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Oh God bless you. 40 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 4: It's a joy that come in your homes. And if 41 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 4: you're ever in our area, please stop by and be 42 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 4: a part of one of our services. I promise you 43 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 4: will make you feel right at home. But thanks so 44 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 4: much for tuning in, and thank you again for coming 45 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 4: out today. I like to start with something funny and 46 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 4: I heard about this old country farmer. He was taking 47 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 4: his nephew camping for the first time. His nephew had 48 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 4: five degrees, was one of the smartest men alive. They 49 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 4: set up their tent and quickly fell asleep. In the 50 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 4: middle of the night, the farmer woke up his nephew said, 51 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 4: look up. What are you see. Nephew said, I see 52 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 4: millions of stars. Farmer said, I know that, But what 53 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 4: does it tell you? He said? Astronomically, it tells me 54 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 4: there are billions of galaxies. Meteorologically, it tells me it's 55 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 4: going to be a beautiful day. Theologically it tells me 56 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 4: God is a great creator. What does it tell you? 57 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 4: The old farmer shook his head, said, it tells me 58 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 4: somebody stole our tent. Hold up your bible. Say it 59 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 60 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 4: what it says. 61 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:01,079 Speaker 6: I am. 62 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 4: I have what it says I have. I can do 63 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 4: what it says I can do. Today I will be 64 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,959 Speaker 4: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 65 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 4: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 66 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 4: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 67 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 4: to talk to you today about praying God sized prayers. 68 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 4: How you pray will determine what kind of life you live. 69 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 4: If you only pray small, ordinary, get by prayers, most 70 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 4: likely you will live a small, ordinary, get by life. 71 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 4: But when you have a boldness to ask God for 72 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 4: big things, you ask him to open doors that would 73 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 4: normally not open. You ask him to take you further 74 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 4: than anyone in your family. When you pray god sized prayers, 75 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,160 Speaker 4: you will see the greatness of God's power. Now, all 76 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 4: through the scripture we see this principle. Elisha prayed that 77 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 4: it wouldn't rain for three and a half years, there 78 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 4: was no rain. Joshua Will prayed for more daylight. God 79 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 4: stopped the sun. One prophet prayed for protection. The enemies 80 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 4: standing right in front of him didn't recognize him. God 81 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 4: made him invisible. The common denominator is they ask for 82 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 4: the unthinkable. When was the last time you asked God 83 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 4: to do something impossible, something out of the ordinary. One 84 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 4: reason we don't see God do great things is we 85 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 4: only ask for small things. Most people pray over their food, 86 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 4: pray for protection, pray for wisdom. That's all good, but 87 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 4: it's limiting what God can do. There should be something 88 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 4: you're praying about, something that you're asking for that seems 89 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 4: far out. You can't accomplish it in your own strength. 90 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 4: The phrase I hear in my spirit is dare to 91 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,080 Speaker 4: ask Your dreams may look impossible. You don't have the 92 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 4: funding the connections. God is saying, I dare you to 93 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 4: ask me to bring it to pass. I dare you 94 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 4: to ask me to show you a flood of my favor. 95 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 4: A lot of times we pray, God, my child's off course, 96 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 4: if you'll just turn him around, And that's good. But 97 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 4: that's an ordinary prayer. Ordinary prayers get ordinary results. God 98 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 4: meets us at the level of our faith. If you 99 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 4: ask small, you're going to receive small. A God size 100 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 4: prayer is God, I'm asking you to not only turn 101 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 4: my child around, but use him in a great way. 102 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 4: Let him make a difference with his life. An ordinary 103 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 4: prayer is God, help me to get by this month. God, 104 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 4: help me to pay my rent. And there's nothing wrong 105 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 4: with that. But a God size prayer is God, I'm 106 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 4: asking you to increase me in such a way that 107 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 4: I cannot only pay my house off, but help pay 108 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 4: somebody else's house off. An ordinary prayer is God, just 109 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 4: take me as far as my parents. God help me 110 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 4: at least not to lose any ground. But a god 111 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 4: size prayer is God, help me to take our family 112 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 4: to a new level. Let me set a new standard. 