Pastor Steve Epley The Prayer That Changed History — Transcript

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1. 0:00I don't really know how this is going to
2. 0:02this is going to work this passage has
3. 0:04really been on my mind all all
4. 0:08week I've been really thinking about aam
5. 0:12and Mitchell did dedicating this baby
6. 0:14and and this scriptures spit on my mind
7. 0:18and uh I really couldn't get away from
8. 0:21it and I don't know I don't know how
9. 0:23it's going to work amen so so we may be
10. 0:27out here in a hurry amen
11. 0:31amen lunch may be served soon if some oh
12. 0:35hey I didn't see sister Renee glad to
13. 0:38have sister Renee sister Jessica
14. 0:44glad I didn't I didn't I didn't didn't
15. 0:47see y'all y'all was HD amongst the
16. 0:51stuff amen and the first book of Samuel
17. 0:55Samuel chapter
18. 0:571 I've got rather a long reading hey I
19. 1:00want I do want to say
20. 1:03tonight we'll have a little basket over
21. 1:06here and when we receive our offering
22. 1:08tonight we're going to have a little
23. 1:10basket you and you don't have to put
24. 1:12your name on it but we want the number
25. 1:15of the chapters that you read this week
26. 1:18because we're going to compile them all
27. 1:20together and uh if I had have been well
28. 1:24enough I told you
29. 1:25that Wednesday tonight going to thank
30. 1:28brother cotton for taking care of
31. 1:29service for me Wednesday night preaching
32. 1:32and done a wonderful job and uh uh I'd
33. 1:37have told you Wednesday night and uh I
34. 1:40wasn't able to do it so uh to tonight if
35. 1:45you'll just write down how many chapters
36. 1:46you read this week don't have to put
37. 1:48your name on it some folks don't want
38. 1:50the left hand to know what the right
39. 1:52hand doing most time cuz it ain't doing
40. 1:58nothing but but but
41. 2:00but
42. 2:01nevertheless uh uh and we're going to
43. 2:04then we'll compile them all together and
44. 2:09by Wednesday we'll have it on our board
45. 2:10up here yes sister
46. 2:15cotton
47. 2:17yeah yeah you read both of those you'll
48. 2:19have to read both of those if you get it
49. 2:21through if you get your all your
50. 2:23chapters through but I guess when they
51. 2:26done that they scheduled that we read a
52. 2:28couple of chapters your family how
53. 2:30many's enjoying this Bible reading about
54. 2:33three of you well that's good
55. 2:36H three honest people here praise the
56. 2:39Lord amen but but anyhow uh uh we
57. 2:44thought it would challenge challenge you
58. 2:46you know you'll be surprised folks sit
59. 2:48around in church all the life never read
60. 2:51the Bible
61. 2:52through I that's a shame I'm telling you
62. 2:56but uh we just kind of doing this and
63. 2:59and
64. 3:00uh I got a special
65. 3:03gift very special
66. 3:06gift uh to the one that finishes first
67. 3:09so you don't have to go exactly by uh
68. 3:14that list you know in other words if you
69. 3:16want to if you want to add some more to
70. 3:19it but I I got a very special gift I'm
71. 3:23going buy a a dramatized Bible That's
72. 3:29the whole Bible
73. 3:31dramatized on
74. 3:33CD and has anybody ever ever got to hear
75. 3:37that I mean it is it is awesome stuff
76. 3:41most of you probably heard the New
77. 3:42Testament but I plan on getting the
78. 3:45whole the whole shebangs to the one the
79. 3:49one that uh read reads through the
80. 3:54quickest and uh uh then I'm going to
81. 3:58have a special gift for the one that
82. 4:00reads the most chapters cuz somebody
83. 4:01might get through early and uh start
84. 4:05over
85. 4:06again and boy if you fall in love with
86. 4:09this book that's right all right nothing
87. 4:11like this book all right well you're
88. 4:14going to get one chapter in today I've
89. 4:17got
90. 4:18more I've got more Foundation than I got
91. 4:22house and uh 1 Samuel chapter 1 and
92. 4:27there was a certain man a
93. 4:31ramiah
94. 4:33I'm
95. 4:36zopim good grief wouldn't you hate put
96. 4:40put fill that out on your job
97. 4:43application of Mount
98. 4:45Ephraim his name was
99. 4:47Alan the son of of of
100. 4:52jorum the son of
101. 4:54ilahu the son of toou some of y'all are
102. 4:57hunting for baby names
103. 5:01the son of
104. 5:03zof and ephrodite he had two wives that
105. 5:07can always get a guy in
106. 5:09trouble the name of one was Hannah and
107. 5:12the name of the other was
108. 5:15panah and panah had children but Hannah
109. 5:18had no
110. 5:19children and this man went up out of his
111. 5:22City yearly to worship and the sacrifice
112. 5:25to the Lord of hosts in
113. 5:28Shiloh and the two sons of Eli Hine
114. 5:33FIS the priest of the Lord were
115. 5:36there when when the time was a kind of
116. 5:40offered he gave un FAS his wife uh pen
117. 5:44and's wife and to all her sons and her
118. 5:47daughters
119. 5:49portions but un to Hannah he gave a
120. 5:51worthy
121. 5:52portion for he loved
122. 5:55Hannah but the Lord had shut up her womb
123. 6:00and the adversary also provoked her her
124. 6:04adversary was that other
125. 6:06woman to make her
126. 6:10fret and the Lord had because the Lord
127. 6:13had shut up her
128. 6:15womb and as he did so year by year he
129. 6:18went up to the she went up to the house
