September 5, 2021 Sunday PM

my name is tanissa born and it is my privilege to welcome you to first pentecostal church tonight i've come to tell somebody tonight it doesn't matter how long you have to pray about a situation god is a prayer answering god the lord met an incredible need for me this week i've had an issue an ongoing issue for over four years that i've been praying about i've had other people praying with me and this week one call tenisa it's done it's over with it's settled thank you jesus thank you jesus thank you jesus so if you are a guest with us here tonight whether you're here in person or you're watching online it is my privilege to welcome you to our service tonight we're so glad that you made the decision to join us in worship if you're visiting with us tonight you should have received a welcome packet inside the welcome packet there is a connect card so please take a moment to fill that out also if you turn that card over there's a space there for you to write out a request we'd love to pray with you about your need because the same way the same god that answered my request this week will answer your request in jesus name also if you prefer you can you can use your cell phone just go to fpc.com forward slash guest card and fill out the information we would love to reach out to you and provide you with upcoming events here at the church so church let's make our guest welcome here tonight god bless you we are so glad you're here hallelujah why don't we keep on clapping for the lord right now i feel like somebody in this house has something that they can praise the lord for hallelujah hallelujah our scripture tonight from first chronicles 16th chapter starting in verse 23 and it says sing unto the lord all the earth show forth from day to day his salvation declare his glory among the heathen his marvelous works among all nations here it is for great is the lord and greatly to be praised he also is to be feared among all gods if you got something to praise the lord for why don't we praise him right now come on did you come to worship the lord this evening why don't you lift your hands all across the house we worship you [Music] tonight lift our hands unto you are key and lord [Applause] are you thankful that the king of kings is here tonight [Music] we lift our hands until you are keen the victorious name of [Music] why don't you praise his name hallelujah our hands are lifted our hearts are raised [Music] oh to the king of kings lord of lords hallelujah [Music] come on i wonder if god's made a way for anybody in this house tonight come on as he answered a prayer has he came through we love you jesus we love you jesus [Music] [Applause] god to the only wise god why don't you just sing it with us hallelujah right is [Music] come on why don't you lift your hands and open your mouth and give you praise oh hallelujah come on church he deserves all the glory all the honor oh hallelujah come on i want you to take your neighbor by the hand lifted up toward heaven and let's pray together come on across this building [Applause] come on give it to me hallelujah oh we're giving him the preeminence oh hey demons tremble when they hear the name jesus sickness has to go when it hears the name jesus ah hallelujah somebody ought to shout it again come on shout it again jesus yes i love that song that says something happens when i call that name there's just things that happen when we call the name of jesus chains are loosed mountains move when we call his name hey i know the mountain mover tonight his name is jesus i know the chain breaker his name is jesus i know the peace speaker his name is jesus i know the deliverer his i'm glad i know his name you may be seated ushers would you come to the front we're going to be blessed this evening in our giving temple offering [Music] hallelujah what a joy it is to be in the house of the lord on this sunday night i was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the lord what a pleasure it is to be among god's people hey took a take a good look at the people that's sitting next to you you're looking at people you're going to go to heaven with you're looking at sanctified people blood washed people i said you're looking at the saints of the living god i love the church i said i love the church and i love my brothers and sisters i think it'd be in order right now for us to pray over our church that god's hand would be upon it that he would continue working in this church come on stand with me right now we're going to pray over the church we're going to pray over the offering we're going to believe god lord in your name we thank you for this church thank you lord for this place of worship this house of worship we do not take it lightly we're not complacent when we come but we fear you enough to reverence your name god we thank you for every giver here tonight we ask you to bless this offering the name of jesus we pray let's continue worshiping with the ensemble here tonight as they sing and the ushers are going to give you an opportunity to be blessed in your giving [Music] to be with jesus and my treasures oh oh the angels back say oh [Music] [Music] hallelujah [Music] oh oh oh [Music] oh is is oh oh hallelujah this is brother william keith he's six years old he received the baptism of the holy ghost this past sunday morning at sun at kids church over in the chapel we give god praise for him going down in the name of jesus hallelujah because you've repented of your sins and in obedience to the holy word of god i now baptize you in the name of jesus christ for the remission of all of your sins [Music] oh oh oh [Music] oh [Music] oh come on [Music] [Music] oh hallelujah oh [Music] is oh oh hallelujah i wonder if there's anybody looking forward to that day the trump of god will sound and the dead in christ will ride rise first and then we which are alive and remain we shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet them [Applause] [Music] hey this world is not my home i don't want to get