113 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:09,119 Speaker 4: When people look back one hundred years from now, God, 114 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 4: let them say it was that man that woman that 115 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 4: made a real difference. But I wonder how many of 116 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 4: your prayers are not being answered simply because you're not 117 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,359 Speaker 4: asking well, Joel, God's God. If he wants to bless me, 118 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,279 Speaker 4: he'll bless me. It says in James four to two. 119 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 4: You have not because you ask not. If you're not 120 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 4: asking big, you are shortchanging yourself. You will never reach 121 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 4: the fullness of your potential if you only pray small prayers. Now, 122 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 4: I'm not talking about just making a wish list and 123 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 4: praying every whim. I'm talking about asking God for what 124 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 4: He's already promised you. The scripture says, when you walk 125 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 4: in God's ways, you will lend and not borrow with 126 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 4: long life. God will satisfy you. As for me and 127 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 4: my house, we will serve Lord. There are hundreds of 128 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 4: promises that you have every right to pray and ask 129 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 4: God to bring to pass. Plus there are specific dreams, 130 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 4: desires that God's placed in your heart. They didn't just 131 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 4: randomly show up. The creator of the universe put them 132 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 4: in you. They are a part of your divine destiny. 133 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 4: In Psalms that talks about the secret petitions of our heart, 134 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 4: the hidden dreams that you haven't told anybody about. One 135 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 4: way you know that from God is they're so big 136 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 4: you cannot accomplish them on your own. God does this 137 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 4: on purpose so that it will take faith. Faith is 138 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 4: what pleases God. Faith is what allows him to do 139 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 4: the impossible. So God will put something big where you 140 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 4: don't have all the talent, the education, the connections, the confidence. 141 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 4: God will even allow certain obstacles that we can't overcome 142 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 4: on our own. We can do one of two things. 143 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 4: We can think, well, too bad didn't work out for me. 144 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 4: I don't have the connections, or I couldn't get the financing, 145 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 4: or the medical report doesn't look good. We can talk 146 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 4: ourselves out of it. Or we can say, God, I 147 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 4: can't do this in my own strength, but I know 148 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 4: you are all powerful. There's no limit to you. So God, 149 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to make a way, even though I 150 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 4: don't see away. This is what David did First Chronicle 151 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 4: seventeen God gave him the promise that one of his 152 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 4: descendants would always be on the throne. He would have 153 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 4: this lasting dynasty. David could have said, God, I'm just 154 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 4: a shepherd boy. I was out tending my father's sheep. 155 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 4: I don't have formal training, education experience. No, David understood 156 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 4: this principle. Even though it looked far out, he didn't 157 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 4: dismiss it. He said in verse twenty three, God, do 158 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 4: as you have promised, let one of my descendants always 159 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,680 Speaker 4: be on the throne. Imagine the nerve David had to 160 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 4: ask for something so big. Verse twenty five gives us 161 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 4: the key. He said, God, I have been bold enough 162 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 4: to pray this prayer because you have spoken it over me. 163 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 4: In other words, God, I'm asking you to do something amazing, 164 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 4: not because I have all the talent, education, connections, but 165 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 4: because you have promised it. Now, what God has promised you, 166 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 4: the dream he's placed in your heart, may look impossible, 167 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 4: but if you'll just dare, do like David and say, God, 168 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 4: you promised it. Now, I'm bold enough to ask you 169 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 4: for it. When you do, don't be surprised if thoughts 170 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 4: come saying it's never going to happen. You don't have 171 00:09:41,559 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 