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00:00 11 verse number one let's read it together with uplifted voices everybody
00:14 please one day
00:28 amen you may be seated in the presence of the Lord one day Jesus was praying in
00:34 a certain place when he finished one of his disciples said to him Lord teach us
00:41 to pray just like John taught his disciples I want to preach for a little
00:49 while today using as a subject I want to do it myself amen I want to do it myself
00:56 would you look at the person beside you and tell them I'm gonna be alright this
01:01 year I just want to do it myself look at the person on the other side and tell
01:07 them I ain't waiting on nobody what I need to get done I'm just gonna do it
01:15 myself if that's your resolve would you give God glory for it even now
01:23 just want to do it myself over the holidays I was out to dinner and across
01:32 the room from me was a couple who was presumably on a date they weren't mad at
01:41 each other but because they were sitting on the same side of the booth I mean
01:48 they was up under each other but what was striking is that they were not
01:55 talking to each other they were both engrossed in tick-tock
02:03 Instagram and texting instead of talking to one another there's a classic book
02:14 that I read years ago called the art of conversation a guide to neglected
02:22 pleasure the art of conversation a guide to neglected pleasure and in that book
02:31 the author argues that conversation is a lot like art but unfortunately a lot of
02:39 people prefer posters over pictures art is a cacophony of hues and textures
02:49 impressions and emotions that's left to a thousand different interpretations
02:56 any aficionado will tell you that authentic art must be framed and it
03:03 comes with a price the cost of conversation is vulnerability
03:12 transparency and integrity I'm gonna give that to you again the cost of
03:18 conversation is a vulnerability transparency and integrity but most
03:26 people are not willing to pay the price so they settle for meaningless exchanges
03:35 of pleasantries they do not really want to involved in conversation you'd be
03:41 amazed please don't look at your neighbor you'd be amazed how many people
03:45 are irritated that you actually call
03:49 they're gonna wait for the phone to stop ringing then send you a text message
03:55 you alright they don't want to be involved in conversation there's a
04:05 terminology that linguists use that's called the cat would you write this down
04:10 cat C-A-T which is communication alignment theory communication
04:18 alignment theory acronym is cat and cat argues that in a conversation a
04:28 participant picks up the vernacular of the other participant if they talk to
04:34 them enough you talk to a person a lot they start using your language start
04:41 using your slang start using your jargon so if one speaker says to you I want you
04:49 to come outside and see my new ride would you come outside and see my new
04:54 ride if you've been around them you adopt the alignment of their
04:58 conversation and you will say in turn I like your new ride you don't say I like
05:05 their car because that's outside of the language of the person you talking to
05:11 any person in the room any person in the room outside of me who's raising
05:16 teenagers any person in the room outside of me who's raising teenagers know at
05:22 some point your teen is gonna call you bro
05:26 before you pull yourself from choking them and pulling the air all out of
05:33 their lungs before you know it you have adopted bro into your language and
05:40 into your lexicon likewise if you start amplifying your prayer life or you're
05:51 talking to Jesus then you should start talking like him you should start
05:57 sounding like him you should start mimicking him and isn't it amazing that
06:04 what Jesus said the most out of everything that Jesus said what Jesus
06:09 said the most was fear not that's what Jesus said the most was fear not you're
06:16 not gonna believe it there are 365 fear nots in the Bible 365 fear nots in the
06:25 Bible which means there's a fear not for every day of the year
06:31 John chapter 14 he says don't worry about what you gonna eat or what you
06:37 gonna drink look at the birds of the air the lilies of the field if I take care
06:43 of them what do you think I'm getting ready to do for you fear not that's got
06:50 to be the language of those of us who have adopted a prayer life everybody in