too attached to what's happening here that i missed out on what's going to happen hallelujah hallelujah my grandfather he said it was just the dressing room this life is just the dressing room preparing for the next life i want to make it to heaven hey that's why we do what we do live for god serve him be blessed of him and have eternal life i still believe in heaven and i want to go hallelujah let's worship with the choir tonight [Music] through jesus tonight [Music] [Music] i will crush silently [Applause] until the enemies i'm living with a promise [Music] is we shall have victory [Music] is [Music] everybody oh is tonight [Applause] but jesus has all victory [Music] is stomp on the devil tonight [Applause] [Music] is [Music] is is [Applause] is [Music] everybody uh me is [Music] [Music] me huh me uh come on lift up the shot of praise [Applause] thank you jesus thank you choir for blessing us tonight you to remain standing so thankful for everyone that's joined us this evening all of our guests that are here god bless you for being in the house of the lord tonight it's a joy to have you here at the conclusion of this service if you have not stopped by the connect center we invite you to do that it's located right here in the rotunda and i invite you to do that to your left as you exit the center doors [Music] love to get to know you get to meet you so good to have you here with us tonight well it feels good in this house on this sunday evening and i want to say thank you to this church for your faithfulness to the house of god even on a holiday weekend to see this room filled with people worshiping god is a testament to your faithfulness and your desire to serve god thank you for being here tonight thank you for being in the house of the lord we're of course so delighted to have the joneses back home with us god bless them they're here for a few days and it's an honor to have them here with us it is just good to be among god's people in this evening hour that we're living in i want brother clark copeland to come tonight he's going to preach the word of god to us how many are ready to receive something from the word of god tonight are you ready hallelujah let's make it let's make it easy for him let's get behind the preaching hallelujah hey we learned a few weeks ago it's biblical to shout amen [Music] and i appreciate the way this church does receive the preached word of god thank you for being so sensitive to the moving of the holy ghost the word of god thank you this for this morning your response to the word and i pray tonight that we would continue being so sensitive to the word of god i'm going to tell you what heightens our sensitivity to his spirit and his word is our prayer life and i want to encourage you do not neglect your prayer life i can't wait to share with you tuesday night the numbers appreciate the way you're coming i'd love for us to end this year out hitting 500 in a day and i believe we can do it we're already hitting 400 so i think we can do 500 coming by this house praying in the holy ghost [Applause] i'm telling you it's the difference maker it's the difference maker i can hear the bishop saying it tonight you think all this just happened i think we're all here tonight just because somebody had a good idea no no no no a thousand times no the reason we're enjoying the sweet presence of the lord and this house tonight is because people have prayed and invested time into the kingdom of god what do you say let's do it this week if you're going to come by the church and pray would you just lift your hand this week come on let's make that pledge we're going to pray in the holy ghost and by all means don't lose your blessing by not being cooperative and signing in you'll lose your blessing by not doing that [Laughter] i want everybody to be cooperative we're not here for show it's not about numbers for us but the book of acts is filled with numbers we know 3000 received the holy ghost on the day of pentecost and you know what that does that inspires us that inspires us to believe that the holy ghost can still be poured out on 3 000 at one time well brother copeland i'm gonna let you preach but i may preach a little bit before you get up here hey let's be let's be in prayer this week and believe in god for great things everybody shout great things i still believe it's the year of the wide open door i believe there are many more opportunities that await you and your family your business your job [Applause] [Music] come on before the preacher comes lift your hands open your mouth proclaim it over your family in the name of jesus we believe you for a wide open door miracle signs and wonders let them come to pass among your people tonight in jesus name come on brother copeland preach the word of god to us would you put your hands together all over the house just for a moment come on why don't we really love him just for a moment hallelujah jesus hallelujah jesus [Applause] everybody say praise the lord it's good to be in god's house tonight thankful for what i feel uh here this evening give glory honor to god thankful for his mercy and his grace to me on my life quickly give honor uh to your bishop your pastor i love them so much you ought to thank god every day for a man of god who prays a man of god who seeks the face of god hallelujah [Applause] [Music] we got here last night i think around midnight it's probably a little after and the first thing your pastor did when we got in is come by this house of prayer and get some praying in it's not common a lot of places you go i've had the privilege of staying at the bishop's house since i've been here i think it was the last week at 1 30 2 in the morning i heard him down in the living room praying and crying out to god and tell you what i like being around people that make me want to pray more i like being around people who encourage me to seek the face of god amen that's really what i want to preach about tonight is prayer let's go to ezekiel chapter 22 ezekiel chapter 22 and verse