4: the talent, You come from the wrong family, You made 172 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 4: too many mistakes. The enemy gets stirred up when you 173 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 4: start asking God for big things. He'll leave you alone 174 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,680 Speaker 4: as long as you pray small, ordinary prayers. But when 175 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 4: you start praying god decizest prayers, you start asking God 176 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 4: to tell where you've never been before, That's when those 177 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 4: thoughts will bombarde your mind, saying who do you think 178 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 4: you are? Just smile and tell him. A child of 179 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 4: a most High God, I read about this seven year 180 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 4: old girl named Jamie. She lived on a farm with 181 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 4: her family, and they had a cow that was about 182 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 4: to give birth, and her father had already told the 183 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 4: family that they weren't going to keep any more cows. 184 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 4: Every time one was born, they'd either sell it or 185 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 4: give it away. But for some reason, little Jamie really 186 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 4: wanted to keep this cow a desire of her heart. 187 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 4: She started pleading and pleading with their father, Daddy, please 188 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 4: let me keep it, Daddy, please make an exception. After 189 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 4: a couple of weeks she wore her father down. He said, Jamie, 190 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,760 Speaker 4: I'll make a deal with you. If the calf is 191 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 4: born black, then you can keep him. But if he's 192 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,439 Speaker 4: brown or spotted like the rest of our cattle. We're 193 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 4: going to give him away. She agreed. Well, little Jamie 194 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 4: didn't know any better. She started praying and praying every 195 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 4: night before she went to bed. God, I'm asking that 196 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 4: this cow will be born black and that there won't 197 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 4: be any doubt that he belongs to me. Now, most 198 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 4: of us adults, we never pray anything like that. That's 199 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 4: far out, that's kind of radical. Do you know what 200 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 4: I've learned? Radical faith gets radical results. A couple of 201 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,839 Speaker 4: weeks later, the little calf was born. It was not 202 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 4: only solid black, but right between his eyes do you 203 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 4: see it? There was a big jay. Her name was Jamie. 204 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 4: It's like God stamped at ja. He was saying, I'm 205 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:41,599 Speaker 4: gonna make sure everybody knows this cow belongs to little Jamie. 206 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 4: What am I saying? When you pray God sized prayers, 207 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 4: God will show up in a big way. He'll give 208 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 4: you the desires of your heart. Are there dreams that 209 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,719 Speaker 4: you've talked yourself out of problems you'll convince you'll never overcome. 210 00:11:57,200 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 4: Why don't you do, like little Jamie take the limits 211 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 4: on for God. What if the only reason it's not 212 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 4: happening is because you're not asking. Jesus said in Luke 213 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 4: twelve thirty two. It is the father's good pleasure to 214 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 4: give you the kingdom. God wants to give you the 215 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 4: desires of your heart. But you have to have the 216 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,600 Speaker 4: faith of a little child and be willing to ask. 217 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,480 Speaker 4: As a father, who would I rather bless than my 218 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 4: own children? Who would I rather see increase and do 219 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 4: great things? Nobody more than my own children. It's the 220 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 4: same way with our heavenly Father. It gives him pleasure 221 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 4: to give you the kingdom. It brings a smile to 222 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 4: his face. But what if my children never ask, and 223 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:47,599 Speaker 4: they acted like they were bothering me, they were intimidated. 224 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 4: That would make me feel badly. I'd say, come on, 225 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 4: step up to the plate. I'm your father. I want 226 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 4: to be good to you. Some of you today need 227 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 4: to step up to the plate. Quite asking small, Quit 228 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 4: acting like you're bothering God. Quit praying weak barely get 229 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 4: by prayers. Your father owns it all. He created the 230 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 4: whole universe, and if you're going to see the fullness 231 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,200 Speaker 4: of what he has in store, you got to learn 232 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 4: to ask big. I pray every day, God take our 233 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 4: ministry where no ministry's ever gone before. I pray, God, 234 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 4: let our children supersede anything Victoria or I have ever done. 235 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,679 Speaker 4: There are prayers that I pray in private. Never told 236 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 4: anybody in the world the secret dreams of my heart. 