The Brilliant Strategy of Prayer- Pastor Touré Roberts

[Music] and before I get into that word I want to speak a word that the lord gave me concerning our Bishop it's from Genesis chapter 49 verse 22 Joseph Thomas Dexter Jakes Joseph is a fruitful bow a fruitful Bow by a well his branches run over the wall that's why everybody in this house has Glory his branches run over the wall The Archers have bitterly grieved him shot at him and hated him but his bow remained in strength and the arms of his hands were made Strong by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob thank you for our Bishop thank you and thank you sir I don't take this lightly at all it's an honor to to serve you it's an honor to be with you it's an honor to be your son and I'm grateful thank you Lord I want to read a few passages of scripture three passages and they're connected the first one is in Luke 11 we'll read the first four verses it says now it came to pass as he Jesus was praying in a certain place when he ceased that one of his disciples said to himl teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples and so he said Jesus said to them when you pray say our father in heaven Hallowed Be Your Name Your Kingdom Come your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us day by day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us and do not lead us into temptation but Deliver Us from the evil one and then in John first John verse 2 and6 it says for all that is in the world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world and the world is passing away and the lust of it but he who does the will of God abides forever now I'm going to read Matthew 6 it is a it's the same account of Luke 11 but there's a little bit more context it's a little more full Luke 11 kind of talks about how that conversation about the model prayer started Matthew 6 gives a little bit more it says and when you pray do not use vain repetitions as the Heathen do for they think that they will be heard for their many words therefore do not be like them for your father knows the things you have need of before you ask him in this manner therefore pray Our Father in heaven Hallowed Be Your Name Your Kingdom Come your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our detour and do not lead us into temptation but Deliver Us from the evil one for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever amen amen uh we're going to pray in a moment I want to talk from this idea the brilliant strategy of prayer the brilliant strategy of prayer father we thank you so much for this opportunity to experience your word we acknowledge that we don't live by bread alone but by every word that that comes forth out of your mouth God we want to be built up and edified we want to be enlightened we want to be enriched we believe God that in your word is everything we need so God I thank you for the spirit of wisdom and Revelation and insight and knowledge and full use of Heaven's resources that I might Minister a word in due season to your sons and daughters that we might have everything we need for the season we're in in Jesus name amen amen amen God bless you you may be seated please greet somebody on your way down say something kind to them Hallelujah We Worship You Lord about um about 10 years ago I had to put my my father to rest lost my father in August of 2014 and my father my dad he talked a lot and every time he called me I knew that I needed to make space for about an hour because my dad was going to just he was going to talk and he was going to talk and talk and talk and talk and and he would talk about everything and what I realize now that I didn't realize then is he was trying to equip me he he knew that his time was running out and he had a sense of responsibility to make certain that I was prepared to do life without him in hindsight I wish that I could hear him again see in the moment I'll be honest with you I'll be dodging the calls because I was busy I was making moves I was building things and everything and and so every once in a while if I didn't have that hour I wouldn't answer because I I thought for can I be a little transparent this morning I thought that him talking was really all about him I thought that he like to hear himself talk but he would be talking about deep things in hindsight he'd be talking about prophetic things he saw the riots and the protesting that that that you know I'm talking about 2014 he saw the George Floyd season back then he say son I'm telling you there going to be people riding in the streets and there's going to be a lot of things this is before any of that was going on he saw it and he was always trying to give me wisdom and I wish until this day that I could hear those calls again cuz now I get it he probably discerned that he was in the last days and and maybe it wasn't the last days but they were his last days and so he's trying to load me up fathers know what I'm talking about some mothers know what I'm talking about too you you're trying to load your kids up oh if they would just listen I would give you something that you can stand on and it will nourish you long after I'm gone I think about the Apostle Paul he had that same Spirit I'm thinking about something that he said in Acts chapter 20 where he talked about I I I should not to teach you the whole counsel of God he was very passionate about us getting it right he would say things like put on the whole armor of God that you might be able to stand in the evil day and I believe Jesus was the same way perhaps even more so because he had three years of ministry three years to get his people ready three years to teach them to get them to understand deep things that's why when you would ask Jesus a question he would hit you with a layered answer there there were levels to his respon