Night #3 - 2021 Men's Revival - Dea. Joseph Osborne | Min. Stephen Locke, Sr.

[Music] where the bishop jacqueline mccullough is our senior pastor and general overseer we are excited this is our men's revival this week and we are on night number three it's been it's just been wonderful and we are um encouraging those of you who are on social media if you are interested in coming into the um zoom room i'm just going to give you a little um instruction just um email b r b is in boy r zoom brzoom bethrapha.org and it will automatically respond with a link a fellowship link for you to come in and worship with us so uh we're excited and we're just going to prepare our hearts and our minds at this time for the men to cover us in a word of prayer immediately following that the scripture for the evening good evening to each and every one of you i welcome you to tonight's men's revival at this particular time i'm asking all the men to in their position as we learned last night to not just stretch out your hands but i want you to lift up your hands right now as i pray over this service let us pray father we thank you for your grace father we bless your holy name father we call on the name of the lord jesus christ today we ask you as we come before you to sanctify our hearts to sanctify our lips to sanctify our hands as we come entering to you before you in praise honor and worship lord we thank you we bless you we glorify your holy name lord as i lift up this service tonight i pray o god that your holy spirit will rest rule and abide in this service lord i thank you for carving out this service in your schedule before the foundations of the world i'm asking you lord as we lift up our hands but we lift up the name of jesus christ he said if i be lifted up from the earth i'll draw all men unto me so lord as we lift you up as we lift up the name of jesus he said the name of the lord is a strong tower and the righteous run in and find safety have your way lord we come against anything that might interrupt this service lord i'm asking you to have your way in this service i'm asking you lord to pierce the hearts of men tonight lord we enter evil and wicked time but lord you said you never leave us nor forsake us so lord i'm asking you to bless and anoint the speakers tonight let them come with clarity and speech and lord we thank you because we come with our hearts ready to hear what thus say of the lord bless this service anoint the singers and anoint everyone that has anything to do with this service lord we thank you for your anointing that destroys the yokes and lord we thank you for what you're going to do by faith for reaction jesus name amen and thank god our theme scripture for this week is coming from the book of first timothy chapter 2 verse 8 that's first timothy chapter 2 verse 8. i will be reading in your hearing first timothy chapter 2 verse 8 he begins the reading of god's holy word i will therefore that men pray everywhere lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting so far the word of god god bless you this evening god bless all of you to our bishop tonight we love you to our overseer to pastor george all of the pastors and leaders to all of you out there maximizing all of the social media platforms to the rafa alliance beth rafites good evening it is indeed an honor to be here tonight on our is it thou second night of the mid the third night of the men's revival come on and give the lord a hand praise for what he's already done this is our revival men lifting up holy hands psalm 80 and 18 says then we will never abandon you again revive us so we can call on your name once more the song says revive us again come on and lift your hands and we're asking the lord to revive us again we praise thee o god [Music] for the son of thy love for jesus who above hallelujah [Music] thy the glory hallelujah amen [Music] hallelujah [Music] revive us again we praise we praise thee oh god for the spirit of light who has shown us [Music] our night hallelujah thine the glory hallelujah [Music] hallelujah [Music] find the glory revive us again all glory o glory and praise [Music] [Music] stain hallelujah find the glory hallelujah [Music] hallelujah thy the glory revive us again [Music] revive us again fill each heart with thy love may soul be rekindled [Music] with far from [Music] find the glory revive us again revive us again revive us again [Music] hallelujah come on and lift your hands hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you lord hallelujah thank you for reviving us lord come on and join us as we take it on home just a little tonight the song says look where he brought me from look where he brought me from oh look where he brought me from you know that he brought me out of darkness into the marvelous light look where he brought me from oh look where he brought me from whoa look where he brought me from you know that he brought me out of darkness into the marvelous light look where he brought me from i've got i've got a hiding place i've got a high you know that he brought me out of darkness into the marvelous light look where he brought me from you know i you know that he brought me out of darkness into the marvelous life i've got i've got a high in place look where one more time look where he brought me from whoa look where he brought me from you know that he brought me out of darkness into the marvelous light look where he brought me from i've got [Music] you know that he broke me out of darkness into the marvelous look where look where he brought me from they say it's real real jesus is real to me oh yes he gives me the victory so many people doubt him i can't live without him that is why i love him so he's so real to me in the morning he's real real jesus is real to me oh yes he gives me the victory so many so many people doubt him i can't live without him that is why i love him so he's so real to me and even he's real real jesus is real to me oh yes he gives me the victory so many so many people so many people so many people down i can't live he's so real to me come on and put those hands together i know he's real he's real to you and he's real to me and we say real real jesus is real to me oh yes he give me the victory so many people i can't live without him [Music] that is why i love him so he's so real to me [Applause] come on [Applause] that's the sound of revival [Applause] real hallelujah [Applause] [Music] amen real real real real jesus is real to me didn't that sound good oh my lord nothing like good hand clapping foot stomping singing saints amen we thank the lord for you tonight did you bring your song with you did you bring your praise with you did you bring the word of the lord in your heart with you that's what makes the gathering so exciting because we all brought something we all brought something i don't know what kind of day you've had but if you have the lord no matter what kind of day you've had you have a song you have a word you have this presence and you're bringing it right here in the zoom or on social media and that's what the enemy can't understand you see you should have been so defeated and so depressed that you wouldn't even sing because he just gave you some of us he batted us around all day just batted us you know what i'm saying push this around all day so we should be coming here looking real poopy but instead we're clapping and praising oh come on that's what makes the christian indomitable in other words you're unconquerable amen the more you go down is the more you come up so come on and give him a praise a praise of victory amen