9.12.21 A Prayer That Moves God

[Music] join us on thursday september 16th at 7 pm for our virtual money matters sessions our topic for discussion will be understanding credit reports the credit score and your rights with collection agencies you may register on the church's website join us today from 1 pm until 2 pm to drive through and drop off new athletic shoes for local students in need drop off brand new athletic shoes youth size 4 and up adult size 7 and up mount enin is blessed to be a blessing come out and support this important initiative all single men and women are invited to our virtual singles bible study on tuesday september 14th at 7 00 pm join us for an evening of engaging conversation you may register on the church's website all are welcome to join us on wednesday september 15th for our virtual morning bible study at 10 a.m you may register on the church's website join us on wednesday september 15th for prayer service watch us live on these platforms live.mountain.org facebook.com mount union 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to join us on saturdays beginning october 2nd through november 20th for an eight week virtual stem coding workshop we will learn the basics of python programming to create a 2d game you may register at mountenin.org [Music] hello mount enan i don't know about you but i'm excited about another worship service if you're excited about another worship service wherever you are in your home wherever you are in the kitchen wherever you are in the bedroom go ahead and give the lord a hallelujah give him a hallelujah wave let him know and let everybody in the house know it's time for service it's time for worship it's time for us to come together and give god some glory this is the day come on church that the lord has made what are we going to do we're going to be glad come on now we're going to be glad in it from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same our lord our savior he's what he's worthy he's worthy to be praised let us break oh gracious god our father we thank you for another worship experience lord god we thank you lord for the opportunity to come and give your name glory and to give your name on to god be in the midst of this worship experience lord god let it permeate the walls of every household lord god in the name of jesus god we've come lord to lift you god and glorify you in all that we would do and say god let every song every prayer lord and the preached word god glorify you lord that we your children might be edified and we declare to you be the glory in jesus name and all of god's children say amen amen amen hallelujah amen come on man nina let's put our hands together and give god some praise oh come on y'all can do better than that let's give god some praise [Applause] come on anybody victorious today if you're victorious just type in the comment section i am victorious come on put that in the chat i am victorious [Applause] [Music] come on we're ready to give god some praise the song simply says we are victorious we are victorious nothing can conquer us we are victorious we are victorious we are victorious [Applause] [Music] is [Music] [Music] we are [Music] we are victory come on victorian in the [Music] because i'm more than a conqueror [Music] [Music] [Music] here we go victorious come on give god come on put your hands together and give god to praise then i'm more than a conqueror that i'm victorious [Music] [Music] [Music] are uh [Music] we are victorious nothing can conquer we are victorious [Music] [Applause] we are victorious come on we are victorious [Music] we are more than congress we are victorious hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah oh come on y'all can give god some praise hallelujah thank you god we thank you god god we thank you for fighting our battles come on anybody excited today that god has fight your battles for you i don't know about you but i can't fight my own battles god i need you to do it for me do it for me right now god this is [Music] is how i fight my best so this is how i find my best this is how i fight my best this is how i find my best this is how we fight our battles let's stick it together [Music] [Music] [Applause] this is [Music] thank you lord jesus this is truly how we fight our battles the word of god says i will bless the lord at all times his praises shall continually be in my mouth my soul shall make her boast in the lord come on somebody the humble shall hear thereof and be glad oh magnify the lord with me and let us exalt his name together i don't know where you are but like the children of israel built an altar wherever they travel right now create your altar consecrate your space as we go to the lord and bread gracious god our father creator of heaven and earth thou who is able to do all things but fail lord god we come before your throne lord god we come humble in spirit lord god we come bow before you lord god we come acknowledging that you are king of kings and that you are lord of lords we come declaring that there is nothing too hard for you lord god we come acknowledging that we are your children lord god that we are the called out ones lord god that we are the ones that you've called into battle lord god we've come now lord god before you lord god a full fountain lord god we've come as empty pictures asking lord that you would pour into us afresh and anew your spirit lord god somebody needs their spirit renewed lord because they find themselves at a low place lord god so we come lord to you lord god knowing that you're more than able lord god we come not thanking you yet for another day thank you that you got us up this morning god thank you that you made ways out of no way thank you lord that you opened doors that no man can open and you close doors and no man can close or thank you thank you lord that you continue lord god to shower us with blessings lord god thank you lord that you open the