he walked away and
I didn't tell the church what was going on but
I had told him to act out the part of a man breaking
through the back to the doors of the sanctuary
crying out how God spared his life and how God
saved him from suicide So he cried, he went after,
I kept preaching and everybody stayed into the
word. And then a few minutes later, he interrupted
my preaching, walked in, ran into the sanctuary
and acted this, I believe it was a prophetic
intercessory act. And so he acted out this thing.
He acted it so well, we started crying. People
started crying. And he fell on his knees. in
front of me and I prayed for him and I then prophesied
to the church this is what will begin to happen
in our ministry I was prophesying about the harvest
and releasing the harvest well we went on with
the service people clapped we went on with the
service that young man sat down and I went on
ending my message all of a sudden before I could
end my message the doors in the back Opened up.
A man runs through. Runs right into the sanctuary
screaming. I was about to jump off this building
in front of this church. At a seven story building.
And the Lord spoke to me. He said I heard God
say go to that church right now. Don't jump.
Run into that building. So he ran into the building
crying out, save me. I was about to commit suicide.
I need help. And he fell right on his knees in
front of me just like we had acted out. The church
just went in awe. One of those awe. This was
a prophetic intercessory act that actually brought
and broke the spirit of suicide off a man. Come
on. Somebody give God a hand. That's the kind
of prophetic intercession I'm talking about.
It's when prophecy and intercessory and prayer
come together. It can happen in worship. It can
happen. Listen, I just love the atmosphere you
guys create in the worship team for the presence
of God. How many can thank God for great worshipers
in the house of God? Come on. If that's the way
you rehearse, I want to be at every rehearsal.
I want to be. I'm an addict for the presence
of God. So here, you know, we're... Just experiencing
God. But God wants to use us and speak to us
in the midst of worship, in the midst of prayer.
He wants to give us instructions. And I was traveling
with my wife through New York City. We were on
the train. And we were heading back to our church's
offices after, I believe, having a meal downtown
New York City. And as we were heading back, the
Lord spoke to me. I had a son of the Lord that
was backslidden and had committed a tremendous
sin. He was one of the leaders of our church,
had fallen away, committed adultery, and he was
so ashamed that he didn't want anybody to see
him. And he hid away, ran off from his family,
and nobody knew where he was. Well, as we were
going up on this train, and we had been in prayer
and fasting for him all weekend, that weekend
as he disappeared, God began to speak to me.
And I heard the voice of the Lord tell me where
he was. So I said to my wife, you keep going
to the office. I'm going to get off this train.
God just told me where to find him. And I followed
the directions of the Lord. I got off at the
right station, walked a few blocks, and to the
building that the Lord pointed out, gave me the
number of the building, walked in. The Lord told
me he was in his basement and that he would have
a shotgun in his hand ready to commit suicide.
So I got there. And when I asked for him at the
front desk, they said, yes, he's downstairs,
I believe. And I went downstairs and found him
in this basement sitting with a shotgun in his
lap, considering blowing his head off, committing
suicide. But God loves people. Even after they
sin, he still loves them. God doesn't change
his love for us. Even when we mess up, he's the
God who will go after us. He was the God who
will reach out to us from the uttermost. He can
save. Can you say amen? How many know he can
still hear prayer? Amen. He can still save. Well,
I spoke to him what God spoke to me. He was shocked
to see me appear because nobody knew where he
was. He said, how did you find me? Who told you?
I was here. I said, the Lord just talked to me.
And I gave him the word of the Lord. And I convinced
him to hand me the shotgun. Not just for his
sake, but my sake too. I wanted to live. So I
didn't want him to get angry and shoot me. But
I got ahold of his shotgun and I was able to
turn his life around, bring him to repentance
and bring him to a decision to come back home
and make it right with God. It was powerful.
And while I was there, I heard the steps coming
down his metal staircase. And the Lord said,
that's the woman that he committed adultery with.
And I gave her the word of the Lord and she got
saved. And never did that relationship ever happen.
And I removed him from that place where he had
any kind of connection there. And God saved that.
He was a leader and became a leader again in
the house of the Lord. God restored him. Listen,
God wants to speak to you. Detailed information.
He wants to speak to you when you're praying.
Prayer is not a monologue. God wants to speak
back. God wants to share with you. He wants to
speak to you in your ear. He wants to open up
your ear. So that you can see this. At one time
corporately we're praying in our church in the
morning. I'll just share this one last story.
Are you okay? This one last story. We're praying
and interceding. It's the beginning of our church.
We're again in that wasward section of New York
City. The upper east side. And we're surrounded
by buildings that are inhabited by people. You
know there are lots of people in every one of
these buildings. Some of them 12, 15 floors,
30 floors. New York City is New York City. Like
no other. the city so here God we're praying
in the church for our city and all of a sudden
the Lord shows me a picture of a window that's
open and the curtains are flying almost in the
wind but there's a candle that's lit that doesn't
go out this lid candle and he says to me I want
you to go and find this house I want to save
a family today and you'll know it by the candle
in the window So I tell everybody, my team's
there. We're all interceding and praying. I said,
everybody, I need your help. New York City's
got a lot of windows. So we go outside. I want
you to describe my vision. I said, let's go out
there. I want you to find, help me find a window
with a candle. I want you to look intensely.
I don't care what floor it is. There's a window
with a candle lit up. And the curtains, there's
some white curtains flying in it. And God is
going to save that family today. So we walked
out in faith, looked around, praying in the spirit.
Oh, God, show us where the window is. As we looked
around, looked at all the buildings, we couldn't
find them. Then we looked to our left, and there
it was. On the fourth or third floor, there was
this window open with a candle lit and the white
curtains. And the Lord said, go. And we rushed,
a team of us rushed through the staircase. It's
like we were going to make an arrest or something.
We rushed in there, arrived at the door, knocked
on the door. And when we opened it, there was
a man in a wheelchair that I had seen in my vision.
He was sitting there and his family, they were
weeping at the moment we arrived. We gave them
the gospel. The Lord moved on that family and
God restored a family unto himself. Can somebody
give God a hand? You need to move on what you
see. You need to move on what you perceive to
be the word of the Lord. God still speaks with
visions and dreams. It's the language of the
Holy Ghost. Amen. So, get ready. Come on. Get
ready to see some things you haven't seen. Get
ready to hear some things you've never heard.
And get ready to act upon some things by faith
in the name of Jesus. Look at somebody and say,
get ready. Amen. I believe that... As we stir
your faith up and faith comes to you by the word
of the Lord. You and I are going to see a manifestation
of the presence of God. I want you to go with
me to Isaiah 59. The prophet Isaiah speaks about
the condition of his city. When the Lord uses
him to bring a message about intercessors. Isaiah
59 verse 12 through 19. It says our wrongdoings
and I'm taking it way down. You can read a little
bit more if you read the whole chapter. Our wrongdoings
pile up. Verse 12. Our wrongdoings pile up. I'm
reading from the message translation. Our wrongdoings
pile up before you, God. Our sins stand up and
accuse us. Our wrongdoings stare us down. We
know in detail what we have done. Mocking and
denying God. Not following our God. Spreading
false rumors. Inciting sedition. Pregnant with
lies. Murdering, muttering malice. Justice is
beneath, is beaten back. Justice is beaten back.
Righteousness is banished to the sidelines. Truth
staggers down the street. Honesty is nowhere
to be found. Good is missing in action. Somebody
say good is missing in action. Sounds like a
description of our day, doesn't it? Anyone renouncing
evil is beaten and robbed. Correct this awful
situation. Correct this awful situation, God.
Here's a prayer of the prophet. Pray, interceding.
God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon.
Listen to this, verse 15. God looked and saw
evil looming on the horizon. There's more evil
to come. How many know? That no matter what happens
as we come to the close of the age. The Bible
says that men will grow even more wicked. But
the holy will grow even more holy. There's going
to be a great separation. And I believe God's
eyes are on the future. He knows no matter what
happens the kingdom of God is going to move forward.
But God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon.
So much evil and no sign of justice. And he couldn't
believe what he saw. Not a soul around to correct
this awful situation. Not a soul around to correct
this awful situation. Well, the new King James
says it this way when it comes to verse 16. It
says, and he wondered that there was no intercessor.
It's the responsibility of intercessors to correct
the situation. You and I can change our world
through prayer. We can change lives through prayer.
We can interrupt. We can bring divine intervention.
We can interrupt suicide. We can interrupt calamity.
We can interrupt the hopelessness in families.
We can bring change. We can bring justice back.
We can restore into people's lives. And while
the world is destined to grow darker and darker.
I believe the church is going to shine brighter
and brighter. Amen. Because of people who can
pray. Because of people who will not just. be
victims of change, victims of darkness, but will
interrupt darkness with intercessory prayer.
I wonder that there was no intercessor, nobody
available. So he did it himself. He took on the
work of salvation, fueled by his own righteousness.
