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Now We Have Access | Genesis 3:8-13 | Milton James — Transcript

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  1. 0:00Y'all can be seated. Thank you, Trey.
  2. 0:03Thank you, worship team. God bless
  3. 0:05y'all.
  4. 0:07>> Good morning.
  5. 0:12>> Y'all happy to be in the presence of the
  6. 0:14Lord today? Back in his house today.
  7. 0:18Are y'all happy for the 4800 souls that
  8. 0:23were saved, baptized,
  9. 0:26turning,
  10. 0:28turning,
  11. 0:30TURNING, NO GOING BACK FOR THEM.
  12. 0:34>> And no going back for you.
  13. 0:37>> No turning back for you.
  14. 0:43>> Welcome. Uh my name is Milton James. I'm
  15. 0:46one of the elders here.
  16. 0:51[applause and music]
  17. 0:54I I have the honor to uh stand before
  18. 0:56you today in this standalone message. Uh
  19. 0:59Pastor Phillip has uh
  20. 1:03tapped me for such a time as this.
  21. 1:06>> Yeah.
  22. 1:09>> Just want to welcome all my guests, all
  23. 1:11the guests from all around the world and
  24. 1:13all the digital disciples. But we want
  25. 1:15[music] to say welcome y'all. Welcome to
  26. 1:17the overflow. Welcome to everybody. Just
  27. 1:20welcome y'all. Um [music]
  28. 1:23[applause]
  29. 1:24and uh we uh welcome to the unbeliever.
  30. 1:27The one that is still trying to figure
  31. 1:29out the claims of Christ. The one that's
  32. 1:31still struggling with the [music] is is
  33. 1:34is Jesus credible
  34. 1:38or is all this other stuff credible?
  35. 1:41We welcome you. We ask that you just
  36. 1:43keep coming.
  37. 1:46We ask that you with a sincere and open
  38. 1:48heart.
  39. 1:50I saw a video a man uh he said he's
  40. 1:53going to he's going to follow Jesus and
  41. 1:55live like Jesus for 30 days. He was an
  42. 1:57atheist. He said but he's I'm going to
  43. 1:59do it with a clear and open heart, a
  44. 2:02genuine heart with no bias.
  45. 2:06>> And he end up giving his life to Christ
  46. 2:08after the 30 days.
  47. 2:12>> [applause]
  48. 2:13>> So let that be your testimony. The one
  49. 2:15that is wrestling in his soul.
  50. 2:18We are a house of prayer, presence, and
  51. 2:21proclamation. We will stand on that
  52. 2:23until the Lord Jesus comes back. And we
  53. 2:25also would like to honor our lead
  54. 2:27pastor, Philip Anthony Mitchell.
  55. 2:31[applause]
  56. 2:36>> [applause]
  57. 2:39[music]
  58. 2:44>> Title of this message today is now we
  59. 2:48have access.
  60. 2:50Now we have access.
  61. 2:57>> Pray with me as I pray for you.
  62. 3:02Holy Father,
  63. 3:05how great thou are.
  64. 3:08Thank you that we have a place to
  65. 3:12worship your holy name under your mighty
  66. 3:15pavilion. Holy Spirit, have your way in
  67. 3:18this place.
  68. 3:23Help me.
  69. 3:25Help my mind. Help my emotions. Help
  70. 3:28[music] my understanding. Give me
  71. 3:31revelation from on high. God, I need
  72. 3:33you. Lord,
  73. 3:36I am just a broken jar. Father,
  74. 3:41without you, I am nothing.
  75. 3:44I cannot do nothing.
  76. 3:49The knowledge I have is limited, but you
  77. 3:51have all knowledge, Lord. I I just ask
  78. 3:53that you will just pour that out on your
  79. 3:55people, God.
  80. 4:00Help me in this moment. None of me and
  81. 4:03all of you. Have your way in this place.
  82. 4:05Have your way in my heart. Have your way
  83. 4:07in the hearts
  84. 4:11of your sons and daughters. That it will
  85. 4:14be good ground.
  86. 4:16That you will be magnified and glorified
  87. 4:22in all that we do today.
  88. 4:26Help us to love you more, Holy Father.
  89. 4:29Help us to honor you more, Holy Father.
  90. 4:35Help us to depend on you more.
  91. 4:39I pray this
  92. 4:42over your sons and daughters,
  93. 4:45even myself, Lord.
  94. 4:48Step in and have your way.
  95. 4:53glorify your name
  96. 4:56and your name alone.
  97. 4:58My name means nothing.
  98. 5:04We love you. We honor you. It's in Jesus
  99. 5:06name I pray. Jesus name.
  100. 5:10Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
  101. 5:16Malachi. Thank you sir.
  102. 5:19Beloved family, um,
  103. 5:22back when I was, uh, newly born again,
  104. 5:26uh, my stepfather,
  105. 5:28his name was Ernest Ernest Odum Jr., uh,
  106. 5:32he was a, a good man, a godly man.
  107. 5:37He uh, he really showed me what a godly
  108. 5:42man should look like.
  109. 5:44And we used to just sit and just talk
  110. 5:47about the Bible. sit and just talk about
  111. 5:50life. We just commune on the regular.
  112. 5:55And unfortunately,
  113. 5:58me and Ernest relationship kind of faded
  114. 6:01away. Um, I cherished this relationship
  115. 6:04so much
  116. 6:09and it was nothing that I did, nothing
  117. 6:11that he did. It was just uh we all know
  118. 6:14we we we've had good people in our
  119. 6:16lives. We had godly people in our lives
  120. 6:18and just over time we seem to just start
  121. 6:22drifting away.
  122. 6:24We just start just just a a separation
  123. 6:26of time and space and and activities.
  124. 6:29Things was going on in his life and
  125. 6:31things were going on in my life and and
  126. 6:33and
  127. 6:35slowly but surely the cause started
  128. 6:38getting further and further and further
  129. 6:41apart.
  130. 6:44And um even now um it's still as you can
  131. 6:48see it still bothers me a little bit um
  132. 6:52that that relationship uh is no more. It
  133. 6:56was just a season. But I thank God for
  134. 6:59that relationship because it steward in
  135. 7:01me uh uh on a godly path on how I should
  136. 7:05approach the Lord, how I should love the
  137. 7:08Lord, how I should uh obey the Lord and
  138. 7:11and trust what he is doing in me.
  139. 7:15And just like our earthly relationships
  140. 7:17that we cherish so much, how much more
  141. 7:20should we cherish our relationship with
  142. 7:22the Lord Jesus Christ?
  143. 7:25God has established a way that we can
  144. 7:28continue to be in constant fellowship
  145. 7:31with him, constant communion with him,
  146. 7:33and that is by prayer.
  147. 7:39Just like our earthly relationships have
  148. 7:41we we drift apart,
  149. 7:44God has established prayer that we do
  150. 7:47not drift apart. He's placed his spirit
  151. 7:50in us so that we cannot drift apart.
  152. 7:55Even though we may feel that he is
  153. 7:58always there.
  154. 8:02We rely on our own wisdom.
  155. 8:05We stay busy with work and entertainment
  156. 8:08and we neglect pray prayer.
  157. 8:12Some of us don't pray because of doubt
  158. 8:14and weariness.
  159. 8:18>> We have been praying and praying and
  160. 8:21praying and praying and praying and
  161. 8:24praying
  162. 8:26>> and we still had not received.
  163. 8:30And unfortunately that pushes us in a
  164. 8:33place of hopelessness and we feel like
  165. 8:36there's no point of prayer.
  166. 8:39Shame and guilt from our own sins keeps
  167. 8:43us away from praying. We feel like we
  168. 8:46are unworthy
  169. 8:48to pray.
  170. 8:50We feel like
  171. 8:52oh God
  172. 8:54that's why sin is so dangerous.
  173. 8:58That's why we got to hate sin.
  174. 9:01It keeps us away from prayer. The the
  175. 9:06holy communion that God has established
  176. 9:08like nothing can break that
  177. 9:10relationship.
  178. 9:13Even right now, everybody sitting in
  179. 9:15here right now, you can say, "Thank you,
  180. 9:17Lord." And hears you. You can say, "I
  181. 9:20love you, Lord." And hears you.
