Prophetic Conference 2016 (Saturday AM) - Pastor Danny Bonilla (May 28, 2016) | Life Bible Church

In the worship service. It can happen in your

car. It can happen in your prayer closet. God

wants to meet with you. And he wants you to ascend

to where he is at. I believe he wants you to

have that experience. Even John said in a moment.

In the spirit. I heard a voice of the Lord calling

to me. In an open door. And in a moment. In that

moment. I was in heaven. I was in the presence

of God. Well through the spirit of God. We do

have access to the very presence of God. You

know. I learned this at the age of 17 when I

was just... Coming into the kingdom. I was saved

at the age of 17. Filled with the Holy Ghost.

Right after I was saved. And one of my first

experiences. Actually the first miracle I ever

saw. In my ministry. As a young man. And I didn't

even know what ministry was in those days. But

it was what. First work that God allowed me to

do. Was after I had separated myself. To seek

the Lord. I spent some time fasting and praying.

And in a worship service at a camp meeting. Because

I was so exhausted. And having never fasted three

days for a young man, 17 of age, you try fasting

for three days and it's like a nightmare. And

so I was exhausted, depleted. And in the middle

of the service when the preacher came on, I fell

asleep. After we were in worship and in prayer,

I just fell asleep where I was. Thank God nobody

woke me up. But the Spirit of God began to speak

to me. Because even when your body is tired,

your spirit is awake. Amen. Your spirit doesn't

fall asleep. Your spirit should be awake. Amen.

And that inner man has awakened you. And I heard

a voice of the Lord. And I began to see some

things in my dream. I thought I was dreaming.

But it was the Lord speaking to me. And I believe

what pastor said. That we need to be able to

see and hear. Even the prophet Habakkuk said.

I will position myself. In Habakkuk chapter 2.

Habakkuk 2 · chapter mention

I will position myself to see what the Lord will

speak to me. There is that seeing part. Of hearing

the voice of the Lord. And God wants to use all

of our senses. So that we can perceive. his word.

And part of it is our faculties of seeing. Maybe

not the eyes, the natural eye at times. Maybe

it's the eyes of your understanding. Maybe it's

through a dream. But God can jump into any one

of our dreams whenever he wants and bring us

a word of direction. Well, I fell asleep and

I saw myself. Receiving instructions from the

Lord. And he told me to rise from that place.

Where I was asleep. And I knew I was asleep.

In my dream. And he said rise from here. And

go to a certain area. And he gave me directions

where to go. And there was. He said I would find

some people there. That were waiting for me.

And that he would heal this person. Who needed

healing. And that God was going to restore. Was

going to heal this young man. Well I thought

everybody would. be in the meeting in my own

nature. I woke up out of my dream with that instruction.

I looked around, and while the service was going,

here I have this urgency of the Holy Spirit.

Get up and do it now. I gave you this word. So

I get up. I'm 17 years old for the first time.

Actually hearing, I was praying and fasting for

one petition. I had been filled with the Holy

Ghost. Now I was praying and fasting to be able

to prophesy and to have the gifts of the Spirit.

I was pursuing earnestly the gifts of the Holy

Ghost. And this is when my ears, I believe, got

unplugged. As I heard in this dream, I heard

the voice of the Lord clearly. I woke up. It

spoke to me. And now I'm hearing the voice of

God. While the preacher's preaching, I'm hearing

God saying, get up from here and go to where

I told you. So I get up, follow the instructions

of the Lord, and it takes me out to the outside

of that same campground. They had a freestanding

chapel over this cliff. And under the chapel,

there was a little prayer room that people would

go to pray. And there were these metal steps

that would go down to that prayer room. So I

began to go down these steps. That's what he

was showing me exactly in my dreams. So I saw

the steps. I walked down to this place. It's

my first time in this camp. And as I walk down,

I hear somebody call my name out. And they said,

Danny, is that you? And now I know. They couldn't

see me because they were around the corner. But

when they heard me, they were expecting me. Just

like God told me. So I walk down and I find two

young men. One cannot speak. He's a mute. The

other one. Is the one talking. And I said how

do you know my name? And he said last night while

we were praying. God spoke to us. And spoke to

this man. To this young man. And he was a mute.

He couldn't talk. So he wrote my name in his

Bible. And he was crying because the Lord said

I'm going to heal you. I'm going to send Danny

to lay hands on you. And you're going to be healed.

So. He communicated that through sign language.

And the young man tells me now, and he shows

me the Bible with his tears that had blotted

out where he had marked out my name. And so here

God is speaking to somebody about me, and he's

speaking to me about them. Through prayer and

intercession, I had spent time in the presence

of God. Now, for the first time, I'm hearing

the voice of God. And now I'm there. How many

of you know when you see something like that,

your faith is going to get built up? I didn't

need any more faith. I just said, all right,

this is enough for me to fly with this. We're

going to believe God for a miracle. God told

me in my dream that he's going to heal you. I

spoke the word. And when I laid hands on him,

he immediately burst out. Sound came out of his

mouth. And he began to sing. He began to sing

before the Lord. His voice came back fully. And

he began to sing. And words began to be articulated.

Then he began to fill with the Holy Spirit. And

he began to sing in the Spirit. I was blown away.

This is my first time I see something like the

power of God flow by the laying out of hands.

And as I laid hands and I saw this explosion

of a miracle in front of my eyes, I just was

blown away. And that night he sang for the entire

camp meeting because it was a miracle that was

made public to everybody and he was healed. I

thank God for miracles like that. I believe God

wants to do them with every one of us. It's not

just for a few. I believe he wants to quicken

you. I believe that this time that you've separated

into God is going to count. I believe that through

intercession, we can actually bring forth miracles

into the lives of people. And God can speak to

us, give us directions so we can put ourselves

in a position where a miracle can happen. Look

at somebody and say, dare to position yourself.

For the next miracle. And then. I remember. Being

in a service. Years later. Pastoring now in New

York City. In Harlem. Actually it was the very

foundation of our church. We were in what's called

Washington Heights. Upper Manhattan. We still

had not gone right into Harlem. We were in the

upper part of the east side of Manhattan. That's

where we planted our church. And we were there,

and in this old Baptist church that we rented,

our church began to grow. And we were 30 and

50, and we were at a service, and I'm preaching

away, and the Holy Spirit interrupted my message

and said, I want you to do a prophetic act. and

I had he told me exactly what to do get me instructions

so I called one of the crazy young men in my

church to act out what the Holy Spirit was saying

I stopped the service I whispered it brought

him up whispered in his ear he walked away and

I didn't tell the church what was going on but

I had told him to act out the part of a man breaking

through the back to the doors of the sanctuary

crying out how God spared his life and how God

saved him from suicide So he cried, he went after,

I kept preaching and everybody stayed into the

word. And then a few minutes later, he interrupted

my preaching, walked in, ran into the sanctuary

and acted this, I believe it was a prophetic

intercessory act. And so he acted out this thing.

He acted it so well, we started crying. People

started crying. And he fell on his knees. in

front of me and I prayed for him and I then prophesied

to the church this is what will begin to happen

in our ministry I was prophesying about the harvest

and releasing the harvest well we went on with

the service people clapped we went on with the

service that young man sat down and I went on

ending my message all of a sudden before I could

end my message the doors in the back Opened up.

A man runs through. Runs right into the sanctuary

screaming. I was about to jump off this building

in front of this church. At a seven story building.

And the Lord spoke to me. He said I heard God

say go to that church right now. Don't jump.

Run into that building. So he ran into the building

crying out, save me. I was about to commit suicide.

I need help. And he fell right on his knees in

front of me just like we had acted out. The church

just went in awe. One of those awe. This was

a prophetic intercessory act that actually brought

and broke the spirit of suicide off a man. Come

on. Somebody give God a hand. That's the kind

of prophetic intercession I'm talking about.

It's when prophecy and intercessory and prayer

come together. It can happen in worship. It can

happen. Listen, I just love the atmosphere you

guys create in the worship team for the presence

of God. How many can thank God for great worshipers

in the house of God? Come on. If that's the way

you rehearse, I want to be at every rehearsal.

I want to be. I'm an addict for the presence

of God. So here, you know, we're... Just experiencing

God. But God wants to use us and speak to us

in the midst of worship, in the midst of prayer.

He wants to give us instructions. And I was traveling

with my wife through New York City. We were on

the train. And we were heading back to our church's

offices after, I believe, having a meal downtown

New York City. And as we were heading back, the

Lord spoke to me. I had a son of the Lord that

was backslidden and had committed a tremendous

sin. He was one of the leaders of our church,

had fallen away, committed adultery, and he was

so ashamed that he didn't want anybody to see

him. And he hid away, ran off from his family,

and nobody knew where he was. Well, as we were

going up on this train, and we had been in prayer

and fasting for him all weekend, that weekend

as he disappeared, God began to speak to me.

And I heard the voice of the Lord tell me where

he was. So I said to my wife, you keep going

to the office. I'm going to get off this train.

God just told me where to find him. And I followed

the directions of the Lord. I got off at the

right station, walked a few blocks, and to the

building that the Lord pointed out, gave me the

number of the building, walked in. The Lord told

me he was in his basement and that he would have

a shotgun in his hand ready to commit suicide.

So I got there. And when I asked for him at the

front desk, they said, yes, he's downstairs,

I believe. And I went downstairs and found him

in this basement sitting with a shotgun in his

lap, considering blowing his head off, committing

suicide. But God loves people. Even after they

sin, he still loves them. God doesn't change

his love for us. Even when we mess up, he's the

God who will go after us. He was the God who

will reach out to us from the uttermost. He can

save. Can you say amen? How many know he can

still hear prayer? Amen. He can still save. Well,

I spoke to him what God spoke to me. He was shocked

to see me appear because nobody knew where he

was. He said, how did you find me? Who told you?

