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Thanks for listening to 34 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 3: our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you 35 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:39,880 Speaker 3: enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and 36 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 3: share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray 37 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 3: put God's very best in your life. Oh God bless you. 38 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 3: It's a joy to come into your home. And if 39 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 3: you're ever in our area, please stop buying. Be a 40 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 3: part of one of our services. I promise you we'll 41 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 3: make you feel right at home. I like to start 42 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 3: with something funny, and I heard about this lady. She 43 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 3: just got out of choir practice and she was so 44 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 3: fired up. She put a hank if you love Jesus 45 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 3: bumper sticker on her car. At the intersection, she was 46 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 3: digging in her purse and didn't notice the light turned green. 47 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 3: She said, I was so excited to find out the 48 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 3: god behind me loved Jesus. He started honking, so I 49 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: leaned out the window, waved at him and said, I 50 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 3: love Jesus too. She said, I found out a whole 51 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: lot of people loved Jesus. Everybody started honking. One man 52 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 3: even screamed Jesus Christ. She said. After we shared all 53 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 3: that love together, I was the only one to make 54 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 3: it through the intersection. I felt so bad. I pulled 55 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 3: over and waved one last time, just to let them 56 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 3: know how much I loved Jesus. And no, she doesn't 57 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 3: come to Lakewood. But say it like you mean it. 58 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 3: This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. 59 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 3: I have what it says I have. I can do 60 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 3: what it says I can do. Today I will be 61 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 3: taught the word of God. I boldly confess. My mind 62 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,360 Speaker 3: is alert, my heart is receptive. I will never be 63 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 3: the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. I want 64 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 3: to talk to you today about praying for others. It's 65 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,119 Speaker 3: good to pray for yourself, Pray for your dreams, pray 66 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 3: for wisdom, ask God to help you overcome difficulties. That's important, 67 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 3: but don't stop there. You have the ability to help 68 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 3: someone else reach their destiny. There are people God has 69 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 3: put in your life that won't become who they were 70 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 3: created to be without you praying. They don't have the 71 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 3: faith to accomplish their dreams. They won't break the addiction, 72 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 3: they won't overcome the challenge without you stepping up and 73 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 3: asking God God on their behalf. The scripture tells us 74 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 3: in James to pray one for another. You don't have 75 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 3: to go to them physically. I'm talking about in your 76 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:16,039 Speaker 3: private time, not just focusing on your needs, your goals, 77 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: your dreams. Take time every day to pray for others. 78 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 3: Look around at who's in your life. That neighbor that 79 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 3: seems down, that coworker that's struggling, that person you heard 80 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 3: about that has cancer that didn't come up by accident. 81 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 3: God brought them across your path. He's counting on you 82 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 3: to lift them up. Well, Joel, I have my own problems, 83 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 3: my own issues, my own dreams. I need somebody to 84 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 3: pray for me. When you pray for others, you are 85 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,119 Speaker 3: sowing a seed for God to help you. When Job 86 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 3: was overcome with difficulties, his world turned upside down. He 87 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,719 Speaker 3: understood this principle. He didn't just pray for himself. He 88 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 3: went out and prayed for his friends. He turned his 89 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 3: focus away from his own needs and started praying for others. 90 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 3: The scripture says, when Joe prayed for his friends, his 91 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 3: health was restored. Could it be if you would take 92 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 3: time to pray for others, then what you're struggling with 93 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 3: would turn around? Your health, your dreams, your breakthroughs would 94 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 3: show up. Paul tells us in Galatians to bear one 95 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 3: another's burdens. We weren't meant to carry the load on 96 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 3: our own. We need each other. Life can be heavy. 97 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 3: People are lonely, They've been through disappointments. They're dealing with illnesses. 98 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 3: They can smile on the outside and be hurting on 99 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 3: the inside. They have stress and pressure that we know 100 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,480 Speaker 3: nothing about. When you pray for them, it helps lighten 101 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:58,160 Speaker 3: the load. Your prayers cause the angels to go to work. 102 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 3: Chains that are holding them begin to loosen. Depression that's 103 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 3: trying to sour their life. When you speak victory over them, 104 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 3: the forces of darkness begin to lose their grip. And 105 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 3: it may not happen overnight, but your prayer is making 106 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: a difference. Your prayer may be what's keeping them going. 