number 30. got nothing new for you tonight nothing you've never heard but i do feel that god has laid this on me for tonight ezekiel 22 verse number 30 says i sought for a man among them that should make up the hedge and stand in the gap before me for the lamb that i should not destroy it but i found none this is god saying i was looking for a man this isn't man looking for god this is god going around looking for man galatians chapter 5. galatians 5 verse number 16. galatians 5 verse number 16 this i say then walk in the spirit and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh walk in the spirit and he shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh one more verse romans chapter eight and verse number nine romans chapter 8 verse number 9 says ye are not in the flesh but in the spirit if so be that the spirit of god dwell in you now if any man everybody say any man if any man have not the spirit of christ or have not the holy ghost he's none of his i want to tell you tonight that i still believe you've got to have the holy ghost if you want to be saved i still believe tonight you've got to be full of the holy ghost if you want to be saved i want to preach tonight for a few minutes on this subject the absolute necessity of praying in the spirit the absolute necessity of praying in the spirit would you lay your bibles down would you lift up your hands one more time and help me pray god i need the holy ghost to help me tonight jesus your word is already anointed i'm asking you to anoint my mind anoint my lips anoint the ears i've ever hear that is in this place tonight in the name of jesus would you put your hands together to the lord one more time hallelujah jesus [Applause] [Music] necessity of praying in the spirit you may be seated tonight i want to start tonight by being honest with you and being very clear i realize tonight i'm not approaching this pulpit with something you've never heard before this is a church that was built upon prayer this is a church that knows what it is to pray in the holy ghost but i still didn't come tonight with uh something to try to impress you or to try to make you think i'm smart but uh really and truly before the lord i want to tell you tonight that i came because i want to have a move of the holy ghost and i realize tonight that there are always those in a church service who come simply out of obligation and there are those here tonight who came just for something to do and uh they came because they made a commitment to come but i'm just believing tonight that there are some of you tonight who came because you need the holy ghost to work something out in your life and i'm just believing tonight that there's some of you that came to see what you can get from the presence of the lord but i have found i've found in my life truly that prayer has to be the foundation of everything that we do you and i both know tonight that this church is here because of prayer this church is here because there's been some people who knows what it is to sacrifice there's been some people who knows what it is to intercede and something i have discovered is that we can preach to you about blessings but really if you're not praying i just want to tell you tonight that it may not do you very much good and we can preach about revival but if you aren't praying let me tell you it just won't do you very much good and we can preach about growth and we can preach about the good things of god but if you're not praying on a consistent basis let me tell you tonight you will not receive what the spirit of the lord has to say to this church as a body but i'm praying tonight that some of us can really get a revelation about how powerful a consistent walk with god is the most powerful tool i believe that god has put in our hands is the ability and the power that comes through praying in the holy ghost i just don't believe there's any other power you can get like the power that comes through praying in the holy ghost and i want to tell you tonight that prayer has the ability for mercy to be extended in the life of somebody else prayer has the ability to speed up or slow down the hand of god prayer has the ability to fix your situation prayer has the ability to break a chain prayer has the ability to bring forth healing in your life just let me preach to you tonight and tell you there's no situation prayer cannot solve there's no situation that prayer cannot give you an answer to there's just no equal there's no equal to praying in the holy ghost it was paul that said i thank god that i speak in tongues more than you all paul had an understanding that i've got to be full of the holy ghost he had an understanding that one time it's not enough that receiving the holy ghost the initial time it's good and i'm thankful for it but paul had an understanding that one touch is not enough but each and every day i've got to come back i've got to get another drink i've got to make sure i'm full of the holy ghost [Applause] i tell you tonight i just believe that if paul had to be full of the holy ghost you need to be full of the holy ghost i believe if paul had to crucify his flesh then i believe you've got to crucify your flesh it was jesus it was jesus speaking about the holy ghost speaking about the water of the spirit he said whosoever drinketh whosoever drinketh of the water that i shall give him he'll never thirst again that word drinketh it means to continually come back and get another drink and it does not say drinks just one time but it says whosoever drinketh of the water that i shall give him shall never thirst again that tells me you've got to come back tomorrow and you've got to get another drink thank god for the drink that you'll get tonight but you've got to come back monday and get another drink you've got to come back tuesday and wednesday and thursday and friday and saturday and make sure you get another drink why because the bible says we are saved by the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the holy ghost the bible