Prayer Family | Pastor Pavel Goia
Resumen
TLDRIn this motivational speech, the speaker emphasizes the significance of prayer and unity in the life of Christians, particularly concerning preparations for the second coming of Jesus. Describing prayer as crucial for accessing divine power, the speaker argues that Christians often lack results because they rely on human effort instead of spiritual guidance. The speaker brings attention to the message of the Great Commission, which involves waiting, praying for the Holy Spirit, and then spreading the gospel, pointing out that true success in these efforts requires Godβs power. They state that many fail to see results in spiritual growth because they start acting without being prepared spiritually through prayer. Drawing from personal experiences, the speaker shares a testimony of how collective prayer led to the miraculous arrival of their children's visas, which seemed impossible due to bureaucratic obstacles. This serves to illustrate the idea that when believers unite in prayer with faith, God's power moves beyond human limitations. The speech calls for a renewed commitment to prayer both individually and collectively, emphasizing that a united church can achieve great things. The speaker warns against seeking blessings rather than seeking God Himself, stressing that prayer should be a way of life β not just an isolated activity. They highlight that genuine Revival and transformation come through prayer, engaging listeners to prioritize this spiritual practice as they approach the challenges of todayβs world.
Para llevar
- π Prayer is crucial for connecting with God's power.
- β³ The world is signaling Jesus's imminent return.
- π The Great Commission requires spiritual preparation through prayer.
- π Personal testimonies highlight the miraculous power of unified prayer.
- π Churches grow by committing to communal prayer and shared purpose.
- π¨ Prayer is the breath of the soul, vital for spiritual life.
- π€ Unity in prayer strengthens the church's impact.
- π§οΈ The 'latter rain' symbolizes a future spiritual outpouring.
- π Prayer unlocks heavenly resources and divine possibilities.
- π― Focus on knowing God, not just receiving blessings.
CronologΓa
- 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
The speaker expresses feeling at home with the audience and discusses signs of Jesus' impending return, emphasizing the world's unrest and prophecy fulfillment. He questions people's application of the Great Commission from Matthew 28, stressing that it involves four parts and requires proper preparation before going forth to spread the gospel.
- 00:05:00 - 00:10:00
The speaker explains that Jesus instructed the disciples to wait and pray until they received the Holy Spirit. He criticizes the tendency to rely on human effort to do God's work, emphasizing the need for divine power. Prayer for the Holy Spirit is essential for effective ministry, as human strength is insufficient for spiritual tasks.
- 00:10:00 - 00:15:00
An analogy is drawn between giving sermon and witnessing in court, suggesting personal experience with Christ is necessary to effectively evangelize. The speaker emphasizes coming to know Christ before telling others about Him. He highlights the need for spiritual weapons for spiritual battles, reminding the audience of the importance of prayer in accessing God's power.
- 00:15:00 - 00:20:00
The speaker narrates a personal story about seeking a visa for his children to join them in Norway, emphasizing persistent and united prayer. Despite legal obstacles, their prayers were answered in a miraculous way, demonstrating God's ability to influence situations when people pray together in unity and faith.
- 00:20:00 - 00:25:00
The story continues with the visa issue being resolved through an unexpected intervention by the king of Norway. This reinforces the message that persistent group prayer can lead to extraordinary outcomes. The speaker encourages trusting in God's timing and power, even when circumstances seem insurmountable.
- 00:25:00 - 00:30:00
Another personal story is shared about the power of united prayer in church growth. The speaker recounts a small church's transformation through communal prayer, emphasizing the importance of praying together for revival and growth. It's noted that significant changes happen when believers pray consistently in one accord.
- 00:30:00 - 00:35:00
A testimony from Vietnam illustrates the power of persistent prayer. A group prays for converts in a distant city, leading to an unexpected conversion that starts a spiritual movement. This highlights the speaker's belief that group prayer, sustained over time, can have profound impacts, even in the least likely circumstances.
- 00:35:00 - 00:40:00
The focus shifts to God's faithfulness in answering prayer, using stories of miraculous interventions as proof. The speaker reinforces the concept that prayer as a collective and sustained action can bring God's impossible works into reality. The key is persistence and unwavering faith in God's promises.
- 00:40:00 - 00:45:00
Personal reflection on the necessity of persistent prayer in the face of challenges. Using examples from his life, the speaker stresses that prayer is a crucial part of the spiritual walk, capable of catalyzing change and drawing divine intervention. He stresses that prayer alters the spiritual landscape significantly.
- 00:45:00 - 00:54:20
The conclusion is a call to action for earnest prayer for revival and the Holy Spirit. The speaker challenges the audience to prioritize prayer, highlighting its role in personal and communal renewal. He encourages everyone to stay committed to prayer, especially as the end times approach, promising that unity in prayer will lead to spiritual victory.
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Preguntas frecuentes
What is the main topic of the speech?
The main topic is the importance of prayer, unity, and preparation for the second coming of Jesus.
What does the speaker say about the Great Commission?
The speaker explains that the Great Commission involves preparing through prayer and receiving the Holy Spirit before going out to preach.
What example does the speaker give about the power of prayer?
The speaker shares a personal story of how intense prayer led to their children receiving visas against difficult odds.
Why is prayer considered important, according to the speaker?
Prayer is important because it allows individuals to connect with God and access divine power necessary for overcoming challenges.
What does the speaker say about the current state of the world?
The speaker mentions that signs indicate Jesus is coming soon, and the world cannot continue as it is much longer.
How does the speaker suggest the church can grow?
The speaker suggests that churches can grow through persistent communal prayer and unity of purpose.
What is the 'latter rain' the speaker refers to?
The 'latter rain' refers to a biblical event symbolizing a future outpouring of the Holy Spirit that will empower believers to finalize Godβs work on Earth.
How does the speaker describe the role of unity in prayer?
The speaker describes unity in prayer as crucial for invoking God's power and achieving spiritual goals, as it reflects a collective commitment to a common vision.
What biblical example does the speaker use to illustrate obedience and preparation?
The speaker uses the story of the Great Commission, explaining Jesus commanded the disciples to wait and pray for the Holy Spirit before spreading the gospel.
What is one key message the speaker wants the audience to take away?
One key message is that Christians should make prayer a priority and rely on God's power rather than trying to do spiritual work in their own strength.
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- 00:00:01it is a privilege for me to be with you
- 00:00:05I am somehow like at home when I come
- 00:00:08here
- 00:00:09amen
- 00:00:11I kind of know most of you and you know
- 00:00:14me and I'm very glad to
- 00:00:17to visit with you
- 00:00:20um
- 00:00:21we if we look around
- 00:00:24the times that we live testify that
- 00:00:27Jesus is coming soon
- 00:00:29you don't need to know a lot to just
- 00:00:32look around and know that this Earth
- 00:00:34cannot go too long the way it goes
- 00:00:37in fact people that are not very
- 00:00:39religious I talked to some neighbors and
- 00:00:43they don't go to any church as far as I
- 00:00:45know and they said this Earth cannot
- 00:00:48last any longer
- 00:00:50the something is happening on all areas
- 00:00:54in all of life not only political or
- 00:00:57social or
- 00:01:00Wars among nations unrest or Global
- 00:01:03pandemic
- 00:01:06but generally prophecies are being
- 00:01:09fulfilled and Jesus is coming
- 00:01:13but as we talk about the second coming
- 00:01:17and as we talk about preparation I want
- 00:01:20to bring to your attention a few things
- 00:01:22that we read but we don't seem to really
- 00:01:24apply them very well
- 00:01:27we talk about the Great Commission have
- 00:01:30you heard that term the Great Commission
- 00:01:32everybody knows it
- 00:01:34Matthew 20
- 00:01:358 does what does he say
- 00:01:39go to all the world and we think that's
- 00:01:42the Great Commission but let me explain
- 00:01:45if you look carefully the Great
- 00:01:46Commission has four parts
- 00:01:50and they could explain more you don't
- 00:01:52have time this weekend it's a whole six
- 00:01:55hours seminar
- 00:01:56but Jesus doesn't tell them go it's like
- 00:02:01I would talk to somebody
- 00:02:03before they go to medical school before
- 00:02:05they go to Loma Linda or wherever before
- 00:02:08they learn how to do a surgery and say
- 00:02:11go and do a surgery Jesus doesn't just
- 00:02:14send unprepared people
- 00:02:17Jesus says to them do not go
- 00:02:21that's the first part
- 00:02:23and wait in the city you remember
- 00:02:25wait does it do not go do not go nobody
- 00:02:29goes towards before counting the cost
- 00:02:31before preparing forward you don't start
- 00:02:33building a house before you prepare for
- 00:02:36the construction
- 00:02:37Jesus says do not go wait in the city
- 00:02:40and what does he say next wait and
- 00:02:44pray
- 00:02:46and the disciples probably would have
- 00:02:48said well
- 00:02:49how long should we pray well Brothers 10
- 00:02:53days does Jesus say the 10 days of
- 00:02:54prayer does he say so okay 40 days
- 00:02:57that's even better does he say so
- 00:03:00Jesus says pray
- 00:03:02until
- 00:03:04that's the key word until pray until you
- 00:03:07receive the Holy Spirit and then he says
- 00:03:09when you receive the Holy Spirit you
- 00:03:11shall receive
- 00:03:13power then go eat all nations and we
- 00:03:17have attendance you want to read The Ten
- 00:03:19Commandments to start at verse 3.