06:55 the room would you shout out loud fear not now because you are beginning to
07:01 talk to Jesus more you are to sound like Jesus more and so when people hear you
07:07 they ought to hear the voice of God would you look at somebody beside you
07:12 tell them fear not the treatment is gonna work fear not the rent is gonna
07:18 get paid fear not everything is gonna pan out for your children fear not they
07:24 are gonna accept your proposal fear not you will get a call back fear not the
07:30 promotion is yours fear not you will be debt-free fear not if God be for you who
07:38 can be against you fear not there are more with you than there are those who
07:43 are against you you gotta begin talking like him gotta begin talking like him I
07:51 sauntered into a Luke chapter 11 the other day and I could move no further
07:57 than the first verse that says Jesus got to a certain place when he got to a
08:03 certain place he stopped and he prayed theologians anthropologists and
08:10 biblicists never tell us what that place is but I believe that exact location is
08:18 where you are right now Jesus got to a certain place hear this and stopped and
08:26 prayed I believe that's where your neighbor is I believe that's where the
08:31 person sitting behind you is they get to a certain place in their life that the
08:37 only thing left for them to do is to stop and pray I'm telling you right now
08:44 when you get to a place where you just sick and tired of being sick and tired
08:48 you just got to stop and pray when you got to sit in the car before you go into
08:54 that job you just got to stop and pray when you got to sit on the side of the
09:00 bed before you encounter all of the tasks that are in front of you for the
09:04 day you got to stop and pray when you get tired of talking to yourself about
09:11 it you got to stop and pray when the advice from your friends sounds stupid
09:17 you got to stop and pray I feel like I'm talking to some people that are saying
09:22 Rev this year I'm putting all of my chips on prayer that just a little talk
09:29 with Jesus is gonna make everything all right you can be a Pisces it still won't
09:35 bring the pieces together you can be an Aquarius and you swimming underwater but
09:41 there are those of us that come to a season in your life where you just got
09:44 to lift up your hand and say God if you don't do something about this I'm gonna
09:50 end up catching a charge if you don't intervene on my behalf I'm gonna lose my
09:56 mind God if I ever needed you before I sure do need you right now God speak to
10:05 me you done told me this was my assignment this was my year but you ain't
10:11 told me nothing else I went through 23 on a wing and a prayer but 24 God you
10:19 better open up your mouth and open up a door and open up heaven I am in a place
10:26 where only prayer will work
10:31 I'm in a place where only prayer will work nothing else will do I got to talk to God
10:39 and as soon as Jesus finished praying as soon as he finished praying one of his
10:47 disciples bum-rushed him and said Lord teach us to pray said Lord teach us to
10:56 pray now the disciple who asked him to teach us how to pray was a Jew because
11:02 he was a Jew he already knew prayer he knew the rubrics of prayer he knew the
11:06 language of prayer he knew the syncopation of prayer and so when he
11:11 said master teach us to pray he was not asking God to teach him rhetoric he says
11:19 I want to know how to pray that will bring results because there's a whole
11:25 lot of people who try to sound fancy but ain't nothing happening y'all ain't
11:30 saying nothing but the disciple was saying God I didn't watch you for two
11:34 years and what you have done in two years as a result of prayer that's what
11:40 I want to have happen in my own life he said Jesus I was there when 5,000 were
11:47 sitting out there in the hot Mediterranean Sun and all we had was two
11:52 fish and five loaves of bread and Jesus I saw what you did you took them two
11:57 fish those five loaves of bread hear this and you multiplied it God show me
12:05 how to pray so that when things get tight for me financially that whatever I
12:11 got it will begin to multiply I don't know where y'all are in this room but I
12:17 feel like I'm telling somebody get ready because God says when you pray your
12:23 income is gonna multiply when you pray what is necessary to take care your
12:29 family is going to multiply I need just a few prayers in this room who can
12:36 testify that because of praying I never seen the righteous forsaken or you see
