Worldwide Prayer Meeting

amen welcome to times square church prayer meeting we're so excited for everything god has in store just lift your hearts wherever you are lift your hands let's worship the lord he's worthy amen let's give him our praise so worthy great is your faithfulness yes great is your faithfulness you never change you never fail oh god so true true are your promises i know true are your promises you never you never change you changed [Music] is the holy one [Music] so why why is grace you never change you never fail oh god so wide is your love why why is your love and grace you never changed [Music] is [Music] praise the holy [Music] were you are you will always be yes you were you are you will always be i believe [Music] [Music] holy hands to praise [Music] [Music] is [Music] and i was buried beneath [Music] my shame and who could carry that kind of way it was my turn till i met you come on singing and i was breathing but not the light [Music] and all my failures i tried to hide it was my tune till i met you [Music] you called my name and i ran out of that grave [Applause] out of the darkness into your glorious day [Music] and now your mercy has saved my soul your freedom god and now your freedom is all that i [Music] the know man knew jesus when i met you you called my name and i ran out of that grave out of the darkness into your glorious day [Music] out of the darkness into your glorious day [Music] i needed rescue my sin was heavy but chains break at the weight of your glory i needed shelter i was an orphan now you call me a citizen of heaven when i was broken you were my healing now your love is the air that i'm breathing i have a future my eyes are open and i ran out of that gray [Music] [Music] out of the darkness [Music] out of the [Music] [Music] thank you god god we declare your victory today [Music] because jesus rose from the dead we are seated in heavenly places with him we are risen to life because of jesus not only have we died with him but we've come to life with him god and we declare that god we believe it hallelujah jesus [Music] thank you god so worthy are you jesus so worthy my hope is built on nothing less than jesus blood and a righteousness i dare not [Music] i dare not trust the sweetest frame but holy trust in jesus name listing my hope is built and my hope is [Music] [Music] i dare not trust [Music] jesus christ [Music] [Music] through [Music] lord when darkness seems to hide his face i can rest i rest on his unchanging [Music] within [Music] my [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] love you the weekly [Music] [Applause] is [Music] when he shall come when he shall come with trumpet sound o may i dead and he'll be found dressed dressed in his right just an for less fondness to stand before the throne [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] praise be to god thank you jesus lord we praise you god that you are the anchor that holds through every storm trial and circumstance of life you make your church unshakable when the waters rise oh god when the winds are blowing we thank you that in you we can stand fast we have a hope that is grounded in nothing this world can offer and nothing this world can take away thank you jesus we bless your name praise be to god those of you that are with us in the house you're welcome to be seated for just a few moments those of you joining us online thank you for giving us the honor of ministering to you now i don't know if you've ever heard people express this but many times whether it's single people or married people there's this expression of fear that comes in the form of i can't imagine bringing kids into a world like this when you look at the corruption the uncertainty the fear the wickedness that is a common thought that plagues people's minds but we as christians have to live above that fear that is not a biblical fear that's not a feeling or a sense that we as the people of god are meant to have and i am so thankful for christian couples who yearn to build families even in an hour like this if moses's parents had said the risk of having children is too great if we have a son they're just going to take him away and throw him in the river you know it's kind of a striking and rather terrifying parallel that in so many ways we today can feel like our kids are being thrown into a river of confusion they're being thrown into a river of corruption in so many ways and that can make us want to back down from the fight to maintain the family unit but beloved i want to remind us that the family is god's most basic building block for advancing his kingdom one of the ways he advances and glorifies his own name in the earth is through the formation of godly families even when those families are forming in an uncertain hour and of all the prayer requests that have been coming in there was one that caught my eye and it's the only one in this category and i just could not pass it over it said from plainview new york praying for son and daughter-in-law to be able to conceive a child struggling with infertility for almost five years and that is a pain that my wife and i have known for the past nine years we know the agony of that kind of disappointment we have walked with couples through that pain and we have prayed with them and we've seen god do miracles we have seen him breathe life into empty wombs and we have seen him bring breakthrough in those areas and in just a moment i'm going to ask one of a couple that here attends our school and our church as well to come and pray just recently they had been waiting on the lord for several years and after a time of prayer in this very sanctuary god breathed life into elena's womb and they're now expecting their first child and we thank god for that we have another young couple that attends our church here they're both alumni of summit they had a similar situation they went through a time of great fear and uncertainty battling infertility my wife and i had the privilege and joy of walking and praying them through that dark valley and they are now they now just welcome their second child into the world all through natural childbirth god gave them conception in two cases and i just want to tell you any parents that are parents to be couples that are longing for children right now god sees you he sees that pain and he has not passed you by and he's not going to leave you in that place forever my wife and i our infertility journey god took ashes and brought beauty out of it he used that place of emptiness to lead us to become adoptive parents we have a beautiful little boy who is 6 years old and as hard as that valley is as hard as that road is i look at him and you will never be able to convince me that god is not good you