Now We Have Access | Genesis 3:8-13 | Milton James — Transcript
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- 0:00Y'all can be seated. Thank you, Trey.
- 0:03Thank you, worship team. God bless
- 0:05y'all.
- 0:07>> Good morning.
- 0:12>> Y'all happy to be in the presence of the
- 0:14Lord today? Back in his house today.
- 0:18Are y'all happy for the 4800 souls that
- 0:23were saved, baptized,
- 0:26turning,
- 0:28turning,
- 0:30TURNING, NO GOING BACK FOR THEM.
- 0:34>> And no going back for you.
- 0:37>> No turning back for you.
- 0:43>> Welcome. Uh my name is Milton James. I'm
- 0:46one of the elders here.
- 0:51[applause and music]
- 0:54I I have the honor to uh stand before
- 0:56you today in this standalone message. Uh
- 0:59Pastor Phillip has uh
- 1:03tapped me for such a time as this.
- 1:06>> Yeah.
- 1:09>> Just want to welcome all my guests, all
- 1:11the guests from all around the world and
- 1:13all the digital disciples. But we want
- 1:15[music] to say welcome y'all. Welcome to
- 1:17the overflow. Welcome to everybody. Just
- 1:20welcome y'all. Um [music]
- 1:23[applause]
- 1:24and uh we uh welcome to the unbeliever.
- 1:27The one that is still trying to figure
- 1:29out the claims of Christ. The one that's
- 1:31still struggling with the [music] is is
- 1:34is Jesus credible
- 1:38or is all this other stuff credible?
- 1:41We welcome you. We ask that you just
- 1:43keep coming.
- 1:46We ask that you with a sincere and open
- 1:48heart.
- 1:50I saw a video a man uh he said he's
- 1:53going to he's going to follow Jesus and
- 1:55live like Jesus for 30 days. He was an
- 1:57atheist. He said but he's I'm going to
- 1:59do it with a clear and open heart, a
- 2:02genuine heart with no bias.
- 2:06>> And he end up giving his life to Christ
- 2:08after the 30 days.
- 2:12>> [applause]
- 2:13>> So let that be your testimony. The one
- 2:15that is wrestling in his soul.
- 2:18We are a house of prayer, presence, and
- 2:21proclamation. We will stand on that
- 2:23until the Lord Jesus comes back. And we
- 2:25also would like to honor our lead
- 2:27pastor, Philip Anthony Mitchell.
- 2:31[applause]
- 2:36>> [applause]
- 2:39[music]
- 2:44>> Title of this message today is now we
- 2:48have access.
- 2:50Now we have access.
- 2:57>> Pray with me as I pray for you.
- 3:02Holy Father,
- 3:05how great thou are.
- 3:08Thank you that we have a place to
- 3:12worship your holy name under your mighty
- 3:15pavilion. Holy Spirit, have your way in
- 3:18this place.
- 3:23Help me.
- 3:25Help my mind. Help my emotions. Help
- 3:28[music] my understanding. Give me
- 3:31revelation from on high. God, I need
- 3:33you. Lord,
- 3:36I am just a broken jar. Father,
- 3:41without you, I am nothing.
- 3:44I cannot do nothing.
- 3:49The knowledge I have is limited, but you
- 3:51have all knowledge, Lord. I I just ask
- 3:53that you will just pour that out on your
- 3:55people, God.
- 4:00Help me in this moment. None of me and
- 4:03all of you. Have your way in this place.
- 4:05Have your way in my heart. Have your way
- 4:07in the hearts
- 4:11of your sons and daughters. That it will
- 4:14be good ground.
- 4:16That you will be magnified and glorified
- 4:22in all that we do today.
- 4:26Help us to love you more, Holy Father.
- 4:29Help us to honor you more, Holy Father.
- 4:35Help us to depend on you more.
- 4:39I pray this
- 4:42over your sons and daughters,
- 4:45even myself, Lord.
- 4:48Step in and have your way.
- 4:53glorify your name
- 4:56and your name alone.
- 4:58My name means nothing.
- 5:04We love you. We honor you. It's in Jesus
- 5:06name I pray. Jesus name.
- 5:10Jesus name. Amen. Amen.
- 5:16Malachi. Thank you sir.
- 5:19Beloved family, um,
- 5:22back when I was, uh, newly born again,
- 5:26uh, my stepfather,
- 5:28his name was Ernest Ernest Odum Jr., uh,
- 5:32he was a, a good man, a godly man.
- 5:37He uh, he really showed me what a godly
- 5:42man should look like.
- 5:44And we used to just sit and just talk
- 5:47about the Bible. sit and just talk about
- 5:50life. We just commune on the regular.
- 5:55And unfortunately,
- 5:58me and Ernest relationship kind of faded
- 6:01away. Um, I cherished this relationship
- 6:04so much
- 6:09and it was nothing that I did, nothing
- 6:11that he did. It was just uh we all know
- 6:14we we we've had good people in our
- 6:16lives. We had godly people in our lives
- 6:18and just over time we seem to just start
- 6:22drifting away.
- 6:24We just start just just a a separation
- 6:26of time and space and and activities.
- 6:29Things was going on in his life and
- 6:31things were going on in my life and and
- 6:33and
- 6:35slowly but surely the cause started
- 6:38getting further and further and further
- 6:41apart.
- 6:44And um even now um it's still as you can
- 6:48see it still bothers me a little bit um
- 6:52that that relationship uh is no more. It
- 6:56was just a season. But I thank God for
- 6:59that relationship because it steward in
- 7:01me uh uh on a godly path on how I should
- 7:05approach the Lord, how I should love the
- 7:08Lord, how I should uh obey the Lord and
- 7:11and trust what he is doing in me.
- 7:15And just like our earthly relationships
- 7:17that we cherish so much, how much more
- 7:20should we cherish our relationship with
- 7:22the Lord Jesus Christ?
- 7:25God has established a way that we can
- 7:28continue to be in constant fellowship
- 7:31with him, constant communion with him,
- 7:33and that is by prayer.
- 7:39Just like our earthly relationships have
- 7:41we we drift apart,
- 7:44God has established prayer that we do
- 7:47not drift apart. He's placed his spirit
- 7:50in us so that we cannot drift apart.
- 7:55Even though we may feel that he is
- 7:58always there.
- 8:02We rely on our own wisdom.
- 8:05We stay busy with work and entertainment
- 8:08and we neglect pray prayer.
- 8:12Some of us don't pray because of doubt
- 8:14and weariness.
- 8:18>> We have been praying and praying and
- 8:21praying and praying and praying and
- 8:24praying
- 8:26>> and we still had not received.
- 8:30And unfortunately that pushes us in a
- 8:33place of hopelessness and we feel like
- 8:36there's no point of prayer.
- 8:39Shame and guilt from our own sins keeps
- 8:43us away from praying. We feel like we
- 8:46are unworthy
- 8:48to pray.
- 8:50We feel like
- 8:52oh God
- 8:54that's why sin is so dangerous.
- 8:58That's why we got to hate sin.
- 9:01It keeps us away from prayer. The the
- 9:06holy communion that God has established
- 9:08like nothing can break that
- 9:10relationship.
- 9:13Even right now, everybody sitting in
- 9:15here right now, you can say, "Thank you,
- 9:17Lord." And hears you. You can say, "I
- 9:20love you, Lord." And hears you.