windows of heaven and you pour out on us blessings more than we have room enough to receive thank you lord that you've given us more than we ever imagined god thank you lord god that you paid ways in the desert for us lord god thank you lord god in the name of jesus lord god oh god i recognize as i stand today that i'm standing as an intercessor for somebody god who is going through lord god so i pray right now lord god that they would know that you are with them that you have not forsaken them that you've heard their cry and that you've already answered and all they need to do is hold on to you lord in the name of jesus god i stand lord as an intercessor lord god for some mother lord god who's praying for her child i'll ask lord in the name of jesus that you would keep her on her knees lord god knowing that if she continues to look towards the heaven lord god that you'll make it all right god that she's training that child up in the way that child should go it's just a matter of time before that child returns back helping her hold on god and then holding on she stays on her knees and she continues to pray for that wayward child god bless every father lord god and the sacrifice that they make day in and day out to provide lord god oh god in their weak hours when they can't tell anybody what they're worried about allow them to know that they still can come to you god because you are still their heavenly father lord god and there's nothing too hard for you lord god oh lord we pray for those who are in hospital beds lord god we thank you lord god your word says that every sickness is not unto death lord god thank you lord god thank you lord god that you said by your strength lord that we are healed and made whole god thank you lord god that you're still able to get that person up off of that sick bad guy out of that hospital lord god and send them out with a powerful testimony of how good and how awesome you are lord oh lord i pray for those lord god who have a servant lord god who who have had to go through the transition of a loved one lord god in the name of jesus lord god hearts are overwhelmed but you said don't be overwhelmed because you are with us do not fear because you'll strengthen us you'll help us and your right hand will your righteous hand will uphold us lord god oh god let us always look to you the offer and the finish of our faith lord god in the name of jesus we don't care what's going on in this world we know lord god we know that we what we wrestle against we know god that we wrestle against principalities and powers but in high places but thank you lord god that we know that you are warrior of prayer answering god thank you lord god i heard my grandmother say lord that you are battle act lord god thank you lord in the name of jesus god oh god bless this branch of zion god hold us god as you would have it oh god strengthen us as you would have us to be lord god continue lord god to pour into this ministry lord god continue to have the doors of the church open so those can come in and say what must i do to be safe thank you lord even in a virtual environment salvation is still possible god thank you lord god bless our pastor strengthen him and keep him lord god continue to take him down into your will of knowledge god bring him up ablaze afraid that he may preach what thus saith the lord god oh god we love you we honor you and we give you the glory and we say have your way have your way lord we're not going to die we're not going to be fearful but we gonna walk in faith we gonna walk and trust them we gonna walk in hope we gonna walk in encouragement because we know at the end of the day we win thank you lord it's jesus name we pray and all of god's children say amen amen amen amen amen amen it may look like i'm surrounded [Music] is [Music] this is like is oh it's time to fight your back [Music] oh [Applause] but you're surrounded by the presence of the lord hallelujah [Applause] oh [Music] give him glory give him honor hallelujah child of god don't you despair when it seems as if you are surrounded by problems i want you to know that you are surrounded by the presence of god you've got goodness on one side mercy on the other side you've got angels of heaven all around you surrounded by the presence of the lord and you fight your battles by lifting up your hands opening your mouth and giving our great god some praise hallelujah and when the enemy is wondering what is she doing by shouting like that what is he doing by running like that you look the devil in the audience you say devil this is how i fight my battle hallelujah this [Music] is but i'm surrounded by the presence of god is hallelujah come on put your hands together and give the lord some praise today hallelujah hallelujah i know we originally had planned to be in the house of the lord today in person but because of covet we are at home but can i tell you something wherever we are amen they're the spirit of the you can set up an altar right where you are enter home at your kitchen table right right on your job you can set up an altar amen and establish a sanctuary right where you are come on put your hands together and give the lord some praise today amen uh wherever you're worshiping with us from i want you to put in the chat room all of our guests and friends just type in the chat right now where you're worshiping from if you're in the metropolitan area let us know what town or city you're worshiping with us from if you're out of state if you're out of the country we want to check uh check in with all of our guests and visitors and we bless the lord for you well by way of announcement uh i want this church to understand that god has blessed us in incredible ways amen amen and god blesses us that we might be a blessing and so there's a need before us there are young people in local schools around us and we are going to collect uh new athletic sneakers and shoes for young people in our