a phrase of of of power a praise of consistency a praise of determination you've been preserved for this night the lord kept you alive so you could praise him and we love him we adore him we thank god for the praising men in our fellowship the praising women and our fellowship even the praising children amen we have come into his house gathered in his name to what to worship him let's forget about ourselves and concentrate on him and worship him somebody says that's why i don't like christianity because it tells you to forget about yourself and you know i i don't want to forget about me why should i forget about me if i forget about me who will think about me but the irony is the twist is if you lift him up then he also exalts you oh my god when you praise him then he dotes on you my god some of us don't know what that means because we never had nobody to donate on us like that but the god that we serve the more we lift him up is the more he lifts us up the more we praise him is the more he lifts our hearts and our minds and our spirit that's really the paradox of christianity i praise him and he lifts me even when i don't feel it you see that's just the thing we go by feeling so we are missing the lifting if you get past your feelings you'll get the lifting so come on and raise your hand right now worship the lord we thank you god we worship you you are the center of our lives we're not gathering here tonight for entertainment we're not gathering here on the zoom for anything else but to give you glory to spread the word to spread the word to share the joy to give the good news oh my god to touch somebody's heart to let somebody know they can make it that's why we're here we came by god to lift you up to exalt you to spotlight you to highlight you because you're the center of all of our activities thank you lord we praise you thank you for the opportunity oh my god thank you for choosing us to praise you for if we don't praise you the rocks we'll cry out so we thank you lord and we give you honor we give you glory we praise your name we love you we love you did i say we love you i said we love you lord and and i want to say it again i love you again and i love you the more i can never love you like you love me but i can tell you i love you if i had a thousand tons tonight glory to god glory to god couldn't love him enough couldn't love him enough i said i couldn't love him enough because you don't know how much he loves me no one ever cares for me like who like jesus so give the lord a hand clap for caring for loving come on all of you out there on social media whatever you're doing if you're cooking stop cooking and clap yeah if you're talking stop talking and clap if you let somebody's distracting you tell them i just want to clap and give them glory amen let's focus on him let's focus on him for a minute you know the church suffers from attention deficit they're always distracted but every now and then just focus on him focus on him that's what they tell you when you do deep breathing and yoga they tell you to focus but listen focus on him and give him that attention but look at the benefits you get out of it you get his grace his love his assurance you get the power to ride over your fears and discouragement you get the power to rebuke the enemy that lies to you and tells you all kinds of stuff in your ears that's what comes when you worship the lord amen because he's always talking amen and things are always happening but thank god that i have an anchor that keeps the soul steadfast and sure while the pillows roll fast into the rock that cannot move grounded firm and deep in the savior's love i know you all don't know about that but you know that's a good song right there i know you'll be singing something else but i'm telling you grounded firm and deep where in the savior's love i have an anchor you know what an anchor is no matter what the wind is doing that boat stays right there but that's what happens when you have an anchor in jesus winds are blowing storms are raging but the next morning you're still anchored my god you don't believe you're anchored look at you you should be scattered in pieces right now you should be sitting somewhere counting leaves and there are no trees but you know what you're in your right mind god is good god is good i just want us to always stop and praise him i don't want us to jump into a program and jump into the service we need to give him while we came i came to praise him i have to praise him you don't understand i have to praise him just to cleanse my mind and unclog my spirit get all this stuff out just to clear up my ears and just to rush all or push all the doubts you know some things didn't happen today and there was a sea nothing happened today no your prayers weren't answered see that see so i came to praise him until the devil and and and even though it didn't happen i still love the lord amen amen praise the lord we thank god for the praise team thank you so much thank you so much personae pastor um um dana and of course pastor nadine and overseer did an excellent job tonight i could hear my mother singing real real jesus is real to me that stuff is real ladies and gentlemen amen he is real he's not a phantom he's on the figment of my imagination he's real amen so thank you so much thank you thank you thank you tonight again we're here to receive from one of our brothers amen one of the ministers one of the men of the church aren't you glad that there are men in the church come on ladies wave your hands amen praise the lord somebody says well i got no man i didn't say that that's not what i'm talking about now i'm talking about the men in church talk about the men that we have the worshiping men the praying man the men that are here amen i thank god for every last one of them amen i thank god that they're still standing still standing and that they're here to help us carry on the work of the ministry i just want to thank you man for being so faithful praise the lord and before we do that we're going to receive the evening's offering now listen giving has to come from the heart you know i'm not here to hustle your money i just want you to know if you want to support us give it from your heart we'll tell you how to give and just worship it's part of the worship you understand we don't throw dice here and we don't have bingo we just give amen we give us unto the lord so come and give tonight and let the lord bless you because he always blesses those who give amen praise the lord you may do so now thank the lord give and i'll give it back to you give and i'll give it back to you give and i'll give it back to you press down shaken together running over back in good measure i'll give it back to you give give and i'll give it back to you give and i'll give it back to you give and i'll give it back to you press down shaken together running over back in good measure praise the lord praise the lord speaking of giving today i i woke up this morning very strongly with jamaica on my heart you know we've been to jamaica since 1997 and we've done several medical missions there and all the way up to you know a couple of years ago amen and the lord has blessed us to invest in that country and this morning i woke up and i thought about jamaica and it the the the problem there is so grave the hospitals are just there's no room people are lying down almost in the streets in the areas of the hospital they're trying to have field of hospitals because it's so terrible and then of course the economy that depends greatly on tourism is you know we're feeling