says the way you build up your faith is by praying in the holy ghost i've just come to preach to a church that knows how to pray i've come to preach to a church that knows what it is to pray and the holy ghost and tell you there's never been a greater need for people who know how to pray in the spirit there's never been a greater need for people who know how to get ahold of god why don't you lift up your hands with me right now ikea would somebody lift up your hands help us tonight let me tell you tonight you'll be seated you better get in the word of god uh you better read the bible and understand what i'm saying i would never diminish reading the word of god uh we can't be saved without the word we can't be saved without understanding the word but i want to tell you tonight that i don't even believe that you can understand everything that the spirit of god would lead you to understand in the word of god if you're not full of the holy ghost there's people who have given themselves to the study of the word but guess what there's certain revelations that you and i understand because we've got the holy ghost that they don't understand why because the spirit of god will lead and god so there's people who give themselves to it but they should somehow miss out on the revelation that you must be full of the holy ghost i read in your hearing romans chapter eight and verse number nine it says if any man have not the spirit of christ he's none of his and i know tonight how it works when we come to church uh we come here and uh the devil is trying to diminish what is going on in this house tonight even since this service has begun i want to tell you that uh there have been things going on in your life and mine that have been sent to distract us and other certain things that have happened that are trying to get our attention off of what the spirit of god is wanting to do in this place tonight and i want to tell you tonight that the devil does not like it when a man of god begins to preach on prayer the devil does not like it when your pastor begins to encourage this church make sure you come by and begin to pray why because the devil is no match for a saint of god who knows how to pray the devil is no match for a saint of god who knows how to get in his presence let me encourage you are you today it's time you shake the devil off of your back it's time you get the devil out of your ear and you say i'm gonna get into the presence of god tell you if you just learn if you just learn how to have a consistent walk with god there's people sitting next to you on the pew who know how to pray there's prayer warriors all over this house i love it you can come by the church just about any hour and there's going to be somebody in here praying there's going to be somebody in here lifting up their voice and crying out to god and you just got to realize that if we could just get you praying there's some problems that would just seem to work themselves out and if we could just get you to learn how to pray and the holy ghost young people let me tell you some of that stuff you fight on a daily basis would get a whole lot easier for you to deal with if you could just learn how to pray in the holy ghost i want to tell you tonight there's things in the spirit that you can't logically explain in the natural there's things that happen uh that only god can do that when we try to explain it in a logical way to you sometimes it just does not make sense it doesn't make sense how when a person is sick that a man of god can go and anoint their head with oil and that god would raise them up why because you can't think carnally about spiritual things there's a problem when people try to think logically about praying in the holy ghost it just does not make sense in the natural it does not make sense how naaman going down to the muddy jordan river could dip seven times and that he would receive his healing it does not make sense how the children of israel were healed by looking at a bronze serpent but it worked it does not make sense how the red sea could split uh when moses pointed his rod at it but it just seemed to happen it does not make sense how joshua could pray to god to give him some more time and god would stick his fist in the wheel of time and give him some more sunlight i want to tell you today you just can't think carnally about or you can't think carnally about spiritual things [Applause] it doesn't make sense how a child of god can be going through the storm of their life and they come up to this front and they shout anyway it doesn't make sense how somebody could be going through a storm going through a dark time and they've got peace in the midst of their situation can i tell you tonight that i believe that is why david said you've got to taste and see i believe what david was saying is that i can't even explain it to you in my own words so you've just got to taste and see for yourself i just want to tell you today it's time that some of you finally really got a drink some of you really would taste and see that the lord is good it does not make sense how a child of god can have peace in the midst of their situation but it happens by learning how to pray in the holy ghost you just may have to accept may have to accept that we can't logically explain everything to you but that's where faith comes in that's where faith comes in i want to tell you tonight that god is looking for somebody who knows how to pray god's looking for somebody who knows what it is to pray in the spirit but everywhere that i go i won't be too long tonight everywhere that i go i am meeting people who are consumed by fear i don't believe wherever uh we've ever seen fear and stress and anxiety like we are seeing in the world today and i'm not just talking about out in the world i'm talking about some of you that are here today uh really to be quite honest with you uh those that are out in the world have an excuse to be afraid they've got an excuse to be fearful i'll tell you what if i did not have the