Daniel Kolenda | Eric Gilmore | Cultivating Intimacy With God

the following program has been made possible by the friends and partners of Christ for all nations coming up on Christ for all nations after losing my hearing my family took me to a witch doctor because they thought I had been cursed the witch doctors would perform all kinds of rituals when I came to their crusade I could still scarcely hear anything but when the worshippers on stage began to play music I noticed that I could clearly hear the drums and that's when I realized that I could hear again [Music] he turns darkness into [Music] - selfish freedom [Music] hello everybody this is evangelist Daniel kolenda and once again it's a joy to come and to be able to minister to you today to be able to pray with you and I know that the Lord is gonna speak to you in a very special way a little bit later on in the broadcast I'm going to be bringing one of my very close friends onto the show and we're going to be talking about experiencing God especially in prayer the devotional life the inner life it's something that people ask me questions about all the time as I travel around the world and I believe that today the Holy Spirit is going to give you keys to unlocking your own intimacy with Christ in much greater dimensions and then at the end of the program I'm going to be taking your prayer requests and right here in the studio we're going to be lifting those prayer requests up before the Lord and I believe that right where you are in your living room in your bedroom wherever you're watching this broadcast that the power of the Living God is going to come to you and touch you and so I want to encourage you right now to use that contact information that's there on your screen get in touch with us and let us know how we can agree with you in prayer and as you're doing that I want to share with you a testimony of somebody who experienced a real life miracle a demonstration of the power of God in one of our gospel Crusades in the city of Bujumbura in Burundi have a look at this about six that I hastened down in 1993 I contracted malaria I was very sick and when I went to the well to get water I passed out when I woke up my hearing was mostly Bonnie after losing my hearing my family took me to a witch doctor because they thought I had been cursed the witch doctors would perform all kinds of rituals to find out why I had lost my hearing some even involved cutting me at this point I began to hear voices in my head my family took me to a psychiatrist because they thought I was mentally ill but the voices only started when they began taking me to witch doctors I was put on many different medications some were for sleep and some were psychiatric medicines to get rid of the voices in my head for many years I had to take these medications and communicate through sign language and lip-reading I continued going to the witch doctors for many years and taking the medications and nothing worked so my family decided to try taking me to church for prayer [Music] when I came to the crusade I could still scarcely hear anything everything sounded very quiet and distant I could still hear the voices ahead but when the worshippers on stage began to sing and play music I noticed that I could clearly hear the drums then I noticed that I could hear all the instruments clearly and as time went on I began to hear the voices of the people around me as well and that's when I realized that I could hear again and that the voices in my head were gone so I decided to come to the front and testify about what God had just done from [Music] [Music] so Jesus has opened your ears like in German is for 16 years [Music] I thank you for touching his sister if God were standing in front of me right now I would praise him I want the whole world to know that I am healed isn't that such a beautiful story you know I've heard it many times but even now as I'm watching it my heart is just stirring and I'm rejoicing and thanking the Lord for His goodness you know you see a story like that and you think you know what's happening there's so much that happens behind the scenes in fact in this very story one of the things that that that young lady didn't share on the testimony is the way that she went deaf her family was actually fleeing from rebel soldiers and a landmine exploded very close to her people were killed and it caused her to go death and jesus healed her of that deafness from when she was a child what an amazing story and you know the reality is my friends and whenever you look out at one of these huge crowds like you've seen so many times on this program you see a mass of humanity sometimes it looks like an ocean stretching to the horizon and when you take it in all as one big picture what you often forget is that every single one of those people is an individual soul for whom Jesus died and someone whom he loves more than all of the money in the world and all of the wealth in the world that person is so precious to him the Ministry of Christ for all nations is going to the nations month after month year after year we don't do very many different things we don't have schools we don't have hospitals there are a lot of things that many other ministries do much better than us but there's one thing that we do consistently and faithfully as we have done it for the last 40 years and that is that we preach the gospel of Jesus Christ under the power of God with signs and wonders following and millions have come into the kingdom of God as a result we've seen since in 1987 more than 73 million people who have filled out decision cards and they have been ushered into local churches to be discipled through the Ministry of Christ for all nations and those of you who are a part of this ministry who who participate in this through your prayers and through your finances I believe that one day when you stand before the throne of God you are going to have a share in every single soul and every single result because we are cold laborers in this harvest for Christ's sake amen and I just want to speak to those of you who may be watching now and your heart is stirred as you realize what God is doing and you want to be a part of it my friend there is a way we have we have a