- 9:24And the more we continue to cultivate
- 9:27that, the more we are in holy communion
- 9:29with that,
- 9:31the more he will reveal himself to us
- 9:34and the more we will trust him and be
- 9:37dependent on him. And there are times
- 9:40when there is just spiritual opposition.
- 9:45Yeah. Demonic forces is keeping you from
- 9:47praying.
- 9:52demonic forces is keeping you from
- 9:55praying. That's why it's so dangerous to
- 9:57play with sin.
- 9:59>> You we open the door for demonic forces
- 10:02to keep us out of the presence and out
- 10:05of the will of God.
- 10:08>> It's dangerous.
- 10:12>> It's dangerous.
- 10:17When we understand prayer goes beyond
- 10:19simply asking for things and it really
- 10:22is a two-way street for our communion
- 10:25and our relationship with him, we will
- 10:28start taking it more seriously
- 10:36and we ask ourselves what what happened
- 10:39to fracture this relationship.
- 10:45Genesis chapter 3 verse 8 through13 is
- 10:48what happened.
- 10:53Jesus Christ
- 10:57Jesus Christ
- 11:01Genesis chapter 3 verse 18 and 13. And
- 11:04they heard the sound of the Lord God
- 11:07walking in the garden in the cool of the
- 11:09day.
- 11:14And the man and his wife hid themselves
- 11:16from the presence of the Lord God among
- 11:18the trees of the garden. But the Lord
- 11:21God called to the man and said to him,
- 11:23"Where are you?" And he's saying that to
- 11:25us today.
- 11:29"Where are you?"
- 11:32And he said, "I heard the sound of you
- 11:35in the garden and I was afraid
- 11:38because I was naked and I hid myself."
- 11:40He said, "Who told you that you were
- 11:42naked?
- 11:45Have you eaten of the tree of which I
- 11:46command you not to eat from?" The man
- 11:48said, "The woman who you gave me,
- 11:52she gave me the fruit of the tree and I
- 11:54ate."
- 11:56And the Lord God said to the woman,
- 11:58"What is this that you have done?"
- 12:01The woman said, "The serpent deceived me
- 12:04and I ate
- 12:08>> this." Oh God, this monumental
- 12:14disaster
- 12:16>> is what fractured the relationship
- 12:20between man and God.
- 12:22>> That's right.
- 12:25Th
- 12:26>> this is why we have problems spraying
- 12:30the sin in our life. This is why
- 12:32everything is fractured. Like everything
- 12:34I just explained to you, this is why
- 12:36because of the fall of man.
- 12:39because of sin, we don't pray.
- 12:43And we don't pray. But but the
- 12:46communication line is always open.
- 12:49It's never blocked. It's always open.
- 12:53Always.
- 12:58No longer will God walk with us in the
- 13:00cool of the day.
- 13:02No longer will a holy God come down
- 13:05around sinful men.
- 13:10This is why it's hard to pray. This is
- 13:12why we are distracted when we pray. This
- 13:14is why everything that we try to try to
- 13:18do. Distractions, work, family, all this
- 13:23stuff piles up in our lives and it
- 13:25overtakes us and we we neglect to pray.
- 13:32What I want to do today is I I want to
- 13:34walk through
- 13:36Jesus's prayers.
- 13:41>> And actually, as I was uh looking
- 13:43through this, I didn't even realize how
- 13:45much Jesus prayed. I was like, "Good
- 13:48God, Jesus prays." No, let me We going
- 13:51to walk through it. [laughter]
- 13:54We going to walk through it. Uh we're
- 13:56going to walk through the uh Gospel of
- 13:57Luke
- 13:59starting in Luke 3 21.
- 14:08It's it's it's extraordinary. It's it's
- 14:10it's a man. I I wish I had the words,
- 14:13man. It's it's just such a beautiful
- 14:15thing uh to see the Lord Jesus Christ
- 14:19commune with his father.
- 14:23And
- 14:25as I was studying this, I was like, man,
- 14:28my prayer life got to get better.
- 14:31My prayer life got to get better. My
- 14:34communion with God got to get better.
- 14:38I thought I was doing good.
- 14:42No condemnation, but I did. I thought I
- 14:44was doing good till I started reading
- 14:45Jesus's prayers. I said, "God, help me.
- 14:50Help your elder do better than this. I
- 14:52want to commune like Jesus communes."
- 14:55This is the whole purpose why the Lord
- 14:57put this on my heart to share with you
- 14:59today.
- 15:01It's not a matter of condemnation. It's
- 15:03a matter of intimacy.
- 15:05Like
- 15:07if if you're lacking, listen family, if
- 15:10you're lacking intimacy with the Lord
- 15:12Jesus Christ, God Almighty,
- 15:16if you feel like you're lacking in
- 15:18intimacy, lock in.
- 15:23Luke 3 21 and 22. Now when all the
- 15:27people were baptizing,
- 15:34is that true?
- 15:36Yeah. Now when all the people were
- 15:37baptized and when Jesus also had been
- 15:40baptized and was praying, the heavens
- 15:44were open and the Holy Spirit descended
- 15:47on him in bodily form like a dove. And a
- 15:50voice came from heaven, you are my
- 15:53beloved son. with you I am well pleased.
- 15:58I didn't read this. I don't know how
- 16:00many times and I never saw that Jesus
- 16:02prayed
- 16:05in his baptism.
- 16:09And that should tell you and I
- 16:12[laughter]
- 16:12whenever we start any public ministry we
- 16:16should be praying and we should be
- 16:18getting affirmation.
- 16:23Ah, we should be praying first
- 16:27affirmation from God.
- 16:30God is calling me to do this.
- 16:34Then we get affirmation from our
- 16:36spiritual authority.
- 16:39>> Jesus had spiritual authority. This is
- 16:42my son whom I'm well pleased.
- 16:45>> He's saying go start your ministry.
- 16:52We cannot circumvent the system.
- 16:55God has established this system.
- 16:58He established it to cultivate your
- 17:00heart so you don't crush his sons and
- 17:02daughters in the process.
- 17:11>> I was talking to Elder this week about
- 17:13this and like those three years at
- 17:15Victory before I became an elder. I said
- 17:17without those three years of serving,
- 17:21putting up flags, uh being an usher,
- 17:24being a leader over the ushers, being an
- 17:26armor bearer, being a leader over the
- 17:28armor bearer, being a squad leader,
- 17:31being in a squad,
- 17:35>> serving, getting up 4:00 a.m. on
- 17:37logistics, set up and break down. If I
- 17:40would not have took this process, I
- 17:43would not be here today.
- 17:47Now I could have been here today but I
- 17:50would have damaged so many people.
- 17:55>> I I
- 17:58would have damaged so many people
- 18:00because I [clears throat] aborted the
- 18:02process and did it my way because I had
- 18:05gifts and talents
- 18:08>> is dangerous.
- 18:11Christ
- 18:15got affirmed.
- 18:22Prayer marks his dependency on the
- 18:24father. Even in his affirmation,
- 18:28even in his public ministry, he's still
- 18:31depending on the father. The Godhead,
- 18:34the Holy Trinity on earth at one time
- 18:38established him to do such a work as
- 18:42this.
- 18:45Luke 5 verse 16.
- 18:52Jesus
- 18:54withdrawing to pray alone,
- 18:59but he would withdraw to desolate places
- 19:03and pray
- 19:06if God in the flesh
- 19:09had to step away.