I was here. I said, the Lord just talked to me.

And I gave him the word of the Lord. And I convinced

him to hand me the shotgun. Not just for his

sake, but my sake too. I wanted to live. So I

didn't want him to get angry and shoot me. But

I got ahold of his shotgun and I was able to

turn his life around, bring him to repentance

and bring him to a decision to come back home

and make it right with God. It was powerful.

And while I was there, I heard the steps coming

down his metal staircase. And the Lord said,

that's the woman that he committed adultery with.

And I gave her the word of the Lord and she got

saved. And never did that relationship ever happen.

And I removed him from that place where he had

any kind of connection there. And God saved that.

He was a leader and became a leader again in

the house of the Lord. God restored him. Listen,

God wants to speak to you. Detailed information.

He wants to speak to you when you're praying.

Prayer is not a monologue. God wants to speak

back. God wants to share with you. He wants to

speak to you in your ear. He wants to open up

your ear. So that you can see this. At one time

corporately we're praying in our church in the

morning. I'll just share this one last story.

Are you okay? This one last story. We're praying

and interceding. It's the beginning of our church.

We're again in that wasward section of New York

City. The upper east side. And we're surrounded

by buildings that are inhabited by people. You

know there are lots of people in every one of

these buildings. Some of them 12, 15 floors,

30 floors. New York City is New York City. Like

no other. the city so here God we're praying

in the church for our city and all of a sudden

the Lord shows me a picture of a window that's

open and the curtains are flying almost in the

wind but there's a candle that's lit that doesn't

go out this lid candle and he says to me I want

you to go and find this house I want to save

a family today and you'll know it by the candle

in the window So I tell everybody, my team's

there. We're all interceding and praying. I said,

everybody, I need your help. New York City's

got a lot of windows. So we go outside. I want

you to describe my vision. I said, let's go out

there. I want you to find, help me find a window

with a candle. I want you to look intensely.

I don't care what floor it is. There's a window

with a candle lit up. And the curtains, there's

some white curtains flying in it. And God is

going to save that family today. So we walked

out in faith, looked around, praying in the spirit.

Oh, God, show us where the window is. As we looked

around, looked at all the buildings, we couldn't

find them. Then we looked to our left, and there

it was. On the fourth or third floor, there was

this window open with a candle lit and the white

curtains. And the Lord said, go. And we rushed,

a team of us rushed through the staircase. It's

like we were going to make an arrest or something.

We rushed in there, arrived at the door, knocked

on the door. And when we opened it, there was

a man in a wheelchair that I had seen in my vision.

He was sitting there and his family, they were

weeping at the moment we arrived. We gave them

the gospel. The Lord moved on that family and

God restored a family unto himself. Can somebody

give God a hand? You need to move on what you

see. You need to move on what you perceive to

be the word of the Lord. God still speaks with

visions and dreams. It's the language of the

Holy Ghost. Amen. So, get ready. Come on. Get

ready to see some things you haven't seen. Get

ready to hear some things you've never heard.

And get ready to act upon some things by faith

in the name of Jesus. Look at somebody and say,

get ready. Amen. I believe that... As we stir

your faith up and faith comes to you by the word

of the Lord. You and I are going to see a manifestation

of the presence of God. I want you to go with

me to Isaiah 59. The prophet Isaiah speaks about

the condition of his city. When the Lord uses

him to bring a message about intercessors. Isaiah

Isaiah 59:12–19

59 verse 12 through 19. It says our wrongdoings

and I'm taking it way down. You can read a little

bit more if you read the whole chapter. Our wrongdoings

pile up. Verse 12. Our wrongdoings pile up. I'm

reading from the message translation. Our wrongdoings

pile up before you, God. Our sins stand up and

accuse us. Our wrongdoings stare us down. We

know in detail what we have done. Mocking and

denying God. Not following our God. Spreading

false rumors. Inciting sedition. Pregnant with

lies. Murdering, muttering malice. Justice is

beneath, is beaten back. Justice is beaten back.

Righteousness is banished to the sidelines. Truth

staggers down the street. Honesty is nowhere

to be found. Good is missing in action. Somebody

say good is missing in action. Sounds like a

description of our day, doesn't it? Anyone renouncing

evil is beaten and robbed. Correct this awful

situation. Correct this awful situation, God.

Here's a prayer of the prophet. Pray, interceding.

God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon.

Listen to this, verse 15. God looked and saw

evil looming on the horizon. There's more evil

to come. How many know? That no matter what happens

as we come to the close of the age. The Bible

says that men will grow even more wicked. But

the holy will grow even more holy. There's going

to be a great separation. And I believe God's

eyes are on the future. He knows no matter what

happens the kingdom of God is going to move forward.

But God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon.

So much evil and no sign of justice. And he couldn't

believe what he saw. Not a soul around to correct

this awful situation. Not a soul around to correct

this awful situation. Well, the new King James

says it this way when it comes to verse 16. It

says, and he wondered that there was no intercessor.

It's the responsibility of intercessors to correct

the situation. You and I can change our world

through prayer. We can change lives through prayer.

We can interrupt. We can bring divine intervention.

We can interrupt suicide. We can interrupt calamity.

We can interrupt the hopelessness in families.

We can bring change. We can bring justice back.

We can restore into people's lives. And while

the world is destined to grow darker and darker.

I believe the church is going to shine brighter

and brighter. Amen. Because of people who can

pray. Because of people who will not just. be

victims of change, victims of darkness, but will

interrupt darkness with intercessory prayer.

I wonder that there was no intercessor, nobody

available. So he did it himself. He took on the

work of salvation, fueled by his own righteousness.

Somebody say fueled by his own righteousness.

I like this language of the message Bible. He

dressed in righteousness. Put it on like a suit

of armor. With salvation on his head like a helmet.

Put on judgment like an overcoat. And threw a

cloak of passion across his shoulders. Just threw

it on his shoulders and said, come on. Nobody's

going to do it. I'm going to do it. And I believe

this has a lot to teach us on what our responsibility

is as an intercessor. Listen to it. Every intercessor

is responsibly chosen from that particular verse.

Nobody found no one to do it, so he took on the

work. I'm going to do it. Number one, take on

the work. Decide to make a difference. Come on.

Can you decide to make a difference? Somebody

say, I'm going to make a difference. It starts

with a confession of your mouth and a commitment.

I'm going to make a difference. I'm not just

going to sit around and let my family be taken.

I'm not going to sit around and let my city be

destroyed. Come on. Somebody's going to have

to do the work. Somebody say it's work. But somebody's

got to do it. And then number two, arm up. Now

how do you arm up for intercessory prayer? With

righteousness. The Bible says that he got dressed,

cloaked with righteousness. Righteousness as

an armor. He put on the right motives. The right...

Purity, righteousness. He got his life right.

If you're going to bring answers to the world,

you better have been living that answer. Amen?

You've got to live. How can we preach a God that

we have not experienced? How can we preach holiness

if we have not experienced holiness? How can

we call people out if we ourselves have not stepped

out of darkness? Arm up. Look at your neighbor

and say, arm up. And that speaks of warfare.

In Ephesians chapter 6 verse 10 says, put on

Ephesians 6:10

the full armor of God so you can stand the wiles

of the devil. Listen, our job is to stand, but

you can't stand in the kingdom without the armor.

So everybody say, arm up. That's what God did

himself. He armed himself with righteousness.

And then it says, he put on the helmet of salvation.

And I believe the helmet of salvation is what

guards your mind. You're focused so that you

can stay focused. This is about saving lives.

This is about salvation. This is not about a

power play. This is not about me doing a show.

This is about bringing lives out of darkness.

This is about breaking the back of the enemy.

This is about trampling the gates of hell. Can

you say amen? Where it has to give up the souls

that he has kept in captivity. The helmet of

salvation. Guard your mind. I'm saved and God

has saved me to save others. I'm healed so I

can heal others. I'm delivered so I can deliver

others. Keep your focus the right way. If you're

going to intercede, make sure your focus is right.

And when it says judgment like an overcoat, he

put on judgment like an overcoat. That's a discerning

authority. That's what judgment is. It's the

ability to discern right from wrong. We've got

too many people in the church, like the world,

they don't want to take sides. We want to emulate

the world. And the world doesn't know the secular

from the sacred. It's mixing the right with the

wrong. And many people in the church are doing

the same thing. We're just kind of become passive.

And we've actually allowed the world to teach

us that we are not who to judge. We can't judge.

That's not what the Bible says. The Bible says

we have an authority to judge. Amen? Hello? Are

you with me? There is an authority. You have

to take a side. Come on. You have to be able

to discern. A discerning authority has got to

come on the church and intercessors can't be

pansy about this. You've got to have an authority

to judge a situation and attack it because you've

got the right discernment. You know where the

wrong is and you're going to pray correctly.

Can you say amen? A discerning authority. And

then I like this one. Passion across his shoulder.

He threw it as a cloak of passion across his

shoulder. Oh, you could have probably gone and

done it without it. But he made sure he added

this. That he put passion across his shoulders.

Well, shoulders are a place of government. And

passion needs to be in that place. It's sealed

under control. You're a zealous, but you're not

going to become foolish. And there's so many

people in intercessory prayer that become zealous

and become foolish in their intercession. Because

they have no restraint. There's no governing

of their emotions. They get weird. Bunch of space

cadets. And that's not what we need. We need

people grounded in the truth. We need people

anchored in the word of God. We need people who

have dominion over their emotions. Amen? God

has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love,

power, and of a sound mind. That soundness of

mind is that dominion, a zeal under control.