  182. 9:24And the more we continue to cultivate
  183. 9:27that, the more we are in holy communion
  184. 9:29with that,
  185. 9:31the more he will reveal himself to us
  186. 9:34and the more we will trust him and be
  187. 9:37dependent on him. And there are times
  188. 9:40when there is just spiritual opposition.
  189. 9:45Yeah. Demonic forces is keeping you from
  190. 9:47praying.
  191. 9:52demonic forces is keeping you from
  192. 9:55praying. That's why it's so dangerous to
  193. 9:57play with sin.
  194. 9:59>> You we open the door for demonic forces
  195. 10:02to keep us out of the presence and out
  196. 10:05of the will of God.
  197. 10:08>> It's dangerous.
  198. 10:12>> It's dangerous.
  199. 10:17When we understand prayer goes beyond
  200. 10:19simply asking for things and it really
  201. 10:22is a two-way street for our communion
  202. 10:25and our relationship with him, we will
  203. 10:28start taking it more seriously
  204. 10:36and we ask ourselves what what happened
  205. 10:39to fracture this relationship.
  206. 10:45Genesis chapter 3 verse 8 through13 is
  207. 10:48what happened.
  208. 10:53Jesus Christ
  209. 10:57Jesus Christ
  210. 11:01Genesis chapter 3 verse 18 and 13. And
  211. 11:04they heard the sound of the Lord God
  212. 11:07walking in the garden in the cool of the
  213. 11:09day.
  214. 11:14And the man and his wife hid themselves
  215. 11:16from the presence of the Lord God among
  216. 11:18the trees of the garden. But the Lord
  217. 11:21God called to the man and said to him,
  218. 11:23"Where are you?" And he's saying that to
  219. 11:25us today.
  220. 11:29"Where are you?"
  221. 11:32And he said, "I heard the sound of you
  222. 11:35in the garden and I was afraid
  223. 11:38because I was naked and I hid myself."
  224. 11:40He said, "Who told you that you were
  225. 11:42naked?
  226. 11:45Have you eaten of the tree of which I
  227. 11:46command you not to eat from?" The man
  228. 11:48said, "The woman who you gave me,
  229. 11:52she gave me the fruit of the tree and I
  230. 11:54ate."
  231. 11:56And the Lord God said to the woman,
  232. 11:58"What is this that you have done?"
  233. 12:01The woman said, "The serpent deceived me
  234. 12:04and I ate
  235. 12:08>> this." Oh God, this monumental
  236. 12:14disaster
  237. 12:16>> is what fractured the relationship
  238. 12:20between man and God.
  239. 12:22>> That's right.
  240. 12:25Th
  241. 12:26>> this is why we have problems spraying
  242. 12:30the sin in our life. This is why
  243. 12:32everything is fractured. Like everything
  244. 12:34I just explained to you, this is why
  245. 12:36because of the fall of man.
  246. 12:39because of sin, we don't pray.
  247. 12:43And we don't pray. But but the
  248. 12:46communication line is always open.
  249. 12:49It's never blocked. It's always open.
  250. 12:53Always.
  251. 12:58No longer will God walk with us in the
  252. 13:00cool of the day.
  253. 13:02No longer will a holy God come down
  254. 13:05around sinful men.
  255. 13:10This is why it's hard to pray. This is
  256. 13:12why we are distracted when we pray. This
  257. 13:14is why everything that we try to try to
  258. 13:18do. Distractions, work, family, all this
  259. 13:23stuff piles up in our lives and it
  260. 13:25overtakes us and we we neglect to pray.
  261. 13:32What I want to do today is I I want to
  262. 13:34walk through
  263. 13:36Jesus's prayers.
  264. 13:41>> And actually, as I was uh looking
  265. 13:43through this, I didn't even realize how
  266. 13:45much Jesus prayed. I was like, "Good
  267. 13:48God, Jesus prays." No, let me We going
  268. 13:51to walk through it. [laughter]
  269. 13:54We going to walk through it. Uh we're
  270. 13:56going to walk through the uh Gospel of
  271. 13:57Luke
  272. 13:59starting in Luke 3 21.
  273. 14:08It's it's it's extraordinary. It's it's
  274. 14:10it's a man. I I wish I had the words,
  275. 14:13man. It's it's just such a beautiful
  276. 14:15thing uh to see the Lord Jesus Christ
  277. 14:19commune with his father.
  278. 14:23And
  279. 14:25as I was studying this, I was like, man,
  280. 14:28my prayer life got to get better.
  281. 14:31My prayer life got to get better. My
  282. 14:34communion with God got to get better.
  283. 14:38I thought I was doing good.
  284. 14:42No condemnation, but I did. I thought I
  285. 14:44was doing good till I started reading
  286. 14:45Jesus's prayers. I said, "God, help me.
  287. 14:50Help your elder do better than this. I
  288. 14:52want to commune like Jesus communes."
  289. 14:55This is the whole purpose why the Lord
  290. 14:57put this on my heart to share with you
  291. 14:59today.
  292. 15:01It's not a matter of condemnation. It's
  293. 15:03a matter of intimacy.
  294. 15:05Like
  295. 15:07if if you're lacking, listen family, if
  296. 15:10you're lacking intimacy with the Lord
  297. 15:12Jesus Christ, God Almighty,
  298. 15:16if you feel like you're lacking in
  299. 15:18intimacy, lock in.
  300. 15:23Luke 3 21 and 22. Now when all the
  301. 15:27people were baptizing,
  302. 15:34is that true?
  303. 15:36Yeah. Now when all the people were
  304. 15:37baptized and when Jesus also had been
  305. 15:40baptized and was praying, the heavens
  306. 15:44were open and the Holy Spirit descended
  307. 15:47on him in bodily form like a dove. And a
  308. 15:50voice came from heaven, you are my
  309. 15:53beloved son. with you I am well pleased.
  310. 15:58I didn't read this. I don't know how
  311. 16:00many times and I never saw that Jesus
  312. 16:02prayed
  313. 16:05in his baptism.
  314. 16:09And that should tell you and I
  315. 16:12[laughter]
  316. 16:12whenever we start any public ministry we
  317. 16:16should be praying and we should be
  318. 16:18getting affirmation.
  319. 16:23Ah, we should be praying first
  320. 16:27affirmation from God.
  321. 16:30God is calling me to do this.
  322. 16:34Then we get affirmation from our
  323. 16:36spiritual authority.
  324. 16:39>> Jesus had spiritual authority. This is
  325. 16:42my son whom I'm well pleased.
  326. 16:45>> He's saying go start your ministry.
  327. 16:52We cannot circumvent the system.
  328. 16:55God has established this system.
  329. 16:58He established it to cultivate your
  330. 17:00heart so you don't crush his sons and
  331. 17:02daughters in the process.
  332. 17:11>> I was talking to Elder this week about
  333. 17:13this and like those three years at
  334. 17:15Victory before I became an elder. I said
  335. 17:17without those three years of serving,
  336. 17:21putting up flags, uh being an usher,
  337. 17:24being a leader over the ushers, being an
  338. 17:26armor bearer, being a leader over the
  339. 17:28armor bearer, being a squad leader,
  340. 17:31being in a squad,
  341. 17:35>> serving, getting up 4:00 a.m. on
  342. 17:37logistics, set up and break down. If I
  343. 17:40would not have took this process, I
  344. 17:43would not be here today.
  345. 17:47Now I could have been here today but I
  346. 17:50would have damaged so many people.
  347. 17:55>> I I
  348. 17:58would have damaged so many people
  349. 18:00because I [clears throat] aborted the
  350. 18:02process and did it my way because I had
  351. 18:05gifts and talents
  352. 18:08>> is dangerous.
  353. 18:11Christ
  354. 18:15got affirmed.
  355. 18:22Prayer marks his dependency on the
  356. 18:24father. Even in his affirmation,
  357. 18:28even in his public ministry, he's still
  358. 18:31depending on the father. The Godhead,
  359. 18:34the Holy Trinity on earth at one time
  360. 18:38established him to do such a work as
  361. 18:42this.
  362. 18:45Luke 5 verse 16.
  363. 18:52Jesus
  364. 18:54withdrawing to pray alone,
  365. 18:59but he would withdraw to desolate places
  366. 19:03and pray
  367. 19:06if God in the flesh
  368. 19:09had to step away.
  369. 19:13Come on, man.
  370. 19:14If God in the flesh had to step away,
  371. 19:17how much more do we have to step away
  372. 19:22to a desolate place?