response because he recognized the time was running out in the text that we're studying we're going to see Jesus teach us about a powerful spiritual discipline and I would argue that if we get this discipline right we'll get it all right are you tracking with me and I'm going to be be honest with you I believe that we are in a time right now where we're going to need to be proficient in every Divine resource that is available to us oh hear me clearly the signs are everywhere now is not the time to be a cute little popcorn microwave believer oh don't get quiet on me now now now was not the time to be sh chucking and Jing as it relates to the things of God we need to be hungrier than we have ever been before because the signs are everywhere and everything that can be shaken F the Holy Ghost will be shaken I feel it the shaking watch This Is Not a Bad Thing shaking is not a bad thing it says everything that can be shaken will be shaken so that that which cannot be shaken will remain the shaking is about manifestation I'm going to shake everything that can be shaken I'm going Shake everything that watch this that you can't rely on to get you to the one thing that you can just turn to somebody and say he going to shake it he going to shake it he's going to shake it and since he is going to shake it we might as well get real ah don't get quiet over here can I teach today because let let me be completely transparent and I know that this is I know we're aligned in this I'm not here today to make you happy I'm here to make you healthy can can we just level set I I I I not today maybe next week but today I I'm burdened to make you healthy because life is going to disrupt but if you're healthy you're going to be good are we tracking and so many of us as it relates to what we should do as Believers our disciplines many of us know what to do in theory read my Bible worship maybe witness serve but sometimes we don't really understand the why or the how oh let me take my time do this thing today and the reality of it is we can never learn too much about those disciplines especially prayer and so today I want to sharpen your tool of prayer today can I do that I I know you might believe that you got prayer figured out but but Jesus said something profound when he responds to their question that I believe that if we unpack it we will understand certain things one of the things we have to understand is that prayer is not simply for the outcomes that we're looking for that that that that's not really the sole purpose of prayer we think that if I need something I should pray and that is part of it but that's not all of it prayer actually is supposed to do more than change circumstances prayer is supposed to change you come on it's supposed to change you um a Praying person is a different type of person fill the Holy Ghost a Praying person shows up in the world differently a a Praying person is spiritually potent and there's something about that person that is unique and distinct there are a a lot of advantages to prayer a lot of benefits to prayer in fact I want to show you something in James 5:16 where it talks about you know this the effective fervent prayer of a righteous man oh King James says it aileth much right the effective and that word effective it can literally be translated efficient so so there is prayer and then there is efficient prayer come on somebody there there's efficient prayer and it says that that efficient prayer the the fervent the efficient fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much and that word much is interesting because it doesn't mean like much a lot it's the Greek word polish and it means many so so there are many powerful advantages to prayer prayer is more than just getting what you need feel the Holy Ghost if prayer doesn't change you you didn't pray it is not simply to change your circumstance there is an inner transformation that takes place when we pray and this is why Paul said do it often he said pray without ceasing because often times what I'm learning choir is that is that what we need more than the outcome is the inner transformation and this is why Jesus invites us to pray so there are levels to it and so let's let's take a look at it let's take a look at it so the context in Luke chap 11 and I'm going to move between the verses the context of Luke 11 is that the disciples witnessed something very very powerful about Jesus the scene is he goes to a certain place to pray they're with Jesus they're walking with Jesus they're watching Jesus they're watching what he does and he goes to a certain place and he prays and they're watching him pray and they don't interrupt him while he's praying it says when he sees when he stops praying it doesn't say all the disciples it says one of the disciples goes up to Jesus and says teach me how to do that as they watched Jesus as they studied Jesus they had an understanding see see they understood what discipleship was really about see see phony discipleship is when you want what your Mentor has earned True Discipleship is when you want what your Mentor has learned are you hearing what I'm saying I don't want what you got I want to know what's up under the hood because if I can get what's up under the hood watch this then I will be and if I become I'll be fruitful are you hearing me we've got to get back to discipleship true disciple ship God don't teach me how to build a big church don't teach me how to get a big following God show me what you learn show me what you do I remember a friend of mine back in La Pastor James mcnight and I don't know if I ever shared this story with you Bishop but he you were You' come to LA and you were preaching I believe it was for one of of the am churches in the city and he had the opportunity to drive you and um and he was so blessed by that and he