holy ghost i'd probably be depressed too i'd probably have a lot of anxiety too but i've seen people all over pentecost as uh the devil is beginning to convince them that certain things they're dealing with this it's just something that they're gonna have to get used to and and they come to the church of god uh with depression and they leave the same way that they came and they bring their anxiety to the altar and they leave with their anxiety and the devil is convincing people that well that's who i am that's part of what i am let me tell you tonight that that is not the will of god for his people come on does anybody believe that tonight our god is bigger than that our god is greater than that he's bigger than depression he's bigger than pain he's bigger than anxiety there's a place of complete deliverance for some things in god [Applause] we remind you tonight that the children of israel were in egypt they were in the land of egypt they were in a place that was beyond their control but god's desire is that they would remain separated they were in the land of egypt but god had a desire that they would still be clean and be holy unto them it's still the will of god for us to be a called out people uh it says we're a chosen generation we heard it a couple weeks ago we are a holy nation a peculiar people we should show forth the praises of him who have called you out of darkness into his marvelous light so the children of israel were in egypt but they were in goshen it was a place of provision from the world it was a place of protection from the world when there were plagues going on in egypt we tell you they were just fine in the land of goshen there were frogs and lice and flies and darkness and all these different things that was in the land of egypt but let me tell you the children of israel did not experience any of that then all i want to tell you tonight is that just because there's stuff that goes on outside of these walls it does not mean that it has to have an effect on those of us who are inside these walls what am i saying tonight there may be fear out there but we don't have to have fear in here there may be depression out there but we don't have to have depression in here there may be anxiety there may be worry out there but we cannot freedom from those things if we would learn how to pray in the spirit romans 8 14 says as many as are led by the spirit of god they are the sons of god that means to be a son or a daughter of god you've got to be led by the spirit you've got to be led by the spirit and let me tell you tonight that you can't be truly led by the spirit until you are truly full of the spirit you can't be truly led by the spirit unless you are truly full of the spirit and we've got to learn i know a lot of us know and i'm preaching to the choir i know that tonight i realize the church that i'm in uh but we've got to learn how to uh expect the things that we pray for i was reminded of peter in the book of acts chapter 12. i speak about it a lot but the bible tells us that uh herod had reached forth his hands to uh behead peter and he was ready to cut his head off and he's in prison he's shackled he's in the inner prison the bible says that the church got together and they began to pray they began to intercede for peter it wasn't a cute little prayer but they got together and they began to touch heaven and the bible says that they prayed until an angel was sent down from heaven and he came to peter he got him out of those chains and the bible says when he came to the gate that it opened to him of its own accord and he goes to the place where the church is praying and he knocks on the door and a young girl by the name of rhoda comes and opens up the door and uh the bible says that when she heard peter's voice she she didn't even let him in because she was so excited but she ran in and began to tell the church people that hey peter the one that we've been praying for he's at the door the one who was in prison he's at the door but the bible tells us that when they heard when she began to tell them peter was at the door they said you're crazy they said peter's in prison they said there's no way peter's at the door but the bible says that she continued to say hey he is at the door i promise that's him that i went when the people that were on the inside heard that day they said well it must be his angel because there's no way that we had our prayer answered see they believed anything other than that god actually answered their prayer and i want to tell you tonight that that's not the way we ought to be we've got to believe that when we go to pray that not only does god hear our prayer our prayer but that god will answer our prayer do you believe that tonight when you go to pray god's not just hearing your prayer but you've got to have enough faith to believe that god will do what you have asked him to do i was preaching at a church a few months ago on the east coast and as the service began and the music started i i really felt that the holy ghost spoke to me and said that there were going to be some miracles that took place in that building that night i got up and began to preach uh about miracles and how jesus said he that believeth on me greater works than these shall he do because i go to the father i began to talk about some miracles that i had seen i i talked about brother jeff dykes how they gave him a one percent chance to live and how god raised him up from that hospital bed and i shared with them the story i shared here last week or or two weeks ago about uh sister juliette thompson and as well as i began to preach there was faith that began to build in that house and people began coming up for prayer and we began laying hands on people and believing god but it seemed nothing happened people came up sick and seemed they left sick and i'll be honest with you i left that house really with my head hanging i was kind of embarrassed because i felt so strong that uh the holy ghost was going to do some miracles in that place and i