  373. 19:29To a desolate place.
  374. 19:33Like go somewhere private
  375. 19:37and be with God Almighty.
  376. 19:46We are missing out on so much
  377. 19:50of that great intimacy. Just like I was
  378. 19:52talking about my stepfather, like how
  379. 19:55much that grieved me. It should grieve
  380. 19:56us just even all the more that we miss
  381. 19:59out on the Lord God and what he has to
  382. 20:03say for us.
  383. 20:06We're frustrated. We're confused. We're
  384. 20:09distracted.
  385. 20:10We're angry, but we we have to spend
  386. 20:14time with him. It is a great communion.
  387. 20:19It is great intimacy. He will reveal
  388. 20:23himself to you.
  389. 20:25But we have to we have to follow the
  390. 20:28process on how Jesus did it.
  391. 20:33We have to stay in communion with him.
  392. 20:36We have to do it.
  393. 20:38It will benefit you. It will benefit
  394. 20:41God. It will benefit the ministry he has
  395. 20:44called for you to do. You cannot do
  396. 20:46ministry without the father.
  397. 20:56>> Jesus prioritized communion with the
  398. 20:58father over ministry.
  399. 21:06Jesus prioritized
  400. 21:08communion with the father over ministry.
  401. 21:13You did not rush Jesus when he went to
  402. 21:16be with the father. They used to ask
  403. 21:19where did Jesus go? They they I don't I
  404. 21:21don't know where he's at. And he would
  405. 21:23just show up.
  406. 21:26>> Why? Because now he is full of the
  407. 21:28father. Now he is full of wisdom. Now he
  408. 21:33is full of truth. Now he is full of
  409. 21:35revelation. NOW HE IS ready to go and do
  410. 21:39ministry.
  411. 21:42>> How much more you and I,
  412. 21:46us being sinful creatures, how much more
  413. 21:48should we be in the presence of the Holy
  414. 21:51One
  415. 21:53>> before we do any ministry?
  416. 21:58And I know you're a better person when
  417. 22:01you when you go in the presence of the
  418. 22:03Lord. You a better I I know my best days
  419. 22:06is when I when I really labor and spend
  420. 22:09time with the Lord. Those are my best
  421. 22:11days.
  422. 22:15>> Say that again. Would you say great? Say
  423. 22:17great sleep too.
  424. 22:23>> Prayer was not occasional for Jesus. It
  425. 22:26was his rhythm. Like prayer for Jesus
  426. 22:30was like air that we breathe.
  427. 22:35Prayer for Jesus was like the air that
  428. 22:39we breathe. He He's not going to do
  429. 22:41anything without communing with the
  430. 22:44father,
  431. 22:46being in his presence.
  432. 22:52Luke chapter 6
  433. 22:57verse 12- 16.
  434. 23:02Man, this blew me away.
  435. 23:06In these days he went out to the
  436. 23:10mountain to pray.
  437. 23:12Watch this. And all night he continued
  438. 23:15in prayer to God. And when day came, he
  439. 23:18called his disciples and chose from them
  440. 23:2112 whom he named apostles.
  441. 23:23Simon, whom he had named Peter, and
  442. 23:26Andrew his brother, and James, and John,
  443. 23:28and Philip, and Bartholomew, and
  444. 23:30Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son
  445. 23:33of Ala,
  446. 23:35and Simon, who was called the Zealot,
  447. 23:37and Judas, the son of James, and Judas
  448. 23:40Escari, who became a traitor.
  449. 23:48When was the last time you prayed all
  450. 23:50night,
  451. 23:56major decisions,
  452. 23:59listen, God did tell you that
  453. 24:03major decisions should be soaked in
  454. 24:05prayer.
  455. 24:07>> You need to be ravenish about hearing
  456. 24:10from the Lord.
  457. 24:12You need to be like a a dog ON A BONE
  458. 24:14LIKE I GOT TO GET IT. I GOT TO GET YOU
  459. 24:16GOT TO GO AFTER IT. Jesus prayed all
  460. 24:19night before picking the disciples.
  461. 24:26Prayed all night picking the disciples.
  462. 24:32We have major decisions to make and we
  463. 24:35we won't labor in the presence of the
  464. 24:38Lord and we won't wait.
  465. 24:41We won't depend on him. We won't rely on
  466. 24:44him.
  467. 24:47Come on, y'all. Come on.
  468. 24:58>> Jesus did not choose leaders casually.
  469. 25:04Jesus did not let people be close to him
  470. 25:06casually.
  471. 25:08He's praying about everything.
  472. 25:11>> He did not let people be close to him
  473. 25:13casually.
  474. 25:15Father, is this person supposed to be in
  475. 25:17my life? Father, is these people
  476. 25:20supposed to be leaders? Father,
  477. 25:23father,
  478. 25:24father,
  479. 25:27>> he did nothing casually. It was always
  480. 25:31in prayer.
  481. 25:35us all the more we should be it I don't
  482. 25:40I all the more
  483. 25:43we should be we should be crying out for
  484. 25:45him all the more Lord show me tell me
  485. 25:48help me I need to know I I don't know
  486. 25:50what to do Lord show me tell me help me
  487. 25:56all the more
  488. 25:58and Christ is just this is the model
  489. 26:01Christ is setting for you and I to
  490. 26:04follow so that we can be successful in
  491. 26:06this life. He's not just doing this for
  492. 26:09himself.
  493. 26:18>> Even though he is the son of God,
  494. 26:21he still and always model dependencies
  495. 26:24on the father's will.
  496. 26:27Are our prayers lining up with the
  497. 26:29father's will?
  498. 26:31Are our prayers aligned with the
  499. 26:33father's will?
  500. 26:41Luke chapter 9 verse 16.
  501. 26:51Jesus prays before feeding the 5000.
  502. 26:57and taking the five loaves and the two
  503. 26:59fishes, he looked up to heaven and said
  504. 27:03a blessing over them. Then he broke the
  505. 27:06loaves and gave them to the disciples to
  506. 27:08set before the crowd.
  507. 27:14Jesus always acknowledged the father.
  508. 27:21Jesus always sees him as a provider.
  509. 27:24Jesus always sees him as the one who
  510. 27:27knows all things.
  511. 27:29Are we seeing God as the one who knows
  512. 27:32all things or do we know all things?
  513. 27:35Do we feel like we can control our lives
  514. 27:37and and control the path of our lives or
  515. 27:40do we trust the father? Are we dependent
  516. 27:42on him? Your prayer life shows if you're
  517. 27:45dependent on him.
  518. 27:47>> Trying to awaken you right now.
  519. 27:52No condemnation.
  520. 27:55But just like as I was reading this, it
  521. 27:57awakened me, man. I have to seek the
  522. 27:59father's face more.
  523. 28:12Before miracles, signs and wonders.
  524. 28:15Jesus prayed
  525. 28:21like breaking bread
  526. 28:24of fish and bread to feed 5,000 people.
  527. 28:31Father,
  528. 28:32I know you provide all things. I know
  529. 28:35you can do all things. Feed your sons
  530. 28:38and daughters.
  531. 28:47I know what it's just it's a it's a lack
  532. 28:50of trust in us.
  533. 28:54It's a lack of trust in us.
  534. 28:59But thank God for who he is.
  535. 29:03Thank God that he is a good father.
  536. 29:05Thank God that we really are little
  537. 29:07children.
  538. 29:10And as long as we stick our hand up to
  539. 29:12hold his hand, he will continue to lead
  540. 29:15and guide us. Thank God.
  541. 29:19Thank God.
  542. 29:25Luke chapter 9
  543. 29:29verse 18 and 20.
  544. 29:36Now it happened that he was praying
  545. 29:38alone, who Jesus?
  546. 29:42The disciples were with him and he said
  547. 29:45asking them, "Who do the crowds say that
  548. 29:48I am?" And they answered, "John the
  549. 29:50Baptist, but others said Elijah and
  550. 29:53others that one of the prophets of old
  551. 29:56has risen." Then he said to them, "But
  552. 29:59who do you say that I am?" And Peter
  553. 30:02answered, "The Christ of God."
  554. 30:09Prayers will prepare for revelation.
  555. 30:16>> That's why we pray before every meeting.
  556. 30:18That's why we pray for every spiritual
  557. 30:21care. That's why we pray for everything.
