Worldwide Prayer Meeting

[Music] thank you jesus hallelujah welcome to the tse worldwide prayer meeting at the summit campus in granville pennsylvania we are going to worship the lord tonight we're going to pray we're advancing the kingdom of god we're fighting against the darkness get a sing of redemption and resurrection tonight rejoin me for so long i carry the weight of my past crippled by burdens like stones on my back i thought i had fallen too far from your grace but you came and showed me the way when i was a lost soul searching you were the ground beneath my feet when i was a blind man begging you were the eyes so i could see when the smoke was rising up you were the air that i could me breathe gave me something to believe now i'm alive and born again rescued from the rape of sin god your love [Music] survivors [Music] i felt redemption on my knees it gave me hope gave me something to believe [Music] again [Music] i must survivor i'm a survivor [Music] when i was a lost soul searching you were the ground beneath my feet and i was a blind man begging you were the eyes so i could see when the smoke was rising up you were the air that i could breathe [Music] [Music] now i'm alive [Music] he pulled me out of the i'm a survivor [Music] [Laughter] [Music] if i'm not dead you're not done greater things are still to come if i'm not dead you're not done greater things are still to come oh i believe if i'm not dead then you're not done greater things are still to come oh i believe if i'm not there you're not done or [Music] this is my testimony this is my testimony [Music] i saw satan fall like lightning and i saw darkness running for cover but the miracle that i just can't get over my name is registered in heaven and i believe in signs and wonders and i have resurrection power [Music] still the miracle that i just can't get over my name is a registered in heaven so my praise belongs [Music] this is my testimony this is my testimony [Music] come together sons and daughters with blood and wash with sing the water of the spirit son and father our god will finish what he started come on our god [Music] christ the righteous i'm justified this is my testimony this is my testimony [Music] if i'm not dead if i'm not dead then you're not done greater things are still to come if i'm not dead then you're not done thank you lord greater things are still to come oh i believe if i'm not dead you're not done [Music] this is my testimony from death alive just gracefully wrote my story i'll testify by jesus christ the righteous i'm justified this is my testimony [Music] jesus christ this is my testimony this is my testimony [Music] [Applause] [Music] the comfort and the power in jesus name [Music] his love over all we can take a heart and make it sing and no such joy comes flooding in and the pieces fall into place life makes sense with your embrace and the glory of the cross lifts me up and gives me faith you give me faith jesus [Applause] [Music] jesus our lord this peace that we're feeling [Music] jesus our lord [Music] tears will fall but you're always there just that thought alone it gives us hope [Music] and all the fear it falls apart and the pieces fall into place life makes sense with your embrace and the glory of the cross lifts me up and gives me faith you give me faith jesus [Music] jesus [Music] jesus our lord jesus [Music] jesus our lord [Applause] so merciful you gave your life for all our sins yet your justice rose you bring the darkness to its sin you resurrect my soul the dead you bring to life again you're so incredible savior and friend jesus savior there's no sweeter [Music] jesus [Music] say [Music] this piece that we're feeling [Music] there's no sweeter [Music] praise god hallelujah there is no savior there is no god and there's no one who can make you want to dance like jesus christ our lord there is nobody like him thanks be to god we're going to open our time of prayer this evening by praying for people in the body of christ who have dedicated their lives to telling others about jesus both in an evangelistic sense and in a discipleship sense we're going to pray for pastors and ministry leaders this evening we have two requests that i want to read off one from mary and shushan new york she says my husband a pastor has tumors in his face that require his jaw and part of his teeth to be removed please pray for a miracle so he can continue to preach and then from an entire ministry in kakanada india elohiy hasad ministries it says please pray for our ehm church ministry our pastors family the church members families pray for india and when i read these two requests i just became very aware in my heart not just because i live it and i experience it myself but just how taxing it can be when it's not just that you're expected to help fight for your own family and your own personal needs but you have to fight for other people's families as well as you're trying to lead and be an example to the body of christ and those of you out there listening right now that god has asked to bear the burden of leadership and to be a shepherd to his flock he loves you and he sees you and your needs and your pain matter to him and we stand with you tonight as the body of christ and mary you tell your husband that his ministry is more than his gift we're going to believe god for a miracle but even in times like this when the future is uncertain he's going to have his love for people deepened and the holy spirit is going to give him new ways to reach out and to represent jesus that maybe he couldn't have discovered and you and india writing in thank you for giving us the privilege of standing with your pastor his family and your congregation in prayer god sees you and i'm going to ask one of our alumni ben woodard who's currently serving in ministry himself to help me pray as we go into this time tonight lord jesus we thank you god we thank you lord that you use the weak to confound the strong and you still use the foolish to confound the wise o god lord we who serve in ministry we are simply proof we are proof that you are still able to speak through donkeys lord god we know our own weakness and our own foolishness lord we know o god our inadequacy lord so many times i i look at myself in the mirror and i think how in the world can god do anything with this feeble lump of clay but lord i thank you it's not about the vessel but it's about the power that you've deposited within each one of us and god we pray for mary's husband right now lord that he would remember that though there might be cancer oh god in his jaw and in his cheeks oh lord the power of the living god is in his heart and he is able to be effective he is able to be a mighty man of valor even when facing this kind of uncertainty lord i thank you jesus that his usefulness in your kingdom is not attached to the gift that you've given him a lord it's not attached to god or bound to that ministry of preaching god i thank you lord that there is nothing there is no sickness that can take away his voice for you god if you have commissioned him to proclaim your truth you'll give him a means to do it stand with this brother tonight oh god stand with this man and strengthen his faith strengthen his heart lord surround him with support surround him oh god with voices of love and encouragement for our brothers and sisters in india lord i pray that you would undergird them oh god lord i pray for this pastor and his family lord strengthen this man god as he's fighting not just for the homes of others but for his own oh god lord i pray that you would undergird him let his marriage be a living example of what it looks like for a husband to love his wife as christ loves the church lord for a wife to submit to her husband as the church is called to submit to christ o god father i pray that they would be a model o lord of what you intended your kingdom to look like god i pray that the church would be able to safely and confidently look to their leader god i thank you lord that