When You Kneel Before God You Can Stand Before Anyone | A Blessed Morning Prayer — Transcript

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1. 0:00If you're to turn on the news and pick
2. 0:02up a newspaper, it's very clear that
3. 0:04there's a lot going on in the world
4. 0:06today. And chances are there's a lot
5. 0:08going on in your life. Trouble [music]
6. 0:11is real. Affliction is real. Spiritual
7. 0:15warfare is real.
8. 0:17Life and everything that comes with it,
9. 0:20as unreal as it may feel at times, is
10. 0:23very real.
11. 0:25But I want to remind you of something
12. 0:26today. something that should change the
13. 0:29way you face every battle, every
14. 0:31setback, and every attack the enemy
15. 0:33throws at you. The Bible says in
16. 0:36Ephesians 1 18 to 21,
17. 0:39I pray that your hearts will be flooded
18. 0:41with light so that you can see something
19. 0:43of the future [music] he has called you
20. 0:45to share. I pray that you will begin to
21. 0:48understand how incredibly great his
22. 0:50power is to help those who believe him.
23. 0:53It's that same mighty power that raised
24. 0:56Christ Jesus from [music] the dead and
25. 0:58seated him in the place of honor at
26. 1:00God's right hand in heaven, far, far
27. 1:03above any other king or ruler [music] or
28. 1:05dictator or leader.
29. 1:08Now, I want you to hear that the same
30. 1:11power that raised Christ from the dead
31. 1:14is available to those who believe.
32. 1:18Not a lesser power, not a diluted
33. 1:20version, the same mighty [music] power,
34. 1:23the resurrection power of God Almighty
35. 1:26is at work [music] in you. And so
36. 1:29although you may be hardpressed on every
37. 1:31side, you're not crushed.
38. 1:34You might be [music] discouraged, but
39. 1:36you're not destroyed.
40. 1:38Although you're perplexed, you've not
41. 1:40been driven to despair.
42. 1:42The bottom line is this. Regardless of
43. 1:46how bad or how messed up you think
44. 1:48[music] your situation is, you're not
45. 1:51forsaken.
46. 1:53The Bible says in 1 John 4:4, [music]
47. 1:57little children, you are from God and
48. 2:00have overcome them. For he who is in you
49. 2:04is greater than he who is in the world.
50. 2:07Greater is he who is in [music] you than
51. 2:11he who is in the world. The one who is
52. 2:15in you, the one who is in your heart,
53. 2:18the one who is called Jesus Christ is
54. 2:22powerful. He's more powerful than the
55. 2:25one who is in the world.
56. 2:27More powerful than every principality,
57. 2:29[music]
58. 2:30more powerful than every ruler of
59. 2:32darkness, and more powerful than every
60. 2:34spiritual force of wickedness in the
61. 2:36heavenly realm.
62. 2:38Now, if you really knew this, if you
63. 2:41really believed it, if you were truly
64. 2:43convinced that Jesus Christ, your Lord
65. 2:46and [music] Savior, is greater than he
66. 2:48who is in the world, then you would be
67. 2:50confident in every battle, confident
68. 2:54even when under attack.
69. 2:56I want you to meditate on David's words
70. 2:58in Psalm 27:3.
71. 3:02Though a mighty army surrounds me, my
72. 3:04heart will not be afraid.
73. 3:07Even if I am attacked, I will remain
74. 3:10confident.
75. 3:12Now, why would David take such a stance?
76. 3:16Because victory [music] is certain with
77. 3:18Jesus Christ. The devil may attack.
78. 3:21[music] He might scheme against you, but
79. 3:23one thing he cannot do is take away the
80. 3:26hope you have in Jesus Christ. He can
81. 3:29never take away the faith you have in
82. 3:31Jesus Christ. And as long as you have
83. 3:34faith, nothing is impossible.