  558. 30:23Because we need spiritual revelation
  559. 30:27from God,
  560. 30:30>> not my faulty wisdom.
  561. 30:33>> That's why we pray before these
  562. 30:35gatherings. We need revelation from God.
  563. 30:39Like right now, while the scriptures are
  564. 30:40being read, revelation from God is going
  565. 30:45to you, not me. I'm just the vessel
  566. 30:47talking. REVELATION FROM GOD AND THE
  567. 30:50HOLY SPIRIT. That's why we pray. THAT'S
  568. 30:53WHY WE SEEK HIS FACE. That's why we want
  569. 30:56his presence. THAT'S WHY WE RUN after
  570. 30:58him.
  571. 31:02I didn't even realize how much Jesus was
  572. 31:04praying.
  573. 31:14Chapter 9 verse 28 36.
  574. 31:19I mean just we in chapter nine. He done
  575. 31:22prayed three times.
  576. 31:24We ain't even out this chapter. He
  577. 31:26didn't.
  578. 31:29Now about 8 days after these saying, he
  579. 31:32took with him Peter and John and James
  580. 31:36and went up on the mountain to pray.
  581. 31:39And as he was praying,
  582. 31:42who? Jesus. And as he was praying,
  583. 31:47the appearance of his face was altered,
  584. 31:50and his clothes became dazzling white.
  585. 31:53And behold, [clears throat]
  586. 31:55two men were talking with him, Moses and
  587. 31:57Elijah, who appeared in glory, and spoke
  588. 32:00of his departure. Wow.
  589. 32:07They came and spoke about the cross and
  590. 32:10the resurrection
  591. 32:12and his ascent. his ascension
  592. 32:18who appeared in glory and spoke of his
  593. 32:21departure which he has he was about to
  594. 32:24accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and
  595. 32:27those who were with him were heavy with
  596. 32:29sleep.
  597. 32:32[sighs and gasps]
  598. 32:36I'm I'm guilty.
  599. 32:41The man of God I text you 4 in the
  600. 32:42morning. You better be ready.
  601. 32:46The man of God I text you three in the
  602. 32:47morning, call you 3 in the morning.
  603. 32:50Elder, are you praying? No sir, I'm not.
  604. 32:55No sir, I'm not.
  605. 33:01Our lead pastor is serious about seeking
  606. 33:04the Lord's face
  607. 33:09>> because he knows the value. It's it's so
  608. 33:12valuable the communion with the Lord thy
  609. 33:15God. It is so valuable.
  610. 33:19like we missing out on so much
  611. 33:23because we won't lay before him
  612. 33:27and we won't even trust that he will do
  613. 33:29it
  614. 33:31like we like like come on we gota we got
  615. 33:34to depend Jesus is depending on the
  616. 33:38father
  617. 33:40I gotta go
  618. 33:42we got a lot to walk through
  619. 33:44[clears throat] uh now Peter and those
  620. 33:46who were with him were heavy with sleep
  621. 33:48but when They became fully awake. They
  622. 33:52saw his glory and the two men who stood
  623. 33:55with him.
  624. 33:57And as the men were parting from him,
  625. 34:00Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it it is
  626. 34:03good that we we are here. Let us make
  627. 34:06three tents, one for you and one for
  628. 34:10Moses and one for Elijah." Not knowing
  629. 34:13what he said. As he was saying these
  630. 34:16things, a cloud came and overshadowed
  631. 34:19them. And they were afraid as they
  632. 34:22entered the cloud. And a voice came out
  633. 34:24of the cloud saying, "This is my son, my
  634. 34:28chosen one. Listen to him."
  635. 34:32And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was
  636. 34:35found alone. And they kept silent and
  637. 34:39told no one in those days anything
  638. 34:42of what they have seen.
  639. 34:49>> [clears throat]
  640. 34:50>> Prayer is connected to revelations of
  641. 34:52Christ's glory.
  642. 34:56Like you you will fall more in love,
  643. 34:59more in awe, more in wonder
  644. 35:04the more you spend time in holy
  645. 35:06communion with him.
  646. 35:08The more you pray.
  647. 35:11Prayer is prayer is just not just you
  648. 35:14doing all the talking.
  649. 35:18It's you talk and the Lord talks back to
  650. 35:21your soul.
  651. 35:23Sometimes I I'll sit there and and just
  652. 35:26hug my Bible.
  653. 35:30And I I'll be like, "Lord, I I I just
  654. 35:32want to be close to you.
  655. 35:35I just want to feel your presence.
  656. 35:39My soul is at ease. I just need rest.
  657. 35:44And I'll just sit there and and majority
  658. 35:47of the time he'll just send me to a
  659. 35:48scripture and I'll go to that scripture.
  660. 35:51I'll read that scripture and then it's
  661. 35:52like it's like a light bulb will go off
  662. 35:56>> and then and then stuff will just start
  663. 35:58flowing out of me. Lord, I pray for the
  664. 36:01nations. Lord, I pray for our persecuted
  665. 36:03church. Lord, I pray God that you will
  666. 36:06help the people in Pakistan. Will you
  667. 36:08help these people that are dealing with
  668. 36:09natural disasters, floods, and
  669. 36:11earthquakes, God, it it'll just start
  670. 36:14flowing out of you.
  671. 36:25Luke chapter 10 verse 21.
  672. 36:3621 and 22.
  673. 36:39In the same hour,
  674. 36:42he rejoiced. Jesus rejoiced in the Holy
  675. 36:45Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father,
  676. 36:48Lord of heaven and earth, that you have
  677. 36:50hidden these things from the wise and
  678. 36:53understanding and revealed them to
  679. 36:55little children.
  680. 36:57Yes, Father, for such was your gracious
  681. 36:59will. All things have been handed over
  682. 37:02to me by my father and no one knows who
  683. 37:06the son is except the father or who the
  684. 37:09father is except the son. That's just
  685. 37:12how much they are been in communion. You
  686. 37:15cannot tell the difference between the
  687. 37:17father and the son.
  688. 37:22All an example for you and I. We are
  689. 37:26more conformed in his presence
  690. 37:30to whom the
  691. 37:32uh to whom the son chooses to no I'm
  692. 37:36skipping father and no one knows who the
  693. 37:39son is except the father or who the
  694. 37:40father is except the son and anyone to
  695. 37:43whom the son chooses to reveal him.
  696. 37:48Jesus thanked the father for revealing
  697. 37:52revelation to little children.
  698. 37:59>> It's going to be No, it's not going to
  699. 38:02be. He will not reveal it to proud and
  700. 38:05the self-sufficient.
  701. 38:08How can he reveal revelation knowledge
  702. 38:10to you when you already think you know
  703. 38:12it all?
  704. 38:15when you're already using your gifts and
  705. 38:17talents out of his will.
  706. 38:22How do you think God is going to talk to
  707. 38:25you if you're out of the will of how
  708. 38:29Jesus started his earthly ministry? How
  709. 38:32Jesus did his things lined up with the
  710. 38:34father? How Jesus prayed? How Jesus even
  711. 38:38had joy that the father's plan is much
  712. 38:40greater than my plan. That he will
  713. 38:43reveal himself to little children and
  714. 38:45not to the ones who know it all.
  715. 38:53Spiritual understanding is a gift from
  716. 38:55God.
  717. 38:57It's a gift from God.
  718. 39:00Jesus rejoices in the Father's wisdom
  719. 39:02and sovereign plan.
  720. 39:07He rejoices.
  721. 39:11Let's go. Luke chapter 11
  722. 39:15verse 1-4.
  723. 39:26Now Jesus was praying in a certain
  724. 39:27place. And when he finished, one of his
  725. 39:29disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us
  726. 39:31to pray. As John taught his disciples,
  727. 39:34and he said to them, when you pray, say,
  728. 39:36'Father, hallowed be your name, your
  729. 39:39kingdom come. Give us each day our daily
  730. 39:41bread. And forgive us of our sins. For
  731. 39:44we ourselves forgive everyone who is
  732. 39:47indebted to us. And let us not lead us
  733. 39:50not into temptation.
  734. 39:53Father,
  735. 39:55prayer begins with relationship with
  736. 39:56God. Father,
  737. 39:59who we praying to? The Father.
  738. 40:02Hallowed be your name. Your name is
  739. 40:04holy.