will never be able to convince me that he doesn't see his people that he doesn't hear cries of pain so whoever you are wherever you are however long you've been waiting he sees you and he loves you and he's not going to leave you there we're going to pray for you right now that god will breathe life into your womb every husband and wife who's aching and they have the cry of life coming from when they're their hearts we're going to believe god to give you a miracle so if all of us here in the sanctuary could stand one more time i'm going to ask dima and elena to come dima's going to lead us in prayer and then i'm going to come and pray after him let's all join together with our faith and our voices dear jesus god we thank you lord that we are testimony here standing before you god you have taken tears of sorrow god and you've turned them into tears of joy father we thank you that you are still a god of miracles lord that you are faithful lord that you have written our story better than we could ever ever invent before god you are so good to us lord and you remain faithful lord and we thank you jesus for who you are lord and what you do god you are so good god we pray for every single family there lord for every family lord for every couple lord you hear every single prayer lord you see and you hold every single tear that is cried god lord i pray that you would come into their homes now god that you would bring comfort to their hearts god that you would show them lord that you are god of miracles lord and that you are with them lord and that you are writing their story god i pray that you would give them faith lord to know that that you are still in control god and that you are with them lord i pray that you would open the wombs of the of the women god that you would breathe alive lord that we would be able to bear children for your glory god because this nation lord this world needs needs children to be brought up god dedicated to you lord people who will serve you all the days of their lives god and influence the nation's god and bring the people to you o god once again lord i pray for your will to be done god bring miracles lord that your name would be glorified in jesus name amen father in this dark hour i pray for hennas all across this nation and all across this world father in this peril time spiritually when there's corruption in the priesthood all over god i pray that you raise up samuels all over this country and all over the world for your glory in jesus name we need a testimony god we need the voice of god a voice of samuel so god to rise up to hear your voice clearly to tell your truth o god in the name of jesus have mercy o god in jesus name and i thank you for our child our miracle child we praise you god in jesus name in jesus mighty name for only you have done this you have done this alone and you deserve the glory and the praise amen thank you heavenly father lord we bless your name god and we thank you that you do not despise our cries o lord father i thank you jesus that you hear the cries of couples all across this world who long for life to come lord jesus i pray for them that you would give them what they're asking for god i pray lord even for those who are fighting secondary infertility you've blessed them with one child but they yearn for another god that cry doesn't come from dissatisfaction that doesn't come from a lack of enjoyment it comes from a desire to love it comes from a desire to give more love oh god and i know that you do not think little of that lord you hear that cry so god i pray that we would have so many testimonies pour in god i even pray for my wife lord jesus god i've seen her like so many moms to be out there lord jesus push through the loneliness encourage and comfort others who are going through the same pain sing through those hard times o god and i pray that their day of joy would come lord i pray that their day o god of of a tree of life hope fulfilled would come to them lord god almighty i thank you that you are able and not only are you able but you are willing lord jesus we love you you are beautiful oh god this was all your idea the beauty of family was your idea oh god let us advance your kingdom the way that you designed and we prayed in jesus name amen and amen [Music] [Music] [Music] of the goodness of [Music] and all god life you have been faithful and all my life you have been so [Music] good [Applause] of the goodness of god love your voice [Music] and you have led me through the fire in darkest nights you are close like no other i've known you as a father i've known you as a friend and i will see in the goodness [Music] [Music] i [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] is [Music] is [Music] [Music] you have been so [Music] good [Music] of the goodness of god [Music] praise god welcome prayer family what a joy to pray with you thank you for joining us i'd just like to say that next week on january 26th 27th and 28th which is tuesday wednesday and thursday of next week we are going to be having a prayer and fasting time together as times square church and as summit and all those that want to join us what we're going to do is meet at 6 00 am for a live prayer time for 30 minutes from 6 to 6 30 and then at 6 30 we'll break up we'll go off live and people that have joined the prayer meeting would you join with people in your connect group or people on the phone or people maybe you're commuting and you want to stay on the on on the phone with each other and pray for the next 30 minutes in small groups and that's what we will be doing here after the live prayer time from 6 to 6 30 we will gather in groups and we will begin to pray the pastor tim has been saying that tuesday the theme of tuesday will be our country on wednesday morning we will be praying for our churches and on thursday morning we'll be praying for our homes and so along with those prayer points we are going to gather join our voices together in prayer and fasting what an amazing thing to be able to do so please plan on joining us next week tuesday wednesday and thursday at 6 00 a.m for a live stream prayer time and if you can fast if you can do a partial fast any kind of fast because it's great because when we fast to some degree it's the subduing of the flesh that the spirit may rise strong somehow jesus faces is clear when that flesh sometimes is pinched a little bit and it's great when we come together he doesn't hear us because we fast he hears because he loves us and he's prom he's a good shepherd he's a good shepherd who loves us so much and it's so beautiful when we can pray to him together and that's one thing that has really been on my heart that i want us to pray for because i in reading the prayer requests i'm very