130. 6:20of the
131. 6:21Lord so she provoked her therefore she
132. 6:27wept and did not eat
133. 6:30and a said unto her her husband then
134. 6:34said aana her husband to her Hannah why
135. 6:37weepest
136. 6:39thou why eatest thou
137. 6:41not why is thy heart grieve am I not
138. 6:45better to thee than 10
139. 6:47Sons so Hannah Rose and they had after
140. 6:51they had eaten in shallow and after they
141. 6:53had
142. 6:55drunk and Eli the priest set upon the
143. 6:58seat by the post of the Temple of the
144. 7:01Lord and she was in bitterness of soul
145. 7:04and prayed to the Lord and wept
146. 7:08sore and she vowed a vow and said oh
147. 7:11lord of
148. 7:13hosts if thou will indeed look upon the
149. 7:16infliction the Affliction of thy
150. 7:19handmaiden and remember
151. 7:21me and forget
152. 7:24not and not forget thy
153. 7:27handmaiden but will give unto thy
154. 7:30handmaiden a
155. 7:32Manchild I will give him unto the Lord
156. 7:35all the days of his
157. 7:37life there shall no
158. 7:40razor come upon his head and it came to
159. 7:44pass as she continued
160. 7:48praying before the Lord that Eli marked
161. 7:51her mouth or was was watching
162. 7:54her and now Hannah spake in her heart
163. 7:58only only her lips
164. 8:00moved but her voice was not
165. 8:04heard therefore Eli thought that she had
166. 8:07been
167. 8:09drunken and Eli said unto her how long
168. 8:13will thou be drunken put
169. 8:15away thy wine from
170. 8:18thee and Hannah answered and said no my
171. 8:21Lord I am a woman of a sorrowful
172. 8:25spirit I have drunk neither wine nor
173. 8:28strong drink
174. 8:30but I poured out my soul before the
175. 8:33Lord count not thy handmaiden for a
176. 8:37daughter of
177. 8:39balow for out of out of the abundance of
178. 8:43my complaint and my
179. 8:46grief I spoken
180. 8:49hitherto then Eli answered and said go
181. 8:53and
182. 8:54peace and the god of Israel Grant thee
183. 8:57thy petition that that thou asked of him
184. 9:01and she
185. 9:02said let thy handmaiden
186. 9:05find Grace in thy
187. 9:08sight so the woman went her way and did
188. 9:11eat and her countenance was no more
189. 9:15sad when they rose up in the morning
190. 9:17early and
191. 9:18worshiped before the Lord returned and
192. 9:21came un again unto their house to
193. 9:25rth and now can I knew his wife
194. 9:30and the Lord remembered
195. 9:33her wherefore it came to
196. 9:37pass when the time was come about after
197. 9:40Hannah had conceived that you bear
198. 9:44son and called his name Samuel saying
199. 9:48because I asked him of the
200. 9:51Lord and the man of can and all of his
201. 9:54house went up to offer unto the Lord the
202. 9:57yearly sacrifice in his
203. 9:59vow but Hannah went not up for she has
204. 10:03said unto her husband I will not go up
205. 10:06un the child be
206. 10:08weaned then I will bring him that he may
207. 10:11appear before the Lord and there abide
208. 10:15forever and a her husband said unto her
209. 10:19do what Seth thee good ter until th wi
210. 10:24him only the Lord establish his word so
211. 10:29the woman abold and gave her son
212. 10:32suck until she weaned him and when she
213. 10:37had weaned him she took him up with her
214. 10:40with three bullets and one ephan of
215. 10:43flour and a bottle of wine and brought
216. 10:47him into the house of the Lord in
217. 10:49Shiloh and the child was
218. 10:52young and they slew a Bullock and
219. 10:55brought the child to
220. 10:58Eli and she said oh my Lord as my soul
221. 11:02liveth my Lord I am the woman that stood
222. 11:05by thee here praying unto the
223. 11:08Lord for this child I
224. 11:12prayed and the Lord had given me my
225. 11:16petition which I asked of him therefore
226. 11:20also I have lent
227. 11:22him to the Lord as long as he
228. 11:27liveth he shall be
229. 11:31lent to the
230. 11:33Lord and she worshiped the
231. 11:37Lord there would you pray with me
232. 11:40eternal God we're so thankful for your
233. 11:43kindness and your goodness Lord touch my
234. 11:46mind and my lips and my heart oh the
235. 11:50ears of those that are hearing me today
236. 11:53God I pray that somehow this will strike
237. 11:56a cord in someone's heart that someone
238. 12:00may be changed even
239. 12:02forever we give your name the glory for
240. 12:04it in Jesus name we pray amen amen you
241. 12:09may be
242. 12:12seated I want to talk to you for a
243. 12:14little
244. 12:15while this
245. 12:17morning on the
246. 12:20prayer that changed
247. 12:24history on the
248. 12:26prayer that Chang all all history was
249. 12:32changed by this one Godly woman's prayer
250. 12:38don't ever
251. 12:40underestimate a prayer meeting all right
252. 12:43all right don't ever
253. 12:45underestimate the power of
254. 12:49prayer and the effectual working of
255. 12:53prayer and the answer of prayer don't
256. 12:56never don't never don't never
257. 12:59don't
258. 13:00never uh uh think of that as a small
259. 13:04thing and uh I don't know how long that
260. 13:08Hannah had been praying the Bible does
261. 13:10not tell us but here yearly they would
262. 13:15be going up to
263. 13:17shallow and Israel was in a terrible
264. 13:19shape at that time
265. 13:21Eli Eli was the
266. 13:25priest and I don't know any genter way