- 19:13Come on, man.
- 19:14If God in the flesh had to step away,
- 19:17how much more do we have to step away
- 19:22to a desolate place?
- 19:29To a desolate place.
- 19:33Like go somewhere private
- 19:37and be with God Almighty.
- 19:46We are missing out on so much
- 19:50of that great intimacy. Just like I was
- 19:52talking about my stepfather, like how
- 19:55much that grieved me. It should grieve
- 19:56us just even all the more that we miss
- 19:59out on the Lord God and what he has to
- 20:03say for us.
- 20:06We're frustrated. We're confused. We're
- 20:09distracted.
- 20:10We're angry, but we we have to spend
- 20:14time with him. It is a great communion.
- 20:19It is great intimacy. He will reveal
- 20:23himself to you.
- 20:25But we have to we have to follow the
- 20:28process on how Jesus did it.
- 20:33We have to stay in communion with him.
- 20:36We have to do it.
- 20:38It will benefit you. It will benefit
- 20:41God. It will benefit the ministry he has
- 20:44called for you to do. You cannot do
- 20:46ministry without the father.
- 20:56>> Jesus prioritized communion with the
- 20:58father over ministry.
- 21:06Jesus prioritized
- 21:08communion with the father over ministry.
- 21:13You did not rush Jesus when he went to
- 21:16be with the father. They used to ask
- 21:19where did Jesus go? They they I don't I
- 21:21don't know where he's at. And he would
- 21:23just show up.
- 21:26>> Why? Because now he is full of the
- 21:28father. Now he is full of wisdom. Now he
- 21:33is full of truth. Now he is full of
- 21:35revelation. NOW HE IS ready to go and do
- 21:39ministry.
- 21:42>> How much more you and I,
- 21:46us being sinful creatures, how much more
- 21:48should we be in the presence of the Holy
- 21:51One
- 21:53>> before we do any ministry?
- 21:58And I know you're a better person when
- 22:01you when you go in the presence of the
- 22:03Lord. You a better I I know my best days
- 22:06is when I when I really labor and spend
- 22:09time with the Lord. Those are my best
- 22:11days.
- 22:15>> Say that again. Would you say great? Say
- 22:17great sleep too.
- 22:23>> Prayer was not occasional for Jesus. It
- 22:26was his rhythm. Like prayer for Jesus
- 22:30was like air that we breathe.
- 22:35Prayer for Jesus was like the air that
- 22:39we breathe. He He's not going to do
- 22:41anything without communing with the
- 22:44father,
- 22:46being in his presence.
- 22:52Luke chapter 6
- 22:57verse 12- 16.
- 23:02Man, this blew me away.
- 23:06In these days he went out to the
- 23:10mountain to pray.
- 23:12Watch this. And all night he continued
- 23:15in prayer to God. And when day came, he
- 23:18called his disciples and chose from them
- 23:2112 whom he named apostles.
- 23:23Simon, whom he had named Peter, and
- 23:26Andrew his brother, and James, and John,
- 23:28and Philip, and Bartholomew, and
- 23:30Matthew, and Thomas, and James, the son
- 23:33of Ala,
- 23:35and Simon, who was called the Zealot,
- 23:37and Judas, the son of James, and Judas
- 23:40Escari, who became a traitor.
- 23:48When was the last time you prayed all
- 23:50night,
- 23:56major decisions,
- 23:59listen, God did tell you that
- 24:03major decisions should be soaked in
- 24:05prayer.
- 24:07>> You need to be ravenish about hearing
- 24:10from the Lord.
- 24:12You need to be like a a dog ON A BONE
- 24:14LIKE I GOT TO GET IT. I GOT TO GET YOU
- 24:16GOT TO GO AFTER IT. Jesus prayed all
- 24:19night before picking the disciples.
- 24:26Prayed all night picking the disciples.
- 24:32We have major decisions to make and we
- 24:35we won't labor in the presence of the
- 24:38Lord and we won't wait.
- 24:41We won't depend on him. We won't rely on
- 24:44him.
- 24:47Come on, y'all. Come on.
- 24:58>> Jesus did not choose leaders casually.
- 25:04Jesus did not let people be close to him
- 25:06casually.
- 25:08He's praying about everything.
- 25:11>> He did not let people be close to him
- 25:13casually.
- 25:15Father, is this person supposed to be in
- 25:17my life? Father, is these people
- 25:20supposed to be leaders? Father,
- 25:23father,
- 25:24father,
- 25:27>> he did nothing casually. It was always
- 25:31in prayer.
- 25:35us all the more we should be it I don't
- 25:40I all the more
- 25:43we should be we should be crying out for
- 25:45him all the more Lord show me tell me
- 25:48help me I need to know I I don't know
- 25:50what to do Lord show me tell me help me
- 25:56all the more
- 25:58and Christ is just this is the model
- 26:01Christ is setting for you and I to
- 26:04follow so that we can be successful in
- 26:06this life. He's not just doing this for
- 26:09himself.
- 26:18>> Even though he is the son of God,
- 26:21he still and always model dependencies
- 26:24on the father's will.
- 26:27Are our prayers lining up with the
- 26:29father's will?
- 26:31Are our prayers aligned with the
- 26:33father's will?
- 26:41Luke chapter 9 verse 16.
- 26:51Jesus prays before feeding the 5000.
- 26:57and taking the five loaves and the two
- 26:59fishes, he looked up to heaven and said
- 27:03a blessing over them. Then he broke the
- 27:06loaves and gave them to the disciples to
- 27:08set before the crowd.
- 27:14Jesus always acknowledged the father.
- 27:21Jesus always sees him as a provider.
- 27:24Jesus always sees him as the one who
- 27:27knows all things.
- 27:29Are we seeing God as the one who knows
- 27:32all things or do we know all things?
- 27:35Do we feel like we can control our lives
- 27:37and and control the path of our lives or
- 27:40do we trust the father? Are we dependent
- 27:42on him? Your prayer life shows if you're
- 27:45dependent on him.
- 27:47>> Trying to awaken you right now.
- 27:52No condemnation.
- 27:55But just like as I was reading this, it
- 27:57awakened me, man. I have to seek the
- 27:59father's face more.
- 28:12Before miracles, signs and wonders.
- 28:15Jesus prayed
- 28:21like breaking bread
- 28:24of fish and bread to feed 5,000 people.
- 28:31Father,
- 28:32I know you provide all things. I know
- 28:35you can do all things. Feed your sons
- 28:38and daughters.
- 28:47I know what it's just it's a it's a lack
- 28:50of trust in us.
- 28:54It's a lack of trust in us.
- 28:59But thank God for who he is.
- 29:03Thank God that he is a good father.
- 29:05Thank God that we really are little
- 29:07children.
- 29:10And as long as we stick our hand up to
- 29:12hold his hand, he will continue to lead
- 29:15and guide us. Thank God.
- 29:19Thank God.
- 29:25Luke chapter 9
- 29:29verse 18 and 20.
- 29:36Now it happened that he was praying
- 29:38alone, who Jesus?
- 29:42The disciples were with him and he said
- 29:45asking them, "Who do the crowds say that
- 29:48I am?" And they answered, "John the
- 29:50Baptist, but others said Elijah and
- 29:53others that one of the prophets of old
- 29:56has risen." Then he said to them, "But
- 29:59who do you say that I am?" And Peter
- 30:02answered, "The Christ of God."