  740. 40:07Your kingdom come. We pray for God's
  741. 40:10rule and reign be on the earth as it is
  742. 40:12in heaven. Give us each day our daily
  743. 40:15bread. We depend on God for everything.
  744. 40:19Everything.
  745. 40:21And forgive us of our sins. We
  746. 40:23continually need mercy and forgiveness.
  747. 40:29We continually need mercy
  748. 40:33and forgiveness.
  749. 40:36For we ourselves forgive everyone who is
  750. 40:39indebted to us. Forgive people that have
  751. 40:42sinned against us. Pray, man. God, help
  752. 40:46us. Pray for the people that have sinned
  753. 40:49against you
  754. 40:55and lead us not into temptation.
  755. 40:59We ask God for
  756. 41:01spiritual protection from demonic
  757. 41:04forces.
  758. 41:09We ask God to protect us even from our
  759. 41:12own sin. Protect us from demonic
  760. 41:15activity. Protect us from our flesh.
  761. 41:21That we will not be led away into
  762. 41:22temptation.
  763. 41:24Luke 22 verse 31.
  764. 41:33Luke chapter 22:31 and 32
  765. 41:38Simon Simon
  766. 41:41Behold Satan demands to have you that he
  767. 41:45might sift you like wheat but I have
  768. 41:48prayed for you but I have prayed for you
  769. 41:51but I have prayed for you that that but
  770. 41:54I have prayed for you. He's praying for
  771. 41:56you and I.
  772. 41:59>> It's such a It's such a great joy. And
  773. 42:02this this what encouraged me so much.
  774. 42:03It's such a great joy to know that Jesus
  775. 42:06Christ is praying for me.
  776. 42:09I have pray for you that your faith may
  777. 42:11not fail. And when you have turned
  778. 42:13again, strengthen. Woo. I I just breathe
  779. 42:16by that. I just breathed by that. And
  780. 42:19when you have turned again,
  781. 42:24And when you have turned again, that
  782. 42:25means you're gonna Peter, you're gonna
  783. 42:26get back up.
  784. 42:30>> You going to fall, but you're going to
  785. 42:31get back up.
  786. 42:32>> When you have turned again,
  787. 42:36>> you going to fall. You and I all, we're
  788. 42:38going to fall. But thanks be to God, we
  789. 42:42got a high priest in heaven that
  790. 42:44constantly goes to the father on our
  791. 42:47behalf. So when we fall,
  792. 42:50we going WE GOING TO GET BACK UP AND WE
  793. 42:52GOING TO GO THE RIGHT WAY when we fall
  794. 42:55cuz we going to fall.
  795. 43:07said, "Tell your brothers, encourage
  796. 43:10your brothers to get up and go.
  797. 43:21Satan is asking to sift every one of you
  798. 43:24like wheat."
  799. 43:27But the but the the powerful thing about
  800. 43:29that is that Satan has to go to Christ.
  801. 43:37No, no, no.
  802. 43:40>> Satan just can't come and terrorize and
  803. 43:42harass you.
  804. 43:44>> He has to go to Christ.
  805. 43:48>> I want to sift them like wheat. Okay,
  806. 43:51you do your thing, but I'm going to pray
  807. 43:52for them.
  808. 43:55>> Jesus is praying for each and every one
  809. 43:57of you.
  810. 44:00>> You will not be sifted as wheat.
  811. 44:03You may go through the trial, but he's
  812. 44:06going to deliver you.
  813. 44:11>> Christ's prayers is much greater than
  814. 44:15any demonic force, any situation,
  815. 44:19any hardship, any unbelief, any doubt,
  816. 44:24any sin.
  817. 44:27He is praying for you.
  818. 44:34He's praying for us.
  819. 44:36>> We cannot lose. Do you see that? We
  820. 44:40cannot lose.
  821. 44:42>> No matter what it looks like on this
  822. 44:43earth, we cannot lose.
  823. 44:48>> We have God Almighty
  824. 44:51pleading on our behalf. Father, look
  825. 44:55after my my sons and daughters, my
  826. 44:58brothers and sisters. They are about to
  827. 45:00go through this trial, but protect their
  828. 45:03faith that it will not fail. That they
  829. 45:05will get up and they will be stronger
  830. 45:06than ever. And they will turn and they
  831. 45:08will help their brother and help their
  832. 45:10sister to come out of the darkness and
  833. 45:12we will usher you into their marvelous
  834. 45:15light.
  835. 45:16>> You will be with me.
  836. 45:21>> He's praying for us. He's in us. He's
  837. 45:25around us. Like what what should we
  838. 45:28fear?
  839. 45:31>> What should we fear?
  840. 45:36What should we fear?
  841. 45:41Jesus intercedes for his people before
  842. 45:44the trial.
  843. 45:46Like like man, this this should shift
  844. 45:49our hearts
  845. 45:51like when we fall into hardship.
  846. 45:57automatically we should revert back.
  847. 46:00Jesus has prayed for me
  848. 46:02>> to go through this.
  849. 46:08>> When we fall into hardship,
  850. 46:11>> and we will fall into hardship,
  851. 46:16>> I want you to default your heart.
  852. 46:18>> Yes. Shed tears.
  853. 46:21>> Yes. Be upset. Yes. Go through all the
  854. 46:24emotions. Go through all of that. But
  855. 46:26when you come to the end,
  856. 46:29>> Jesus has prayed for me
  857. 46:32>> that I will endure.
  858. 46:36>> Jesus has prayed for me that I will
  859. 46:39endure. Jesus is walking with me through
  860. 46:42this that I will endure.
  861. 46:49>> We got to remember that, man.
  862. 46:54Peter's restoration was connected to
  863. 46:58Jesus prayer.
  864. 47:01>> I was thinking about this like cuz he
  865. 47:04Jesus never prayed for Judas.
  866. 47:13>> But he prays for Peter.
  867. 47:18>> Scriptures even teach us. He said is
  868. 47:20only one that I have lost.
  869. 47:23And I was the one destined for
  870. 47:25destruction.
  871. 47:31>> So you I'm you have to you have to
  872. 47:34remember
  873. 47:36when when we go through hardships in
  874. 47:38this life, we have to remember when we
  875. 47:41get down on our knees, Lord Jesus, I
  876. 47:43know you have prayed for me to go
  877. 47:46through this.
  878. 47:48It is to conform me into the image of
  879. 47:50who you are to get me stronger in my
  880. 47:52soul and to have greater dependency on
  881. 47:55you.
  882. 47:58>> But we we we we got to get that in our
  883. 48:00souls and we can't crumble.
  884. 48:04>> Yes. Cry, shed tears, go through go
  885. 48:07through it all, but we cannot crumble.
  886. 48:13We God did not call us to stay there.
  887. 48:16He called us to get up.
  888. 48:18>> Get up.
  889. 48:20>> Get up. He has prayed for us. He's got
  890. 48:24You got Holy Ghost power on the INSIDE
  891. 48:27OF YOU. GET UP.
  892. 48:30>> Get up.
  893. 48:32>> Get up. Dunamis power.
  894. 48:34>> The power THAT DESTROYS LIKE LIKE
  895. 48:36DYNAMITE THAT CHANGE AND REARRANGE. HE
  896. 48:40GOT YOU GOT POWER ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
  897. 48:42GET UP, MAN OF GOD. GET UP, WOMAN OF
  898. 48:45GOD.
  899. 48:48>> PRAY TO THE ONE THAT CAN DO SOMETHING
  900. 48:50about it.
  901. 48:55>> Pray to the one that can do something
  902. 48:57ABOUT IT. I I tell people all the time,
  903. 49:00stop complaining. Pray to the one that
  904. 49:02CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. We think
  905. 49:05that's weak. That's not weak. CHRIST
  906. 49:09CHRIST IS PRAYING TO THE ONE THAT CAN DO
  907. 49:12SOMETHING ABOUT IT. PETER, I'm praying
  908. 49:14for you that your faith will not fail.
  909. 49:20>> And you just put your name in there.
  910. 49:23>> Put your name in there.
  911. 49:25He's praying for you that your faith
  912. 49:29will not fail.
  913. 49:36John 17.
  914. 49:40>> Yeah, I'mma slip John in here real
  915. 49:41quick. Slip
  916. 49:45John in there.
  917. 49:50John 17 verse 20 26.