realized tonight it's not up to me who gets healed and who does not get healed but i just felt so strong in the holy ghost that something was going to happen in that place and i got back to the hotel room that night and i began to pray and say god i really felt that something was going to happen in that place i i really felt that you were going to do a miracle in that house tonight we at church the next night and i went in and as the music began to start we began to worship and praise and they had everybody sit down and there was a woman who raised her hand and she said pastor i want to share the miracle that god did back in my seat i said lord i hope it happened last night ah well she began to explain that she had a daughter and she was born with a condition it was some type of mark and growth on the right side of her face but but she and her mother begin to pray from the day she was born and it did not seem to get any better but it only seemed to grow worse and the doctors had let the parents know that this thing is going to grow and grow until eventually your baby is gonna have no vision in the right side of her or she's gonna have no vision in her right eye and they said it's gonna be the first thing that people notice when they look at her but she said we begin to pray for her last night and we took her to the doctor today and they said well we didn't know you had already started surgery we didn't know you had already done procedures she said we've done no surgery we've done no procedures all we did was pray for our baby the doctor said i can't explain it i don't know how it happened but she doesn't need surgery she doesn't need treatment she doesn't need any production let me tell you today god is still a miracle worker god can still do the impossible [Applause] and i went back in my chair and i began to repent i began to say god i'm sorry that just because it didn't happen when i thought it should happen that i didn't believe you just because it didn't happen to where i could see it when i wanted it to happen that i began to doubt you we've got to learn how to expect what we pray for we've got to learn how to pray even when it seems that the other situation is getting worse and worse we've got to learn how to pray when it seems that nothing is happening come to the music please and i tell you tonight that there's nothing like prayer there's nothing like prayer there's nothing like an intercessor i want to tell you that god just like in the book of ezekiel where he was going through the earth looking for an intercessor ma'am that should stand uh stand in the gap and make up the hedge and i tell you that god is still doing that today god's looking for an intercessor i believe that if we've ever needed intercessors we need them now our world is so messed up these young people sitting on these pews we've got no idea the things that they're facing the things that we're dealing with uh we need intercessors we need people who will intervene on behalf of somebody else abraham pleaded with god and he saved his nephew lot because he was an intercessor moses stayed the hand of god and stopped judgment from the children of israel why because he was an intercessor a barren woman by the name of hannah wept and prayed until god gave her a baby why because she was an intercessor hezekiah was an intercessor jeremiah was an intercessor elijah was an intercessor samuel was an intercessor let me tell you jesus christ himself was an intercessor there's many of you here tonight that would not be here if it was not for an intercessor my mother was saved because of an intercessor somebody that would not give up i don't believe i'd be here tonight if it was not for an intercessor why because intercessors have pulled with god intercessors have influence with god uh intercessors can make a difference in the life of somebody that's around them why because they know how to pray not just for themselves but for somebody else i want to encourage you here tonight if you've got backslidden family members if you've got backslidden friends and people that have been here before but they're no longer sitting on the pew next to you let me tell you the single greatest thing you could do for them is intercede the single greatest thing you could do is pray and learn how to intercede for them there's nothing like praying in the holy ghost thank god for an intercessor and i tell you tonight all it takes is one intercessor to change the whole atmosphere of this service tonight all it takes is one intercessor to help somebody else get what they need did you know what mature saying that god realizes that hey every single message may not be pinpointed exactly for me but i guarantee it's for somebody that's next to me i was preaching i'm almost done i was preaching at a church probably nine months ago down in louisiana there was a woman there i stayed in the evangelist quarters and it's right there basically attached to the sanctuary there's a woman she's got to be i think in her 80s if not late 70s but very late at night talking 11 30 uh 12 at night many times i'd hear somebody weeping i'd hear somebody lifting up their voice and crying in the sanctuary i'd step out because sometimes the prayer was just so intense i didn't want to intrude but it almost sounded like something was wrong and i'd step out and i'd hear this woman praying and she'd say god would you get a hold of my backslidden daughter she said god would you reach my daughter she's far from you god would you stir her it was night after night she'd come by that house of prayer we're gonna pray for her daughter and i went and we're gonna preach in other places and i went back about six months later this lady's name is sister caroline she saw how i got there to church and i saw sister carol sit on the second row and all of a sudden there was a woman that came up next her that i had never seen before hope began to rise in my heart and i went up to the pastor's wife i said who is that a woman standing by sister carol i said is that