- 30:09Prayers will prepare for revelation.
- 30:16>> That's why we pray before every meeting.
- 30:18That's why we pray for every spiritual
- 30:21care. That's why we pray for everything.
- 30:23Because we need spiritual revelation
- 30:27from God,
- 30:30>> not my faulty wisdom.
- 30:33>> That's why we pray before these
- 30:35gatherings. We need revelation from God.
- 30:39Like right now, while the scriptures are
- 30:40being read, revelation from God is going
- 30:45to you, not me. I'm just the vessel
- 30:47talking. REVELATION FROM GOD AND THE
- 30:50HOLY SPIRIT. That's why we pray. THAT'S
- 30:53WHY WE SEEK HIS FACE. That's why we want
- 30:56his presence. THAT'S WHY WE RUN after
- 30:58him.
- 31:02I didn't even realize how much Jesus was
- 31:04praying.
- 31:14Chapter 9 verse 28 36.
- 31:19I mean just we in chapter nine. He done
- 31:22prayed three times.
- 31:24We ain't even out this chapter. He
- 31:26didn't.
- 31:29Now about 8 days after these saying, he
- 31:32took with him Peter and John and James
- 31:36and went up on the mountain to pray.
- 31:39And as he was praying,
- 31:42who? Jesus. And as he was praying,
- 31:47the appearance of his face was altered,
- 31:50and his clothes became dazzling white.
- 31:53And behold, [clears throat]
- 31:55two men were talking with him, Moses and
- 31:57Elijah, who appeared in glory, and spoke
- 32:00of his departure. Wow.
- 32:07They came and spoke about the cross and
- 32:10the resurrection
- 32:12and his ascent. his ascension
- 32:18who appeared in glory and spoke of his
- 32:21departure which he has he was about to
- 32:24accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and
- 32:27those who were with him were heavy with
- 32:29sleep.
- 32:32[sighs and gasps]
- 32:36I'm I'm guilty.
- 32:41The man of God I text you 4 in the
- 32:42morning. You better be ready.
- 32:46The man of God I text you three in the
- 32:47morning, call you 3 in the morning.
- 32:50Elder, are you praying? No sir, I'm not.
- 32:55No sir, I'm not.
- 33:01Our lead pastor is serious about seeking
- 33:04the Lord's face
- 33:09>> because he knows the value. It's it's so
- 33:12valuable the communion with the Lord thy
- 33:15God. It is so valuable.
- 33:19like we missing out on so much
- 33:23because we won't lay before him
- 33:27and we won't even trust that he will do
- 33:29it
- 33:31like we like like come on we gota we got
- 33:34to depend Jesus is depending on the
- 33:38father
- 33:40I gotta go
- 33:42we got a lot to walk through
- 33:44[clears throat] uh now Peter and those
- 33:46who were with him were heavy with sleep
- 33:48but when They became fully awake. They
- 33:52saw his glory and the two men who stood
- 33:55with him.
- 33:57And as the men were parting from him,
- 34:00Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it it is
- 34:03good that we we are here. Let us make
- 34:06three tents, one for you and one for
- 34:10Moses and one for Elijah." Not knowing
- 34:13what he said. As he was saying these
- 34:16things, a cloud came and overshadowed
- 34:19them. And they were afraid as they
- 34:22entered the cloud. And a voice came out
- 34:24of the cloud saying, "This is my son, my
- 34:28chosen one. Listen to him."
- 34:32And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was
- 34:35found alone. And they kept silent and
- 34:39told no one in those days anything
- 34:42of what they have seen.
- 34:49>> [clears throat]
- 34:50>> Prayer is connected to revelations of
- 34:52Christ's glory.
- 34:56Like you you will fall more in love,
- 34:59more in awe, more in wonder
- 35:04the more you spend time in holy
- 35:06communion with him.
- 35:08The more you pray.
- 35:11Prayer is prayer is just not just you
- 35:14doing all the talking.
- 35:18It's you talk and the Lord talks back to
- 35:21your soul.
- 35:23Sometimes I I'll sit there and and just
- 35:26hug my Bible.
- 35:30And I I'll be like, "Lord, I I I just
- 35:32want to be close to you.
- 35:35I just want to feel your presence.
- 35:39My soul is at ease. I just need rest.
- 35:44And I'll just sit there and and majority
- 35:47of the time he'll just send me to a
- 35:48scripture and I'll go to that scripture.
- 35:51I'll read that scripture and then it's
- 35:52like it's like a light bulb will go off
- 35:56>> and then and then stuff will just start
- 35:58flowing out of me. Lord, I pray for the
- 36:01nations. Lord, I pray for our persecuted
- 36:03church. Lord, I pray God that you will
- 36:06help the people in Pakistan. Will you
- 36:08help these people that are dealing with
- 36:09natural disasters, floods, and
- 36:11earthquakes, God, it it'll just start
- 36:14flowing out of you.
- 36:25Luke chapter 10 verse 21.
- 36:3621 and 22.
- 36:39In the same hour,
- 36:42he rejoiced. Jesus rejoiced in the Holy
- 36:45Spirit and said, "I thank you, Father,
- 36:48Lord of heaven and earth, that you have
- 36:50hidden these things from the wise and
- 36:53understanding and revealed them to
- 36:55little children.
- 36:57Yes, Father, for such was your gracious
- 36:59will. All things have been handed over
- 37:02to me by my father and no one knows who
- 37:06the son is except the father or who the
- 37:09father is except the son. That's just
- 37:12how much they are been in communion. You
- 37:15cannot tell the difference between the
- 37:17father and the son.
- 37:22All an example for you and I. We are
- 37:26more conformed in his presence
- 37:30to whom the
- 37:32uh to whom the son chooses to no I'm
- 37:36skipping father and no one knows who the
- 37:39son is except the father or who the
- 37:40father is except the son and anyone to
- 37:43whom the son chooses to reveal him.
- 37:48Jesus thanked the father for revealing
- 37:52revelation to little children.
- 37:59>> It's going to be No, it's not going to
- 38:02be. He will not reveal it to proud and
- 38:05the self-sufficient.
- 38:08How can he reveal revelation knowledge
- 38:10to you when you already think you know
- 38:12it all?
- 38:15when you're already using your gifts and
- 38:17talents out of his will.
- 38:22How do you think God is going to talk to
- 38:25you if you're out of the will of how
- 38:29Jesus started his earthly ministry? How
- 38:32Jesus did his things lined up with the
- 38:34father? How Jesus prayed? How Jesus even
- 38:38had joy that the father's plan is much
- 38:40greater than my plan. That he will
- 38:43reveal himself to little children and
- 38:45not to the ones who know it all.
- 38:53Spiritual understanding is a gift from
- 38:55God.
- 38:57It's a gift from God.
- 39:00Jesus rejoices in the Father's wisdom
- 39:02and sovereign plan.
- 39:07He rejoices.
- 39:11Let's go. Luke chapter 11
- 39:15verse 1-4.
- 39:26Now Jesus was praying in a certain
- 39:27place. And when he finished, one of his
- 39:29disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us
- 39:31to pray. As John taught his disciples,
- 39:34and he said to them, when you pray, say,
- 39:36'Father, hallowed be your name, your
- 39:39kingdom come. Give us each day our daily
- 39:41bread. And forgive us of our sins. For
- 39:44we ourselves forgive everyone who is
- 39:47indebted to us. And let us not lead us
- 39:50not into temptation.