84. 3:38Think about David standing before
85. 3:40Goliath, a shepherd boy against a 9- ft
86. 3:44giant in full battle armor.
87. 3:47The entire army of Israel had been
88. 3:49paralyzed by fear for 40 days. No one
89. 3:53would fight. No one would step [music]
90. 3:55forward
91. 3:56because they measured the giant against
92. 3:58their own strength. By that measure, the
93. 4:01giant was unbeatable.
94. 4:04But David didn't measure Goliath against
95. 4:06his own strength. He measured Goliath
96. 4:08against the God who was in him. And he
97. 4:11said in 1st Samuel 17, "You come against
98. 4:15me with sword and spear and javelin. But
99. 4:18I come against you in the name of the
100. 4:20Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of
101. 4:23Israel, whom you have defied.
102. 4:26This day [music] the Lord will deliver
103. 4:28you into my hands and the whole world
104. 4:31will know that there is a God in Israel.
105. 4:35David wasn't confident in his sling. He
106. 4:38wasn't confident in his skill, but he
107. 4:41was confident in the God who was greater
108. 4:44than the giant. And one stone brought
109. 4:48Goliath down because greater was the God
110. 4:51in David than the giant [music] in the
111. 4:54valley.
112. 4:55Think about Elisha in 2 Kings chapter 6.
113. 4:59The king of Aram sent a great army with
114. 5:01horses [music] and chariots to surround
115. 5:03the city of Dothan in the night. When
116. 5:06Elisha's servant woke up in the morning
117. 5:07and saw the army surrounding them, he
118. 5:10panicked. He said, "Oh no, my lord, what
119. 5:13shall we do?" And Elisha's response is
120. 5:16one of the most powerful statements of
121. 5:18faith in [music] the entire Bible. He
122. 5:21said, "Do not fear, for those who are
123. 5:24with us are more than those who are with
124. 5:27them." And then he prayed, "Lord, open
125. 5:31his eyes so he may see."
126. 5:34And the Lord opened the servant's eyes,
127. 5:37and he looked up, and the hills were
128. 5:39full of horses and chariots of fire all
129. 5:42around Elisha.
130. 5:44an army of heaven, invisible to the
131. 5:47natural eye, but more real than the army
132. 5:50[music] on the ground.
133. 5:52Greater were those who were in Elijah,
134. 5:56than those who were against him.
135. 5:59And greater is he who was in you than he
136. 6:02who was in the world. You may only see
137. 6:05the enemy's army with your natural eyes,
138. 6:08but if God were to open your spiritual
139. 6:10eyes right now, you would see the hosts
140. 6:13of heaven surrounding you, chariots of
141. 6:15fire on every hill, angels encamped on
142. 6:19every side, and you would understand
143. 6:22that you have never been outnumbered,
144. 6:24not for a single day of your life. And
145. 6:28this is why Jesus said in Matthew 21:21,
146. 6:32"I assure you and most solemnly say to
147. 6:35you, if you have faith and do not doubt,
148. 6:39you will not only do what was done to
149. 6:41the fig tree, but even if you say to
150. 6:44this mountain, be taken up and thrown
151. 6:47into the sea," it will happen.
152. 6:51If you have faith in Jesus, if you trust
153. 6:54him, if you have confidence in him, then
154. 6:57you will never be crushed by [music] the
155. 6:58enemy. You will never be led to despair.
156. 7:02You will not be destroyed or broken by
157. 7:04the evil one. And it's all because you
158. 7:08have faith. Faith that knows greater is
159. 7:12he who is in me than he who is in the
160. 7:16world.
161. 7:17The mountains in your life, the
162. 7:19obstacles, the impossibilities, the
163. 7:22things that look immovable,
164. 7:24they're not bigger than the God who
165. 7:26lives inside you. And faith doesn't just
166. 7:29[music] acknowledge that God is big.