267. 13:28to say this but oh Eli was
268. 13:31backslid Eli Eli was
269. 13:35backslid and his boys was worse than
270. 13:39he and uh uh there Eli's Wicked evil
271. 13:45boys hoffine FIS they would uh the folks
272. 13:50would be coming to Worship the
273. 13:53Lord they wouldn't even have the time to
274. 13:56get the meat on the altar them s s guys
275. 13:59that be taking the meat right out of
276. 14:00their
277. 14:01hand gorging
278. 14:03themsel and the Bible said that they
279. 14:06would even laying at
280. 14:08wait for uh the women that would come to
281. 14:13Worship the Lord and they' commit lwd
282. 14:16and Lous act right in the right in the
283. 14:20threshold of the Town such Wicked people
284. 14:24all right Wicked people and uh you know
285. 14:28God put up with that for a
286. 14:30while well praise the Lord he put up
287. 14:34with that with them for a
288. 14:36while but I'm going to tell you nobody's
289. 14:40Irreplaceable nobody's been around so
290. 14:42long nobody reaches such a height and
291. 14:46Pinnacle nobody has such a
292. 14:49pedigree that they're not
293. 14:51Irreplaceable if I was to fall tomorrow
294. 14:54oh God help me that I never will but if
295. 14:57if I was to fall tomorrow
296. 14:59amen uh the kingdom is not dependent
297. 15:02upon
298. 15:03me that's right amen the church was in
299. 15:06existence before I got here amen that's
300. 15:09true amen and and if you plant me in
301. 15:11that graveyard out there the church will
302. 15:13go
303. 15:15all it's not dependent God uses men but
304. 15:20he buries his
305. 15:22workers and his work goes
306. 15:24on but here these these folks were so
307. 15:29uh uh ungodly that
308. 15:32finally uh a man of God just just came
309. 15:35out of
310. 15:36nowhere and we don't even know his
311. 15:39name but begin to prophesy to
312. 15:42Eli and said there's not going to be an
313. 15:45old man living in your house you're the
314. 15:47last old
315. 15:49man your your your your seeds going to
316. 15:53be cut off and and and uh your boys are
317. 15:57going to die young
318. 16:00and God's tired of what they're
319. 16:03doing and said God's tired of you right
320. 16:07because you know what they're doing
321. 16:08that's
322. 16:09right and you've put up with what
323. 16:12they're doing and you restrain them
324. 16:16not and God's not going to let you be
325. 16:19Guiltless because you've turned your
326. 16:21head right oh God help me dear Jesus
327. 16:26help me as the pastor of this church to
328. 16:28turn my head or close my eyes even if
329. 16:31it's my family oh Lord help me not ever
330. 16:34do
331. 16:35that to bring the wrath of almighty God
332. 16:39he I don't wonder how many churches
333. 16:41there are
334. 16:42today never will forget I was in prayer
335. 16:46several years ago one of the hardest
336. 16:49messages I ever took to anybody I prayed
337. 16:52for sometime and every time I would pray
338. 16:55God would speak to me concerning this
339. 16:57this this p
340. 16:59pastor and uh I told the Lord I said I
341. 17:03don't want to deliver this I I argued
342. 17:05with God I said God you let somebody
343. 17:08else tell them they're not going to
344. 17:10accept this and I I don't want to do
345. 17:12this I know I'm not going to it's not
346. 17:15going to make me a friend doing this and
347. 17:18after some season of
348. 17:20prayer uh uh I went to preach for this
349. 17:26man and it just come
350. 17:29come
351. 17:31convenient where him and I was
352. 17:35alone and he told me said brother Epley
353. 17:37if the Lord ever ever talks to you to me
354. 17:41to you about me I wish you would tell me
355. 17:45I said well the Lord has the Lord has
356. 17:47talked to me about
357. 17:51you and said he I I feel feel prompted
358. 17:55for some
359. 17:56time but I don't feel like you're going
360. 17:58to hear what I've got to
361. 18:00say and I'm afraid it's going to affect
362. 18:03our
363. 18:04relationship but I'm going to give you
364. 18:06what the Lord has given me so the Lord
365. 18:09told me to tell you not to
366. 18:12go in the way of
367. 18:15Eli he said if you if you continue doing
368. 18:18what you're
369. 18:20doing and just ignoring what you're
370. 18:23ignoring that uh your house is going to
371. 18:27wind up like the house of
372. 18:30Eli well he he really didn't get upset
373. 18:33we wept together for a little while and
374. 18:36I prayed that after I left that it would
375. 18:41change finally another time came
376. 18:45convenient as his son got older and
377. 18:47looked like it looked like it was in the
378. 18:50works that his son was going to wind up
379. 18:52with this church I'm going to tell you
380. 18:54what let me let me tell you a little
381. 18:56something church is not family business
382. 18:59sir right ain't no family owns the
383. 19:04[Applause]
384. 19:07church true and we got too many Daddy
385. 19:10called and mama called All right but
386. 19:13praise the Lord prise the Lord to try to
387. 19:16keep the posterity going well glory to
388. 19:19God but the Lord is really running this
389. 19:22thing he he really puts one up and
390. 19:25brings one
391. 19:27down it's a wonderful thing it's a
392. 19:30wonderful thing when a man's son is