you're able to uphold us god when we're feeling that pressure lord of having to give over and over again god i thank you that you're able to uphold us oh god father may we look like you as we lead your people god those of us lord jesus that represent you week after week in the pulpit oh god may we not just sound like you as we repeat what you've written in your word oh god may those closest to us know that we live like you lord that we are like you in our character we are like you oh god in our speech and in our thinking oh jesus god strengthen our brothers and sisters tonight we pray in jesus name and our brother ben's going to continue leading us lord we thank you so much that just as those many years ago you took that towel and you said this is how you minister this is how you serve you are still doing that tonight lord jesus and we thank you for the ministers that you have called to take towels all around this globe to serve and to wash the feet of those that are called to serve we thank you father that even in the weariness and the distractions and the onslaught from hell that we can experience in ministry you're still taking up that towel and you're still washing our feet that we can go and do the same and so we ask you lord jesus you would take that towel there'd be such a ministry of refreshing from your holy spirit even tonight yes there may be financial issues there may be physical issues there may be challenges from hell itself but we pray to be such an encouragement that's supernatural coming to the hearts of your ministers lord who are called across this globe to take the gospel the good news of peace we ask lord jesus for a faithfulness for faithfulness to rise up within them when they want to abandon it all when they want to walk away from their calling lord god we have to be a strength from on high to help them to stay the course and to not grow weary in doing good we pray lord for those who are afflicted whether it's physical or otherwise lord jesus help them to understand that you are with them even in the affliction help them to know the ministry of the spirit himself in their time of need those who are discouraged or god we pray there to be a word from on high to come and to give them that hope that they need lord jesus that will be set ablaze again within their heart give them the discernment that they need protect them from the onslaught of hell god and the spiritual warfare that is so real protect their homes and families and loved ones may they see answered prayer lord jesus may they know it is not in vain and lord we do pray for healing for those tonight like the gentleman with the tumors oh god we ask that you have touched their bodies and lord if you choose not to heal may they know that you will walk them through whatever you have called them to lord god may they know it in the depths of their soul tonight we cannot do this work but lord we cry out to you too many are leaving the ministry lord and we ask lord jesus for a strength and a resolve in your people who are called to serve we ask that those who they serve would even be sensitive and come up and surround them lord with the love and the faith that they need in their time of need as well thank you father for the work that you're doing by your spirit thank you for ministering to us as we minister in jesus name [Music] my god is awesome he can move mountains keep me in the valley hide me from the rain my god is awesome heals me when i'm broken strength where i've been weakened [Music] is [Music] is [Music] savior of the whole world of salvation by his stripes i am here my god is yourself [Music] is [Music] and he's mighty he's mighty [Music] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] his grace [Music] deliverer deliverers [Music] is [Music] is [Music] praise god he is a completely awesome god i pray that you sense that tonight because it's true hello times square church prayer family you're joined we're joining you here from the sanctuary at summit and tonight um what's been on my heart is very very simple i just want to give a word of encouragement for those who feel it's time to pray you see the students that are before me here and the staff little by little god is training and teaching us how to pray and there are varying degrees of success and sometimes trying to stay faithful in that but we are increasingly becoming convinced that it's time to pray is something that the lord is stirring his church to pray and to learn how to do it better and there is i think the just a word of encouragement i want to say is it it really matters we pray and to continue in that and there's a scripture that says enter into your closet and when you have shut the door pray to your father and of course that closet represents that quiet alone place if it was a closet our students would be out of luck they only have wardrobes but that they can enter into a quiet place and with a quiet time but here's what i want to say to us tonight the door is important when you go in shut the door and that means that we're going to shut out just for a portion of our day it may be so brief but we're going to shut out and to shut in because when we kind of shut out other voices and those other sounds i tell you and we just begin to pray with our bibles open and pray with our heart god will begin to speak something to our inner ear i just want to encourage you that you may go into that place by yourself but when you get there as you pray you will find out you are not alone we pray to our heavenly father and i just want to encourage us let's not give up now maybe you've been praying a long time don't give up my sister my brother we need you and god is answering prayer why do i know that because people are getting fed up and then people are getting saved people are discouraged but then they're finding i need to call out to god and somehow in the mixture of this time god is sweeping over every heart he can get a hold of to say come away with me and ask me because i love you and i hear you and prayer is so powerful because it's opposed but if we can encourage one another i believe if we will go into the prayer closet a quiet place a quiet time like we have to say and with a quiet heart that um god is doing something so much with this so i just want to encourage us and if you're just look to pray and if you're just starting thank you for sending in your prayer request thank you for sharing them with us we just want to know want you to know that we are standing with you we value those prayer requests and we believe the more we pray the more we pray and so we just want to come together and believe god is answering prayer and in in wonderful and spectacular ways and so tonight someone wrote in from ireland please pray for our son dee that he would yield all to god is asking him yes we will pray for your son dee and that's such a great prayer that young people be gripped by god and gripped by the grace of god that he is liberally pouring out from new york please pray for mickey he's in the icu on life support he has two little children and one on the way yes we will pray for mickey and i in icu and that god would be merciful to him and to his family a specific prayer for healing for this man and all those that are in needing a mighty healing from the u.s please pray for our daughter megan she just dropped out of college this week she suffers from depression anxiety and self-loathing yes we will pray that god will break that spirit upon her that it is not over for her and that europe praying you are obviously praying for your daughter and believing god we're going to believe with you because he loves her and he has a plan for her life and so many times we have seen god intervene in lives and interrupt them completely and pour his mercy in his grace and this is exactly what god wants to do thank you for writing in for megan we join you for the in that prayer for her that god himself break that spirit of anxiety depression and self-loathing and finally from dublin