community of believers that we call our one soul community they are a group of Christians who have committed and covenant 'add to support the ministry on a deeper level we call them partners because every month through their prayers through their finances they're supporting this ministry and allowing us to go and do what the Lord has called us to do and I believe we are a family I believe we are a community and I want to ask you today if you feel your heart stirring to be a part of this great end time harvest I want to invite you to become a one soul sponsor and when you do that today I'm gonna send you a gift it's not much but it's just a way of saying thank you to you I'm gonna send you our CD Africa sings which is live praise and worship music from our African Crusades honestly you've never heard worship like this before when you hear a million people lifting up their voices in unison praising the name of Jesus there's something about it that just causes your spine to tingle it's absolutely amazing but I want to do something very special I'm going to take each and every one of these that I send to you and I'm gonna pray over it and I'm gonna personalize a message just for you because I believe that the Holy Spirit wants to speak to you and I'm gonna send this to you today when you sign up to become a one soul sponsor here's how you can become a part let today be your day to take life to the next level by partnering with a genuine soul winning ministry as a monthly ministry partner go online and click the partner button as a partner your prayers and faithful monthly support is something we can count on to help us budget responsibly plan fearlessly and work tirelessly in the mission of soul winning and together we share in all the blessings of ministry partnership that God promises in his word become a monthly ministry partner with us today so once again thank you so much to all of those of you who are standing with us shoulder to shoulder in the harvest of souls you are doing something of eternal significance and I want to say thank you to you for that now I have something that I've been looking forward to sharing with you for quite a long time there's a very close friend of mine by the name of Eric Gilmore he is a man who has an amazing insatiable hunger for the presence of the Lord he's he's one man that I know among many who is always after the face of Jesus he spends time in the presence of the Lord he has extraordinary experiences and encounters with the Lord in the secret place and I asked him to come on the show and I just wanted to ask him some questions about his prayer life and about the secret place to help us to get some keys to knowing the Lord more intimately and I think you're gonna be blessed by this here is my conversation with Eric Gilmore hello everybody this is Daniel kolenda I'm here with Eric Gilmore and I'm really excited about this taping today we're gonna be talking about some things that I know are gonna be a great blessing to your life because they've been a blessing to my life let me just tell you a little bit why about why we're doing what we're gonna do today you know I some Christians it seems like they never want to be challenging their faith I'm not one of those people I I want to be challenged in my walk with Jesus I don't just want to go to church and go to a service or to hear someone speak that makes me feel good about myself I want someone who's gonna challenge me to go deeper in Jesus I'm gonna I want somebody who's gonna challenge me to live my life for him more and is gonna teach me how to tap into the deeper things of God and I think as believers that should all always be our desire to grow to learn to go deeper in the things of God and you know one of the areas that I think many believers struggle with is the area of that personal relationship with with Jesus of course we all go to church we all go to worship services but sometimes those things become substitutes for our own personal relationship with God and people always ask me these questions about intimacy with the Lord about prayer about experience the Priyan seing the presence of God and I put on my facebook this is a few months ago now I put on there a post that said if you have any questions about prayer about your devotional life the inner life post those questions and I want to answer them and it was one of the most interacted with posts that I'd ever put up hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of questions came flooding in and I could see that this is obviously a question that's really profound on the hearts of believers and so I sat down with a couple very close friends of mine Eric being one of them and we decided to put together a book that would help people to be able to dive deeper into their into their inner walk with the Lord but what I wanted to do is I wanted to bring Eric on to the this into the studio today onto the set and to ask him some of these questions in front of you and let me tell you why Eric Gilmour has been a friend of mine for a long time we went to college together and what what has it been ten years at least maybe a lady in 99 so yeah so it's been a long time but it seems now as I've watched him over the last several years that he has come to the fate to the message of his life he's come to the the purpose of his life and it is in prayer it is in intimacy it is in practice in the presence of the Lord and whenever I hear him speak on this subject and whenever we talk about it as friends I personally just feel so edified and lifted up remember Eric we were together and we're was in Ireland I Lynette it's got to be a couple of years ago now and you know we were just traveling together we were on a missions trip and I still remember that week as one of the most rich times of Prayer in my whole life and it happened to be the week that I was with Eric I don't think that's a coincidence because this man lives in the presence of God he practices on it on a daily basis it is the priority in his life and the Lord has given him real revelation on it whenever I asked him a question about the presence and about you know in her life he always comes back with a very profound answer that is a challenge to me and I've said to myself time and