167. 7:31Faith speaks to the mountain tells it to
168. 7:34move. Because the authority of Jesus
169. 7:37Christ, the one who is in you, is
170. 7:40greater than any mountain this world
171. 7:43[music] can produce.
172. 7:45Think about Peter. Before the Holy
173. 7:47Spirit came, [music] Peter denied Jesus
174. 7:50three times around a fire.
175. 7:53He was afraid of a servant girl. He was
176. 7:55crushed by his own weakness.
177. 7:58But after Pentecost, [music]
178. 8:00after the one who was greater came to
179. 8:03live inside him, Peter stood before
180. 8:06thousands and preached with a boldness
181. 8:08that shook Jerusalem.
182. 8:11The same man who ran from a servant girl
183. 8:14now stood before the rulers [music] who
184. 8:17had crucified Jesus and said, "Salvation
185. 8:21is [music] found in no one else."
186. 8:24So what changed? Not Peter's
187. 8:26personality, not his [music] education,
188. 8:29not even his circumstances.
189. 8:32What changed was who was living inside
190. 8:34him. The Holy Spirit. The same power
191. 8:38that [music] raised Christ from the
192. 8:40dead. And that power turned a [music]
193. 8:43coward into a world changer.
194. 8:46That same power is in you right now. If
195. 8:50you've given your life to Jesus Christ,
196. 8:52the Holy [music] Spirit lives in you.
197. 8:56And he is greater than every fear, every
198. 8:58attack, every scheme, and every giant
199. 9:01that has ever come against you.
200. 9:04And here's one more truth that I want to
201. 9:06anchor in your heart today.
202. 9:09Not only is the one who is in you
203. 9:11greater than the one who is in the
204. 9:13world,
205. 9:14but nothing can separate you from his
206. 9:17love.
207. 9:19The Bible says in Romans 8:38-39,
208. 9:22[music]
209. 9:23"For I am persuaded that neither death
210. 9:26nor life, nor angels, nor
211. 9:28principalities, nor powers, nor things
212. 9:32present, nor things to come, nor height,
213. 9:35nor depth, nor any other created thing
214. 9:39shall be able to separate us from the
215. 9:41love of God, which is in Christ Jesus
216. 9:44our Lord."
217. 9:47Nothing.
218. 9:49Not death. Not life, not angels, not
219. 9:52demons, not the present, not the future,
220. 9:56not height, not depth, not any created
221. 10:01thing in all of existence.
222. 10:04Nothing can separate you from the love
223. 10:07of God in Christ Jesus.
224. 10:10The enemy can attack you, but he cannot
225. 10:12separate you from God's love. He can
226. 10:15wound [music] you, but he cannot remove
227. 10:17you from God's hand. He can trouble you,
228. 10:21but he cannot destroy the foundation you
229. 10:23stand on.
230. 10:25Because that foundation is Jesus Christ,
231. 10:28and he who is in you is greater.
232. 10:32Now, let us pray.
233. 10:35Heavenly Father, your mercies are new
234. 10:37every [music] morning and your
235. 10:39faithfulness towards us is unmatched.
236. 10:43We understand that [music] this life
237. 10:44will bring its own challenges, its own
238. 10:47tests and trials. But we look to you
239. 10:50always, Lord. Our faith will be placed
240. 10:53in you. Our hope will be placed in you.
241. 10:56[music]
242. 10:57And we are so grateful to know that we
243. 10:59have an almighty God who cares for us.
244. 11:02We declare your word in First [music]
245. 11:04John 4:4.
246. 11:07Greater is he who is in you than he who
247. 11:10is in the world.
248. 11:12Lord, you are greater. Greater than
249. 11:16every enemy, greater than every
250. 11:18obstacle, greater than every mountain
251. 11:21that stands [music] in our way. Because
252. 11:24you live inside us, we carry your
253. 11:26authority wherever we go. In every
254. 11:29battle, [music]
255. 11:30in every storm, in every valley, greater
256. 11:34is he who is in us.