ireland please pray for our precious daughter she would find good godly friends and a good church yes we pray for precious daughter we pray for precious daughter that she finds godly friends and a good church that is so important so lord we just thank you lord i thank you for this sunday i thank you for mickey i thank you for megan i thank you for this precious daughter lord i thank you that they people have written in lifting up these individual people asking for your mercy and your grace to intervene in their lives lord we believe that you are for us and we lift up these individual situations and all the prayer requests that they represent and i thank you tonight we are not wasting our time but we come to our father and i just pray oh god that is we pray for them that you remind us lord that you are on the move that lord jesus there is no god like you you are willing to intervene in our affairs oh god that your great love and mercy may be experienced and known this is all possible because you went to a cross for us and you did not withhold your son how much more will you give us freely all the things that we need everything that dee needs and megan needs and mickey needs and precious daughter needs i thank you o god we commit them to your love and we thank you that as we seek your face in prayer with an open heart and an open bible you will speak wondrous things from heaven oh god teach us to shut out and shut in with you even if it's just for a short time every day for god you will speak life through our prayers you will speak life into our hearts that we may fail not that we may be found in a place of prayer because lord you answer prayer so we thank you for miracles in advance we ask you to keep us faithful in this lord that we may grow close to you and know how to pray oh god in a way god that moves your hand in such a beautiful way so i thank you for everyone who writes in and lord i thank you for this in jesus name and now we're going to ask matild a student here to also pray hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah father we are coming before you today to pray for those prayer warrior papa we know that you see each one of them lord jesus there was a time oh so father i was praying and i could feel like there was a world or jesus so i'm asking you papa let them feel your presence papa let them feel your warmth and then peel your clothes up apart because your world tells us that you're closer than a brother and i believe that there's no single prayer but father that is in vain papa i pray for the mothers who are praying for their children i pray for their fathers we are praying for their children for my brother and sister who are going through persecution papa i pray that you will hear their cry and that you will see them lord jesus your word tell me someone for the one papa senor jesus you i know you can do wonder i know you can do miracle until now lord jesus even the time when they feel like everything is gone papa when they feel like everything like that there's nothing else you can do let them still believe that you are there and you hear every single prayer papa i pray for those who are sick lord jesus i pray for everyone who have sent for their prayers for up i pray that you will hear them papa and you will heal those are going through depression and addiction proper let them not be tired let them be strengthened by you hallelujah because your word tells us lord that those who wait on the lord shall renew their strength and we believe that you are a god of your world papa whatever you said you will make it like you would accompany yourself i know you are trustworthy i know you hear every single prayer i know you sees us even your deepest sorrow papa i know you hear us oh lord jesus and i thank you i thank you for my sisters and the brother who are not giving up on their siblings i pray for my for their my sisters and brother who are still holding on to you who are still trusting you papa even who they know they are going through hardship i they are still believing in you proper show them that you are there and you hear their cry and you hear when they call to you papa i bless you lord jesus and i thank you for each one of them because i know that one day papa all their prayers will be answered and you will receive thanksgiving and all the glory will be back to you lord i thank you and i pray in jesus name amen [Music] too long and i wasn't created to bury it alone and i hear your invitation [Music] so let it all go nicely now laying it down [Music] the reason is [Music] oh [Music] [Music] you saw my condition [Music] had a plan the price for my heart [Music] no reason [Music] again again oh [Music] my heart has been in your sights long before my first [Music] is [Music] is [Music] my [Music] again again [Music] and again and [Music] tonight there is one prayer request that stood out to me and this song actually goes very well with what i'm about to pray for and as we've heard in this song that we run to the father because we need a surgeon and he is the one that can change our hearts and set us free there is greg from ontario california you are live right now watching and we're going to pray for you greg you're writing in and you're saying that you have loved jesus with everything but i have failed miserably in sexual purity i need deliverance and healing my faith is dwindling i need help and tonight we're gonna pray for you for god to touch your heart greg if you're tuning in don't give up the faith that you're having even the faith and the strength that you had then to write in tonight we're going to be praying for god to deliver you forgive you wash your cleanse for you to be free father we come to you tonight and we cry to you for greg right now lord even though he's in california but he's watching him right now live lord wherever where he is right now in the room or in a car or at work or or in the bench whatever where he's at right now would you touch him and deliver him lord right now he feels so embarrassed he feels overwhelmed by the weight of the sin but you had come to give him freedom you have come to give him freedom and we pray right now would you forgive him is he crying out to your father would you watch him cleanse and deliver this man deliver this man from every sexual sin oh god there's so many people in this world that are struggling with purity that are struggling with sin that are struggling with sexual sin would you deliver those that are crying out to you but especially tonight we cry out for greg tonight let him be free o god free from guilt free from shame and free from sin jesus we cry out to you and we're asking you would you touch his heart would you touch him or father heal his heart deliver his mind deliver his heart and let the the habits that he had let there be no moral god but let your spirit come into his life because your word says whom the son sets free he is free indeed lord we want to hear next week that greg is gonna write in as a praise report that you have healed him touched him delivered him and now he's a brand new creature in christ because when we come to you you're not only forgiving us but you are causing us to be new in your father and would you touch this man i don't know if he's married or not or what is going on lord but touch this family or father let him not be bound by sin but let him be experienced tonight the power of forgiveness and the power of freedom in jesus name we pray amen thank you so much greg from tuning in and writing to us and we believe that god is gonna touch you and free you thank you so much for your generosity it's because of your generosity we are able to touch the world all over the place because you are part of this ministry and because of your open heart we are able to touch the hungry and all of those that are in need may god bless you and here is a few ways how you can be partnering with us hi times square church my name is corey and i and my lovely wife natalie have been working in central asia