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July 10, 2023 · 45 min
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0:00 Father, we are going to battle this morning, but you didn't leave us empty handed. You have given us in our heart and in our hand the sword of the spirit, your living active word.0:12 Holy spirit, I pray as the author of scripture that you will be our teacher this morning and you will equip the saints in everything they are in Christ and all0:23 of the power and privileges that they have in their new identity so that when we leave here, we leave here with a holy boldness and a humble certainty.0:36 We ask this in the name that's above every name. In fact, we bind any demonic spirits that are attempting to distract us from this holy word. We bind them in that name, the name of Jesus and we cast them into0:48 the pit. It's in his name we pray. Amen and amen. Now the title of this message is 5 handles on prayer. Why 5 handles? What does that0:59 even mean? Well, there was a great theologian who once said, if you've been entrusted with the spiritual gift of preaching or you've been entrusted with the spiritual gift of teaching, your job1:11 is to take doctrine from God's word, put a handle on it so God's people can grab it and carry it in to their everyday life. So my prayer for you1:23 this week is that you will grab ahold of at least 1 handle on prayer this morning. If you grab a hold of 2, praise God. If you grab a hold of 3, you may be preaching here1:35 next week or somewhere. We'll see. Alright church. If we're really going to understand the supernatural power of prayer, then here's handle number1:46 1. This is where we have to start. This is the filter. Number 1, we must fix our focus on the spiritual realm. If we're gonna understand the supernatural1:58 power that we have in prayer, we have to fix our focus on the spiritual realm. Now you know the spiritual realm is that realm that is the dimension that's all around2:10 us. It's full of angels and demons. It's where all spiritual activity and spiritual warfare takes place. If you and I are going to experience all of the supernatural power that we have in prayer,2:22 the bible says we need to start fixing our focus not on the seen temporary horizontal realm, but you and I need to start fixing our focus on the spirit realm.2:35 In second Corinthians chapter 4, the apostle Paul is comparing and contrasting the natural realm to the supernatural realm and he is calling us2:47 to keep our focus on the supernatural realm, that spiritual dimension that's all around us. Let's start at verse 16. The spirit through Paul says, so we do not lose2:59 heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing3:11 for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are3:22 seen are transient but the things that are unseen are eternal. Later in his letter to the church at Ephesus, he says the same thing. He says, we3:34 wrestle not with flesh and blood. That's the natural realm. We wrestle not with flesh and blood but with rulers and authorities and powers of the spirit realm. Now3:46 when it comes to the spirit realm, we who live in the western world have some catching up to do and this was all caused back in the eighteenth century when the3:57 enlightenment movement came into western When the enlightenment movement came in, it did away with everything that was supernatural and tried to replace it with4:09 everything that is rational and all weights and measures. So you and I grew up in a culture where if you couldn't weigh it, you couldn't measure it, you couldn't see it, you couldn't touch it, it didn't exist.4:21 Okay. Here's the good news. Cheypen University says by a recent study they did that Americans are growing in their belief in the spirit realm. Now for those of us4:33 who have been overseas to Africa, Asia, maybe the third world, we realize that their cultures never stopped believing in the spirit realm. If you go over there and you talk about spirits, they4:45 know exactly what you're talking about. It's part of their everyday reality. When I was overseas once, the spirit gave me the wisdom to use the spirit realm as the connector to share the4:57 gospel. So I was talking to a guy and I said, do you believe in all the spirits? Oh yes, I believe in all the spirits. And I said, well I do too. In fact, I was sent here by the 1 great and true spirit, the holy5:08 spirit. And he brought me here because he's been pursuing you in love and all these other spirits have been lying to you and they'll only lead to eternal death and all those other spirits are underneath the5:20 feet of the 1 true spirit, the holy spirit of Jesus Christ and he is here to give you eternal life. It's interesting in our first church plant, we had a young lady who came from South5:32 Korea. She grew up a Buddhist. She grew up down the street from a Buddhist temple. Praise God, she repented and received