Somebody say fueled by his own righteousness.
I like this language of the message Bible. He
dressed in righteousness. Put it on like a suit
of armor. With salvation on his head like a helmet.
Put on judgment like an overcoat. And threw a
cloak of passion across his shoulders. Just threw
it on his shoulders and said, come on. Nobody's
going to do it. I'm going to do it. And I believe
this has a lot to teach us on what our responsibility
is as an intercessor. Listen to it. Every intercessor
is responsibly chosen from that particular verse.
Nobody found no one to do it, so he took on the
work. I'm going to do it. Number one, take on
the work. Decide to make a difference. Come on.
Can you decide to make a difference? Somebody
say, I'm going to make a difference. It starts
with a confession of your mouth and a commitment.
I'm going to make a difference. I'm not just
going to sit around and let my family be taken.
I'm not going to sit around and let my city be
destroyed. Come on. Somebody's going to have
to do the work. Somebody say it's work. But somebody's
got to do it. And then number two, arm up. Now
how do you arm up for intercessory prayer? With
righteousness. The Bible says that he got dressed,
cloaked with righteousness. Righteousness as
an armor. He put on the right motives. The right...
Purity, righteousness. He got his life right.
If you're going to bring answers to the world,
you better have been living that answer. Amen?
You've got to live. How can we preach a God that
we have not experienced? How can we preach holiness
if we have not experienced holiness? How can
we call people out if we ourselves have not stepped
out of darkness? Arm up. Look at your neighbor
and say, arm up. And that speaks of warfare.
In Ephesians chapter 6 verse 10 says, put on
the full armor of God so you can stand the wiles
of the devil. Listen, our job is to stand, but
you can't stand in the kingdom without the armor.
So everybody say, arm up. That's what God did
himself. He armed himself with righteousness.
And then it says, he put on the helmet of salvation.
And I believe the helmet of salvation is what
guards your mind. You're focused so that you
can stay focused. This is about saving lives.
This is about salvation. This is not about a
power play. This is not about me doing a show.
This is about bringing lives out of darkness.
This is about breaking the back of the enemy.
This is about trampling the gates of hell. Can
you say amen? Where it has to give up the souls
that he has kept in captivity. The helmet of
salvation. Guard your mind. I'm saved and God
has saved me to save others. I'm healed so I
can heal others. I'm delivered so I can deliver
others. Keep your focus the right way. If you're
going to intercede, make sure your focus is right.
And when it says judgment like an overcoat, he
put on judgment like an overcoat. That's a discerning
authority. That's what judgment is. It's the
ability to discern right from wrong. We've got
too many people in the church, like the world,
they don't want to take sides. We want to emulate
the world. And the world doesn't know the secular
from the sacred. It's mixing the right with the
wrong. And many people in the church are doing
the same thing. We're just kind of become passive.
And we've actually allowed the world to teach
us that we are not who to judge. We can't judge.
That's not what the Bible says. The Bible says
we have an authority to judge. Amen? Hello? Are
you with me? There is an authority. You have
to take a side. Come on. You have to be able
to discern. A discerning authority has got to
come on the church and intercessors can't be
pansy about this. You've got to have an authority
to judge a situation and attack it because you've
got the right discernment. You know where the
wrong is and you're going to pray correctly.
Can you say amen? A discerning authority. And
then I like this one. Passion across his shoulder.
He threw it as a cloak of passion across his
shoulder. Oh, you could have probably gone and
done it without it. But he made sure he added
this. That he put passion across his shoulders.
Well, shoulders are a place of government. And
passion needs to be in that place. It's sealed
under control. You're a zealous, but you're not
going to become foolish. And there's so many
people in intercessory prayer that become zealous
and become foolish in their intercession. Because
they have no restraint. There's no governing
of their emotions. They get weird. Bunch of space
cadets. And that's not what we need. We need
people grounded in the truth. We need people
anchored in the word of God. We need people who
have dominion over their emotions. Amen? God
has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love,
power, and of a sound mind. That soundness of
mind is that dominion, a zeal under control.
Yes, our emotions are involved in worship. Yes,
our emotions are involved in bringing the gospel
to somebody. But they have to be under control,
zeal under control. Can you say amen? How many
want to see a well -balanced church full of the
fire of the Holy Ghost? Maybe you're going to
call to do some things that are extraordinary.
And the only thing between ordinary and extraordinary
is that word extra. Extra, extraordinary, man.
And you've got to believe God. That's where faith
comes in. It puts you above what other people
can do. If you can just do what others can do,
then you're not extraordinary. But when you can
do above, when you can move in the extraordinary
power of the Holy Ghost, I believe that God wants
to use you if you believe him for that kind of
miracle in your life. How many would like to
believe God for some extraordinary things? Come
on. Extraordinary opportunities, extraordinary
healings, extraordinary things going on in your
life. Well, I believe God wants to do it, but
that doesn't mean you just cut loose your emotions
and get crazy. That means that you're going to
bring zeal, passion across his shoulders. There's
government in it. There's a governing factor
in this passion. Are you with me? Let's go to
the next slide. Prophetic intercession is joining
Jesus in prayer. Because if we're going to pray,
and we're talking about intercession, we need
to join Jesus in what he's praying. Prophetic
intercession is to join Jesus in prayer for another.
Taking up their burden through intentional and
directive supplication in the Holy Spirit. For
someone or something until something happens.
Remember what I said yesterday? Push. Somebody
say push. Pray until something happens. And I
believe that intercessory prayer has got to have
that push, that insistency, that ringing of the
bell, that constantly knocking on the door, asking
God, pleading with the Lord, and pushing it to
the very max until you see something happen,
until the miracle is made manifest. Just because
you don't see it when you first pray doesn't
mean that God doesn't want to do it. God might
want... Might want to use. That very manifested.
Manifested miracle. To train your faith. To go
for the extraordinary. Are you with me? So. We're
praying with Jesus. Hebrews chapter 7. The writer
of Hebrews from verse 24 to 25 says. But he because
he continues forever. Has an unchangeable priesthood.
Therefore he also. Is also able to save. To the
uttermost. Those who come to God through him.
Since he always lives. Somebody say always. Since
he always lives to make intercession for them.
Come on. Can you give the Lord a clap offering
that he's alive and well? He's sitting at the
right hand of the Father. He's making intercession.
He always lives. That's what he lives for. He's
making intercession. Somebody asks you what is
Jesus doing in heaven? He's making intercession.
He is always in prayer. Always praying for the
saints. I believe that as petitions go up and
bombard heaven. I believe that God is beginning
to pray. And he's praying. He's praying. And
I believe that you and I have got to get a hold
of what he's praying about. And part of intercessory
prayer, prophetic intercession, is not just praying.
It's praying what Jesus is praying. It's what
is he praying about? What is on the heart of
Jesus for that family, for that person? And begin
to get the mind of God for that person. Are you
with me? Come on. How many of you want to join
Jesus in prayer? Oh, I thank God that you're
joining each other in prayer. But I think it's
going to be powerful when we all join Jesus together.
And we, as one voice, begin to articulate. The
will of God is. For the city. For the families.
For the communities. In Romans chapter 8 verse
34. Who is he who condemns? Is it Christ? Who
died and furthermore is also risen. Who is even
at the right hand of God. Who also makes intercession
for us. Right now. He's making intercession for
us. Look at somebody and say he's praying for
you right now. When you're in trouble, he's praying.
Before even you ask, he's praying. Because he
knows what you're going to ask for. He's the
all -knowing God. He's well ahead of us. Isaiah
62. Listen to Isaiah 62, verse 6 through 7. I
have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem.
They will never be silent, day or night. You
who call on the Lord, give yourself no rest.
You who call on the Lord, you who intercede,
give yourself no rest. The watchmen on the wall,
these are intercessors. Give yourself no rest
and give him no rest. Hello? Give yourself no
rest and what? And give him no rest. That means
you're going to continually ring the bell. You're
going to continually ask. You're going to continually
press into God till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise of the earth. Until
he does what he needs to do. Don't give yourself
any rest and don't give him any rest. Continue
to press into God. Lord, we need this. Lord,
what is it that you want to do? Lord, and begin
to ask God. Begin to connect with the mind of
the Lord for intercessory prayer. Somebody say,
it's work. That's right. It's going to take some
work. It's not just that little moment of prayer
a day. Oh, I prayed for you. And all they prayed
was a few minutes. Before you were a few seconds
in passing. It's that prayer that goes on. It's
that insisting prayer that prays for you. It's
my little daughter praying for her grandfather.
Before my father was saved, he was a man who
had been backslidden for many, many years. I
had never even known that he was saved. But my
little daughter, when she got saved at the age
of three, the first thing she was concerned about,
what about grandpa? Is grandpa saved? Is he going
to heaven? And we said, right now, we need to
pray. on herself to intercede. In the morning,
waking morning, at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner,
at night, she was consistent with her prayer.