Yes, our emotions are involved in worship. Yes,

our emotions are involved in bringing the gospel

to somebody. But they have to be under control,

zeal under control. Can you say amen? How many

want to see a well -balanced church full of the

fire of the Holy Ghost? Maybe you're going to

call to do some things that are extraordinary.

And the only thing between ordinary and extraordinary

is that word extra. Extra, extraordinary, man.

And you've got to believe God. That's where faith

comes in. It puts you above what other people

can do. If you can just do what others can do,

then you're not extraordinary. But when you can

do above, when you can move in the extraordinary

power of the Holy Ghost, I believe that God wants

to use you if you believe him for that kind of

miracle in your life. How many would like to

believe God for some extraordinary things? Come

on. Extraordinary opportunities, extraordinary

healings, extraordinary things going on in your

life. Well, I believe God wants to do it, but

that doesn't mean you just cut loose your emotions

and get crazy. That means that you're going to

bring zeal, passion across his shoulders. There's

government in it. There's a governing factor

in this passion. Are you with me? Let's go to

the next slide. Prophetic intercession is joining

Jesus in prayer. Because if we're going to pray,

and we're talking about intercession, we need

to join Jesus in what he's praying. Prophetic

intercession is to join Jesus in prayer for another.

Taking up their burden through intentional and

directive supplication in the Holy Spirit. For

someone or something until something happens.

Remember what I said yesterday? Push. Somebody

say push. Pray until something happens. And I

believe that intercessory prayer has got to have

that push, that insistency, that ringing of the

bell, that constantly knocking on the door, asking

God, pleading with the Lord, and pushing it to

the very max until you see something happen,

until the miracle is made manifest. Just because

you don't see it when you first pray doesn't

mean that God doesn't want to do it. God might

want... Might want to use. That very manifested.

Manifested miracle. To train your faith. To go

for the extraordinary. Are you with me? So. We're

praying with Jesus. Hebrews chapter 7. The writer

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of Hebrews from verse 24 to 25 says. But he because

he continues forever. Has an unchangeable priesthood.

Therefore he also. Is also able to save. To the

uttermost. Those who come to God through him.

Since he always lives. Somebody say always. Since

he always lives to make intercession for them.

Come on. Can you give the Lord a clap offering

that he's alive and well? He's sitting at the

right hand of the Father. He's making intercession.

He always lives. That's what he lives for. He's

making intercession. Somebody asks you what is

Jesus doing in heaven? He's making intercession.

He is always in prayer. Always praying for the

saints. I believe that as petitions go up and

bombard heaven. I believe that God is beginning

to pray. And he's praying. He's praying. And

I believe that you and I have got to get a hold

of what he's praying about. And part of intercessory

prayer, prophetic intercession, is not just praying.

It's praying what Jesus is praying. It's what

is he praying about? What is on the heart of

Jesus for that family, for that person? And begin

to get the mind of God for that person. Are you

with me? Come on. How many of you want to join

Jesus in prayer? Oh, I thank God that you're

joining each other in prayer. But I think it's

going to be powerful when we all join Jesus together.

And we, as one voice, begin to articulate. The

will of God is. For the city. For the families.

For the communities. In Romans chapter 8 verse

Romans 8:34

34. Who is he who condemns? Is it Christ? Who

died and furthermore is also risen. Who is even

at the right hand of God. Who also makes intercession

for us. Right now. He's making intercession for

us. Look at somebody and say he's praying for

you right now. When you're in trouble, he's praying.

Before even you ask, he's praying. Because he

knows what you're going to ask for. He's the

all -knowing God. He's well ahead of us. Isaiah

62. Listen to Isaiah 62, verse 6 through 7. I

Isaiah 62:6–7

have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem.

They will never be silent, day or night. You

who call on the Lord, give yourself no rest.

You who call on the Lord, you who intercede,

give yourself no rest. The watchmen on the wall,

these are intercessors. Give yourself no rest

and give him no rest. Hello? Give yourself no

rest and what? And give him no rest. That means

you're going to continually ring the bell. You're

going to continually ask. You're going to continually

press into God till he establishes Jerusalem

and makes her the praise of the earth. Until

he does what he needs to do. Don't give yourself

any rest and don't give him any rest. Continue

to press into God. Lord, we need this. Lord,

what is it that you want to do? Lord, and begin

to ask God. Begin to connect with the mind of

the Lord for intercessory prayer. Somebody say,

it's work. That's right. It's going to take some

work. It's not just that little moment of prayer

a day. Oh, I prayed for you. And all they prayed

was a few minutes. Before you were a few seconds

in passing. It's that prayer that goes on. It's

that insisting prayer that prays for you. It's

my little daughter praying for her grandfather.

Before my father was saved, he was a man who

had been backslidden for many, many years. I

had never even known that he was saved. But my

little daughter, when she got saved at the age

of three, the first thing she was concerned about,

what about grandpa? Is grandpa saved? Is he going

to heaven? And we said, right now, we need to

pray. on herself to intercede. In the morning,

waking morning, at breakfast, at lunch, at dinner,

at night, she was consistent with her prayer.

Save Grandpa. Save Papa. Save Papa. Move on Papa.

Holy Spirit, come. She's three years old, interceding.

She got filled with the Holy Spirit while doing

it. Intercession. And she began to pray in the

Spirit, you know, that it wasn't weeks, maybe

a month or two before grandpa had a visitation

from God. My father tells a story that an angel

showed up. The presence of God came, woke him

out of his sleep and said, get up, get dressed,

you're going to church. And he got up with the

fear of God, got dressed, he waited for him,

escorted him to the church where he was going

to get saved, walked with him. All the way to

a church. The doors were open and people were

praying. It was about six something in the morning.

People were praying. Prayer warriors were interceding.

Probably for people in that community. Probably

for people like my dad. And that angel said to

him, go there. Go to that altar and surrender

your life to Christ. And you'll never leave.

My father did so. He looked back and it was gone.

That person who drove him to that place. was

gone. Well, what an incredible experience when

a three -year -old can begin to pray. Children

have a beautiful faith to believe God. I believe

that God wants to use our children, wants to

teach our children early on. If you teach your

children how to touch heaven like that and how

to ascend to heaven and believe God through prayer

that they can bring change. Listen, they'll grow

up to be mighty people who will change their

world. Nothing will be impossible for them. If

you believe that, give the Lord a hand because

I believe he's depositing something. Give yourself

no rest and give yourself no rest and give him

no rest till he establishes Jerusalem. Well,

the message Bible reads, day and night they keep

it, they keep at it. Day and night they keep

at it, praying, calling out, reminding God to

remember. Reminding God to remember. Look at

your neighbor. Would you use this phrase? Tell

him, you need to remind God to remember. Well,

you would think the Almighty, he doesn't need

anybody to remind him. But it's all through your

Bible. Moses reminded God. Abraham reminded God.

Jacob, all of the patriarchs reminded God of

his goodness. Nehemiah reminded God. Daniel reminded

God. When the midst of trouble in Israel, they

rose up to remind God to remember. And I believe,

God, we've lost that at the church. Somehow,

it skipped us. But we need to get back to intercessory

prayer that reminds God, Lord, remember! Remember

what you said about my family. Remember the prophetic

word the prophets gave me. Remember when Bob

Isabel came and gave me that word. Everything

looks contrary, but I want you to remember the

prophets and what they spoke over my family.

Come on, can you say amen? I believe God wants

us to learn how to remind God to remember. Reminding

God to remember. Genesis 9 verse 16. Whenever

Genesis 9:16

the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see

it and remember. The everlasting covenant between

God and all living creatures of every kind on

the earth. God places things that he can remember.

Have you ever done that in your life? Put a marker

so you can remember. Put it on the refrigerator.

You put a note. Put something on your hand like

a ring or something. You tie your string. I've

heard people trying to do things so that they

don't forget. And the older you get, the better

practice it is. How many walk into a room and

you forget why you came into that room? I bend

down and I make sure I pick up everything that

I got to pick up in case I forget anything. Because

I don't want to bend down again. Well, remembering.

Remembering is important. It's important to God.

God is not old and he hasn't grown ancient. But

he is a God who expects people to rise and call

him on his promises. To hold him at his word.

I believe that God wants you and I in intercessory

prayer to remind him to remember. Come on. Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 9:25–26

chapter 9 verse 25 through 26. In the Message

Bible, Deuteronomy 9, verse 25 through 26. When

Deuteronomy 9:25–26

I was on my face, prostrate before God those

40 days and nights after God said he would destroy

you. This is Moses. I prayed to God for you.

My master God, don't destroy your people, your

inheritance, whom in your immense generosity

you redeemed, using your enormous strength to

get them out of Egypt. Moses reminded God of

all of his works and what God did. And he reminded

the people, I prayed for you. I made intercession.

Moses would stand. Every time God wanted to destroy

Israel, it was Moses and Aaron running in the

midst of calamity. Running in the midst of judgment

to stay the judgment of God. Well, somehow God's

raising a church that will stay the judgment

of God over a nation. I believe that... Nations

are being judged by their acts. Because of their

acts, the judgment of God will come on the nations.

But the church can stand to protect the nation.

I believe, I come from the little island of Puerto

Rico. It faces every year, almost every year,

countless storms that make their way through

the Caribbean. All of you have probably seen

it in the news. They're making their way right

to Puerto Rico. It's been here a few times, but

very few times. Because there's a church awake

that have learned that they can turn a storm.

around so what's been happening is our city churches

are getting together in the coliseums to pray

to avert disasters and every mayor of the city

over 50 mayors have called for citywide prayer

meetings where churches are coming together to

pray something is happening in little island

it might be collapsing financially but the glory

of God is ready to move in And storm after storm

coming announced it's going to hit the island.

