Lesson 5 "Steps to Answered Prayer Step 3"

[Music] hello [Music] oh you guys are good stretchers you're stretched with your legs [Music] you ready to worship are you yeah you are let's do this up [Applause] [Music] up [Applause] don't tear each other [Music] tear each other down [Music] pull them up [Music] [Music] now you got your exercise in you're doing some ups and some downs that's perfect we're ready to move on aren't we unto you lord and as my harvest overtakes me i won't stop following some more cause i'm a doer of the word of of god [Music] [Music] is great he remembers [Music] it to increase [Music] [Applause] [Music] i [Music] is [Music] [Music] glory to god i'm a doer and you're a we doer do exactly what he said [Music] [Applause] [Music] what god says [Music] [Music] because god says [Music] [Music] god [Music] god [Music] [Music] i am glory to god boys and girls close your eyes raise your hands let's take time to love on the father he is so good to us we [Music] such a good place to be [Music] there is nothing we can't overcome we're one in the family [Music] [Music] and together there's nothing we can't overcome we're one in the family [Music] [Music] [Music] we can't overcome [Music] [Music] we can't overcome [Music] [Music] thank you father god lord you are so good to us we worship you we praise you we are who you've called us to be and he has a perfect plan for us [Music] who am i that the highest [Music] i was lost but he brought me [Music] who the sun sets free always [Music] [Applause] he has [Music] [Music] i'm a child of god yes i am [Applause] in my father's house there's a place [Music] love god yes i am [Music] i am who you say i am you are for me not against me i am who you say i am i yes [Music] is [Music] [Music] there's a place [Music] [Music] [Music] i am who you say i am you are for me not against me i am who you say i am i am chosen not [Music] me i am you are for me not against me i am who you say i am oh i am who you are [Music] who is [Music] there's a place [Music] there's a place for me [Music] in my father's house there's a place for me i'm a child of god yes i am [Music] hey faith live kids it's offering time you guys excited about offering all right let's get in the word everybody go get your bibles and turn in your bible to matthew the sixth chapter verses 19 and 20. i'm going to read it for you guys read along okay don't store up treasure here on earth where they can erode away or may be stolen store them in heaven where they will never lose their value and are safe from thieves matthew 6 19-20 guys we're talking about treasure what's another word for treasure another word may be money all right so i've got five dollars here i got i got five dollars here the other day and i'm gonna take my five dollars and i'm gonna put it in this bank i'm gonna store it in this bank right okay lock it up now what if somebody came along with this hammer and they hit that with this hammer they smashed up and in the smithereens wouldn't they they could buff it up into little bitty pieces and i'd lose my five dollars or what if a thief came along and stole it from me and it was gone all right we don't want that to happen with our treasure do we we want to store up our treasure in heaven like it says in matthew the sixth chapter we store our treasure up in heaven where it can't be stolen it can't be it can't erode down into nothing all right we're so when we take when we get saved say you guys got five dollars say you've got a dollar for for your birthday maybe from doing a chore you take that portion you take that tithe and you give it in the offering you're giving that offering to god and you're giving it into your heavenly account where thieves can't take it where where moths can't eat it where bugs can't eat it it can't rust away it can't it can't be taken from you when it's in heaven let me give you another example of treasure say you've got a little toy in your room you've got a truck or you've got a doll something that that you don't play with anymore it's just sitting over in the in the corner of your room or your closet it's collecting dust and you haven't played with it for a long time when you take that you take that toy you clean it up make it real nice you pray and ask god who you should give it to and he'll show you who to give it to you'll know and you give it to them when you give that offering when you give that to someone you are storing up treasure in heaven god receives that and you're storing up treasure in heaven hello faith life kids welcome back we have been learning all about the steps to answered prayer and answered prayer it always begins with the word of god you know god's word is his will for our life and as we begin to learn his will for our life our faith grows bigger and stronger so have you been a doer to steps one and two of answered prayer me too you know as we begin to get more serious about spending time with god abiding in him and praying specifically the devil he might try and come and take those word seeds that we've planted deep in our heart you might come in an image that you get in your head it might come in a thought or feelings of fear that your prayers won't get answered but i have good news for you we have a way to combat all of that and it's in the word of god our answers are always in the word of god so let's open up to 2nd corinthians 10 5. it says casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of god bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of christ oh that was interesting anyway so this says in his word that all we have to do is take captive those thoughts that don't line up with the word of god if it's not in his word it's gotta go so stick around as we learn about step number three to answered prayer [Music] i can maybe i could do that or or i should go ask my friends