- 39:53Father,
- 39:55prayer begins with relationship with
- 39:56God. Father,
- 39:59who we praying to? The Father.
- 40:02Hallowed be your name. Your name is
- 40:04holy.
- 40:07Your kingdom come. We pray for God's
- 40:10rule and reign be on the earth as it is
- 40:12in heaven. Give us each day our daily
- 40:15bread. We depend on God for everything.
- 40:19Everything.
- 40:21And forgive us of our sins. We
- 40:23continually need mercy and forgiveness.
- 40:29We continually need mercy
- 40:33and forgiveness.
- 40:36For we ourselves forgive everyone who is
- 40:39indebted to us. Forgive people that have
- 40:42sinned against us. Pray, man. God, help
- 40:46us. Pray for the people that have sinned
- 40:49against you
- 40:55and lead us not into temptation.
- 40:59We ask God for
- 41:01spiritual protection from demonic
- 41:04forces.
- 41:09We ask God to protect us even from our
- 41:12own sin. Protect us from demonic
- 41:15activity. Protect us from our flesh.
- 41:21That we will not be led away into
- 41:22temptation.
- 41:24Luke 22 verse 31.
- 41:33Luke chapter 22:31 and 32
- 41:38Simon Simon
- 41:41Behold Satan demands to have you that he
- 41:45might sift you like wheat but I have
- 41:48prayed for you but I have prayed for you
- 41:51but I have prayed for you that that but
- 41:54I have prayed for you. He's praying for
- 41:56you and I.
- 41:59>> It's such a It's such a great joy. And
- 42:02this this what encouraged me so much.
- 42:03It's such a great joy to know that Jesus
- 42:06Christ is praying for me.
- 42:09I have pray for you that your faith may
- 42:11not fail. And when you have turned
- 42:13again, strengthen. Woo. I I just breathe
- 42:16by that. I just breathed by that. And
- 42:19when you have turned again,
- 42:24And when you have turned again, that
- 42:25means you're gonna Peter, you're gonna
- 42:26get back up.
- 42:30>> You going to fall, but you're going to
- 42:31get back up.
- 42:32>> When you have turned again,
- 42:36>> you going to fall. You and I all, we're
- 42:38going to fall. But thanks be to God, we
- 42:42got a high priest in heaven that
- 42:44constantly goes to the father on our
- 42:47behalf. So when we fall,
- 42:50we going WE GOING TO GET BACK UP AND WE
- 42:52GOING TO GO THE RIGHT WAY when we fall
- 42:55cuz we going to fall.
- 43:07said, "Tell your brothers, encourage
- 43:10your brothers to get up and go.
- 43:21Satan is asking to sift every one of you
- 43:24like wheat."
- 43:27But the but the the powerful thing about
- 43:29that is that Satan has to go to Christ.
- 43:37No, no, no.
- 43:40>> Satan just can't come and terrorize and
- 43:42harass you.
- 43:44>> He has to go to Christ.
- 43:48>> I want to sift them like wheat. Okay,
- 43:51you do your thing, but I'm going to pray
- 43:52for them.
- 43:55>> Jesus is praying for each and every one
- 43:57of you.
- 44:00>> You will not be sifted as wheat.
- 44:03You may go through the trial, but he's
- 44:06going to deliver you.
- 44:11>> Christ's prayers is much greater than
- 44:15any demonic force, any situation,
- 44:19any hardship, any unbelief, any doubt,
- 44:24any sin.
- 44:27He is praying for you.
- 44:34He's praying for us.
- 44:36>> We cannot lose. Do you see that? We
- 44:40cannot lose.
- 44:42>> No matter what it looks like on this
- 44:43earth, we cannot lose.
- 44:48>> We have God Almighty
- 44:51pleading on our behalf. Father, look
- 44:55after my my sons and daughters, my
- 44:58brothers and sisters. They are about to
- 45:00go through this trial, but protect their
- 45:03faith that it will not fail. That they
- 45:05will get up and they will be stronger
- 45:06than ever. And they will turn and they
- 45:08will help their brother and help their
- 45:10sister to come out of the darkness and
- 45:12we will usher you into their marvelous
- 45:15light.
- 45:16>> You will be with me.
- 45:21>> He's praying for us. He's in us. He's
- 45:25around us. Like what what should we
- 45:28fear?
- 45:31>> What should we fear?
- 45:36What should we fear?
- 45:41Jesus intercedes for his people before
- 45:44the trial.
- 45:46Like like man, this this should shift
- 45:49our hearts
- 45:51like when we fall into hardship.
- 45:57automatically we should revert back.
- 46:00Jesus has prayed for me
- 46:02>> to go through this.
- 46:08>> When we fall into hardship,
- 46:11>> and we will fall into hardship,
- 46:16>> I want you to default your heart.
- 46:18>> Yes. Shed tears.
- 46:21>> Yes. Be upset. Yes. Go through all the
- 46:24emotions. Go through all of that. But
- 46:26when you come to the end,
- 46:29>> Jesus has prayed for me
- 46:32>> that I will endure.
- 46:36>> Jesus has prayed for me that I will
- 46:39endure. Jesus is walking with me through
- 46:42this that I will endure.
- 46:49>> We got to remember that, man.
- 46:54Peter's restoration was connected to
- 46:58Jesus prayer.
- 47:01>> I was thinking about this like cuz he
- 47:04Jesus never prayed for Judas.
- 47:13>> But he prays for Peter.
- 47:18>> Scriptures even teach us. He said is
- 47:20only one that I have lost.
- 47:23And I was the one destined for
- 47:25destruction.
- 47:31>> So you I'm you have to you have to
- 47:34remember
- 47:36when when we go through hardships in
- 47:38this life, we have to remember when we
- 47:41get down on our knees, Lord Jesus, I
- 47:43know you have prayed for me to go
- 47:46through this.
- 47:48It is to conform me into the image of
- 47:50who you are to get me stronger in my
- 47:52soul and to have greater dependency on
- 47:55you.
- 47:58>> But we we we we got to get that in our
- 48:00souls and we can't crumble.
- 48:04>> Yes. Cry, shed tears, go through go
- 48:07through it all, but we cannot crumble.
- 48:13We God did not call us to stay there.
- 48:16He called us to get up.
- 48:18>> Get up.
- 48:20>> Get up. He has prayed for us. He's got
- 48:24You got Holy Ghost power on the INSIDE
- 48:27OF YOU. GET UP.
- 48:30>> Get up.
- 48:32>> Get up. Dunamis power.
- 48:34>> The power THAT DESTROYS LIKE LIKE
- 48:36DYNAMITE THAT CHANGE AND REARRANGE. HE
- 48:40GOT YOU GOT POWER ON THE INSIDE OF YOU.
- 48:42GET UP, MAN OF GOD. GET UP, WOMAN OF
- 48:45GOD.
- 48:48>> PRAY TO THE ONE THAT CAN DO SOMETHING
- 48:50about it.
- 48:55>> Pray to the one that can do something
- 48:57ABOUT IT. I I tell people all the time,
- 49:00stop complaining. Pray to the one that
- 49:02CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. We think
- 49:05that's weak. That's not weak. CHRIST
- 49:09CHRIST IS PRAYING TO THE ONE THAT CAN DO
- 49:12SOMETHING ABOUT IT. PETER, I'm praying
- 49:14for you that your faith will not fail.