393. 19:32called to preach and and and and it
394. 19:36remains that way that's that's wonderful
395. 19:38thank God for that and many times it
396. 19:40happens like that because those children
397. 19:43are raised around a Godly influence and
398. 19:46and they're called and God you thank the
399. 19:48Lord for that so I'm not taking away
400. 19:51from that there's wonderful churches
401. 19:52that are pastored today by second and
402. 19:55third and fourth generation Pentecostal
403. 19:58and I pray in good churches today and I
404. 20:01pray but all the time it's not that way
405. 20:04and it wasn't with this situation
406. 20:06finally I talked to him again I
407. 20:09said your
408. 20:11son does not believe what your he does
409. 20:15not believe this message your son don't
410. 20:18believe this
411. 20:20message and and he got upset he said
412. 20:23well how do you know us I just know we
413. 20:25don't you better talk to him you better
414. 20:27help if something don't if something
415. 20:29don't happen and this ever failed in his
416. 20:33hands it'd be gone it would be gone this
417. 20:37church would be
418. 20:40gone and uh time rocked
419. 20:43on through time our way somewhat
420. 20:48parted and uh oh I wish it I wish I'd
421. 20:53have been
422. 20:54wrong I wish I would have I wish I would
423. 20:57have misheard the Lord
424. 20:59I wish that they would have listened and
425. 21:01maybe done some
426. 21:04restraining but just a few days ago we
427. 21:07sat and listened to the mother of this
428. 21:11young Pastor
429. 21:12weep and
430. 21:17says I wish we didn't even have to go
431. 21:21there there nothing it's nothing like
432. 21:23there may be a handful of
433. 21:27saints that one time was there and the
434. 21:30glory is gone and the anointing is gone
435. 21:33and ever semblance of Holiness is gone
436. 21:37in that church right and they got a
437. 21:41pastor although he has the right last
438. 21:43name he doesn't have Dad's message and
439. 21:47he doesn't have Dad's conviction all
440. 21:49right and he doesn't have his burden on
441. 21:52go ahead well praise the Lord and the
442. 21:54glory of the Lord is no longer in that
443. 21:57place I'm going to tell
444. 21:58you we don't have an unconditional
445. 22:01promise with God God will only walk with
446. 22:04us if we walk with him and if we fail to
447. 22:07walk with him then he'll fail to walk
448. 22:10with
449. 22:11us he said if you forsake me I'll
450. 22:15forsake you forever all right so here
451. 22:19Israel was in that hored
452. 22:23condition praise the
453. 22:26Lord here Alca who was he was a
454. 22:30levitical son
455. 22:32himself only he wasn't one of Aaron's
456. 22:34sons but he was a levitical son
457. 22:39himself but there was a different mix in
458. 22:41this
459. 22:43equation that changed the history of
460. 22:48Israel and it was a Praying Woman you're
461. 22:51right it was a
462. 22:54Praying
463. 22:56Woman that was being
464. 22:59taunted by this other woman that was
465. 23:03making her life
466. 23:05miserable and as they would go to
467. 23:07worship and Al would be giving
468. 23:12his
469. 23:14family their sacrifice and offerings to
470. 23:18offer to the Lord he would doubly give
471. 23:21to Hannah because he loved her he knew
472. 23:25this time was so was so so Grievous to
473. 23:32her finally they
474. 23:36are she's weeping and she's in
475. 23:40grief and a said why weepest
476. 23:45thou and why eatest thou
477. 23:49not why is thy heart grieved am I not
478. 23:53better than 10
479. 23:55Sons for This Woman This this woman of
480. 24:00Destiny this woman that was not going to
481. 24:03take no for an
482. 24:05answer this woman that was going to
483. 24:07change the whole history of Israel
484. 24:12matter of fact we're going to we're
485. 24:13going to read her her prayer her prayer
486. 24:16of DED you talk about
487. 24:19dedicating she wound up and dedicated
488. 24:21her own young and I'm going to tell you
489. 24:23we read this second chapter of Samuel
490. 24:25and when we read it you'll be it it it's
491. 24:27so mirrors Mary's Prayer right but here
492. 24:31Hannah is
493. 24:33there and that old
494. 24:36fat that old fat
495. 24:39obese
496. 24:42backslid
497. 24:46priest that had been so
498. 24:50un unconcerned about spiritual
499. 24:54thing even the lamp of the Lord had went
500. 24:57out of in the house of God yes this old
501. 25:01guy was there
502. 25:07even can I say something to you can I
503. 25:10can I give you a little principle
504. 25:13here be very
505. 25:15careful what you have to
506. 25:18say about the ministry that's right in a
507. 25:22negative
508. 25:25way even when they're not right
509. 25:30that's
510. 25:31true cuz here was this old fell up
511. 25:34there he is allowing his boys to do what
512. 25:38they wanted to
513. 25:40do and this guy in truth was
514. 25:45backslid but he's he's sitting up
515. 25:50there and this little
516. 25:53woman that was
517. 25:56barren she's intreating the
518. 26:01Lord and his tears are rolling down her
519. 26:05face and she's in so much grief that the
520. 26:09words are bottled up in her
521. 26:11heart that they can't even come out her
522. 26:15mouth that she's entreating the Lord
523. 26:18Lord if you'll give me a son if you will
