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I felt 43 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 4: so bad. I pulled over and waved one last time, 44 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 4: just to let them know how much I love Jesus. 45 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 4: And no she doesn't come to Lakewood. But say it 46 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 4: like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am 47 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 4: what it says I am. I have what it says 48 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 4: I have. I can do what it says I can do. 49 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 4: Today I will be taught the word of God. I 50 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,799 Speaker 4: boldly confess. My mind is alert, my heart is receptive. 51 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 4: I will never be the same. In Jesus' name, God 52 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 4: bless you. I want to talk to you today about 53 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 4: praying for others. It's good to pray for yourself, pray 54 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 4: for your dreams, pray for wisdom. Ask God to help 55 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 4: you overcome difficulties. That's important, but don't stop there. You 56 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 4: have the ability to help someone else reach their destiny. 57 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 4: There are people God has put in your life that 58 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 4: won't become who they were created to be without you praying. 59 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,080 Speaker 4: They don't have the faith to accomplish their dreams. They 60 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 4: won't break the addiction, they won't overcome the challenge without 61 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 4: you stepping up and asking God on their behalf. The 62 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 4: Scripture tells us in James to pray one for another. 63 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 4: You don't have to go to them physically I'm talking 64 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 4: about in your private time, not just focusing on your needs, 65 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 4: your goals, your dreams. Take time every day to pray 66 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 4: for others. Look around at who's in your life. That 67 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 4: neighbor that seems down, that coworker that's struggling, that person 68 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 4: you heard about that has cancer that didn't come up 69 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 4: by accident. God brought them across your path. He's counting 70 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 4: on you to lift them up. Well, Joel, I have 71 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 4: my own problems, my own issues, my own dreams. I 72 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 4: need somebody to pray for me. When you pray for others, 73 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 4: you are sowing a seed for God to help you. 74 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 4: When Job was overcome with difficulties, his world turned upside down. 75 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 4: He understood this principle. He didn't just pray for himself. 76 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 4: He went out and prayed for his friends. He turned 77 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 4: his focus away from his own needs and started praying 78 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 4: for others. The scripture says, when Job prayed for his friends, 79 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 4: his health was restored. Could it be if you would 80 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 4: take time to pray for others, then what you're struggling 81 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 4: with would turn around? Your health, your dreams, your breakthroughs 82 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,799 Speaker 4: would show up. Paul tells us in Gulations to bear 83 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 4: one another's burdens. We weren't meant to carry the load 84 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 4: on our own. We need each other. Life can be heavy. 85 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 4: People are lonely, they've been through disappointments, They're dealing with illnesses. 86 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 4: They can smile on the outside and be hurting on 87 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 4: the inside. They have stress and pressure that we know 88 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 4: nothing about. When you pray for them, it helps lighten 89 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 4: the load. Your prayers cause the angels to go to work. 90 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 4: Chains that are holding them back begin to loosen. Depression 91 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 4: that's trying to sour their life. When you speak victory 92 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 4: over them, the forces of darkness begin to lose their grip. 93 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 4: And it may not happen overnight, but your prayer is 94 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 4: making a difference. Your prayer may be what's keeping them going. 95 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 4: They don't even know your praying. You may not get 96 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 4: any credit, but what you do in secret, the scripture 97 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 4: says God will reward you in the open. And when 98 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 4: I meet people, the favorite thing they tell me is 99 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 4: not I like listening to you. You encourage me, you 100 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 4: help me. That's good. I'm grateful. But my favorite thing 101 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 4: is when they say, Joel, I'm praying for you. When 102 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 4: you pray for someone, you're not just sending good wishes. 103 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 4: You're not just saying good luck. I hope it goes 104 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 4: well for you. Prayer moves the hands that rule the world. 