107 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 3: They don't even know your praying. You may not get 108 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 3: any credit, but what you do in secret, the scripture 109 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 3: says God will reward you in the open. And when 110 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,919 Speaker 3: I meet people, the favorite thing they tell me is 111 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 3: not I like listening to you. You encourage me, you 112 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 3: help me. That's good. I'm grateful. But my favorite thing 113 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,200 Speaker 3: is when they say, Joel, I'm praying for you. When 114 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 3: you pray for someone, you're not just sending good wishes. 115 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 3: You're not just saying good luck. I hope it goes 116 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 3: well for you. Prayer moves the hands that rule the world. 117 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 3: Prayer causes the God who created the universe to make 118 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 3: things happen that we could never make happen. In the 119 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: Book of Revelation, John described what he saw in heaven, 120 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 3: how there were angels all around the throne, constantly singing, worshiping, 121 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 3: saying Holy, Holy, Holy. But in chapter eight there was 122 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 3: silence in heaven for thirty minutes. During this time, an 123 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 3: angel came to the altar with the jar of incense, 124 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 3: which represents the prayers coming up from the earth. Verse 125 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:32,680 Speaker 3: four says, the smoke of the incense, together with the 126 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 3: prayers of the saints, went up before God. Here's how 127 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: powerful prayer is in heaven. There was all this singing, 128 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 3: all this worshiping. Then all of a sudden, the angels 129 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 3: stopped singing. The heavenly hosts were silenced. What could be 130 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 3: so important that Heaven came to a standstill. Was something wrong? 131 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 3: Was there an emergency? No, All of Heaven stopped to 132 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 3: hear the prayer coming up from God's people. Your prayers 133 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,600 Speaker 3: go up like incense before the throne of God. And 134 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 3: you may think nobody's listening. Voices whisper, God's not concerned 135 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 3: about you. You're wasting your time now when you pray. 136 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 3: Just imagine the angels get quiet, the musicians stop playing. 137 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 3: Gabriel says to God, I've silenced everything because I hear 138 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 3: a prayer coming up from one of your children. Somebody 139 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 3: believes you can do the impossible. Somebody's counting on you 140 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 3: to heal a friend from cancer, to turn a child around, 141 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 3: to break an addiction. When you pray, powerful things happen. 142 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 3: All of heaven stops, the creator of the universe comes 143 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 3: to attention. That's when supernatural things take place. When you pray, 144 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 3: Red caes are parted. When you pray, compact centers show up. 145 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 3: When you pray, you can overcome those illnesses. I'm asking 146 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 3: you to not just pray for yourself, pray for others. 147 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 3: Use this power to help somebody else reach their highest potential. 148 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 3: In Act chapter twelve, King Herod was against the church. 149 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 3: He had not only arrested believers, but he had James killed. 150 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 3: When he saw how much this pleased the people, he 151 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 3: was planning on doing the same thing to Peter. He 152 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 3: arrested Peter and put him in the deepest dungeon, the 153 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 3: most secure place. But on the night before Peter was 154 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 3: to go to trial, Verse five says the church was 155 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 3: earnestly praying for Peter. The believers had gathered in a house. 156 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 3: They spent the night asking God to help their friend, 157 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 3: to somehow bring him out to make a way. While 158 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 3: they were praying, in the middle of the night, an 159 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 3: angel showed up at the prison and woke Peter up. 160 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 3: Peter wasn't praying. He was sleeping. Maybe he was too tired, 161 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 3: too discouraged, but he had friends who were praying. When 162 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 3: the angel woke him up, the chains fell off his wrist. 163 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 3: They walked past the first set of guards. Nobody saw them. 164 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,320 Speaker 3: They came to the big iron gates. They opened on 165 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 3: their own accord. Peter's life was spared. What's interesting is 166 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 3: the scripture says specifically that people were praying for Peter, 167 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 3: but it doesn't mention that anyone was praying for James. 168 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 3: They were in the same circumstances but had totally different results. 