what are you going on and on about oh mommy i'm trying to figure out what topic to pick from my project there's just so many options and time's running out well i thought you asked the lord to give you the right idea i did but the idea just hasn't come yet lucy did we pray yes well do you believe you receive when you pray yes and i meditate on my scripture james 1 5. if any of you need wisdom you should ask of god and he will give it to you well that's good you have sown that word deep in your heart yes i know that i know that god will give me wisdom for the right idea well then it sounds like you're walking by sight right now not walking by faith um what does that mean walking by sight is focusing on what you can see and feel walking by faith is trusting that god will keep his word well mommy i just feel pressured cause my project is due soon and i don't have any of it ready yet do you believe that god will answer your prayer about the right idea well yes but well no but you need to stand firm on your specific scripture meditate on it think positively you can't let that stinking thinking stick around oh you're right mommy i do believe that god will give me wisdom for the right idea and i'm not gonna keep thinking this way very good that's being positive hey by the way how have things been going with you in shoop better god is helping me show his love to shoop well good maybe you could say something nice to him today okay mommy [Music] hey boys and girls i was just humming the steps to answer prayer do you know the steps could you help me go over the steps you could well let's do it step one that's right be specific his word is true step one is be specific but what does that mean it means that we need to ask god for exactly the thing that we want and we also need to stand on his promises we need that word seed it needs to be found in his word promised in his word and when it is we're going to be confident to ask him in prayer will you be confident to ask god for something if it's not in his word no you won't it needs to be promised in his word and do you know who can help you find out what that scripture is the one you need to stand on that's right the holy spirit the holy spirit inside of you is gonna help you to know what to ask for and know what scripture to stand on he is so good he loves us so much and you know when we know what that word seed is we get it planted in our heart and how do you do that by meditating on the word of god wow you guys really know the steps and then what's step two [Music] that's right step two is ask god for the thing that you'd like him to do you know when we ask god we ask in faith we ask the father in jesus name and we believe that we receive our answer right then when we pray today is an important step it's step number three and if you know the song which it sounds like you do you already know where i'm going that's it step three about your thinking think positively it's be positive in your thinking we don't want to think the enemy's thoughts and you know whenever we've asked god for something and we believe that we received our answer the enemy is going to try to come and bring negative thought after negative thought and what do you do you cast it down you cast it down and you think positive because that is thinking in faith and every single thought we think is one step closer one one moment away from our answer prayer we don't want to get negative we want to be positive and stay in faith and we're going to learn all about step number three today hi welcome in miss michelle here and it's time for devotions time to sit with god are you ready come in and sit down i'm gonna read a story about a little girl talking about how good her parents are and about someone else really special in her life this one's called god's word is full of answers did you hear that it's mommy i can hear her talking to daddy i'm confident it's them i mean i know for sure because i know their voice they've been talking to me even before i was born they have a good voice good morning they'll say it's another day to play and another day to pray you know come to think of it mornings are my favorite i always eat a yummy breakfast and i'm ready to play mom and dad take really good care of me oh but wait someone else is saying good morning i think it's god oh wait yes it's him alright i know his voice too my parents love me a lot if i need a drink of cold water they're happy to give it in fact if i ask for anything that's good for me they lovingly give there are times when i'm cold and they give me a blanket at times when i'm bored they play with me even when i don't understand my schoolwork they help me find the answers do you know where else we can find answers answers to prayer in the word of god this is what the bible says therefore i tell you whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you received it and it will be yours mark 11 24 just like i know my parents love me and give me good things to me when i ask i can have the same confidence that god will give to me what i ask when i pray and when mommy says i love you those aren't just words because she shows me her love by taking care of me she gives me food hugs toys and things like that well god is the same way his word also shows great love the bible is full of promises those are the good things that god gave us he wants them to get into our heart but they aren't just going to jump in there we must plant them when we read our bibles those promises will grow when they get deep in our hearts then we will know that we have a firm place to stand we can trust god and what his word says have you ever stood on a what a wet pile of sand i have and as the waves washed over the sand i was standing on i began to sink deeper into the sand i would have to stand on something very firm for this not to happen well