105 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 4: Prayer causes the God who created the universe to make 106 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 4: things happen that we could never make happen. In the 107 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 4: Book of Revelation, John described what he saw in heaven, 108 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 4: how there were angels all around the throne, constantly singing, worshiping, 109 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 4: saying Holy, Holy, Holy. But in chapter eight there was 110 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 4: silence in heaven for thirty minutes. During this time, an 111 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 4: angel came to the altar with a jar of incense, 112 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,960 Speaker 4: which represents the prayers coming up from the earth. Verse 113 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 4: four says, the smoke of the incense, together with the 114 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 4: prayers of the saints, went up before God. Here's how 115 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 4: powerful prayer is in heaven. There was all this singing, 116 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 4: all this worshiping. Then all of a sudden, the angels 117 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 4: stopped singing. The heavenly hosts were silenced. What could be 118 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 4: so important that Heaven came to a standstill. Was something wrong? 119 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 4: Was there an emergency? No, All of Heaven stopped to 120 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 4: hear the prayers coming up from God's people. Your prayers 121 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 4: go up like incense before the throne of God. And 122 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 4: you may think nobody's listening. Voices whisper God's not concerned 123 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 4: about you. You're wasting your time. No, when you pray, 124 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 4: just imagine the angels get quiet, the musicians stopped playing. 125 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 4: Gabriel says to God, I've silenced everything because I hear 126 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 4: a prayer coming up from one of your cheer children. 127 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 4: Somebody believes you can do the impossible. Somebody's counting on 128 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 4: you to heal a friend from cancer, to turn a 129 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 4: child around, to break an addiction. When you pray, powerful 130 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 4: things happen. All of heaven stops. The creator of the 131 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 4: universe comes to attention. That's when supernatural things take place 132 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 4: when you pray. Red caes are parted when you pray, 133 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 4: Compact centers show up. When you pray, you can overcome 134 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 4: those illnesses. I'm asking you to not just pray for yourself, 135 00:08:34,840 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 4: pray for others. Use this power to help somebody else 136 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,760 Speaker 4: reach their highest potential. In Acts, Chapter twelve, King Herod 137 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 4: was against the Church. He had not only arrested believers, 138 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 4: but he had James killed. When he saw how much 139 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 4: this pleased the people, he was planning on doing the 140 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 4: same thing to Peter. He arrested Peter and put him 141 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 4: in the deepest dungeon, the most secure place. But on 142 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 4: the night before Peter was to go to trial, Verse 143 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 4: five says the church was earnestly praying for Peter. The 144 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 4: believers had gathered in a house. They spent the night 145 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 4: asking God to help their friend, to somehow bring him out, 146 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 4: to make a way. While they were praying, in the 147 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 4: middle of the night, an angel showed up at the 148 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 4: prison and woke Peter up. Peter wasn't praying, he was sleeping. 149 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 4: Maybe he was too tired, too discouraged, but he had 150 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 4: friends who were praying. When the angel woke him up, 151 00:09:36,440 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 4: the chains fell off his wrist. They walked past the 152 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 4: first set of guards. Nobody saw them. They came to 153 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 4: the big iron gates. They opened on their own accord. 154 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 4: Peter's life was spared. What's interesting is the scripture says 155 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:55,959 Speaker 4: specifically that people were praying for Peter, but it doesn't 156 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 4: mention that anyone was praying for James. They were in 157 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:04,520 Speaker 4: the the same circumstances that had totally different results. And 158 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,960 Speaker 4: while we rejoice over what God did for Peter, I 159 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 4: wonder if James would have had people praying for him, 160 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 4: maybe he wouldn't have lost his life. Maybe the Angel 161 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 4: would have shown up, Maybe Herod would have changed his 162 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 4: mind if somebody had been praying. My challenge is, don't 163 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 4: let there be a James in your life. All your family, 164 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 4: your friends, your relatives, your coworkers, they should be Peter's 165 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 4: Cover them in prayer. Ask God to strengthen them, to 166 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,960 Speaker 4: help them, to protect them. Pray that they'll accomplish their dreams. 167 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 4: Pray that they'll leave their mark on this generation. Your 168 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 4: prayer can make the difference. Your prayer can cause the 169 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 4: Angel to show up. When you go to God on 170 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 4: somebody else's behalf, Heaven comes to attention. God is concerned 171 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 4: about what concerns you. People don't have the faith to 172 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 4: believe on their own. They may not be living right. 