12:43 begging for bread I need somebody in this room who know you had a mother that
12:49 was struggling but she would talk to God and food would be on the table God show
12:56 me how to pray so my resources multiply
13:03 says I seen you do it you prayed over two fish and five loaves of bread I want
13:11 to be able to pray and see that happen so Jesus we were there with you when you
13:20 hung out at the cemetery and you got a text message that said come quick one of
13:27 your closest friends Lazarus has died and we watched you say this sickness is
13:33 not unto death but it's only so that glory can come out of his life and Lord
13:40 then you begin praying saying Lord I'm talking to you I need you to bring my
13:46 friend back to life Lord I need the kind of prayer life that won't just impact me
13:52 I want the kind of prayer life that when I start praying for the people I care
13:57 about I start seeing them jump out of dead situations some of y'all ain't got
14:04 any friends or family you worried about but God said do you know how much
14:09 authority you got in your voice that when you open up your mouth some of y'all
14:14 better kill that rope when you open up your mouth the friend that was supposed
14:20 to die this year it's gonna get to their feet again and find the strength that
14:27 they are supposed to have I dare somebody that's been praying for a
14:31 family member God said if you pray today you will cancel their funeral that they
14:39 shall not die but they shall live to see the glory of the Lord
14:46 I don't want to just pray out of rhetoric I want to see results take
14:53 place so Jesus I was with you when it is that this father brought his son that
15:01 was filled with demons and the disciples tried to cast it out but they didn't
15:08 have any effectual power and you corrected them and said this can only
15:14 happen for people who know how to fast and pray God that's the kind of power I
15:21 want that when I pray demons that try to attack my children will be cast out I
15:30 can't hear nobody demons that try to attack my marriage will be under my
15:37 feet see some of y'all only praying for bags and for cars and for coats but I
15:43 need those of y'all that know this is a season for spiritual warfare I dare you
15:50 to open up your mouth and charge the atmosphere that when you pray demons
15:57 gotta run when you pray
16:05 you may be seated in the presence of the Lord says I want the kind of power that
16:14 when I pray something happens and not only does something happen something
16:20 happens here's the catch the day that I pray oh my god
16:28 did y'all hear what I just said you ain't gotta wait another year but God
16:34 said there's a oil there's a cloud over new birth that the day you start praying
16:41 is the day you gonna start seeing the answers I want to charge the atmosphere
16:49 those of y'all that need God to do something today don't wait till tonight
16:55 to start praying pray like you need it today come on open up your mouth I dare
17:03 you to begin praying for a multiplication of resources begin
17:08 praying for health and for life and for strength begin praying for your friends
17:14 and for your children begin praying for your household
17:21 Hallelujah. Says I want to see the results in the same way on the same day they wanted to
17:32 see what whether it would be transferred here's what I wanted you to pay
17:39 attention to is that this disciple there are 12 of them but only one went to Jesus
17:45 and said master teach us to pray what I wanted you to take note of is that this
17:52 disciple did not ask Jesus here's the catch he did not ask Jesus to pray for
18:00 him he did not ask Jesus to lay hands on him he said Jesus teach me how to do
18:12 what you do I don't want to be in a position where I gotta wait for pastor
18:19 to do it oh y'all ain't saying nothing I don't want to be so codependent that I
18:26 need one of the elders or the deacons to pray for me but this is the year I want
18:32 to be able to do it myself I can't find any self-sufficient people God said this
18:39 year lay hands on your own children this year lay hands on your front door
18:45 this year lay hands on your body I got my own anointing and I gotta be able to
18:53 do it mine
18:56 I'm gonna be able to do it myself you may be seated we're going somewhere it
19:04 ain't my mother it ain't my father it's me oh Lord and I'm standing in the need
19:13 of prayer I'm tired of being let down and disappointed by people who make