It's going to hit the little island. It would

have destroyed the island. They averted and it

turns right in front of the island. It goes around

it because of a prayer seal that goes up. Somebody

say intercessory prayer works. Amen. I believe

you can shield your family. You can shield your

city. You can shield your finances. You can shield

your home. You can raise a hedge of protection.

Oh. All right. This is what Moses did. He stood

for the people. Verse 27 to 28, he said, Remember

your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He's

speaking out to God. Don't make too much of the

stubbornness of this people. Think about it,

Moses counseling God. They're evil in their sin.

Lest the Egyptians from whom you rescued them

say, God couldn't do it. He got tired and wasn't

able to take them to the land he promised them.

He ended up hating them and dumped. Them in the

wilderness to die. Moses intercessory prayer.

Was full of wisdom. And he just not. He didn't

just look at the present. And I'm afraid. Our

intercession. Sometimes comes to an end. Because

we look. At sin. And we look at the. Wrong with

people. We stop praying. We think oh man. Go

ahead God. Kill them. Judge them Lord. They deserve

to be judged. You know. And we stop praying.

We stop protecting. And we stop believing God

to do something. And it gets so bad in people's

lives that somehow we just say, I'm going to

stop praying. This is a waste of time. No, that's

when you need to pray on. And you need to pray

with the kind of wisdom that looks at the future.

Don't look at the present. Look at the future.

God, what are people going to say? You've already

saved that man. I know he's vaccinated. He's

messing up in his house. But God, he's your servant.

There were prophecies. Hold up the prophetic

words. Find God to remember what he said. My

wife is constantly practicing this. You hear

praying all throughout the house. Lord, you said.

Lord, you said. Lord, you said. Whatever God

says, she brings it up and says, God, this is

what you said. And we've watched great victories

come through that kind of intercessory prayer.

Remember, intercessory prayer is not just praying

without understanding. praying without wisdom.

You've got to be able to look at things the way

God looks at them because that's the only way

God will understand what you have to say. I believe

that Moses had the power to step in and talk

to God in a very meek way, but he was able to

convince God. What will they say? The Egyptians.

What will Satan say? What will the people of

this city say? Deuteronomy 9, 29. There are your

people still, your inheritance, whom you powerfully

and sovereignly rescued. Remind God, they're

still your people. They messed up, but they're

still your people. You still died for them, Lord.

You still saved them. They look bad now, and

I'm very frustrated counseling pastors. Listen

to me, because you're going to be frustrated.

I've pastored in some of the wildest communities

in America, New York City, Harlem. I counseled

hit men and all kinds of ugly people that were

saved in my church, murderers that became deacons

in my church, and people who were way off, and

people had given up hope for them. But God saved

them, rescued them. Transvestites of 32 years.

Saved, rescued by the power of the blood of Jesus.

Who today are some of the most loved elders in

my church. That I left in New York City. Powerful

people transform. I've watched it all over my

life. God can do it. He did it with us. He can

do it with anybody. Come on, they're still your

people. Somebody say, they're still your people.

Remind God, come, I know he knows it, but you

need to stand in the gap and say, God, they're

still your people. Oh, God, don't give up on

them. God, rescue them. Oh, that we would be

filled with the passion of God. That we would

be filled that when God even decides that he

wants to kill them, we would turn his heart around

and spare them and another opportunity would

be given to them. Sovereign God. Wow. Well, let's

go to this next point. Because prophetic intercession

is pleading for the life of another. How many

of you know it? It's when you can plead, stand

in the gap for the life of another. In Genesis

Genesis 18 · chapter mention

chapter 18, the great example of Abraham praying.

Praying for Sodom and Gomorrah, a wicked city.

Lost in their sins. And the scripture says that

God showed up to destroy that city with some

of his angels. Then the men set out for Sodom.

They were already on assignment. They were sent

out to Sodom. Verse 22, but Abraham stood in

God's path. Listen to it. You want to know what

intercessory prayer is all about? It's when you

dare to stand in front of God and say, God, hold

on, hold on. He stood in God's path, blocking

his way. Who are you? Well, the fear of God is

the beginning of wisdom, but there's that place

of intercessory prayer. That we can come before

God with confidence and with boldness, even before

the Lord. Why do we need boldness to enter into

the presence of God? Have you ever thought about

that? Because you're going to have to go before

God and stand in the gap for people. But Abraham

stood in God's path, blocking his way. Abraham

confronted him. Remember when I said intercession

is all about a confrontation? Our intercessory

prayer is not just about confronting the powers

of evil. Sometimes intercessory prayer is about

confronting God and saying, God, hold on. Let

me talk to you about this before you smash these

people, before you destroy our city. Let me talk

to you about them. And he confronted him. Are

you serious? I love the Message Bible. Maybe

it wasn't quite like this, but I love the way

he puts it. Are you serious? Are you planning

on getting rid of the good people right along

with the bad? What if there are 50 decent people

left in the city? Will you lump the good with

the bad and get rid of the lot? Wouldn't you

spare the city for the sake of those 50 innocents?

I can't believe you'd do that. Kill off the good

and the bad alike as if there were no difference

between them. Doesn't the judge of all the earth

judge with justice? Genesis 18 verse 26 through

Genesis 18:26–28

28. God said if I find 50 decent people in the

city of Sodom, I'll spare the place just for

them. Now he was ready to destroy it. Now he's

ready to save 50. But unlike Abraham, he kept

pressing in. Kept ringing the bell. Abraham came

back. Do I, a mere mortal made from a handful

of dirt, dare open my mouth again to my master?

What if the 50 fall short of five? Would you

destroy the city because of the missing five?

And he said, I won't destroy it if there are

45. Abraham keeps pressing in. Abraham spoke

up again. What if you only find 40? Neither will

I destroy the city for 40 of only for 40. Let

me go on. He said, Master, don't be irritated

with me. But what if only 30 are found? No, I

won't do it if I find 30. I won't do it if I

find 30. Now he's got them down. He's negotiated.

When's the last time you negotiated with God?

Verse 31. He pushed on. Somebody say, he pushed

on. Push. Pray until something happened. He pushed

on. I know I'm trying your patience, master.

But what about for 20? For 20, would you do it

for 20? I won't destroy it for 20. I'll change.

I won't destroy the whole city. I came to destroy

it, but for 20 people, if I find 20 righteous

people, 20 people, I won't destroy it. He wouldn't

quit. Don't get angry. And I can imagine, I can

see Abraham, don't get angry, master. This is

the last time. What if you only come up with

10? Just 10. I mean, 10. Started counting. I

think he had lots of family in mind because that

was the point of his intercession. And he took

God through and negotiated for one family. What

about 10? For the sake of 10, I won't destroy

the city. Well, you know what happened. God destroyed

the city, but God has a way. In Genesis 19, verse

Genesis 19:29

29, it says, so when God destroyed the cities

of the plain, he remembered Abraham and he brought

Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the

cities where Lot had lived. Because of the intercession

of one man. God didn't change his mind. He did

what he came out to do. But he saved a family

because of Abraham. He what? He remembered. Somebody

say he remembered Abraham. And he sent word to

his angels, escort, make sure they get out. I

don't care what you do, save that family. Because

I've got a man who's reminding me of my covenant.

I've got a man of faith. Believing for that family.

When's the last time you believed for somebody.

That you contended with God. And you negotiated.

For their salvation. You negotiated to set them

free. From a catastrophe that was impending.

A judgment that was already declared. Already

in action. You and I can step in. To the midst

of disaster. And change it around. We can change

the course of history. Prophetic intercession.

Can intervene. It can change the course of history.

Somebody's got to be in here. Being filled with

faith through these stories. And rise up and

say. I'm going to change history. I'm going to

rewrite the story. I'm going to believe. I'm

going to pray through until the story of this

city is rewritten. The story of my church is

rewritten. The story of my family is rewritten.

The story of my children is rewritten. I'm not

going to let the devil have them. I'm going to

intercede. I'm going to stand in the gap. I'm

going to press into God. I'm going to push out.

Romans chapter 5 verse 2. Through whom we have

Romans 5:2

gained access by faith into his grace. In which

we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the

glory of God. For through him we both have access

to the Father. Ephesians 2 verse 18. By one spirit.

Ephesians 2:18

Somebody say you have access. Abraham stood before

God. You and I can stand before God. Ephesians

Ephesians 3:10–12

3 verse 10 through 12. His intent was that now

through the church. Somebody say through the

church. The bountiful wisdom of God should be

made known to the rulers and authorities and

heavenly realms. According to his eternal purpose

that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

In him and through faith in him we may approach

God with freedom and confidence. The same confidence

that Abraham came before God. This is in no way.

Trying to teach you disrespect towards the Lord.

Trying to teach you that you have been granted

access. Maybe others cannot come in before the

presence of God. But the blood of Jesus allows

you to come in. To the very holy place. Into

the very throne room of God. I believe the church.

Is the one that's going to declare the manifold

wisdom of God. The multi -sided wisdom of God.

When people think. There's no answer. The church

is going to speak an answer because it's been

in the presence of God. And guess what? When

it says that, they're going to show that to the

principalities and powers of the air. Things

angels long to see, they're longing to hear.

They're longing to get revelation. I believe

that the church has access into the very throne

of God. Get a hold of divine information that

not even the angels know. Because they're not

omniscient. Only God is. But when the church

hears what the omniscient God sees of the future.

It can come down and begin to prophesy and speak.

And out of the church come directives. The dispatch

of angel forces. Angel armies are dispatched

by the sound of the voice of a church. They're

waiting. I believe angels are poised for battle.

Just waiting for a directive from the church.