173 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 4: They don't think they deserve it. But because you're honoring God, 174 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 4: because you took the time to pray, God will bless 175 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 4: them for your sake. You have a gift. You can 176 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 4: help someone else succeed on their own. They can't do 177 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 4: it on their own. They're are James. But when you pray, 178 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 4: prison doors open, the addiction will be broken. The right 179 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 4: people will show up. Are you using your gift? Are 180 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 4: you praying for others? Life is too short to live 181 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 4: only thinking about my dreams, my goals, my needs. That's 182 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 4: a shallow way to live. You'll never be truly fulfilled 183 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,400 Speaker 4: that way because you need other people to stand in 184 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 4: faith with you. When you develop this habit of praying 185 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 4: for others, God will make sure there will always be 186 00:11:56,480 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 4: plenty of people praying for you. The scripture says one 187 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 4: can chase a thousand, but two can put ten thousand 188 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 4: to flight. You are ten times more powerful when you 189 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 4: have somebody praying for you. That's why every morning I 190 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 4: pray for your dreams. I pray for your goals, for 191 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 4: your family, for health, for freedom, for abundance. I pray 192 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 4: for everyone that's a part of our ministry. I may 193 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 4: not know your name, but God, does you listen for 194 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 4: fifteen seconds, and I'm praying for you. Some nights, before 195 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 4: I go to bed, I go out in my backyard 196 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 4: and pray for all the people that are hurting in 197 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 4: the world. My brother Paul just returned from Araq where 198 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 4: he was operating on people that were injured in the war. 199 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 4: It's very horrific, so much heartache and pain. I believe 200 00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:52,840 Speaker 4: God brought those people across my path through my brother, 201 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 4: not to just feel sorry for them, not to just 202 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 4: think that's too bad, but to say, God, show them 203 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 4: your mercy, heal their wounds, protect them, let them see 204 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:08,160 Speaker 4: your goodness. You don't know your prayer may protect a 205 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 4: child from a mortar wound. Your prayer may keep an 206 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 4: accident from happening, or your prayer may lift a heavy 207 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 4: burden from a family that's endured incredible pain. I was 208 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 4: in another city recently and this gentleman came up to 209 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 4: me on the street. He was a foreigner, dressed very nice. 210 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 4: He told how he and his family watch our program, 211 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 4: how they've learned about God and it's helped them to 212 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 4: overcome some difficulties. I thanked him for taking the time 213 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 4: to tell me. As I was leaving, I said, almost 214 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 4: in passing, I'm going to be praying for you. He 215 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 4: looked at me so genuinely, with these tears starting to 216 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 4: come down his cheeks. He said, why would you pray 217 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 4: for me? You don't even know me. I don't come 218 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 4: from your same faith. I said, none of that matters. 219 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 4: I know God brought you across my path. See, you 220 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 4: don't meet people by accident. God puts people in our lives. 221 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 4: He causes us to notice certain people. Maybe at the 222 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 4: grocery store. You see that person that looks down, They 223 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 4: look lonely. Don't see them as a James turned them 224 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 4: into a Peter Under your breath, Lord, bless them, strengthened them, 225 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 4: helped them to live in victory. For years, my mother 226 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 4: prayed for an entertainer here in town. She would see 227 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 4: his name upon the different marquees where he was playing. 228 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 4: My mother had never met him, but she read how 229 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 4: his parents were missionaries. Growing up. He came from a 230 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 4: strong family of faith. In his teenage years, he started 231 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 4: running with the wrong crowd and ended up on drugs. 232 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 4: Instead of playing in churches, he was playing in bars 233 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 4: and in clubs. My mother could have thought, too bad, 234 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 4: nothing I can do about it. He's off course. Instead, 235 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 4: every time she saw his name under her breath, God 236 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 4: help him to get back on course. God help him 237 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 4: to fulfill his destiny. Just a simple prayer. This went 238 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 4: on year after year. Didn't look like anything was happening, 239 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:20,880 Speaker 4: looked like she was wasting her breath. But when you pray, 240 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 4: things are changing. Behind the scenes. God is at work. 241 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 4: Your prayers are going up to the Throne like incense. 