it we're feeling it yes we are but can you imagine the country in that condition they're feeling it even more won't you pray for them amen and we're going to pray and ask the lord how we can be a blessing i woke up this morning and it troubled me and somebody says what are you planning to do now aren't we doing something in liberia i'm not talking to you if you're talking like that then i'm not talking to you but if you have burden for outreach if you have burdened the outreach and that's what the lord has been teaching us all month we have the grace to give won't you think about that and pray about that because i'm going to pray about it amen and ask the lord what can i do to at least do something we've been there for too many years with investing we've invested too much money and time to turn our heads the other way when there's a great cry for help won't you do that for me amen and pray and pray we're going to pray tonight at the end of the service but i thought i would throw that out amen now we're going to have a somanic solo by um by our junior missionary vanessa hazard and then immediately following we're going to have two speakers tonight uh deacon joseph osborne who he and his wife are the head deacons and he just lost his mother the funeral is not even here yet the funeral will be here on saturday and he refused to give up the assignment he said no no no i'm ready i really want you to pray for him tonight because there's nobody can replace your mother i don't care she lived to be 300. whenever you lose a mother you lose a mother amen and and i just want you to pray for him and he's encouraged and he wanted to minister tonight and then following deacon joseph osborne is minister stephen locke senior so in that order we'll have the the samanic soul and we'll have these two dynamic men to minister to us tonight amen amen [Music] good amazing grace how [Music] sweet the sound that takes [Music] was lost but now i am found was blind but now i grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears [Music] [Music] that grace [Music] and when we've been there [Music] to sing god's praise then when we first [Music] god praise god praise god praise god praise god praise god for his heart [Music] praise god praise god praise god praise god praise god [Music] hallelujah thank you jesus thank you sister vanessa for this beautiful rendition i once was lost but now i'm from i would like to thank bishop mccallum and all of my best rapper family for your support your love your hospitality and your praise during this time of believement thank you very much and i will be going into my sermon thanks again giving honor to god who is the head of my life giving honor to bishop mccullough i salute you i honor you i love you giving honor to pass to overseer robin edwards pastor george and his wife and all the pastors leaders missionaries deacons and all of god's people may god bless you giving thanks giving honor to the pastor mackenzie and his wife for your support to the ministry of the deacons thanking god for my beautiful wife who is a very strong support behind me because if i didn't have her i wouldn't be where i am with the goddess my beloved daughter and son and all my grandchildren i love you all our theme for the men's revival is men lift up holy hands or same scripture comes from first timothy chapter 2 verse 8. that's first timothy chapter 2 verse 8. here begins the reading of god's holy word i will therefore that men pray everywhere lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting my topic for this evening is the real test the real test or scripture lesson comes from the apostle paul's letter to a young pastor named timothy there's one thing that stood out for me and that is that timothy was a prime example of one who was influenced by godly relatives his mother eunice and his grandmother luis were believers who helped shape his life that was me i was raised by the same people that made me who i am today i remember a lot that was taught to me when i was a child growing up one that of the things that paul reminds timothy do is to pray point one the challenge to pray our topic tonight is prayer but each of us must admit that there are times when it is not easy to pray it is difficult to pray when we have sinned or when we feel angry or resentful which means to feel or to feel or hurt or show purple or pleadings petitions praise and thankful praise should never come from a heart that is harboring resentment or forgiveness anger or bitterness they should come from a heart that is holy and clean before the lord a heart that is gentle and gracious a heart that is submissive before the lord for god looks on the state of our heart that's why jesus told us to interrupt our worship if necessary to make peace with one another according to matthew 5 23 24 here begins the reading of god's holy word therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and their remembrance that thy brother have heard against it leave like there thy gift before the altar and go thy way first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer their gift our real test is how we treat the people right in front of us who are our family members and fellow believers in other words we must make things right when with our spouses and our children yes children it is not all times that we speak to them the right way so we must make it right when we fall short we must reconcile with our pastors or leaders or friends evil or neighbors some of us don't even know who our neighbors are it doesn't make sense to go to pray with lifted hands before confessing or false remember broken relationship can hinder our relationship with god if we have a problem or grievance with anyone we must resolve the problem as soon as possible we are hypocrites if we claim to love god while we hate others our attitudes towards others reflect our relationship with god we cannot truly love god why we neglecting to love those who are created in his image when we become christians we become part of god's family with fellow believers as our sick brothers and sisters it is god who will judge and determine what the other family members are doing not us in other words don't judge anyone leave them to god and pray for them we are simply called to accept and love them and even speak truth to them in love we are free to judge people's people's actions but not people how well do we treat our family members first john 4 20 here begins the reading of god's holy word if a man say i love god and hateth his brother he is a liar for he has for he that loveth not his brother whom he had seen how can he love god whom he cannot seen jesus never promised us that obeying him would be easy it's hard work however he can be rewarding if he obey the word of the lord praying and lifting up holy hands everywhere we go without wrath or doubting not only our hands but our hearts also point two true prayer and worship lifted hands are a symbol of worship as often seen in the book of psalms psalm 134 2 states he begins the reading of god's holy word lift up your hands in the century and bless the lord also psalm 88 9 says every day i call upon you oh lord i spread out my hands to you it is easy to say we love god when it doesn't cost us anything more than weekly attendance at religious services but as i said before the real test of our love for god is how we treat the people right in front of us our family members fellow believers and even our enemies we can actually love god while neglecting to love those who are created in his image all reference to lift holy hands