A church that has not spoken but is going to

speak. A church that's going to understand. that

it has an authority to change history and to

even command the forces of heaven to line up

with the heart of God. Are you with me? That's

the manifold wisdom of God. It's not just for

demons to hear it. It's for the authorities and

principalities of the air. Everybody falls into

line. Hebrews 4 verse 16. Let us then approach

Hebrews 4:16

God's throne. Hebrews 4 verse 16. Let us then

Hebrews 4:16

approach God's throne of grace. with confidence

so that we may receive mercy and find grace to

help us in a time of need. Grace and help in

the time of need. But you've got to approach

with confidence. Well, we need intercessors that

learn how to be confident in the Holy Ghost and

understand what your place is. You have the right.

Do you know the Bible speaks about Lucifer? It

speaks about Lucifer both in Ezekiel and Isaiah

14, Ezekiel 28. You can read this. It says that

he walked among the stones of fire. Speaking

of the very throne room of God, he had authority.

He could come in and out of the very holy place

as Lucifer, the illuminated angel. But he was

kicked out of heaven and he was replaced. Not

with another angel, not with another archangel.

but with the church. You and I can now ascend

by the Spirit. We have access. We can walk among

the stones of fire. We can hear the counsel of

God. God, what do you think? Lord, what are you

thinking? What's on your heart for this couple?

What's on your heart for this person I'm counseling?

Lord, as I'm praying and you're in prayer, you've

ascended on high and you've heard from God. Wouldn't

it be great to enter a counseling meeting with

a word from God? with a directive from the Holy

Spirit because you've spent time before they

came into your office. You've already heard what

God wants to do in their life and you can speak

into their lives. Well, I believe it'd make counseling

a whole lot lighter for us. And we would see

people transform and change at the announcement

of the will of God for their lives. Would you

stand with me? Let's take a little break and

we'll come back. How many are enjoying this?

Are you challenged? Are you ready? To intercede.

Are you ready to walk into the very throne of

God with great confidence? Knowing that that's

your place. You and I now can enter in to the

very secret place of God. Hear the voice of the

Lord. Jeremiah speaks of it as standing in the

secret of God. Being able to stand in the secret

of God where you hear the secrets of God. Well,

I pray that God helps us. In and out, as we enter

in and out, we have access by the Holy Ghost

in a moment. It doesn't take long. It just takes

the right attitude of prayer. It takes a faith,

understanding, and the grace that has been allotted

to us. We have a grace that allows us to step

into the very throne room of God. Help us, Lord,

during this break time, and help us to adhere

to your word as we seek to change history. In

Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Amen. Let's take about

a 10, 15 -minute break at max. There's still

some food out there, some coffee, bathroom break,

and then we'll come right back for part two of

the training session this morning. We'll see

you out there in just a little bit. 15 minutes

at max. Thank you. Well, spending time with the

Lord is key to any kind of ministry, especially

the ministry of intercessors. If you can't spend

time with God, if you can't find the discipline

to allot some time to be with the Lord, you know,

the psalmist made time. The Bible says that they

prayed numerous times. Especially the psalmist

would say in the morning I will seek you. Scripture

says he who seeks the Lord in the morning shall

find him. There's something about giving God

the first fruits of your strength every morning

when you get up. I encourage you to go before

the Lord the moment you get up and spend time

with the Lord. I want to draw your attention

to Isaiah chapter 15 verse 4 through 5. Isaiah

Isaiah 15:4–5 Isaiah 15:4–5

chapter 15 verse 4 through 5. So this sovereign

Lord, this is Isaiah, who's a great prophet and

an intercessor. And he spent a lot of time trying

to get the word of God to encourage the people

of God. And before he could be that prophetic

voice, he talks about how his training went.

Sovereign Lord has given me a well -instructed

tongue to know the word that sustains the weary.

He wakens me morning by morning. He awakens my

ear to listen like one being instructed. The

sovereign Lord has opened my ears, and I have

not been rebellious. I have not turned away.

Well, here Isaiah is prophesying, and this scripture

actually is a Messianic scripture. You'll read

the next verse talks about the pulling of the

beer and the striking. It's about Jesus. But

here, there's an instruction on how God raises

people to be prophetic intercessors, people who

can hear the voice of God. Well, we all want

to speak the right words. How many of you want

to have the right words to speak to somebody?

How many want to have an instructed tongue like

this scripture says? Well, he boasts of this.

He says, the Lord has given me a well -instructed

tongue or the tongue of a disciple. Another translation

says, to know the word. To know the word that

sustains the weary. To have the right word to

lift people up. That's the whole motivation here.

To be able to speak into people's lives and encourage

them. And then he goes about how to gain that

instructed tongue. He says, he awakens me morning

by morning. He awakens my ear to listen as one

being instructed. The way to an instructed tongue

is having an ear that's instructed. It's having

the ear open, the ear of a disciple. People can

be here and not have an open ear. You can spend

the whole morning here and not have an open ear

and walk away without receiving what God wants

to teach you. God wants to awaken all of our

ears. He wants to cause our ears to be right,

ready to receive. And he wants to do it in a

consistent way. I like the way that he shares

it. He awakens me morning by morning. Somebody

say morning by morning. Well, it's great to have

an alarm to wake you up in the morning, but it's

even more precious when you spend so much time

with God that you hear his whisper in the middle

of your sleep. That he can awaken you and say,

wake up. And sometimes it's not the time you

want to wake up because God... How many of you

have been woken up at some ungodly time? Well,

it's really a godly time. It's God's time because

he wants you to intercede, wants you to pray.

I've been awakened by God to avert a disaster

in my own family, to pray for my grandchildren

and my children through my 43 years of listening

to God and having an ear. I've watched God spending

time with him, how he has awakened me, where

everybody else is asleep. to awake me. Sometimes

my wife and I have been awakened at the same

time with the same burden to pray for people.

The Holy Spirit speaks to us and we get up and

we are actually hearing the voice of the Lord

and we go into prayer and intercede and we know

that our prayers are effective and that something

is happening because he woke us up to intercede

and then to pray for people and then God opens

the door for us to speak to those people. That

we have the right words. So before you have the

right words. You got to have the right ears.

You got to have open ears. The ears of a disciple.

So you can have the tongue. An instructed tongue.

You must have an instructed ear. It says he awakens

my ear to listen like one being instructed. God

wants to give you instructions. He wants to speak

to you. He wants to awaken you in the morning

hours. And tell you what is going to take place

in the rest of your day. He might give you some

details. Might even show you some faces. Might

even tell you and schedule some divine appointments

for your life. The sovereign Lord has opened

my ears. What a powerful thing to know that God

is at work opening the ears of the church. And

it was Jesus who said, he who has an ear, let

him hear what the spirit is saying to the church.

How many know that it's the spirit of God that

wants to speak into your ear? It is the Spirit

of God who right now, even you might be in a

conference like this on prophetic intercession,

but the Holy Spirit is speaking to you some very

direct things that some people have already walked

up to me and says, while you were speaking, God

spoke to me about doing this and doing that.

And there's been a number of instructions that

have gone on by the Holy Ghost outside of my

notes. They're better than my notes. They're

the instructions of the Holy Spirit for your

life. And you do well to pay heed to them. Well,

all of us want to have the right words at the

right time. time. And prophetic intercession

is praying in the Spirit. I want to talk to you

about in this session about praying in the Spirit

and praying the will of God. Prophetic intercession

is praying in the Spirit. Praying in the Spirit

is praying in tongues. Praying in the Spirit

is praying in tongues. Let me qualify this with

the word. 1 Corinthians 14 verse 2. For anyone

1 Corinthians 14:2

who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people

but to God. Indeed, no one understands them.

They utter mysteries by the Spirit. They utter

mysteries by the Spirit. They don't speak to

men. They speak to God. When you and I pray in

our prayer language, we pray to God. On 1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 14:14–15

chapter 14, verse 14 through 15. For if I pray

in a tongue, my spirit prays. If I pray in a

tongue, what? My spirit prays. But my mind is

unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with

my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding.

I will sing with my spirit. Somebody say, sing

with my spirit. So how many of you have ever

sung in tongues? You need to begin to practice

what the word teaches. Sing in the spirit. Sing,

speak in tongues and sing in tongues in the presence

of the Lord. But I will also sing with my understanding.

Thank God that many of us are singing with our

understanding and the church is full of singers

who can sing with their understanding, sing with

their language they understand. But I believe

God wants to usher the church into those moments

of prophetic intercession where we are actually

praying in the Spirit, singing in the Spirit,

and we can get lost in God as a congregation

doing it in the Spirit. Well, there's a lot of

teaching coming against this, people trying to

extract speaking in tongues out of the church.

And no longer do you see the actual speaking

in tongues to the church. With the interpretation.

The gift of interpretation is no longer seen.

Something that needs to be restored back in our

midst. It's good to prophesy. Because everybody

gets edified. But if someone does speak in tongues

to the church. Then there should be an interpretation.

And remember that when you speak in tongues.

There are mysteries. There are things hidden

that God wants to reveal. So I believe that praying

in the spirit. prophetic intercession. It's praying

in the Spirit, praying like the Scripture says.

Listen to another Scripture, Ephesians 6, verse

Ephesians 6:17–18

17 through 18. Take the helmet of salvation and

the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of

God. The sword of the Spirit, which is what?

The Word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all

occasions. Not just a little while, but on all

occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests.

This in mind, be alert. Always keep on praying

for all the Lord's people. So pray in the Spirit

on all occasions. This is a command of God. This

is a command from the apostles. You and I are

to be a praying church. The church is to be a

church that just only prays with its understanding.

But that enters in to praying in the Spirit.

And I so love the atmosphere that is created

in this church having learned that. I'm speaking

to a mature church. You walk into this place

and there's people praying in the Spirit all

over the place. The pastor, he's lost in the

presence of God. But the altar is all about.