237 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 4: If I told you, you say, Joel, are you kidding? Do 238 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 4: you really think that's going to happen? The truth is 239 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 4: they may not all come to pass, but I'm not 240 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 4: going to let my lack of asking keep me from 241 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 4: reaching my highest potential. I don't want to get to 242 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 4: heaven and God, say, Joel, I had all this for you, favor, 243 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 4: good breaks, divine connections, but you never ask. You stayed 244 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 4: in the safe zone. I wanted you in the faith zone. 245 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 4: You prayed ordinary prayers. I wanted you to pray God 246 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 4: size prayers. And I believe one reason that I've seen 247 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 4: God's favor is I have learned to ask big. When 248 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 4: my father went to be with the Lord nineteen ninety nine, 249 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 4: I had never ministered before. It was a bold prayer 250 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 4: to say, God, I'm asking you to help me not 251 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 4: only maintain what my parents have built, but helped me 252 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 4: to take it much further. When I walked into a 253 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 4: jewelry store and saw Victoria for the first time. It 254 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 4: was a bold prayer to say, God, let her see 255 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 4: how good looking I really am. I'm only kidding. I 256 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 4: didn't pray that, but I sure thought about it. It 257 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 4: was a bold prayer to say, God, give us the 258 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 4: Compact Center where the Rockets used to play basketball. When 259 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 4: I look back over my life, I wonder what wouldn't 260 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 4: have happened had I not prayed these bold prayers. Maybe 261 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 4: I wouldn't have met Victoria. Maybe I wouldn't be up here, 262 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 4: Maybe we wouldn't have this facility, says in Psalm thirty one. 263 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 4: God has blessings stored up for those who honor Him. 264 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 4: Because you honor God. There are blessings right now that 265 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 4: have your name on them, stored up houses, businesses, ministries, books, movies, children, ideas. 266 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 4: They have your name on them. God wants to release them. 267 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 4: He's just waiting for you to ask. Will you have 268 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 4: a boldness to ask for things that even seem impossible. 269 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 4: It's good to ask for our needs, but I'm encouraging 270 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 4: you today. Ask for your dreams, as for your goals, 271 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 4: ask for the secret petitions of your heart. I heard 272 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 4: a story about a young mother. She and her family 273 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 4: moved to New York City back in the nineteen sixties 274 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 4: from Puerto Rico. They were very poor and they lived 275 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:03,600 Speaker 4: in a rough nameighborhood in government housing. Drugs, gangs, violence 276 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 4: all around. At the age of nine, her young son, Victor, 277 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 4: was recruited by a game. Everybody he knew, all of 278 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 4: his friends were in games. By the time he was twelve, 279 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 4: he was hooked on heroin. It had already been arrested, involved 280 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 4: in robbing, stealing, killing, all kinds of things that weren't good. 281 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 4: His mother was so heartbroken. She couldn't control her son. 282 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 4: She was a very small woman. She only spoke Spanish, 283 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 4: but she was very feisty. One thing this mother knew 284 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 4: how to do was pray every day, seven days a week, 285 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 4: and twice on Sundays. She would go up to the 286 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,240 Speaker 4: little storefront church there in the projects with her sister 287 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 4: and they would pray for her son, Victor. She didn't 288 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 4: just pray for God to keep him out of trouble. 289 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 4: This mother knew how to pray God size prayers. She said, God, 290 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 4: I'm asking you to make my son a minister, use 291 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 4: him to touch people all over the world. Twelve years old, 292 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,959 Speaker 4: Victor would come home at three o'clock in the morning 293 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 4: totally stoned. This mother would be in the kitchen waiting 294 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,959 Speaker 4: for him with her arms held open. She'd give him 295 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 4: a hug and say, Victor, God's hand is on your life. 296 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 4: You have a destiny to fulfill. God is not only 297 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 4: going to save you, He's going to make you a minister. 