Save Grandpa. Save Papa. Save Papa. Move on Papa.
Holy Spirit, come. She's three years old, interceding.
She got filled with the Holy Spirit while doing
it. Intercession. And she began to pray in the
Spirit, you know, that it wasn't weeks, maybe
a month or two before grandpa had a visitation
from God. My father tells a story that an angel
showed up. The presence of God came, woke him
out of his sleep and said, get up, get dressed,
you're going to church. And he got up with the
fear of God, got dressed, he waited for him,
escorted him to the church where he was going
to get saved, walked with him. All the way to
a church. The doors were open and people were
praying. It was about six something in the morning.
People were praying. Prayer warriors were interceding.
Probably for people in that community. Probably
for people like my dad. And that angel said to
him, go there. Go to that altar and surrender
your life to Christ. And you'll never leave.
My father did so. He looked back and it was gone.
That person who drove him to that place. was
gone. Well, what an incredible experience when
a three -year -old can begin to pray. Children
have a beautiful faith to believe God. I believe
that God wants to use our children, wants to
teach our children early on. If you teach your
children how to touch heaven like that and how
to ascend to heaven and believe God through prayer
that they can bring change. Listen, they'll grow
up to be mighty people who will change their
world. Nothing will be impossible for them. If
you believe that, give the Lord a hand because
I believe he's depositing something. Give yourself
no rest and give yourself no rest and give him
no rest till he establishes Jerusalem. Well,
the message Bible reads, day and night they keep
it, they keep at it. Day and night they keep
at it, praying, calling out, reminding God to
remember. Reminding God to remember. Look at
your neighbor. Would you use this phrase? Tell
him, you need to remind God to remember. Well,
you would think the Almighty, he doesn't need
anybody to remind him. But it's all through your
Bible. Moses reminded God. Abraham reminded God.
Jacob, all of the patriarchs reminded God of
his goodness. Nehemiah reminded God. Daniel reminded
God. When the midst of trouble in Israel, they
rose up to remind God to remember. And I believe,
God, we've lost that at the church. Somehow,
it skipped us. But we need to get back to intercessory
prayer that reminds God, Lord, remember! Remember
what you said about my family. Remember the prophetic
word the prophets gave me. Remember when Bob
Isabel came and gave me that word. Everything
looks contrary, but I want you to remember the
prophets and what they spoke over my family.
Come on, can you say amen? I believe God wants
us to learn how to remind God to remember. Reminding
God to remember. Genesis 9 verse 16. Whenever
the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see
it and remember. The everlasting covenant between
God and all living creatures of every kind on
the earth. God places things that he can remember.
Have you ever done that in your life? Put a marker
so you can remember. Put it on the refrigerator.
You put a note. Put something on your hand like
a ring or something. You tie your string. I've
heard people trying to do things so that they
don't forget. And the older you get, the better
practice it is. How many walk into a room and
you forget why you came into that room? I bend
down and I make sure I pick up everything that
I got to pick up in case I forget anything. Because
I don't want to bend down again. Well, remembering.
Remembering is important. It's important to God.
God is not old and he hasn't grown ancient. But
he is a God who expects people to rise and call
him on his promises. To hold him at his word.
I believe that God wants you and I in intercessory
prayer to remind him to remember. Come on. Deuteronomy
chapter 9 verse 25 through 26. In the Message
Bible, Deuteronomy 9, verse 25 through 26. When
I was on my face, prostrate before God those
40 days and nights after God said he would destroy
you. This is Moses. I prayed to God for you.
My master God, don't destroy your people, your
inheritance, whom in your immense generosity
you redeemed, using your enormous strength to
get them out of Egypt. Moses reminded God of
all of his works and what God did. And he reminded
the people, I prayed for you. I made intercession.
Moses would stand. Every time God wanted to destroy
Israel, it was Moses and Aaron running in the
midst of calamity. Running in the midst of judgment
to stay the judgment of God. Well, somehow God's
raising a church that will stay the judgment
of God over a nation. I believe that... Nations
are being judged by their acts. Because of their
acts, the judgment of God will come on the nations.
But the church can stand to protect the nation.
I believe, I come from the little island of Puerto
Rico. It faces every year, almost every year,
countless storms that make their way through
the Caribbean. All of you have probably seen
it in the news. They're making their way right
to Puerto Rico. It's been here a few times, but
very few times. Because there's a church awake
that have learned that they can turn a storm.
around so what's been happening is our city churches
are getting together in the coliseums to pray
to avert disasters and every mayor of the city
over 50 mayors have called for citywide prayer
meetings where churches are coming together to
pray something is happening in little island
it might be collapsing financially but the glory
of God is ready to move in And storm after storm
coming announced it's going to hit the island.
It's going to hit the little island. It would
have destroyed the island. They averted and it
turns right in front of the island. It goes around
it because of a prayer seal that goes up. Somebody
say intercessory prayer works. Amen. I believe
you can shield your family. You can shield your
city. You can shield your finances. You can shield
your home. You can raise a hedge of protection.
Oh. All right. This is what Moses did. He stood
for the people. Verse 27 to 28, he said, Remember
your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He's
speaking out to God. Don't make too much of the
stubbornness of this people. Think about it,
Moses counseling God. They're evil in their sin.
Lest the Egyptians from whom you rescued them
say, God couldn't do it. He got tired and wasn't
able to take them to the land he promised them.
He ended up hating them and dumped. Them in the
wilderness to die. Moses intercessory prayer.
Was full of wisdom. And he just not. He didn't
just look at the present. And I'm afraid. Our
intercession. Sometimes comes to an end. Because
we look. At sin. And we look at the. Wrong with
people. We stop praying. We think oh man. Go
ahead God. Kill them. Judge them Lord. They deserve
to be judged. You know. And we stop praying.
We stop protecting. And we stop believing God
to do something. And it gets so bad in people's
lives that somehow we just say, I'm going to
stop praying. This is a waste of time. No, that's
when you need to pray on. And you need to pray
with the kind of wisdom that looks at the future.
Don't look at the present. Look at the future.
God, what are people going to say? You've already
saved that man. I know he's vaccinated. He's
messing up in his house. But God, he's your servant.
There were prophecies. Hold up the prophetic
words. Find God to remember what he said. My
wife is constantly practicing this. You hear
praying all throughout the house. Lord, you said.
Lord, you said. Lord, you said. Whatever God
says, she brings it up and says, God, this is
what you said. And we've watched great victories
come through that kind of intercessory prayer.
Remember, intercessory prayer is not just praying
without understanding. praying without wisdom.
You've got to be able to look at things the way
God looks at them because that's the only way
God will understand what you have to say. I believe
that Moses had the power to step in and talk
to God in a very meek way, but he was able to
convince God. What will they say? The Egyptians.
What will Satan say? What will the people of
this city say? Deuteronomy 9, 29. There are your
people still, your inheritance, whom you powerfully
and sovereignly rescued. Remind God, they're
still your people. They messed up, but they're
still your people. You still died for them, Lord.
You still saved them. They look bad now, and
I'm very frustrated counseling pastors. Listen
to me, because you're going to be frustrated.
I've pastored in some of the wildest communities
in America, New York City, Harlem. I counseled
hit men and all kinds of ugly people that were
saved in my church, murderers that became deacons
in my church, and people who were way off, and
people had given up hope for them. But God saved
them, rescued them. Transvestites of 32 years.
Saved, rescued by the power of the blood of Jesus.
Who today are some of the most loved elders in
my church. That I left in New York City. Powerful
people transform. I've watched it all over my
life. God can do it. He did it with us. He can
do it with anybody. Come on, they're still your
people. Somebody say, they're still your people.
Remind God, come, I know he knows it, but you
need to stand in the gap and say, God, they're
still your people. Oh, God, don't give up on
them. God, rescue them. Oh, that we would be
filled with the passion of God. That we would
be filled that when God even decides that he
wants to kill them, we would turn his heart around
and spare them and another opportunity would
be given to them. Sovereign God. Wow. Well, let's
go to this next point. Because prophetic intercession
is pleading for the life of another. How many
of you know it? It's when you can plead, stand
in the gap for the life of another. In Genesis
chapter 18, the great example of Abraham praying.
Praying for Sodom and Gomorrah, a wicked city.
Lost in their sins. And the scripture says that
God showed up to destroy that city with some
of his angels. Then the men set out for Sodom.