- 00:03:22but in the Hebrew Culture The Ten
- 00:03:25Commandments start from verse one we
- 00:03:28have a tendency when we read a Great
- 00:03:29Commission to start from you see what I
- 00:03:32am saying start a little too late
- 00:03:34instead of reading the whole context we
- 00:03:36should never separate verse from verse
- 00:03:38we need to read the whole context how
- 00:03:41can we do God's work in human power
- 00:03:46how can we in a spiritual war fight with
- 00:03:50human weapons for spiritual war you need
- 00:03:53spiritual weapons otherwise no wonder
- 00:03:56that we try hard and we have no success
- 00:03:59no wonder that we apply strategy after
- 00:04:02strategy method after method we work
- 00:04:04hard we spend money energy and yet no
- 00:04:07results
- 00:04:09something is missing and I hear people
- 00:04:12there is no power Pastor there is no
- 00:04:14power well my God has power
- 00:04:18that's the reason he says Zechariah
- 00:04:21Chapter 10.
- 00:04:24at the time of the latter rain pray for
- 00:04:27the latter rain
- 00:04:28another translation says pray for the
- 00:04:30lettering at the time of the latter rain
- 00:04:33same thing or Zechariah Chapter 4 it
- 00:04:36says
- 00:04:37not by Mart might nor by power but by my
- 00:04:41we need to pray for the latter rain we
- 00:04:44need to pray for the spirit if you want
- 00:04:46to do God's work you need God's power
- 00:04:48Jesus told the disciples very clear we
- 00:04:51read the verses he says it is better for
- 00:04:54you if I go because if I go I am going
- 00:04:56to send you
- 00:04:58the comforter and he will lead you in
- 00:05:02how many things
- 00:05:03in all
- 00:05:05the comforter is going to lead you in
- 00:05:07all
- 00:05:10again and again and again for instance
- 00:05:12I'm going to give you another part of
- 00:05:13the Great Commission
- 00:05:15when he starts you see again and again
- 00:05:17the same thing the same thing and I
- 00:05:19could give you the Bible verses from the
- 00:05:20study that I usually present let me give
- 00:05:23you an example the women go with the
- 00:05:26tomb to to some bounds for Jesus body
- 00:05:29you remember
- 00:05:30and the angel is there and he says what
- 00:05:33are you looking for we are looking for
- 00:05:35Jesus he's been resurrected he's not
- 00:05:37here and then the angel says go and tell
- 00:05:42everybody the Great Commission or he
- 00:05:43says come and see
- 00:05:46then go and tell I don't know if you
- 00:05:49follow me what does the angel say come
- 00:05:52and
- 00:05:53see Illinois talks about that quite a
- 00:05:56lot she says we will never be able to
- 00:05:58tell before we see
- 00:06:01you cannot be in the court of law you
- 00:06:03cannot go to the court and be a witness
- 00:06:06and say somebody told somebody who told
- 00:06:09somebody who told me you are not a
- 00:06:11witness in order to be admitted as a
- 00:06:13witness you should have seen it yourself
- 00:06:16then you are a witness
- 00:06:19how can you tell others about Christ
- 00:06:21when we don't experience Christ
- 00:06:24how can we give others power when we
- 00:06:27need is the power
- 00:06:30the two demonias that Jesus healed can
- 00:06:32we follow you and Jesus says go back and
- 00:06:35tell everybody
- 00:06:36what you have seen
- 00:06:38John says what I have seen that's what I
- 00:06:41tell you
- 00:06:43there is no way to help people
- 00:06:45experience Christ before we experience
- 00:06:48Christ
- 00:06:49the reason we have no power is that we
- 00:06:52don't understand the first part of the
- 00:06:54Great Commission
- 00:06:55come and see
- 00:06:57you experience it then you have
- 00:07:00something to tell
- 00:07:02and by the way people can argue with
- 00:07:04theology but nobody can argue with your
- 00:07:07life experience the transformation that
- 00:07:09you have been through
- 00:07:11is the most powerful sermon
- 00:07:15but I'm gonna go a little further than
- 00:07:17that
- 00:07:19if we analyze in the Great Commission
- 00:07:20again when Jesus says do not go do not
- 00:07:24attempt to do God's work in your power
- 00:07:26do not go wait in the city and pray pray
- 00:07:28pray pray pray pray pray pray pray it's
- 00:07:30extremely important it's crucial pray
- 00:07:32every single Revival in human history
- 00:07:34happened when people got together and
- 00:07:37prayed and by the way Jesus told them so
- 00:07:39clear the god of the universe Jesus God
- 00:07:41himself the Creator he told them it's a
- 00:07:45promise God cannot lie not because of
- 00:07:47you not because of me because of his
- 00:07:49character he says Whenever two or three
- 00:07:52of you get
- 00:07:54together
- 00:07:56you remember
- 00:07:58I'm there what a promise when we get
- 00:08:01together God is dead
- 00:08:04God is there
- 00:08:07more than that he says when two or three
- 00:08:09or few
- 00:08:10pray in one
- 00:08:12Accord you remember
- 00:08:15Ellen White talks about he says Unity of
- 00:08:18purpose when they are united in purpose
- 00:08:21in one goal the church give up divisions
- 00:08:23and they get together and they have one
- 00:08:26purpose One Vision one prayer Lord we
- 00:08:29want this city Lord we want give you my
- 00:08:32family you follow me when they pray in
- 00:08:35unity what does Jesus say whenever they
- 00:08:38pray in one Accord issue it shall be
- 00:08:40given to them it's a promise
- 00:08:44it's a promise
- 00:08:46I mean it's a promise we pray in unity
- 00:08:49for something
- 00:08:50he says it may yeah he said it it will
- 00:08:54be given to them let me give you an
- 00:08:56example many many many many years ago
- 00:08:59my wife and I decided to go to Norway
- 00:09:02for a school
- 00:09:03just a simple example for a school and
- 00:09:07we we thought is a Bible theological
- 00:09:10school it was theology but more organic
- 00:09:13agriculture my wife and I are certified
- 00:09:15in organic agriculture it's not that we
- 00:09:17are professionals but just basic things
- 00:09:20for the home Garden
- 00:09:23nevertheless we spent almost a year a
- 00:09:25little less than a year in Norway I
- 00:09:27don't remember nine ten months not