298 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 4: She spoke faith into him. The more she prayed, it 299 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,719 Speaker 4: seemed like the worse he got. His teacher at school 300 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 4: told the mother, your son is going to end up 301 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 4: in the electric chair. She'd let those words go in 302 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:43,879 Speaker 4: one ear and out the other. She kept praying month 303 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 4: after month. Didn't look like anything was happening. But what 304 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 4: she couldn't see is while she was praying, God was 305 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 4: moving on a young man in another state by the 306 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 4: name of David Wilkerson, calling him to come to the 307 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 4: roughest streets in New York and share the good news. 308 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 4: One day, Victor ran into this new young street preacher. 309 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,919 Speaker 4: Right there on the corner, God touched Victor's heart. He 310 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 4: knelt down, gave his life to Christ. God set him 311 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 4: free from the drugs, from the gangs, from the violence. Today, 312 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 4: Victor Torres is not only clean and sober. But he's 313 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:26,199 Speaker 4: the pastor of a great church in Virginia. They have 314 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 4: amazing outreaches to drug addicts to gain members. He goes 315 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 4: all over the world telling what God has done for him. 316 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,879 Speaker 4: But I thought about where would Victor be If this 317 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 4: mother had not dared to pray these God sized prayers. 318 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 4: Maybe David Wilkerson would have never shown up, maybe being 319 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 4: the penitentiary, even dead. But when it looked impossible, when 320 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 4: the odds were against her, every voice told her you're 321 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 4: wasting your time. Your son's too far gone. He's never 322 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,360 Speaker 4: going to amount to anything. She dug her heels in 323 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 4: and said, God, you said, as for me and my house, 324 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 4: we will serve the Lord. God. You promised it, and 325 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 4: like David, I'm bold enough to ask you to bring 326 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 4: it to pass. See, most people would have prayed an 327 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 4: ordinary prayer, something like God, just help my child to 328 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 4: not get in any more trouble. But when you know 329 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 4: how to pray these God size prayers, your children, your relatives, 330 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:28,960 Speaker 4: they don't have a chance. God will move heaven and 331 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,480 Speaker 4: earth to bring that promise to pass. Now you may 332 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 4: have somebody in your life that you are about to 333 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 4: write off somebody like Victorim but where they're making bad decisions, 334 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 4: look like they'll never straighten up. Keep praying, keep asking 335 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 4: God not only to bring them back, but to do 336 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 4: something great with their life. I found when somebody is 337 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 4: living radically the wrong kind of life and God touches them, 338 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 4: they will live radically the right kind of life. God 339 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 4: will use them to do amazing things Like this. Mother, 340 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,119 Speaker 4: we have the promise as for me and my house, 341 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 4: we will serve the Lord says in Psalms, the seed 342 00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,480 Speaker 4: of the righteous. That's your children, your grandchildren will be 343 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 4: mighty in the land. Not addicted, defeated, mediocre, No, mighty, 344 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 4: powerful history makers. Now, don't pray small prayers over your children. 345 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 4: Doesn't matter what they are or aren't doing. Right now, 346 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 4: pray bold prayers. God, I'm asking that my child be 347 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 4: mighty in the land. God, let them be history makers. 348 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 4: Let them leave a legacy of faith that will be 349 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 4: seen for generations to come. Dare to ask big. I 350 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,439 Speaker 4: prayed for a college student right here at the altar 351 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 4: a few weeks ago, and she had just finished her 352 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 4: master's degree, and she studied medical research. She was a scientist. 353 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 4: I don't even know why I said it, but I 354 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 4: prayed God her find the cure for cancer, let her 355 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 4: do something astounding with her life. Well, Joel, what if 356 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,679 Speaker 4: it doesn't happen. What if it does happen, You have 357 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 4: not because you ask not. God is saying, ask me 358 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 4: for big things. I created the universe. I flung the 359 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 4: stars into space. Don't ask me for a two dollars raise. 360 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 4: Don't ask me to just keep your children out of trouble. 361 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 4: Don't ask me to just help you make it through life. 362 00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 4: Ask me for compact centers. Ask me for cows with 363 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 4: your initial on it. Ask me to turn drug addicts around. 