impressed with people who are suffering loneliness and isolation and this loneliness in isolation is is a very dangerous thing many people find themselves in that place maybe because you're in covid and you are in isolation you're in quarantine there are some people their family members are sick and they feel cut off you're facing family tragedy and you're beginning to feel more and more alone and isolated and we have prayer requests from venus in new york and she says please pray for me going through a storm with my sons that never seems to end and there is this isolation and strife in the home venus we're going to join with you that god do something miraculous in your home because when you cry out to him he is pleased and wants to bring you that division that's from the enemy and the isolation god will show you how to pray and change the atmosphere in your home because we're going to join with you from jan and woodside i am feeling so lonely please pray for a godly partner to share the rest of my life with what a great prayer and it goes along with what pastor nick and dima and elena were praying about that the godly the family unit the bedrock of our society it is a good prayer to pray for a mate it is a good prayer to say god can i join with someone that is a person of your choosing and we will join with you jen and finally someone in new york says i want to pray for students who are depressed and lonely at this time and i too want to pray for students many times that are sitting in front of deaths online feeling very disconnected and lonely with how this schooling has gone forward and the hope of our future is the young and i want to pray that their hearts stay strong because there's a revelation that jesus is the good shepherd and the wolves of loneliness and isolation may be trying to circle the camp and pick off the lonely and the isolated but the good shepherd is coming to you and i and we want to pray that lord would you help people to um connect with you in this in lonely times and isolated times and then lord connected to you you will lead them to uh healthy places to be able to pray with each other to read the bible together you will do something lord you will bring supernatural connections into their lives and from that they're going to be able to minister to people and that's how we stay healthy and so i just want to pray for everyone feeling so lonely and isolated in their heart the good shepherd is here he leaves the 90 and 9 to go look for those lonely ones on the hill to come and return them to the flock that's who he is so will you join me in prayer father we just thank you today lord and we just lift up all those that in their spirit oh god are feeling so lonely and isolated i thank you o god you are pleased to answer this prayer i thank you you see every one of them oh god now i pray for the grace upon the lonely and the isolated that they would lift up their heart to the good shepherd who even now is pushing away the wolves lord of loneliness and isolation and coming to seek them lord that you are seeking them and i thank you as they lift up their voice it's like you are hearing their voice and finding them gathering them in your arms and returning them to the fold a safe fold so i thank you o god that we will not fall prey to the enemy's plan of isolating us and putting a loneliness in us oh god because you are the remedy to that and i thank you we are a connected body in you lord we are a family one to another we are your church because you are the center of it and you are the center of our lives and you will keep us connected healthily emotionally in our mind and in our body so i just pray for a new desire o god that we lord would stay connected in a way that you would lead us oh god i thank you o god for churches lord that are gathering i pray for those that right now that are gathering other ways keep them strong lord in their seeking of you and of seeking out others that they maybe stay connected to and minister to i thank you you are hear this prayer oh god lord peter said lord where else can we go you where else can we go but to you lord jesus you alone have the words of eternal life and i thank you that the words you will speak to us in our loneliness and isolation will have life and they will have life in them through eternity what an amazing and a strong promise your word will bring life and it will bring it eternally we are not a defeated people we are connected to an eternal life source oh god that will never end so thank you for reestablishing us lord that we also may in turn be a blessing to others thank you for breaking up strongholds of loneliness and isolation good shepherd jesus in your name we pray amen amen heavenly father i come before you tonight to also lift the people who are lonely and isolated god i come in agreement with pastor gotta ask that you will just take control god and be the comforter that they need god i said god you will go into every home every corner in the elderlies the youth of god the young people oh god the young adult god and take control over their mind god ask god you will captivate their minds and let them remember your love your mercy castle doubt all lie that the enemy is trying to tell them you have neglected us in this moment but god you have not you are with them let them feel your presence in that room in that house oh god father god whether i strife in the midst of god i ask that you bind and you rebuke it oh god i ask god that the presence your holy presence will go into the home and come against any spirit that is of destruction jesus and fill the home with love with kindness with compassion with mercy o god father god for the elderlies oh god for the elderlies who have no one who can't visit them oh god i asked jesus that you comfort them in a special way lord ask jesus that someone will just write a note to them go by the the house and visit oh god and that look from the window will touch their heart and someone will remember them they will know that they are loved jesus oh father god asks that you touch the youths jesus father god covet is affecting so many young people jesus making them think of suicidal thoughts but jesus right now in the name in your holy name oh god i come against that taught that lie of the devil and right now i ask that you give them thought of life dreams and visions oh jesus coined homes and hearts of the young jesus and stir them back to you god that they will know that you are in control that they will know that you love them that they will know that even in the midst of it and all these attacks that they are facing oh god that you are a good father god you are a good father you are a shepherd oh god father god when david was weak he ran to you lord so