242 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 4: And one Sunday, out of the blue, that gentleman showed 243 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 4: up at Lakewood at the old sanctuary. He sat in 244 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 4: the very back. Someone recognized him and told my mother. 245 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 4: She went back and gave him a hog and told 246 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 4: how she had been praying for him all these years. 247 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 4: That day was a turning point. He felt loved and accepted. 248 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 4: It was a few months later that our friend Bill 249 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,720 Speaker 4: Nash gave his first Christian concert there at Lakewood, and 250 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 4: for the last thirty years he's been using his gifts 251 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 4: and talents for the Lord. Maybe that wouldn't have happened 252 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 4: if my mother had not prayed. Maybe Bill would still 253 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 4: be off course, still going down the wrong path, if 254 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 4: she had not gone before God on his behalf. Well, Joe, 255 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 4: She's just one person, yes, but you may be the 256 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 4: one that God's counting on. Your faith may be what 257 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 4: causes that young lady at the office to change her life. 258 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 4: Instead of talking about her, instead of judging her, looking 259 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 4: at all she's done wrong, Why don't you take time 260 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 4: to pray for her? Talking about her is not going 261 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 4: to help her improve, But prayer will break the chains 262 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 4: that are holding her back. And every morning after you 263 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,120 Speaker 4: thank God for the day after you're ask Him for 264 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,800 Speaker 4: your dreams, for your needs. Take time to go to 265 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 4: God in prayer for her. Maybe nobody's praying, maybe she's 266 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 4: a James. To turn her into a Peter. You don't 267 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 4: have to tell her, you don't have to make a 268 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 4: big scene, but in your private time, ask God to 269 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 4: help her. The scripture calls this standing in the gap 270 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 4: for people. Some people are too far off course to 271 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 4: ever get back on their own. They're too discouraged, they 272 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,719 Speaker 4: have too many obstacles. It's going to take you and 273 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 4: me praying for them. God said in Ezekiel twenty two. 274 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,239 Speaker 4: I looked for someone to build up the wall and 275 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 4: stand in the gap so I wouldn't have to destroy 276 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 4: the land. But I couldn't find anyone. Back in those days, 277 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 4: cities had huge walls around them to protect them from 278 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 4: the enemy, but at times there would be a broken 279 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,119 Speaker 4: place in that wall. Something happened that created a gap. 280 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 4: Now the enemy could easily come in, So they would 281 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,920 Speaker 4: have an armed soldier, one of their most powerful warriors, 282 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 4: stand in that gap until the wall could be repaired. 283 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,760 Speaker 4: People all around us have broken down walls like Bill. 284 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 4: They've gotten off course, a relationship didn't work out. They're 285 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 4: fighting an illness, depression, loneliness. There's a breach in their wall. 286 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 4: God is asking you, will you stand in the gap. 287 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:22,879 Speaker 4: Will you cover them while they're down? Will you not 288 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 4: let the enemy overtake them? When you see somebody in need, 289 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 4: somebody fighting a battle, don't be passive. Don't think God, 290 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 4: that's too bad. I feel sorry for them. Be that 291 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:39,400 Speaker 4: warrior that stands in the gap. Speak victory over their life. 292 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 4: Remind the forces of darkness that they cannot have them. 293 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 4: The right attitude is if you mess with them, you're 294 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 4: messing with me, and no weapon formed against me or 295 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 4: them is going to prosper. Lift them up in prayer, 296 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 4: Let them know that they're not alone. Take time to 297 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 4: encourage them. Sometimes it's just a simple text, Hey, I'm 298 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,720 Speaker 4: praying for you. You're going to get through this. It's 299 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 4: all it takes to lift their spirits. When my father 300 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 4: went to be with the Lord and I stepped up 301 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 4: to minister, my wall was broken down. I didn't see 302 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 4: how this was going to work out, but I could 303 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 4: feel people praying. When I couldn't do it on my own. 304 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 4: Many of you covered me. He spoke faith into my 305 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 4: destiny until I could get my wall repaired. Like me, 306 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 4: you've had people stand in the gap for you. What's 307 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 4: been given to us, we have a responsibility to give 308 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 4: to others. Somebody around you has a broken down wall. 309 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 4: Life hasn't turned out the way they thought. That's your 310 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 4: cue to step up and make a difference. Ask God 311 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 4: to lighten that load. I talked to a family last week. 312 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 4: Their twenty year old daughter had an aneurism and suddenly died. 313 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 4: The father told me, through tears, I don't think I 314 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 4: can go on. The pain is not letting up. His 315 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,719 Speaker 4: wall is down. There's a breach, and yes I felt sorry, 316 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:10,160 Speaker 4: Yes it broke my heart. But feeling sorry is not enough. 