- 49:20>> And you just put your name in there.
- 49:23>> Put your name in there.
- 49:25He's praying for you that your faith
- 49:29will not fail.
- 49:36John 17.
- 49:40>> Yeah, I'mma slip John in here real
- 49:41quick. Slip
- 49:45John in there.
- 49:50John 17 verse 20 26.
- 50:03Your faith will not fail.
- 50:06You have God Almighty praying for you.
- 50:10You have the Holy Spirit on the inside
- 50:12of you. We have everything in this life
- 50:16to conquer and rule and reign.
- 50:20And we have prayer, the holy communion
- 50:24and intimacy with God, man. We have
- 50:26everything. We have his word. We have
- 50:29brothers and s man. We got everything we
- 50:31need to conquer.
- 50:35>> John 17 verse 20 to 26.
- 50:39I do not ask for these only, but I also
- 50:43for those who will believe in me through
- 50:46their word,
- 50:48that they may all be one,
- 50:51just as you, Father, are in me and I in
- 50:55you. That they also may be in us who be
- 50:59in us. Us being in the Father, us being
- 51:03Jesus, us being the Holy Spirit.
- 51:09So that the world may believe that you
- 51:11have sent me.
- 51:13The glory that you have given me, I have
- 51:15given to them.
- 51:18The glory that he has given me, he has
- 51:21given to us.
- 51:26>> I have given to them that they may be
- 51:29one even as we are one.
- 51:33I in them and you in me that they may
- 51:36become perfectly one so that the world
- 51:39may may know that you sent me and love
- 51:43them even as you love me. Father, I
- 51:47desire that they also whom you have
- 51:49given me may be with me where I am
- 51:56to see my glory that you have given me
- 51:59because you loved me before the
- 52:01foundations of the world.
- 52:05Oh righteous father, even though the
- 52:08world does not know you, I know you and
- 52:12these know that you have sent me. I may
- 52:16know to them your name, and I will
- 52:19continue to make it known that the love
- 52:22with which you have loved me may be in
- 52:25them and I in them.
- 52:30>> Yes, that's worthy.
- 52:34That's Jesus pray
- 52:38That's Jesus praying. He's praying that
- 52:41his body, his brothers and sisters, sons
- 52:45and daughters will be in him and him in
- 52:48us.
- 52:50>> That's why it's so damaging to the body
- 52:52of Christ that we bicker so much about
- 52:55secondary issues.
- 52:57We slander each other on social media
- 53:00like you're not demonstrating the
- 53:02gospel.
- 53:04>> You're destroying the gospel. YOU'RE
- 53:05DESTROYING THE BODY OF CHRIST WHEN we
- 53:08always at division with each other.
- 53:16>> If you are in Christ,
- 53:18come on. If you are in Christ, why are
- 53:21you keep trying to destroy this unity?
- 53:25The unity that the body has demonstrates
- 53:28the gospel. LIKE HOW [screaming]
- 53:31ARE ALL THESE 6,000 people unified and
- 53:35doing the same thing, loving each other,
- 53:38glorifying God, praying, serving,
- 53:41sacrificing, generosity. They're we're
- 53:44all doing this as one.
- 53:48>> This is what Christ is praying for.
- 53:50Unity.
- 53:53Just like Jesus and the father, unity
- 53:56and communion. He wants us to be in
- 53:59unity and communion
- 54:02that we can represent him well
- 54:06that it will show to the world Christ is
- 54:09who he says he is.
- 54:16Luke 22
- 54:19verse 39-46.
- 54:25Luke 22
- 54:2939
- 54:31to 46.
- 54:37Watch how Jesus is praying.
- 54:40Watch how Jesus is praying in his
- 54:42suffering.
- 54:45And he came out and went as was his
- 54:48custom to the Mount of Olives.
- 54:51And the disciples followed him. And when
- 54:53he came to the place, he said to them,
- 54:55"Pray
- 54:56that you may not enter into temptation."
- 55:00And he withdrew from them about a stone
- 55:02throw away, knelt down and prayed,
- 55:06saying, "Father,
- 55:08if you are willing, remove this cup from
- 55:10me.
- 55:12Nevertheless, ah, nevertheless,
- 55:16>> nevertheless,
- 55:18nevertheless, where's your Where's our
- 55:20Nevertheless?
- 55:22>> Where's our Nevertheless?
- 55:26Not my will, but yours be done."
- 55:29And there appeared to him an angel from
- 55:31heaven strengthening him. And being in
- 55:34agony,
- 55:39being in agony, he prayed more
- 55:43earnestly, and his sweat became like
- 55:46drops of blood falling down to the
- 55:48ground. And when he rose from prayer, he
- 55:51came to the disciples and found him
- 55:52sleeping again
- 55:55for sorrow. Because our flesh is weak.
- 55:59Like I'm not knocking the disciples.
- 56:01Their flesh is weak. My flesh is weak.
- 56:06And he said to them, "Why are you
- 56:07sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not
- 56:10enter into temptation."
- 56:13Jesus prayed in agony before the cross.
- 56:17That's why it's okay for you and I to
- 56:19pray in agony
- 56:22>> for things that's going on in our lives.
- 56:24It's okay.
- 56:26He said to the father, "If it's
- 56:27possible, let this cup pass from me."
- 56:31But nevertheless,
- 56:33but nevertheless,
- 56:35but nevertheless,
- 56:37Jesus took on the full horror of the
- 56:40cross,
- 56:45that cup of wrath,
- 56:48cup of judgment,
- 56:51cup of humiliation,
- 56:53cup of suffering.
- 56:55So we we cannot say, "Oh, well, Jesus
- 56:59had it easy."
- 57:04Paul said that what we go through are
- 57:06light afflictions compared to what
- 57:08Christ had to go through.
- 57:10>> And if Christ prayed with agony and
- 57:14earnestly, SO MUCH SO THAT HE WAS
- 57:17SWEATING BLOOD,
- 57:20how much more?
- 57:22How much more
- 57:25Jesus models honest prayers and perfect
- 57:29submission.
- 57:35Nevertheless, like I don't want to do
- 57:37this.
- 57:39If there be any other way,
- 57:43show me now cuz it's getting close
- 57:47and I don't want to do this. I don't
- 57:50want a cat of nine tails whipping on my
- 57:53back,
- 57:55ripping flesh off to expose my muscle
- 57:57and bone. I don't want to be spat upon.
- 58:01I don't want
- 58:04thorns pushing through my skull,
- 58:06scraping my bones in my in my head. I
- 58:09don't want my beard ripped out.
- 58:14I don't want it.
- 58:20So, we have to start seeing our pain and
- 58:23suffering and our agony as light
- 58:25afflictions compared to the cross.
- 58:31True prayers bring out desires under the
- 58:34father's will. Nevertheless,
- 58:38Lord, I I I see this circumstance. I
- 58:41know I have to go through this.
- 58:44If there be any other way, but
- 58:46nevertheless,
- 58:48then you have to remember Christ is
- 58:51praying for me. [clears throat]
- 58:54Christ has prayed for me before this
- 58:57circumstance even came to play. Christ
- 59:00has prayed for me. Prayed that my faith
- 59:02will not fail. Prayed that I will come
- 59:04closer to him. Pray that he will
- 59:06strengthen me. We have to believe this.