257. 11:37We declare your word in Romans 8:35.
258. 11:41Who shall separate us from the love of
259. 11:43Christ? Shall tribulation or distress or
260. 11:48persecution or famine or nakedness or
261. 11:52peril or sword?
262. 11:55Nothing can separate us from your love,
263. 11:57Jesus. Nothing we face, nothing that
264. 12:00comes against us, nothing the enemy
265. 12:03[music] can devise. Your love is
266. 12:05unbreakable. Your love is unconquerable.
267. 12:09and we stand secure in it today.
268. 12:12Father, many times our [music] natural
269. 12:14eyes will only see the mountains and the
270. 12:16giants of impossibility all around us.
271. 12:20We pray that you would open our
272. 12:21spiritual eyes. Open them as you open
273. 12:24the eyes of Elisha's servant so that we
274. 12:26can see the angels that encamp around
275. 12:28us. So that we can see the chariots of
276. 12:31fire on the hills. So that we can see
277. 12:33the favor and grace that you have placed
278. 12:36over our lives.
279. 12:38And father, I pray that we may come to a
280. 12:40fuller, deeper knowledge of the Lord and
281. 12:42Savior Jesus Christ. And not just head
282. 12:44knowledge, but heart knowledge. The kind
283. 12:47of knowledge that transforms the way we
284. 12:49live, the way we speak, the way we love.
285. 12:53I pray, Father [music] God, that we may
286. 12:55be conformed to the likeness of your
287. 12:57son, Jesus, in our deeds, in our words,
288. 13:00and in our thoughts, in our motives.
289. 13:04And when you call the righteous to spend
290. 13:06eternity with you, Lord, [music] I pray
291. 13:08that we may be among them.
292. 13:11Lord Jesus, I pray that we may live God-
293. 13:13centered lives that honor your name and
294. 13:16never bring shame to it. And I pray that
295. 13:18we be obedient, loving, pure, humble,
296. 13:22[music] and compassionate, and willing
297. 13:24to serve as you served.
298. 13:27You who taught us your disciples that
299. 13:30greatness [music] comes through serving
300. 13:31others. Give us hearts that simply live
301. 13:35to worship you, oh Lord our God. Instill
302. 13:38in us the fear of the Lord, which your
303. 13:40word says is the beginning of wisdom. I
304. 13:43pray that [music] the Holy Spirit will
305. 13:45develop us and mold our character. Let
306. 13:48our lives become testimonies so that
307. 13:50unbelievers may be drawn to [music] you,
308. 13:52Lord, when they see what you have done
309. 13:54in us.
310. 13:56I pray that the Holy Spirit would fill
311. 13:57us with boldness and courage.
312. 14:00remind us [music] that we are no longer
313. 14:02slaves to fear, but children of God.
314. 14:05That we've not been given a spirit of
315. 14:07fear, but of power and love and a sound
316. 14:11mind.
317. 14:12Help us to realize, Lord Jesus, that a
318. 14:15true righteous way of living is what you
319. 14:18describe in Matthew 16 24-2.
320. 14:23Then Jesus told his disciples, "If
321. 14:26anyone would come after me, let him deny
322. 14:29himself and take up his cross and follow
323. 14:32me. For whoever would save his life will
324. 14:36lose it, but whoever loses his life for
325. 14:39my sake will find it." Lord, you call us
326. 14:43to deny ourselves and set aside selfish
327. 14:46interests. You call [music] us to take
328. 14:48up our cross, to express a willingness
329. 14:51to endure whatever may come [music] for
330. 14:53your sake. Give us hearts and minds that
331. 14:56are committed to following you. Give us
332. 14:58a spirit [music] of humility that says,
333. 15:00"More of you, Lord, and less of me."
334. 15:04Father, I pray for every person
335. 15:05listening right now who feels
336. 15:07hardpressed.
337. 15:08One who feels crushed by circumstances.