317 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 4: That's when you have to make it your mission to 318 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 4: stand in the gap. Every morning. Lord strengthen that family, 319 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 4: heal their wounds, give them beauty for those ashes. One time, 320 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 4: the Israelites got off course. After all God had done 321 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 4: for them, delivering them from slavery, parting the Red Sea, 322 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 4: giving them food in the desert. At one point they 323 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 4: started worshiping a golden calf, having wild parties getting drunk 324 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 4: being immoral. God was angry. He was going to destroy them. 325 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 4: But Moses went up on a mountain for forty days 326 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 4: he fasted and prayed, asking God for mercy, not for himself, 327 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 4: but for the Israelites. The Psalmist said, God would have 328 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 4: destroyed them had Moses not stood in the gap for them. 329 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 4: You may know people that are off course, a friend, 330 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 4: a family member, a coworker. They're making poor choices. They 331 00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 4: know better, but they're doing it anyway. That's where the 332 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 4: Israelites were. God was ready to destroy these two million people, 333 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 4: but because one man stood in the gap, God changed 334 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 4: his mind. Will you do like Moses and stand in 335 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,919 Speaker 4: the gap for the people around you that are not 336 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 4: doing right? It's easy to criticize, find fault. You can 337 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 4: be the one that makes a difference. I want the 338 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 4: Psalmist to be able to put my name in that scripture, 339 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 4: your name in it. God would have destroyed them had 340 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,879 Speaker 4: Robert not stood in the gap, had Julie not stood 341 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 4: in the gap, had those people at Lakewood not stood 342 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 4: in the gap. Now I've learned if you're not standing 343 00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 4: in the gap, most likely you'll be standing in judgment. 344 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 4: Now I've made up my mind be a gap stander. 345 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 4: I'm will be a people lifter. I'm going to take 346 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 4: time every day to help pray people into their destiny. 347 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 4: Matthew Chapter eight. A Roman army general came to see Jesus. 348 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 4: He was a centurion, the commander of one hundred troops, 349 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 4: a very influential and well respected man. He said to Jesus, 350 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 4: my servant is sick and in so much pain. He 351 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 4: traveled a great distance not to ask something for himself, 352 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 4: not for his wife, not for another general, but for 353 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:39,399 Speaker 4: his servant. One translation says, I have a slave that's sick. 354 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 4: This well respected, influential man was standing in the gap 355 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 4: for someone that most people back then would have written off. 356 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 4: They bought and sold slaves all the time. But this 357 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 4: commander was different. He loved this servant. I can imagine 358 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 4: when he headed out to c G Jesus, people ask him, 359 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,479 Speaker 4: why are you going? Do you need a healing? Do 360 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 4: you need a miracle? Is something wrong with you? He said, 361 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 4: Now I'm going on behalf of my servant. He was 362 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,199 Speaker 4: standing in the gap for the least of these, for 363 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,560 Speaker 4: someone that society would have written off, said they're not important. 364 00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 4: When he arrived, Jesus said to him, I haven't seen 365 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 4: this much faith in all of Israel. Jesus spoke and 366 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 4: his servant was healed. What's interesting is this centurion wasn't 367 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 4: a Jew, he didn't come from the same faith. Yet 368 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:39,959 Speaker 4: Jesus said, you have more faith than all these people 369 00:23:40,080 --> 00:23:44,119 Speaker 4: that have been around me. That shows us that God 370 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 4: is not looking at what family you come from, how 371 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 4: you were raised, how religious you are. What gets God's 372 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 4: attention is when you're concerned about the least of these, 373 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,960 Speaker 4: when you stand in the gap for the less fortunate, 374 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 4: for people that have been dealt in unfair hand. God 375 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 4: calls that great faith. That's when he'll show up and 376 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 4: do amazing things. In the scripture, Joseph was falsely accused 377 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 4: and put in prison. He'd been there for many years, 378 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 4: and there were two other main people with him, Pharaoh's 379 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 4: butler and his baker. One night, the butler had a dream. 