he said I I got I got a chance to drive Bishop Jakes and he said that he asked Bishop a question and that question was essentially how do you do that and the that that he was talking about was the anointing and the glory and how he moved in that service and lives to change people healed delivered and set for you know the stuff that happens with Bishop does what he does and he said the Bishop looked at him and he said by being on my [Music] face see we got to learn what questions to ask I fill the Holy Ghost don't don't tell me how to grow a big thing tell me how to Big be a big person [Applause] and this is where the disciples were they asked him one asked them all of them didn't asked only one was spiritually mature enough to connect watch this his disciplines with his results so he says he says he says he says he says teach us how to pray not to heal not to cast out devil no no no no no no Jesus teach teach there's a connection between who you are and prayer and it was a beautiful observation and so Jesus now is asked a critical question it's a critical question and he thinks to himself knowing that this will be written not just for the disciples that were present but for us as disciples today who would hear it he was the word and he knew everything that he spoke had to be calculated and it had to be layered and loaded so so if I'm going to answer this question I have to answer it in a way that would make sense then that would make sense later that would make sense in any time in any place and in any season I mean this is not this was not just a flippant response this was a thoughtful response because he had to give them something in one shot that would cover them forever as it relates to prayer so he thinks to himself okay you want it I'll give it to you and he said I got you covered and he says what he says it reminds me of Eli teaching Samuel how to hear from God you remember that Story 1 Samuel chapter 3 Samuel is having an encounter with God I'm just rest this because we got a lot of ground to cover today and and and Samuel was was hearing from God but didn't know he was hearing from God and he goes to Eli you all know the story he goes to Eli and Eli essentially tells Samuel watch this how to posture himself to hear from God and he only had to tell him one time there was no remedial class for this he taught him one time go lay down if you hear it again Speak Lord my servant there's a whole teaching on that right and Samuel moves into the fullness of his Destiny as a prophet of God whose job is to hear full-time to be a full-time hearer and a discerner of what God is saying and Samu did great things anointed David Etc it reminds me of that so Jesus says all right all right you've asked a wonderful question and now I have to give you a very very rich answer and that's what he does and we're going to examine those words not only is the substance of what Jesus taught in the model prayer important but so was the sequence the sequence of the model prayer is everything can we go there you're tracking with me okay and so it it it doesn't start off with the problem Jesus teaching us how to pray watch this it doesn't start off with bring me your problem bring me your need bring me your predicament bring me your circumstance it does not start with a request watch this it starts with an sent stay with me stay with me stay with me sequence is everything right it's starts with Our Father Who Art in Heaven do you see it so this is important so it begins watch this with a dimensional shift fill the Holy Ghost it it doesn't begin with your knees it doesn't begin with your want it doesn't begin with your pain it doesn't begin with your circumstance Jesus is saying if you want to know how to pray what I need to do is get you up to another dimension that is above your issues that is above your problems so that we can begin to do business can I teach this thing today it starts with an asent rash Jesus says I need to get you up out of your situation [Applause] because if you pray at the level of your situation there can be no breakthrough because you and your situation are on the same level but if you really want to see a breakthrough I've got to raise you up into the land where all things are possible can I teach this thing today this was strategic that's why we can't just Our Father who are in heaven Mumble it Hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth no no no no no there's strategy in every [Applause] word and in every sequence I got I got to get you up this is why even even John in Revelations when he's getting ready to show things what the first thing he says he says come up here that I might show you some things you're too low I feel that for somebody you you're too low you you're too low that is the issue that is the issue come up here the model prayer family begins with an Ascent immediately your eyes shift from the problem to the glory [Applause] realm and to be honest with you and to be honest with you that is where the Breakthrough is that's what a breakthrough is if you can just get up [Applause] higher it's the most effective part of the prayer because it is an instant reminder of our citizenship Paul said for our citizenship is in heaven see I've been living down here that's why I'm frustrated I've been living down here and I forgot that I'm seated in Heavenly places in Christ Jesus I forgot my home address and I think that here is home so when things down here get frustrated and agitated I get frustrated and agitated but when I remember that I am just a pilgrim making it through and as long as the presence is with me I'm home can I talk to you let me talk to you uhhuh I have dual citizenship yeah yeah yeah I'm a citizen here and there some things that I have to work out here but my real citizenship is in heaven and things aren't going to