community can the church say new shoes amen and so here's what i want you to do today today i know you've heard the notice over the last few days and weeks but today i want you to worship the lord by bringing a new pair of sneakers to the campus of the church from 1 p.m to 2 p.m to drop off brand new athletic shoes here are the sizes that we're looking for youth sizes four and up and adult sizes seven and up because we believe that we are blessed to be a blessing come on say that with me i'm blessed to be a blessing amen that's going to be a kind of theme that we're going to use as we continue to go throughout not just this pandemic but the future of our church god has blessed us even in the middle of a pandemic we are taking in meaningful steps to become debt free uh as a church and as a matter of fact i've been saying up to this point that we're going to be debt-free by the end of 2022 but guess what we're going to be debt free now by by june by the end of june of next year amen come on they ought to be appraised that is le that is less than a year from now we are going to be debt free as a church it has been my prayer that the less that we have the more ministry we can do and so i want you to make plans i pray child of god that the lord would place on your heart to bring sneakers here to the church that we might be a blessing to some young person in our community that's youth size is seven i'm sorry four and up and adult size is seven and up bring them today from 1 pm to 2 p.m to the campus of the church i also want to let you know this tuesday 7 o'clock is our singles bible study make sure you log in for that and wednesday morning at 10 a.m and wednesday evening at 7 00 pm we will have the return of our wednesday morning and wednesday evening bible study amen and amen well it's giving time given it shall be given unto you good measure press down shaken together with the lord put into your lap i want to bless god for each and every one of you who've been sowing and i want to appeal to you right now to put god first in your faith and in your finances you can give in a variety of ways i praise the lord for all of our first time givers amen church can we bless the lord for all of our first time givers amen we've been seeing you folks all across the area all across the country even around the world have been giving online others by text to give and we bless the lord for you for so won't you prepare your gifts as we prepare to sow into the kingdom of god i want you to know that this is fertile ground in which to sow and we are being faithful here uh in the resources given to the people of god already in about eight months we have uh paid over 1.2 million dollars down on our mortgage i cannot wait for us to be debt free by by the end of june of next year amen come on prepare your gifts as we prepare to give let us pray father in jesus name we thank and praise you for this day god i thank you for every person under the sound of my voice and god i thank you lord for meeting all of our needs we pray right now that you would multiply this seed for the furtherance of your kingdom god open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on our behalf god we pray for promotion glory to god we pray for increase hallelujah god we pray that there would be no lack in the lives of the of those connected with this house god we bless you for this opportunity to worship you god in spirit and in our substance god we pray right now that you would rebuke the devourer for our sake god anything that would choke the seed right now we pray that you would rebuke it right now rebuke the devourer for our sake hallelujah and god will be careful to give your name thanks praise glory and honor god we pray lord god for debt cancellation god we pray right now for promotion and increasing god we pray for that person who desired to give but had it not at this time may they experience the joy of giving at a later date and god will be careful to give your name the praise the glory and the honor in jesus name we pray amen amen and amen come on let us give cheerfully unto the lord at this time we're going to be blessed by ministry and song and i'll be right back to preach the word of god [Music] no for all my things for me [Music] [Music] my [Music] come on think about all the times [Music] [Applause] come on sing it again [Music] for me foreign [Music] [Music] is is [Applause] is let's go oh [Music] away [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] come on help me [Applause] i will always give you power [Music] oh [Music] receive my worst [Music] [Music] [Applause] father please receive [Music] [Music] as long as [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] long as i am [Music] i is [Music] [Music] i will not be silent [Music] amen come on put your hands together give the lord some praise today amen we bless the lord for our ministry of music and worship which has ushered us into the presence of god if you have your bibles i want to invite you to turn with me to the 18th chapter of the book of genesis we have been in a series an extended series entitled becoming a person of power and we've been examining the life of the patriarch abraham the patriarch of faith abraham and we've been looking at a series of moments in his life through the prism of becoming a person of power and right here in the 18th division of the book of genesis i want to read for you verses 20 through 33 where the word of the lord says then the lord says how great is the outcry against sodom and gomorrah and how very grave their sin i must go down and see whether they have done all together according to the outcry that has come to me and if not i will know so the men turned from there and went towards sodom while abraham remained standing before the lord he was praying somebody say he was praying amen then abraham came near and said will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked suppose that 50 