364 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 4: Ask me for children who will become history makers. Ask 365 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 4: me to part red seas, to bring water out of 366 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 4: a rock, to show your floods of my favor. God 367 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 4: is saying, I dare you to ask. I dare you 368 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 4: to stretch your faith. I dare you to take the 369 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 4: limits off of me. I dare you to pray God's 370 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:02,240 Speaker 4: size prayers. A couple of weeks ago, we were in 371 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,840 Speaker 4: the airport parking lot late one Friday night. We just 372 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 4: returned home from a night of hope in another state. 373 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 4: It's about two o'clock in the morning when we got 374 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 4: to our cars. My mother's battery was dead. Something must 375 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 4: have been left on, and my brother Paul and I 376 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 4: and my friend Johnny got the battery cables and we 377 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 4: drove my car up there and put the cables on 378 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 4: my mom's car. Her lights came on, but the car 379 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 4: wouldn't start. The engine wouldn't turn over at all, not 380 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 4: one sound. A mechanic came out from the airport to 381 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 4: help us, and he worked and worked, but he couldn't 382 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 4: get anything going. Johnny was reading the owner's manual. It's 383 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 4: like we were missing something. The engine would not turn over, 384 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 4: freezing cold out there. After about thirty minutes of trying 385 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 4: everything we possibly could, Paul said to my mom, Mother, 386 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 4: the car's not going to start. Why don't you just 387 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 4: ride with me and we'll come back tomorrow and get it. Well. 388 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 4: My mother was not about to leave the airport without 389 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 4: having her car. She said, no, Paul, I've got two 390 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 4: funerals to officiate tomorrow. I have to have my car. 391 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,479 Speaker 4: It was two thirty in the morning. I was tired, 392 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:12,200 Speaker 4: it was freezing. I said, Mother, take my car. I'll 393 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,280 Speaker 4: ride home with Paul. You can drive it right now, 394 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 4: she said, Joel, I don't want your car. I want 395 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 4: my car. Let's go try again. We went over and 396 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 4: worked another fifteen minutes, doing everything we could. Still the 397 00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:27,520 Speaker 4: engine never turned over. One time, I said, Mother, we 398 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 4: could be here all night. The car is not going 399 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,520 Speaker 4: to start. We might as well go home. She said, 400 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:37,399 Speaker 4: give me the keys. She had that look in her eyes, like, 401 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 4: do not mess with me. I don't know if she's 402 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 4: mad at me or mad at the devil. But she 403 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,600 Speaker 4: got in that car and started praying. And when my 404 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 4: mother really means business, she prays loud. She doesn't need 405 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 4: a microphone. She makes sure that God will hear her. 406 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 4: I looked over. My mother was praying over the steering wheel, 407 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 4: praying over the radio, casting the out of the engine. 408 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 4: She knows no shame. When I was growing up. When 409 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 4: I was growing up, my mother would pray over the 410 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 4: dishwasher if it brought. She'd pray over the lawnmower. And 411 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,639 Speaker 4: I'm over there with some of my friends, getting a 412 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 4: kick out of it, kind of laughing, and all of 413 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 4: a sudden, we hear the car crank right up. That 414 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 4: engine didn't struggle, it didn't turn over and over. It 415 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 4: immediately cranked up. My mother readd That engine so loud 416 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 4: she had to have that pedal on the floor. It 417 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 4: sounded like it was going to explode. We ran for cover. 418 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 4: My mother put it in gear, and she started driving 419 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 4: around in circles in that parking lot, eighty years old, 420 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 4: doing donuts. Three o'clock in the morning. I thought, dear God, 421 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 4: we're gonna get arrested out here. I wanted to say, mother, 422 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 4: you are grounded. When she finally drove off, she didn't 423 00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:03,359 Speaker 4: wave goodbye to uh. She didn't say thank you for 424 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 4: at least trying. She didn't blow us a kiss. She 425 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 4: just left us standing there in her dusk. When you 426 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 4: face situations in your everyday life that seem impossible, God says, 427 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,879 Speaker 4: I dare you to pray? I dare you to ask 428 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:23,439 Speaker 4: me for that car to start, Joel. God's got bigger 429 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 4: things to deal with and me getting my car started. 