make sense [Applause] until I Elevate can we talk a little bit and so that's the way he starts yeah yeah yeah it's called setting your mind on things above oh Hallelujah setting your mind on things above now now and and when you get there there's only one thing to do worship once I get there watch this he can turn worry into worship because once I get there I I I was worried what I would ENT the prayer but I elevated I went to another level I went to another dimension I went to the place where all things are possible and when I got there I went from worry to worship Hallowed be your name Hallowed Be Your Name didn't have a worship in you until you accept your mind on things above I thought today was going to be a day of worry but I realize it's really about to be a day of worship I I just got to get to the place where all things are possible and this can happen any day any place anywhere I feel the spirit of God on that look at the sequence Hallowed be thy name that's worship and this is a spiritual positioning the Mind heart and soul that that prepares you for Revelation and transformation we got a lot to talk about and then next before watch this we haven't even gotten to our Earthly need [Applause] yet it a even got there yet you next before the specificity of our circumstances even mentioned watch this we speak to a higher purpose and cause thy kingdom come oh I feel the Holy Ghost imagine being tapped in so wonderfully that you're not even thinking about your thing God has elevated you so high and has brought you to a glory realm to a dimension where all things are possible to a realm where there's no sickness or suffering or anything where all the promises of God are yes and amen imagine being lost in the reality of God so wonderfully that you forget what you're going through and you say your kingdom [Applause] come see see God is going to carry you to a place where you realize that a lot of things that you're praying about are just distractions from what life is really about he's about to do it in your spirit and it's going to change everything everything about you we haven't even gotten to the need yet he says thy kingdom come and this is important because what it allows you to do is to remember in the midst of all the craziness that there's something very powerful at work in the world I feel that thing right there we must not for foret that when Jesus came he started something he came preaching the gospel of the Kingdom he said the kingdom of God is at hand the kingdom of God is here there is a movement in the Earth right now and it is the movement of the kingdom of God and it can't be stopped and it can't be shaken and it will drive out everything that ain't like it it is just a matter of time the kingdom is advancing until the the kingdoms of this world look like the kingdoms of Our Lord is Christ if you believe it take 10 seconds and Shout Glory yeah yeah yeah come on come on the kingdom is here the kingdom is here the kingdom is here I don't have to worry about my problem I just need to sit the Kingdom on it where are my kingdom people at in God's house for real oh the kingdom the kingdom Jesus only had one message he only had one message he didn't have 40 sermons he had one message it was the Gospel of the Kingdom oh I feel something's going to shake I feel something's going to break you about to get a revelation of whose team you're on you're about to get a revelation of what you have you're about to get a re of what revelation of what you possess he says when it speaks of the king don't look over there don't look over there the kingdom of God is within you you've got something to release I feel the spirit of God you are an instrument and a weapon of the kingdom and I dare about a 100 people right now to release the kingdom with your praise come [Music] on uh-huh uh-huh I'm a kingdom kid I'm a kingdom business owner I'm a kingdom parent I'm a Kingdom husband I'm a kingdom wife and everything that can be shaken might Shake but I'm not going to shake I built my house on the your kingdom come your kingdom come come on Kingdom Come On Kingdom I know I got situations I know I got circumstances but if I seek first [Music] if I seek first the kingdom and his righteousness then all other things shall be added unto me kingdom kingdom kingdom kingdom [Music] kingdom your kingdom come if your kingdom come everything's going to be all right if your kingdom come Devils will flee if your kingdom come sick bodies will be healed if your kingdom come Nations will change if your kingdom come communities will be flipped upside down your kingdom come Jesus is brilliant he's brilliant when he says don't worry about what you going to eat what you going to eat what you going to drink he wasn't encouraging you to be irresponsible it was Revelation if you seek first sequence if you seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness all other things shall be added unto you I got a prophetic word for somebody as you begin to seek the kingdom things are going to start chasing you opportunities are going to start chasing you resources are going to start chasing you people are going to start chasing you if that's your word help me give God glory in this house uh-huh get your priorities in order Chasing You Chasing you all other things will be added unto you you won't have to chase it it will chase you like goodness at Mercy following you seek the kingdom seek the kingdom seek the kingdom God say I got you that issue with your child seek the kingdom seek the kingdom that issue in your marriage SE seek the kingdom seek the kingdom that issue in your business seek the kingdom seek the kingdom seek the kingdom well wait a minute Jesus wait a minute Jesus it's more complicated than that hush your mouth seek the kingdom seek your king seek seek seek seek seek the kingdom