The altar is a place where the lost get found

and the found get lost. Amen? And we need to

be able to enter into that presence of God and

just spend time in God. And I love the meekness

of your pastor. Though there are things that

need to be done, he will not interrupt that move

of God. He will allow, he'll be sensitive to

want to wait on God. Can you give the Lord a

big hand for a Holy Ghost filled pastor? Hallelujah.

It's that waiting on the Lord. It's that waiting

and praying in the Spirit. It's important. Many

churches have walked away from this. Many churches

are leaving that for the prayer room. I think

it should be an expression in the local church

and our gatherings. Praying in the spirit. Let

the people come. Listen, the visitors will think

you're strange at first. But then when you begin

to pray in our understanding, wisdom will come

to them. And they'll come to par. We think we

need to change everything to try to make everybody

comfortable. Some people need to be shocked.

Some people need to be moved and shaken and understand

that, hey, we live in a whole other world in

the kingdom of God. This praying in the spirit

is the life of the spirit. river in this house

that flows out of the innermost being of people's

lives. So it has this place. And Ephesians 6

tells us, take up the helmet of salvation and

the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of

God. How many of you can intercede with the Word

of God? Pray with the Word of God. Pray with

the Word of God. Pray the actual literal Word

of God. Begin to pray and then enter into the

Spirit and begin to pray in the Spirit. 1 Corinthians

14, again, verse 39 through 40 says, Therefore

my brothers and sisters be eager to prophesy

and do not forbid speaking in tongues. Don't

prohibit it. Yet we have all kinds of leaders

trying to take that out of the church because

we want to be a friendly user church. We want

to be friendly and kind. And I believe that.

I believe we all need to be, you know. Everything

can be done like this scripture says, but everything

should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

And somebody could get up and do an explanation.

This is what we do in our church. We used to

have brochures in our church years ago just teaching

people this is what you can expect in our service.

They'll be shouting. They'll be raising of hands.

They'll be speaking in other tongues. And we

explained that with verses. And they would read

it before the service. They were greeted by ushers

with those things in hand. And people kind of

got prepared. Okay, this is it. We never saw

anybody walk out in the midst of confusion. Actually,

everybody who visited the church was touched

by the power of God. And we saw them added to

the house of God. We saw a tremendous harvest

in a number of years. just did what the word

said. Somebody say practice the word. Amen. You

can never go wrong obeying God. Now God gives

us wisdom and understanding and your leaders

set the course in the culture of this church.

But I'm here to tell you that the culture of

the church is a spirit filled culture. It's a

culture of praying people who pray in the spirit,

intercessors. And not just a few, huh? Listen,

can I encourage you to get so fanatic about this,

so on fire for this, become passionate about

prayer and intercessory prayer to where you become

contagious? And you begin to infiltrate the church

and everybody who's around who didn't come to

the conference will get ignited this Sunday because

there's a fire that's going to get started here.

And as you rekindle that fire and you come in

Sunday, you come in with a praying voice. Amen.

Prayer has a voice. Let it be heard. Prayer has

a voice. Let that intercession rise. I guarantee

you people will begin to hear praying in this

house. Pray with your understanding, but also

pray in the spirit. When it's time to pray in

the spirit, let's pray in the spirit. So Romans

Romans 8:26–27

chapter 8 verse 26 through 27. In the same way

the Spirit helps us in our weaknesses. In our

weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray

for. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us.

Through wordless groans. And he who searches

our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit. Because

the Spirit intercedes for God's people. In accordance

with the will of God. We need the Holy Spirit.

Teaching us how to pray. Because we don't know

how to pray. We don't know really. How should

we pray? What should we pray? So the Holy Spirit

can guide us. Make intercession for us. And even

in our weakest moments. When it's that time when

you can't see. You can't see clear. You're in

that. where you're not feeling so strong, you're

going through some trouble, well, that's a good

time to pray in the Spirit. That's a good time

to get around a few brethren and say, can you

guys join me? I want to pray in the Spirit. I'm

a little weak right now. I'm being challenged

by the enemy. There's some things going on. I'm

physically challenged or whatever it is that

is going on. But pray in the Spirit. And as you

pray in the Spirit, I believe God will bring

answers to you. And there will be a refreshing

that comes from the presence of the Lord. Amen?

As we just allow the Holy Spirit to pour out

of the church, out of us as we pray in the Spirit.

I believe that he wants to pray in accordance

with the will of God. And prophetic intercession

is praying the will of God. Prophetic intercession

is praying the will of God. It's not just prayer.

It's praying what God wants you to pray about.

It's praying with the Spirit, which is praying

the will of God. When we pray in tongues, we

pray the will of God by the Holy Spirit. which

always guarantees God's answers. Prophetic intercession

turns intercession into a master key. Somebody

say master key. Opening that which is shut and

shutting that which is open. When you can discern,

wait a minute, this is not. God's will. I'm going

to shut this thing down. I'm going to shut that

door. But it has the power to know when you know

it's the will of God, when the Holy Spirit reveals

it, you can open the door through prayer. You

can open the door and no man can shut it. There's

an authority that comes through prophetic intercession

that puts a master key in your hand. How many

want to be able to close doors where nobody can

open them and open doors that nobody can shut?

You can do it for your family. You can do it

for the church. You can do it for a city. I believe

we have the power to shut things down. And we

have the power to start things up. Can you say

amen? And all of heaven will work with the church.

So praying in the spirit. 1 John chapter 5, 14

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through 15 says, This is the confidence that

we have in approaching God. That if we ask anything

according to his will, he hears us. And if we

know that he hears us, whatever we ask. We know

that we have what we ask of him. What a powerful

scripture. Well, if we could just pray every

time this way, according to the will of God.

Well, most of the time we pray and we have no

knowledge of what God's will is. We have knowledge

of what our wants are, but not of the will of

God. But if we could just align ourselves by

the spirit in praying, praying the will of God.

I believe God wants to reveal that. Sometimes

you'll be praying in the spirit. The more you

enter into this realm, you'll be praying over

people and it will almost seem like it's a prophecy

because you'll be praying their life. You'll

be praying out their problem. How many of you

have ever prayed for somebody and they said,

how did you know I was going through that? And

they didn't tell you, didn't have a chance to

ask, what can I pray for? But you started praying

and it was almost like the Holy Spirit was guiding

you. Well, that's intercessory, prophetic intercessory

prayer. It begins to reveal the very heart of

the people, the problems, and it begins to reveal

the heart of God. It's mixed in with the gifts.

Get stirred up as you begin to pray. All of a

sudden the gift of discerning comes in. And you

begin to discern in the midst of your prayer.

You begin to pick something up. And the word

of knowledge now comes into play. And you begin

to see something that was secretly hid. The issue

of the problem. And then the word of wisdom comes.

And you begin to pray and answer. Right there.

All. It all happens in the midst of a prayer.

And it's probably one of the most incredible

times. That you and I can experience as we pray

over people. Well the Holy Spirit wants to teach

all of us. of us how to pray that way. What if

the whole church got ignited with this? What

if the church got mobilized into our community

praying? And every time we saw an opportunity,

we jumped on it. Don't let an opportunity pass

you. Pray in the spirit, not just within the

four walls of the church, but in the marketplace,

in the school, wherever you are at. I believe

that you and I can pray people out of darkness

into the kingdom of light. We can pray them out

of ignorance into wisdom. We can pray them out

of distress into peace. We can pray them out

of conflict into the great grace of God. Can

you say amen? Well, I believe that God wants

to do that. As we begin to pray in the Spirit,

we learn how to pray the will of God. Prophetic

intercession is praying the will of God. It's

praying what He asked of us. It's praying in

such a way that you are going to reveal the issues

at hand. And people will say, God is in this

place. God is speaking to you. God is for me.

He knows what I'm going through. And it begins

to reveal that prophetic element of prayer that

sometimes is lacking. Well, we have shrunk down

in our churches all over the world where even

leaders don't pray anymore by the Spirit. They

have to think everything through, and with their

intellect, they've replaced the Spirit's wisdom

for their own wisdom. They write out all their

prayers. I've been in churches where there's

been a prayer written for every part of the service.

And I've walked into pulpits where the pastor

has prayers written down for the offering, prayer

written down for everything. Nothing by the Holy

Ghost. Everything is read. Most of the... places

where some of the great men of God are asked

to pray, in some of the high places, like in

the White House, they write out their prayers.

And actually, they have to be written out, some

of them. Some of them are lifeless, while others

are filled with inspiration of the Holy Ghost.

And I believe God can use you to write a prayer

to somebody. but there's something about that

spontaneous inspiration of a Holy Ghost in the

midst of a service when you're praying for somebody

on the streets where you begin to get the mind

of God. Don't let opportunity pass you. When

you see somebody sick, step in and say, can I

pray for you? Listen, most people will receive

you. and I've watched this happen Giselle and

I practice this everywhere we go on airports

and restaurants everywhere we go we will pray

for people and we would just say a simple prayer

but in the prayer the Holy Spirit begins to move

and all of this word of knowledge begins to flow

and before you know it we're praying their very

life and they're beginning to weep and cry and

brokenness happens you've seen it God wants to

do more of it come on somebody say there's more

That's right. And I believe we can turn our world

around as we reach them by praying according

to the will of God. He hears us when we pray

the will of God. Things will begin to set into

motion. And what we ask, we know that we have

what we ask for. Bible says that we don't receive

because we've asked with the wrong motivation.

But when we ask according to the will of God,

we will have it. It might delay, but it's on

its way. Amen? Because you've prayed the will

of God. And if you can just lock into the will

of God through the revelation of the Holy Spirit,

I guarantee you, you're going to see miracles.

You're going to see answer prayer. You're going

to see things that you've been waiting for all

of a sudden break loose as you begin to pray

by the Spirit of God. As you begin to pray in

the Spirit. Even as you pray in the Spirit, the

quickening of the Holy Ghost, you might not even

understand what you're uttering, but the Holy

Spirit will begin to flood your mind and your

soul with thoughts that the Holy Spirit wants

you to have. And He will give you understanding.