without wrath or doubting means that when we pray we are to avoid arguments a qualification for church leaders called elders also known as pastors or overseers was not to be wholesome first timothy 3 3 some church leaders in ephesus may have been between during church gatherings this lead paul to his specifically mention that as a concern prayer during church gathering is certainly not the time for an argument the scripture states that men should pray always that means while going about or business studying working daily at home or whatever we are doing we should pray it is possible to not only pray whilst we are working but we must make work a matter of prayer even better even though our focus is on men all of us can bring prayer in every activity of our lives it is possible for us to obey god's commandment and pray everywhere we can lift all the littleness of our lives and ink them to the throne of god by praying always the scripture says that all men pray everywhere we are also commanded to pray without ceasing and in everything to give thanks this might seem very ideal but it's very reasonable command because unless we can find a place where god isn't and where the connection between heaven and earth is beyond our reach there is no place where we should not pray unless we can find a place where we do not want god no i need him the direct rule through his throne is the same distance from every hole and corner of the world there therefore where ever men are they ought to be reaching out with open hands for his benefit because wherever man is he is utterly dependent to god we are called to pray without ceasing but we are also called to pray in every place no matter where we are what situation we are in who we are with what time is it the lord desires that we stay in an attitude of life it is so beneficial to shut ourselves away in our prayer closet for intimate communion and deep fellowship with the lord but it is equally beneficial to be in constant touch with the lord in every place we find ourselves and in community prayer with the body of christ no matter what circumstances of life we happen to be in our hearts should be in touch with our father and so in love with the lord that we are delighted to filter every thought that comes into our minds to him in conclusion we all from time to time have noticed a beggar with hands out begging to have something put in their hands if we stand with open empty palms held up to god it says i need i desire i long for something from you i encourage you to go to god in prayer and confess any foolishness or emotions or feelings that are causing fear to rise in your heart or doubt to fill your minds and discouragements that may rise or prayer and belief is that if those uplifted hands are stained he will cleanse them we pray lord our hands are foul but if thou are willing you can make them clean my prayer is search my heart oh lord that i may be pleasing in your sight and i pray that more and more we become the person you desire us to be in jesus name i pray amen god bless you praise the lord um minister stephen okay good evening everyone good evening how are you uh greetings beth rafa grace and peace be unto you and uh and the father of our lord jesus christ uh greetings bishop thank you for this opportunity to just be able to share your pulpit so i can uh get practice at uh sharing god's word and all the other men and women of god i'm grateful thank you so much you're so gracious you're grace and uh good evening overseer uh greetings overseer pastor george his wife uh the yps the pastors in training the pips the pits the deacons the leaders and uh in their prospective offices and positions and good evening streamers um also i also want to thank my lovely wife minister beverly lock thank you for your patience with me thank you for your help thank you for being my help me i cannot make it without you that is for sure and thanks to my son steve locke okay um sermon uh let me just pray first okay uh holy spirit this is uh god's word help me to spread it and to share it in accordance with the pace and the timing that you have given me in jesus name my sermon title is godly men ought to pray godly men ought to pray and our scripture references first timothy as you've heard all week first timothy chapter 2 verses 8 therefore i want to begin the reading of god's holy word therefore i want men in every place to pray lifting up holy hands without anger or argument different versions say different things uh in terms of that last word different uh with like disputes but uh i just really want to focus on the first part therefore i want men every place to pray i think that's very interesting that uh paul told timothy that because he was a young pastor and a young pastor it is essential that he prays and that the men in his congregation prayed it's the only way they were going to make it is by talking and communicating with god and getting power from god um i felt like the holy spirit was telling me look see don't try to rush through these points okay i mean steve try to understand what i'm sharing with you you're talking about prayer you're talking about prayer it's communication with the father in the beginning there was no need for prayer when adam was on the earth there was no need for prayer him and the father just walked and talked they walked and talked there was no need for intercession and and supplications and all this stuff they just walked and talked they met at a certain time every day and they walked and talked now because of the fall man is separated from god and we gotta talk to god we gotta pray we can't see him no more we can't feel him no more we can't touch him like adam did we can't do any of that stuff but we must pray even when jesus christ came down and to walk amongst us in the flesh he gave examples of prayers he had to pray to the father when he was in the garden of gethsemane he had to pray to the father and the lord the father answered his prayer and brought an angel to strengthen him but since the fall everybody's got to pray now we all got to pray we all got to break and i want to look at three men in the bible who prayed most of them prayed prayer prayed prayer or prayed very simple prayers i want to look at hezekiah i want to look at daniel i want to look at elijah he's my favorite and i want to look at jesus christ and briefly look at these men and look at their circumstances and situations and how they overcame through prayer okay my the first person i want to look at is hezekiah hezekiah king hezekiah was a 24 25 year old king who reigned for 25 years in jerusalem scripture says quote he did what was right in the sight of the lord okay scripture also says in uh second kings chapter 18 verses six and seven here begin the reading of god's holy word uh he trusted in the lord the god of israel and and had a heart after him and there was no one like him among all the kings of judah none among uh those who came before him and he clung to the lord he did not uh just desist from the lord from following the lord he did not cease from following the lord and the lord was with him wherever he went he was successful okay hezekiah takes a letter from a man well let me back up a little bit quick intro there's king shanakarib king shankaram is the king of assyria he had defeated many people around him they nobody stood a chance against him and king shanaka returns his vision now to hezekiah and the jerusalem and he's like basically look i'm sending a delegation delegation i want you to go and tell king hezekiah x y and z and they tell him that