Christ. The 1 great true spirit.5:44 About a week after she became a Christian, she frantically called my wife 1 morning and she said, miss Beth, I had a prayer last night. I mean I had a dream last night and there was a lion and it was battling a dragon5:55 and the lion bit the dragon's head off. What does that mean? And my wife flowing with the spirit said that Jesus is the lion of Judah and he has defeated sin, satan and hell because she knew. Don't fight6:07 it. She knew. Okay church, once we fix our focus on the spiritual realm, it doesn't stop there. Listen to this next teaching point. We must recognize6:19 our position in the spirit realm. Okay. We've fixed our focus on the spirit realm. Now we need to understand what is our position in the spirit6:31 realm. Ephesians 2 verses 4 through 6 tell us what our new place is, our new position in the spirit realm. The spirit through Paul says, but now being rich6:43 in mercy because of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. By grace, you have been6:55 saved. Okay. That's a great place for an amen. By grace, you have been saved Amen. And raised up with him and seated us with him in heavenly7:07 places in Christ Jesus. God's word is telling you, if you're born again, this is how you're positioned. Your7:18 body will be redeemed. First Corinthians 15. It's wasting away. You know your body's wasting away. Right? Because every Sunday morning it takes longer to get ready, longer7:30 to get up because your body is wasting away. We will receive a new body when we get to heaven. It's gonna be glorified, sinless, sickless. So our body will7:42 be redeemed. Colossians 3 says, our mind is being redeemed. That's why we're to set our mind on things above, not earthly things, but our spirit has been fully7:54 redeemed. That means at the very moment that you repented and received Christ, your spirit was transported immediately into the spiritual realm to be seated with8:06 Christ at the right hand of the father. This makes you a major player in the spiritual realm. There's a lot of Christians who are8:18 ignorant about that. They're walking around like 5 year olds with a flamethrower. They have no idea what they have or how powerful it is. If you are born again, you are seated with Christ right8:30 now in the heavenlies, in your spirit and you are a major player in the spiritual realm. That's why satan is after your identity. That's why he keeps lying to you because he doesn't want you to know that you8:42 have that spiritual flamethrower in your position possession. Now that's not all. It keeps getting better. Look at this next truth. We must embrace our8:53 authority in the spiritual realm. We said the bible commands us to fix our focus on the spiritual realm. We talked about our position in the spiritual realm9:05 but now we must embrace the authority that we have in the spiritual realm. Look at what Jesus said to the 72 disciples after they returned from life on9:17 mission. He said in Luke 10 19, behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the9:29 enemy and nothing shall hurt you. Okay. If there was ever a verse that you should have underlined in your bible, it's that 1. If there was ever a verse that you should have9:41 memorized, it's that 1. Because if you are born again in Christ, behold, you have been given the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over9:53 all the power of the enemy and nothing shall hurt you. This is staggering. This should change the way that you pray. You can pray10:04 with all authority over all the power of the enemy. Picture it this way. Think of a football field. You've got 2210:16 behemoths out there who are strong and powerful and then you got 4 guys that are about 150 pounds each dripping wet, but they have10:28 authority over the whole field. The players cannot touch them. The players cannot change their call. They're the referees. They're not stronger than the football players.10:40 They don't have more power than these football players but they are wearing the striped shirt of authority. You know, at the moment you and I got saved, we were clothed in Christ's10:51 righteousness and we in the heavenly realms now wear the striped shirts of all authority over everything demonic. That's who we are in Christ.11:05 Next, handle number 2, Ways to grow in recognizing the spiritual realm. How can I get more discerning about the spiritual realm11:17 that's all around me? How can I become more in tune with what the Holy Spirit is doing around me? How can I learn to put up my spiritual radar so I11:29 can really see with the eyes of my heart what is going on in the spiritual realm? I mean I'm positioned there already. I have all authority already. How can I grow in11:41 recognizing the spiritual realm? Here's a few ways. Number 1, renew your mind daily. That's what11:53 Romans 12 2 says us, do not be conformed to the patterns