time again the body of Christ needs to hear this and I pray that the Lord would really speak to you today about this so Eric thank you again for joining me on the on the program and let me ask you just to start off how did you come to this and how did you end up choosing this and focusing in on this as the theme of your life well I began to realize that the consistency and strength in my life came from a certain source and as I looked throughout my life to find out what that animation was that spiritual energy that I was receiving empowerment if you will it was coming from the the time that I had spent in his presence it had to do with a rich enhancement of everything that God has given us through his presence and so that's where I began to just really hone in and focus on this experience of the person of Jesus Christ and began to see that as I talked about these things the same thing was happening to other people and really what it all comes down to is that he who has the son has life he was not the son has not life and so as we have the son in our lives as the life of our life everything changes we begin to experience this gospel we begin to experience this reconciliation which is the restoration of God and man finding their pleasure in one another and I found that all the striving and the clinching and the twisting and manipulating and pushing and trying was destroyed by the power of arrest in his presence why is it that some people seem to feel God God's presence one day and not that's an awesome as an awesome question because everybody's asking that question and I really think that one of the issues is the word feel some people think that feeling means the sensation on their body and we know those things do come I mean David even says his flesh yearns for the Lord but feeling the presence of the Lord in the way that God desires us to feel the presence of the Lord it's an internal reality for instance we see he would keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on him that's a promise from the Scriptures and peace is a feeling you know unless it's not necessarily a sensible thing on the outside of the body its internal as a matter of fact the internals more real than the external because the internal is the thing that lasts forever or the thing that's external you know comes and goes in it's fickle another one is come to me and I'll give you rest you know that's an internal sense of his presence you know and in the presence of the Lord is fullness of joy and at his right hand pleasures forevermore and these aren't specifically speaking about external things these are speaking about the internal connection with God that we have he joins himself to the Lord it's one with him in spirit you see the soul delights in the Lord so some people have the issue with that question because they think feeling is external well I don't feel anything right now and it's not about that it's about the promises of the kingdom of God which is this not a matter of talk but of righteousness peace and joy so you have the rightness of life in their life but also peace and joy our aspects of the kingdom what can you say to somebody who may be watching this and they say I want to experience God right now what would you say is the key to that I would say that the majority of the reason why people fail to experience God is because they're scattered all over the place I believe that the experience of God is so rare because scattered minds are so common men are split and divided in their hearts so for instance you have a person who's in the room but they're not actually present this is how the majority of people live their lives they're there but not truly there and when we to God often this enters into our prayer closets we're there but not truly there where everywhere else as well where everywhere else as well we're there but also with our prayer list also with our to-do list also with our problems also with our issues and our sins all these things but when we come to Jesus we put aside everything both the positive and the negative or the negative and the positive the things that have gone wrong the things that are pressing upon your mind all these things contribute to the lack of experience of God so here's the issue a lot of people have an issue experiencing God because they do not give him all their attention there's a phrase that I say constantly when I'm with him sometimes hundreds of times a day I say I give you all my attention and I worship you I believe that that's the issue giving God all of your attention you see in Proverbs my son give me your attention incline your ear this is how we tap into the riches of wisdom and knowledge and that is Jesus he is unto us wisdom knowledge and understanding we touched Jesus by turning all of our attention to him you see Moses the the presence begins to manifest and he turns his attention to the presence and then he hears the voice and this seems to be the issue is attention but were scattered humans I heard you at the conference we were at just recently you gave a quote I forget who was by it's about prayer being looking at God and God looked yea curated the arse said prayer is me looking at him and him looking at me and aw Tozer said one very similar he says when the eyes looking out meet the eyes looking in their heaven has begun on the earth and I think it's powerful because this is a different concept of what prayer is yeah right it's not just a list of requests and needs and desires yeah in fact sometimes it's not even worked right definitely it's the disposition of the heart unto God Madame Giry on said prayer is the application of the heart to God ever greatest Pontius said prayer is intercourse of spirit with God sometimes words get in the way the heart is what God wants the only language God speaks his heart he wants to know what's coming out of your heart you know I had a group of guys that came here my apprentices and they stay with me for a year just to learn about evangelism and about ministry and the very first thing with that I did with those guys is for two months we did nothing but spend time with Jesus in prayer because you have no foundation to build on unless you're intimate with him unless you know him one of the things