19:20 empty promises and don't have any follow-through but this year I'm gonna
19:26 show them I ain't waiting for you to give me nothing I ain't even waiting for
19:32 you to call me back I don't even need you to affirm me back up off me and
19:38 watch me pray for myself cuz I've been through enough hell that this year I got
19:46 to have a one-person prayer crusade y'all don't even turn to your neighbor
19:52 would you just lay hands on yourself and say Lord bless me make a way for me
19:59 deliver me strengthen me encourage me prosper me anoint me cuz I wanna do it
20:10 myself
20:23 be seated said Lord teach us how to pray I'm still in verse number one he says
20:31 Lord teach us how to pray and watch what he says he says the same way John taught
20:37 his disciples is the same way I want you to teach us in other words he was saying
20:46 I saw how somebody else got their prayer answer and I'm not jealous or envious or
20:54 in competition but if they could get their prayers
21:01 I know you got something left for me I can't hear nobody look at the person
21:07 beside you tell them I'm not jealous of you tell them I'm not threatened by you
21:12 as a matter of fact I'm excited about your future when I give God this next
21:19 shout you ain't gonna believe it but when I praise him next I'm shouting for
21:26 your answer prayer cuz if God would answer your prayer I'm next in line for
21:35 what God is getting ready to do would you shout for that neighbor and let God
21:42 know God you can trust
21:46 oh my god
22:00 I feel something getting ready to break right through him
22:17 I dare you to open up your mouth like a prayer is about to be answered late in
22:25 the midnight hour God is about to turn that bad boy around it's gonna work in your
22:33 favor
22:44 thank you you may be seated
22:55 oh my god you may be seated
23:03 hallelujah I feel glory coming here I feel something getting ready to break in
23:12 just three minutes I need you to pull on your neighbor's hand real quick I said
23:18 pull on that neighbor tell him brace yourself any moment now before you look
23:26 up everything you've been waiting for it's getting ready to happen to you I
23:32 feel bad for your haters I feel bad for your enemies I feel bad for those that
23:41 underestimated you your prayer is about to be answered
23:48 I feel a travail right here would you open up your mouth lay your hands on
24:03 your belly I need you to just cry out unto God like you need a prayer answer
24:09 come on Zion let me hear you cry out unto God
24:15 come on you got one more cry in you open up your mouth hey hey hey open up your
24:32 mouth and cry like you need a prayer answer
24:39 oh
24:41 God I thank you
24:43 God I give you glory
24:45 God I magnify you
24:47 you worthy of the highest glory
24:49 I give you all the glory
24:51 you may be seated I give you all the glory
24:53 I give you all the praise
24:55 there's nobody like you
24:57 at your name every knee must bow
24:59 every tongue must confess
25:01 that you are the Lord
25:03 at your name every knee must bow
25:05 every tongue must confess
25:07 that you are the Lord of all
25:09 can't nobody
25:11 do me like Jesus
25:13 can't nobody
25:15 do me like the Lord
25:17 I said I wasn't gonna tell nobody
25:19 but I just can't keep it to myself
25:21 when I think of the goodness of Jesus
25:23 and all
25:25 he's done for me
25:27 my soul
25:29 my body
25:31 my soul
25:33 cries out hallelujah
25:35 hallelujah
25:37 hallelujah
25:39 you may be seated
25:41 hallelujah
25:43 look at this
25:45 you may be seated I'm coming around the mountain
25:47 hallelujah
25:49 one disciple
25:51 hallelujah
25:53 one disciple went to Jesus
25:55 and he went to Jesus
25:57 he had this new birth
25:59 and he went to Jesus
26:01 he did not say
26:03 teach me to pray
26:05 he said
26:07 teach us
26:09 he was
26:11 saying in no uncertain terms
26:13 I don't want this power
26:15 to rest on one person
26:17 I want
26:19 every person that is connected
26:21 to me
26:23 to flow at this same level
26:25 of grace
26:27 look down your row and tell them there's an anointing
26:29 on this row
26:31 come on tell them there's an anointing on this row
26:33 that the same
26:35 anointing that was on my grandmother
26:37 God I can't
26:39 hear nobody, the same anointing
26:41 that was on my mama
26:43 the same anointing
26:45 that was on the disciples
26:47 the same anointing that's on
26:49 my pastor, that same
26:51 anointing is about to
26:53 be on me