They were already on assignment. They were sent
out to Sodom. Verse 22, but Abraham stood in
God's path. Listen to it. You want to know what
intercessory prayer is all about? It's when you
dare to stand in front of God and say, God, hold
on, hold on. He stood in God's path, blocking
his way. Who are you? Well, the fear of God is
the beginning of wisdom, but there's that place
of intercessory prayer. That we can come before
God with confidence and with boldness, even before
the Lord. Why do we need boldness to enter into
the presence of God? Have you ever thought about
that? Because you're going to have to go before
God and stand in the gap for people. But Abraham
stood in God's path, blocking his way. Abraham
confronted him. Remember when I said intercession
is all about a confrontation? Our intercessory
prayer is not just about confronting the powers
of evil. Sometimes intercessory prayer is about
confronting God and saying, God, hold on. Let
me talk to you about this before you smash these
people, before you destroy our city. Let me talk
to you about them. And he confronted him. Are
you serious? I love the Message Bible. Maybe
it wasn't quite like this, but I love the way
he puts it. Are you serious? Are you planning
on getting rid of the good people right along
with the bad? What if there are 50 decent people
left in the city? Will you lump the good with
the bad and get rid of the lot? Wouldn't you
spare the city for the sake of those 50 innocents?
I can't believe you'd do that. Kill off the good
and the bad alike as if there were no difference
between them. Doesn't the judge of all the earth
judge with justice? Genesis 18 verse 26 through
28. God said if I find 50 decent people in the
city of Sodom, I'll spare the place just for
them. Now he was ready to destroy it. Now he's
ready to save 50. But unlike Abraham, he kept
pressing in. Kept ringing the bell. Abraham came
back. Do I, a mere mortal made from a handful
of dirt, dare open my mouth again to my master?
What if the 50 fall short of five? Would you
destroy the city because of the missing five?
And he said, I won't destroy it if there are
45. Abraham keeps pressing in. Abraham spoke
up again. What if you only find 40? Neither will
I destroy the city for 40 of only for 40. Let
me go on. He said, Master, don't be irritated
with me. But what if only 30 are found? No, I
won't do it if I find 30. I won't do it if I
find 30. Now he's got them down. He's negotiated.
When's the last time you negotiated with God?
Verse 31. He pushed on. Somebody say, he pushed
on. Push. Pray until something happened. He pushed
on. I know I'm trying your patience, master.
But what about for 20? For 20, would you do it
for 20? I won't destroy it for 20. I'll change.
I won't destroy the whole city. I came to destroy
it, but for 20 people, if I find 20 righteous
people, 20 people, I won't destroy it. He wouldn't
quit. Don't get angry. And I can imagine, I can
see Abraham, don't get angry, master. This is
the last time. What if you only come up with
10? Just 10. I mean, 10. Started counting. I
think he had lots of family in mind because that
was the point of his intercession. And he took
God through and negotiated for one family. What
about 10? For the sake of 10, I won't destroy
the city. Well, you know what happened. God destroyed
the city, but God has a way. In Genesis 19, verse
29, it says, so when God destroyed the cities
of the plain, he remembered Abraham and he brought
Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the
cities where Lot had lived. Because of the intercession
of one man. God didn't change his mind. He did
what he came out to do. But he saved a family
because of Abraham. He what? He remembered. Somebody
say he remembered Abraham. And he sent word to
his angels, escort, make sure they get out. I
don't care what you do, save that family. Because
I've got a man who's reminding me of my covenant.
I've got a man of faith. Believing for that family.
When's the last time you believed for somebody.
That you contended with God. And you negotiated.
For their salvation. You negotiated to set them
free. From a catastrophe that was impending.
A judgment that was already declared. Already
in action. You and I can step in. To the midst
of disaster. And change it around. We can change
the course of history. Prophetic intercession.
Can intervene. It can change the course of history.
Somebody's got to be in here. Being filled with
faith through these stories. And rise up and
say. I'm going to change history. I'm going to
rewrite the story. I'm going to believe. I'm
going to pray through until the story of this
city is rewritten. The story of my church is
rewritten. The story of my family is rewritten.
The story of my children is rewritten. I'm not
going to let the devil have them. I'm going to
intercede. I'm going to stand in the gap. I'm
going to press into God. I'm going to push out.
Romans chapter 5 verse 2. Through whom we have
gained access by faith into his grace. In which
we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the
glory of God. For through him we both have access
to the Father. Ephesians 2 verse 18. By one spirit.
Somebody say you have access. Abraham stood before
God. You and I can stand before God. Ephesians
3 verse 10 through 12. His intent was that now
through the church. Somebody say through the
church. The bountiful wisdom of God should be
made known to the rulers and authorities and
heavenly realms. According to his eternal purpose
that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.
In him and through faith in him we may approach
God with freedom and confidence. The same confidence
that Abraham came before God. This is in no way.
Trying to teach you disrespect towards the Lord.
Trying to teach you that you have been granted
access. Maybe others cannot come in before the
presence of God. But the blood of Jesus allows
you to come in. To the very holy place. Into
the very throne room of God. I believe the church.
Is the one that's going to declare the manifold
wisdom of God. The multi -sided wisdom of God.
When people think. There's no answer. The church
is going to speak an answer because it's been
in the presence of God. And guess what? When
it says that, they're going to show that to the
principalities and powers of the air. Things
angels long to see, they're longing to hear.
They're longing to get revelation. I believe
that the church has access into the very throne
of God. Get a hold of divine information that
not even the angels know. Because they're not
omniscient. Only God is. But when the church
hears what the omniscient God sees of the future.
It can come down and begin to prophesy and speak.
And out of the church come directives. The dispatch
of angel forces. Angel armies are dispatched
by the sound of the voice of a church. They're
waiting. I believe angels are poised for battle.
Just waiting for a directive from the church.
A church that has not spoken but is going to
speak. A church that's going to understand. that
it has an authority to change history and to
even command the forces of heaven to line up
with the heart of God. Are you with me? That's
the manifold wisdom of God. It's not just for
demons to hear it. It's for the authorities and
principalities of the air. Everybody falls into
line. Hebrews 4 verse 16. Let us then approach
God's throne. Hebrews 4 verse 16. Let us then
approach God's throne of grace. with confidence
so that we may receive mercy and find grace to
help us in a time of need. Grace and help in
the time of need. But you've got to approach
with confidence. Well, we need intercessors that
learn how to be confident in the Holy Ghost and
understand what your place is. You have the right.
Do you know the Bible speaks about Lucifer? It
speaks about Lucifer both in Ezekiel and Isaiah
14, Ezekiel 28. You can read this. It says that
he walked among the stones of fire. Speaking
of the very throne room of God, he had authority.
He could come in and out of the very holy place
as Lucifer, the illuminated angel. But he was
kicked out of heaven and he was replaced. Not
with another angel, not with another archangel.
but with the church. You and I can now ascend
by the Spirit. We have access. We can walk among
the stones of fire. We can hear the counsel of
God. God, what do you think? Lord, what are you
thinking? What's on your heart for this couple?
What's on your heart for this person I'm counseling?
Lord, as I'm praying and you're in prayer, you've
ascended on high and you've heard from God. Wouldn't
it be great to enter a counseling meeting with
a word from God? with a directive from the Holy
Spirit because you've spent time before they
came into your office. You've already heard what
God wants to do in their life and you can speak
into their lives. Well, I believe it'd make counseling
a whole lot lighter for us. And we would see
people transform and change at the announcement
of the will of God for their lives. Would you
stand with me? Let's take a little break and
we'll come back. How many are enjoying this?
Are you challenged? Are you ready? To intercede.
Are you ready to walk into the very throne of
God with great confidence? Knowing that that's
your place. You and I now can enter in to the
very secret place of God. Hear the voice of the
Lord. Jeremiah speaks of it as standing in the
secret of God. Being able to stand in the secret
of God where you hear the secrets of God. Well,
I pray that God helps us. In and out, as we enter
in and out, we have access by the Holy Ghost
in a moment. It doesn't take long. It just takes
the right attitude of prayer. It takes a faith,
understanding, and the grace that has been allotted
to us. We have a grace that allows us to step
into the very throne room of God. Help us, Lord,
during this break time, and help us to adhere
to your word as we seek to change history. In
Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Amen. Let's take about
a 10, 15 -minute break at max. There's still
some food out there, some coffee, bathroom break,
and then we'll come right back for part two of
the training session this morning. We'll see
you out there in just a little bit. 15 minutes
at max. Thank you. Well, spending time with the
Lord is key to any kind of ministry, especially
the ministry of intercessors. If you can't spend
time with God, if you can't find the discipline
to allot some time to be with the Lord, you know,
the psalmist made time. The Bible says that they
prayed numerous times. Especially the psalmist
would say in the morning I will seek you. Scripture
says he who seeks the Lord in the morning shall
find him. There's something about giving God
the first fruits of your strength every morning
when you get up. I encourage you to go before
the Lord the moment you get up and spend time
with the Lord. I want to draw your attention
to Isaiah chapter 15 verse 4 through 5. Isaiah
chapter 15 verse 4 through 5. So this sovereign
Lord, this is Isaiah, who's a great prophet and
an intercessor. And he spent a lot of time trying
to get the word of God to encourage the people
of God. And before he could be that prophetic
voice, he talks about how his training went.