524. 26:21give me a
525. 26:23son if you'll open my womb and Lord and
526. 26:27move this curse off of me give me give
527. 26:30me a give me a
528. 26:33son and
529. 26:35this this cold and
530. 26:38indifferent backslid
531. 26:43preach got her attention
532. 26:46and and and he he he looked at
533. 26:49her saw her mouth move and no sound come
534. 26:56out cued Herve being drunk he was said
535. 27:00get up and get out of here put away the
536. 27:04bottle but this this this humble
537. 27:08woman said oh count me
538. 27:12not there a daughter of Billy or
539. 27:15daughter of the
540. 27:16devil but I have not dranken wine or
541. 27:19strong drink but my heart is overcome
542. 27:23with grief oh I've got to have I've got
543. 27:25to I got to have I got to have a son I
544. 27:28got to have a child Lord I wish they I
545. 27:32wish that I wish that I wish that Spirit
546. 27:36would come on this church as a body and
547. 27:40we' say oh God we thank you for your
548. 27:44blessings uh we thank you for your
549. 27:47goodness uh but Lord let us be as the
550. 27:50woman that cried out give me children or
551. 27:53else I die I wish there would be
552. 27:56something birth within our soul oh God
553. 27:59we got to have Revival we got to have a
554. 28:02move we got to have a stand we're not
555. 28:06satisfied being where we're at this
556. 28:09woman she
557. 28:11said and this this this
558. 28:14priest that was not what he ought to
559. 28:20be got the attention of God
560. 28:24enough till he said I tell you what
561. 28:28you get up and go
562. 28:29home the Lord has answered your
563. 28:35prayer
564. 28:36my she gets
565. 28:39up woo praise the Lord she knew all
566. 28:42about f is and H N
567. 28:50HEI but she wasn't praying to
568. 28:53them she is praying to the god that's
569. 28:56supposed to be serving
570. 28:58amen but this one
571. 29:00moment woo this one moment in a prayer
572. 29:04meeting is going to change history
573. 29:09forever god well praise the
574. 29:12Lord and after we read what a little bit
575. 29:14she says in the next chapter we don't
576. 29:17have anything else from her she kind of
577. 29:19walks off the P one of the most
578. 29:22important people in your Bible in the
579. 29:24history of your Bible is in these two
580. 29:27chap here and it's a Praying Woman that
581. 29:30won't take no for an answer it's a
582. 29:32Praying Woman that while she is praying
583. 29:35amen the priest even accuses her of
584. 29:38being drunk but she she said you're not
585. 29:40going to stop me amen you're not going
586. 29:43to discourage me he but I'm on the horns
587. 29:46of the altar I'm going to pray till I
588. 29:49get my prayers
589. 29:53through there's one woman yes
590. 29:58there one
591. 29:59[Music]
592. 30:00woman Chang the
593. 30:03history of Israel oh yes
594. 30:09forever CUA she prayed oh
595. 30:12God Lord give us some
596. 30:17Hannah give us some
597. 30:20Hannah that will pray some Samuels into
598. 30:25existence give us some
599. 30:27Hannah that will pray victories into
600. 30:31existence give us some Hannah that will
601. 30:35pray deliverances and I'm going to tell
602. 30:37you mama I'm going to tell you mama if
603. 30:40your children are not doing a like you
604. 30:43think they ought to be doing it ain't
605. 30:44going to do no it ain't going to do you
606. 30:46no good to be walking the floor and
607. 30:49ringing your hand well praise the Lord
608. 30:52and getting all frustrated hey hey but
609. 30:55I'm G to tell you something if you'll be
610. 30:57a Hannah and you will say I'm not going
611. 31:00I'm I'm staying in the altar I'm staying
612. 31:03on my knee Oh Glory to God Amen Pastor
613. 31:06get me a key made uh
614. 31:09amen I got to get to the church uh I've
615. 31:12got to get in the prayer room I've got
616. 31:14to get in the altar H things have got to
617. 31:17change around my house my enemy my
618. 31:21adversary has made fun of me like
619. 31:23there's some of you the devil has talked
620. 31:25to you so long that you're children are
621. 31:27not going to do any different that
622. 31:29there's not going to be any change that
623. 31:31your son and daughter are going to drag
624. 31:34your grandkids right into hell even but
625. 31:36you need to get up on your high legs and
626. 31:39slide in the Altar and say I'm not going
627. 31:42to take no for an answer I'm not going
628. 31:45to take no I'm going to stay at the
629. 31:48altar till I get an
630. 31:50[Applause]
631. 31:54answer yes don't give up
632. 31:59oh yeah what a
633. 32:01promise my Lord can you
634. 32:07imagine you folks that has little
635. 32:10babies that's here say two years and two
636. 32:15years
637. 32:17and
638. 32:20under you know can you imagine what it'
639. 32:23be
640. 32:24to to nurse that baby to that
641. 32:27got to
642. 32:30its
643. 32:32[Music]
644. 32:33wi the attachment that comes between a
645. 32:38mother and her
646. 32:41baby this woman has been Barren all
647. 32:44these
648. 32:45years
649. 32:47said God I tell you
650. 32:50what tell you
651. 32:52what tell you what you
652. 32:55do if if you'll give me this
653. 33:00child I'll give it to
654. 33:05you if you give me the if you if you
655. 33:08answer my prayer I'll give it to you