her daughter she said yes that's her daughter she prayed through a couple weeks ago and i watched this a couple minutes later that woman who had been backslid for decades she ran to the front and began to dance and talk in tongues all over that crowd don't you tell me that an intercessor can't have pull with god don't you kill me tonight that intercessor can influence the heart of god [Music] i just want to encourage somebody today i don't care how far it seems they are from god don't you give up i don't care how far it seems they are they said they find themselves anymore i want to tell you tonight that they're not too far that god cannot reach them if you just learn how to intercede if you just learn how to pray i've got enough faith to believe tonight that god can still touch their heart i don't care the sin they're in i don't care the mess they're in tonight i don't care how far it seems they are from god let me tell you tonight god can still reach their heart stand with me tonight and i tell you that god god didn't give you the holy ghost for you just to live happily ever after the bible says you're going to get power after the holy ghost has come upon you and you're going to be a witness to me god blessed you so you could bless somebody else he saved you so that you could help somebody else be saved you're here tonight and you're wondering why sometimes and it seems so hard to connect if if you're wondering why sometimes it's hard for you to be stirred maybe that's because you think the only time to respond is when you have a need and you think the only time to respond is when you have a situation but let me tell you tonight that a mature saint of god many of you know what i'm talking about tonight you come to the house of god and you realize it's not all about me but there's people all around me that has a need that i want to do my part to let them get in the presence of the master [Music] if you're struggling tonight to feel what you want to feel to be as stirred as you want to be let me encourage you tonight learn how to intercede learn how to stand in the gap for somebody else that's around you learn how to please on the behalf of a backslider can i ask you when was the last time you couldn't sleep at night but you had to get out of bed you had to get out of bed and pray for a backslider let me tell you quickly the beautiful thing about intercession when you begin to intercede for somebody else the spirit will intercede for you why because the bible says the spirit of also help with our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we are but the spirit maketh intercession for us according to the will of god one of the best ways you can help yourself is by helping somebody else we tell you god is searching for an intercessor would you lift up your hands with me just for a moment help us tonight god come on let me tell you tonight you've got a reason to intercede come on there's people in this city on their way to hell you've got a reason to intercede there's young people here tonight that's dealing with thoughts of throwing in the towel we've got a reason to intercede there's backsliders in this community who need your prayers we've got a reason to intercede tonight come on god's looking for a man god's looking for a woman would you help me pray come on church this altar is open tonight come on church can we find a place to pray tonight come on would you pray until you're praying in the spirit would you pray unto your prayers and the holy ghost god's looking for interceders god's looking for somebody who will plead for somebody else god's looking for somebody who's not always focused on their own needs but they're going to say god touch my brother touch my sister come on would you lift up your voice somebody come on say to god come on young man come on young woman would you lift up your voice help us tonight jesus [Music] come on why don't you crucify your flesh tonight come on why don't you pray until you pray in the holy ghost why don't you pray until you're talking in tongues come on would you pray tonight just for a little bit would you learn how to intercede come on why don't you pray for somebody that's close to you why don't you call out the name of a backslider i don't care how far it seems that they are they're not so far that god's arm cannot reach where they're at his ear's not too heavy that he cannot hear his arm is not too short that he cannot reach the greatest thing you can do for somebody that's around you his prey is in her bleed [Music] why don't you lift up your voice come on lift up those hands close those eyes come on let those tears flow let those tears [Music] come on let those tears blow tonight let those tears flow tonight help us to intercede god if you want to be blessed pray that somebody else will be blessed if you want to get in touch pray that somebody else around you will get a touch [Music] help us to pray help us to pray come on help us to pray god let the spirit of prayer fall in this place right now god the spirit that's on the pastor the spirit that's on our bishop god let that same spirit of prayer following some young people tonight god the spirit of intercession that's on bishop homes that's on pastor home god put it on some young people put it on some saints of god [Music] break our walls [Music] spirit breakdown break our wall down spirit [Music] like [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] spirit breakdown heaven come down [Music] [Applause] [Music] spirit breakdown spirit break down [Music] [Music] [Music] tears lift your prey [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] do you wanna see your kingdom here [Music] oh you get what you need you pray through come on let the holy ghost [Music] [Music] we wanna [Music] we want to see [Music] [Music] [Music] but we [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign impossible [Music] god we [Music] that we believe [Music] [Music]

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Published: Sun Sep 05 2021