righteous within the city are within the city will you sweep away the place and not forgive it for the 50 righteous who are in it far be it from you to do such a thing to slay the righteous with the wicked so that the righteous fair as the wicked far be it from you shall not the judge of all of the earth do what is just and the lord said if i find at sodom 50 righteous in the city i'll forgive the whole place for their sake and abraham answered well let me take it upon myself to speak to the lord i who am but dust and ashes suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking will you destroy the whole city for lack of five and he said i will not destroy it if i find 45 there and again abraham said to him suppose forty are found there and the lord answered for the sake of forty i will not do it then abraham said oh do not let the lord be angry if i speak suppose lord there are thirty who are found there and he answered i will not do it even if i find thirty there and abraham said well let me take it upon myself to speak to the lord suppose twenty are found there and the lord answered for the sake of twenty i still will not destroy the city then abraham said oh do not let the lord be angry with me if i speak just once more suppose ten are found there and the lord answered for the sake of ten i will not destroy the city and the lord went his way and when he had finished speaking to abraham and abraham returned to his place i want to talk today church from the thought of prayer that moves god i want to talk today about a prayer that can literally move the heart of god gospel recording artist helen baylor had a hit song back in the early 90s that became popular because of the testimony she gave about navigating the challenges of addiction promiscuity and even thoughts of suicide in the song baylor says that despite all of the struggles she faced she was able to survive it because of one key factor and that factor was that she had a praying grandmother she is not alone in the conviction and in the awareness that we are who we are and we are where we are as the song says because somebody prayed for us they had us on their mind they took the time and prayed for us and i don't know what your testimony is but i'm so glad they prayed i am so glad they prayed for me prayer prayer is so powerful that things change not because sometimes not because of our own prayers but things will also change because of the effectual fervent and intercessory prayers of other people and in our text today we see not just the significance of abraham's promise but we also see the strength of abraham's prayer of the 650 prayers recorded in the word of god there can be no question that this prayer in the 18th chapter of genesis stands in a category all by itself it is a dialogue between a desperate man and a determined god concerning the fate of a family and a community that departed from god's will and god's way god revealed his plans to destroy the cities of sodom and gomorrah and abraham is concerned because his nephew lot and his family are living in that city rather than conceding his family's fate to the circumstance and the situation around him abraham prays looking for a way to save his family member the news of god's inter into intentions arrest this 99 year old man and brings him to his knees before god it is a marvelous picture of what happens when believers go to god in prayer in prayer abraham makes an audacious appeal to god to save his nephew lot and his family and abraham models for us what happens when you walk with god in faith and when we live with god and his power how we can gain access to the throne room of heaven to ask whatever we will of the lord in prayer now a lot of times we talk about prayer we read about prayer but many of us are not praying the way that we need to pray and in this prayer abraham petitions god to agree to save the cities if there can be found some righteous individuals in the city who worship god first 50 then 45 then 40 and then abraham negotiates his way all the way down to 10. if god can find 10 righteous people in the city god will you agree to save the city and the bible says that god agrees that if he finds a remnant of 10 righteous individuals that he will save sodom and gomorrah god is so moved by abraham's prayer that it moves the heart of god and consequently we discover in this exchange how we too can pray prayers that can likewise move the heart of god first thing we discover church is that if you want to pray a prayer that can move god you must pray with a sense of burden somebody say burden from the outset we get a clear sense of abrahams of burden for his family the prospect of losing the son of abraham's brother haren who died back in chapter 11 disturbs her abraham so much so much so that it brought him to his proverbial knees before the god of heaven he didn't want to go forward to possess his promise he didn't want to go forward to become wealthy and prosperous if it meant leaving those that he loved behind and so what we see here is that what gets god's attention is the burden of a man who wants to save his family over the past 24 years of his journey with god the one thing that abraham has learned is that god is faithful and that god is a just god and so abraham appeals to that faithful and just god on the basis of what he knows about god's character he says to god in verse 23 will you indeed sweep away the righteous along with the wicked god's decision to destroy the city without regard for those who have been trying to do right and to live their lives was inconsistent with god's nature while god may allow good people to suffer due to tragedy disaster and natural calamity or even due to the diabolical deeds of others god will not himself destroy and punish those who are unworthy of such punishment and so that would be incompatible with god's character it is not with him the will of god that any man should perish and so