let them run to you lord let them run to you and father god those who know them let them be a lie those who are of christ let us be lied to those who need to hear and need a reminder that god is still good in the midst of everything that is going on you are wonderful you are mighty god and i praise you god for what you are doing for god i know you hear our cry and you are going to touch many lives today you are going to bring comfort you are going to bring warmth you are going to bring joy into many homes this very moment jesus we glorify your name amen [Music] there's a grace when the heart is under fire another way when the walls are closing in and when i look at the space between where i used to be and this reckoning i know i will never be alone there was another in the fire standing next to me there was another in the waters holding back the seas and should i ever need reminding of how i've been set free there is a cross that bears the burden [Music] and all my dead left for dead beneath the waters [Music] i'm no longer a slave to my sin anymore [Music] and should i fall in the space between what remains of me and this reckoning either way i won't bow through the themes of this world [Music] standing next to me there is another in the waters holding back the seashore [Music] set me free there is a grave that holds nobody and now that power lives [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] i can feel the ground [Music] nothing stands between us nothing stands between us [Applause] [Music] another in the fire standing next to me to be another in the waters holding back the seas should i ever need reminding how good you've been to me i'll count the joy come every battle cause i know that's where you'll be i'll count the joy come everybody [Music] thank you so much for joining us this evening and we want to take a moment to thank you for your generosity because of your generosity we are able to support students from all over the world that cannot afford to go to a bible school but because of your open heart your blessing to them their tuition is being covered so they can be here at summit international school of ministry their other ministries around the world the time square church is involved in and it's all because you are a part of that and we want to say thank you for that and at this time i would like to ask your attention on a screen for the announcement and how you can be a part of this ministry two years ago in chiapas mexico because of your generosity tsc we were able to step in and help provide families with some basic needs such as food and clothing when an emergency need came up after beginning that relationship then we are now able to partner with pastor mariana and another local volunteer in chiapas to serve and provide for a hundred kids and their families thanks to your giving we are able to give these families food bags blankets winter clothes hot meals boots for the kids to protect from snake bites and this is the best part we have been able to provide a party complete with a pinata for them a local family from the closest city came to the lord through these outreaches there was a man from chiapas who as a part of his job was the driver for the very first time square church mission team that visited chiapas he couldn't believe that times square church in new york city so far away was helping a community in his area he was so blown away and curious that he ended up hearing the gospel and was born again through our mission team he had no idea the difficulties this community was facing so we asked our partners how he could get involved in this work then he asked his wife and daughters to help purchase and prepare the food for the next outreach now they are a part of the volunteer team that helps deliver basic necessities to these families in chiapas and now he gets to be a part of sharing the love and compassion of jesus these communities can feel so isolated and forgotten by society but thanks to your support and prayers and pastor mariana and his team these people can know that god cares for them and sent his people to help thank you so much for being a part of this mission times square church your giving helps serve people in chiapas mexico and everywhere else the lord sends us if you're prepared to give today i want to remind you that there's four ways to give here at tsc you can go to our website tsc.nyc forward slash give text give tsc nyc to 77977 download the push pay app or you can mail your check or money order to our office thank you again for your generosity father we thank you for the resources that we have lord they all belong to you and as we share our blessing with others i pray o god that you continue to provide for our families those that are in need those that don't have enough lord help us from the little even that we have to see the needy and often we pray for you to provide for others but can you cause us today to be the very answer to our prayer and cause us to be that blessing and that answer to the many cries around the world lord as we bless others we know that you will take care of us and we thank you for your provision in our life in jesus name we pray amen thank you oh thank you god who am i that the highest key would i was lost but he brought me in [Music] [Music] is [Applause] [Music] while i was a slave to said jesus died for me [Music] [Applause] [Music] yes [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Applause] [Music] i am chosen and not forsaken i am who you say i am you are for me and not against me i am who you say i am i am [Music] i am who you say i am [Music] i am i am who you are says [Music] [Applause] is [Music] [Music] [Music] praise god thank you so much god bless you worship team thank you for those that are with us this evening online god bless you and uh it's so wonderful to be back here at our bible school summit international school of ministry you can be seated here in the sanctuary and and i suppose you're already seated at home those that are listening to us online thank god for this moment in history where we get an opportunity as pastor tim dalina our senior pastor has been talking about to to get into the word and to begin to pray and i heard pastor tim say recently that we have to become a supernatural people again and i believe that with all my heart the kingdom of god is not advanced through human strategy or human ingenuity the kingdom of god is advanced by ordinary people like you and i and in this case uh tonight it's the addicted the afflicted the depressed the the hurting the nobodies and nothings of society that god is going to raise up one more time and as you begin to read his word and begin to talk to him he's going to start talking to you and he's going to