for the last 12 years helping kids at a provincial orphanage that provides bread gas wood and also provide salaries for widows who take care of the orphanage boys we also are involved in a vocational training program that takes these orphan boys where five to 16 plug them into society with a skill because of the political unrest we were forced to leave the country that we love and go to europe but we want to go back we've seen opportunities after opportunities of god's kingdom working in that place so we want to thank you for your generosity and partner with us financially and through prayer on this journey of a lifetime what many are seeing is a bad situation we see as an artist of souls that we want to continue to be part of the great work god is doing thank you again times square church for giving your tithes and offerings to help our family continue serving to advance the gospel in the 10 40 window we love you we are so grateful for all that you're doing we are honored to be able to give money and resources to help amazing people every single week thanks to your generosity time squid church if you are prepared to give today i want to remind you that there are five ways you can give here at tsc you can text give tsc nyc to 77977 you can download the pushpay app and give that way you can give online at tsc.nyc give and if you live outside the us the best way to give is by clicking the international users button on our website right here like we're showing you on the screen and that will take you to a page where you can give that way or you can always mail your check or money order to our office and if you're with us in person today you can give by putting your ties and offering in the basket that the ushers will be passing out in a few moments thanks again for being such a generous church [Music] you are [Music] you are the voice inside you are my love no one before you all that i am [Music] my [Music] you all that i am [Music] [Applause] [Music] without full [Music] i was made for you [Music] without full [Music] i'm forever [Music] [Music] [Music] i was made by [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] phil [Music] is [Music] is [Music] praise god [Music] praise god thank you thank you so much worship team thank you everybody god bless you may be seated here in the sanctuary and welcome to those of us that are joined within joining with us online tonight from all over the country and all over the world what a pleasure it is to gather together and to pray and to believe god that we're going to see an outpouring of mercy in this last hour in which you and i are now living and you and i if we have a sincere heart will have the privilege of being part of this end-time move of god and the knowing the touch of god's holy spirit on our life just before i share this evening and of course remind you again that we're going to be sharing in communion together so if you're at home tonight just get some bread some juice and be prepared to share communion with us at the end of this short sharing of god's word but something was on my heart before i even speak this evening and it's it's this particular issue a lot of people are just suffering from an incredible loneliness right now all over the place let me give you some examples there are many many on the the prayer requests that have come in throughout the week and this evening phil from new york said i need prayers and healing of jesus i struggle with strong medications and chemotherapy i'm all alone and facing difficult moments and from spain pray for me my life is difficult i'm all alone and sick thank you again from the u.s pray for a particular person who's been homeless for years he's lonely and feels unloved and may god protect heal and deliver him from new york pray for the salvation of my mother who is a muslim as an only child carrying this burden has been a long spiritual warfare for me jesus i need you to hold on from forest hills pray for a lady whose fourteen-year-old daughter committed suicide last year she's hospitalized due to severe depression and feels as if there is no hope from the u.s pray for me i'm very much alone and lonely and it hurts from the us i need solid christian friends and prayer partners please pray for me now there is an easy at least a first step solution to those that are online tonight you find yourself very very lonely you can you can join online with a group of people now there's all kinds of connect groups you can join in with and you can you can pick a topic that interests you and you can connect with people from all over the world it's a zoom conference it's a zoom uh meeting where you'll you'll interact and and you don't have to be alone i realize it's online i understand that and maybe at some point somebody will give you an actual you know touchable physical friend that can walk with you in this journey but until that day happens why don't you consider joining one of these connect groups all you have to do is go to tsc.nyc slash groups that's times square church dot new york city slash groups and you can find a group and you don't have to be alone there'll be people there that can pray with you that can help you and they can strengthen you so father tonight i do pray god we pray together for people who are being overwhelmed with loneliness they find themselves shut in in their homes they find themselves sitting in dark rooms they're becoming more and more depressed god we were not made to be alone none of us were we were made to walk this walk with others especially in the body of jesus christ so father god in jesus name would you help these men and women young and old help them to find friends that can walk with them help them to find friends whether it's physical or online as a as a starting point whatever it is god i we just pray for them tonight god destroy this loneliness that would want to eat at and destroy the the inner workings of so many wonderful saints of god father we just thank you thank you that none of us have to be alone lord it's it's as easy as as joining a group online and father i just pray that people who feel depressed and alone would take that step just take that first simple step and become part of a worldwide fellowship and god we thank you for it in jesus name now tonight i have a very simple word i want to share with you and uh it's a long title though it's here's the title of the word i know who you are do you know who you will be i know who you are do you know who you will be if you go to the book of john please chapter 1 and we're going to start there gospel of john chapter 1 and i'm going to pray first and i'm going to start reading it verse 40 to 42 then verse 45 to 51. father i want to thank you again tonight god that every time we open your word the promise is that the entrance of your words brings light so tonight god would you would you just help us to open the door everyone who's listening to open the door to allow your words to enter our hearts and our minds and our spirit and become part of our fabric help us lord to get beyond just learning and to actually learn begin to experience you through the promises of your word god almighty i thank you that you're going to do something profound and powerful tonight i bring my life to you one more time and ask you to take this little life and just make the words that i speak bigger than anything i am god help me that i may in turn help somebody tonight who's listening and i thank you for it in jesus name amen i know who you are do you know who you will be i'm thinking i'm talking tonight to people that i spend time throughout the day reading the prayer requests that come into times square church and it's time to pray.org and i i look at them and everyone who writes in you seem to be keenly aware of who you are you're depressed you're addicted your family is is disheveled you're struggling in your mind whatever the situation is you're fighting a besetting sin you feel worthless you see i know who you are just by reading uh