169 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 3: And while we rejoice over what God did for Peter, 170 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 3: I wonder if James would have had people praying for him, 171 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 3: maybe he wouldn't have lost his life. Maybe the angel 172 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 3: would have shown up, maybe Herod would have changed his 173 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 3: mind if somebody had been praying. My challenge is, don't 174 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 3: let there be a James in your life. All your family, 175 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 3: your friends, your relatives, your coworkers, they should be Peter's. 176 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 3: Cover them in prayer. Ask God to strengthen them, to 177 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 3: help them, to protect them. Pray that they'll accomplish their dreams. 178 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 3: Pray that they'll leave their mark on this generation. Your 179 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 3: prayer can make the difference. Your prayer can cause the 180 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:18,640 Speaker 3: Angel to show up. When you go to God on 181 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 3: somebody else's behalf, Heaven comes to attention. God is concerned 182 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 3: about what concerns you. Some people don't have the faith 183 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 3: to believe on their own. They may not be living right. 184 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 3: They don't think they deserve it. But because you're honoring God, 185 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:40,200 Speaker 3: because you took the time to pray, God will bless 186 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:44,440 Speaker 3: them for your sake. You have a gift. You can 187 00:11:44,480 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 3: help someone else succeed on their own. They can't do 188 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 3: it on their own. They're a James. But when you pray, 189 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 3: prison doors open, the addiction will be broken. The right 190 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 3: people will show up. Are you using your gift? Are 191 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:03,679 Speaker 3: you praying for others? Life is too short to live 192 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 3: only thinking about my dreams, my goals, my needs. That's 193 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 3: a shallow way to live. You'll never be truly fulfilled 194 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 3: that way because you need other people to stand in 195 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 3: faith with you. When you develop this habit of praying 196 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 3: for others, God will make sure there will always be 197 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 3: plenty of people praying for you. The scripture says one 198 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 3: can chase a thousand, but two can put ten thousand 199 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 3: to flight. You are ten times more powerful when you 200 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 3: have somebody praying for you. That's why every morning I 201 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 3: pray for your dreams. I pray for your goals, for 202 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 3: your family, for health, for freedom, for abundance. I pray 203 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 3: for everyone that's a part of our ministry. I may 204 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 3: not know your name, but God, does you Listen for 205 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 3: fifteen seconds, and I'm praying for you. Some nights, before 206 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,359 Speaker 3: I go to bed, I'll go out in my backyard 207 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,560 Speaker 3: and pray for all the people that are hurting in 208 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 3: the world. My brother Paul just returned from a rap 209 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 3: where he was operating on people that were injured in 210 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 3: the war. It's very horrific, so much heartache and pain. 211 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 3: I believe God brought those people across my path through 212 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 3: my brother, not to just feel sorry for them, not 213 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 3: to just think that's too bad, but to say, God, 214 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 3: show them your mercy, heal their wounds, protect them, let 215 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:35,120 Speaker 3: them see your goodness. You don't know. Your prayer may 216 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 3: protect a child from a mortar wound. Your prayer may 217 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 3: keep an accident from happening. Or your prayer may lift 218 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,720 Speaker 3: a heavy burden from a family that's endured incredible pain. 219 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 3: I was in another city recently, and this gentleman came 220 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,199 Speaker 3: up to me on the street. He was a foreigner, 221 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 3: dressed very nice. He told how he and his family 222 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 3: watch our program, how they've learned about God. It's helped 223 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 3: them to overcome some difficulties. I thanked him for taking 224 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 3: the time to tell me. As I was leaving, I said, 225 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 3: almost in passing, I'm going to be praying for you. 226 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 3: He looked at me so genuinely, with these tears starting 227 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,520 Speaker 3: to come down his cheeks. He said, why would you 228 00:14:18,559 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 3: pray for me? You don't even know me. I don't 229 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 3: come from your same faith. I said, none of that matters. 230 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 3: I know. God brought you across my path. See, you 231 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 3: don't meet people by accident. God puts people in our lives. 232 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 3: He causes us to notice certain people. Maybe at the 233 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 3: grocery store. You see that person that looks down, they 234 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 3: look lonely. Don't see them as a James turned them 235 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 3: into a Peter. Under your breath, Lord, bless them, strengthen them, 236 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 3: help them to live in victory. For years, my mother 237 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 3: prayed for an entertainer here in town. She would see 238 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 3: his name upon the different marquis where he was playing. 