of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind with the word of God. Every day the world is trying to wear12:05 us down. The enemy is lying to us and he wants us to focus horizontally and only in the natural. That's why every day we need to renew and cleanse our mind12:17 of that kind of thinking so that we could be thinking again about where the real action is. It's in the spirit realm. It's vertical. We need to renew our mind. I'm gonna go c s12:28 Lewis on you. When c s Lewis wrote about Narnia, the way you got into Narnia was you opened up the wardrobe and it opened you up to a whole new realm, a whole new dimension. When you and I open the word12:40 of God, we're opening up the wardrobe, the entrance into the spiritual realm. A second way we can grow is choosing daily12:52 to walk in the spirit. Galatians 5 says that you and I have a choice every morning. We can get up and walk in the flesh like our old sinful days and be self centered13:04 and self focused or we can get up and willfully give that day to the Holy Spirit and choose to walk in the spirit and say, spirit, I'm submitting my life to you today. I'm13:15 cooperating with you. I'm surrendering to you and your sanctifying work in me. That makes us very in tune with the holy spirit. We have our spiritual radar13:27 up and watch who God brings across your path. Now you and I have the choice to get up and resist the spirit, squelch the spirit, quench the spirit, but if you and I13:39 choose to walk in the spirit, we will see many more things that are taking place in the spiritual realm. Next, ask for a fresh filling of the Holy13:51 Spirit every day. Jesus said in Luke 11 13, but you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children. How much14:02 more will your father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask? We need a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit every day and he makes us14:14 very in tune with the spiritual realm. The late doctor Bill Bright who founded Campus Crusade for Christ, he called this daily spiritual discipline14:26 spiritual breathing. That you and I should get up, that we should breathe out and confess any known sins in our life. And once we've done that, we should inhale14:38 a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit. Next, pray for and earnestly desire spiritual gifts especially14:50 that you may prophesy. Do you know that that is a command to every believer? That you would first Corinthians 14 1, you would pursue love15:02 and earnestly desire spiritual gifts especially that you may prophesy. That's not just for pastors, that's not just for missionaries, they're not just for15:13 bishops, that's for every born again believer. It is a command from God that you and I would pursue love first and foremost and we would earnestly desire,15:25 ask for, pray for, anticipate spiritual gifts especially that we may prophesy. Now acts chapter 215:37 says that this is how our church should look. In the last days declares the Lord, it shall be that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh and your15:48 sons and your daughters shall prophecy and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams. Now we know we're in the last days16:00 because that dispensation started at the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. And when I hear that in the last days, our sons and daughters are gonna16:11 prophesy and your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams. I don't see a lot of that happening at brave church because we're not obeying the command of first Corinthians 1416:23 1. Pursue love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts. Now when you start praying and asking for spiritual gifts that put your spiritual16:34 radar up, watch out because the Holy Spirit has a whole bunch of spiritual gifts on the shelves of heaven he has been waiting to pour out on brave church.16:48 Now for months I have been earnestly designing spiritual gifts. The gift of prophecy, words of knowledge, words of wisdom, the gift of healing.17:00 To operate in them biblically, not to keep for myself. I'm just the mailman. I'm to deliver them to other believers in the church. First Corinthians 14 3 says, for their comfort, their strengthening and their17:12 encouragement. Then you know it's biblical. A few weeks ago I had a couple come up for prayer and I said, what would you like prayer for? And they said, we we just got engaged and we would like17:24 prayer for our engagement period in our new marriage and I said, I would love to do that because God created marriage so I'd love to pray his blessing over your marriage. So I started praying17:36 for them and right in the middle of my prayer, the Holy Spirit gave me a gift of prophecy. He gave me a picture, a vision of prophecy to give to them.17:48 I did not have paralysis by analysis, I just let it flow right in my prayer. So I go from blessing this couple