Sovereign Lord has given me a well -instructed
tongue to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning. He awakens my
ear to listen like one being instructed. The
sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have
not been rebellious. I have not turned away.
Well, here Isaiah is prophesying, and this scripture
actually is a Messianic scripture. You'll read
the next verse talks about the pulling of the
beer and the striking. It's about Jesus. But
here, there's an instruction on how God raises
people to be prophetic intercessors, people who
can hear the voice of God. Well, we all want
to speak the right words. How many of you want
to have the right words to speak to somebody?
How many want to have an instructed tongue like
this scripture says? Well, he boasts of this.
He says, the Lord has given me a well -instructed
tongue or the tongue of a disciple. Another translation
says, to know the word. To know the word that
sustains the weary. To have the right word to
lift people up. That's the whole motivation here.
To be able to speak into people's lives and encourage
them. And then he goes about how to gain that
instructed tongue. He says, he awakens me morning
by morning. He awakens my ear to listen as one
being instructed. The way to an instructed tongue
is having an ear that's instructed. It's having
the ear open, the ear of a disciple. People can
be here and not have an open ear. You can spend
the whole morning here and not have an open ear
and walk away without receiving what God wants
to teach you. God wants to awaken all of our
ears. He wants to cause our ears to be right,
ready to receive. And he wants to do it in a
consistent way. I like the way that he shares
it. He awakens me morning by morning. Somebody
say morning by morning. Well, it's great to have
an alarm to wake you up in the morning, but it's
even more precious when you spend so much time
with God that you hear his whisper in the middle
of your sleep. That he can awaken you and say,
wake up. And sometimes it's not the time you
want to wake up because God... How many of you
have been woken up at some ungodly time? Well,
it's really a godly time. It's God's time because
he wants you to intercede, wants you to pray.
I've been awakened by God to avert a disaster
in my own family, to pray for my grandchildren
and my children through my 43 years of listening
to God and having an ear. I've watched God spending
time with him, how he has awakened me, where
everybody else is asleep. to awake me. Sometimes
my wife and I have been awakened at the same
time with the same burden to pray for people.
The Holy Spirit speaks to us and we get up and
we are actually hearing the voice of the Lord
and we go into prayer and intercede and we know
that our prayers are effective and that something
is happening because he woke us up to intercede
and then to pray for people and then God opens
the door for us to speak to those people. That
we have the right words. So before you have the
right words. You got to have the right ears.
You got to have open ears. The ears of a disciple.
So you can have the tongue. An instructed tongue.
You must have an instructed ear. It says he awakens
my ear to listen like one being instructed. God
wants to give you instructions. He wants to speak
to you. He wants to awaken you in the morning
hours. And tell you what is going to take place
in the rest of your day. He might give you some
details. Might even show you some faces. Might
even tell you and schedule some divine appointments
for your life. The sovereign Lord has opened
my ears. What a powerful thing to know that God
is at work opening the ears of the church. And
it was Jesus who said, he who has an ear, let
him hear what the spirit is saying to the church.
How many know that it's the spirit of God that
wants to speak into your ear? It is the Spirit
of God who right now, even you might be in a
conference like this on prophetic intercession,
but the Holy Spirit is speaking to you some very
direct things that some people have already walked
up to me and says, while you were speaking, God
spoke to me about doing this and doing that.
And there's been a number of instructions that
have gone on by the Holy Ghost outside of my
notes. They're better than my notes. They're
the instructions of the Holy Spirit for your
life. And you do well to pay heed to them. Well,
all of us want to have the right words at the
right time. time. And prophetic intercession
is praying in the Spirit. I want to talk to you
about in this session about praying in the Spirit
and praying the will of God. Prophetic intercession
is praying in the Spirit. Praying in the Spirit
is praying in tongues. Praying in the Spirit
is praying in tongues. Let me qualify this with
the word. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 2. For anyone
who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people
but to God. Indeed, no one understands them.
They utter mysteries by the Spirit. They utter
mysteries by the Spirit. They don't speak to
men. They speak to God. When you and I pray in
our prayer language, we pray to God. On 1 Corinthians
chapter 14, verse 14 through 15. For if I pray
in a tongue, my spirit prays. If I pray in a
tongue, what? My spirit prays. But my mind is
unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with
my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding.
I will sing with my spirit. Somebody say, sing
with my spirit. So how many of you have ever
sung in tongues? You need to begin to practice
what the word teaches. Sing in the spirit. Sing,
speak in tongues and sing in tongues in the presence
of the Lord. But I will also sing with my understanding.
Thank God that many of us are singing with our
understanding and the church is full of singers
who can sing with their understanding, sing with
their language they understand. But I believe
God wants to usher the church into those moments
of prophetic intercession where we are actually
praying in the Spirit, singing in the Spirit,
and we can get lost in God as a congregation
doing it in the Spirit. Well, there's a lot of
teaching coming against this, people trying to
extract speaking in tongues out of the church.
And no longer do you see the actual speaking
in tongues to the church. With the interpretation.
The gift of interpretation is no longer seen.
Something that needs to be restored back in our
midst. It's good to prophesy. Because everybody
gets edified. But if someone does speak in tongues
to the church. Then there should be an interpretation.
And remember that when you speak in tongues.
There are mysteries. There are things hidden
that God wants to reveal. So I believe that praying
in the spirit. prophetic intercession. It's praying
in the Spirit, praying like the Scripture says.
Listen to another Scripture, Ephesians 6, verse
17 through 18. Take the helmet of salvation and
the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God. The sword of the Spirit, which is what?
The Word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all
occasions. Not just a little while, but on all
occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.
This in mind, be alert. Always keep on praying
for all the Lord's people. So pray in the Spirit
on all occasions. This is a command of God. This
is a command from the apostles. You and I are
to be a praying church. The church is to be a
church that just only prays with its understanding.
But that enters in to praying in the Spirit.
And I so love the atmosphere that is created
in this church having learned that. I'm speaking
to a mature church. You walk into this place
and there's people praying in the Spirit all
over the place. The pastor, he's lost in the
presence of God. But the altar is all about.
The altar is a place where the lost get found
and the found get lost. Amen? And we need to
be able to enter into that presence of God and
just spend time in God. And I love the meekness
of your pastor. Though there are things that
need to be done, he will not interrupt that move
of God. He will allow, he'll be sensitive to
want to wait on God. Can you give the Lord a
big hand for a Holy Ghost filled pastor? Hallelujah.
It's that waiting on the Lord. It's that waiting
and praying in the Spirit. It's important. Many
churches have walked away from this. Many churches
are leaving that for the prayer room. I think
it should be an expression in the local church
and our gatherings. Praying in the spirit. Let
the people come. Listen, the visitors will think
you're strange at first. But then when you begin
to pray in our understanding, wisdom will come
to them. And they'll come to par. We think we
need to change everything to try to make everybody
comfortable. Some people need to be shocked.
Some people need to be moved and shaken and understand
that, hey, we live in a whole other world in
the kingdom of God. This praying in the spirit
is the life of the spirit. river in this house
that flows out of the innermost being of people's
lives. So it has this place. And Ephesians 6
tells us, take up the helmet of salvation and
the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of
God. How many of you can intercede with the Word
of God? Pray with the Word of God. Pray with
the Word of God. Pray the actual literal Word
of God. Begin to pray and then enter into the
Spirit and begin to pray in the Spirit. 1 Corinthians
14, again, verse 39 through 40 says, Therefore
my brothers and sisters be eager to prophesy
and do not forbid speaking in tongues. Don't
prohibit it. Yet we have all kinds of leaders
trying to take that out of the church because
we want to be a friendly user church. We want
to be friendly and kind. And I believe that.
I believe we all need to be, you know. Everything
can be done like this scripture says, but everything
should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
And somebody could get up and do an explanation.
This is what we do in our church. We used to
have brochures in our church years ago just teaching
people this is what you can expect in our service.
They'll be shouting. They'll be raising of hands.
They'll be speaking in other tongues. And we
explained that with verses. And they would read
it before the service. They were greeted by ushers
with those things in hand. And people kind of
got prepared. Okay, this is it. We never saw
anybody walk out in the midst of confusion. Actually,
everybody who visited the church was touched
by the power of God. And we saw them added to
the house of God. We saw a tremendous harvest
in a number of years. just did what the word
said. Somebody say practice the word. Amen. You
can never go wrong obeying God. Now God gives
us wisdom and understanding and your leaders
set the course in the culture of this church.
But I'm here to tell you that the culture of
the church is a spirit filled culture. It's a
culture of praying people who pray in the spirit,
intercessors. And not just a few, huh? Listen,
can I encourage you to get so fanatic about this,
so on fire for this, become passionate about
prayer and intercessory prayer to where you become
contagious? And you begin to infiltrate the church
and everybody who's around who didn't come to
the conference will get ignited this Sunday because
there's a fire that's going to get started here.