all other things all other things all other things will be added [Applause] ain't even got to your problem yet he says your heavenly father watch this already knows what you [Music] need thy kingdom [Music] come thy kingdom come thy will be done thy will be done th thy kingdom come th thy will be done Jesus experiences breakthrough in the [Music] garden when he is struggling to the point of Tears of Blood and is watch this so oppressed in the moment that he is literally asking God to be released from the assignment there's one thing that happens Joel one thing that happens that shifts everything he says nevertheless not my will but your will be done and all of a sudden there was an infusion of strength see you want your will too bad see some of you you're too insistent upon watch this your way of getting the result that you want and there is a release when you surrender because you trust God God your kingdom come and you know what I don't like it but I got to let this thing go I I don't like the way it's playing out God but I got to trust you your kingdom come your will be done and for some of you when you turn it over to God and you release that thing to the will of God you're going to get your strength back you're going to get your Clarity back you're going to get your rest back you're going to get your power back you are going to get your fight back because you're trying to carry something that God never intended for you to carry we're stressed often times because we're trying to carry rashima weight that our bodies literally were not designed to carry and so in the instruction your kingdom come your will be done in that surrender there's a healing are you tracking with me mhm so there's an element of surrender in the prayer look it's so much more than the prayer Jesus is giving us a brilliant strategy for life so he says your kingdom come your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven what is also happen happening is this is an invitation to partner with God watch this to appropriate power and to populate Earth with Heaven's Vision can can I can I can I talk to you like that for a minute he's and again this is Jesus teaching us how to pray your kingdom come he says I want you to pray this pray this partner with me your prayer life should be a partnership with God and how many of us know if we we ever get into partnership with God we will always win like DJ C All I do is win win win no matter what it it it is an invitation to pray thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth on Earth as it is in heaven it is an invitation to partner with God watch this to appropriate power so that you can watch this populate Earth with Heaven's Vision so Heaven has a vision of Earth and I'll tell you right now Heaven's vision of Earth is better than yours is better than yours on Earth as it is in heaven partnership partnership partnership and we still haven't gotten to your need [Applause] we say haven't gotten to you need thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven is a reminder to us that our life is a strategy did you know that you you you're not random God doesn't waste anything your life is a strategy to produce on Earth what heaven has invisioned before I formed you in the belly I knew you and I ordained you come on watch this a prophet to the Nations what does a prophet do a prophet hears from Heaven speaks what heaven says and what the prophet speaks becomes [Applause] so the prophetic is a conduit from Heaven through the human resource to produce the Earthly manifestation oh I feel Lord I I want to move but I can't move you are a [Applause] strategy and that's why there's Warfare over your [Music] life but Warfare is not an issue when you understand you are a Warrior when you don't believe that you are a warrier then Warfare throws you off base but God is getting ready to shift your whole perspective and you're going to go from worrying to Waring where are my Warriors at in God's house God's getting ready to shift it oh oh oh oh I didn't know that I was a warrior I didn't know that I was a warrior I've been acting like a warrior when I'm really a warrior and God has given me the keys to the kingdom and whatever I find what I've been found in heaven and whatever I Lose I'm a warrior I'm a war I feel it right I'm a warrior I'm a warrior I'm a warrior I'm a warrior of course there is Warfare I'm a [Applause] the Bible says that God is a man of war and if I was created in the image of God that means I'm a warrior Like My Daddy come on somebody where are my Warriors where are my Warriors where my War the weapons of our Warfare are not carnal they're Alm Mighty to God to the I'm a warrior I'm a warrior I'm a warrior it's supposed to be hard it's supposed to be hard I'm a warrior I'm a warrior speak to that mountain and say you bring Warfare but you forgot I'm a war god uh-huh uh-huh stop worrying and stop worrying I dare somebody right now that the enemy's been messing with just begin to war in the spirit [Applause] [Music] right you a warrior you're a warrior greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world right before that it says and you have overcome them I feel the holy gohost in this house you have overcome them greater is he that is in you than he that is in the [Applause] world uh-huh I got this i got this you got this you got this you got this you got I feel God you got this no weapon formed against you shall prosper and every tongue that rises against you God will condemn this is the heritage of the Servants of God uh-huh you a warrior just didn't know it yet you a warrior that's why it's hard that's why it's hard that's why it's hard cuz God is Awakening you to the battle Hallelujah he's been getting you ready and he's going going to put you on the front lines because he can because greater greater