the same is true with the word of god it is a solid foundation stronger than anything i can know for sure that when i stand on the word of god i will not sing i will be strong we can be sure that when we pray and spend time with god he hears us and he answers our prayers when we look at the word of god and put it in our heart like the seeds that grow those things that we ask for in prayer will be given to us by god the bible says if you abide in me and my words abide in you you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you john 15 7 not only will we be knowers of the word of god but we will also be doers of his word hey i'm a doer of the word and i'm confident that i can have what god says i can have close your eyes we're going to pray repeat after me father god thank you that you always hear me when i pray your words you always answer thank you for the bible and the good seeds that are growing in me in jesus name amen [Music] let me go let me know oh wait wait wait i'm sorry did was that uncomfortable yeah that hurt i'm just kidding i don't care yeah you run away go cry to mama all right now who is next oh look who it is it's lucy um good morning soup what's up short stuff how how are you do you have any more suckers um not today but yeah your mistake what are we gonna do here um your hair looks silly uh no i was gonna say your hair looks good today wait my hair looks good looks very nice but well thanks i actually i actually worked kind of hard at hey what are you trying to pull um nothing i was just saying something nice have a good day just saying [Applause] come here you little bug i'm gonna get you hey faith life kids today we're learning about step three being positive in your thinking kids when you're meditating on god's word if you're if you're reading the bible what are you thinking about you're thinking about positive things when you're reading god's word because his word is positive so we're going to we're going to talk about when you're say you're you are believing god and the enemy is going to come at us with negative thoughts with bad thoughts and he'll he'll try to bombard our minds with things that are bad but we have to take those thoughts and we have to we have to get rid of those thoughts okay say for example that your leg hurts for whatever reason say you heard it you say it hurts and you you you've got first peter 224 and you believe by jesus stripes at your heel and you pray and you you ask you ask god to heal your leg based on first peter 2 24. okay so what's going to happen in this in that situation the enemy jesus said the enemy would come to try to steal the word from us so he'll come at you with negative thoughts with bad thoughts and say you're not healed your leg still hurts say you've you've sown seed and you're believing god you prayed and asked god for a bicycle and it's been two weeks and you still don't have the bicycle the enemy is going to come at you and say see you don't have a bicycle you're still not there you're not in faith the kids just because you have thoughts of come at your mind doesn't mean you're not in faith and when you have those thoughts come at you you have a choice to make we all have a choice because all of us would have the enemy come at us with bad thoughts negative thoughts but we all have a choice to make we have something to do in that situation and guys let's go let's go to our bibles and let's let's read a scripture that talks specifically about our thoughts everybody go get your bibles turn in your bibles to second corinthians 10 5 the 10th chapter the fifth verse casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of god bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of christ that means that whenever we have a thought come at us we say does that thought agree with god's word or does it agree with that my leg still hurts because kids we are standing on faith we're standing in faith believing god that our he our faith our leg is healed all right now so when we have that thought come at us we say is this a good thought is this a positive thought or is it a negative thought if it's a negative thought we cast it down if it's a positive thought we keep thinking about it hi boys and girls i'm so glad you're here today because we're going to learn about something very very important we are learning about replacing bad thoughts with good thoughts we are learning how to capture those bad thoughts just like you would capture a butterfly or capturing those bad thoughts and we are learning to replace them with good thoughts all right i want everybody to grab your bibles get your bibles i'll give you a minute and open your bibles if you can't read it's totally fine i'll read to you just try to follow along with me and open to second corinthians 10 5. second corinthians 10 5 and i'm going to read to you two different translations okay all right the first translation is new king james casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of god bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of christ every thought uh in the erv it says and we tear down every proud idea that raises itself against the knowledge of god we also capture we capture every thought and make it give up and obey christ so boys and girls let me ask you something how many of you are thinking something right now wow that's a lot of you we're all thinking something right now right we think a lot of different things all the time but what's important is to pay attention to what you think about if you're thinking about a good positive thought or a bad negative thought it's just like this plant here we have this cute little plant and this plant has received nourishment it's received fertilizer or been watered it's been taken care of but if a worm came along and ate the roots of that plant would it live no it wouldn't live