656. 33:13there's some folks that's prayed for a
657. 33:15better
658. 33:16job and it's kept them out of the house
659. 33:19of God
660. 33:21right amen there are some folks who
661. 33:24prayed for better things and it took
662. 33:26them away from the house of the Lord
663. 33:28amen but maybe if you would Preble your
664. 33:31prayer Hallelujah God you give it to me
665. 33:35and I'll give it back to you all right
666. 33:37yes you give it to me Lord I'll use it
667. 33:40for you all right Lord you you give me a
668. 33:43talent I'm going to be singing the songs
669. 33:46of Zion all right you teach me how to
670. 33:48play and I'm going to be playing amen
671. 33:51the songs of Zion Oh yeah Hallelujah
672. 33:54whatever you give me God I'm don't give
673. 33:57it back to you give it back yes amen and
674. 34:02here the baby's
675. 34:05born can you see that
676. 34:10Mama As She's kissing that boy and
677. 34:14nursing that
678. 34:20boy Samuel's your
679. 34:23name Samuel you're not going to
680. 34:26understand this I know you can't
681. 34:28understand what Mama's
682. 34:29saying but I'm going to tell you this
683. 34:32every
684. 34:34day you're a gift from the
685. 34:37Lord Mama wasn't supposed to have you
686. 34:40and you're a gift from the
687. 34:43Lord and I know you're not going to
688. 34:46understand
689. 34:47it but when I get through weaning you
690. 34:49and you're going to get on your
691. 34:52own I'm taking you to the house of the
692. 34:55Lord
693. 34:59and I'm going to give you back to
694. 35:02God you belong to God you belong you
695. 35:07belong to
696. 35:08God you're a gift from
697. 35:13God therefore
698. 35:17also have I lent him to the
699. 35:21Lord as long as he
700. 35:25liveth he shall be
701. 35:28lent to the
702. 35:31Lord
703. 35:33listen listen it's sah Hannah's Prayer
704. 35:36of
705. 35:38Thanksgiving in 1st Samuel chapter 2 my
706. 35:42what a what a what a what a woman of
707. 35:45prayer oh God let some Hannah be birthed
708. 35:49in this
709. 35:53assembly and Hannah prayed and said my
710. 35:56heart rejoiced in the Lord my horn is
711. 35:59exalted in the Lord my mouth is enlarged
712. 36:02over my
713. 36:06enemies because I rejoice in thy
714. 36:10salvation there is none holy is the
715. 36:13lord and there is none beside
716. 36:17thee neither is there any Rock like our
717. 36:21God talk no more so exceeding proudly
718. 36:27let not arrogancy come out of your
719. 36:30mouth for the Lord is the god of
720. 36:33knowledge and by him actions are
721. 36:38weighed the bows of Mighty Men are
722. 36:42broken and they that stumble are gted
723. 36:45with
724. 36:46strength and they that were full full
725. 36:50hard thems out hired out thems for bread
726. 36:55and they that were hungry
727. 36:57ceased so that the barren had borne
728. 37:01seven and she that had many children is
729. 37:04wax feeble said but I said I learned
730. 37:07this in prayer the Lord
731. 37:11kth and he maketh the
732. 37:13alive he bringeth down to the grave and
733. 37:16he bringeth up he maketh the
734. 37:20poor he maketh the
735. 37:23rich he bringeth the low and lifteth up
736. 37:26listen to this he raises up the poor Out
737. 37:30of the
738. 37:32Dust and lifteth up the beggar from the
739. 37:36dungill to set him among the
740. 37:38princes to make them to inherit the
741. 37:41Throne of
742. 37:43Glory for The Pillars of the Earth are
743. 37:46the Lords and he had set the world upon
744. 37:50them he will keep the feet of his
745. 37:53Saints and the wicked shall shall be
746. 37:57silent in darkness for by strength no
747. 38:00man shall
748. 38:02Prevail the adversaries of the Lord
749. 38:05shall be broken to Pieces Out of Heaven
750. 38:08shall Thunder upon them and the Lord
751. 38:11shall judge the ends of the
752. 38:14Earth he shall give a strength unto his
753. 38:19King and shall
754. 38:22exalt the Horn of his anointed my what
755. 38:26what a what a prophetic prayer she
756. 38:31prayed can you imagine how it
757. 38:36was to hand that boy off to
758. 38:43Eli backslid
759. 38:47Eli with
760. 38:49his
761. 38:51immoral good for nothing
762. 38:55Sons but see Eli didn't answer her
763. 38:58prayer God did right amen and she wasn't
764. 39:02praying to Eli she was praying to God
765. 39:06Amen and she know if the lord gave her
766. 39:09this child he would take care of
767. 39:12it but she was a
768. 39:14woman and she was a mother can't you
769. 39:23imagine that little boy is stretching
770. 39:26his arm arms out he's not he's never
771. 39:28been away from his
772. 39:31mother remember Samuel remember what I
773. 39:34told you
774. 39:36remember her heart swelling and
775. 39:40breaking how do you know that I know
776. 39:42that because she's a woman woman that's
777. 39:51right nothing laying on the
778. 39:55altar nothing laying on the altar will
779. 39:58ever remain it God you gave it to me
780. 40:05God mama loves you
781. 40:09Samuel mama loves you
782. 40:12Samuel
783. 40:14Samuel you don't belong to Mama you
784. 40:18belong to the
785. 40:21ages Samuel you don't belong to
786. 40:25Mama you belong to the god that heard
787. 40:28Mama's
788. 40:31Prayer and I was looking in
789. 40:34this in this
790. 40:37story I was looking in this
791. 40:43story of course later in 2 and 21 the