raise you up out of weakness and give you strength and take you into places to do things that you never believed you could ever do that will bring glory to his name because you know and others will know that only god could have done this through you so take heart i believe that in our generation no matter how dark it looks it's going to be exactly as it was in the beginning god's going to take this whole group of failures in our generation and those who know they need a savior and he's going to raise up an army one more time to bring glory to his name and you're going to be part of that army so i'm not speaking to anybody online tonight as if you're addicted and afflicted and oppressed and then imprisoned and all of these other diagnoses that you'd want to place on yourself and others would want to put on you as well i'm speaking to you as the victorious army of god that he's going to raise up in this last generation you're going to stand in the strength of god and you're going to do exploits the scripture tells us those who know their god daniel said in these days are going to do exploits you're going to stand and god is going to do through you things that only god can do that he might receive all of the glory because he shares his glory with none other and by taking you and i when we are in the position of weakness we know then that only god could be doing this and we are very quick to give him the glory we're not quick to touch it for ourselves tonight i'm going to speak to you from the gospel of j the epistle of uh james if you'll turn there if you have a device of some sort where you can get access to that and i'm going to talk to you about the forward motion of faith what faith really is how faith is something that's beyond just learning or beyond just understanding scripture some people think that because they believe scripture they have faith not necessarily so you just have a mental agreement with the word of god it doesn't mean that you're a person of faith so father i thank you tonight god for the anointing of your holy spirit i thank you lord for how you are moving your people forward i thank you for prayer i thank you for fasting i thank you for your word i thank you for faith thank you lord that you're going to raise up an army all over this world an army who are submitting prayer requests an army who feel unlovely and unworthy in many cases but it's in that unloveliness and unworthiness that you become everything to your people and you raise us up oh god out of the ashes and produce something of beauty for your namesake and for your glory god almighty i ask you for the anointing of your holy spirit lord jesus christ don't let the sharing be just the accumulation of more knowledge but let us move forward in faith help us my god from this day forward never to be stagnant never to go backwards or stand still but you are always leading to something that brings glory to your name and your name alone and i thank you for it in jesus name amen james chapter 2 beginning at verse 14. i'm talking about the forward motion of faith what does it profit my brethren if someone says he has faith but does not have works can faith save him if a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food and one of you says to them depart in peace be warned and filled but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body what does it profit thus also faith by itself if it does not have works is dead but someone will say you have faith and i have works show me your faith without your works and i will show you my faith by my works you believe that there is one god you do well even the demons believe and tremble but do you want to know a foolish man that faith without works is dead was not abraham our father justified by works when he offered isaac his son on the altar do you see that faith was working together with his works and by works faith was made perfect and the scripture was fulfilled which says abraham believed god and it was accounted to him for righteousness and he was called the friend of god you see then that a man is justified by works and not by faith only likewise was not rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way for as the body without the spirit is dead so faith without works is dead also that's a phenomenal statement that one line of scripture is the body without the spirit of is dead so faith without works is dead also you see there's there's there's this erroneous thought that the accumulation of knowledge somehow in this or any other generation is actually faith but true faith is not stagnant true faith does not stand in one place true faith starts moving forward into that which god is desiring to accomplish through the life that belongs to him you see this is what james is implying true faith moves into something that only god can do and it always moves into a mountain of fallen humanity and human need that's that's the point he's trying to make don't say you have faith if you're not willing to go into the work of god if if you're not willing to be led by god into the places that only god can take you to do the things that only god can put in your heart to do then don't declare yourself to be a person of faith if that's not what your life is all about learning is not faith learning is a good thing faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of god so it's wonderful to learn the word of god but the word of god and communication with god leads us into a place where god is determining to do through us what he has destined our lives to be from the time we were conceived in our mother's womb god had a plan for you and god had a plan for me and when faith comes into our heart we start moving towards that that plan paul the apostle warns us in second timothy chapter 3 and verse 7 that in the last days many of god's people will be characterized by this this one thing they're always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth always accumulating knowledge but the knowledge never takes them to forward motion to that place where the knowledge of god should take us to we we are given as the scripture says a new mind in other words there are new thoughts that god plants in our mind where we're given a new heart we start moving towards human nade around us human condition we start moving into the actual work of god which is the redemption of fallen humanity and we're given a new spirit by this by god which means that we're given courage maybe that's not our own the ability to hear the voice of god when he says this is the way walk ye in it it is a wonderful thing to be a supernatural person in christ that means we're taken out of the natural by the spirit of god we're given faith to believe god by the word of god because