338. 15:11The one who's perplexed and confused
339. 15:13about what's happening in their life.
340. 15:16the one who's wondering whether God has
341. 15:17forsaken them. Lord, remind them today.
342. 15:21They are not forsaken. They are not
343. 15:24destroyed. They are not [music]
344. 15:26abandoned.
345. 15:28Greater is he who is in them than
346. 15:30anything that [music] is coming against
347. 15:32them.
348. 15:34Lord, I pray that your presence would
349. 15:35always be with us. May your presence
350. 15:38surround us always. Watch over our
351. 15:41steps, Lord. And while we do not know
352. 15:44what's ahead, we pray that you'll go
353. 15:46before us and give us the grace to
354. 15:49conquer whatever comes our way.
355. 15:52We praise you, Lord. Because the same
356. 15:55power that raised Christ from the dead
357. 15:57is alive and at [music] work in us. We
358. 16:01are not fighting with human strength. We
359. 16:04are carrying resurrection power. And
360. 16:07that power has never been defeated.
361. 16:10We praise you because nothing can
362. 16:12separate us from your love. Not
363. 16:15tribulation, not distress, not
364. 16:18persecution, not famine, not the sword,
365. 16:22nothing in all of creation. Your love
366. 16:26holds us. Your love keeps us and your
367. 16:29love will carry us through.
368. 16:33We praise you because greater [music] is
369. 16:35he who is in us than he who is in the
370. 16:38world.
371. 16:40We are overcomers. We are more than
372. 16:43conquerors.
373. 16:44And the victory that has already been
374. 16:46won at the cross is the victory we walk
375. 16:49in today.
376. 16:51We thank you for hearing this prayer. In
377. 16:54the mighty name of Jesus Christ, I pray.
378. 16:58Amen.
379. 17:00Now, I want to encourage you to meditate
380. 17:01on Psalm 121. The Bible reads,
381. 17:06"I look up to the mountains. Does my
382. 17:09help come from there?"
383. 17:11My help comes from the Lord who made
384. 17:14heaven [music] and earth. He will not
385. 17:17let you stumble. The one who watches
386. 17:19over you will not slumber.
387. 17:22Indeed, he who watches over Israel never
388. 17:26[music] slumbers or sleeps.
389. 17:28The Lord himself watches over you. The
390. 17:32Lord stands beside you as your
391. 17:34protective shade. The sun will not harm
392. 17:37you by day, nor the moon at [music]
393. 17:40night. The Lord keeps you from all harm
394. 17:44and watches over your life.
395. 17:47The Lord keeps watch over you as you
396. 17:49come and go, both now and forever.
397. 17:56The Bible says in Ephesians 1 [music]
398. 17:5818-21,
399. 18:00I pray that your hearts will be flooded
400. 18:02with light so that you can see something
401. 18:04of the future he has called you to
402. 18:06share. I pray that you [music] will
403. 18:08begin to understand how incredibly great
404. 18:10his power is to help those who believe
405. 18:13him.
406. 18:14It's that same mighty power that raised
407. 18:16Christ Jesus from the dead and seated
408. 18:19him in the place of honor at God's right
409. 18:21hand in heaven, far, far above any other
410. 18:25king or ruler [music] or dictator or
411. 18:27leader.
412. 18:29The Bible says in 1 John 4:4,
413. 18:33"Little children, you are from God and
414. 18:36have overcome them. For he who is in you
415. 18:40is greater than he who is in the world.
416. 18:46Though a mighty army surrounds me, my
417. 18:49heart will not be afraid.
418. 18:52Even if I am attacked, I will remain
419. 18:55confident.
420. 18:58I assure you and most solemnly say to
421. 19:00you, if you have faith and do not doubt,
422. 19:05you will not only do what was done to
423. 19:06the fig tree, but even [music] if you
424. 19:09say to this mountain, "Be taken up and
425. 19:12thrown into the sea," it will happen.