the prayer requests that you send in these this seems to be in some cases it's an all-consuming battle that's going on in your life it's affecting everything that you are and everything that's around you but my question to you tonight is do you know who you will be now let me explain this as we begin to read john chapter 1 beginning at verse 40. one of the two who heard john speak and followed him was andrew simon peter's brother he first found his own brother simon and said to him we found the messiah which is translated to christ now this is incredible i mean this this would be i don't know if there's any other thing in the world that would actually compare to it we've we found the messiah this this was the promise for the people of god of that season this is what they lived for this was their all in all it's like somebody ran into the sanctuary tonight and said jesus has returned he's in the parking lot it would be that it would be that profound come out and see him and so he brought him to jesus now when jesus looked at him he said you are simon the son of jonah you shall be called cephas which is translated a stone and so my point is real simple tonight when we first encounter jesus we are something but if we have an honest face to face encounter with the son of god the promise is that we shall be something else you you can't have an encounter with jesus and stay the same way you are there is a change that happens inside the heart now let's continue on verse 45. now philip found nathanael and said to him we have found him of whom moses in the law and also the prophets wrote jesus of nazareth the son of joseph verse 46 and nathanael said to him can anything good come out of nazareth philip said to him come and see jesus saw nathanael coming towards him and said to him behold an israelite indeed in whom is no deceit nathanael said to him how do you know me now nathanael obviously knew he was essentially at his core an honest man and he's talking to the son of god now says how is it how do you know me and jesus answered and said before philip called you when you were under the fig tree i saw you and i don't i don't understand the fullness of that particular statement something was something was in the heart of nathanael when he was under the fig tree as it was that led him to an understanding that only the son of god could have known that i was there and what i was thinking perhaps he felt all alone like some of you are are feeling tonight that have written in your prayer request and you're lonely maybe nathaniel just felt alone and he was all by himself i don't know but the point is that even though he might have been alone in that place in his life jesus saw him and i want you to know tonight those that are online and you feel alone in your room and your car and your home and your heart and your life jesus sees you there you're not hidden from him and he looks at you lovingly and he looks at you longingly he's always wanted fellowship with you verse 49 says nathanael answered and said to him rabbi you're the son of god you're the king of israel we we always like to think that peter was the first one who got that revelation it was actually nathanael you remember when after all the seasons of traveling and seeing the dead rays and walking on water he finally said to his disciples who do you say that i am and peter said you're the christ you're the son of the living god and and we always say wow and even jesus said only the father could have revealed that to you but nathanael had that revelation way before peter and right in the beginning that he was the son of god and the king of israel why did he have that revelation he had it because he had a an honest heart and if you and i are willing to approach the son of god with an honest heart something happens to us there's an i7 anointing that is given to us and we begin to see first of all who it is that we are talking to and jesus answered and said to him in verse 50 because i said to you i saw you under the fig tree do you believe you will see greater things than these and he said to him most assuredly i say to you hereafter you will see heaven open and the angels of god ascending and descending upon the son of man in other words you will begin to understand the power that has been given to me the access to the throne of god the power of heaven that is in my hands and you will begin to understand that i am the son of god i'm able to do anything that i say i can do and i can do in you and through you anything that you will open your heart and let me do there's a there's a vision there's a revelation that's given to people who don't approach god with a deceitful heart a duplicitous heart the reason that so many sit and languish in the church throughout the ages is because many people come to christ with terms and conditions or maybe a feigned dedication may i put it that like i'm all in but only you know in reality it's only to this point and no farther and god knows it because there's a there's a there's a guile in the sense the original king james says in israelite in whom there is no guile in other words no crookedness you're not saying one thing and meaning another you're actually nathaniel you're an honest man and because you're an honest man i can speak to you and you will in your heart give an honest assessment of the words that i speak before you actually go into the battle and begin to walk with me and you will understand what i'm saying you'll understand where it is i'm leading you to go and you will also see the power the exceeding greatness of the power that is available to those who walk with me with an honest heart and a truthful heart now in the new testament ii corinthians chapter 5 and verse 17 one of my favorite verses in all of the bible says therefore if anyone is in christ he is a new creation old things have passed away behold all things have become new if christ has come to you if you and i are willing to come to christ with an honest heart this incredible promise this is what actually this is the promise that actually won me to christ in the first place over 40 years ago when the person who was sharing christ with me told me this verse that if you open your heart to jesus christ if you honestly receive him as your lord and savior you will become a new creation you the old things that have had power in your life the old things that have governed your future the old things that as as we prayed for the old habits the old things that can't you can't put away will suddenly lose their power lose their hold and all things inside of you will become new you'll be in effect born again you'll be given a new life you'll have a new future the promise that was revealed to the prophets in the old testament is that god said i'll give you a new heart a new mind and a new spirit you'll be born again the old things in your life will pass away and all things will become new and i remember thinking in my heart when that was first shared with me at the age of 24 god is it possible because i i seemingly can't escape the boundaries that are all around me the boundaries that were placed around me by other people the boundaries that that i perceive about my own life and and what it will or won't amount to the things that i feel i can do the things that i feel i can't do the things that are really defining my present and and paving away a very confusing way for my future is it possible that i can actually become a new creation and i remember meditating on this and thinking about it and then i went into the gospel of john and i read the gospel of john from myself and i prayed this prayer i said jesus if if this is true if i can be forgiven and if i i can't have a new future if i can be made into a different person i don't like the person i'm becoming i don't like the way i treat others i don't like the amount that i'm drinking i don't like the thoughts in my mind i i have a sense that i'm going on a downward trajectory and it's just going to get worse in the future