very long because it would cut off the nourishment wouldn't have any food it couldn't get food or water because it wouldn't have any roots and it would die but if we watered it and took care of it it would it would thrive it would do well and it's the same thing with our thoughts the enemy he works like the little worm that would eat at the roots and he wants to plant those negative thoughts and for you to think about those things and not think about the good things god wants to fertilize and water and help us to grow and how we do that is in the word of god and he helps us he helps us but we choose what thoughts we think of and we can choose to think good or bad thoughts so i'm going to play a little game you guys won't play with me are you ready okay i am going to read a thought to you and i want you to tell me if this is like the little grub worm that's eaten the roots or if this is like the water and the fertilizer that helps us grow okay you ready all right the storm is bad can god really keep me safe what do you think guys can he keep us safe well let's see here let's see what thought is next the lord is my refuge and fortress in him i am safe we are safe in him that's the fertilizer that's the good stuff we want to think about right that's the positive thought the bad thought we can just cast away we can get rid of it let's let's throw this thought away all right we got rid of that thought we just keep the good one okay i'm all alone and no one can help me is that a good thought or a bad thought yeah that's a bad thought let's throw it away ready all right we threw it away let's let's see what's next here god will never leave me nor forsake me that's a good thought that's the thought we want to keep we want to hold that thought close right we'll keep it right here next to us all right can i really hear from god how many of you have asked that question can i really hear from god let's see here that's not a good thought is it is that a good thought no all right we throw it away get rid of it i'm his sheep and i hear his voice that's right you are his sheep you do hear his voice and you can hear from god and it's our decision what good thoughts or bad thoughts we think on so let's think on those good thoughts boys and girls let's receive those good thoughts and keep them close to us and throw away the bad thoughts [Music] hannah the human woo do her the dog oh oh i thought you were gonna take a bath i did i did i just came here to tell you that i took a bath and then i probably smell so much better now no you don't smell so much better ah really yeah you should probably scoot that way a little see i can't really smell anything anymore since the incident yeah with with the this gun with ralphie yeah i'll see this coke we were just trying to be friendly me and otis we saw him coming into the yard and we wanted to introduce ourselves so we'd go up to him and say hey hey hey hey hey hey hey yeah kind of like dogs do something like we do and he says he is so embarrassed he's actually a really nice guy well that's that's great you know sometimes that just happens with skunks they get scared and then they this is really sticky yes i have forgiven him and we don't have to bring it up okay so but the bath i beat it does it i took a bath through it doesn't seem like it worked i should smell rosy you don't you smell stinky but i don't understand you take a path and then you smell good right most the time what what what could have gone wrong what why don't you tell me what you did what's that what i did i did all the things the things you do the uh the that's that's a good word i did the steps right i got i went and i got in the top okay and then i added some i did so and then i scrub it up oh a dub got it okay behind the ears behind the ears under the collar under the cover i did not forget okay um and then i got out well i wanted to play a little bit so rubber duck got the rubber ducky right and then i got out at the tub and then and then i did the shaky thing yeah a little bit okay so it was like this wow that's pretty intense it didn't seem to work the same this time for some reason gotcha okay well let's let's retrace our steps you go to the tub i got in the tub you scrub it up dub with the soap i scrub it up the dub dub with the stop i got it behind the ears underneath behind i had to do a little extra since you know there was no water in the tub in it there was no water in the tub step number one is fill the tub yeah oh you could screw that i missed up excuse me i missed a step yeah do it you gotta you gotta do step one before you go on to step two but i did all the other things you're saying just because i missed one little step that it didn't work right yep that's exactly what i'm saying i had a bad bath yeah you did not have good success with your back good success yes that sounds like something else we're thinking the same thing doer because just like there's steps to take a bath there's steps to answer prayer yes doer exactly just like with the steps to answer prayer you have to follow every single step you can't skip to step two you gotta do step one first that's the same thing that happened with your bath right you skip to step two if you try to skip to step two and not do step one to answer prayer well well you're just starting off on the wrong foot and you're not gonna get anywhere right you will not have good success and you'll smell bad and be covered in soap yeah well soapy steep metaphorically speaking so maybe let's try this again do all the steps in the right order and then we'll have good success yes we need a path with good success yeah just like we need prayer with good success all right well let's uh let's turn the water on this time that's a great idea hey everyone come on in it's time to plant god's word in our hearts i've been planting god's