- 00:09:29important this detail is not important
- 00:09:31and when we wanted to go our kids were
- 00:09:33small the youngest one was about
- 00:09:38four years old more or less I don't know
- 00:09:40the oldest one was about seven years old
- 00:09:42more or less I don't remember my wife
- 00:09:44knows these things anyway
- 00:09:46and so we went to the Norwegian Embassy
- 00:09:49we picked up the applications applied
- 00:09:52and they said by law it takes three
- 00:09:55months for all the background check for
- 00:09:57all the system to go through everything
- 00:09:59it takes three months that's the rule we
- 00:10:01don't give a Visa
- 00:10:04for school for work or anything like
- 00:10:07that without three months period okay
- 00:10:10as long as you give it to us before
- 00:10:12January when the school starts we are
- 00:10:14okay well a few days just about two
- 00:10:17three days before January they called us
- 00:10:19and it was right during the holidays you
- 00:10:22have been approved come and pick up your
- 00:10:23Visa so you could go to school my wife
- 00:10:25and I we went to the Norwegian Embassy
- 00:10:27in Bucharest that's many years ago
- 00:10:30when we got there they gave us Visa but
- 00:10:34they rejected our kids
- 00:10:35and they said no no no no no we are not
- 00:10:38gonna leave two small kids at home now
- 00:10:40if you leave them with the parents for
- 00:10:42one day it's okay but not for one year
- 00:10:45you know and so we are not going to
- 00:10:47separate
- 00:10:48I know families that they live and they
- 00:10:51don't see the kids for 20 years you know
- 00:10:53it does not what God intended for the
- 00:10:56family
- 00:10:57so he said no way and they said well you
- 00:11:00miss a paper for the kids so if you
- 00:11:04don't if you go so you don't miss school
- 00:11:06if you go the parents can bring the kids
- 00:11:09tomorrow with that paper and then they
- 00:11:11get Visa and they can put them on the
- 00:11:12plane on you just wait in Oslo and pick
- 00:11:15up the kids from the airport okay
- 00:11:18we left
- 00:11:20next day the kids were there to pick up
- 00:11:22visa and they rejected the kids they
- 00:11:24said we need to make we have too much
- 00:11:26immigration we need to make sure that we
- 00:11:28bring this family back and in order to
- 00:11:31make sure they come back to Romania we
- 00:11:33are gonna keep their children
- 00:11:36now my wife and I were already
- 00:11:39close to 5 000 kilometers North in
- 00:11:42Norway what should they do give up
- 00:11:44school go back to Romania give up
- 00:11:46children what should we do
- 00:11:49ha
- 00:11:50we uh we prayed
- 00:11:52and we called the whole school all the
- 00:11:56students to prayer and we said we have a
- 00:11:59prayer matter and we know that Jesus
- 00:12:01said we know that Jesus
- 00:12:04God said whenever two or three in one
- 00:12:08Accord
- 00:12:10what does it mean in one Accord it
- 00:12:12doesn't mean that they were all in a
- 00:12:13Honda Accord
- 00:12:14in one Accord means that they prayed in
- 00:12:18Unity Whenever two three of you pray in
- 00:12:21unity for one subject for one purpose
- 00:12:24for One Vision it will be
- 00:12:27given I said would you agree that we all
- 00:12:30students from this school get together
- 00:12:32every evening 6 pm and for one hour we
- 00:12:36each one bring one request
- 00:12:39and they said yeah let's do it we
- 00:12:42brought a jar like those that you can
- 00:12:44for the winter people who remember what
- 00:12:46canning means
- 00:12:47okay
- 00:12:49and we put each one put a piece of paper
- 00:12:52fold it with one request in the jar and
- 00:12:54each night the school students got
- 00:12:56together each one would pull one of
- 00:12:58those papers and would pray until we
- 00:13:02would empty the jar we kept praying and
- 00:13:04praying rotating until we emptied the
- 00:13:06jar next evening again next and we
- 00:13:09decided that we don't want to twist
- 00:13:12God's arm
- 00:13:15but we want to say may your will be
- 00:13:21the Lord
- 00:13:23but then we let God be God and let him
- 00:13:26this because many times human prayer and
- 00:13:30they expect God to serve them instead of
- 00:13:32the other way around
- 00:13:34they don't seek God's plan they seek
- 00:13:38God's blessing for their plan
- 00:13:41we got to the point that we worship
- 00:13:44blessings instead of worshiping God and
- 00:13:47the blessings that were intended to be
- 00:13:49blessings have become curses because
- 00:13:50they have become Gods because we seek
- 00:13:52blessings more than we seek God
- 00:13:55and we said we don't want to do that to
- 00:13:57seek that God would fulfill our plan we
- 00:14:01want to obey God's plan so we are going
- 00:14:03to pray only for a month
- 00:14:06and if God wants us to be in school he's
- 00:14:08going to bring the kids in a month if
- 00:14:10not we are not going to stay separated
- 00:14:11more than a month then we give up school
- 00:14:13and go home and it crossed my mind
- 00:14:16what if God didn't want us to go to
- 00:14:18school to begin with
- 00:14:20we made the plan it seemed like a
- 00:14:21beautiful plan
- 00:14:23and we did it and then we got in trouble
- 00:14:25and we should have prayed should we go
- 00:14:27to school before going to school you
- 00:14:30follow me
- 00:14:32but he said well never too late God has
- 00:14:34plan B and plan C
- 00:14:36never too late if we repent God can fix
- 00:14:38it and we will accept it joyfully so we
- 00:14:41decided 30 days of prayer and if the
- 00:14:44kiss didn't come
- 00:14:46we will give up school and go back home
- 00:14:48and we decided that the whole school
- 00:14:50would pray in unity for those prayer
- 00:14:53requests and we all United for a month
- 00:14:57to pray for those subjects from the jar
- 00:15:00when people pray together there is
- 00:15:03something powerful in that word together
- 00:15:05Jesus says again and again together is
- 00:15:09like pray for one another cry for a
- 00:15:11Rejoice together help one another this
- 00:15:15togetherness this one another this Unity
- 00:15:19that Jesus says in John 17.