greater greater is he who is in [Music] [Applause] [Music] you you got to change the way you talking about this thing God convicted me [Music] recently God convicted me sir I had some trouble and it was just frustrating me and I found myself sir I ain't going to lie I found myself [Music] complaining I found myself complaining about it and why did I do this that that and God said shut your mouth because whatever isn't of faith is sin in other words you need to speak about it not about what it is but what you want it to be I feel that I dare you to change your language about your circumstances and remember that death and life is in the power of the tongue don't you dare use your one tongue to validate the enemy use your tongue and say I'm a warrior and I'mma keep on speaking it I'mma keep on saying it until I see what I say you got to talk right about it Banya you know why we don't talk right about it because we never make the ascent when you live on the level of it then all you got is that but when you live above it God elevates you and you take your place in Jesus the problem that was staring at you you are now above and are staring down at and in that realm you begin to see divine possibilities and divine strategies I'm going tell you right now if you never get up there you're going to miss the strategy you're going to miss the wisdom let me tell you something that prayer and we almost done I'm going tie it all together just give me about a minute that prayer you can quote that prayer you can recite that prayer in 29 seconds you can literally quote it in 29 seconds and I'm not saying that God can't move in 29 seconds but but it is a prayer watch this a few [Music] words it's a prayer of few words and could it be it's a prayer of few words because perhaps some of the greatest aspects of that prayer is not you speaking but you [Applause] listening what what if when I when I get up there and I worship strategies come because my mind is not clouded and crowded by what I'm up against I'm I'm up in a realm where the enemy can't win where I'm up in the realm that has the consciousness of Victory and so as all of his lies cuz all he can do is lie are now left beneath my feet and now I'm in a realm where all there is is truth I can hear some things I can see some things I can experience some things and then finally finally he getss to give [Music] us oh God there's so much here I don't have enough time to teach it all finally after all of that after this highlevel level set then it gets to give us his day our daily bread what is he asking for he's asking for heaven's strategy right bread can be the word guidance Direction Insight strength and provision he says give us this day Our Daily Bread first of all there's a there there's so much in that first of all that is that signifies the fact that there is a confidence in God that God has already seen the day that I'm entering into so so I'm not going into the day trying to find something or hoping that God has something for me in that day God has gone ahead of us and has prepared the today with everything that you need you notice it says give us this day our daily bread in other words it's there I have bread in this day every single day the scripture says he daily loads us with Benefits which means that every day every single day is pregnant with everything you need to solve every problem to supply every need wisdom for the day is there give us this day our daily bread one of the things that I'm learning is sometimes we are so focused on tomorrow that we miss the opportunity in today some people are living in today worried about [Music] tomorrow Jesus said Matthew 6 also down there I think 3435 just read your whole Bible you'll find it he says take no thought about tomorrow he says tomorrow will take care of itself he says you have enough in today to figure out to mine out to draw out one of the things that I've learned about life is we always about Destiny Destiny I just want to re reach my destiny and instead of trying to figure out how to win Destiny just win the [Applause] day Destiny is one day by day are we tracking I'm almost done I'm almost done give us this day our our daily bread and then it says forgive us I love this notice that he says forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us Jesus is so strategic because it is much easier to walk in forgiveness which you and I must walk in when we have a revelation about our own need come on for forgiveness sequence sequence because some of us walk around even right now with unforgiveness towards folk and bitterness towards folk and you angry at folk if I bring up their name right now in fact even if as I said their name and I didn't say their name cuz I don't know their name but you got a picture in your mind and you got tight and the master teacher the brilliant strategy of prayer the master teacher forces invokes invites us to humility by saying oh yeah oh great one by the way you need forgiveness and when you recognize that you need forgiveness then you see others through the lens of the Forgiveness that you are so de desperate for that's humility so wait so wait so wait we got setting your mind on things above we got elevating your mind looking at what because your mind has eyes your mind has eyes and and and in the model prayer the ascent the first thing we do is we we lift our eyes we we Elevate our thinking we lift our eyes so our eyes change stay with me and not only do our eyes change but it provokes us to humility to humility I'm going somewhere stay with me humility because it takes humility to walk in forgiveness it takes humility to acknowledge it every single day we are heavily dependent upon the grace of God watch this wrong that we know and then there's some wrong that you don't know you can be wrong with good intentions so brings us