look basically my king doesn't fear you we don't even feel threatened by you i'm paraphrasing look i'm even gonna give you 1 000 horses to fight against us if indeed you can even put a thousand men on these thousand horses to fight against us basically he was saying you don't even got a thousand men to come against us don't trust in your god don't listen to what your god says your god is lying to you basically he's saying this guy rev sheker you know he's telling them look just just give up and the delegation is saying speak to us in uh not in judea and the guy rubbed shaq and says look he just totally ignores those guys and he just starts talking to the people on the wall to the people in jerusalem just starts telling them look don't listen to your king don't listen to your god we're going to take you over just like how and don't try to trust in uh don't try to trust in egypt because we're not afraid of egypt either and you know and so this young is in this predicament now and he's really like i guess he's distraught naturally so because king of assyria they're like really wicked people they're conquerors they're uh what you would call a superpower of their time but but hezekiah prays and he first he goes to uh isaiah isaiah the prophet and say look off up a prayer for us you know it's looking like we might get conquered please offer up a prayer for us to the lord and see what he's willing to do for us and on top of that hezekiah takes the letter that was given to him from rabshak and he goes into the temple of the lord and he lays this letter out on the altar so to speak and he prays this prayer and he basically says lord god of israel enthroned above the cherubim you are god you alone you have made heaven and earth incline your ear open your eyes and see and listen to the words of king shanakarik which he has sent to the uh um and to defy the living god you and he repeats some stuff that shanakarab says and he says but now oh god if if it please you save us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone lord are god and uh hezekiah prays this simple prayer simple prayer very simple prayer nothing complicated he's just a simple king of jerusalem and and as a result isaiah bring back brings back word to hezekiah and says that the lord your god says because you have prayed to me about shanakarib i have heard and if the lord hears your prayers chances are he's going to answer it and god dispatches one angel just one just one one angel sends him down and while the the army of assyria is sleeping the angel takes out 185 000 men and leaves the king alive and i guess a few others go back and basically describe what what was the result and and i mean i the the title of this message is godly man or to pray we ought to pray hezekiah prayed and he re he reaped humongous results effective results um the bible says that we should the fragrant effectual prayers of the righteous man availeth much and that's runs throughout scripture we see people praying and their prayers are availing much and especially with hezekiah his prayers evaled much 185 000 israel didn't even have to lift a finger god did the fought the whole battle he didn't even fight the battle he sent the angel just to take men out godly men ought to pray godly men ought to pray another person i want to look at was daniel who we know was a praying man he was a praying man of somebody called haman haman did not like mordecai he didn't like the jews he hated the jews well i want you to know that daniel was facing three haman's three humans three humans in the king's court that did not like him because he kept praying to his god and he would not submit to babylonian gods uh daniel in chapter 6 verse 10 the word of the lord says daniel knew that the writing these men basically got together and they created this edict and they brought it to the king and said king we need to have a law that says if anybody tries to pray or acknowledge any other god other than babylonian gods that they're going to be thrown in the lion's den the king says that sounds good to me i like that sounds good so the king signs off on it and they basically set up daniel and as but and daniel knows what's going on chapter 6 verse 10 of the book of daniel says daniel knew that the writings was signed he went into his house and opened up his windows in his chambers to war and he looked towards jerusalem he kneeled and he prayed three times a day he gave thanks before his god as he always did and basically daniel did not care about this decree he wasn't deterred he wasn't intimidated he didn't care if he faced the lions then daniel knew he was going to face the lions then in reference to this law and daniel was a praying man and no doubt while he was in the lion's den he was praying i mean he prayed three times a day surely when you get into the lion's den you gonna stop praying some more and as a result god sent an angel to shut the mouths of the lions seems like angels are playing active role in our prayers we must keep praying godly men ought to pray godly men ought to pray daniel was a wise and a smart person he knew his prayers would get him in trouble eventually with these men on his back but i'd like to say daniel is unique in the sense that he was a man that was totally submersed in babylonian culture and if you know anything about the laws of god you are not to worship any other gods but the lord your god and daniel is forced along with shadrach meshach and abednego to uh to learn babylonian culture where babylonian clothes and they've almost forced him to eat babylonian food but he had favor with the one of the men in charge of the food and they didn't have to eat the food he ate fruits and he ate vegetables he had to wear babylonian clothes he had to wear babylonian turbans he had to wear babylonian shoes he had to speak babylonian language i mean basically he was totally submersed but this did not deter daniel from praying to god three times a day bab jerusalem israel was basically encaptive to babylonian culture for set roughly 70 years but this did not deter daniel he prayed to about three kings reigns he just kept praying one king would come along he would die daniel kept praying another king would come along he would keep praying king died daniel just kept praying he prayed without ceasing he was not deterred i don't even think he cared if he died in captivity daniel was determined to pray to god concerning his circumstances and his situations godly men ought to pray another person that i want to look at a very exciting person a very exciting man very excited by this person yes he's one of my favorites his name is elijah elijah comes on the scene elijah the tishbite we don't know anything about his uh his mother so to speak we don't know anything about his father we don't know where elijah comes from he's an israelite for sure and in second first kings chapter 17 verse 1 it reads um elia elijah appears he's telling a wicked king ahab here we get the reading of god's holy word as the lord lives before whom i stand there's not going to be rain nor do except by my word and um you know and then elijah receives instructions go hide go go by the brook i'm going to provide for you ravens are going to provide for you food and water and um the bible says that elijah prayed uh there was no rain he became subjected to this also as a result he couldn't drink and god told him go to zaraphat i got a woman there she's going to take care of you he goes there what happens she's staying with the woman and he says feed me first take care of me first give make me some