  918. 50:03Your faith will not fail.
  919. 50:06You have God Almighty praying for you.
  920. 50:10You have the Holy Spirit on the inside
  921. 50:12of you. We have everything in this life
  922. 50:16to conquer and rule and reign.
  923. 50:20And we have prayer, the holy communion
  924. 50:24and intimacy with God, man. We have
  925. 50:26everything. We have his word. We have
  926. 50:29brothers and s man. We got everything we
  927. 50:31need to conquer.
  928. 50:35>> John 17 verse 20 to 26.
  929. 50:39I do not ask for these only, but I also
  930. 50:43for those who will believe in me through
  931. 50:46their word,
  932. 50:48that they may all be one,
  933. 50:51just as you, Father, are in me and I in
  934. 50:55you. That they also may be in us who be
  935. 50:59in us. Us being in the Father, us being
  936. 51:03Jesus, us being the Holy Spirit.
  937. 51:09So that the world may believe that you
  938. 51:11have sent me.
  939. 51:13The glory that you have given me, I have
  940. 51:15given to them.
  941. 51:18The glory that he has given me, he has
  942. 51:21given to us.
  943. 51:26>> I have given to them that they may be
  944. 51:29one even as we are one.
  945. 51:33I in them and you in me that they may
  946. 51:36become perfectly one so that the world
  947. 51:39may may know that you sent me and love
  948. 51:43them even as you love me. Father, I
  949. 51:47desire that they also whom you have
  950. 51:49given me may be with me where I am
  951. 51:56to see my glory that you have given me
  952. 51:59because you loved me before the
  953. 52:01foundations of the world.
  954. 52:05Oh righteous father, even though the
  955. 52:08world does not know you, I know you and
  956. 52:12these know that you have sent me. I may
  957. 52:16know to them your name, and I will
  958. 52:19continue to make it known that the love
  959. 52:22with which you have loved me may be in
  960. 52:25them and I in them.
  961. 52:30>> Yes, that's worthy.
  962. 52:34That's Jesus pray
  963. 52:38That's Jesus praying. He's praying that
  964. 52:41his body, his brothers and sisters, sons
  965. 52:45and daughters will be in him and him in
  966. 52:48us.
  967. 52:50>> That's why it's so damaging to the body
  968. 52:52of Christ that we bicker so much about
  969. 52:55secondary issues.
  970. 52:57We slander each other on social media
  971. 53:00like you're not demonstrating the
  972. 53:02gospel.
  973. 53:04>> You're destroying the gospel. YOU'RE
  974. 53:05DESTROYING THE BODY OF CHRIST WHEN we
  975. 53:08always at division with each other.
  976. 53:16>> If you are in Christ,
  977. 53:18come on. If you are in Christ, why are
  978. 53:21you keep trying to destroy this unity?
  979. 53:25The unity that the body has demonstrates
  980. 53:28the gospel. LIKE HOW [screaming]
  981. 53:31ARE ALL THESE 6,000 people unified and
  982. 53:35doing the same thing, loving each other,
  983. 53:38glorifying God, praying, serving,
  984. 53:41sacrificing, generosity. They're we're
  985. 53:44all doing this as one.
  986. 53:48>> This is what Christ is praying for.
  987. 53:50Unity.
  988. 53:53Just like Jesus and the father, unity
  989. 53:56and communion. He wants us to be in
  990. 53:59unity and communion
  991. 54:02that we can represent him well
  992. 54:06that it will show to the world Christ is
  993. 54:09who he says he is.
  994. 54:16Luke 22
  995. 54:19verse 39-46.
  996. 54:25Luke 22
  997. 54:2939
  998. 54:31to 46.
  999. 54:37Watch how Jesus is praying.
  1000. 54:40Watch how Jesus is praying in his
  1001. 54:42suffering.
  1002. 54:45And he came out and went as was his
  1003. 54:48custom to the Mount of Olives.
  1004. 54:51And the disciples followed him. And when
  1005. 54:53he came to the place, he said to them,
  1006. 54:55"Pray
  1007. 54:56that you may not enter into temptation."
  1008. 55:00And he withdrew from them about a stone
  1009. 55:02throw away, knelt down and prayed,
  1010. 55:06saying, "Father,
  1011. 55:08if you are willing, remove this cup from
  1012. 55:10me.
  1013. 55:12Nevertheless, ah, nevertheless,
  1014. 55:16>> nevertheless,
  1015. 55:18nevertheless, where's your Where's our
  1016. 55:20Nevertheless?
  1017. 55:22>> Where's our Nevertheless?
  1018. 55:26Not my will, but yours be done."
  1019. 55:29And there appeared to him an angel from
  1020. 55:31heaven strengthening him. And being in
  1021. 55:34agony,
  1022. 55:39being in agony, he prayed more
  1023. 55:43earnestly, and his sweat became like
  1024. 55:46drops of blood falling down to the
  1025. 55:48ground. And when he rose from prayer, he
  1026. 55:51came to the disciples and found him
  1027. 55:52sleeping again
  1028. 55:55for sorrow. Because our flesh is weak.
  1029. 55:59Like I'm not knocking the disciples.
  1030. 56:01Their flesh is weak. My flesh is weak.
  1031. 56:06And he said to them, "Why are you
  1032. 56:07sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not
  1033. 56:10enter into temptation."
  1034. 56:13Jesus prayed in agony before the cross.
  1035. 56:17That's why it's okay for you and I to
  1036. 56:19pray in agony
  1037. 56:22>> for things that's going on in our lives.
  1038. 56:24It's okay.
  1039. 56:26He said to the father, "If it's
  1040. 56:27possible, let this cup pass from me."
  1041. 56:31But nevertheless,
  1042. 56:33but nevertheless,
  1043. 56:35but nevertheless,
  1044. 56:37Jesus took on the full horror of the
  1045. 56:40cross,
  1046. 56:45that cup of wrath,
  1047. 56:48cup of judgment,
  1048. 56:51cup of humiliation,
  1049. 56:53cup of suffering.
  1050. 56:55So we we cannot say, "Oh, well, Jesus
  1051. 56:59had it easy."
  1052. 57:04Paul said that what we go through are
  1053. 57:06light afflictions compared to what
  1054. 57:08Christ had to go through.
  1055. 57:10>> And if Christ prayed with agony and
  1056. 57:14earnestly, SO MUCH SO THAT HE WAS
  1057. 57:17SWEATING BLOOD,
  1058. 57:20how much more?
  1059. 57:22How much more
  1060. 57:25Jesus models honest prayers and perfect
  1061. 57:29submission.
  1062. 57:35Nevertheless, like I don't want to do
  1063. 57:37this.
  1064. 57:39If there be any other way,
  1065. 57:43show me now cuz it's getting close
  1066. 57:47and I don't want to do this. I don't
  1067. 57:50want a cat of nine tails whipping on my
  1068. 57:53back,
  1069. 57:55ripping flesh off to expose my muscle
  1070. 57:57and bone. I don't want to be spat upon.
  1071. 58:01I don't want
  1072. 58:04thorns pushing through my skull,
  1073. 58:06scraping my bones in my in my head. I
  1074. 58:09don't want my beard ripped out.
  1075. 58:14I don't want it.
  1076. 58:20So, we have to start seeing our pain and
  1077. 58:23suffering and our agony as light
  1078. 58:25afflictions compared to the cross.
  1079. 58:31True prayers bring out desires under the
  1080. 58:34father's will. Nevertheless,
  1081. 58:38Lord, I I I see this circumstance. I
  1082. 58:41know I have to go through this.
  1083. 58:44If there be any other way, but
  1084. 58:46nevertheless,
  1085. 58:48then you have to remember Christ is
  1086. 58:51praying for me. [clears throat]
  1087. 58:54Christ has prayed for me before this
  1088. 58:57circumstance even came to play. Christ
  1089. 59:00has prayed for me. Prayed that my faith
  1090. 59:02will not fail. Prayed that I will come
  1091. 59:04closer to him. Pray that he will
  1092. 59:06strengthen me. We have to believe this.
  1093. 59:11Luke chapter 23
  1094. 59:16Luke chapter 23:34
  1095. 59:23while Jesus surrendered
  1096. 59:26submitted to the cross.