792. 40:47Lord visited Hannah she conceived she
793. 40:49Beed three sons and two
794. 40:51daughters in verse 21 it said and the
795. 40:55child s Samuel
796. 40:58grew before the
797. 41:01Lord verse 26 and the child Samuel grew
798. 41:07on and was in
799. 41:11favor with the Lord and also with
800. 41:17men three and
801. 41:20one after the child ministered unto the
802. 41:24Lord before elow listen to this for the
803. 41:27word of God was precious that means it
804. 41:30was rarely given they wasn't getting
805. 41:32anything from the Lord because of
806. 41:35the backslid of of Eli and there was no
807. 41:40open
808. 41:45vision and Samuel
809. 41:47is went to
810. 41:55bed
811. 41:59he might have been growing but I'm going
812. 42:00to tell you what you listen to me you
813. 42:02listen to
814. 42:04me he's not growing he's not
815. 42:07outgrowing his love for
816. 42:10Mama he's missing his mother he's
817. 42:14missing his mother because he is a
818. 42:17child he is not a superhuman he is a
819. 42:21child oh I'm going to tell you it and
820. 42:25this
821. 42:27I'm sorry
822. 42:30I forgive me I don't have a lot of
823. 42:34patience with this charismatic
824. 42:36Pentecostal Bunch that's not willing to
825. 42:39sacrifice
826. 42:41anything and want to go back and pick up
827. 42:44everything they ever laid down they're
828. 42:46going to go back and pick up
829. 42:50everything and they're want you to give
830. 42:52them 14 verses for everything
831. 42:59but that woman said you gave him to me
832. 43:02and I'm giving him to you she woke up in
833. 43:06the morning missing him yes she went to
834. 43:09bed missing him but it gave it to you
835. 43:13God can you imagine how it would be in
836. 43:16being raised in that
837. 43:18old house with old blind
838. 43:22Eli and his old debauched boys
839. 43:26and
840. 43:29uh and mama not
841. 43:34there one night he's laid
842. 43:39down and a voice rings in his
843. 43:43room and says
844. 43:48Samuel Samuel
845. 43:51yes and the boy raises up and he goes
846. 43:55into
847. 43:57Eli's
848. 44:03room you know what the voice of the Lord
849. 44:06sounded so much like the voice of the
850. 44:08preacher that's right he thought it was
851. 44:10the preacher
852. 44:12calling there's a little lesson in that
853. 44:15too and he and
854. 44:17he Eli said oh I'm not called
855. 44:22you go back to
856. 44:24bed and go back and he lays down
857. 44:28and
858. 44:32Samuel
859. 44:35Samuel and Samuel's up and
860. 44:40he's back in Eli room Yes
861. 44:44master I I've not I've not called you
862. 44:48but something hits even old backslid
863. 44:51Eli's
864. 44:54heart
865. 44:58his mind goes
866. 45:00back to that lady's prayer meeting all
867. 45:05right and how she had come and gave this
868. 45:08boy to
869. 45:09God said Samuel it's not I that called
870. 45:12thee but evident it's the
871. 45:15Lord if he calls you
872. 45:18again why don't you say here am I
873. 45:22Lord and the voice came again and the
874. 45:25voice said
875. 45:27said
876. 45:30Samuel
877. 45:32Samuel then Samuel answered
878. 45:36speak for thy servant
879. 45:40heareth oh it was
880. 45:44bad it was bad
881. 45:46news God told how he was going to
882. 45:49destroy the house of
883. 45:53Eli verse 15 said in Samuel lay until
884. 45:57morning and open up the doors of the
885. 45:59house of the Lord and He feared to show
886. 46:03the vision to
887. 46:06Eli and he told him watch verse 19 he
888. 46:10didn't hold back anything verse 19 and
889. 46:13Samuel grew that's the third time and
890. 46:17the Lord was with
891. 46:20him and the Lord was with him and did
892. 46:24let none of his word fall to the ground
893. 46:27and all Israel from Dan to
894. 46:31BBA knew that
895. 46:34Samuel was established to be the prophet
896. 46:37of the
897. 46:39Lord God raised this young man
898. 46:46up to be the great prophet of the
899. 46:50Lord in
900. 46:52Israel he's going to be so great he's
901. 46:55going to be be so
902. 46:59great he's going to anoint the first
903. 47:04king and he's going to be that King's
904. 47:09consultant he's going to be so great
905. 47:11he's going to anoint Israel's second
906. 47:15king best I can figure this out
907. 47:20somewhere
908. 47:22around 20
909. 47:24some 20 some
910. 47:27years not only did did did
911. 47:31Samuel reign as a
912. 47:34prophet but Samuel judged Israel as a
913. 47:38ruler then he made isra he made
914. 47:41intercession for Israel as a priest so
915. 47:45he's a prophet he was a
916. 47:48priest and he was a
917. 47:52judge
918. 47:54and the nation was
919. 47:57shaped by this
920. 47:59man the nation was shaped by this here
921. 48:02was a man that here is a man that didn't
922. 48:05care to look the Old King in the face
923. 48:08and
924. 48:09said well if you've done all the Lord
925. 48:12said to do what says I hear Lo in my ear
926. 48:15right that's right said don't you know
927. 48:17to it's better to obey than the
928. 48:19sacrifice that's right so don't you know
929. 48:22stubbornness is is as
930. 48:24idolatry and Rebellion is as the sin of
931. 48:28Witchcraft he said because I have
932. 48:31rejected the word of the Lord the Lord
933. 48:33is rejected thee from being king of
934. 48:36Israel but can you see old Saul is proud