the things that god speaks are true they're eternal truths they can't be taken away this is who god is this is what god does and every life that will accomplish something for god moves towards its purpose by that which god supplies now here's a point i want you to think about for what you're called to do every person who's listening tonight god has given you exactly what you need to accomplish it you don't have to add to it you don't have to take away from it he knows what you need in the book of esther this young girl was raised up by god and planted in the king's court sovereignly for a specific time in history truly amazing but this young girl had to go through a test i believe before god could use her and here's where the test really begins in esther chapter 2 and verse 15 it says now when the turn came for esther the daughter of abigail the uncle of mordecai who had taken her as his daughter to go into the king she requested nothing but what hagai the king's eunuch the custodian of the women advised and esther obtained favor in the sight of all who saw her and esther was taken to king of hazras in his royal palace in the tenth month which is the month of tebah in the seventh year of his reign the king loved esther more than all the other women and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins so we set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of vashti and i love the fact this was the initial test god had a specific plan for esther and she didn't add to that plan she didn't take away from that plan there was a trust in this young girl's heart she didn't ask she didn't try to she didn't try to procure other things other than what was provided what it really tells me is that she said i'm in the hands of god and whatever god provides for me that's what that's all that i'm going to need to accomplish what he has called me to do you see a lot of people miss out on the plan of god because they scheme and they add things to the plan of god to the purpose of god and to the the things that god gives to accomplish uh what our lives are supposed to be and a life that will be supernaturally used of god the hallmark of that life is simple trust in god i trust in god you'll read it in the psalms with of david you'll you'll see it all throughout scripture those who learn to trust in god they are the ones that god will use when we don't have to have a plan we don't have to sit down and add to the to the work of god we don't have to reach our hand out to try to support the work of god that god's plan and god's provision is actually enough for each of us to move forward into the life plan that god has for us esther had no idea i don't she had no idea at the moment where she requires nothing to go in in her first encounter with the king she requires nothing she has no idea that her life is the life that's going to spare the lives of countless hundreds of thousands of her people she has no idea that she's going to become a co-regent with her husband one day and she's going to be rewriting the laws of death into laws of life she has no idea what god is about to do but she trusts that she is in the hand of god and god is going to use her life for a divine purpose if i can bring it to summation this particular thought this evening is don't add to what god has for your life and you don't have to figure it all out that's what makes a people a supernatural people when god starts doing sovereignly through your life what only god can do you can't do it for yourself you can't do it in yourself and it makes no sense to the natural man the the person outside the kingdom of god the ways of god are total foolishness to that particular person esther moves initially into this encounter with the king with a simple trust in her heart and i believe that was the preliminary test not adding not not scheming not asking for for things that really she didn't need to do what she was called to do because later on she was going to have to go in again with the things that god had provided through prayers and through fasting she was going to have to go in and trust in the simple intercession that the hand of the king was going to move in her direction and the mercy of the king and the favor of the king was going to be given to her and later on when she arranged a banquet to expose the enemy of god's people she had enough wisdom not to speak the first night at the banquet but to wait see she had learned to trust in god and until god gave the word she was not to speak until god unfolded the plan she was not to try to unfold it herself she could have done it so much sooner but she she was a young girl who simply learned to trust in god and that god will give me everything i need to do his work and quite often it will appear to be foolish in the sight of natural people and maybe even in your own site think of david for a moment when he goes down to the brook to pick five smooth stones out of a brook to fight against a nine foot nine giant who's been a warrior from his youth who's whose tip of his spear alone weighs 15 pounds he's wearing a coat of iron that weighs 125 pounds and he's going to fight against him with five little pebbles out of a brook it would have seemed ridiculous but it was what god had provided for the battle think of moses heading out of uh into egypt with his staff and his one-line sermon and his his brother who was not even fully engaged in the things of god thinking this in the natural this is ridiculous i've got to have more than this surely i've got to maybe contact some of my old friends in the palace and see if they can muster together at least some people with political influence or or some kind of a rag tag army that we can put together to to make ourselves more of an imposing threat when we come before the throne of pharaoh but no this man had just a simple trust that the one line sermon and this stick in his hand and his older brother was going to be enough to defeat one of the largest and most powerful armies on the earth of his day and bring millions of his own countrymen out of bondage and into freedom you think of gideon heading up a mountainside and in groups of 100 300 of them all together with a sword and a jar and a torch in their hand and nothing more of a battle plan that's all they needed that's what god gave them for this battle he gave them a plan and he gave them a sword he gave them a torch and he gave them a clay jar and said you just do it my way and there's going to be a wonderful victory one against 135 000 midianites that had come in prepared to fight and prepared to devour the land jonathan all he had was a sword and an armor bearer who was with him in heart climbing up as on their hands and knees up on this mountainside to take a half acre