239 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 3: My mother had never met him, but she read how 240 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 3: his parents were missionaries. Growing up, he came from a 241 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 3: strong family of faith. In his teenage years, he started 242 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 3: running with the wrong crowd, ended up on drugs. Instead 243 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 3: of playing in churches, he was playing in bars and 244 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 3: in clubs. My mother could have thought, too bad, nothing 245 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 3: I can do about it. He's off course. Instead, every 246 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:33,680 Speaker 3: time she saw his name under her breath, God help 247 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 3: him to get back on course. God help him to 248 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 3: fulfill his destiny. Just a simple prayer. This went on 249 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 3: year after year. Didn't look like anything was happening. Looked 250 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 3: like she was wasting her breath. But when you pray, 251 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 3: things are changing. Behind the scenes. God is at work. 252 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 3: Your prayers are going up to the Throne like incense. 253 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 3: And one Sunday, out of the blue, that gentleman showed 254 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 3: up at Lakewood, at the old sanctuary. He sat in 255 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 3: the very back. Someone recognized him and told my mother. 256 00:16:09,080 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 3: She went back and gave him a hug and told 257 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 3: how she'd been praying for him all these years. That 258 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 3: day was a turning point. He felt loved and accepted. 259 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 3: It was a few months later that our friend Bill 260 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 3: Nash gave his first Christian concert there at Lakewood, and 261 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 3: for the last thirty years he's been using his gifts 262 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 3: and talents for the Lord. Maybe that wouldn't have happened 263 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 3: if my mother had not prayed. Maybe Bill would still 264 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 3: be off course, still going down the wrong path, if 265 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:45,960 Speaker 3: she had not gone before God on his behalf. Well, Joe, 266 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 3: she's just one person, yes, but you may be the 267 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 3: one that God's counting on. Your faith may be what 268 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 3: causes that young lady at the office to change her life. 269 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 3: Instead of talking about her, instead of j udgeing her, 270 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 3: looking at all she's done wrong, why don't you take 271 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,119 Speaker 3: time to pray for her? Talking about her is not 272 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 3: going to help her improve, but prayer will break the 273 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 3: chains that are holding her back. Now, every morning, after 274 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 3: you thank God for the day, after you're asking for 275 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 3: your dreams, for your needs, take time to go to 276 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 3: God in prayer for her. Maybe nobody's praying. Maybe she's 277 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 3: a James. You need to turn her into a Peter. 278 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 3: You don't have to tell her, you don't have to 279 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,920 Speaker 3: make a big scene, but in your private time, ask 280 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 3: God to help her. The scripture calls this standing in 281 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 3: the gap for people. Some people are too far off 282 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 3: course to ever get back on their own. They're too discouraged, 283 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 3: they have too many obstacles. It's going to take you 284 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 3: and me praying for them. God said in Ezekiel twenty two. 285 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 3: I looked for someone to build up the wall and 286 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 3: stand in the gap, wouldn't have to destroy the land. 287 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 3: But I couldn't find anyone. Back in those days, cities 288 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 3: had huge walls around them to protect them from the enemy. 289 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:14,359 Speaker 3: But at times there would be a broken place in 290 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 3: that wall. Something happened that created a gap. Now the 291 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 3: enemy could easily come in, So they would have an 292 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 3: armed soldier, one of their most powerful warriors, stand in 293 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 3: that gap until the wall could be repaired. People all 294 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 3: around us have broken down walls like Bill. They've gotten 295 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 3: off course, a relationship didn't work out. They're fighting an illness, depression, loneliness. 296 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 3: There's a breach in their wall. God is asking you, 297 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 3: will you stand in the gap. Will you cover them 298 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,600 Speaker 3: while they're down? Will you not let the enemy overtake them? 299 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 3: When you see somebody in need, somebody fighting a battle, 300 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 3: don't be passive. Don't think God that's too bad. I 301 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 3: feel sorry for them. Be that warrior that stands in 302 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 3: the gap. Speak victory over their life. Remind the forces 303 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 3: of darkness that they cannot have them. The right attitude 304 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 3: is if you mess with them, you're messing with me, 305 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 3: and no weapon formed against me or them is going 306 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,959 Speaker 3: to prosper. Lift them up in prayer, let them know 307 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 3: that they're not alone. Take time to encourage them. Sometimes 308 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 3: it's just a simple text, Hey, I'm praying for you. 309 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 3: You're going to get through this. It's all it takes 310 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 3: to lift their spirits. When my father went to be 311 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 3: with the Lord and I stepped up to minister, my 312 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 3: wall was broken down. I didn't see how this was 313 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 3: going to work out, but I could feel people praying 314 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 3: when I couldn't do it on my own. Many of 315 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 3: you covered me. You spoke faith into my destiny until 316 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 3: I could get my wall repaired. Like me, you've had 317 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 3: people stand in the gap for you. What's been given 318 00:20:00,320 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 3: to us. We have a responsibility to give to others. 