- 59:11Luke chapter 23
- 59:16Luke chapter 23:34
- 59:23while Jesus surrendered
- 59:26submitted to the cross.
- 59:28Jesus on the cross
- 59:32Luke 23:34 and Jesus said, "Father,
- 59:36forgive them for they know not what they
- 59:38do." and they cast lots to divide his
- 59:41garments.
- 59:43Is that our prayer when people crucify
- 59:45us? Father, forgive them for they know
- 59:48not what they do.
- 59:51When our boss is on our back, Father,
- 59:53forgive him for he know not what he do.
- 59:56You're being crucified by your
- 59:58co-workers, crucified online. FATHER,
- 1:00:01forgive them for they know not what they
- 1:00:05do.
- 1:00:07Now this is the response of Jesus. How
- 1:00:10much more should we uh align ourselves
- 1:00:13with the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1:00:18Father
- 1:00:21forgive them for they know. Think right
- 1:00:23now. I want y'all to think right now.
- 1:00:25Put everybody on your mind right now
- 1:00:28that's caused you pain,
- 1:00:30did something horrible to you.
- 1:00:36We going to be free people.
- 1:00:40I'm talking horrendous acts towards you.
- 1:00:45Horrendous acts you you didn't tell
- 1:00:46anybody about.
- 1:00:52We going to be free right now.
- 1:00:55Y'all say THIS OUT LOUD. FATHER
- 1:00:57>> FATHER,
- 1:00:58>> forgive them.
- 1:01:00>> For they know not what they did.
- 1:01:04>> Believe that. Receive that.
- 1:01:10If Christ demonstrated that from the
- 1:01:12cross,
- 1:01:15>> if Christ, he fulfilled his own teaching
- 1:01:19to love your enemies and pray for the
- 1:01:21people that persecute you.
- 1:01:24Christ did this.
- 1:01:28Luke chapter 23 verse 46.
- 1:01:42Christ is on the cross.
- 1:01:50Christ is on the cross. Family,
- 1:01:57Christ is a few inches from his life.
- 1:01:59Six hours of more than that. all night
- 1:02:04beaten and tormented. Now he's on the
- 1:02:06cross for six hours
- 1:02:09and he's still crying out and praying,
- 1:02:13"Forgive them for they know not what
- 1:02:15they do."
- 1:02:20Luke 23:46. Still from the cross, then
- 1:02:23Jesus called out with a loud voice,
- 1:02:25"Father,
- 1:02:26into your hands I commit my spirit.
- 1:02:30His
- 1:02:34death was not defeat but willing
- 1:02:37surrender.
- 1:02:41He remained faithful to the father to
- 1:02:43the end.
- 1:02:49The more we pray, the more confidence we
- 1:02:51gain
- 1:02:53to be faithful to the end.
- 1:02:59Jesus died trusting the father.
- 1:03:04Jesus died believing what the father
- 1:03:07divine plan was for you and I to be in
- 1:03:11in in salvation,
- 1:03:13be in his kingdom, be saved, be filled
- 1:03:17with his spirit. Jesus believe the
- 1:03:20father.
- 1:03:24Luke 24 verse 31.
- 1:03:32Luke [snorts] 24
- 1:03:3731.
- 1:03:38Nope. 30. 30 and 31.
- 1:03:42Now Jesus has rose from the dead.
- 1:03:47That's so that's so cool. Like he rose
- 1:03:49from the dead. He's just walking around.
- 1:03:52I mean like like
- 1:03:55He just just walking. He's just walking
- 1:03:57on the road to Emmas
- 1:04:00just just hanging out with his with his
- 1:04:03brothers and sisters. Like everything is
- 1:04:06fine.
- 1:04:08It's it's wild to me. Like he's just so
- 1:04:10casual about rising from the dead. Yeah.
- 1:04:14No problem. You know, ain't nothing but
- 1:04:16a thing. I can do this. I'm And he's
- 1:04:19just walking around like like [laughter]
- 1:04:21what?
- 1:04:23That's mind-blowing to me, man. He just
- 1:04:25Christ just walking around. Hey, how you
- 1:04:26doing, bro? You all right? You good?
- 1:04:28Okay. And they like, "It's what? It's
- 1:04:32you."
- 1:04:34They still They still not recognizing
- 1:04:36who he is. And he's not he's not blowing
- 1:04:39a trumpet either.
- 1:04:42Verse
- 1:04:4530. When he was at the table with them,
- 1:04:49these are the disciples he was walking
- 1:04:51with on the road to Emmas.
- 1:04:53They were walking and talking with him
- 1:04:55and they went to uh their home.
- 1:04:59When he was uh at the table with them,
- 1:05:01he took the bread and blessed it and
- 1:05:03broke it and gave it to them and their
- 1:05:05eyes were open and they recognized him
- 1:05:08and he vanished from their sight.
- 1:05:13I don't know what I would have done.
- 1:05:17I probably would have tried to grab him,
- 1:05:19man. He would HAVE BEEN GONE. THAT'S
- 1:05:21THAT'S COME ON, Y'ALL. That's some
- 1:05:23That's some comic book stuff, man. Come
- 1:05:25on. Come on. I mean I mean like for But
- 1:05:28listen, man. This happened for real.
- 1:05:31>> This happened for real. Like Like
- 1:05:32Christ.
- 1:05:35My God. Like it's it's unbelievable,
- 1:05:37man. This stuff is unbelievable.
- 1:05:39He vanished before their sight.
- 1:05:46The risen Christ revealed himself to his
- 1:05:49people.
- 1:05:50Fellowship with Jesus opened spiritual
- 1:05:53understanding.
- 1:05:54Just like holy communion,
- 1:05:57he put them in remembrance of himself.
- 1:06:00So when he broke the bread, their eyes
- 1:06:02were open. THEY WAS LIKE, "OH, IT'S
- 1:06:03JESUS." AND HE WAS GONE. THAT'S WILD.
- 1:06:08THAT'S WILD, MAN. THAT THAT IS WILD.
- 1:06:14Good God almighty,
- 1:06:18man. I I couldn't imagine cuz they were
- 1:06:20walking on the road of Mayus and they
- 1:06:22they talking about what happened. Uh uh
- 1:06:24Jesus got crucified and and they
- 1:06:26couldn't find his body and Jesus walking
- 1:06:27with him like
- 1:06:32and they still don't recognize him. I
- 1:06:35don't know. I don't I
- 1:06:38It was just a veil. Veil of glory. I I I
- 1:06:43don't know. I don't know how I don't
- 1:06:45know how none of this work. And they
- 1:06:48walking with them. They and they were so
- 1:06:50communal when when whenever they met
- 1:06:53other believers. They just welcomed them
- 1:06:54in and and we had dinner and and we
- 1:06:57talked and and when Jesus did that holy
- 1:07:00communion,
- 1:07:01remember me
- 1:07:04and he broke that bread.
- 1:07:08I don't I
- 1:07:10I don't even know how the veil in their
- 1:07:12soul revelation knowledge
- 1:07:17and and when Jesus recognized that they
- 1:07:20recognized him just vanished.