26:55 he said teach
26:57 us
26:59 how to pray
27:01 you may be seated
27:03 I don't want all the power
27:07 I want everybody to have
27:11 access to it
27:13 I want
27:15 everybody to tap in
27:17 I want everybody to tap in
27:19 I was growing up
27:21 I know you've been saved your whole
27:23 life
27:25 when I was growing up
27:27 Saturday mornings y'all were watching
27:29 cartoons
27:31 I was watching wrestling
27:33 Saturday
27:35 mornings Superfly Snooker
27:37 Hulk Hogan
27:39 Rowdy Roddy Piper
27:41 y'all ain't saying nothing
27:43 what I like the best
27:45 about
27:47 wrestling was tag team
27:51 if I
27:53 was getting defeated, if I was getting
27:55 beat, all I had to do
27:57 was extend my hand
27:59 y'all ain't saying nothing
28:01 and somebody who ain't
28:03 been in the fight I've been in
28:05 would jump into the
28:07 fight and
28:09 handle it for me
28:11 y'all ain't saying nothing, I'm talking about
28:13 the power of agreement
28:15 this been a rough year
28:17 but the good news is
28:19 you got somebody on your row
28:21 who's ready to be tagged in
28:23 they'll say I know they
28:25 tried to kill you
28:27 I know they scandalized your name
28:29 I know they left you
28:31 for dead and broke your heart
28:33 but tag me in
28:35 if you tag me in
28:37 I'll go to war
28:39 on your behalf
28:41 I dare you to give somebody
28:43 a high five and tell
28:45 them I'll take this fight for you
28:47 I'll take this
28:49 battle for you
28:51 I'll take this
28:53 come on tag him in
29:09 if you just
29:11 get me through January I'll get back
29:13 in the fight by Valentine's Day
29:15 tag me in
29:17 until I stop being
29:19 bitter tag me in
29:21 so I don't
29:23 go off on everybody
29:25 tag me in
29:27 be seated
29:41 in the art of conversation
29:43 be seated
29:45 my time is almost up
29:47 in the art of conversation
29:49 in the art of conversation
29:51 Jesus
29:53 different from Catherine Blythe and her book
29:55 in the art of conversation
29:57 she says
29:59 Jesus says hear this
30:01 when you go
30:03 into conversation
30:05 remind God
30:07 who he is
30:09 if you want to get his attention
30:11 remind him
30:13 who he is
30:15 and when he knows
30:17 who he is he'll know what to do
30:19 y'all ain't saying nothing
30:21 so Jesus when he taught him to pray
30:23 what did he say
30:25 father
30:27 God I can't hear nobody see
30:29 I came to tell God
30:31 father you owe me some child support
30:33 I came to tell God
30:35 father you owe me some child support
30:37 I came to tell God
30:39 father you owe me some child support
30:41 as a matter of fact I'm a couple of months behind
30:43 and I need you to take care of this car
30:45 this mortgage
30:47 this tuition
30:49 this insurance
30:51 I need you to step in on my behalf
30:53 says when you pray
30:55 remind him
30:57 who he is
30:59 and when you remind him
31:01 who he is he'll know what he's supposed to do
31:03 and reading the memoir
31:05 reading the memoir of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
31:07 John Fitzgerald Kennedy when he became the President of the United States
31:09 John Fitzgerald Kennedy when he became the President of the United States
31:11 told the staff at the White House
31:13 told the staff at the White House
31:15 it doesn't matter whether I'm in the Oval Office or if I'm in the panic room
31:17 it doesn't matter whether I'm in the Oval Office or if I'm in the panic room
31:19 if my children want to see me
31:21 let them in
31:23 I don't care if I'm dealing with Russia
31:25 I don't care if I'm dealing with Russia
31:27 or if I'm dealing with China or if I'm dealing with the issue in Cuba
31:29 if my children need me
31:31 it is not an interruption
31:33 it is not an interruption
31:35 let them in
31:37 ladies and gentlemen I got good news for you
31:39 ladies and gentlemen I got good news for you
31:41 while on others thou art calling
31:43 while on others thou art calling
31:45 whatever you do I need you to know he is not getting ready to pass you by
31:47 whatever you do I need you to know he is not getting ready to pass you by
31:49 some of y'all are sitting there
31:51 cause you act like you are strangers
31:53 but the reason why I can't know
31:55 ushers, can't know security
31:57 can't know hospitality
31:59 can't know deacon stop me
32:01 is cause this is my daddy's house
32:03 and if I want to run
32:05 I'll run if I want to
32:07 I don't know where y'all are
32:09 but Pastor Brian can't do nothing for you
32:11 but if you need your heavenly father