319 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 3: Somebody around you has a broken down wall. Life hasn't 320 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 3: turned out the way they thought. That's your cue to 321 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 3: step up and make a difference. Ask God to lighten 322 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 3: that load. I talked to a family last week. Their 323 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 3: twenty year old daughter had an aneurism and suddenly died. 324 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 3: The father told me, through tears, I don't think I 325 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 3: can go on. The pain is not letting up. His 326 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 3: wall is down. There's a breach. And yes I felt sorry, 327 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 3: Yes it broke my heart. But feeling sorry is not enough. 328 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 3: That's when you have to make it your mission to 329 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 3: stand in the gap. Every morning, Lord strengthen that family, 330 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 3: peel their wounds, give them beauty for those ashes. One time, 331 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 3: the Israelites got off course. After all God had done 332 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 3: for them, delivering them from slavery, parting the Red Sea, 333 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 3: giving them food in the desert. At one point, they 334 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 3: started worshiping a golden calf, having wild parties, getting drunk, 335 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 3: being immoral. God was angry. He was going to destroy them, 336 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 3: but Moses went up on a mountain for forty days 337 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:20,120 Speaker 3: he fasted and prayed, asking God for mercy, not for himself, 338 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 3: but for the Israelites. The Psalmist said God would have 339 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,159 Speaker 3: destroyed them had Moses not stood in the gap for them. 340 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 3: You may know people that are off course, a friend, 341 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 3: a family member, a coworker. They're making poor choices. They 342 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 3: know better, but they're doing it anyway. That's where the 343 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 3: Israelites were. God was ready to destroy these two million people, 344 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 3: But because one man stood in the gap, God changed 345 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 3: his mind. Will you do like Moses and stand in 346 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: the gap for the people around you that are not 347 00:21:55,520 --> 00:22:00,360 Speaker 3: doing right. It's easy to criticize, find fault. You can 348 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,520 Speaker 3: be the one that makes a difference. I want the 349 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 3: Psalmist to be able to put my name in that scripture, 350 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 3: your name in it. God would have destroyed them had 351 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,440 Speaker 3: Robert not stood in the gap, had Julie not stood 352 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 3: in the gap, had those people at Lakewood not stood 353 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 3: in the gap. Now I've learned, if you're not standing 354 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 3: in the gap, most likely you'll be standing in judgment. 355 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 3: Now I've made up my mind. I'm going to be 356 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 3: a gap stander. I'm going to be a people lifter. 357 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 3: I'm going to take time every day to help pray 358 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:39,160 Speaker 3: people into their destiny. Matthew Chapter eight. A Roman army 359 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: general came to see Jesus. He was a centurion, the 360 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 3: commander of one hundred troops, a very influential and well 361 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 3: respected man. He said to Jesus, my servant is sick 362 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,880 Speaker 3: and in so much pain. He traveled a great distance 363 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 3: not to ask something for himself, not for his wife, 364 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: not for another general, but for his servant. One translation says, 365 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:10,359 Speaker 3: I have a slave that's sick. This well respected, influential 366 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 3: man was standing in the gap for someone that most 367 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 3: people back then would have written off. They bought and 368 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 3: sold slaves all the time, But this commander was different. 369 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 3: He loved this servant. I can imagine when he headed 370 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 3: out to see Jesus, people ask him, why are you going. 371 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,920 Speaker 3: Do you need a healing? Do you need a miracle? 372 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 3: Is something wrong with you? He said, Now I'm going 373 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 3: on behalf of my servant. He was standing in the 374 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 3: gap for the least of these, for someone that society 375 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,640 Speaker 3: would have written off, said they're not important. When he arrived, 376 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:51,879 Speaker 3: Jesus said to him, I haven't seen this much faith 377 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,119 Speaker 3: in all of Israel. Jesus spoke and his servant was healed. 