back from a garrison of the philistine army and how about samson where the lord sent him out to fight against some of the philistine army with nothing more than a dunk his jawbone in his hand not only did was it a weapon that succeeded in defeating a thousand warriors but it also gave him drink out of the hollow in the jaw you see the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but they're mighty through god to the pulling down of strongholds casting down imaginations and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of christ and the bible says in the book of hebrews chapter 11 the writer of hebrews says what more shall i say time would fail me to tell of gideon and barack and samson and jephthah and david and samuel and the prophets who through faith subdued kingdom see their faith had a forward motion to it worked righteousness obtained promises stopped the mouths of lions quenched the violence of fire escaped the edge of the sword out of weakness were made strong became valiant or courageous in battle and turned to flight the of the aliens i encourage you again read hebrews chapter 11. it's all about the weak and the afflicted and the nobodies and the nothings of society that god raised up and through them his kingdom advanced because their faith had a forward motion and so i want to challenge all that are listening to that challenge the young people in this sanctuary i challenge those that are online tonight let your faith have a forward motion not just to get you out of something but to get you into where you need to go not to get you just out of egypt but get you into the promised land your faith must have a forward motion and that forward motion is literally fueled by the desire to bring glory to god again in the earth the desire to say lord jesus christ i want you to be honored through my life i want you to use my life for a healing oil for those that have no joy no hope and no future i want you to use me as a key to unlock prison doors i want you to use me god as a voice that can that can conquer as it is the voices of the enemy that are trying to push people into depression and drugs and suicide god almighty in the name of jesus use my life for your glory that is the that is the cry that produces a forward motion that is the cry of the heart that says god i trust you you will put into my hand everything i need i don't have to scheme this i don't have to plan this i don't have to strategize this you will lead me you will be the voice that says this is the way walk in it and you'll give me what i need if i need a word of wisdom you'll give me a word of wisdom if i need the faith to believe somebody can be healed you'll put that faith in my heart before you put it in my hand and in my voice if i need to be a key to unlock somebody's prison door you'll give me the courage to approach that place of darkness and the courage to believe that there's no door there's no barrier that can stop the hand and the word of almighty god through jesus christ this is the forward motion of faith for for much too long many of god's people have just stayed in a place where the devil has told them don't move because you're this or you're that because you're depressed or you're addicted or you're or you're poor or you're uneducated or whatever it is you are but god says no rise up my beloved army rise up people of god rise up and let me one more time be god to you and let me be god through you and let me show through you to this generation that i indeed am still god i am all powerful i have all knowledge i created all things and i will be here when this world is folded up and recreated when it's all over i'll still be here let me show you once again who i am by taking a week by taking a marginalized by taking those of you listening to me online tonight that have come to the understanding or this world has tried to tell you you're never going to amount to anything your life will never have any kind of a divine purpose it's time to put that thinking under your feet it's time to tread on those words of the devil himself and stand up in your living room and say no i'm going forward in the strength of my god and god will give me what i need if it's some spices some ointments some stones a stick if it's a one-line sermon it doesn't matter god has already proven to me that he's able to bring people out of bondage and into freedom through the weakest vessel in his hand i refuse to be still in this generation i refuse to lay down and suffer defeat and let that be the portion of my life when people all around me are headed for an eternal hell without the saving knowledge of jesus christ i'm not going to just tell them who god is i'm going to let god show them who he is through my life by the grace of almighty god and i'm going to start at the beginning and i'm going to go in with what god gives me and do what god calls me to do in the strength of god's holy spirit you are the end time army of god listen to me you who have come to believe that you'll never amount to anything more than a drug addict or a poor person or somebody that no nobody listens to you are no different from those who have come before you all through scriptural history it is god who has taken the barren wound to produce a voice that can guide the nation it is god who causes the blind man to see and gives him a testimony to tell others i used to be blind but the hand of christ touched me and now i can see it is god who raises people out of death and brings them into life it is god who opens prison doors and we we beckon to the prisoners behind us follow me as i follow christ it is god who takes the weak and the weary and the nobodies and the nothings and the marginalized of society and raises us up to be a victorious mighty army hallelujah not in our strength but in our weakness and in the strength of our god so i'm calling you rise up oh church of god rise up beloved bride of jesus christ let something get into your spirit this is enough of this enough of being beaten by the winds of life enough of being cast down by the works of darkness i'm going to stand up and in the power of my god i'm going to let him declare his own majesty his own glory his own grace his own power his own victory through my life as weak as it might be it's not about me anymore it's about the christ in me who raises men and women from the dead hallelujah hallelujah remember this one thing the gospel we preach is about dead men living hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah we're going to come to the communion table this evening and while we prepare to do that our worship team is going to return to the platform to sing to lead us in a song of praise and while we prepare to come to the communion table remember