bread give me a cup of water take care of me first and i promise you your your your oil will not run out and your flour will not run out it didn't run out elijah's set up she's in he's in his the woman's house and the woman has a son and eventually a woman dies long story short elijah decides to pray he doesn't panic he doesn't give up he doesn't tell the woman i'm sorry there's nothing i can do i mean i i don't know what happened elijah takes the woman's son takes him upstairs to his bed lays him on his bed and starts to talk to god he starts to talk to god he starts to pray to god and he said and he just prays a simple real prayer and he says lord my god have you brought catastrophe fee upon this widow that i'm staying with by causing her son to die and then he says and then he lays himself on the boy about three times and then he prays lord my god please let this boy's life return to him and the lord heard his voice the lord listened and heard the voice of elijah says scripture and the life of the boy returned to him he is a man of god supernatural manifestations and miracles are going on around him all the time and when he gets in the crunch when he gets with the into a situation where individual has died he prays a simple prayer god hears the simple prayer pray prayer and god answers and the boy's life is restored simple men praying simple prayers getting great results humongous results supernatural results where god intervenes with supernatural manifestations of his power and we can all rejoice uh elijah is someone who is an awesome man of god he's in a situation where his one of his main assignments is to turn the hearts of the men of israel back to the lord is god he gets caught in a situation where he challenges he doesn't get caught but he challenges he tells ahab get all your prophets together and meet me at this place we're gonna see who's really lord who's really god the prophets of baal get together they have this um altar they do their shouts they do their dance nothing happens elijah taunts them they cut themselves even further nothing happens elijah prays a simple prayer a simple prayer simple prayer he has his altar he has his oxen on the altar water flooded the whole altar elijah prays and says lord god of abraham isaac and israel today let it be known you are god in israel and that i am your servant and that i have done all these things according to your word answer me lord answer me so that these people may know that you are lord and you are god and that you have turned their heart back what happens fire falls from heaven fire falls from heaven it burns up the offering it burns up the wood it burns up the water it even burns up the stone scripture burns up everything and it causes the men and women of israel to just bow down on their faces and say the lord the lord the lord is god a simple prayer a simple prayer communicated by a simple man and as a result it reaps huge humongous benefits godly men ought to pray godly men ought to pray king hezekiah didn't do any miraculous signs or ones he just prayed a simple prayer daniel didn't do any miraculous signs so to speak or wonders yes he did interpret some dreams but apart from that he was just a simple man who was determined to pray under oppressive circumstances situations three times a day he would not be deterred elijah yes he did miracles but what did he do first before he did these miracles he prayed first jesus was god manifested in the flesh but he still prayed to the father often while he was on earth as an example to us as what we should ought to do and how we should posture ourselves before the father how we should pray the disciples said teach us how to pray and he taught them how to pray he taught them the our father prayer godly men ought to pray jesus before he left his disciples and ascended in the bible it says in luke chapter 24 50 then he led them out to the vicinity of bethany and he lifted up his hands and he blessed them he basically prayed for them before he ascended up godly men ought to pray now i don't know what your circumstances i don't know what your situation is i don't know what's going on with you or in your life but i know one thing you need to pray whether if you're a man if you're a woman of god you need to pray you need to seek the face of the lord and you need to offer up simple prayers simple prayers and believe god to answer the bible says that the fragrant effectual prayers of the righteous man availeth much even the man that blind man that jesus heals said to the pharisees sadducees and scribes we all know that god hears the prayers of the righteous but the unbeliever the infidel he doesn't hear if you're a godly man today you need to pray you need to pray for your wife you need to pray for your father you need to pray for your mother you need to pray for your son you need to pray for yourself especially as we approach and we spiral further and further into the end times you need to pray godly men everywhere ought to pray thank you let's put our hands together and thank the lord for these two powerful men we're so blessed to have them to speak to us tonight come on and thank god one more time for the word of god that came to us we salute we salute deacon osborne tonight as he talked to us about testing the real tests the real test and the real test is we could pray but we should pray with a certain kind of attitude he stressed throughout his whole sermon that we can't come to god and pray with all of this stuff that we have against our neighbor and he's saying that we need to go and straighten it out you know when he sat there like a father it was like a father talking to his children and truly it was a wonderful pastor because we don't have too many fathers do we but thank god that we have deacon osborne that spoke to us as a father talking to his children and guess what he's talking about loving each other caring for each other and praying for each other what a wonderful combination how that we ought to lift up our hands but before we come and lift up our hands we need to check and see what do we have to straighten out with each other what should we say to each other before we pray these great prayers so thank you so much deacon osborne for that and then of course we thank god for minister stephen locke talking about ordinary men praying simpler prayers and getting great results now and i i agree that these were you know man ordinary men but they were not really ordinary men so to speak there were men who believed in god and the ordinary man the regular man the carnal man doesn't have that kind of faith it takes a lot of faith to stand up against 850 prophets and tell them call your god and let fire come down it takes a lot of courage to stretch your body over a dead boy and believe that god would bring him to life again so that's not ordinary that's a man of faith that's a man who is doing business with god and it's so easy today it's so easy to forget that we have that ability you and i have that ability you don't need you don't need a title or a special place to do this you can stand in your house and lift up holy hands and pray and god will answer your prayer i love the example of of hezekiah now let me tell you something i believe in it and it's not witchcraft or voodoo i believe god can read see i believe he can read and i believe that when i get any any letter any kind of crazy stuff in the mail and any any kind of news i take it before the lord and i say god you see what you see what this letter says you see what this says you see what this thing that came in the mail