abraham raises his hand and he lifts his voice to speak on behalf of those who could not speak for themselves he knew that everyone in sodom and gomorrah was not evil we'll talk more about sodom and gomorrah next time he knew that everyone in these two cities was not immoral and so he thought he sought the face and the favor of god on behalf of those who would be hurt in the process and apparently at work church abraham's act of intercession causes god to reflect and to reevaluate his decision abraham's intercession moved the heart of god god agrees per abraham's request that if there are 50 then 45 then 40 then 30 then 20 then 10 if there are 10 righteous people in the city god agrees according to abraham's a prayer not to destroy it abraham's intercession for for others was met with a concession from god his prayer moved both the hand and the heart of god and the point here church is not whether there were actually 10 righteous people in the city i know someone is fast forwarding to the next chapter and you are saying well god ended up destroying the city but that's not the point at this point the point here is that god agrees to the term that uh aligned with abraham's prayer the point is that abraham prayed a prayer that moved the heart of god and that is why hebrews chapter 4 verse 15 says that we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses but was in all points tempted as we are and yet he was without sin can i tell you something when we pray with a sense of burden i want to tell you god knows and god understands that burden fervent prayer somebody say fervent prayer fervent prayer according to james 5 26 is what availeth much and when you have a burden for your need when you have a burden for your problem when you have a burden for your family members it will avail it much it is the sincerity of our prayer and the conviction of our prayer and the authenticity and the passion of our prayer that will move the throne room of heaven and a lot of times we get it wrong when it comes to prayer i'm reminded of something one of my pastor colleagues told me he told me that in a course he took on spiritual formation in seminary that the professor asked the class one day to write down and to recite a prayer that they read or heard growing up that they found particularly impactful and one of his classmates wrote down and recited this famous prayer by saint augustine where augustine prayed lead us oh god from the sight of the lovely things of the world to the thought of thee their creator and grant that delighting in the beautiful things of thy creation we might delight in thee the first author of beauty and the sovereign lord of all thy works blessed forevermore another colleague in the class wrote down and recited this prayer from john wesley where wesley said oh god seeing as there is in christ jesus an infinite fullness of all that we can want or desire may we all receive from him grace upon grace grace to pardon our sins subdue our iniquities to justify our persons and sanctify our souls and to complete that exchange their renewal of our hearts then there was yet another third classmate who wrote down and prayed and recited this prayer from thomas our campus where thomas of our kempus wrote god our father we are exceedingly frair and indisposed to every virtuous and galilean undertaking strengthen our weakness we beseech you that we may be valiantly in the spiritual will help us against our own negligence and cowardice and defend us from the treachery of our unfaithful hearts but my friend who was from jackson mississippi said that he wrote down and recited this prayer from his grandmother where she said lord lord lord lord you know that was it my friend told this story to make the point that when it comes to prayer what makes prayer so powerful is not the length of our prayers how long we pray it is not the eloquence of our prayers the kind of words we use nor is it the volume of our prayers how loud we speak but it is in the conviction of our prayers that give our prayers as lord lord lord you know lord sometimes when you don't know what else to say all you got to do is say lord lord lord you no lord we talk about prayers that move us we say things like that was such a moving prayer that deacon prayed but at the end of the of the day we want to pray prayers that don't just move people in church we want to pray prayers that that move the god of heaven and the god of earth have i got to win this year abraham's burden moved god because he prayed he prayed with a burden but secondly i want you to notice that in this text abraham prayed with boldness somebody say boldness yeah yeah abraham prayed with a burden but he also prayed with boldness now those of you who are parents know how it feels when when uh someone is constantly bartering and negotiating with you about a decision you've already made yeah when when your children come begging and saying daddy can i can i get a candy bar and can i get some ice cream and can i get a car and can i get this and can i get that and can i go to a move to the movies and and when you have given your answer and then they keep asking you you might say something like look i said what i said and that's it well like a child begging his parents for something abraham goes to god pleading with god to reconsider the terms of his decision his reverence for god doesn't prevent him from approaching god with boldness verse 23 tells us that when the angels left abraham remained there standing before the lord and when he did so the bible says that when he prayed that he came closer it's a subtle observation but i think it's significant none the that's a bold move on abraham's part to literally confront the god of heaven over a decision that he has made to destroy a community and the bible says that abraham comes closer he shows us that if our prayers are going to shift heaven that if our prayers are going to move god then we've got to