380 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 4: Joseph was able to interpret it. He told the butler 381 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 4: he was going to get out of prison and be 382 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 4: restored to his position. The butler was so excited and 383 00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 4: so grateful for Joseph and all of his help. Joseph said, 384 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,199 Speaker 4: do me a favor. When you get out, remind the 385 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:43,120 Speaker 4: Phaiah that I'm still in here. Just like Joseph said. 386 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 4: The butler got out, he was restored to his physician, 387 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 4: but he forgot all about Joseph. Joseph helped him. Now 388 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,199 Speaker 4: when he needed help, the butler was nowhere to be found. 389 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 4: All of us have been where this butler was. Somebody 390 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 4: helped us, Somebody gave us a good break. Somebody prayed 391 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 4: for us when we were down. They stood in the 392 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 4: gap for us. Now, let's don't be like that butler. 393 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 4: Stand in the gap for somebody else. You're blessed. Now, 394 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,359 Speaker 4: be a blessing. God answered your prayers. Now pray for 395 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 4: somebody else. The truth is none of us got to 396 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 4: where we are on our own. I had parents praying 397 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,959 Speaker 4: for me, speaking faith into my destiny. I'm seeing favor 398 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,879 Speaker 4: today because people stood in the gap for me, My 399 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 4: siblings and I. We never left for school in the 400 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,160 Speaker 4: morning without my mother praying for protection, praying for favor 401 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 4: over us. Now I not only pray for my children, 402 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 4: I pray for my grandchildren. They're not even here yet. 403 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 4: I pray for my great grandchildren, for my seed. When 404 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 4: my descendants show up they may not realize it, they've 405 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,400 Speaker 4: already been covered in prayer. They're going to see good 406 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 4: breaks favor because I took time to pray. After David died, 407 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:09,240 Speaker 4: Solomon's son wasn't making good choices. He got off course, 408 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,920 Speaker 4: God was going to take the throne away from him. 409 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 4: But God said to him, Solomon, for your father David's sake, 410 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 4: I will show you mercy, and I will not do it. 411 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 4: That's how powerful it is when you not only live 412 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 4: a life that honors God, but you pray for your seed, 413 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 4: You pray for your children. Victoria, as a little girl, 414 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 4: would go back to Georgia to see her grandmother. When 415 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,160 Speaker 4: she'd wake up early in the morning, before anyone else 416 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:41,520 Speaker 4: was awake, she would see her grandmother outside under a tree, 417 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 4: on her knees, praying, covering her family, covering her children, 418 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 4: covering her seed in prayer. Victoria never dreamed she'd be 419 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 4: in the ministry. We never dreamed we'd be this blessed, 420 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 4: this fulfilled is because people took time to pray. Somebody 421 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 4: did it for us, Somebody did it for you. Now 422 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,200 Speaker 4: let's do it for somebody else. Look around at who's 423 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 4: in your life. Are there some James, people that without 424 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,399 Speaker 4: you praying won't fulfill their destiny. I'm asking you to 425 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 4: turn them into a Peter. Make it your mission to 426 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 4: pray for them, stand in the gap, ask God to 427 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,040 Speaker 4: bless them. If you'll do this, I believe and declare 428 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 4: to seed you. So is going to come back to 429 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 4: you like job as you pray for others. You're going 430 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 4: to see your prayers answered, your healing, calm, the fullness 431 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 4: of your destiny in Jesus's name. If you receive it, 432 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 4: Can you say amen? Today? I'd like to give you 433 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 4: an opportunity to make Jesus the lord of your life. 434 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 4: Would you pray with me? Just say Lord Jesus, I'll 435 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 4: repent of my sins. Come into my heart. I make 436 00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 4: you my Lord and savior. If you prayed that simple prayer, 437 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,160 Speaker 4: we believe you got born again, Get in a good 438 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 4: Bible based church, and keep God first place. 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