935. 48:40and Hy and stry as he was like an old
936. 48:47peacock Old Samuel looked at him and
937. 48:49said you know
938. 48:51what and God's got a better man than you
939. 48:57that's going to be the king of Israel
940. 48:59You're not IR replaceable old buddy God
941. 49:02punched your
942. 49:05car God sends Old Samuel
943. 49:08down to Jesse's
944. 49:10house to pour the oil on Jesse's head on
945. 49:15on David's head what a what a what
946. 49:19a what a prophet what a what a
947. 49:24prophet
948. 49:26he goes on till the 25th chapter 1
949. 49:31Samuel and it said and Samuel died 25
950. 49:34and one Samuel died and all the
951. 49:37Israelites were gathered together and
952. 49:39lamented and buried him in his house at
953. 49:43ramth and David Rose and went down to
954. 49:46the Wilderness of
955. 49:50Pon my what
956. 49:53a what a legacy
957. 49:57those years
958. 49:58that
959. 50:00Samuel
960. 50:03judged then he nearly lived to the end
961. 50:06of Saul's pretty close to the end of
962. 50:09Saul's Reign so you're talking somewhere
963. 50:12maybe between 50 to 60
964. 50:16years that this this man
965. 50:20Reign walk with God change the landscape
966. 50:26of
967. 50:27Israel change the history of
968. 50:30Israel he was going to be the one that
969. 50:34he anointed David he anointed
970. 50:37Saul he was the man of God that sought
971. 50:41God for
972. 50:43Israel and there would have never been a
973. 50:49Samuel if there hadn't been a
974. 50:53woman that said I'm not going to take
975. 50:57no for an
976. 51:00answer there will Israel's history would
977. 51:03not have been the
978. 51:06same if there had not been I'm glad in
979. 51:09the
980. 51:09time of a backslid
981. 51:13priesthood there was a Praying
982. 51:17moment that held on to the
983. 51:21altar God I have a
984. 51:24son I can't be
985. 51:27bearen my enem is oppressing
986. 51:31me Hannah's House became
987. 51:34full with the boys and the girls and the
988. 51:42grandchildren they was there to give her
989. 51:46Comfort but Samuel was always there was
990. 51:50always a distance brother cotton that
991. 51:52distance was always there because
992. 51:56she gave
993. 51:58him to the
994. 52:01Lord anybody want to give anything to
995. 52:03the Lord
996. 52:04today this is kind of a different way to
997. 52:07end this
998. 52:08service if brother Daniel would man I'd
999. 52:11like for you to sing that song
1000. 52:14again
1001. 52:17nothing laid on the
1002. 52:23altar oh I wish wish there was a Praying
1003. 52:26Woman here in this
1004. 52:27church wish there was a praying man in
1005. 52:30this
1006. 52:35church said they're making fun of me but
1007. 52:38I'm still
1008. 52:39praying Hallelujah I prayed last year it
1009. 52:42didn't
1010. 52:43happen but I'm back with El can and I'm
1011. 52:46back praying
1012. 52:49again my spirit is so broke only my
1013. 52:52mouth can move I can't even make any
1014. 52:54sound
1015. 52:59[Laughter]
1016. 53:03I love you
1017. 53:05Jesus
1018. 53:07amen go right ahead brother thank you
1019. 53:11Jesus I own an
1020. 53:15interest to a
1021. 53:18city streets
1022. 53:20of the pis oh yes and
1023. 53:26somay all
1024. 53:28Heaven going to be
1025. 53:34mine Lord
1026. 53:37sometimes I'm
1027. 53:40ashamed and I
1028. 53:43must confess anybody when I compare want
1029. 53:47to put anything on the altar this
1030. 53:50[Music]
1031. 53:52morning sorry Lord I've been an Indian
1032. 53:55giv her I told you I'd lay it there but
1033. 53:58I took it back home with me but I'm
1034. 53:59laying it there
1035. 54:03today a
1036. 54:05city
1037. 54:06[Music]
1038. 54:13[Music]
1039. 54:15stre Lord to
1040. 54:19[Music]
1041. 54:21be Lord
1042. 54:24sometimes Lord I'm
1043. 54:27ashamed I'm going to I'm going to
1044. 54:31confess when I
1045. 54:34compare what was given to the things
1046. 54:43[Music]
1047. 54:45I Lord nothing left
1048. 54:48on the
1049. 54:51altar will
1050. 54:53ever be
1051. 54:56lost no
1052. 54:59matter Lord how
1053. 55:01great be the
1054. 55:06cross oh it
1055. 55:09may may be
1056. 55:13riches fam
1057. 55:15our
1058. 55:18success with my
1059. 55:20own all the altars Lord these
1060. 55:26I
1061. 55:31possess I own
1062. 55:33the or to a
1063. 55:36city talking about streets of the pis
1064. 55:41goope oh and
1065. 55:44someday all
1066. 55:47Heaven going to be
1067. 55:53M oh
1068. 55:55times Lord I'm
1069. 55:58ashamed and I'm going to I'm going to
1070. 56:03confess when I
1071. 56:06compare what was
1072. 56:08given to the things I
1073. 56:16possess I own an
1074. 56:19interest to a
1075. 56:22city with streets of of the purest
1076. 56:27go and
1077. 56:30someday all of
1078. 56:32Heaven going to be
1079. 56:35[Music]
1080. 56:39mine
1081. 56:41sometimes Lord I'm
1082. 56:44ashamed I must I must
1083. 56:49confess when I
1084. 56:51compare what was given to the things
1085. 56:57I
1086. 57:00[Music]
1087. 57:07[Applause]
1088. 57:12[Music]
1089. 57:23possess
1090. 57:25[Music]
1091. 57:46Lord give us some
1092. 57:48folks that have changed
1093. 57:51history changed
1094. 57:53destinies
1095. 57:56oh I love you
1096. 57:59Jesus thank you
1097. 58:02Father thank you
1098. 58:05Father oo thank you
1099. 58:09Father want to give him all how about
1100. 58:12you