to this place of humility which is critical he resists the proud and gives grace to the humble so that that's in this prayer that's in this prayer give us a St our daily bread forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us the need for Grace humility and then it says lead us not into temptation lead us not into temptation lead us not into temptation now this was pre the holy spirit so post Pentecost this prayer would sound something like instead of lead us not into temptation it would be lead us by your spirit Lead Me by the spirit so so I I see I see my eyes are changing my eyes are being elevated lifted up my eyes are changing I see humility and I see the desire to be led by the spirit so that not led into temptation Galatians says if you walk in the spirit you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh something is going on here I I'm I'm I'm starting to see something and then it closes out by saying Deliver Us from Evil Deliver Us from the evil one that's the consciousness of an adversary uh yet we recognize that we have overcome so so now so now so this prayer I thought it was just a prayer but I I see that there's a greater strategy in it because this prayer addresses all that is in the world let's go back real quick let's look at let's look at first first first John real quick 1 John 2 quick we're almost there 1 John 2 it says for all that is in the world the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world and the world is passing away and the lust of it but he who does the will of God abides forever so there are the big three that we must overcome if we're going to be everything that God has created us to be all of us have to contend with the big three the lust of the flesh that's what your flesh wants that's what your body wants lust of the flesh right the lust of the eyes if I see it what I'm looking at I want it I if I see it what I'm looking at I want feel that right there and the pride of life but when I look at the model prayer and I see the strategy of Jesus I see Jesus addressing the big three in the model prayer lust of the flesh lead me not into temptation post Pentecost Lead Me by the spirit so that I will not fulfill the lust of the flesh those who are led by the spirit of God these are the the children of God these are the sons of God and so so so if I'm going to be what Bishop described about the children of being manifest As Romans 8 talks about can I teach if I'm going to be that then I'm going to have to overcome the lust of the [Applause] flesh because according to the first John scripture the only three there only three things that keep us from being successful in our identity are calling and our purpose lust of the flesh which we can address by walking in the spirit come on can I give you a tool you want to I just I can't I can't I can't I can't PT I can't man I did my flesh so strong yeah your flesh is strong because you're feeding it only anything you feed will be strong uh don't don't check out now don't check out now anything you feed will be strong so if I feed my spirit [Music] as Galatians 5:116 puts it I will not fulfill the lust of the flesh walk in the spirit in other words there is an option come on come on come on come on come on and we see it addressed in the model prayer lust of the lust of the eyes if if I see it I desire it and that's different from the lust of the flesh flesh is more body eyes so if I want to not fulfill the lust of my eyes because the eyes ultimately will affect the heart that's why Jesus talks about you know if a person um don't think that if you act on adultery if you act it out physically if that's adultery he said no no no no he says if a man looks looks because if I look at something then for too long ultimately it will get a hold of my heart and even though I don't play it out I've experienced it inside already and we Are Spiritual Beings so it's just as bad come on some don't get quiet on me now y'all was shouting a minute ago come on come on come on I'm trying to give you something and the first thing he does is he begins to deal with our eyes Our Father you're at Earth real Our Father who are in heaven he takes our eyes up he's addressing the lust of the [Applause] eyes and the pride of life it's it's let me put it this way it's thinking more highly of yourself than you ought [Applause] to and a lot of religious people I'm going to say a lot of religious people are proud when a true religious person should be humble because they're thankful for the grace of God that's in their life see see a lot of religious people are proud they talk down on people they look down on people come on like like that Pharisee in Luke 18 remember remember that Pharisee oh dear God and two people went to the temple to pray you know the story one was a Pharisee the other was a sinner Pharisees jumped up there and start talking about all that he did and then he gave God thanks but he gave God thanks that he was not like the sinner standing next to him and God most of all I thank you that I am not a dirty Heathen like this fell standing next to me with all of his mess the Sinn steps up to pray and he says and he wouldn't even lift his eye up to heaven humility he says God Bible says he smoted upon his breast he said God be merciful unto to me for I am a sinner and Jesus said that one that man went home Justified over the self-righteous one so right there when he says forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us that is breaking the spirit of the pride of life and so now when I look at that I see more than just just a script for prayer I see a loaded spiritual regimen that if you get that right you'll get everything right [Music]

Channel: T.D. Jakes

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Length: 65min 25sec (3925 seconds)

Published: Mon Apr 15 2024