378 00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:02,200 Speaker 3: What's interesting is this centurion a Jew. He didn't come 379 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 3: from the same faith. Yet, Jesus said, you have more 380 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 3: faith than all these people that have been around me. 381 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 3: That shows us that God is not looking at what 382 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 3: family you come from, how you were raised, how religious 383 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,640 Speaker 3: you are. What gets God's attention is when you're concerned 384 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 3: about the least of these, when you stand in the 385 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 3: gap for the less fortunate, for people that have been 386 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:32,240 Speaker 3: dealt in unfair hand. God calls that great faith. That's 387 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 3: when he'll show up and do amazing things. In the scripture, 388 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 3: Joseph was falsely accused and put in prison. He'd been 389 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 3: there for many years, and there were two other main 390 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:48,040 Speaker 3: people with him, Pharaoh's butler and his baker. One night, 391 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 3: the butler had a dream. Joseph was able to interpret it. 392 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 3: He told the butler he was going to get out 393 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 3: of prison and be restored to his position. The butler 394 00:24:58,280 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 3: was so excited, so grateful for Joseph and all of 395 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 3: his health. Joseph said, do me a favor. When you 396 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 3: get out, remind the Paiah that I'm still in here. 397 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,359 Speaker 3: Just like Joseph said. The butler got out. He was 398 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:16,440 Speaker 3: restored to his physician, but he forgot all about Joseph. 399 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,360 Speaker 3: Joseph helped him. Now when he needed help, the butler 400 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 3: was nowhere to be found. All of us have been 401 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:28,239 Speaker 3: where this butler was. Somebody helped us, Somebody gave us 402 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 3: a good break, Somebody prayed for us when we were down. 403 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 3: They stood in the gap for us. Now, let's don't 404 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 3: be like that. Butler, stand in the gap for somebody else. 405 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 3: You're blessed. Now be a blessing. God answered your prayers. 406 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 3: Now pray for somebody else. The truth is none of 407 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,959 Speaker 3: us got to where we are on our own. I 408 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 3: had parents praying for me, speaking faith into my destiny. 409 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 3: I'm seeing favor today because people stood in the gap 410 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 3: for me, my siblings and I. We never left for 411 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:06,240 Speaker 3: school in the morning without my mother praying for protection, 412 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:10,760 Speaker 3: praying for favor over us. Now I not only pray 413 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 3: for my children. I pray for my grandchildren. They're not 414 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 3: even here yet. I pray for my great grandchildren, for 415 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 3: my seed. When my descendants show up, they may not 416 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 3: realize it, they've already been covered in prayer. They're going 417 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 3: to see good breaks, favor, mercy because I took time 418 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:35,360 Speaker 3: to pray. After David died, Solomon's son wasn't making good choices. 419 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 3: He got off course. God was going to take the 420 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 3: throne away from him. But God said to him, Solomon, 421 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 3: for your father David's sake, I will show you mercy, 422 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 3: and I will not do it. That's how powerful it 423 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 3: is when you not only live a life that honors God, 424 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 3: but you pray for your seed, you pray for your children. Victoria, 425 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 3: as a little girl, would go back to Georgia to 426 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,199 Speaker 3: see her grandmother. When she'd wake up early in the morning, 427 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 3: before anyone else was awake, she would see her grandmother 428 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 3: outside under a tree, on her knees, praying, covering her family, 429 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 3: covering her children, covering her seed in prayer. Victoria never 430 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,360 Speaker 3: dreamed she'd be in the ministry. We never dreamed we'd 431 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 3: be this blessed, this fulfilled is because people took time 432 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:28,840 Speaker 3: to pray. Somebody did it for us, Somebody did it 433 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 3: for you. Now let's do it for somebody else. Look 434 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 3: around at who's in your life. Are there some James 435 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 3: people that without you praying won't fulfill their destiny. I'm 436 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,399 Speaker 3: asking you to turn them into a Peter. Make it 437 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 3: your mission to pray for them, stand in the gap, 438 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 3: ask God to bless them. If you'll do this, I 439 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 3: believe and declare the seed you sow is going to 440 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 3: come back to you like job. As you pray for others, 441 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,119 Speaker 3: You're going to see your prayers answered, your healing, calm, 442 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,280 Speaker 3: the fullness of your destiny in Jesus' name. If you 443 00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 3: receive it, can you say amen? Today, I'd like to 444 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 3: give you an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of 445 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 3: your life. Would you pray with me? 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