- 00:15:22when you are one just like the father
- 00:15:24and I imagine that type of unity are one
- 00:15:27when you are one the world is going to
- 00:15:30know that you are my children because in
- 00:15:32this self-centered selfish Society where
- 00:15:35nobody cares for anybody
- 00:15:37when you see a group of people that they
- 00:15:39are united
- 00:15:40to the degree that they are ready to die
- 00:15:42for self for the benefit of the other
- 00:15:45that's different that's not human that's
- 00:15:47Godly
- 00:15:49when you are one this togetherness
- 00:15:51prayed together work together
- 00:15:54you follow me
- 00:15:57cry together support one another anyway
- 00:16:00so we decided to pray together to follow
- 00:16:02Jesus command in one Accord
- 00:16:05we prayed and then I went to the
- 00:16:07passport service
- 00:16:09to the chief of the passport service and
- 00:16:11I said why don't you let my kids come
- 00:16:13and he said we want to make sure that
- 00:16:15you go back so we are going to keep your
- 00:16:16kids
- 00:16:18I said well if you don't let the kids
- 00:16:19come I give up school and he said and
- 00:16:22why would I care if you give up school
- 00:16:24he says give up school go back we didn't
- 00:16:26invite you to our country good give up
- 00:16:28go back
- 00:16:30he was kind of rude
- 00:16:32and I I was like
- 00:16:35I don't need your country I'm here for
- 00:16:37Education bring my kids nope and then he
- 00:16:41said something he said we have a law and
- 00:16:44nobody's going to change it or nobody's
- 00:16:45gonna break it
- 00:16:47he says I cannot break it for you or for
- 00:16:49me or for anybody I will lose my job he
- 00:16:52said when you are rejected by law in
- 00:16:54Norway you are not allowed to apply for
- 00:16:56six months
- 00:16:58when you are rejected by law you are not
- 00:17:00allowed to apply for six months and
- 00:17:02after six months you apply but it takes
- 00:17:04three months for the application so nine
- 00:17:06months
- 00:17:07if the school was 9 or 10 months
- 00:17:11or even bother so he said give it up go
- 00:17:15home or stay in school we are not going
- 00:17:17to let your kids come period
- 00:17:20and then he looked to me and he said as
- 00:17:22long as I am here I will make sure that
- 00:17:24the law is followed
- 00:17:27I went back
- 00:17:28and some of the students said to me
- 00:17:31you cannot play with the law the law is
- 00:17:33the law
- 00:17:34if they are not allowed to apply six
- 00:17:35months and then the application takes
- 00:17:37another three months that's nine months
- 00:17:38give it up let's stop praying
- 00:17:41is it a good or a bad idea
- 00:17:45and I told them I told them in my Bible
- 00:17:48it doesn't say
- 00:17:51when two or three pray in one Accord it
- 00:17:53will be given to them according to the
- 00:17:55law it doesn't say so
- 00:17:57it doesn't say to be given to them if
- 00:17:59it's possible it says it will be given
- 00:18:01to them period
- 00:18:03and I said my God keeps his promise in
- 00:18:07spite of the law
- 00:18:09and if God wants the kid to come
- 00:18:12the kids come regardless the law and if
- 00:18:15not it means that you should not be here
- 00:18:16so we go home we are going to keep
- 00:18:17praying and we keep praying and it's
- 00:18:19very interesting when people pray
- 00:18:21together
- 00:18:22God answers but he never answers early
- 00:18:27he never answers late either but always
- 00:18:30in the last second if you know what I am
- 00:18:32talking about
- 00:18:34why would God not answer right away
- 00:18:37he could answer in an instant why does
- 00:18:40he take time 25 years for Abraham to
- 00:18:43receive an answer 13 years for Joseph
- 00:18:45120 years for Noah 40 years for Moses
- 00:18:47the shortest answer him is Daniel in 21
- 00:18:51days why does it take God so long
- 00:18:56remember God works with people
- 00:18:58when Angel Gabriel came to Daniel says
- 00:19:01when you started to pray
- 00:19:03I started to work but I had to fight the
- 00:19:06kings of mids and Persians basically God
- 00:19:08has to fight with people that are
- 00:19:10stubborn
- 00:19:11and God has to prepare people if God
- 00:19:13would have told Noah build an ark and
- 00:19:16Noah didn't pray enough he would have
- 00:19:17never obeyed because he didn't make
- 00:19:19sense
- 00:19:20if God would have told Joshua
- 00:19:24and Joshua was not a man of prayer that
- 00:19:26knew God and obeyed
- 00:19:28he will never you have never done it you
- 00:19:31need to pray enough
- 00:19:32to know God
- 00:19:34enough to trust him and Obey him when he
- 00:19:37doesn't make any sense for human logic
- 00:19:40you need a relationship in order to
- 00:19:42trust God and to obey him when you don't
- 00:19:44understand anyway back to the story we
- 00:19:48prayed for 30 days
- 00:19:50and nothing happened in the 30th day we
- 00:19:54packed everything and you're ready to
- 00:19:56leave and I told my wife let's go it's
- 00:19:58the 30th day and my wife said no no it's
- 00:20:00not tonight six o'clock
- 00:20:03but I said it's already 10 a.m what's
- 00:20:05going to happen between 10 I mean
- 00:20:07between 10 and 6 the kids are gonna get
- 00:20:09Visa get that she says it's tonight six
- 00:20:12o'clock we leave it's 30 days to the
- 00:20:14hour didn't you say to the youth to the
- 00:20:17classmates that God works in the last
- 00:20:19moment last moment is one minute to six
- 00:20:23I shoot my head to my wife and I said
- 00:20:25great is your faith
- 00:20:28well around two o'clock we received the
- 00:20:31phone call 5 30 go and pick up your kids
- 00:20:33from the airport
- 00:20:36a 30th day at 5 30 half an hour early
- 00:20:39and I said how in the world because the
- 00:20:41law says you remember
- 00:20:43and they explained it to me
- 00:20:46that the Norwegian government had a
- 00:20:49meeting to attack immigration
- 00:20:50and after they finish the meeting at
- 00:20:52lunch they ate and there were round
- 00:20:56tables at one of the tables there was
- 00:20:58the king of Norway with the prime
- 00:20:59minister with the chief of passport
- 00:21:01service and a few other people and while
- 00:21:03they were eating the passport service
- 00:21:05head says these immigrants they never
- 00:21:09get it for instance this Romanian family
- 00:21:11they tell me that if I don't let their
- 00:21:13kids come they give up school why would
- 00:21:15I care if they give up school
- 00:21:16and the king of Norway says we do care
- 00:21:19we do care for people it's education for
- 00:21:22people children we do care tell me the
- 00:21:24story well we kept their children to
- 00:21:26make sure they go back give them Visa
- 00:21:28well the law says that six months they
- 00:21:30cannot apply and then three months the
- 00:21:32the process
- 00:21:33and the King said not if I sign it
- 00:21:36notify sign it give me the paper and the
- 00:21:38king of Norway signed the paper and my
- 00:21:40wife and I had the paper the king of
- 00:21:42Norway side signed the paper they called
- 00:21:45the Romanian the Norwegian Embassy in
- 00:21:47Bucharest the Ambassador was home they
- 00:21:49went home picked him up because the king
- 00:21:50said so he went to the Embassy he signed
- 00:21:53the Visa they called the parents my
- 00:21:54parents-in-law they took the kids to the
- 00:21:56Embassy got the Visa took the first
- 00:21:57plane put them on the plane at 2 pm at 5
- 00:22:0130 a.m we picked them up
- 00:22:04when two or three pray together in one
- 00:22:08Accord
- 00:22:10but the problem is that we give up
- 00:22:13praying too soon because in human mind
- 00:22:15we don't see a way and we have a
- 00:22:18tendency to look to the problems instead
- 00:22:20of looking to God and they say this is
- 00:22:23impossible why keep praying
- 00:22:26nothing is impossible with God stop
- 00:22:28looking to the problems Keep Your Eyes
- 00:22:31Upon Jesus
- 00:22:32the more you see problems the more
- 00:22:34depressed you get the more you see Jesus
- 00:22:36the more you smile and say is possible
- 00:22:40you follow me