word seed in my heart have you awesome great job today you're going to need your heart pocket necklace and your bible did you know god's word is just like this big bag of seeds except instead of planting these seeds in the ground we're planting god's word seed in our hearts tell me some of the ways that we can help plant god's word firmly in our hearts oh that's right i heard someone shouted out we can focus on god's word let's do those motions into those ways together we can focus on god's word we can that's right we can listen to god's word we can think about god's word we can believe god's word and we can that's right say his word these are the ways that we can meditate on god's word now repeat after me i plant god's word in my heart great job now let's turn to the book of second corinthians does everyone have their listening ears on great job put your listening ears on as we read god's word today's word seed is second corinthians chapter 10 verse 5. it says casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of god bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of christ this is the foundational verse for step three of answered prayer now let's talk about what this verse means when it says casting down arguments and every high thing that means you can take all those bad thoughts and you can throw him to the ground and get rid of every bad thought step three of answered prayer is to stay positive in our thinking the next verse says that exalts itself against the knowledge of god this means that anything that goes against or disagrees with god's word the next part says bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of christ this means that we can catch and examine thought and only keep thoughts that agree with god's word great job now let's take today's word seed and plant it in our heart pocket necklace just as we're taking today's word and planting that word deep in our hearts now remember to stay positive in your thinking and take today's word seed and write it down and meditate it this week to help plant his word deep in your heart hey what you got there marcus hey wilbur i got some bugs i captured some bugs i went out on the farm this morning you know the farm yeah and i was thinking there are a lot of bugs eating some of our plants so i just went out and i decided i'm gonna go capture all these bugs take them captive put them in this jar so we got a lot in there early this morning yeah i've been working all day early this morning i got up and i headed straight for the tomatoes and you know what i found in there would you find in there i found a tomato hornworth no just living in a tomato eating all around them boy i was like you can't live in my tomatoes you're a bad bug and i swooped them up and i captured them in here and then i went over to the corns i know how much you like coffee all right you're gonna like this i found some bugs trying to eat the corn and i said no sir little bugs and captured them put them in cap tv in this drawer boy i've been capturing bugs all day and now our farm has less bugs and they're all in here the audacity you got some grubs and some vine boars in there that one right there that one eats seeds i heard i heard that one eats seeds and destroys the the plants so you can't have a harvest well i got him he's captured in captivity in this jar these are bad bugs why are you keeping them in the jar well i thought i did all that work capturing these bugs and they're stuck in here now and i thought maybe i would just kind of think about them and why what well i don't really know i thought well i thought if i just thought about what if that one right there while i'm sleeping pops off this cat right there and it walks down the hallway to my room while i'm sleeping and tries to eat my corn or my seed packets i keep in my desk drawer well then i can't plant them and have a harvest marcus i wouldn't that wouldn't be very good at it it would not be good you got to take these nasty old bugs after you've gotten captive you gotta take them out there and you gotta cast them down you gotta get rid of those things cast them down you think i need to go cast these out yeah you gotta cast them out i don't want them around here well i guess i should go cast them out i'll help you all right let's go catch these bugs oh so that's what he was doing this all makes sense now just like he was taken captive all of those little bugs so that they wouldn't eat the crops we have to take captive our thoughts yeah you know it's important to think positively [Music] [Music] you know what time it is no it's confession time oh yeah right ready repeat after me i am i am the righteousness the righteousness of god of god in christ in christ good job all right now let's do this one together i'm quick i'm sharp i'm bright good looking very rich and a major blessing and you got it just stay positive all right now let's do this next one okay ah i'm a doer i'm a doer i'm a doer of the word of god all right now we can take a little break from these but we don't need the hulu we need our bibles though repeat after me this is my bible this is my bible it is the word of god it is the word of god i am what god says i am i am what god says i am i can be what god says i can be i can be what god says i can be and i can do what god says i can do and i can do what god says i can do all right great job right now let's back to hula hoop time all right you guys have been learning today about the thoughts that we think on the good thoughts and the bad thoughts and what we receive and what we cast away we are talking about what we meditate on i want you guys to get your bibles open with me to joshua it's in the old testament joshua 1 8 and i'm going to read to you this book of the law shall not depart from your mouth but you shall meditate there's that word meditate in