says and as long as you're you're righteous it's not anything that that is accusatory it's not anything that you have done you know like lie on your income tax or you know change your name five times and you know put yourself in your children's name i'm not talking about that he's not going to look at that prayer but if you know you're done right and and and you know that the enemy is coming after you he reads i i just believe that i believe that when if you get stuck with financially and you're overwhelmed and you feel like you can't make it i believe that i can present these to the lord and it is it's biblical they they present these things to the lord david every time he got into a corner he would say god shall i go up shall i do this shall i do that we have that same privilege we have that same privilege it's not just old testament and some great people like paul and and silas no it's for all of us we have an open throne we have entrance so you see what i'm saying and hezekiah showed him that letter oh my god nehemiah when they were threatening him he went and he said think on them look at the language you see something is wrong with the way we are praying the language the things that we're saying we we we have become too you know we become too pragmatic we we forget about the supernatural opportunities that we have to go to god and watch him move on our behalf we're too rational we you know we we got plan a plan b plan b prime and plan c so we forget the simplicity of coming to god and trusting god to do so you know i i thank you i thank you deacon oswald i thank you minister lock so what i'm going to ask you to do because i'm going to do i'm going i'm going to get the letters if somebody in here would help me because i'm talking and they should be listening and following you know i'm saying um just there's some letters that i need to bring before the lord amen the enemy comes to stop us to depress us to make us feel hopeless whatever there are things that god can do for us if we have faith the bible said that he comment to god he that coming to god must believe that he is and that he's what a reward of them that diligently seek him so this this ministry that we got tonight we can't just leave it like that and cut off and sing a little dry song and go home no we got to practice this amen so i i if you since you're home i think you're home you know i don't know where you are but but if you have a letter you know yeah letter letter yeah letter i said letter if we had a letter if we have information that we want god to move on it could be a piece of property that the lord you have before the lord it could be something that's being held up it could be a inheritance it could be a major bill that they're charging you this ridiculous interest you know what i'm saying whatever it is but it's interfering it's interfering with your life and the lord promised to take care of us and i just believe that if you grab it right now now you may not believe in it because you know you're too cute to do this but if you grab this and hold it up some of us are caught in tight places did i say tight places um no it's under all the stuff that i got from sls no it's on the table yeah i have to give instructions you know you get you get these things hold them up somebody said i don't believe in it because i you know i could i can talk to my lawyer well you go right here and talk you talk to esquire uh or whatever esquire brown you go right ahead i'm taking mine to the lord you understand and i'm not questioning that if that's what you have to do you have to do but i believe that this word did not come to us tonight for us to just salute it this word came for us for us to believe god believe god believe god amen even in the covet he can make a you don't believe god can cancel bills huh i i listen i believe you don't believe they can wipe them out yes do you believe that the lord can stop these people from charging you exorbitant uh interest rates and things are getting funny it's getting funny in coving everybody's grabbing for money squeezing for money and if you don't keep your receipts and you don't keep things in place they will dig out your eyes you hear what i'm saying come on the lord wants to raise your your credit score he wants to clean up your credit come on you the things that god has for you and for me all we have to do like hezekiah wasn't embarrassed this man is threatening and and and and sending out words of threat of death as akai didn't get cute come on so you have if you have it waive it wave it you know i have a whole book so i know what you're waving you know i'm i'm waving i'm waving yeah amen and i'm saying i'm saying yes god you read all of this tonight and i'm praying a simple prayer in the name of the lord jesus i'm asking you to cancel i'm asking you to overturn i rebuke the oppressor i rebuke the the the the interest rates that they are putting i rebuke the plot and the plan to confiscate people's properties i rebuke all the things that the enemy has come to embarrass us not only uh economically but if this could be something going on in terms of report from the doctor it could be a a a report that is negative bring that to the lord bring it to the lord and ask the lord to work it out so we're going to waive it we're going to ask the men to stretch towards us because he says holy holy man godly men listen it could be a request lord please i need more room in my house i i the house is getting smaller the children are getting older i need some more room and right now financially things are tight but you can make a way ladies and gentlemen this is what it means lifting up holy hands men and women interceding on our behalf we have the history of it we have men of great great great history of praying george mueller and all those other men that prayed simple prayer and the lord worked it out built an orphanage and hundreds of thousands of dollars in this time there was a lot of money while he was in a depression while they were in the depression the lord made a way so don't let kobe dampen your faith ah my soul says yes tonight thank you father come on and worship the lord hold it up before the lord and tell the lord lift this lift this burden lift this burden so i could be free to to give more to the furtherance of the gospel lift this burden and clear my name we ought to have a proper name our credit ought to be outstanding that he didn't ought to want to know how did you make it how did you make it come on let god let this be a testimony to the system a testimony to the system that's been set up institutions that are set up against us plans and plots to keep us on redline keep us marginalized god you help us tonight come on the lord wants to open doors or the clothes doors that will never be opened to you the lord can do it tonight come on and raise it and don't be doing it like it's just painful do it ex expectancy with expectancy with expectancy god you see you answer make ways out of no way in the name of the lord jesus in the name of the lord jesus we thank you god we thank you we thank you that even though we have a salary by the end of the day we have nothing left god work it out work it out teach us how to use our money give us money so that we can use it for the glory of god and lord remember our children remember our children god set it up so our children will not suffer see i will not suffer loss i will not beg for bread he's my daddy-o lord have mercy help me jesus help me come on and praise him tonight i believe god i believe god i believe he's answering prayers right