come to god with boldness i discovered that when you've got a burden on the line when you've got a deadline before you you don't have time to be timid with god you got to come to god like you deserve to be in the presence of god have i got a witness here perhaps that's what the writer was thinking when he wrote in hebrews 4 let us come before him boldly into the throne of grace anyone can pray because anyone can talk to god but not just anyone can move god until you come to god with boldness can the church say boldness it it takes courage and confidence to stand before god without wavering uh saying and declaring what you mean and declaring to god what you want and what you desire communication specialists say that the primary breakdown in communication happens when the speaker is unclear and uncertain of what they are saying that when the speaker is before an audience and when the speaker is uncertain about the audience and is uncertain about their message then that's when communication breaks down boldness in prayer is having the certitude about what you are saying and who it is you are talking to that's what jacob did when he came to god one night picking a fight with god and he held on to god and he declared lord i'm not gonna let you go until you change my situation that's what the cyril phoenician woman who had a sick daughter did when she refused to be rejected when jesus said to her that he could not give the children bread to a dog she replied i don't need the bread you can give me the crumbs boldness is the father whose son had a demon that the father said jesus says disciples could not cast out and instead of giving up he started talking to jesus and jesus asked him if he believed and he said lord i believe but to be honest i need you to help me with my unbelief got a witness here a boldness is the roman centurion who asked jesus to heal his servant and he said jesus i'm unworthy to be standing up for you to be standing under my roof but if you can just speak a word my servant shall be healed boldness is the woman with an issue of blood who came to jesus despite the regulations of the temple that said she should have stayed home when you pray you gotta come to god with boldness like abraham you gotta play believe pray believing our risks will be rewarded knowing that what we are asking is possible and trusting that god is able can i ask you something do you believe that god is able to meet your needs do you believe that god is a cable to give you what you desire now some people interpret boldness as being arrogant but boldness here is more than that i recently read an article entitled the art of speaking boldly and winning your audience where the writer of the article said that the key to a bold speech is not just knowing what you're saying but knowing who you're talking to see there are some things that my children can say to me that other people can't say to me and the reason they can talk to me that way it's because i'm their daddy i'm trying to help somebody here today see when you are praying you are talking to your heavenly father the audience of our prayers is god your daddy and when you know that you can speak boldly but you can also pray bold prayers by reminding god of his word that's what enables us to speak boldly and to pray boldly before the lord it's when you pray god's word in this text this back and forth between abraham and god is based upon abram's understanding of god's character abraham asked god to save the city and he find if he finds 50 all the way down to 10 righteous people based upon abraham's understanding of god's character he exalts god by magnifying his character what abraham is doing church is is that he is going to god standing on the character of god and i need you to keep in mind that this is before the bible has been canonized and now that we have the bible we understand that god's character is mediated through the word i need y'all to hold on here so what abraham is modeling for us is is that effective effective prayer is the result of our ability to pray the word i got listening to me that's the model you gotta you gotta pray the word when you pray don't pray your opinion you gotta pray the word have i gotta when you get down on your knees i want you to start trying to pray the word you got to say lord your word says you don't have to be you don't have to be shy about it you just say lord your word says i shall be healed lord your word says that i've never seen the righteous forsaken nor their seed begging for bread your word says that no weapon formed against me shall prosper have i got a witness here you have got to learn how to stand on the authority of god's word and when you stand on the word of god that enables you to get into the presence of god and to pray boldly come on look at your neighbor and say pray the word pray the word come on type in the comment section pray the word i remember i remember one year one year i told ava and leah that they could get whatever they wanted for christmas they were really young that year and so i i figured that they would just ask for a doll or a tricycle or or something like that they were little they were real small then and so i said for christmas you can get whatever you want well when what did i do when christmas came when christmas came they came asking for something that cost more than i had anticipated i'm the father i need y'all to get this here when christmas came they came asking for something that cost more than what i had budgeted for and when i tried to turn them down they kept responding by saying daddy you said we could have whatever we wanted they kept saying daddy you said what were they doing they were holding me accountable to my word and i want to tell you that when you pray the word of god you are reminding god of his word daddy when you you said i shall be healed you said i shall be provided you say i shall be protected come on slap high five with