  1097. 59:28Jesus on the cross
  1098. 59:32Luke 23:34 and Jesus said, "Father,
  1099. 59:36forgive them for they know not what they
  1100. 59:38do." and they cast lots to divide his
  1101. 59:41garments.
  1102. 59:43Is that our prayer when people crucify
  1103. 59:45us? Father, forgive them for they know
  1104. 59:48not what they do.
  1105. 59:51When our boss is on our back, Father,
  1106. 59:53forgive him for he know not what he do.
  1107. 59:56You're being crucified by your
  1108. 59:58co-workers, crucified online. FATHER,
  1109. 1:00:01forgive them for they know not what they
  1110. 1:00:05do.
  1111. 1:00:07Now this is the response of Jesus. How
  1112. 1:00:10much more should we uh align ourselves
  1113. 1:00:13with the Lord Jesus Christ.
  1114. 1:00:18Father
  1115. 1:00:21forgive them for they know. Think right
  1116. 1:00:23now. I want y'all to think right now.
  1117. 1:00:25Put everybody on your mind right now
  1118. 1:00:28that's caused you pain,
  1119. 1:00:30did something horrible to you.
  1120. 1:00:36We going to be free people.
  1121. 1:00:40I'm talking horrendous acts towards you.
  1122. 1:00:45Horrendous acts you you didn't tell
  1123. 1:00:46anybody about.
  1124. 1:00:52We going to be free right now.
  1125. 1:00:55Y'all say THIS OUT LOUD. FATHER
  1126. 1:00:57>> FATHER,
  1127. 1:00:58>> forgive them.
  1128. 1:01:00>> For they know not what they did.
  1129. 1:01:04>> Believe that. Receive that.
  1130. 1:01:10If Christ demonstrated that from the
  1131. 1:01:12cross,
  1132. 1:01:15>> if Christ, he fulfilled his own teaching
  1133. 1:01:19to love your enemies and pray for the
  1134. 1:01:21people that persecute you.
  1135. 1:01:24Christ did this.
  1136. 1:01:28Luke chapter 23 verse 46.
  1137. 1:01:42Christ is on the cross.
  1138. 1:01:50Christ is on the cross. Family,
  1139. 1:01:57Christ is a few inches from his life.
  1140. 1:01:59Six hours of more than that. all night
  1141. 1:02:04beaten and tormented. Now he's on the
  1142. 1:02:06cross for six hours
  1143. 1:02:09and he's still crying out and praying,
  1144. 1:02:13"Forgive them for they know not what
  1145. 1:02:15they do."
  1146. 1:02:20Luke 23:46. Still from the cross, then
  1147. 1:02:23Jesus called out with a loud voice,
  1148. 1:02:25"Father,
  1149. 1:02:26into your hands I commit my spirit.
  1150. 1:02:30His
  1151. 1:02:34death was not defeat but willing
  1152. 1:02:37surrender.
  1153. 1:02:41He remained faithful to the father to
  1154. 1:02:43the end.
  1155. 1:02:49The more we pray, the more confidence we
  1156. 1:02:51gain
  1157. 1:02:53to be faithful to the end.
  1158. 1:02:59Jesus died trusting the father.
  1159. 1:03:04Jesus died believing what the father
  1160. 1:03:07divine plan was for you and I to be in
  1161. 1:03:11in in salvation,
  1162. 1:03:13be in his kingdom, be saved, be filled
  1163. 1:03:17with his spirit. Jesus believe the
  1164. 1:03:20father.
  1165. 1:03:24Luke 24 verse 31.
  1166. 1:03:32Luke [snorts] 24
  1167. 1:03:3731.
  1168. 1:03:38Nope. 30. 30 and 31.
  1169. 1:03:42Now Jesus has rose from the dead.
  1170. 1:03:47That's so that's so cool. Like he rose
  1171. 1:03:49from the dead. He's just walking around.
  1172. 1:03:52I mean like like
  1173. 1:03:55He just just walking. He's just walking
  1174. 1:03:57on the road to Emmas
  1175. 1:04:00just just hanging out with his with his
  1176. 1:04:03brothers and sisters. Like everything is
  1177. 1:04:06fine.
  1178. 1:04:08It's it's wild to me. Like he's just so
  1179. 1:04:10casual about rising from the dead. Yeah.
  1180. 1:04:14No problem. You know, ain't nothing but
  1181. 1:04:16a thing. I can do this. I'm And he's
  1182. 1:04:19just walking around like like [laughter]
  1183. 1:04:21what?
  1184. 1:04:23That's mind-blowing to me, man. He just
  1185. 1:04:25Christ just walking around. Hey, how you
  1186. 1:04:26doing, bro? You all right? You good?
  1187. 1:04:28Okay. And they like, "It's what? It's
  1188. 1:04:32you."
  1189. 1:04:34They still They still not recognizing
  1190. 1:04:36who he is. And he's not he's not blowing
  1191. 1:04:39a trumpet either.
  1192. 1:04:42Verse
  1193. 1:04:4530. When he was at the table with them,
  1194. 1:04:49these are the disciples he was walking
  1195. 1:04:51with on the road to Emmas.
  1196. 1:04:53They were walking and talking with him
  1197. 1:04:55and they went to uh their home.
  1198. 1:04:59When he was uh at the table with them,
  1199. 1:05:01he took the bread and blessed it and
  1200. 1:05:03broke it and gave it to them and their
  1201. 1:05:05eyes were open and they recognized him
  1202. 1:05:08and he vanished from their sight.
  1203. 1:05:13I don't know what I would have done.
  1204. 1:05:17I probably would have tried to grab him,
  1205. 1:05:19man. He would HAVE BEEN GONE. THAT'S
  1206. 1:05:21THAT'S COME ON, Y'ALL. That's some
  1207. 1:05:23That's some comic book stuff, man. Come
  1208. 1:05:25on. Come on. I mean I mean like for But
  1209. 1:05:28listen, man. This happened for real.
  1210. 1:05:31>> This happened for real. Like Like
  1211. 1:05:32Christ.
  1212. 1:05:35My God. Like it's it's unbelievable,
  1213. 1:05:37man. This stuff is unbelievable.
  1214. 1:05:39He vanished before their sight.
  1215. 1:05:46The risen Christ revealed himself to his
  1216. 1:05:49people.
  1217. 1:05:50Fellowship with Jesus opened spiritual
  1218. 1:05:53understanding.
  1219. 1:05:54Just like holy communion,
  1220. 1:05:57he put them in remembrance of himself.
  1221. 1:06:00So when he broke the bread, their eyes
  1222. 1:06:02were open. THEY WAS LIKE, "OH, IT'S
  1223. 1:06:03JESUS." AND HE WAS GONE. THAT'S WILD.
  1224. 1:06:08THAT'S WILD, MAN. THAT THAT IS WILD.
  1225. 1:06:14Good God almighty,
  1226. 1:06:18man. I I couldn't imagine cuz they were
  1227. 1:06:20walking on the road of Mayus and they
  1228. 1:06:22they talking about what happened. Uh uh
  1229. 1:06:24Jesus got crucified and and they
  1230. 1:06:26couldn't find his body and Jesus walking
  1231. 1:06:27with him like
  1232. 1:06:32and they still don't recognize him. I
  1233. 1:06:35don't know. I don't I
  1234. 1:06:38It was just a veil. Veil of glory. I I I
  1235. 1:06:43don't know. I don't know how I don't
  1236. 1:06:45know how none of this work. And they
  1237. 1:06:48walking with them. They and they were so
  1238. 1:06:50communal when when whenever they met
  1239. 1:06:53other believers. They just welcomed them
  1240. 1:06:54in and and we had dinner and and we
  1241. 1:06:57talked and and when Jesus did that holy
  1242. 1:07:00communion,
  1243. 1:07:01remember me
  1244. 1:07:04and he broke that bread.
  1245. 1:07:08I don't I
  1246. 1:07:10I don't even know how the veil in their
  1247. 1:07:12soul revelation knowledge
  1248. 1:07:17and and when Jesus recognized that they
  1249. 1:07:20recognized him just vanished.
  1250. 1:07:27That's power, man. Like that's like real
  1251. 1:07:32resurrection power. like like one minute
  1252. 1:07:35he there, one minute he's gone. Thomas
  1253. 1:07:38was uh was talking about well well I
  1254. 1:07:41ain't going to believe until I get to
  1255. 1:07:43put my hand in his side and see the
  1256. 1:07:45holes in his hand and all that and and
  1257. 1:07:47and and Jesus just appeared.