I love about Eric is that he eats and sleeps and breathes and lives the presence of Jesus he wrote a book that I that I have here called Union and I want to get this into your hands you cannot get this book in any store because it's not in stores but really this is not just some product I want to offer this is a gift this is a gift to your spiritual life and I want to get it into your hands today and because I want you to have this we are literally going to give this to you for a gift of any amount today maybe maybe you can only give $10 that's that's enough whatever you are able to do we're gonna send this to you right away as a way to bless your your life and if you're able to give a gift of at least $25 or more I'm gonna also send you this DVD which is the full extended interview that I did with Eric in the studio asking him about 45 questions like the ones that you heard there and it's in question form so you may not want to watch the whole two or three hours of the DVD but the specific questions that you have are going to be answered there and so I know that's going to be a gift to you as well here's how you can get your copy of this book and DVD do you long for a greater intimacy with Christ do you have a desire to know God more do you want to experience God's presence in your personal times of prayer from international speaker and author Eric Gilmore comes a unique new book Union a thirsting soul satisfied in God this book was written in the secret place where Eric has experienced extraordinary levels of supernatural activity now he wants to teach you how to unlock greater dimensions of experience in your own prayer life not available in any bookstore this special TV offer is yours today for a gift of any amount and for a gift of $25 or more we would like to add the complete experience in God's series on DVD which contains answers to more than 40 of the most critical questions about how to experience God in prayer including how to overcome distractions in prayer how to deal with doubt fear and guilt in prayer what prevents people from experiencing God in prayer and much more call now for your copy of the unión book for a gift of any amount and your copy of experience in God for a gift of $25 or more call today as you can see here on the table in front of me there are prayer requests that have been sent in from our friends and partners some of you from literally all across the world and right now what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna lay my hands on these prayer requests and I believe that the Lord who knows and hears every single one of these cries he's going to meet prayer requests right now and also I'm just gonna be praying for you and I believe that if you need to experience experience a miracle maybe it's in your body or in your finances that's coming to you right now this is what I'm gonna ask you to do just as a act of faith I'm gonna ask you to close your eyes just stretch out your hands and just to verbalize whatever that request is maybe you need to be healed maybe there's pain in your body just say Jesus touch me right now father I thank you that you stretch forth your mighty hand and touch and heal your children in Jesus name Lord your word says that your arm is not short that you cannot see so father I thank you that you touch that body right now I rebuke sickness I rebuke disease I command it to leave in the name of Jesus I think that all pain goes out of that body right now in Jesus name that pain is coming out of your back that pain is coming out of your neck in Jesus name that pain is coming out of your tendons I come in tendonitis to leave right now in Jesus name pulled muscles broken bones be healed I curse cancer and I commend cancer to leave your body in the name of Jesus Lord I thank you that hearing is returning to ear sight is returning to eyes lord I thank you that even crippled legs will rise and walk right now in Jesus name and lord I pray for these who have sent in these requests Lord I believe you have read each and every piece of paper here in front of me lord I thank you that you will break through every barrier Lord that you would give mighty victories where where there are challenges Lord for those who are looking for a financial miracle I thank you that you will provide for them according to your riches and glory in Christ Jesus Lord those who have needs in their body in their mind in their family would you hear an answer and intervene as only you can do lord I pray that if there's anybody watching this broadcast right now that does not know you that you would draw their hearts back to you that you would save them to the uttermost and Lord I pray that they would come to have the kind of relationship that Eric and I were talking about a few moments ago lord I bless these viewers in the mighty name of Jesus and everybody said amen my friend thank you for joining us today on the broadcast listen if the Lord touched you today I want to hear from you there's contact information there and your screen get in touch with us let us know what the Lord has done in your life and also if there's a way that we can continue to pray for you and stand with you in an ongoing way we want to do that as well so let us know what's happening in your life until next time god bless you thank you so much for joining me and I'll see you again next time bye bye everybody we've got some amazing events coming up all over the world and I would absolutely love to see you at one of these events may 18th through 21st I'm gonna be in Luton Scheid Germany for the burning heart conference along with pastor Walter Heidenreich Heidi Baker Bill Johnson and others in June I'm 7th to the 10th we'll be back in Africa for our gospel crusade in Brazzaville Congo in July the 20th and the 22nd I'm gonna be at the site a yogi' Pentecostal Church inside of yoku Finland in August we're going back to Africa for another gospel crusade in the city of Maputo Mozambique on the 9th to the 12th for more information about all these events and more go to my website Daniel kolenda comm and click on the link that says events I look forward to seeing you there [Music] you've been watching 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Published: Mon Sep 24 2018