- 00:22:42when two or three get together
- 00:22:45when two or three what if this church
- 00:22:48would get together
- 00:22:51you follow me and pray in one Accord and
- 00:22:54say Jesus give us Chicago we want this
- 00:22:57city for you
- 00:22:59well it's too big Pastor nothing is too
- 00:23:01big
- 00:23:04if people pray in one Accord they say
- 00:23:08Lord give me the vision not my small
- 00:23:10Vision give me your big vision
- 00:23:14if God gave Gideon Victory with only 300
- 00:23:17people God can do anything
- 00:23:20if God pushed the sun ten hours back or
- 00:23:22you don't believe that story if you
- 00:23:23believe in the Bible then you understand
- 00:23:25God says and it happens then why don't
- 00:23:29we pray when the spiritual prophecy says
- 00:23:31clearly prayer is the key that unlocks
- 00:23:35who knows the quotation
- 00:23:37heavens
- 00:23:38Storehouse where are
- 00:23:42you remember the unlimited Heavens
- 00:23:45resources prayer is the key that unlocks
- 00:23:48the storehouse the Heavenly Storehouse
- 00:23:50where there are all infinite reserves
- 00:23:54godly power
- 00:23:56and prayer connects us to that
- 00:23:58Storehouse yet we struggle in our power
- 00:24:02and we don't understand you don't do
- 00:24:04God's work in human power
- 00:24:07you need God's power to do God's work
- 00:24:10and all he takes is prayer and Satan my
- 00:24:13brothers and my sisters is good to eat
- 00:24:16tofu I don't have a problem with tofu we
- 00:24:18ate tofu tonight and it was really good
- 00:24:21but Satan is not afraid of tofu
- 00:24:25it's good to keep Sabbath please do not
- 00:24:27mean you should keep Sabbath is in the
- 00:24:29Bible but Satan is not afraid of Sabbath
- 00:24:33I mean lazy people keep every day that
- 00:24:36doesn't make them holy
- 00:24:38it's good to pray it's good to study
- 00:24:40it's good to go to church it's good to
- 00:24:42sing in the choir but there is one thing
- 00:24:45that Satan is afraid of it says in
- 00:24:47spirit prophecy when we pray Satan and
- 00:24:49his host
- 00:24:51what does he say there Trump yes thank
- 00:24:54you when we pray Satan is shaking and
- 00:24:57he's running because prayer brings God
- 00:25:00when God comes Satan goes
- 00:25:05then there is this
- 00:25:07Presbyterian Pastor that sent James
- 00:25:09White a letter and says you talk so much
- 00:25:12about prayer you invite your people your
- 00:25:14members to prayer you say that when they
- 00:25:16pray they will experience the Holy
- 00:25:17Spirit latter rain Revival and finish
- 00:25:19the work and go home then why do we pray
- 00:25:22so little he says and James White
- 00:25:24answers back and says prayer is how we
- 00:25:27get God's power and yet we seem to do
- 00:25:30anything else but pray
- 00:25:32you follow me
- 00:25:35I remember my first district in the U.S
- 00:25:38after I finished school here not in
- 00:25:39Romania in U.S
- 00:25:41I went to church there I had three
- 00:25:43churches
- 00:25:45one of them was so small it was
- 00:25:47depressing I mean 20 people 30 in a good
- 00:25:50Sabbath in the winter it was cold and I
- 00:25:53went to church and there were nine
- 00:25:55people in the church my family four and
- 00:25:57another five when you preach to your
- 00:25:59family and another five is very
- 00:26:00depressing I didn't feel like preaching
- 00:26:03I wanted to just give a short welcome
- 00:26:05and go home you know
- 00:26:07and when you when you see that church
- 00:26:09what do you do for people all in their
- 00:26:1290s or 100 or something what do you do
- 00:26:17what do you do about it
- 00:26:20I invited them to prayer I said I cannot
- 00:26:24change you I did try to change my wife
- 00:26:26when we got married and trust me it
- 00:26:28didn't go well
- 00:26:29I gave up I cannot change you I cannot
- 00:26:32change anybody but God can
- 00:26:35why don't we pray together that God
- 00:26:37would grow our church because you cannot
- 00:26:38grow it I cannot grow it how can you
- 00:26:41grow four Elder ladies good ladies good
- 00:26:45ladies good heart oh man pastor we love
- 00:26:48you come over we are gonna feed you
- 00:26:51good ladies but how can you change the
- 00:26:53church would you you follow me
- 00:26:56I said let's pray together okay pastor
- 00:26:59well I said in the morning because if
- 00:27:01others want to come to prayer and they
- 00:27:03have job at seven o'clock they go to job
- 00:27:05let's meet at 6am half an hour at least
- 00:27:08okay pastor it was 32 below
- 00:27:13process it hold I would get in my car
- 00:27:17at 5 30 a.m to be at the church at 6 and
- 00:27:21I would start the car and freeze and by
- 00:27:24the time I got to the church finally
- 00:27:26started to warm up and then I had to
- 00:27:27stop
- 00:27:28and then pray half an hour later get in
- 00:27:31the car is called again by the time I
- 00:27:32get home it starts to warm up it was
- 00:27:35terrible I didn't feel like getting in
- 00:27:37the car I want you to stay in my bed
- 00:27:39it's not comfortable that we determined
- 00:27:42that we will pray together that God
- 00:27:46would grow that church
- 00:27:48and we got together every morning from 6
- 00:27:50to 6 30 at the church and we prayed one
- 00:27:53two three ten and he said you know how
- 00:27:55long we are going to pray until our
- 00:27:57church would get to 100 and after three
- 00:27:59months we had 120 in attendance and we
- 00:28:02start praying I wonder if we have kept
- 00:28:05praying what would have happened
- 00:28:08do you follow me
- 00:28:09let me give you another example this is
- 00:28:11not a sermon we are the title only the
- 00:28:13title
- 00:28:15this Series has 92 slides we didn't do
- 00:28:18yet the first
- 00:28:19let me give you an example
- 00:28:21let me give you an example
- 00:28:23I'm so I give you a specific example
- 00:28:26from
- 00:28:28um
- 00:28:30I'm trying to remember the name of the
- 00:28:32the city I have it here in my
- 00:28:34presentation
- 00:28:36anyway it's a in Vietnam it's a group of
- 00:28:41people
- 00:28:43in one of the Cities I don't remember I
- 00:28:44have in my presentation the name of the
- 00:28:46city in one of the Cities a group of
- 00:28:48Adventists and they had relatives in a
- 00:28:54city that is 150 miles away what will be
- 00:28:58150 miles from here tell me Indianapolis
- 00:29:00is closer than that is it
- 00:29:05how close is Indianapolis
- 00:29:13165 well you see kind of praying for
- 00:29:16Indianapolis you follow me thank you is
- 00:29:20so they are here in this city and they
- 00:29:24pray for the city that is 150 miles away
- 00:29:28it's like you here would pray for
- 00:29:30Indianapolis
- 00:29:31doesn't make much sense because you are
- 00:29:33not there to work to do Evangeline to do
- 00:29:36Bible studies to do Health seminars you
- 00:29:39follow me you are not there you cannot
- 00:29:41do anything
- 00:29:42they got together why would they do that
- 00:29:44because half of the church had relatives
- 00:29:47working in that City
- 00:29:50you follow me
- 00:29:51but that city was an industrial center a
- 00:29:55lot of business happening there and
- 00:29:57either all of them atheists secular no
- 00:30:01religion or the others Buddhists
- 00:30:05no Adventist in the whole city not one
- 00:30:08not one
- 00:30:09and they say Lord we have family working
- 00:30:12there we have relatives working there
- 00:30:14and there is not one Adventist to work
- 00:30:16with them and do you want them saved so
- 00:30:18they got together and they decided to
- 00:30:21pray to gather they decided to pray
- 00:30:25together it's like you get together and
- 00:30:28pray for in Indianapolis and they
- 00:30:30decided to pray and they pray for a day
- 00:30:31for two for three for a month for two
- 00:30:33months for three months for about four
- 00:30:35or five months nothing happened after
- 00:30:37about four or five months an old lady
- 00:30:39with criminal cancer in the last month
- 00:30:42of Life got converted and they are
- 00:30:44absolutely depressed why would God do
- 00:30:48that he could have converted somebody