32:13 to do something for you
32:15 I need you to lift up that hand
32:17 and open up your mouth
32:19 and call on your father
32:21 and call on your father
32:23 (applause)
32:25 (applause)
32:27 softly musicians
32:29 come on let me hear you open up your mouth
32:31 (applause)
32:33 tell him what you want
32:35 (applause)
32:37 if this message was about singing
32:39 we'd be singing right now
32:41 if it was about shouting we'd be shouting right now
32:43 if it was about shouting we'd be shouting right now
32:45 this is about prayer you should be talking right now
32:47 this is about prayer you should be talking right now
32:49 tell daddy what you want
32:51 tell daddy what you want
32:53 tell daddy what you need
32:55 tell daddy what needs to change
32:57 tell daddy what needs to change
32:59 tell daddy what's been on your mind
33:01 tell daddy what's been on your mind
33:03 tell daddy what's been working your nerves
33:05 tell daddy what's been working your nerves
33:07 tell daddy what's getting ready to break you
33:09 tell daddy what's getting ready to break you
33:11 I want you to talk to him
33:13 I want you to talk to him
33:15 because if you call unto him
33:17 he will then answer
33:19 won't you lift up that hand please
33:21 won't you lift up that hand please
33:23 won't you lift up that hand please
33:25 won't you lift up that hand please
33:27 won't you lift up that hand please
33:29 won't you lift up that hand please
33:31 won't you lift up that hand please
33:33 won't you lift up that hand please
33:35 won't you lift up that hand please
33:37 won't you lift up that hand please
33:39 won't you lift up that hand please
33:41 won't you lift up that hand please
33:43 won't you lift up that hand please
33:45 won't you lift up that hand please
33:47 won't you lift up that hand please
33:49 won't you lift up that hand please
33:51 won't you lift up that hand please
33:53 I want you to believe the pastor is the only one that can get the prayers through
33:55 I want you to believe the pastor is the only one that can get the prayers through
33:57 I'm telling you the same prayer life he's given to me
33:59 is the same prayer life he can give to you
34:01 is the same prayer life he can give to you
34:03 you gotta trust God
34:05 you gotta trust God
34:07 that God will anoint you so that you can learn how to do it for yourself
34:09 that God will anoint you so that you can learn how to do it for yourself
34:11 that God will anoint you so that you can learn how to do it for yourself
34:13 lift that hand as high as you can
34:15 lift that hand as high as you can
34:17 lift that hand as high as you can
34:19 I pray over every day
34:21 I pray over every lifted hand that God will anoint you this year that you'll be
34:31 able to lay hands on the sick. When you lay hands on the sick they'll recover
34:37 all. I pray over every lifted hand that God will anoint you this year. When you
34:45 lay hands on your children sickness will flee, emotional disturbances will come to
34:54 arrest. I speak over every lifted hand that when money gets tight you'll be
35:01 able to lay hands on your checkbook, lay hands on your debit card, lay hands on
35:09 your resources and within the same day you'll be able to see multiplication
35:14 take place. I pray over every lifted hand that so much authority is now in you that
35:23 you now have the power to raise your friends up. That they don't even know
35:29 that when that they shake your hand there'll be a transfer of anointing.
35:34 That the glory of God is getting ready to consume their very being. Lift that
35:41 hand just a little bit higher. I declare over every lifted hand that when you
35:46 pray, and I'm telling you 50 you all better tear the roof off this church,
35:51 when you pray relatives will have suspended death sentences.
35:59 I really thought y'all were gonna shout better than that.
36:06 I said when you pray relatives will have suspended death sentences.
36:16 Because of the gift of God that has rested on your life.
36:23 Said Master teach us to pray because nobody is born an intercessor. Nobody is
36:34 born a prayer warrior. You gotta learn how to do it. And this year ladies and
36:41 gentlemen I want you to come in agreement with me. That as long as you
36:45 are in this house that your mind, your heart, your spirit will be open to receive
36:50 the instruction of effectual and powerful prayers of the Holy Spirit. If
36:58 you want that kind of power resident in your own life would you give God glory
37:04 for it even right now.