And as you rekindle that fire and you come in
Sunday, you come in with a praying voice. Amen.
Prayer has a voice. Let it be heard. Prayer has
a voice. Let that intercession rise. I guarantee
you people will begin to hear praying in this
house. Pray with your understanding, but also
pray in the spirit. When it's time to pray in
the spirit, let's pray in the spirit. So Romans
chapter 8 verse 26 through 27. In the same way
the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. In our
weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray
for. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us.
Through wordless groans. And he who searches
our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit. Because
the Spirit intercedes for God's people. In accordance
with the will of God. We need the Holy Spirit.
Teaching us how to pray. Because we don't know
how to pray. We don't know really. How should
we pray? What should we pray? So the Holy Spirit
can guide us. Make intercession for us. And even
in our weakest moments. When it's that time when
you can't see. You can't see clear. You're in
that. where you're not feeling so strong, you're
going through some trouble, well, that's a good
time to pray in the Spirit. That's a good time
to get around a few brethren and say, can you
guys join me? I want to pray in the Spirit. I'm
a little weak right now. I'm being challenged
by the enemy. There's some things going on. I'm
physically challenged or whatever it is that
is going on. But pray in the Spirit. And as you
pray in the Spirit, I believe God will bring
answers to you. And there will be a refreshing
that comes from the presence of the Lord. Amen?
As we just allow the Holy Spirit to pour out
of the church, out of us as we pray in the Spirit.
I believe that he wants to pray in accordance
with the will of God. And prophetic intercession
is praying the will of God. Prophetic intercession
is praying the will of God. It's not just prayer.
It's praying what God wants you to pray about.
It's praying with the Spirit, which is praying
the will of God. When we pray in tongues, we
pray the will of God by the Holy Spirit. which
always guarantees God's answers. Prophetic intercession
turns intercession into a master key. Somebody
say master key. Opening that which is shut and
shutting that which is open. When you can discern,
wait a minute, this is not. God's will. I'm going
to shut this thing down. I'm going to shut that
door. But it has the power to know when you know
it's the will of God, when the Holy Spirit reveals
it, you can open the door through prayer. You
can open the door and no man can shut it. There's
an authority that comes through prophetic intercession
that puts a master key in your hand. How many
want to be able to close doors where nobody can
open them and open doors that nobody can shut?
You can do it for your family. You can do it
for the church. You can do it for a city. I believe
we have the power to shut things down. And we
have the power to start things up. Can you say
amen? And all of heaven will work with the church.
So praying in the spirit. 1 John chapter 5, 14
through 15 says, This is the confidence that
we have in approaching God. That if we ask anything
according to his will, he hears us. And if we
know that he hears us, whatever we ask. We know
that we have what we ask of him. What a powerful
scripture. Well, if we could just pray every
time this way, according to the will of God.
Well, most of the time we pray and we have no
knowledge of what God's will is. We have knowledge
of what our wants are, but not of the will of
God. But if we could just align ourselves by
the spirit in praying, praying the will of God.
I believe God wants to reveal that. Sometimes
you'll be praying in the spirit. The more you
enter into this realm, you'll be praying over
people and it will almost seem like it's a prophecy
because you'll be praying their life. You'll
be praying out their problem. How many of you
have ever prayed for somebody and they said,
how did you know I was going through that? And
they didn't tell you, didn't have a chance to
ask, what can I pray for? But you started praying
and it was almost like the Holy Spirit was guiding
you. Well, that's intercessory, prophetic intercessory
prayer. It begins to reveal the very heart of
the people, the problems, and it begins to reveal
the heart of God. It's mixed in with the gifts.
Get stirred up as you begin to pray. All of a
sudden the gift of discerning comes in. And you
begin to discern in the midst of your prayer.
You begin to pick something up. And the word
of knowledge now comes into play. And you begin
to see something that was secretly hid. The issue
of the problem. And then the word of wisdom comes.
And you begin to pray and answer. Right there.
All. It all happens in the midst of a prayer.
And it's probably one of the most incredible
times. That you and I can experience as we pray
over people. Well the Holy Spirit wants to teach
all of us. of us how to pray that way. What if
the whole church got ignited with this? What
if the church got mobilized into our community
praying? And every time we saw an opportunity,
we jumped on it. Don't let an opportunity pass
you. Pray in the spirit, not just within the
four walls of the church, but in the marketplace,
in the school, wherever you are at. I believe
that you and I can pray people out of darkness
into the kingdom of light. We can pray them out
of ignorance into wisdom. We can pray them out
of distress into peace. We can pray them out
of conflict into the great grace of God. Can
you say amen? Well, I believe that God wants
to do that. As we begin to pray in the Spirit,
we learn how to pray the will of God. Prophetic
intercession is praying the will of God. It's
praying what He asked of us. It's praying in
such a way that you are going to reveal the issues
at hand. And people will say, God is in this
place. God is speaking to you. God is for me.
He knows what I'm going through. And it begins
to reveal that prophetic element of prayer that
sometimes is lacking. Well, we have shrunk down
in our churches all over the world where even
leaders don't pray anymore by the Spirit. They
have to think everything through, and with their
intellect, they've replaced the Spirit's wisdom
for their own wisdom. They write out all their
prayers. I've been in churches where there's
been a prayer written for every part of the service.
And I've walked into pulpits where the pastor
has prayers written down for the offering, prayer
written down for everything. Nothing by the Holy
Ghost. Everything is read. Most of the... places
where some of the great men of God are asked
to pray, in some of the high places, like in
the White House, they write out their prayers.
And actually, they have to be written out, some
of them. Some of them are lifeless, while others
are filled with inspiration of the Holy Ghost.
And I believe God can use you to write a prayer
to somebody. but there's something about that
spontaneous inspiration of a Holy Ghost in the
midst of a service when you're praying for somebody
on the streets where you begin to get the mind
of God. Don't let opportunity pass you. When
you see somebody sick, step in and say, can I
pray for you? Listen, most people will receive
you. and I've watched this happen Giselle and
I practice this everywhere we go on airports
and restaurants everywhere we go we will pray
for people and we would just say a simple prayer
but in the prayer the Holy Spirit begins to move
and all of this word of knowledge begins to flow
and before you know it we're praying their very
life and they're beginning to weep and cry and
brokenness happens you've seen it God wants to
do more of it come on somebody say there's more
That's right. And I believe we can turn our world
around as we reach them by praying according
to the will of God. He hears us when we pray
the will of God. Things will begin to set into
motion. And what we ask, we know that we have
what we ask for. Bible says that we don't receive
because we've asked with the wrong motivation.
But when we ask according to the will of God,
we will have it. It might delay, but it's on
its way. Amen? Because you've prayed the will
of God. And if you can just lock into the will
of God through the revelation of the Holy Spirit,
I guarantee you, you're going to see miracles.
You're going to see answer prayer. You're going
to see things that you've been waiting for all
of a sudden break loose as you begin to pray
by the Spirit of God. As you begin to pray in
the Spirit. Even as you pray in the Spirit, the
quickening of the Holy Ghost, you might not even
understand what you're uttering, but the Holy
Spirit will begin to flood your mind and your
soul with thoughts that the Holy Spirit wants
you to have. And He will give you understanding.
Somebody say, pray in the Spirit. In all occasions.
Amen. You and I must be people who learn how
to pray in the Spirit. Let me give you a little
bit. It's what we call the seven, I call them
the seven Ps of prayer. Simple, but I want to
impart them to you as we come to an end of this
morning. We'll have more to share about prayer
tonight, but I know you want to spend your afternoon
doing it, maybe going out and praying, practicing
some of this on some people. But seven Ps of
prayer. Praise, purpose, provision, purity, protection.
and proclaiming or proclamation. I believe that
everything should start with praise and intercessory
prayer should start with praise. And so I love...
The atmosphere that the musicians set in this
place as praise begins to go up before the Lord,
as we begin to magnify him and thank him out
of a spirit of thanksgiving. And that purpose,
now you begin to lock in to purpose. And the
purpose of the service or the purpose of that
moment is beginning to be revealed. That provision
of God begins to come in and God begins to flood
you with provision, purity, protection, priorities,
and proclaiming. These are what I call the seven
Ps. They're found in the Lord's Prayer. Listen
to it in Matthew chapter 6. Let me have the freedom
to apply these to Matthew chapter 6. When the
disciples asked the Lord to teach us how to pray,
He said, when you pray, pray after this manner.
Therefore pray, yea. In verse 9 of Matthew 6.
I put the word praise there. Our Father which
art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Let it start
with praise. Let it start with you magnifying
the Lord. I think as we approach the throne of
God every time, we need to come with a heart
of thanksgiving. We live in an ungrateful generation,
but the church has got to be taught to be grateful.