- 00:30:50young with energy that could go from
- 00:30:52door to door and give literature and
- 00:30:54give Bible studies and do evangelists
- 00:30:56somebody young healthy with energy not
- 00:30:58an old lady that has cancer and she's
- 00:31:00gonna die why would God end of his our
- 00:31:03prayer that way
- 00:31:04and they said you know it doesn't make
- 00:31:06any sense it's a hopeless situation
- 00:31:08let's stop praying
- 00:31:10and some of them said no we obey Jesus
- 00:31:14command is not a suggestion
- 00:31:17it's a command it's a promise we pray
- 00:31:20together until we see an answer we are
- 00:31:22not gonna stop and they kept praying and
- 00:31:25that old lady got into hospice and then
- 00:31:28she got into bed and she could not move
- 00:31:30anymore and she was dying so they called
- 00:31:32the next door neighbor that was the
- 00:31:36sister-in-law of the sick lady that got
- 00:31:39baptized and they said we are going to
- 00:31:42pay you to take care of her okay how
- 00:31:44much do you pay me so much an hour okay
- 00:31:47that's good what do you want me to do we
- 00:31:49want you to wash her
- 00:31:51give her a shower feed her clean her
- 00:31:54take care of her and because she's an
- 00:31:56Adventist we want you to read every
- 00:31:58evening a little from the Bible for her
- 00:32:00I don't believe in the Bible I don't do
- 00:32:02that well it doesn't matter what you
- 00:32:04believe
- 00:32:05we pay you per hour if you eat half an
- 00:32:07hour you are paid you don't need to
- 00:32:08believe read it for her because she's
- 00:32:10unable to read she's so weak that she
- 00:32:13can no longer read okay
- 00:32:16they paid her but she never read
- 00:32:18nevertheless she charged them the money
- 00:32:21as for the time that should have been
- 00:32:23reading
- 00:32:25and then
- 00:32:27the lady died
- 00:32:29and there were people got very
- 00:32:30discouraged she died on nobody else no
- 00:32:33Advent is left over in the city
- 00:32:35and they said let's give up and some of
- 00:32:37them said no we pray until we don't pray
- 00:32:40for ten days we don't pray for 40 days
- 00:32:42we don't pray for three months we pray
- 00:32:44until we we grab Jesus and we say we are
- 00:32:47not going to let you go before you
- 00:32:48answer so basically we pray until we get
- 00:32:51an answer so they kept praying
- 00:32:54now the lady atheist agnostic lady that
- 00:32:58was reading the Bible called the doctors
- 00:33:00the doctors come no pulse no heartbeat
- 00:33:03no nothing they said she's dead
- 00:33:05and then she says oops I forgot to do
- 00:33:08the ritual and they say what ritual she
- 00:33:10says well you know Muslims go through
- 00:33:12this Catholics go to Ave Maria and they
- 00:33:16have communion before somebody dies they
- 00:33:17don't die without communion or mass this
- 00:33:20Adventists have have a habit they told
- 00:33:23me to read Psalm 30. because she asked
- 00:33:26what should I read what should I eat
- 00:33:27from the Bible I don't read the Bible I
- 00:33:29don't even know how to look in the Bible
- 00:33:30well read Psalm 30. where is Psalm 30 in
- 00:33:33the middle okay she said they told me
- 00:33:36that this is the ritual to read half an
- 00:33:38hour every evening and I was supposed to
- 00:33:40read for today Psalm 30. I told him that
- 00:33:42yesterday I read Psalm 29 today it was
- 00:33:45Psalm 30 that's the ritual now you
- 00:33:46cannot bury her before you do the ritual
- 00:33:48because she would not they believe that
- 00:33:50should not go to heaven that was her
- 00:33:52understanding
- 00:33:54so before the doctors who take the dead
- 00:33:56body shop and Psalm 30 what he says
- 00:34:01you took my body from the pit of the
- 00:34:05Dead you resurrected me and gave me life
- 00:34:07how could the dead praise you
- 00:34:10but the living they do you saved my life
- 00:34:12from the death and then she is reading
- 00:34:15Psalm 30 the dead lady starts moving
- 00:34:19and she says I'm hungry
- 00:34:21and the doctors check her and they say
- 00:34:24maybe she was in a coma maybe it was
- 00:34:26clinical that we don't understand but
- 00:34:28she is back her heart is functioning
- 00:34:30they take her to hospital they analyze
- 00:34:31cancer is gone
- 00:34:33now diagnostic lady take some 30 and she
- 00:34:36goes from door to door through the city
- 00:34:38and she starts reading Psalm 30 to
- 00:34:40everyone you don't know this ritual has
- 00:34:42power it can save your life
- 00:34:44I read it to the dead and she came back
- 00:34:46you better read the Bible
- 00:34:48she diagnostic lady got baptized and she
- 00:34:51started to go from door to door from
- 00:34:52door to door and people started to get
- 00:34:55baptized and planted one two three
- 00:34:56churches because she experienced God's
- 00:34:59power firsthand because a group of
- 00:35:01people 150 miles away didn't give up
- 00:35:04praying
- 00:35:08God is very alive my God has no
- 00:35:10arthritis he is not retired he is not
- 00:35:13old he's not sleeping the problem is not
- 00:35:16God's promise or God's power the problem
- 00:35:18is God's people
- 00:35:22we are in the way
- 00:35:27two or three get together and pray in
- 00:35:30one Accord it will be given to them
- 00:35:33when are you gonna believe God's promise
- 00:35:37when are you going to give up our
- 00:35:39comfort and get together and pray in
- 00:35:41unity you know why we don't pray
- 00:35:44please don't get offended if you get
- 00:35:46offended I will pray for you
- 00:35:48you know why we don't pray together
- 00:35:50either because we are too comfortable
- 00:35:52am I right
- 00:35:54or because we are too selfish we just
- 00:35:56don't care we care for our things we
- 00:35:58don't care for the other things
- 00:36:00either way is wrong
- 00:36:02this Earth
- 00:36:04is leaving the last minutes of History
- 00:36:07Jesus is coming we are not going to take
- 00:36:10anything to Heaven except our souls
- 00:36:14this is the time this is the time to
- 00:36:18pray for the holy spirit this is the
- 00:36:20time to pray for power this is the time
- 00:36:22to pray for transformation to pray for
- 00:36:24Revival to pray for our families to pray
- 00:36:26for our churches to pray for Revival to
- 00:36:29pray for our city to pray for our
- 00:36:30neighbors we are responsible for our
- 00:36:33neighbors we are responsible for our
- 00:36:35families
- 00:36:36can it be that sometimes they don't come
- 00:36:39because we don't care
- 00:36:45think about this
- 00:36:48son of man
- 00:36:50I put you watch man
- 00:36:52if you see War
- 00:36:54and you blow the trumpet give it a clear
- 00:36:57sound if they perish they will be
- 00:36:59responsible but if you don't give the
- 00:37:01sound their blood is going to be
- 00:37:02required from your hand
- 00:37:04did you think about that
- 00:37:06we are responsible
- 00:37:08what does it take for us to get together
- 00:37:11and take prayers seriously and say Lord
- 00:37:14we certainly cannot do it you know we
- 00:37:17can do programs oh yes we do have good
- 00:37:20programs don't we
- 00:37:22but we cannot save the city we cannot
- 00:37:25even save ourselves or our families or
- 00:37:28our neighbors or our co-workers our
- 00:37:29friends Lord would you give us your holy
- 00:37:32spirit because only the Holy Spirit can
- 00:37:34transform a heart would you pour the
- 00:37:37latter in this is the time for the
- 00:37:38latter rain we plead for the latter rain
- 00:37:41would you just give us your Holy Spirit
- 00:37:43would you give us the city we really
- 00:37:46want the whole city is it too much Lord
- 00:37:48to ask you to give us the city turn it
- 00:37:50upside down
- 00:37:53turn it upside down
- 00:37:58when the disciples try to do it in their
- 00:38:01power they come to Jesus and they say we
- 00:38:03cannot do it we cannot heal we cannot
- 00:38:05deliver and Jesus says it's prayer and
- 00:38:07fasting when the disciple finally got it
- 00:38:09and they got together and they prayed
- 00:38:12then the Holy Spirit came when the Holy