your neighbor and type in the comment section pray the word when you say when you pray the word you are reminding god of his character now don't misinterpret this abraham's boldness is not the same as brazenness this is not arrogance and conceit because while abraham has a desire he is not demanding or telling god what to do i need y'all to get that's not the same praying boldly is not the same as praying brazenly haven't got a witness here yes he's bold but i see in the text indications that he's also praying with humility yeah he says god will you save the city if there's p 50 then 45 and 30 then 20 then 10 he's got this strong conviction but he is not telling god what to do i know you're wondering where does it say that preacher well if you look at verses 27 verses 30 and 32 we see the patriarch begging god for indulgence and asking god to be patient with him and don't be angry i want to tell you that's humility yes be bold but act like you got some sense because none of us can go to god and tell god what to do have i got a witness here that these are prayers that honor god but you got to make sure that you punctuate your prayer with an air of humility [Music] can't tell god what to do we cannot demand that god give us our desires we are to make our requests known to god but then you got to realize that your prayers whether they'll be answered is totally up to god that is why we sing take your burdens to the lord and leave them there have i got a witness yeah i like the refrain leave it there leave it there take your burdens to the lord and leave it right yes i know you're sick yes i know you need to relate yes i know i know you need a new car yes i know you're looking for a new man but after you take your burdens to the lord the bible says leave it right there somebody type in the comment section leave it there see if you're going to put it on the altar you got to leave it at the altar you didn't take it at home you're taking it to three of your friends you are carrying around a burden rather than leaving it before the altar of god abraham shows us that when you pray with a burden and when you pray with boldness and when you pray with humility you finally have got to make sure you pray with persistence i know i'm giving you a lot here you got to pray with a burden you gotta pray with boldness you have to pray with humility but the last thing that i wanna tell you is that if you wanna shift heaven if if you wanna move god you gotta pray with persistence i like the fact that this brother is so determined to make his case to god that he continued appealing to god for mercy he he continued to pray but he didn't just stop asking one time yeah he prays but he keeps on praying haven't got to win he prays and he keeps on asking until he gets what he came for i'm trying to help someone here because someone's listening and you're saying preacher i've been praying but i'm wondering how long do i pray i've been asking god but i'm wondering how long do i ask i want to tell you you got to pray and keep on praying until you get what you came for see what many of us miss is that often times when the bible references prayer it is grammatically in the present indicative sense and that means that when you pray you don't just pray one time in stop the present indicative is a continual action have i got a witness here if you want to shift heaven on your behalf you got to pray with persistence see when jesus said in matthew 7 7 ask and it shall be given to you seek and you shall find knock and it shall be opened to you he wasn't just saying mention it one time and then go on about your business it's in the present indicative sense it means to ask and to keep on asking it means to knock and to keep on knocking it means to seek and keep on seeking it is just like that man in luke chapter 11 who has nothing to feed his guests and so he goes to his friend's house and knocks on the door and ask him for some bread and the bible says that the friend says he is asleep and the door is locked and his children have already gone to bed and he doesn't want to get up but he gets up and gives the man some bread because he keeps knocking at the door i'm going to get out of your way but i stopped by to tell somebody you got to pray and keep on praying you gotta knock and keep on knocking until something is gonna shift you gotta pray until heaven answers you gotta pray until mountains move you gotta pray until doors open you gotta pray until your change comes have a got a witness here when abraham had done all that he could do the bible says in verse 33 that he goes on home it's as if he's done everything that he could do he prayed boldly he prayed with a burden he prayed with humility and he prayed with persistence and at the end of the day he put it all in god's hands and i stopped by to tell somebody that after you pray and put it on the altar you got to leave it there have i got a witness that's what charles tinley said he said take your burdens to the lord and leave it there have i got a witness you got to trust and never doubt that you'll surely bring you out leave it there you worry too long you've agonized long enough you gotta take it to the lord and leave it there and then stand back and watch heaven move watch mountains move and the window of heaven will open up on your behalf have i got a witness is there anybody here who can thank god that i got down on my knees and say father i stretch my hands to be no other help i know come on put your hands together and give the lord some praise we can pray prayers that move god listen i mean we may not be able to pray prayers that move other people you may not be able to pray prayers that can move a crowd but the question is whether you pray prayers that will move god and to do that you've got to have a burden you've got to pray boldly that that means praying prayers that align with the word of god and then while it's okay to have a desire you don't