37:07 Come on you got it do better than that.
37:16 I want you to only clap your hands if you expect results from your prayers
37:23 this year.
37:25 [applause]
37:31 Dr. Gardner, Calvin Taylor, former pastor of Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn New
37:39 York said no preaching is complete without a practicum. That we are not just
37:43 hearers of the word but we are doers also. Let's put our prayers to work. Ladies
37:50 and gentlemen I want every person standing, every person I want you
37:53 standing would you indulge me for just one moment. You prayed for yourself, you
37:58 prayed for your neighbor, you prayed for your children. Every area, every dimension
38:04 of this worship experience is gonna be laced and infused in prayer. Listen to me.
38:11 All over this room I want you to join me in a symphony of prayer. Pastor what am I
38:16 praying for now? I want you to join me in prayer for just one minute, one minute
38:22 only, 60 seconds. You're gonna bombard heaven with the sound of prayer, praying
38:28 for souls to get saved.
38:31 [applause]
38:37 You're gonna pray, listen to me, that every person who's sitting on your row
38:41 will accept and know Jesus Christ as the Lord of their life. You're gonna pray
38:46 whoever is within earshot of my voice will find their church home and will
38:52 make new birth the place where they grow in God, place where they develop, the
38:56 place where they are disciplined in the things of God. All over this room, all
39:02 over this room don't pray for anything tangible, anything material. I need you
39:07 right where it is that you are for one minute. I wonder how heaven is gonna
39:11 respond when we bombard heaven praying for souls to get saved, praying for
39:17 people to be snatched out of the clutches of darkness, praying for people
39:21 to find an escape route out of hell. I wonder how God is gonna respond today. I
39:27 am praying, hear this, that this year more souls will accept Jesus than any year
39:34 over the last five.
39:37 [applause]
39:41 We're praying that this will not be an audience but that this will be an army
39:45 that has built up to be on the front line to defend the things of God. For one
39:51 minute would you join me, I don't know where it is that you are, they're first
39:55 time visitors in the room, get your stuff, you getting ready to come down here,
39:58 people who've been checking us out from afar, get your stuff, you getting ready
40:02 to come down here. For one minute, one minute only, come on all of the room, open
40:07 up your mouth and begin praying unto God, come on. I can't hear you, you pray for a
40:12 job, will you pray for souls? You pray for a house, would you pray for somebody to
40:19 get a church home? You pray for a raise, did you pray for somebody to elevate
40:25 their existence, elevate their consciousness, elevate their awareness,
40:30 elevate their discipleship? Pray that there won't be one Sunday this year that
40:37 this altar is not filled. It won't be one Sunday that somebody comes here vacant
40:43 of a relationship with God and they leave out unfulfilled. God hear our
40:49 prayer but not only do I want you to hear it God I want you to answer it. Here it
40:55 is before it is that I formally open the doors of the church, there are those of
40:59 you who in this room you now have first-hand evidence we've been
41:04 praying for you. You got out your car asking yourself I wonder if this is it, I
41:10 wonder if this is where I'm supposed to be, I wonder where this is where God is
41:14 gonna plant me. Wherever it is that you are, wherever it is that you are and you
41:20 know you need a church that will pray you through, you need a church that will
41:24 undergird you in the things of God and the discipline of God and the Word of
41:29 God. I'm gonna say this to you, I'm gonna be your pastor for the rest of your life
41:34 because that once you join here you ain't gotta ever hop scotch nowhere else.
41:38 This is where God is gonna have you planted for the rest of your life. If you
41:43 know you need a church home, you know wherever it is that you're standing, you
41:47 need an authentic, a legitimate, real organic relationship with God where he
41:54 talks to you and you talk to him. I want you to make your way down to this altar
41:59 right now real quick wherever it is that you are. Would you begin coming?
42:05 You've been praying for this moment. You've been praying for...
42:14 you
42:16 you