- 00:38:15Spirit came things happened thousands
- 00:38:17got baptized Miracles happened a group
- 00:38:20of people
- 00:38:21a group or a hand of people
- 00:38:25evangelized the whole Known World in 32
- 00:38:29years he's like I If I tell you this
- 00:38:32group here how many people one two three
- 00:38:34four five he said I don't know how many
- 00:38:35you are here I'm not gonna count but
- 00:38:36anyway if I tell you you are responsible
- 00:38:39to evangelize not only Chicago
- 00:38:41but the whole U.S and Canada and South
- 00:38:44America you are responsible to do that
- 00:38:46do you look to me and say are you crazy
- 00:38:48how can we 20 people do that you follow
- 00:38:52me when Jesus gave them that task that
- 00:38:57job they must have looked to each other
- 00:38:59because they were poor they didn't have
- 00:39:01media as we do TV internet they didn't
- 00:39:05have cars they did very secreted by the
- 00:39:07Pharisees by the Romans it was
- 00:39:09impossible they must have looked to each
- 00:39:12other and say how in the world we don't
- 00:39:13have TV we don't have you know they had
- 00:39:15nothing
- 00:39:16and that's the reason they got down on
- 00:39:18their knees and said Lord this is
- 00:39:20impossible for us we cannot do it but
- 00:39:24you said that we should pray until we
- 00:39:26receive the Holy Spirit when the Holy
- 00:39:27Spirit comes we are going to receive
- 00:39:29power and then why says when the Holy
- 00:39:30Spirit comes things happen above human
- 00:39:32imagination when the Holy Spirit comes
- 00:39:35things happen
- 00:39:36Lord give us the promise of the
- 00:39:40comforter
- 00:39:41give us the latter rain
- 00:39:43and they prayed until the Holy Spirit
- 00:39:45came
- 00:39:46and then things happened
- 00:39:48that's how the work is going to close
- 00:39:51Illinois says the work started without
- 00:39:53pulling of the Holy Spirit under the
- 00:39:55early Reign and the work is going to
- 00:39:56close without putting of the Holy Spirit
- 00:39:58under the latter rain
- 00:40:01Jesus Will Come
- 00:40:03the holy spirit will be pulled
- 00:40:05the work will be finished
- 00:40:08the matter the question is are you going
- 00:40:10to be part of it
- 00:40:13that's the whole point
- 00:40:15Jesus we've been going to church yes you
- 00:40:17did Jesus we ate healthy yes you did
- 00:40:21but I don't know you
- 00:40:24those are the most terrible words in the
- 00:40:26whole Bible
- 00:40:29I really don't want to hear I want to
- 00:40:31hear
- 00:40:32come in come in good servant come in yes
- 00:40:36thank you Jesus
- 00:40:38it all depends on this
- 00:40:43are you seeking God's presence
- 00:40:47or religion has become a set of forms
- 00:40:52Pharisees had good religion oh yes they
- 00:40:55did
- 00:40:57but they had no connection with God no
- 00:40:59relationship
- 00:41:01are you personally seeking God's
- 00:41:03presence God's spirit
- 00:41:05how much time do you spend in prayer
- 00:41:08you if you wonder why don't I have power
- 00:41:10that's the answer
- 00:41:12nothing that happens in our life happens
- 00:41:14in human power
- 00:41:16I probably I told you the story this is
- 00:41:18a nonsense Simple Story
- 00:41:21my wife and I talked about gardening we
- 00:41:24love gardening I talk to my tomatoes I
- 00:41:27know you may think that I am crazy I
- 00:41:29don't care I talk to my tomatoes I love
- 00:41:32it
- 00:41:33I eat those Tomatoes they are not like
- 00:41:35the tomatoes that you buy they have
- 00:41:36taste they have Aroma they are fresh and
- 00:41:39healthy when I go in the garden my
- 00:41:41stress goes away I'm happy I sing I
- 00:41:44Whistle
- 00:41:45and so we planted a garden in Maryland
- 00:41:48but it's Mountain we live halfway up the
- 00:41:52mountain it's solid it's not rocks it's
- 00:41:55solid bottom rock basically it's just a
- 00:41:59whole
- 00:42:00solid block
- 00:42:01and in some places there is no grass
- 00:42:04because the rock comes above and in some
- 00:42:06places the dirt is only two inches thick
- 00:42:08you cannot drive drive a a stake in the
- 00:42:12ground because it is it is sorry The
- 00:42:15Rock
- 00:42:16how could you plant a garden in two
- 00:42:18inches of dirt
- 00:42:21so we went around
- 00:42:23found the menu at Farm Mennonite Farm
- 00:42:25who gave us manure and I put about 10 11
- 00:42:28trailers of manure until I had so much
- 00:42:31dirt we put cinder blocks around so the
- 00:42:34rain would not wash away the dirt and
- 00:42:36plant in the garden and we nail we kneel
- 00:42:39down by the garden and I prayed and I
- 00:42:41said Lord if you bless my garden
- 00:42:44I will not use it for me 50 or more of
- 00:42:47my garden I'm gonna use it for Ministry
- 00:42:49I'm gonna go from labor to neighbor give
- 00:42:51them Tomatoes a book and a prayer I'm
- 00:42:54gonna go to people at the Academy who
- 00:42:56are poor students that have no money
- 00:42:57give them food and the book and the
- 00:42:59prayer I'm gonna go to the police give
- 00:43:01them a tomato a book and a prayer I'm
- 00:43:04gonna go to work and give everybody
- 00:43:05tomatoes and prayer now I'm gonna share
- 00:43:08it because you told them the greatest
- 00:43:10happiness in life is to bless not to
- 00:43:12seek a blessing but to be a blessing I
- 00:43:14want to bless people around Jesus called
- 00:43:17me to be a blessing so if you bless my
- 00:43:19garden I'm gonna make it a blessing for
- 00:43:21everybody well I have pictures
- 00:43:24eggplants up to here Tomatoes 10 feet
- 00:43:26long 50 60 Tomatoes per plant 3 pounds
- 00:43:29Tomatoes four pounds I have pictures
- 00:43:30with them on the scale four pounds
- 00:43:32eggplant the lettuce is so big
- 00:43:34watermelon three feet and a half people
- 00:43:36would come and take pictures and say
- 00:43:37this is like canine this is a miracle
- 00:43:39how what did you do what did you spray
- 00:43:41them with nothing
- 00:43:42gigantic I mean it I have pictures I
- 00:43:44know it's difficult to believe I am not
- 00:43:46exaggerating people that saw them they
- 00:43:48said we thought you exaggerate but it's
- 00:43:50bigger than what you said
- 00:43:53and last summer instantly seven weeks no
- 00:43:57rain
- 00:43:59and the garden started to die
- 00:44:01and the gardens around people who have
- 00:44:04Gardens died and the grass turned yellow
- 00:44:07and the dirt started to crack no rain
- 00:44:10and the water in the fountain we have a
- 00:44:12small fountain anyway it's not it
- 00:44:15doesn't give too much water the water in
- 00:44:17the fountain went down and it started to
- 00:44:19come like sand no more water
- 00:44:22what do you do I went back to the garden
- 00:44:26and we I kneel down there and I said
- 00:44:28Lord
- 00:44:30you said
- 00:44:32that when we have something according to
- 00:44:34your will you'll give it to us I am
- 00:44:36asking for rain this is the time for
- 00:44:38rain would you give me rain so my garden
- 00:44:41doesn't die so I keep being a blessing
- 00:44:43so I am praying for rain
- 00:44:45and then I heard in my mind
- 00:44:49I was impressed I heard the voice I
- 00:44:51don't know I'm not a prophet but a voice
- 00:44:54said in my mind close the door from the
- 00:44:56trailer
- 00:44:58what close the door of the trailer
- 00:45:02we have a big 20 feet cover nice trailer
- 00:45:04and when our kids moved
- 00:45:07because they moved in a smaller
- 00:45:09apartment they had no room to put their
- 00:45:11furniture
- 00:45:13from a big house into a small apartment
- 00:45:16so they stored them in our trailer
- 00:45:19and without me knowing Gabe called my
- 00:45:22wife Mommy I need a round table my wife
- 00:45:25opened a big back door that you can
- 00:45:27drive a car in the trailer she opened
- 00:45:29the door
- 00:45:30she took the round table and she was
- 00:45:32unable to close the door so she left it
- 00:45:34open and she forgot about it
- 00:45:37so here I am in the garden praying for
- 00:45:39rain and God says close the door of the
- 00:45:42trailer so I go around the house sure
- 00:45:44enough the door is open I close the door