Thank God for his mercy. How many can give the
Lord a big clap offering for his grace, his mercy
on your life? Our Father which art in heaven,
hallowed be your name. You're magnifying him.
You're praising him. And then verse 10 brings
us into purpose. Thy kingdom come, thy will be
done in earth as it is in heaven. The Lord taught
his disciples how to pray purposefully. The purpose
of God was to bring the kingdom to earth. Whatever
he's done in heaven, he wants to do it on earth.
Let thy kingdom come and thy will be done as
it is in heaven. Let it be done in earth as it
is in heaven. Well, that's the purpose of God,
wanting to manifest his kingdom on earth. And
I believe that's the purpose of God. You and
I have got to enter in. Once we start with praise,
enter in. Listen, I don't want to lock you into
some order. This is not some technique that you
lock in some kind of... Secret code of prayer.
No, I'm talking about some things that need to
be part of your prayer. You've got to lock in
with purpose. Why am I praying? What's the main
purpose of my intercessory prayer? Amen. And
you've got to lock into that. Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.
Well, and put that in the right priority because
the kingdom comes before the will. You can't
perform the will of God unless you come under
his rule. But when his kingdom comes, when you
come under the rule of the Lord, the king of
a kingdom, then his will begins to be established.
There's a purposeful prayer. And then 11, provision.
Somebody say provision. Provision. Give us this
day our daily bread. It's amazing. Jesus included
this right in this prayer. Provision. Because
sometimes we forget to pray for the provision.
We pray. For some of the things that we feel.
We got purpose. But there's got to be a provision.
Because purpose cannot be fulfilled without provision.
You need provision. Amen. It takes money to fulfill
the will of God. You need the provision of God.
God pays for what he orders. But somebody's got
to dare to cry out. And cry out for provision.
God, give us provision. Give us this day our
daily bread. And the simple prayer of Jesus is
provision. How about verse 12? Purity. and forgive
us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Now,
here is forgiveness, purity with God, and purity
with man. You've got to stand pure with God,
and when you come to prayer, make sure you're
cleansed. Who can ascend the hill of the Lord?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart. Amen?
So we've got to be able to cleanse ourselves.
We've got to be able to go before the Lord. There's
teaching on grace right now that says we don't
even have to repent. That sinners don't have
to repent and believers don't have to repent.
We've already been forgiven. It doesn't matter.
God's forgiven you for all the sins. Whether
or not you have already been forgiven, I believe
our sins have been taken on the cross of Calvary.
You and I must humble ourselves and continually
ask God, God, if I've offended you this day,
if I've messed up, would you forgive me? Forgive
me. me for trespassing. Forgive me for disobeying.
Forgive me for not doing what you called me to
do. How many of you know that we need to keep
that humility about us? Because of his mercy
we are not destroyed. Because of his grace. And
live in that mercy and that grace of God. You
can't separate mercy from grace. They work together
in our lives. Mercy keeps us from getting what
we deserve. And grace Assures. That we get what
we didn't deserve. Are you with me? Mercy. And
somebody say mercy and grace. Don't let. The
preachers. The modern preachers of grace. Take
you out of mercy and grace. You need both of
these things. Purity. Somebody say purity. Because
we need to be. Have pure hearts. Before God.
But if we. Have not been forgiven. And we can't
feel. Because. The enemy is quick. And the Bible
says if your heart condemns you, God is greater
than your heart. The enemy will work in condemnation
to keep you from interceding. Who are you to
come before God? I saw what you did. You messed
up. And before you know it, he's talked you out
of your time of prayer. That very thing that
will strengthen you. Listen, there is a great
warfare going on. And it's not just against the
prophetic voice of the Lord in the church. But
his main battle is against prayer. If he can
just keep the church without praying. If he can
just keep the church condemned and feeling that
you can't approach the throne of God. That you
don't, no, no, no, don't go before him. It's
that spirit of Absalom. The king is busy, don't
bother him. That comes into the church and dupes
the church to believing that somehow God is not
hearing your prayer. Listen, God hears your prayer
and he's ready to answer. And you've got to come
with a prayer. pure heart and say, God, enter
in with that kind of humility, that brokenness,
a contrite and a broken heart. God will not reject.
He will receive you. Come always before the Lord
with that humility that says, God, forgive us.
Forgive our debts. If we've offended you in any
way, forgive us. But not only that, take it a
step further because it's not just purity with
God. God's looking for purity with people. God
wants you to have a pure heart towards people
because I've watched people who hate their neighbor
and want to still pray. animosity in the church
they're talking bad and murmuring about people
but then they want to be the intercessors as
a matter of fact they use intercession as a tool
to get their gossip out brethren get together
let's pray oh sister so and so is pregnant and
they bring out some secret thing from people's
lives and they try to make it public but it's
just to get the word out And God knows the motives
of the heart. I think we need to be transparent.
But I think we need to be careful that we have
a pure heart towards another. Sometimes there's
anger and there's offenses that are unresolved.
And we try to pray. Listen, even for husbands,
the Bible says that if you're offended at your
wife, don't even think that God's going to hear
your prayer. Until you get it right. Hello? Wow.
I'm not going to ask for forgiveness. I'm always
the one that has to ask for forgiveness. You
better. And you better do it quickly if you want
to be heard from God. And you better be able
to forgive. If people have offended you, forgive
them. Because the next scripture right after
this whole passage, verse 14 is, if you don't
forgive, next time you go before the Lord, God
is not going to forgive you. So you have to have
a pure heart. Somebody say purity. All right,
let's go over them. Praise. Purpose. Provision.
Purity. And verse 13 says protection. Come on,
somebody say protection. And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. Lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
How many think that's protection? Jesus was teaching
you need to pray for protection. The eyes of
the Lord are running to and fro, and those who
abide under the shelter of the Most High are
safe. But there is a prayer of protection that
we need to continually pray. I believe in that.
I'm constantly on a plane. I don't miss that
prayer of protection. Lord, protect me. I'm getting
on this plane. I know I'm your servant, but I
don't take that for granted. I bind every force
of evil. In the midst of this world full of terrorism,
it will not touch my plane. I'm going to ride.
With great peace. I'm going to fall asleep. And
rise up at my destination. Hello. Not in heaven
somewhere. But at my destination. And I believe.
If I couldn't believe. For the protection of
the almighty. I wouldn't do what I'm doing. God's
taking us to places. I was just talking. I was
in Peru last week. With David Schreck. Is it?
I think that's his last name. I might be pronouncing
it wrong. But David. Freck. Freck. I'm sorry.
Freck. Freck is the cartoon character. There
is a difference. Freck. Yes. Out of Kansas. And
he was telling me that one of his missionary
trips a number of years ago, he went into India
and while they were with a group of people and
they were told not to evangelize out in the streets,
they were in a compound and doing well, but the
word got out and people, somebody brought a blind
child into the meeting. They traveled for long
hours to get this child there and so they had
compassion and laid hands on this child just
to pray. And while David laid hands on him, the
child's eyes were open and he began, he saw.
His eyes were healed. And forget it, that was
a moment of revival. The word got out and people
started flooding that church. Police had to come.
Well, to make a long story short, he got arrested
with the rest of the team. And for six days,
they kept him. And they prayed and they were...
not given any food in the quarters in a little
room after being two days transported in a truck
where they never even, they just kept them in
a truck for two days. Then they put them in a
prison. And then the officials of the city came
knowing that they were missionaries from America
and said, you know, we're trying to get you out
and we're gonna see if we can get you out, but
this might take six months to 10 years. And you
gotta be ready, make yourself ready. Well, then
they heard that news, they went before the Lord.
And as they began to pray, God showed up in that
cell. The spirit of the Lord came down and then
they began to sing. And as they began to sing
before the Lord, the guards started beating on
the windows. The guards were guarding that cell
and came close and said, where are all those
people? Where did they come from? Because they
heard all the voices singing. They heard a whole
crowd of people singing. It was just a few missionaries.
But they heard a multitude of people singing.
Everybody heard it. All the guards heard it.
The prisoners heard it. Everybody was talking
about that whole voice. Everybody got close.
The guards were questioning them with force.
Where are they? Where did they go? It was just
us. The Spirit of God showed up. Angels showed
up. Great comfort. Presence of God came down
in 24 hours. They were released from that place.
And God spared their lives. Give the Lord a big
hand. There's something about prophetic intercession.
David said, I stepped into heaven. We had been
praying for six days. But that day, it was different.
That day, I just slipped into heaven. In a moment,
I found myself in heaven. And the Lord spoke
to me and said, stop crying. I'm going to deliver
you. And when I came back to my senses, I told
that word and all of them had heard the same
thing from God. And so God is the God who shows
up in the middle of your darkness. He'll speak
to you. I believe that you and I need to pray
protection. And protection will come. He's the
keeper of his word and the keeper of his church.