it day and night that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it for then you will make your way prosperous and then you will have good success how many of you guys want to have good success we all do right well the word says we can have that good success when we meditate on the word why is that because when we meditate on god's word it brings that faith and that confidence that we can stand on so how many of you know what meditate means okay a lot of you know what it means but for those that don't i'm going to tell you to meditate means to focus on god's word to listen to god's word to think on god's word and to believe god's word when we do that if you have something you're dealing with say you have a runny nose or you're not feeling good and you're dealing with some symptoms you can go to the scripture and you can stand on first peter 2 24 which says by jesus stripes i've been healed and when you have been meditating on that scripture it's already in here and it comes up and it gives us that faith and that confidence and we know that we can stand on that word we have the confidence to stand on that word because we've been putting it in our heart and we know that that that is what god wants for us because that's what god's word says [Music] hey wilbur hey marcus what you hum in there oh you know it's that one song it's like um that that one girl lucy she was singing it the other day and it was just so catchy it was like you know you're like one of those songs just makes you want to catch it but it was a little bit too too jazzy for me so i wanted to countrify it a little bit so it's kind of like uh you know these are the steps yeah and you know what you know i heard her singing [Music] these are the steps to answer prayer every single step in faith will help to get you there like an elevator peter put more like a pear here nope is that right i don't know pair seems wrong why would you be talking about what's that oh they say it's more like a stair more like a stick looking at it every single step you take every little step of faith lead you up to an absurd prayer see and ain't that such a kid it's a good song yeah it sounds a little bit more short and sweet i like it wait what's that there's more there's more i don't remember the rest of that whoops steps there's steps to it steps so it's like seven something like something step one be pacific his word is free right it's not pacific specific space specific step one b be specific is true to ask god for the things that you could do for you for you yes for you and in step three after after praying think negatively think what what's that think pause tell me that's what won't be negative yeah and then step four you got that um guard your mind from wrong wrong thinking number five i remember this one bible is the meditating one five was meditating on his promise to you yes and six is thinking thank god thinking thanking god for ants answering you answering you guys so i think it's the last step seven was make your prayer what's that make your person statement a statement of faith statement of sabbath right is that right statement of statement of faith they said they say it's right and if they say it's right it's right and then when you do each one of them you're praying in faith so all together i think that's something along the lines of these are the steps to answer prayer every single step you take will help to get you there like an elevator but more like a stairs every single step you take every little stepping face leads you up to answer prayer under the verse step one be specific his word is true to ask god for the things that he can do for you three after praying think positively for guard your mind from wrong thinking bob is meditating on his promise to you six is thanking god for answering you seven make your when you prayers each one of them you're praying in faith these are the steps to answer prayer every single step and faith will help to get you there like an elevator but more like the stairs every little step that you take every little step in faith leads i like that song that performance deserves an award thanks for helping us learn that song that's a good song i'll never forget it now [Music] hey kids isn't it wonderful how we're learning so much about prayer and getting answers to our prayers and all the steps and we are going to be doers of steps one and steps two now who can tell me what is step one yes that's right be specific and stand on god's promises okay who knows step two yes yes you must ask god for what you want that's right that's wonderful and you know what boys and girls praying for ourselves our wants our desires our needs it's wonderful and god desires that but you know what praying is not just for ourselves we're not just learning all seven steps of prayer just for ourselves but also to pray for others oh it's a wonderful thing to have your confidence built up in god and in his word so that you can have faith to pray for others as well so what does answered prayer always begin with that's right the word of god well we're going to get to it we're going to get in the word of god so open your bibles if you would to first john go to chapter 5 verses 14 and 15. all right follow along now this is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us and if we know that he hears us whatever we ask we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of him so you see confidence is that we know that we know that we know and it talks about knowing god's will when we pray we must have scripture that lines up with god's will well what is god's will his wants his desires for us and his will is his word yes that's right so we're gonna practice praying for others now let's say you have a friend and that friend needs healing and your friend has asked you join your faith with them for healing