- 00:45:47in that second it started to pull for
- 00:45:49four hours Heavy Rain four hours of rain
- 00:45:51continually so I go in the house crying
- 00:45:54and laughing and whistling and I said my
- 00:45:57God is an awesome God
- 00:45:59and my wife says You Prayed For Rain
- 00:46:01didn't you I said yes and God told me to
- 00:46:03close the door of the trailer she says
- 00:46:04oops I forgot you to open and I forgot
- 00:46:06to tell you
- 00:46:10what a God we have when we pray
- 00:46:15he would care for people and he would
- 00:46:16care for some tomatoes
- 00:46:19what a God we have and we don't know our
- 00:46:21God why
- 00:46:23because we don't spend time with him
- 00:46:26and he's the greatest privilege given to
- 00:46:28humans to be able to talk to God
- 00:46:31to be able to go in God's presence that
- 00:46:33would be that should be a privilege that
- 00:46:35should be a joy that should be something
- 00:46:37like wow I can hardly wait to pray
- 00:46:41to God
- 00:46:43you follow me
- 00:46:45as a deer is thirsty for water so my
- 00:46:48soul is thirsty for you I can hardly
- 00:46:49wait to talk to you I want to talk to
- 00:46:51you all the time I want to walk with you
- 00:46:53I want to talk to you don't you think
- 00:46:55and he walks with me and he talks
- 00:46:58we should love prayer
- 00:47:01Illinois says prayer and study should
- 00:47:03never be separated she says in testimony
- 00:47:05volume 6 through prayer we talk to God
- 00:47:07and through the study of the world God
- 00:47:08talks to us basically you should pray
- 00:47:10and study when he says pray without
- 00:47:12ceasing means that we need to be
- 00:47:13continually connected when you drive
- 00:47:15when you go to work when you continually
- 00:47:17in God's presence Lord I want to hear
- 00:47:19you I want to walk with you I want to
- 00:47:21follow you I want to trust you I want to
- 00:47:23obey you I want to know you I want to
- 00:47:25love you would you remain in me because
- 00:47:27without you I am nothing would you
- 00:47:28please don't let me separate from you we
- 00:47:31should continually pray
- 00:47:34that we know
- 00:47:36it's easier not to pray because if you
- 00:47:38pray transformation happens and we
- 00:47:40believe that you should be transformed
- 00:47:42by just not today yet
- 00:47:45we want to change but not today
- 00:47:50my friends
- 00:47:52this is the time
- 00:47:53God is calling us to take it seriously
- 00:47:58and if we procrastinate
- 00:48:00it's because Satan knows that prayer
- 00:48:02brings commitment and transformation and
- 00:48:06Satan doesn't want that
- 00:48:09we need
- 00:48:11to make prayer a way of life the reason
- 00:48:14Illinois says in steps to Christ that
- 00:48:16prayer is the breath of the Soul
- 00:48:18it means that we cannot live without
- 00:48:21prayer I've never seen anybody alive
- 00:48:24that would Breathe two minutes in the
- 00:48:26morning and two minutes in the evening
- 00:48:28if you want to be alive you need to keep
- 00:48:29breathing if you want to stay alive
- 00:48:31spiritually and have power you need to
- 00:48:34keep praying
- 00:48:37and God is calling us and says look
- 00:48:40around this is the end
- 00:48:43this is the time to take it seriously
- 00:48:45this is the time to wake up this is the
- 00:48:47time to make the relationship with me a
- 00:48:49priority this is the time to pray
- 00:48:53make a decision make a decision
- 00:48:57today is the day of salvation today if
- 00:49:00you hear his voice do not Harden your
- 00:49:01hearts today
- 00:49:03choose today
- 00:49:05even if you choose today and you start
- 00:49:07praying tonight and you don't start
- 00:49:08praying three hours a day you start 15
- 00:49:10minutes if you already pray 15 minutes
- 00:49:12double it 30 minutes wake up a little
- 00:49:14earlier love Jesus more than you love
- 00:49:16sleep
- 00:49:17wake up a little earlier
- 00:49:19and as you start and do that you will
- 00:49:22experience God's presence and power and
- 00:49:25the more you do that the more you learn
- 00:49:27how to hear his voice and how to walk
- 00:49:29with him the more than he can work in
- 00:49:31you and to you
- 00:49:34it's time for us to make prayer a
- 00:49:37priority we didn't manage to go through
- 00:49:39really to go to Revival I will try to do
- 00:49:42it tomorrow it's absolutely impossible
- 00:49:44because it's six hours seminars but
- 00:49:47we'll do a little tomorrow I want to
- 00:49:48show you tomorrow conflict specific
- 00:49:51examples of revivals in the history of
- 00:49:53this Earth and I'm gonna show you
- 00:49:55precisely that they all happened when
- 00:49:58people got together the big word
- 00:50:01together it's something about getting
- 00:50:04together and praying in unity There Is
- 00:50:06Power
- 00:50:07people got together and they had one
- 00:50:10Vision one purpose one goal and when
- 00:50:13they prayed in unity God came there and
- 00:50:16he gave it to them
- 00:50:17it's there is power in United prayer
- 00:50:23if we'll get together can you imagine
- 00:50:25how much God can do
- 00:50:28imagine what he can do here
- 00:50:31it's not about your power your resources
- 00:50:34God can do through one what he can do to
- 00:50:36a million it's about not how much you do
- 00:50:38or how much you have it's about how much
- 00:50:40you pray
- 00:50:43hello you hear you heard me
- 00:50:46because you are awfully quiet
- 00:50:50God is calling us
- 00:50:52Jesus is coming it is about time
- 00:50:56to make a decision
- 00:50:58God is going to surprise you he's gonna
- 00:51:01blow your mind
- 00:51:02what he can do when People Unite in
- 00:51:06serious determined prayer remember the
- 00:51:08book of Acts chapter 2 says that the
- 00:51:10disciples were dedicated committed to
- 00:51:12prayer when they committed themselves to
- 00:51:16prayer things happened
- 00:51:19we'll continue tomorrow I don't know
- 00:51:21what time it is but I suppose it is late
- 00:51:25and I really yes it's 10 past eight I
- 00:51:29don't want to keep you here until you
- 00:51:30fall asleep and fell off the window or
- 00:51:31something I prefer to let us go home and
- 00:51:34we continue tomorrow
- 00:51:38pray for the Holy Spirit
- 00:51:40pray for Revival
- 00:51:43it's our duty
- 00:51:44pray for your families pray for your
- 00:51:47neighbors pray for your church pray for
- 00:51:49your city pray for this country
- 00:51:53pray that God would bring the up the
- 00:51:56latter rain and bring Revival
- 00:51:59and the church would go in unity and
- 00:52:01finish the work and go home there is
- 00:52:03nothing here nothing to detract me here
- 00:52:05really
- 00:52:07except garbage and pain
- 00:52:10it's time to go home
- 00:52:13let's have a closing prayer Pastor
- 00:52:15should I pray or somebody else I don't
- 00:52:16know me okay let's bow our heads we
- 00:52:20finish for tonight and continue tomorrow
- 00:52:24Father in heaven
- 00:52:27if we could even understand the drop of
- 00:52:29what it means
- 00:52:31to come in the presence of the god of
- 00:52:34the universe the most holy the one that
- 00:52:37Angels cover themselves seeing holy holy
- 00:52:40holy
- 00:52:42father we have this privilege to come in
- 00:52:45your presence and talk to you and listen
- 00:52:47to you and have your promise that when
- 00:52:50we pray together you answer
- 00:52:52help us to understand to Value to Love
- 00:52:55Prayer
- 00:52:57help us to learn how to pray as the
- 00:52:59disciples that teach us how to pray
- 00:53:01and help us to become people of prayer
- 00:53:03where prayer is not here and there but
- 00:53:06is a way of life is the breath of the
- 00:53:08Soul
- 00:53:08help us to pray without ceasing to be
- 00:53:11continually connected to you because
- 00:53:13separated you said separate it from you
- 00:53:15we can do nothing but if we remain in
- 00:53:18you and you in us we'll produce much
- 00:53:20food help us father to learn that we
- 00:53:23pray in Jesus name
- 00:53:25amen
- 00:53:41with his fear going to finish our
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