- 1:07:27That's power, man. Like that's like real
- 1:07:32resurrection power. like like one minute
- 1:07:35he there, one minute he's gone. Thomas
- 1:07:38was uh was talking about well well I
- 1:07:41ain't going to believe until I get to
- 1:07:43put my hand in his side and see the
- 1:07:45holes in his hand and all that and and
- 1:07:47and and Jesus just appeared.
- 1:07:51Scripture say he just appeared in the
- 1:07:52room and he said, "Put your hand in the
- 1:07:55side."
- 1:07:57Like he just appeared, man. Like if I'm
- 1:08:00telling you, y'all would y'all would
- 1:08:02jump ship.
- 1:08:06>> Y'all would jump ship. Jesus in the
- 1:08:09middle OF THIS AISLE. WE START RUNNING.
- 1:08:11OH, WHAT?
- 1:08:15Because we never we see the sin our our
- 1:08:19this sinful flesh puts a veil up to the
- 1:08:22glory of God.
- 1:08:24>> That's why they always were was afraid
- 1:08:25when they saw angels and and and and and
- 1:08:28spiritual things. It it's it if Jesus
- 1:08:31showed up right now in this aisle, y'all
- 1:08:33would scatter
- 1:08:36>> cuz we're not you we're not used to
- 1:08:38being in pure glory and holiness.
- 1:08:42We're not you used to being uh in going
- 1:08:45towards that unapproachable light
- 1:08:50and that's what opened their eyes.
- 1:08:54Luke 24
- 1:08:56uh verse 50 and 53
- 1:09:02Luke
- 1:09:06[snorts]
- 1:09:09Luke 24
- 1:09:12[sighs]
- 1:09:15and he led them out as far as Bethany
- 1:09:19and lifted up his hands. He blessed
- 1:09:21them. While he blessed them, he parted
- 1:09:24from them and was carried up into
- 1:09:27heaven. And they worshiped him
- 1:09:31and returned to Jerusalem with great joy
- 1:09:33and were continually in the temple
- 1:09:36blessing God.
- 1:09:39Jesus leaves his disciples under
- 1:09:41blessing and not abandonment. His
- 1:09:44ascension
- 1:09:46confirms his exaltation,
- 1:09:49his triumph, his death,
- 1:09:54his his his burial, his resurrection,
- 1:09:57his triumph over everything and and
- 1:09:59being in his heaven, heavenly majesty,
- 1:10:03him sitting on high,
- 1:10:06the disciples respond with worship and
- 1:10:09joy. That's why we always try to
- 1:10:11encourage you to come in here and
- 1:10:12worship the risen savior because he is
- 1:10:15sitting on the throne and he is going to
- 1:10:18return.
- 1:10:23And
- 1:10:25Romans 8:34, Romans chapter 8:34 is not
- 1:10:28going to come on the screen. Not going
- 1:10:30to read it. I'm just giving it to you.
- 1:10:32Hebrews 7:2
- 1:10:35and 1 John 2:1 explains how Jesus is
- 1:10:39still interceding [music] for his
- 1:10:41believers.
- 1:10:44He is still advocating as a high priest
- 1:10:47before the father.
- 1:10:50Like so if you have nobody praying for
- 1:10:52you,
- 1:10:54know that the Lord Jesus Christ is
- 1:10:56praying for you.
- 1:10:59believers should be secure in their
- 1:11:01souls that they are being represented at
- 1:11:04all times to the father.
- 1:11:08And because of that,
- 1:11:10because of all that we just walked
- 1:11:12through, we have access to him.
- 1:11:15We have access that nobody can destroy
- 1:11:18and that Jesus has established and
- 1:11:20opened up that we can pray.
- 1:11:24We can pray. We can pray. We can pray.
- 1:11:28We can pray.
- 1:11:30Jesus prayers show us that prayer is not
- 1:11:33just asking God for things.
- 1:11:36Prayer is holy communion with the
- 1:11:38father.
- 1:11:40>> Surrender to his will,
- 1:11:42dependence on his strength,
- 1:11:45interceding for others, and desire for
- 1:11:48God's glory. Ask to see God's glory.
- 1:11:52Jesus prayed in private. He prayed in
- 1:11:55public. He prayed before major
- 1:11:57decisions. He prayed before miracles. He
- 1:12:01prayed during suffering.
- 1:12:03He prayed on the cross. And he prayed
- 1:12:07even in his ascension.
- 1:12:09And he's praying in heaven.
- 1:12:14Put up my graphic, please. And now we
- 1:12:17have an access.
- 1:12:20We have a great opportunity. Put up my
- 1:12:22graphic, please.
- 1:12:28>> [cheering]
- 1:12:30>> Now we have an access. We have a great
- 1:12:33opportunity.
- 1:12:36On October 10th,
- 1:12:382026, AT&T Stadium, Dallas, Texas,
- 1:12:4280,000
- 1:12:44OF YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WE'RE
- 1:12:47GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO
- 1:12:49PRAY THE HEAVENS DOWN. [music]
- 1:12:54And listen, just because you're not in a
- 1:12:56building, participate, man.
- 1:13:00We're going to HAVE 80,000 IN A
- 1:13:02BUILDING, WE CAN HAVE MILLIONS around
- 1:13:04the world.
- 1:13:05>> WE ALL COULD BE IN UNISON TO THE FATHER.
- 1:13:08WE'RE GOING TO SHAKE THIS EARTH WITH OUR
- 1:13:11PRAYERS.
- 1:13:12>> WE'RE GOING TO SEE MIRACLES, SIGNS, AND
- 1:13:14WONDERS.
- 1:13:16Let's not leave here
- 1:13:18from this day to that day.
- 1:13:22Pray. Amen.
- 1:13:25>> Pray. Amen.
- 1:13:27>> And when you get stuck, you go back and
- 1:13:30read about the prayers of Jesus.
- 1:13:37We're going to shake this world.
- 1:13:43Satan is going to lose on October 10th,
- 1:13:472026.
- 1:13:50He's going to lose big time CUZ THE
- 1:13:53WHOLE WORLD IS GOING TO BE AGAINST HIM.
- 1:13:56MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ARE YOU READY
- 1:13:58>> TO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE LORD?
- 1:14:02>> AMEN.
- 1:14:04Stand to your feet.
- 1:14:09Heavenly Father, we have walked through
- 1:14:12your holy scriptures of prayer. I pray
- 1:14:16God that it will instill something in us
- 1:14:18to have a fervor to pray, a fervor to
- 1:14:22run after you. A fervor,
- 1:14:26a fervor, God,
- 1:14:28earnest prayers
- 1:14:31about everything. JESUS PRAYED ABOUT
- 1:14:33EVERYTHING, GOD. LET US BE A PRAYING
- 1:14:37PEOPLE.
- 1:14:38And on October 10TH, GOD, WE ALL
- 1:14:40[screaming]
- 1:14:42EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD,
- 1:14:44>> WE'RE GOING TO GATHER TOGETHER AND PRAY
- 1:14:46THE HEAVENS DOWN, GOD, THAT YOU WILL
- 1:14:49SHAKE THIS EARTH,
- 1:14:50>> DO A radical work in your people, God,
- 1:14:55may they pray more earnestly, God,
- 1:14:59not for just things, but to be in your
- 1:15:01presence and to know who you are. God,
- 1:15:03bless them and encourage them. It's in
- 1:15:06Jesus name I pray. God bless y'all. Love
- 1:15:08y'all. Amen.
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