remember that the son of god went to a cross died on that cross in your place to pay the price for the sin which means the wrong that you've done against the way god says you should live speak or be he took your place when you believed on him your sin was washed away the spirit of god came and took up residence inside your life and you became a new creation and as you confess him with your mouth every promise in this book that was given to you and given to me by the shed blood of jesus christ becomes ours and with the promises comes the power to start moving forward in christ's name so we're going to come we're going to share communion together and as we do i encourage you to believe that not only are you forgiven your sin but you have become a new creation in christ god's going to do something marvelous through your life get some juice get some crackers some bread whatever you have and we're going to have communion together in just a moment [Music] how great the chasm that lay between us [Music] in desperation i turned to heaven and spoke your name into the night then through the darkness [Music] your lovingkindness tore through the shadows of my soul the work is finished the end is written jesus christ [Music] who could imagine who could imagine so great a mercy what heart could affect such boundless grace the god of ages step down from glory to where my sins [Music] the cross has spoken [Applause] [Music] is [Music] jesus christ [Music] [Applause] [Music] jesus christ hallelujah [Music] [Music] jesus christ hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hallelujah thank you jesus thank you lord thank you god thank you jesus for i received from the lord that which i also delivered to you that the lord jesus on the same night in which he was betrayed took bread when he'd given thanks he broke it and said take eat 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 dew 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 lord what you provided for us on the cross is sufficient for each of us to become everything that you have destined us to be we don't have to add to it we don't have to take away from it lord jesus christ it's enough and don't let it ever look foolish in our sight god help us lord to have the eyes of faith and not naturalize help us to see that what you give lord is off times to show us that yours is the power it's the kingdom it's the glory it's all about you lord so father i thank you god i thank you lord i want to just have a prayer before we close with a song tonight just for everybody this is something the spirit of god's put on my heart everybody who says i'm going to go forward with what god gives me i don't need anything else could you just raise your hand wherever you are in the sanctuary or i'm just going forward with what god gives me now make it a prayer make it a dedication of your life right now father we don't need more than who you are we don't need anything greater than your word and your spirit we don't need any more god than the giftings that you give to those that you call to do your work and so it even if it looks foolish to the natural man we're going to go forward with what we have and just like esther we're going to believe that our lives are going to be used of you to bring great freedom and even to rewrite laws of death into laws of life we're going to believe like hannah that our prayers are going to be heard and in our barrenness life is going to be produced and not only life but a voice that can guide the nation god give us your voice give us a voice that can guide the nation through this darkness we're now in father thank you even now i'm asking you to raise up people in their living rooms raise them up in their bedrooms those that are sitting on benches with their cell phones those that are in their cars listening to this prayer meeting tonight raise them up raise them up by the spirit of almighty god raise up your army as you did in ezekiel's day raise up the bones lord that have died around altars put breath upon them put sinews and muscle and put the breath of god in us and let us be an exceeding great army again in our generation father thank you thank you lord that oft times you have to wait till we're nothing to so that we can understand that you are everything to us you are mercy you are wisdom you are righteousness you are redemption you are life you are strength you are eternity to you belongs to glory thine is the kingdom the power and the glory now and forever and ever and ever and ever hallelujah hallelujah lord raise your people lord raise your people god all around the globe those that have sent in prayer requests from africa tonight from india from asia from europe from canada from the united states god from all around the world from central america my god raise your church raise your church lord jesus christ raise your whole body let your holy spirit come lord and let there be a song of glory to you and the earth my god in this last day do it supernaturally lord do it sovereignly do it in the way that only you can hallelujah bring a glorious glorious harvest of souls into your house and into your kingdom in this last day and let it be done lord through those of us who'd never believed that you could use us for your glory oh god oh god let our faith lead us forward in jesus mighty and glorious and unmatchless name in his name we pray amen and amen and amen hallelujah hallelujah we're gonna go with a song of victory tonight and i i want that song to stay in your heart don't let it die at the end of this meeting but sing it all night sing it when you get up in the morning seek it throughout your days god is going to use you for his glory in this generation i look forward to hearing of the exploits that god's going to do through your life bless you see you soon my shame [Music] and who could carry that kind of weight [Music] it was my tune till i met you i was breathing i was breathing but not [Music] and all my failures i tried to hide it was my tune [Music] till i met you you called my name and i ran out of that grave [Music] out of the darkness into your glorious day you called my name you called my name [Music] into your glorious day [Music] your freedom and now your freedom is all that i know [Music] jesus [Music] out of the darkness into your glorious day you called my name [Music] into your glorious day [Music] i needed rescue my sin was heavy but chains break at the weight of your glory i needed shelter i was an orphan now you call me a citizen of heaven when [Music] my eyes are open [Music] and i ran out of [Applause] of the darkness into your glorious day hallelujah [Music] [Music] jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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