Somebody say, pray in the Spirit. In all occasions.

Amen. You and I must be people who learn how

to pray in the Spirit. Let me give you a little

bit. It's what we call the seven, I call them

the seven Ps of prayer. Simple, but I want to

impart them to you as we come to an end of this

morning. We'll have more to share about prayer

tonight, but I know you want to spend your afternoon

doing it, maybe going out and praying, practicing

some of this on some people. But seven Ps of

prayer. Praise, purpose, provision, purity, protection.

and proclaiming or proclamation. I believe that

everything should start with praise and intercessory

prayer should start with praise. And so I love...

The atmosphere that the musicians set in this

place as praise begins to go up before the Lord,

as we begin to magnify him and thank him out

of a spirit of thanksgiving. And that purpose,

now you begin to lock in to purpose. And the

purpose of the service or the purpose of that

moment is beginning to be revealed. That provision

of God begins to come in and God begins to flood

you with provision, purity, protection, priorities,

and proclaiming. These are what I call the seven

Ps. They're found in the Lord's Prayer. Listen

to it in Matthew chapter 6. Let me have the freedom

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

to apply these to Matthew chapter 6. When the

Matthew 6 · chapter mention

disciples asked the Lord to teach us how to pray,

He said, when you pray, pray after this manner.

Therefore pray, yea. In verse 9 of Matthew 6.

I put the word praise there. Our Father which

art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Let it start

with praise. Let it start with you magnifying

the Lord. I think as we approach the throne of

God every time, we need to come with a heart

of thanksgiving. We live in an ungrateful generation,

but the church has got to be taught to be grateful.

Thank God for his mercy. How many can give the

Lord a big clap offering for his grace, his mercy

on your life? Our Father which art in heaven,

hallowed be your name. You're magnifying him.

You're praising him. And then verse 10 brings

us into purpose. Thy kingdom come, thy will be

done in earth as it is in heaven. The Lord taught

his disciples how to pray purposefully. The purpose

of God was to bring the kingdom to earth. Whatever

he's done in heaven, he wants to do it on earth.

Let thy kingdom come and thy will be done as

it is in heaven. Let it be done in earth as it

is in heaven. Well, that's the purpose of God,

wanting to manifest his kingdom on earth. And

I believe that's the purpose of God. You and

I have got to enter in. Once we start with praise,

enter in. Listen, I don't want to lock you into

some order. This is not some technique that you

lock in some kind of... Secret code of prayer.

No, I'm talking about some things that need to

be part of your prayer. You've got to lock in

with purpose. Why am I praying? What's the main

purpose of my intercessory prayer? Amen. And

you've got to lock into that. Thy kingdom come,

thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.

Well, and put that in the right priority because

the kingdom comes before the will. You can't

perform the will of God unless you come under

his rule. But when his kingdom comes, when you

come under the rule of the Lord, the king of

a kingdom, then his will begins to be established.

There's a purposeful prayer. And then 11, provision.

Somebody say provision. Provision. Give us this

day our daily bread. It's amazing. Jesus included

this right in this prayer. Provision. Because

sometimes we forget to pray for the provision.

We pray. For some of the things that we feel.

We got purpose. But there's got to be a provision.

Because purpose cannot be fulfilled without provision.

You need provision. Amen. It takes money to fulfill

the will of God. You need the provision of God.

God pays for what he orders. But somebody's got

to dare to cry out. And cry out for provision.

God, give us provision. Give us this day our

daily bread. And the simple prayer of Jesus is

provision. How about verse 12? Purity. and forgive

us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Now,

here is forgiveness, purity with God, and purity

with man. You've got to stand pure with God,

and when you come to prayer, make sure you're

cleansed. Who can ascend the hill of the Lord?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart. Amen?

So we've got to be able to cleanse ourselves.

We've got to be able to go before the Lord. There's

teaching on grace right now that says we don't

even have to repent. That sinners don't have

to repent and believers don't have to repent.

We've already been forgiven. It doesn't matter.

God's forgiven you for all the sins. Whether

or not you have already been forgiven, I believe

our sins have been taken on the cross of Calvary.

You and I must humble ourselves and continually

ask God, God, if I've offended you this day,

if I've messed up, would you forgive me? Forgive

me. me for trespassing. Forgive me for disobeying.

Forgive me for not doing what you called me to

do. How many of you know that we need to keep

that humility about us? Because of his mercy

we are not destroyed. Because of his grace. And

live in that mercy and that grace of God. You

can't separate mercy from grace. They work together

in our lives. Mercy keeps us from getting what

we deserve. And grace Assures. That we get what

we didn't deserve. Are you with me? Mercy. And

somebody say mercy and grace. Don't let. The

preachers. The modern preachers of grace. Take

you out of mercy and grace. You need both of

these things. Purity. Somebody say purity. Because

we need to be. Have pure hearts. Before God.

But if we. Have not been forgiven. And we can't

feel. Because. The enemy is quick. And the Bible

says if your heart condemns you, God is greater

than your heart. The enemy will work in condemnation

to keep you from interceding. Who are you to

come before God? I saw what you did. You messed

up. And before you know it, he's talked you out

of your time of prayer. That very thing that

will strengthen you. Listen, there is a great

warfare going on. And it's not just against the

prophetic voice of the Lord in the church. But

his main battle is against prayer. If he can

just keep the church without praying. If he can

just keep the church condemned and feeling that

you can't approach the throne of God. That you

don't, no, no, no, don't go before him. It's

that spirit of Absalom. The king is busy, don't

bother him. That comes into the church and dupes

the church to believing that somehow God is not

hearing your prayer. Listen, God hears your prayer

and he's ready to answer. And you've got to come

with a prayer. pure heart and say, God, enter

in with that kind of humility, that brokenness,

a contrite and a broken heart. God will not reject.

He will receive you. Come always before the Lord

with that humility that says, God, forgive us.

Forgive our debts. If we've offended you in any

way, forgive us. But not only that, take it a

step further because it's not just purity with

God. God's looking for purity with people. God

wants you to have a pure heart towards people

because I've watched people who hate their neighbor

and want to still pray. animosity in the church

they're talking bad and murmuring about people

but then they want to be the intercessors as

a matter of fact they use intercession as a tool

to get their gossip out brethren get together

let's pray oh sister so and so is pregnant and

they bring out some secret thing from people's

lives and they try to make it public but it's

just to get the word out And God knows the motives

of the heart. I think we need to be transparent.

But I think we need to be careful that we have

a pure heart towards another. Sometimes there's

anger and there's offenses that are unresolved.

And we try to pray. Listen, even for husbands,

the Bible says that if you're offended at your

wife, don't even think that God's going to hear

your prayer. Until you get it right. Hello? Wow.

I'm not going to ask for forgiveness. I'm always

the one that has to ask for forgiveness. You

better. And you better do it quickly if you want

to be heard from God. And you better be able

to forgive. If people have offended you, forgive

them. Because the next scripture right after

this whole passage, verse 14 is, if you don't

forgive, next time you go before the Lord, God

is not going to forgive you. So you have to have

a pure heart. Somebody say purity. All right,

let's go over them. Praise. Purpose. Provision.

Purity. And verse 13 says protection. Come on,

somebody say protection. And lead us not into

temptation, but deliver us from evil. Lead us

not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

How many think that's protection? Jesus was teaching

you need to pray for protection. The eyes of

the Lord are running to and fro, and those who

abide under the shelter of the Most High are

safe. But there is a prayer of protection that

we need to continually pray. I believe in that.

I'm constantly on a plane. I don't miss that

prayer of protection. Lord, protect me. I'm getting

on this plane. I know I'm your servant, but I

don't take that for granted. I bind every force

of evil. In the midst of this world full of terrorism,

it will not touch my plane. I'm going to ride.

With great peace. I'm going to fall asleep. And

rise up at my destination. Hello. Not in heaven

somewhere. But at my destination. And I believe.

If I couldn't believe. For the protection of

the almighty. I wouldn't do what I'm doing. God's

taking us to places. I was just talking. I was

in Peru last week. With David Schreck. Is it?

I think that's his last name. I might be pronouncing

it wrong. But David. Freck. Freck. I'm sorry.

Freck. Freck is the cartoon character. There

is a difference. Freck. Yes. Out of Kansas. And

he was telling me that one of his missionary

trips a number of years ago, he went into India

and while they were with a group of people and

they were told not to evangelize out in the streets,

they were in a compound and doing well, but the

word got out and people, somebody brought a blind

child into the meeting. They traveled for long

hours to get this child there and so they had

compassion and laid hands on this child just

to pray. And while David laid hands on him, the

child's eyes were open and he began, he saw.

His eyes were healed. And forget it, that was

a moment of revival. The word got out and people

started flooding that church. Police had to come.

Well, to make a long story short, he got arrested

with the rest of the team. And for six days,

they kept him. And they prayed and they were...

not given any food in the quarters in a little

room after being two days transported in a truck

where they never even, they just kept them in

a truck for two days. Then they put them in a

prison. And then the officials of the city came

knowing that they were missionaries from America

and said, you know, we're trying to get you out

and we're gonna see if we can get you out, but

this might take six months to 10 years. And you

gotta be ready, make yourself ready. Well, then

they heard that news, they went before the Lord.

And as they began to pray, God showed up in that

cell. The spirit of the Lord came down and then

they began to sing. And as they began to sing

before the Lord, the guards started beating on

the windows. The guards were guarding that cell

and came close and said, where are all those

people? Where did they come from? Because they

heard all the voices singing. They heard a whole

crowd of people singing. It was just a few missionaries.