  1258. 1:07:51Scripture say he just appeared in the
  1259. 1:07:52room and he said, "Put your hand in the
  1260. 1:07:55side."
  1261. 1:07:57Like he just appeared, man. Like if I'm
  1262. 1:08:00telling you, y'all would y'all would
  1263. 1:08:02jump ship.
  1264. 1:08:06>> Y'all would jump ship. Jesus in the
  1265. 1:08:09middle OF THIS AISLE. WE START RUNNING.
  1266. 1:08:11OH, WHAT?
  1267. 1:08:15Because we never we see the sin our our
  1268. 1:08:19this sinful flesh puts a veil up to the
  1269. 1:08:22glory of God.
  1270. 1:08:24>> That's why they always were was afraid
  1271. 1:08:25when they saw angels and and and and and
  1272. 1:08:28spiritual things. It it's it if Jesus
  1273. 1:08:31showed up right now in this aisle, y'all
  1274. 1:08:33would scatter
  1275. 1:08:36>> cuz we're not you we're not used to
  1276. 1:08:38being in pure glory and holiness.
  1277. 1:08:42We're not you used to being uh in going
  1278. 1:08:45towards that unapproachable light
  1279. 1:08:50and that's what opened their eyes.
  1280. 1:08:54Luke 24
  1281. 1:08:56uh verse 50 and 53
  1282. 1:09:02Luke
  1283. 1:09:06[snorts]
  1284. 1:09:09Luke 24
  1285. 1:09:12[sighs]
  1286. 1:09:15and he led them out as far as Bethany
  1287. 1:09:19and lifted up his hands. He blessed
  1288. 1:09:21them. While he blessed them, he parted
  1289. 1:09:24from them and was carried up into
  1290. 1:09:27heaven. And they worshiped him
  1291. 1:09:31and returned to Jerusalem with great joy
  1292. 1:09:33and were continually in the temple
  1293. 1:09:36blessing God.
  1294. 1:09:39Jesus leaves his disciples under
  1295. 1:09:41blessing and not abandonment. His
  1296. 1:09:44ascension
  1297. 1:09:46confirms his exaltation,
  1298. 1:09:49his triumph, his death,
  1299. 1:09:54his his his burial, his resurrection,
  1300. 1:09:57his triumph over everything and and
  1301. 1:09:59being in his heaven, heavenly majesty,
  1302. 1:10:03him sitting on high,
  1303. 1:10:06the disciples respond with worship and
  1304. 1:10:09joy. That's why we always try to
  1305. 1:10:11encourage you to come in here and
  1306. 1:10:12worship the risen savior because he is
  1307. 1:10:15sitting on the throne and he is going to
  1308. 1:10:18return.
  1309. 1:10:23And
  1310. 1:10:25Romans 8:34, Romans chapter 8:34 is not
  1311. 1:10:28going to come on the screen. Not going
  1312. 1:10:30to read it. I'm just giving it to you.
  1313. 1:10:32Hebrews 7:2
  1314. 1:10:35and 1 John 2:1 explains how Jesus is
  1315. 1:10:39still interceding [music] for his
  1316. 1:10:41believers.
  1317. 1:10:44He is still advocating as a high priest
  1318. 1:10:47before the father.
  1319. 1:10:50Like so if you have nobody praying for
  1320. 1:10:52you,
  1321. 1:10:54know that the Lord Jesus Christ is
  1322. 1:10:56praying for you.
  1323. 1:10:59believers should be secure in their
  1324. 1:11:01souls that they are being represented at
  1325. 1:11:04all times to the father.
  1326. 1:11:08And because of that,
  1327. 1:11:10because of all that we just walked
  1328. 1:11:12through, we have access to him.
  1329. 1:11:15We have access that nobody can destroy
  1330. 1:11:18and that Jesus has established and
  1331. 1:11:20opened up that we can pray.
  1332. 1:11:24We can pray. We can pray. We can pray.
  1333. 1:11:28We can pray.
  1334. 1:11:30Jesus prayers show us that prayer is not
  1335. 1:11:33just asking God for things.
  1336. 1:11:36Prayer is holy communion with the
  1337. 1:11:38father.
  1338. 1:11:40>> Surrender to his will,
  1339. 1:11:42dependence on his strength,
  1340. 1:11:45interceding for others, and desire for
  1341. 1:11:48God's glory. Ask to see God's glory.
  1342. 1:11:52Jesus prayed in private. He prayed in
  1343. 1:11:55public. He prayed before major
  1344. 1:11:57decisions. He prayed before miracles. He
  1345. 1:12:01prayed during suffering.
  1346. 1:12:03He prayed on the cross. And he prayed
  1347. 1:12:07even in his ascension.
  1348. 1:12:09And he's praying in heaven.
  1349. 1:12:14Put up my graphic, please. And now we
  1350. 1:12:17have an access.
  1351. 1:12:20We have a great opportunity. Put up my
  1352. 1:12:22graphic, please.
  1353. 1:12:28>> [cheering]
  1354. 1:12:30>> Now we have an access. We have a great
  1355. 1:12:33opportunity.
  1356. 1:12:36On October 10th,
  1357. 1:12:382026, AT&T Stadium, Dallas, Texas,
  1358. 1:12:4280,000
  1359. 1:12:44OF YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE'RE
  1360. 1:12:47GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO
  1361. 1:12:49PRAY THE HEAVENS DOWN. [music]
  1362. 1:12:54And listen, just because you're not in a
  1363. 1:12:56building, participate, man.
  1364. 1:13:00We're going to HAVE 80,000 IN A
  1365. 1:13:02BUILDING, WE CAN HAVE MILLIONS around
  1366. 1:13:04the world.
  1367. 1:13:05>> WE ALL COULD BE IN UNISON TO THE FATHER.
  1368. 1:13:08WE'RE GOING TO SHAKE THIS EARTH WITH OUR
  1369. 1:13:11PRAYERS.
  1370. 1:13:12>> WE'RE GOING TO SEE MIRACLES, SIGNS, AND
  1371. 1:13:14WONDERS.
  1372. 1:13:16Let's not leave here
  1373. 1:13:18from this day to that day.
  1374. 1:13:22Pray. Amen.
  1375. 1:13:25>> Pray. Amen.
  1376. 1:13:27>> And when you get stuck, you go back and
  1377. 1:13:30read about the prayers of Jesus.
  1378. 1:13:37We're going to shake this world.
  1379. 1:13:43Satan is going to lose on October 10th,
  1380. 1:13:472026.
  1381. 1:13:50He's going to lose big time CUZ THE
  1382. 1:13:53WHOLE WORLD IS GOING TO BE AGAINST HIM.
  1383. 1:13:56MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ARE YOU READY
  1384. 1:13:58>> TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE LORD?
  1385. 1:14:02>> AMEN.
  1386. 1:14:04Stand to your feet.
  1387. 1:14:09Heavenly Father, we have walked through
  1388. 1:14:12your holy scriptures of prayer. I pray
  1389. 1:14:16God that it will instill something in us
  1390. 1:14:18to have a fervor to pray, a fervor to
  1391. 1:14:22run after you. A fervor,
  1392. 1:14:26a fervor, God,
  1393. 1:14:28earnest prayers
  1394. 1:14:31about everything. JESUS PRAYED ABOUT
  1395. 1:14:33EVERYTHING, GOD. LET US BE A PRAYING
  1396. 1:14:37PEOPLE.
  1397. 1:14:38And on October 10TH, GOD, WE ALL
  1398. 1:14:40[screaming]
  1399. 1:14:42EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD,
  1400. 1:14:44>> WE'RE GOING TO GATHER TOGETHER AND PRAY
  1401. 1:14:46THE HEAVENS DOWN, GOD, THAT YOU WILL
  1402. 1:14:49SHAKE THIS EARTH,
  1403. 1:14:50>> DO A radical work in your people, God,
  1404. 1:14:55may they pray more earnestly, God,
  1405. 1:14:59not for just things, but to be in your
  1406. 1:15:01presence and to know who you are. God,
  1407. 1:15:03bless them and encourage them. It's in
  1408. 1:15:06Jesus name I pray. God bless y'all. Love
  1409. 1:15:08y'all. Amen.

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