and i seem to be powerless to change and powerless to stop i'm i'm being dragged into this darkness and i can't stop myself from going there jesus could it be true that i could have a new life and i read the gospel of john as an unsaved man and i said show me just show me but i saw something when i read the gospel of john that this life is contingent on one condition that when i come to christ as my savior i don't play games with him i give him my whole heart as much as i'm able i give him my whole life and i receive his word as truth and the guide for my life from this day forward i saw something that nobody ever taught me i read it in the word of god that not only will jesus if i turn to him not only would he wash away my my sin not only would he guarantee me an eternity in heaven but his blood had purchased me and my life was no longer my own i now belong to the son of god and he had the right to my future you see before my future can change i have to give the rights to my future to the son of god that's what it was about nathanael he was an honest man and i had an honest assessment in a sense of myself and came to an honest conclusion about what was required to experience the the fullness in a sense of the salvation that god was setting before me i read in the book of john that not only would he come to give me eternal life but he would give me an abundant life he would give me a reason to live on the earth he would take me out of the mediocrity of my present trajectory and give me something that could not only satisfy my heart but would bring glory to his name as well and bring others out of darkness and into the same freedom that i know i knew my life would never be the same again if i if i yielded to the son of god my life would never be the same again and i remember stopping on the side of the road may 12 1978 and here was my prayer oh jesus if what this man has told me is the truth now this is the context of having read the gospel of john and having an understanding of what is required if it's true that i can be forgiven and have a new life then i open my heart and i invite you into my life to be my lord and my savior and that was it that was my prayer i didn't feel a thing a lot of people talk about the fuzzies they get or whatever it is when they pray at that moment in their journey with finding god then but i i didn't feel a thing nothing i i just put my car and drive and i went to work i worked my shift and i went home and i went to bed not feeling any different but the next morning as god lives the next morning i woke up and when my feet touched the floor i knew i was a different man something had happened inside of my life if any man is in christ may i put it this way if christ is in any man or woman that person becomes a new creation the old things in their life are passed away behold all things have become new the old path will try to hang on for a little while the old path will try to convince you that it's still alive but it's not it has passed away it's dead it no longer has the right to your future and all things are become new so how do we experience these all things and these new things you know sometimes we we want it we want it immediately and and as as peter did in the initially at least he tried to he tried to do it in his own strength he tried to follow god in his own strength and and we do that don't we i did it some of you online tonight you're doing it right now and others in the sanctuary you tried that and some go a long distance but eventually we all failed because this kingdom you can't walk in this kingdom by natural human strength or wisdom it's not by might it's not by power but it's by my spirit says the lord in first samuel chapter 10 i'm just going to read it to you verses 5 to 7. now samuel saul has just been anointed king he's going to be the king over israel and samuel the prophet speaking for god gives him a word about what will give him the strength to become the man that he's called to be now we all know saul didn't quite walk this out the way he should have but he was given every opportunity to do this this was the beginning of his his ministry as it was verse 5 of first samuel chapter 10 he says after that you shall come to the hill of god where the philistine garrison is and it will happen when you've come to the city you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument a tambourine a flute and a heart before them and they will be prophesying well that's that's in a sense what happened to you tonight those that are listening online you come into this prayer meeting and you've got a guy with a guitar a stringed instrument you've got somebody else with a keyboard you got somebody with a drum set and they're playing and they're singing and now i'm prophesying to you about what god will do in your life if you will yield your life to him so you're actually experiencing the same thing that saul did then the spirit of the lord will come upon you hallelujah you talk about why we say stay and pray why we say open your heart to god give up trying to win this battle in your own strength give up trying to get out of this prison let god open the door and let you out give up trying to be strong in your own strength give up trying to formulate the plans of your own life and and stretch your hands out and yield your life to the son of god who can't and never will fail you then he said the spirit of the lord will come upon you this is why we are believing that through these connect and fellowship groups there's going to be a spiritual awakening in this generation at least you know we will do our part we're not the only players in town there's other churches other places other people praying and god's going to bring it all together in one and i'm i see in my spirit homes igniting all over the world i see the fire of god burning not in big buildings no longer in mega churches but the fire of god burning in homes men and women coming alive in god the young and the old the rich the poor prophesying that means speaking in unison with god speaking the things that god is speaking given an understanding like nathanael of the work and the word and the will and the ways of god and seeing the incredible power that's available to walk in this newness of life that we are called to in christ jesus the spirit of the lord will come upon you and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man that's exactly what happened on the day of pentecost the spirit of the lord came upon 120 failures that had gathered in an upper room and when they came out of the upper room and went into the marketplace what were they doing the spirit of the lord had come upon them and they were speaking in unison with god about the wonderful works that god had done is doing and is preparing to do they were simply walking and speaking in unison with god and they had this incredible vision like nathanael of the power of god and the ability of god to do things that can't be done by ordinary men and women with any amount of ordinary strength or natural wisdom and let it be he says in verse 7 when these signs come to you that you do as occasion demands for god is with you and when you have begun to prophesy when you are in agreement with god when you are believing that you are what god says you are when you are believing that you're going where god says you're going when you're believing that you have the power to do what god says you will do when all of these things come into your life then as god leads you go through that door because god is now with you the old things have passed away and all things have become new i know what you are but do you know what you will be praise be to god you will not be as you are when you open your heart to jesus christ you will be turned into another man another woman young or old it doesn't matter and you will become the person that god intended you to be right from the womb hallelujah to the lamb of god glory glory glory glory to the name of jesus hallelujah hallelujah [Applause] so jesus encounters you or you encounter him tonight and he says i know who you are this is who you are but this is who you will be praise be to god and the holy spirit will show you he'll guide you line by line brick by brick step by step as you get into the word of god and by the power of god's holy spirit you begin to believe that every promise in this book now belongs to you suddenly everything that was impossible becomes possible every place it was impassable now just as the red sea parted for the children of god now god makes a way for you to go and do what you could never hope to do in any amount of your own natural strength oh bless god bless god all that is required is that you and i approach him with an honest heart finally give up trying to do it in our own strength and say jesus you are the son of god and you are the king of my life you have the rights to my future i give you my future i'm not going to use you to try to build up my plan for my life but i yield my plan and now i embrace whatever it is that you have for my life you know we we don't fully understand what that is but as we walk out in faith with an honest heart a new creation in christ jesus god is the one who makes it happen in each one of our lives in john chapter 3 there was a religious leader named nicodemus who came to jesus at night probably because he was embarrassed to be seen with him in the daytime but he said rabbi we know that you're a teacher has come from god for no one can do these signs that you do unless unless god is with him and jesus answered and said to him most assuredly i say to you this is john 3 3 now unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of god you know the word c really implies he can't perceive it he's outside of it until he's born again now this this this man is teaching the people about god but he himself is outside of where the power of god really is and the purpose of god is he can't see it it's not just it's not just it has the implication of entering into the kingdom of heaven for eternity but it also has a now implication when you look at the the context of the word it means it means to intellectually perceive you can't unless you're born again you can't intellectually perceive the kingdom of god you don't know how the kingdom of god works like your nathaniel was told by christ you're going to see something about the kingdom of god because you have an honest heart you're going to see something that you can't see if your heart is not honest nicodemus said to him how can a man be born when he is old can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born and jesus answered and said most assuredly i say to you unless one is born of water and the spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of god that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit do not marvel that i said to you you must be born again then he goes on to say the wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound but you can't tell where it comes from and where it goes so is everyone who is born of the spirit he's telling academists you're being carried by your natural reasoning by natural religion by natural study but when you're born of the spirit you're going to be carried by the presence of god and you're going to be carried into places you you never thought you were going to go and you're going to become a person you never thought you could ever be you have to be born again by the spirit of god you've had a natural birth you said to nicodemus and you've got a whole wagon load of religion but that won't get you into heaven and it won't get you into the place where you begin to understand the power of god's kingdom and the change and purpose that comes into a life that is given to him you must be born again you see it it implies in a sense a humility it implies an admission that religion can't save me self-effort can't save me i can change all of my exterior garments he probably looked really nice on the outside that can't save me i can know the hebrew meanings of half the words of the bible that can't save me i have to come to christ admitting that i can't save myself admitting that i need a savior admitting without guile without deceit that there's no way in to the kingdom of heaven both here on the earth and into eternity until i bend my knee before the son of god and recognize him as my lord and my savior until i believe that god so loves me that he sent his only begotten son to die on a cross that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life until i i believe that he came to do what i can't do for myself and i begin as nathanael did to confess him as my lord and as my savior i do that my heart being opened to the son of god the spirit of god comes the holy spirit of god the third person of god and takes up his residence inside my earth and body and i become a new creation washed clean of all of the sin and all the restrictions that it brought into my life all the death that was being born inside of me is suddenly washed away it loses its power and i become a new creation in christ jesus born again by the spirit of god no longer bound by the things of this world no longer constrained by old habits old thoughts old words old deeds but just as a newborn babe coming into this world for the first time being born again by the spirit of god means just starting anew and starting afresh being the person that god always wanted me to be you see we are here tonight and we have sung to you on this platform and i have prophesied to you about what your life could be see that's prophesying all i'm doing is agreeing with god about what you will be if you will open your heart to jesus christ that's that's prophesying that's what it is i'm telling you you will be a new creation i'm speaking to you about your future now but what will happen in your life god will take you so much farther than you ever believed you could the bible tells us that when he when he rose from the dead jesus christ when he rose he took your captivity captive and he gave he just showered you with gifts things that only god's spirit can give to you that you can never get yourself by any amounts of human effort abilities that will be given you that are given you by god himself gifts of god so that the excellency of the power that's in your life as the bible says is not of you but it's of god's spirit within you your message will be like mine to you tonight that what god has done for me he will do for you you will so know him that you will start speaking to other people and saying you know i want you to know that the same spirit that raised christ from the dead raised me and gave me a new life and he can give you a new life you're just going to be keeping it real simple it starts by yielding your life to christ oh may i challenge you my friend you know i when i pull over on the side of the road i wasn't sure that this was 100 true and my prayer began with if i said jesus if this is true but it was a sincere f it was a nathaniel if it was without guile or deceit if this is true you know i give you my life you know you think maybe to be saved you have to come to a definitive point in your life you know where you just say i know this is and some people get there but i wasn't there it was an if but it was good enough god took my if and saved me hallelujah the holy spirit was not offended by my if it was a sincerif and he came and took his residence inside my life and i became a new creation and the old things began to pass away and all things began to become new so i'm prophesying to you tonight you have a future you have a hope if you will open your heart and i'm gonna lead you in a prayer but there's no formula to this this isn't mystical i mean you you can form your own words you can form your own if but i'm going to just lead you in a prayer tonight and ask you maybe just make it your own i see somebody see you through the camera tonight i see you in your it's not even a kitchen it's not a living room