and they're standing on a specific word remember step one be specific and stand on god's promises and that friend found god's promise in the bible with first peter 2 24. okay so we know the word that they're standing on let's practice a prayer shall we all right repeat after me dearly beloved heavenly father i come to you in the name of jesus and i want to pray for my friend for healing and we see in your word in first peter 2 24 that by jesus stripes we were healed we take that promise father god and stand on your word and we thank you for hearing us and we thank you for answering our prayers in jesus name amen that's wonderful well you sure you look happy today i am happy farmer miguel i'm so so so happy that's wonderful is there any particular reason why i got my answer i got the idea for my science project from the lord what yes that is so exciting lucy so i have to ask what's the idea i am going to do my project about wait for it planting things what no way that's so exciting you've been learning about prayer and planting for a while now isn't god so good he's been preparing you for this project yes and that's so cool i hadn't even thought about that yeah god is always helping us even when we don't see it well i just love god so much he did help me i was having some distracting negative thoughts about the whole thing but mommy reminded me to stay positive in my thinking that's okay shortly after that god gave me the idea it's very important to stay positive so what part of planting are you gonna focus on i'm gonna show how each seed has a purpose and will only grow into what it was created to grow well you've really been getting our time together in your heart i can tell oh look from miguel my plants they're growing wow they're looking really good there's so many uh i didn't plant that many seeds well lucy those aren't all your seeds some of those are weeds we need to pull those out ew i don't like weeds yeah they're not really good um you know weeds are a lot like negative thoughts uh how are weeds like negative thoughts well when you've got weeds in your garden you have to pull them out so that your plants will have room to grow just like you have to rid yourself of those negative thoughts that way you can begin to think positive and that way the promise of god your word seed can continue to grow unhindered so my word scene could be hindered yeah those negative thoughts can hinder uh you from receiving your answer there are like weeds taking precious time that you could be using to focus on the word of god oh oh no can you see what happened as soon as you begin to think positively again well yes i i took my eyes off those negative thoughts and started focusing on god again and his word and that's when i got my idea that's right wow now both my word seed and the seeds i planted here in the garden can keep growing without any weeds getting in the way thank you so much for helping me now the word of god is growing in my heart without any negative thoughts and we probably need to get the rest of these weeds out so my seeds here in the garden can grow too i want to have the best garden project ever well you're going to let's go ahead and start working on these weeds let me help you out there lucy okay ready pool have you enjoyed learning about the steps to answer prayer i know i have and you know it all starts with knowing who you're talking to knowing the father god and when you have a relationship with him you'll come right up to his throne and you'll ask him for the things that you need and god will always come through for you he loves you with everything that he has he loved you so much that he gave and sent his son jesus he died on the cross for you so you could have all the good things he wanted you to have this is the most important prayer you could ever pray and if you want to make jesus the lord of your life in him your heavenly father pray this prayer with me bow your head and repeat after me father god i believe in you i believe you sent your son jesus to die on the cross for my sins i believe he rose again and is alive right now lord jesus i ask you come into my heart right now and be the lord of my life if you prayed that prayer you are praying according to god's will that's what he wants for your life he wants to do amazing things for you he wants to turn your life around and all your dreams come to pass he has a good plan for you and you're born again faith life kids this is so exciting now we know god's will for us concerning our thoughts man it's so important that we will be doers of what we learned today you know i want to encourage you to take time this week and meditate on second corinthians 10 5 and as you do expect to get revelation from god concerning that verse in fact let's pray about that and then you can really expect it that's the way to do it all right close your eyes and bow your head and let's pray father god we come to you in the name of jesus and we ask that you would show us your wonderful truths about this verse and that you'd help us to think positively and cast down any thoughts that don't line up with your word and when we do we know that we will have good success amen that is such a good prayer you know every thought that comes to us if it doesn't line up with the word of god we have to cast it out you gotta tell it to go because those thoughts they're from the devil and we do not want them anywhere near us so tell it to get out of here now i want you to repeat this confession after me are you ready for it awesome here it is i am specific and i stand on god's word number two i ask for what i want good job and number three i think positively good job boys and girls now make sure to come back next week as we learn all about step number four to answered prayer [Music] you

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