Can you say amen? Somebody say protection. Pray
protection over your children. Pray protection
over your church. Pray protection over your city.
Pray, pray, pray. Pray protection over the families.
Pray protection over the youth of this city.
Pray the protection of God. Walk through the
schools. Not just your school, but other schools.
Walk through the universities. Walk through.
You're in a campus city where there's universities
all around you. Walk through those campuses.
Begin to pray. Make intercession. And begin to
call out on God for protection. And watch what
will happen. Lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil. Somebody say deliver us.
Deliver us. From evil. And then priority. Somebody
say priorities. Priorities. Priorities. A priority
is here when he says, for thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory forever. The priority
of all of our prayer is to bring a manifestation
of the kingdom of God and to say to God, yours
is the kingdom. The power and the glory forever.
I believe you and I have got to lock in to the
priority. Amen. It's not the power of the enemy
that's going to be exalted in these last days.
He'll show up for sure. I believe we're moving
into a season of great turmoil on the face of
the earth. But in the midst of it, the power
and the glory. Amen? Of the kingdom of God are
going to be seen. I believe that God's going
to move in a spectacular way in our cities. People
are going to get saved. A great harvest is going
to be collected for the house of God. This church
is going to be filled over and over again in
the midst of trouble. God will move upon America.
God's not through with America. And it's not
dependent on one man being brought into the office.
God knows who he's going to bring and he knows
already it's set. But listen, it's dependent
on prophetic intercession and people who know
how to pray the will of God and begin to bring
priorities into focus. And ultimately... It's
that last word. It's a small word that ends the
prayer that he gave. That simple prayer ends
with an amen. But amen means let it be so. Amen
is a proclamation. It's that ability to say God's
going to do what he said. Amen. God is a keeper
of his promise. Amen. Somebody say amen. Sometimes
we say amen as a cliche and we don't even know
that we're proclaiming that God is a keeper of
his word. He says what he means and he means
what he says. And we've got to be able to proclaim
it. We've got to be able to back it up with an
amen. We've got to be able to be assured. And
say it again, amen. Somebody say praise. Purpose.
Provision. Purity. Protection. Priorities. Get
the priorities right. It's about his kingdom,
his power, and his glory. It's what's going to
make a difference. Proclamation. Proclamation.
Say amen. Well, 2 Corinthians 1 verse 20 says,
For no matter how many promises God has made,
they are yes in Christ. Somebody say yes. They
are yes in Christ. And so through him, the amen
is spoken by us to the glory of God. So through
him, the amen is spoken to the glory of God.
Would you stand? What promises? Have you heard
from God that you have forgotten to amen? What
promises do you need to go back to? Bring them
up. Some of the prophetic words. Bring them to
remembrance. And in prophetic intercession, what
promises have you heard over the church that
you can remind God to remember? And say, Lord,
you said this. You said this. The prophets spoke
it. In the mouth of two or three witnesses, every
word is established. And many prophets have spoken
the same word. We still haven't seen it come
to pass. There are promises that are a lot bigger
than us and they're reserved for a time of fulfillment.
But you and I need to live our life with a yes.
We need to live our life with an amen. We need
to live our lives with a proclamation of truth
that says God said it, he's going to do it. It's
going to happen and dare to prophesy. Amen. Amos
put it this way. If a lion roars, who will not
fear? If the Lord speaks, who shall not prophesy?
If God has spoken a word, you and I have got
to be able to proclaim it. You and I have got
to be able to repeat it. What authority. And
prophetic intercession is about praying the will
of God. Praying what we know has already been
spoken, what's already been written, what's already
been established by the mind of God. The Spirit
reveals it, He brings it to remembrance, and
you bring it out and proclaim it. And everyone
said, Amen. I believe today as we come before
the Lord, tonight we're going to gather again.
We're by no means over, but I felt we needed
to just go before the Lord this afternoon. I
believe that some of you this afternoon will
begin to touch people's lives with prayer. God
will begin to give you instructions on what to
do. Maybe you had your afternoon planned, but
God is going to give you his plan. Let him interrupt
you. It'll work out. Let him interrupt your schedule.
Let him ask you to step out and be obedient to
do what he tells you to do. Step out in faith.
Pray in a way that you've never prayed. Do something
that you've never done. Expect God to show up
in a powerful way, in an extraordinary way. He
will exceed all of your expectations. He will
do beyond that which you've waited for. Or maybe
some of the prophets have spoken some things.
I believe God wants to even do more as you dare
to believe. Faith in the word of God causes you
to be the instrument of change in your world.
And you can't intercede without faith. You can't
come before the Lord with a broken down faith
that just won't believe God that things will
ever change. There are people who want to pray
and their prayer is pitiful. We're going to die.
We're all at the end of our rope. Things are
really bad. Well, listen, CNN will tell you all
of that. Don't learn your prayer life from the
newscasters of our day. Learn it from the spirit
of God. Learn what the will of God is because
he knows what the right news is. And we're all
about good news, not bad news. Bad news doesn't
run the kingdom of God. It's good news. And it
comes to intercessors who by the spirit of praying,
entering into that place in heaven and are hearing
the voice of God to speak contrary to the voice
of men and establish the will of God. If you
have been challenged to pray that way, would
you just step out of your aisle and say, let's
just take a few moments and spend time in his
presence. Just maybe a few minutes of... Just
interceding in the Spirit. Maybe you've never
prayed in the Spirit. This is a good time to
believe God for your prayer language and get
filled with the Holy Ghost and begin to believe
God for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Maybe
you have some friends around you that can pray
for you to get filled with the Holy Spirit. But
would you come and just approach the altar in
an attitude of intercession and say, Lord, here
we are. I want to come. I want to learn from
you. I want to learn all over again. I want to
be better at this. I want to pray more than I've
ever prayed. I want to be able to touch heaven.
I want to hear clearly. Give me the ear of an
instructor, of ears that are instructed of a
disciple. Open my ears that I might hear. Open,
open my ears. Awaken me. Awaken my ears, Lord,
that I might hear this one instructed by you.
Give me instructions. Help me. Help me to discern.
Help me to be able to stand in the gap with wisdom,
with understanding, with a prophetic insight.
Pray with wisdom. Pray to change my city. Pray
to change the course of history. Pray to change
the legacy of my family. Pray to bring change.
Just please, would you forget about your own
language and begin to pray in the Spirit? Let's
practice what the Bible says. Pray in the Spirit.
Pray in the Spirit. Pray loud enough so you can
hear yourself. Pray in the spirit. Some of you
need to break out a spirit of timidity. Let passion
overtake you in prayer. Thank you. All the apostles
prayed. He said. I pray that men would pray all
over the world with hands raised up to the Lord.
Would you raise your hands to God and begin to
pray now. Begin to ask God to move upon your
city. Begin to ask God to move upon your church
and your family. Upon the members of your house.
Members of the family. God will put on your spirit.
God will put burdens on you. Begin to pray. Pray,
pray, pray in the spirit. He'll put stuff in
your heart. He'll drop a word in your mind. A
picture. Just begin to pray for that which you
sense of the Holy Spirit. That which you perceive.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hey, Jen, would you just
now just do it in a song? Put a melody to that
and just sing in the spirit. I don't see what
you understand. Sing in the spirit. And listen,
follow your pastor. She just creates that melody.
Just let it come. Let it flow like a river. It's
got to be going to flow in this place. Come on.
Praise for Micah. Just listen to it. Listen to
it. Come on. Go ahead, Jenny. Go ahead. Let's
join her. Let's join her. Come on for a little
bit. Heavenly Father we thank you this morning.
Lord for infusion. Lord, now let grace come.
The grace of impartation. Lord, I think about
your words to the Apostle Paul to the church.
See that you excel in this grace also. The grace
of interceding. The grace of intercession. The
grace of petition. The grace of standing in the
gap. The grace. Lord, of being with you and being
able to talk with you, share our heart with you
and use your will with us. Lord, let an elevation
come to this house, to this people for the priority
and the beautiful nature of prayer. Remove every
form of... reproach or somehow diminished importance
and let a fresh crown of glory be placed on it
for the saints to wear it with honor with dignity
to be able to stand and approach the king and
to have what we pray be answered because we have
your heart and we've spoken your words we've
seen the power the proclamation, the praise,
the purity. Lord, the progress that you will
do in your name. Now bless these people. Lord,
as we move into just a break for this afternoon,
speak to us by the Spirit. Lord, as we come back
tonight to engage you more in Jesus' name. Amen.
Amen. We'll be back here at 6 o 'clock tonight.
So go get a little lunch, maybe get a little
nap, get a little prayer time in. God bless you.
We'll see you at 6 o 'clock tonight for a great
finishing time in the Spirit. Amen. LifeBibleChurch
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