it's kind of a room between the two you're sitting on a little brown couch and you're looking at the screen and you were wondering the whole time could this be true but god is meeting you right now and showing you it is true so you bow your heart to god tonight you watch what the lord jesus will do for you let's all pray this prayer together lord jesus christ thank you for dying for me [Music] paying the price for my sin so that i can be free forgiven [Music] that heaven could be my home and i could be free oh jesus i opened my heart to you i invite you to come into my life to be my savior and my god i don't fully understand it all but i will walk with you [Music] as you shine a path before me and you give me the strength i will walk with you and believe you [Music] for freedom and that my life will have meaning and purpose from this day forward jesus christ the messiah [Music] the son of god my life belongs to you my future is yours i put everything into your hands [Music] and i thank you for giving me your holy spirit that i might be a new creation thank you jesus for loving me help me to love you in your name i pray amen [Music] you know folks this is a holy moment the bible says that the angels in heaven rejoice over just one person that turns from darkness to light i want you to know people sitting alone and lonely at home tonight that there is a shout at the throne of god just for you tonight there's activity there's a flurry i don't know what they're doing i don't know what they're saying but jesus said they rejoice so i'm assuming it must be pretty significant and it's all about you as if you were there just like nathanael he said when you were sitting there by yourself i saw you i saw you i saw you i saw you hallelujah oh god in jesus name i just ask that you you seal the work that's been done in people's hearts tonight don't let them put it away don't let them shrug it off don't let the devil steal it it lord and help them now to just stay and pray until they know like they know like they know like they know that your holy spirit is upon them hallelujah in jesus name we're going to have communion together in just a moment you have an opportunity to to get some juice and some bread and if you've just come to christ tonight you've really got you've really got a reason to celebrate praise be to god praise be to god praise be to god i want you to know that we love you and we do because jesus does it's been a real privilege to pray with you tonight we'll be back in just a moment after this song there's a place [Music] and never dies and there's a place where streams of grace [Music] with all the love i've ever found comes like a flood comes flowing [Music] [Music] you [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] in [Music] i surrender my life [Music] are you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] i'm [Music] and my [Music] jesus [Music] i surrender my [Music] hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah i just feel in my heart that we're standing on holy ground tonight we're standing on holy ground hallelujah thank you jesus thank you lord thank you for your mercy for this generation god thank you lord thank you for a sweep of mercy lord gathering in god every lost coin every lost sheep lord everyone who can still hear your name thank you for breaking the chains of hell and evil god never letting the devil have the last word in any generation god thank you for what you're about to do and for what you're doing tonight lord thank you god we give you praise we give you praise we give you praise we give you praise for i received from the lord that which i also delivered to you the lord jesus and on the same night in which he was betrayed took bread when he had given thanks he broke it and said take heat this is my body which is broken for you do this in remembrance of me [Music] in the same manner he also took the cup after supper saying this cup is the new covenant in my blood this do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the lord's death until he comes hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah thank you jesus thank you lord thank you god thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord oh god god thank you for your mercy thank you lord for coming to us lord when we call out to you thank you god we give you praise and we give you glory [Music] if you gave your life to christ tonight just text the word connect to 51 000 and somebody from times square church will be in touch with you and help you and take the next few steps that you need to take in this walk with god hallelujah i just feel like i i want to run the eyes i want to shout i want to cry i want to dance i don't know what i want to do i feel something in my spirit i can't explain it god has done something tonight and is doing something in our day don't despair the best is yet to come see you again sunday morning 10 o'clock at tsc.nyc and we'll be back here at our bible school next tuesday night seven o'clock love you so much god bless you the comfort and the power in jesus [Music] he can take a hard heart and make it sing oh such joy [Music] comes flooding in and the pieces fall into place life makes sense with your embrace and the glory of the cross lifts me up and gives me faith you give me faith jesus [Music] [Music] me [Music] [Applause] just your name can heal our brokenness [Music] tears will fall but you're always there [Music] it falls apart and the pieces fall into place life makes sense with your embrace and the glory of the cross lifts me up and gives me faith you give me faith [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] deep in our [Music] souls she's a song [Music] so merciful you gave your life for all our sin yet your justice wars you bring the darkness to its him you resurrect my soul the dead you bring to life again you're so [Music] there's no sweeter name than jesus our lord this peace that we're feeling deep in our souls [Music] jesus our lord [Music] jesus [Music] there's no sweeter [Music] jesus [Music] hallelujah thank you lord jesus hallelujah thank you jesus he is worthy he is worth thank you lord giving the praise to his name amen jesus jesus thank you for salvation thank you for resurrection thank you lord jesus yours is the kingdom yours is the glory glorify the name of jesus the king of kings hallelujah [Music] jesus [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] is [Music] she's [Music] jesus [Music] thank you jesus thank you jesus before before we go off the air tonight i want to encourage everybody at home that's listening get up and just dance [Music] i want you to get up especially those that are depressed or lonely or whatever i want you to get up and just dance just just dance the best you can do in your house your living room wherever you are just we're going to sing that one more time jesus there's no sweeter name than jesus our lord hallelujah hallelujah and all of all the students here at summit and all the visitors you can feel free to break out of your religious box if you want okay you can dance in the aisles you can shout you can sing you can clap you can cry you do every you do whatever you want to do yeah yeah we need some of that we need some of that in here you just let's just let's just praise his name one more time before we go tonight [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus [Music] jesus our lord jesus jesus [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] yes [Music] jesus our lord jesus save your there's no sweeter name than jesus our lord and this peace that we're feeling deep in our souls there's no sweeter name than jesus our lord [Music] hallelujah [Music] don't stop worshiping the lord even if we go thank you so much for joining us we're going to be here next week but you can praise the lord all week long you can praise the lord right praise him give him glory hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] bye

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