demand when you pray remain maintain your humility and pray with persistence and then go on back home and leave your petition before the lord come on put your hands together bless god today [Music] listen i want to invite someone listening to me right now listen if you don't have a church home if you were blessed by this worship experience if you were blessed by this word and you desire to join the church i want you to send us an email to the email address on the screen right now listen every week people all across the area all across the country are uniting with us and even people all around the world you can be a part of our fellowship in germany if you're in nigeria i want you to connect with us in ministry by sending us an email and there might be someone listening right now who's not saved you don't have a church home you have never confessed christ as your personal lord and savior we will help you pray the prayer of salvation and give your life to christ and help you to get connected to a local church if it's not this one perhaps some other send us an email if you want to give your life to christ and we'll contact you as well amen praise the lord listen the enemy believes that he can stop what's happening in the house of god and even though we have not been able to come into the building for 18 months now and even though we were planning to come back in person today he can't stop what god is doing the spirit of the lord is still moving the word of god is still going forth lives are being touched and changed and so i bless the lord for each and every one of you listen if you have been blessed i want you to make sure that before you go on about your business before you go to brunch or before you go about the rest of your plans for today if you have yet to sow into this ministry make sure you give right now come on go to online giving take out your cell phone text to give to the number on the screen or write your check and mail it here to the church now remember today 1 p.m to 2 p.m if god places on your heart to bring new sneakers a new pair of sneakers for some young person in our community do that today from 1pm to 2pm that's when we'll be on campus today to receive those sneakers amen amen god bless you i pray god's peace god's favor upon your life and i want you to make sure you join us next week amen we are there's a word that god has for god's people it's on the destruction of sodom and gomorrah found in genesis chapter 19 i know you've heard this book of the bible referenced many times i want to invite you come on out next sunday as we consider the word of god from genesis chapter 19 as we endeavor to become people of power let's pray god we thank and praise you we thank you for this mountaintop experience lord as we go down into the valley and go about our week we pray that you would anoint us and consecrate us to be witnesses and examples for you be with us in how we walk how we talk how we treat others help us to be to treat ourselves and the temple that you have given us in accordance to the holy spirit residing within us god we thank and praise you god i pray that you would enable us to pray prayers that move you that move your heart and move your hand help us to pray and to intercede with a burden to pray boldly with humility and with persistence we thank you and now may the grace of our lord and the sweet communion of the holy spirit rest rule and abide with us henceforth and forevermore let all of god's people say amen amen and amen you'll be blessed and go in peace i'll see you next time god bless [Music] have you downloaded our app just visit your apple or google play store via your mobile device type mount in baptist church and hit download for all the latest information visit our website at www and for those who are local to the dc metropolitan area you can catch up on previously aired sermons you can tune into channel 8 at 4 p.m on sunday join us today from 1pm until 2 pm to drive through and drop off new athletic shoes for local students in need drop off brand new athletic shoes youth size 4 and up adult size 7 and up mount enin is blessed to be a blessing come out and support this important initiative all single men and women are invited to our virtual singles bible study on tuesday september 14th at 7 00 p.m join us for an evening of engaging conversation you may register on the church's website all are welcome to join us on wednesday september 15th for our virtual morning bible study at 10 a.m you may register on the church's website join us on wednesday september 15 for prayer service watch us live on these platforms live.mountainon.org facebook.com mount union youtube.com user slash mount enid you are invited along with family and friends to join us at 7 00 p.m on thursday september 16th for our grief and sorrow session as we discuss how scripture helps us move forward after a loss visit the church's website the marriage ministry invites you on friday september 17th at 7 pm for virtual connect make it last forever you may register at the church's website the children's ministry will offer service for children ages 6 through 12. on saturday september 18th and 25th at 9 30 a.m you may register on the church's website all youth grades 7 through 12 and college students are invited to join our virtual freestyle friday on friday september 24th we will discuss i'm not perfect i'm a christian for more information see the church's website new members who have not completed new member orientation are encouraged to attend our virtual class on saturday september 25th at 9 00 a.m you may register on the church's website all students ages 8 through 12 are invited to join us on saturdays beginning october 2nd through november 20th for an 8-week virtual stem coding workshop we will learn the basics of python programming to create a 2d game you may register at mountaino.org [Music] [Music] you

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