But they heard a multitude of people singing.

Everybody heard it. All the guards heard it.

The prisoners heard it. Everybody was talking

about that whole voice. Everybody got close.

The guards were questioning them with force.

Where are they? Where did they go? It was just

us. The Spirit of God showed up. Angels showed

up. Great comfort. Presence of God came down

in 24 hours. They were released from that place.

And God spared their lives. Give the Lord a big

hand. There's something about prophetic intercession.

David said, I stepped into heaven. We had been

praying for six days. But that day, it was different.

That day, I just slipped into heaven. In a moment,

I found myself in heaven. And the Lord spoke

to me and said, stop crying. I'm going to deliver

you. And when I came back to my senses, I told

that word and all of them had heard the same

thing from God. And so God is the God who shows

up in the middle of your darkness. He'll speak

to you. I believe that you and I need to pray

protection. And protection will come. He's the

keeper of his word and the keeper of his church.

Can you say amen? Somebody say protection. Pray

protection over your children. Pray protection

over your church. Pray protection over your city.

Pray, pray, pray. Pray protection over the families.

Pray protection over the youth of this city.

Pray the protection of God. Walk through the

schools. Not just your school, but other schools.

Walk through the universities. Walk through.

You're in a campus city where there's universities

all around you. Walk through those campuses.

Begin to pray. Make intercession. And begin to

call out on God for protection. And watch what

will happen. Lead us not into temptation, but

deliver us from evil. Somebody say deliver us.

Deliver us. From evil. And then priority. Somebody

say priorities. Priorities. Priorities. A priority

is here when he says, for thine is the kingdom

and the power and the glory forever. The priority

of all of our prayer is to bring a manifestation

of the kingdom of God and to say to God, yours

is the kingdom. The power and the glory forever.

I believe you and I have got to lock in to the

priority. Amen. It's not the power of the enemy

that's going to be exalted in these last days.

He'll show up for sure. I believe we're moving

into a season of great turmoil on the face of

the earth. But in the midst of it, the power

and the glory. Amen? Of the kingdom of God are

going to be seen. I believe that God's going

to move in a spectacular way in our cities. People

are going to get saved. A great harvest is going

to be collected for the house of God. This church

is going to be filled over and over again in

the midst of trouble. God will move upon America.

God's not through with America. And it's not

dependent on one man being brought into the office.

God knows who he's going to bring and he knows

already it's set. But listen, it's dependent

on prophetic intercession and people who know

how to pray the will of God and begin to bring

priorities into focus. And ultimately... It's

that last word. It's a small word that ends the

prayer that he gave. That simple prayer ends

with an amen. But amen means let it be so. Amen

is a proclamation. It's that ability to say God's

going to do what he said. Amen. God is a keeper

of his promise. Amen. Somebody say amen. Sometimes

we say amen as a cliche and we don't even know

that we're proclaiming that God is a keeper of

his word. He says what he means and he means

what he says. And we've got to be able to proclaim

it. We've got to be able to back it up with an

amen. We've got to be able to be assured. And

say it again, amen. Somebody say praise. Purpose.

Provision. Purity. Protection. Priorities. Get

the priorities right. It's about his kingdom,

his power, and his glory. It's what's going to

make a difference. Proclamation. Proclamation.

Say amen. Well, 2 Corinthians 1 verse 20 says,

2 Corinthians 1:20

For no matter how many promises God has made,

they are yes in Christ. Somebody say yes. They

are yes in Christ. And so through him, the amen

is spoken by us to the glory of God. So through

him, the amen is spoken to the glory of God.

Would you stand? What promises? Have you heard

from God that you have forgotten to amen? What

promises do you need to go back to? Bring them

up. Some of the prophetic words. Bring them to

remembrance. And in prophetic intercession, what

promises have you heard over the church that

you can remind God to remember? And say, Lord,

you said this. You said this. The prophets spoke

it. In the mouth of two or three witnesses, every

word is established. And many prophets have spoken

the same word. We still haven't seen it come

to pass. There are promises that are a lot bigger

than us and they're reserved for a time of fulfillment.

But you and I need to live our life with a yes.

We need to live our life with an amen. We need

to live our lives with a proclamation of truth

that says God said it, he's going to do it. It's

going to happen and dare to prophesy. Amen. Amos

put it this way. If a lion roars, who will not

fear? If the Lord speaks, who shall not prophesy?

If God has spoken a word, you and I have got

to be able to proclaim it. You and I have got

to be able to repeat it. What authority. And

prophetic intercession is about praying the will

of God. Praying what we know has already been

spoken, what's already been written, what's already

been established by the mind of God. The Spirit

reveals it, He brings it to remembrance, and

you bring it out and proclaim it. And everyone

said, Amen. I believe today as we come before

the Lord, tonight we're going to gather again.

We're by no means over, but I felt we needed

to just go before the Lord this afternoon. I

believe that some of you this afternoon will

begin to touch people's lives with prayer. God

will begin to give you instructions on what to

do. Maybe you had your afternoon planned, but

God is going to give you his plan. Let him interrupt

you. It'll work out. Let him interrupt your schedule.

Let him ask you to step out and be obedient to

do what he tells you to do. Step out in faith.

Pray in a way that you've never prayed. Do something

that you've never done. Expect God to show up

in a powerful way, in an extraordinary way. He

will exceed all of your expectations. He will

do beyond that which you've waited for. Or maybe

some of the prophets have spoken some things.

I believe God wants to even do more as you dare

to believe. Faith in the word of God causes you

to be the instrument of change in your world.

And you can't intercede without faith. You can't

come before the Lord with a broken down faith

that just won't believe God that things will

ever change. There are people who want to pray

and their prayer is pitiful. We're going to die.

We're all at the end of our rope. Things are

really bad. Well, listen, CNN will tell you all

of that. Don't learn your prayer life from the

newscasters of our day. Learn it from the spirit

of God. Learn what the will of God is because

he knows what the right news is. And we're all

about good news, not bad news. Bad news doesn't

run the kingdom of God. It's good news. And it

comes to intercessors who by the spirit of praying,

entering into that place in heaven and are hearing

the voice of God to speak contrary to the voice

of men and establish the will of God. If you

have been challenged to pray that way, would

you just step out of your aisle and say, let's

just take a few moments and spend time in his

presence. Just maybe a few minutes of... Just

interceding in the Spirit. Maybe you've never

prayed in the Spirit. This is a good time to

believe God for your prayer language and get

filled with the Holy Ghost and begin to believe

God for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Maybe

you have some friends around you that can pray

for you to get filled with the Holy Spirit. But

would you come and just approach the altar in

an attitude of intercession and say, Lord, here

we are. I want to come. I want to learn from

you. I want to learn all over again. I want to

be better at this. I want to pray more than I've

ever prayed. I want to be able to touch heaven.

I want to hear clearly. Give me the ear of an

instructor, of ears that are instructed of a

disciple. Open my ears that I might hear. Open,

open my ears. Awaken me. Awaken my ears, Lord,

that I might hear this one instructed by you.

Give me instructions. Help me. Help me to discern.

Help me to be able to stand in the gap with wisdom,

with understanding, with a prophetic insight.

Pray with wisdom. Pray to change my city. Pray

to change the course of history. Pray to change

the legacy of my family. Pray to bring change.

Just please, would you forget about your own

language and begin to pray in the Spirit? Let's

practice what the Bible says. Pray in the Spirit.

Pray in the Spirit. Pray loud enough so you can

hear yourself. Pray in the spirit. Some of you

need to break out a spirit of timidity. Let passion

overtake you in prayer. Thank you. All the apostles

prayed. He said. I pray that men would pray all

over the world with hands raised up to the Lord.

Would you raise your hands to God and begin to

pray now. Begin to ask God to move upon your

city. Begin to ask God to move upon your church

and your family. Upon the members of your house.

Members of the family. God will put on your spirit.

God will put burdens on you. Begin to pray. Pray,

pray, pray in the spirit. He'll put stuff in

your heart. He'll drop a word in your mind. A

picture. Just begin to pray for that which you

sense of the Holy Spirit. That which you perceive.

Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hey, Jen, would you just

now just do it in a song? Put a melody to that

and just sing in the spirit. I don't see what

you understand. Sing in the spirit. And listen,

follow your pastor. She just creates that melody.

Just let it come. Let it flow like a river. It's

got to be going to flow in this place. Come on.

Praise for Micah. Just listen to it. Listen to

it. Come on. Go ahead, Jenny. Go ahead. Let's

join her. Let's join her. Come on for a little

bit. Heavenly Father we thank you this morning.

Lord for infusion. Lord, now let grace come.

The grace of impartation. Lord, I think about

your words to the Apostle Paul to the church.

See that you excel in this grace also. The grace

of interceding. The grace of intercession. The

grace of petition. The grace of standing in the

gap. The grace. Lord, of being with you and being

able to talk with you, share our heart with you

and use your will with us. Lord, let an elevation

come to this house, to this people for the priority

and the beautiful nature of prayer. Remove every

form of... reproach or somehow diminished importance

and let a fresh crown of glory be placed on it

for the saints to wear it with honor with dignity

to be able to stand and approach the king and

to have what we pray be answered because we have

your heart and we've spoken your words we've

seen the power the proclamation, the praise,

the purity. Lord, the progress that you will

do in your name. Now bless these people. Lord,

as we move into just a break for this afternoon,

speak to us by the Spirit. Lord, as we come back

tonight to engage you more in Jesus' name. Amen.

Amen. We'll be back here at 6 o 'clock tonight.

So go get a little lunch, maybe get a little

nap, get a little prayer time in. God bless you.

We'll see you at 6 o 'clock tonight for a great

finishing time in the Spirit. Amen. LifeBibleChurch

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