now somebody is going to have their credit change somebody is going to have their their bill canceled somebody is going to have an offer for a house somebody my god has something in court that's been going on for years that the lord is going to release somebody is going to get a raise come on and put your hands together we thank god for answering prayer you did it for hezekiah you did it for daniel a letter was sent out an edict was sent out you did it for esther the edict went out god she said i'm going to see the king my god and by the time it was over god you made a way out of nowhere thank you god now it's time to praise him says it's time to praise him god didn't send this word for us a city and just nod our heads he sent it to activate our faith activate our faith strengthen us so we could see beyond our problems beyond our limitations and beyond our situations so that we can come out in these tight places so the lord can trust us to do the will of god when he brings us out we're going to use it for the furtherance of the gospel we're going to extend our hands to those who are in need we're going to reach out to people who are in trouble come on god free our hands god oh my my my my my my so we can be a blessing in the name of the lord jesus lift the reproach lift the reproach lift the reproach lift the reproach clear our names clear our names you said god that the borrower is a what a slave to the lender loose the shackles of slavery off of us your promise that we should lend and not borrow do it for us tonight do it do it god do it make us a lender and not a borrower in the name of the lord jesus now come on and praise him tonight come on and praise him tonight praise him with all your heart the lord answers simple prayers ordinary prayers we don't have to beg him we have an access we have more of an access in the new testament the throne is wide open come boldly come boldly don't come with your head hung down don't doubt don't come doubting don't doubt if you pray tonight the lord knows what to do come on something has been held up some of you have money and don't even know you have money some things have been left for you and the enemy has tried to hide it and now the lord is going to unveil it so come on and thank the lord come on and thank the lord thank the lord we thank you lord we thank you we thank you lord we thank you thank you lord come on and sing it thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] billy without thank you lord with your hands up [Music] that's it that's it that's it [Music] thank you lord [Music] you've been so good you've been so you've good so good you've been so good you've been so good you've been so good you've been so good [Music] i just want to thank you lord now just raise your hand and begin to thank him oh my god i thank you i thank you for this word thank you for telling us how we should come before you thank you for telling us what to expect when we come before you lord help us to leave here with expectation oh my god oh my god help us not to just say it but help us to expect it because you're not a god that you can lie it's not that you won't lie you just can't lie so we trust you tonight we're not gonna walk around as if we are we have all the answers and we don't need you and this is a formality we just lift our hands out of a formality no this is for help when we raise our hands we're saying help us lord help us help us help us help us and we believe that you will lift the bird and many of us are carrying heavy burdens heavy financial burdens seem like we can't get out of it as soon as we think we got this settled then something else comes and something else comes but lord help us god to trust you tonight that you heard the heard the prayer we receive the word and we are acting on the word and we are believing if your results in the name of the lord jesus you can cancel mortgages god yes you can oh yes you can you can cancel mortgages yes yes yes yes yes you're a margin mortgage counselor come on saints come on go with me come on praise him just a little bit just a little bit while i'm talking praise him glory to god you're a waymaker yes you are thank you father you make a way where there is no way come on come on you know how to build a bridge over troubled waters you know how to you know you know how to open up heavens you said the silver is mine and the gold is mine lord have mercy you said you know how to shake it and send help you know how to send help send the right person to help us help us to meet the right person lord some of us have things that we have on the altar to get done and it seems like it can't get off the ground god you know what to do send the right person open the right door he said you open the door and no man can close it and you close the door and no man can open it come on saints the prayers of the men have gone up before god and god is responding tonight glory and honor to your name glory and honor to your name glory and honor to your name god i thank you for the church i thank you for the church i thank you that the church is paid for my god i thank you i thank you that there's enough property to accommodate the vision that you have given us thank you god thank you that you're going to open up the hearts of those who have been assigned my god to help us i believe wherever they are in the world that you're stirring right now so that we can get that property to do damage to the kingdom of hell lord i thank you i praise you i thank you god that simple prayer tonight offered up in faith believing trusting god that this is a prayer this is a prayer that this is a prayer according to your will you'll hear us and you'll grant the petition that we desire of you and we love you tonight and we thank you in the name of jesus you believe that just put your hands together or put up those hands those hands those little reaction hands should be all over the place just put up those reaction hands amen clapping and praising the lord the screen should be filled with it amen people are thanking the lord we're doing it together we're doing it together we're not fearful we're not fretful we're believing god that's it that's it come on you may not listen housing god housing open up a place for housing so that these young people can have a comfortable place to live i believe it and i agree with you god that you promised to be a shelter you promised to be a covering and i know you're able to do it in the mighty name of the lord jesus thank you god thank you those of you who are watching thank you so much for joining us we'll be back here tomorrow night at eight o'clock where we have another ministry of the word where we'll be encouraged to pray to pray listen it's not only to pray for things but to pray if you see when you pray it doesn't matter what it is it can be something big it can be something small it could be supplicatory it could be intercession it could be thanksgiving the thing is pray amen and when you pray you believe and when you believe you will look for it you will expect it and you'll walk by faith and not by sight go with this word on your heart in jesus name amen on behalf of bishop jacqueline e mccullough and the beth rafa family thank you for joining our live stream service visit us online at bethprofit.org where you can submit your prayer requests give into the work of the ministry and connect with our church family via social media god bless you richly and we look forward to you joining us again [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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