430 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 4: Let me tell you you are God's biggest deal. You 431 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:33,760 Speaker 4: are the apple of his eye. Too often we limit God. 432 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,359 Speaker 4: We have a small view of who he is. We 433 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 4: think God is up there, somewhere, far away, running the universe. 434 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,600 Speaker 4: I can't bother him with this small problem. I can 435 00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,359 Speaker 4: only pray if I have some kind of major catastrophe. Listen, 436 00:25:47,400 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 4: God knows the number of hair on your head. He 437 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 4: knows your words before you speak them. You are not 438 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 4: inconveniencing God by asking him to help you in your 439 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 4: everyday life to be good to you. He wants to 440 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,719 Speaker 4: show you his favor in a new way. He's saying today, 441 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 4: I dare you to ask. Heard a story about a 442 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 4: small congregation in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. They 443 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,600 Speaker 4: had just built a new sanctuary on land given to 444 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 4: them by one of their members. A month before they 445 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 4: were to move in the building, inspector informed them that 446 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 4: their parking lot was too small. Unless they doubled the 447 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 4: amount of parking spaces, they would not be able to 448 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 4: occupy the building. The problem was they had used all 449 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,239 Speaker 4: the land to build on. The only property they had 450 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 4: left was behind the sanctuary. It was a big mountain 451 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 4: had a huge hill on it. The next Sunday pastor 452 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 4: told the congregation there would be a special prayer meeting 453 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,880 Speaker 4: that night to ask God to somehow make a way 454 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 4: that they could move in to their new sanctuary. On time, 455 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 4: twenty four people showed up. They prayed and prayed, and 456 00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 4: after an hour the pastor announced, God has never let 457 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,879 Speaker 4: us down in the past, and he's not going to 458 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 4: let us down this time. We're going to move into 459 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 4: our sanctuary on schedule. The next morning, ten o'clock, there 460 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,159 Speaker 4: was a knock on the pastor's door. It was a 461 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:17,679 Speaker 4: construction foreman. He said, excuse me, reverend, we're building a 462 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 4: shopping center one county over and we need some filled dirt. 463 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 4: If you will sell us the dirt behind your new sanctuary, 464 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 4: we'll not only pay you for it, but we'll pave 465 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,720 Speaker 4: all the areas where we dig up. That little church 466 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,359 Speaker 4: got their parking lot for free, and they moved in 467 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 4: right on schedule. What am I saying today? When you 468 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 4: pray God sized prayers, God will show up in a 469 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 4: big way. Some of you are not seeing God do 470 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 4: great things because you're only asking for small things. God 471 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 4: is saying, ask me to open doors that seem impossible. 472 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 4: Ask me for that business you've been dreaming about. Ask 473 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 4: me to give you this secret petitions of your heart. God. 474 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 4: I have this boldness like David and say, God, you 475 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 4: promised it. I see it in the scripture. Now I 476 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 4: will be bold enough to ask. Remember there are blessings 477 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 4: stored up for you right now, with your name on them. 478 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 4: And if you'll learn how to pray God's size prayers, 479 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 4: then like Victor's mom, you will see your children become 480 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 4: mighty in the land. Like this pastor. The right people 481 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 4: will show up at the right time, like little Jamie. 482 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 4: God will give you the desires of your heart. I 483 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 4: believe in declare you will see the fullness of what 484 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 4: God has in store, overcoming every obstacle, defeating every enemy, 485 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,880 Speaker 4: and becoming everything God's created you to be in Jesus' name. 486 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 4: If you receive it, can you say amen? Today? We 487 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 4: never like to close our broadcast without giving you an 488 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 4: opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. Would 489 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 4: you pray with me? Just say, Lord, Jesus, I'll repent 490 00:28:56,440 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 4: of my sins. Come into my heart. 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