with God's blessing on the marriage and I said, and I pray for this18:00 young man that he will faithfully walk the borders of his marriage, that he will faithfully walk the borders of his new family and he will protect18:12 his new wife physically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally from toxic attacks, from dysfunction from her extended family.18:24 In Jesus name, amen. They looked up, she's in tears and he's shocked and he starts smiling and he said, did she call you?18:38 I said, no. God loves your marriage. That was a gift from the holy spirit. I'm just the mailman. That was from him to18:49 you. God wants to do a lot more of that in brave church and I know it because it's a command. Pursue love and earnestly desire19:01 spiritual gifts. Okay. The last way to be still, the last way to grow in looking at the spirit realm is be still and know that he is19:12 God. Does that sound familiar? That is Psalm 46 10. That's a way that you and I can start seeing more into the spirit realm of the eyes of our heart is that you19:24 and I are still and know that he is God. You and I live in the tyranny of the urgent, don't we? With all kinds of distractions and all that those things do is it make us19:36 focus temporarily in the horizontal. You're never really gonna hear the spirit. You're never gonna really see what's going on in the spirit realm, but if you obey that command, be still and know that I19:48 am God and you take time to sit in silence before God Almighty, pretty soon you start recognizing things. You start hearing things from the20:00 spirit. You start seeing visions from the spirit. It's just like walking into a room that's totally dark. If you and I walk into a room that's totally dark at first, we don't see anything, but20:12 then if we sit in there awhile and that our pupils adjust to the surroundings, pretty soon we're making out little shapes and things and faint rays of20:24 light. That's what you and I need to do if you want to become attuned to the spirit realm. God will not be rushed. He will not be microwaved.20:35 We must be still and know that he is God. It's an act of worship and God will honor that. Okay saints, look at handle number 3.20:48 We must believe that our prayers don't stop at the ceiling. Have you ever been dry in your prayer life and lacking faith in your prayer life and21:00 you're like, is this even mean anything? Am I just saying words out loud? Is God even listening? Do my prayers matter? Sometimes I say them and I feel like they're just floating away and they21:12 hit the ceiling and just fall to the ground. God knew that we would have doubts like this about the supernatural power of prayer So he gave us a picture of what happens to21:24 our prayers if we pray in a new testament way in Jesus name with proper motives because that's how we're told to pray. He gave us this picture in Revelation chapter 5.21:36 Now let's set up the context of what Revelation 5 is. It's about 95 a d, the apostle John is getting old. The Roman government wants to get rid of him and his Christian21:48 influence but they don't want to martyr him because they're thinking then he's really gonna spread so they exile him to the penal colony on the island of Patmos and they think they've22:00 gotten rid of him and his influence. Well that was all the sovereignty of God because God needed to take John somewhere we could have his undivided attention because he's about to download the entire book of revelation22:12 to him. And when John is shown what's going on in the spirit realm, the throne room of God, he tells us what happens to our prayers. Let's read Revelation 522:23 beginning at verse 6, and between the throne and the 4 living creatures and among the elders I saw a lamb standing as though it had been slain22:35 with 7 horns and with 7 eyes which are the 7 spirits of God sent out into all the earth. And he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on22:47 the throne and when he had taken the scroll, the 4 living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the lamb each holding a harp and golden22:59 bowls full of incense which are the prayers of the saints. Alright. Now who are the 4 living creatures? Most bible scholars agree that these are super23:10 angels created only to be at the throne of God and to reflect God's glory back to him 24 7. They're also there guarding the throne of God and they will disperse23:22 judgment in the last days. Who are the 24 elders? Bible scholars don't agree exactly in who they are. Are they angels? Some bible scholars believe that 12 of them are the heads of the tribes of23:34 Israel and the other 12 are the 12 apostles bringing together the old covenant and the new covenant. I like that 1. Does anyone else like that? I just like it because it's clean. Okay? It makes my bible make sense.23:47 But no matter who they are, did you catch what's going on in verse 8? And when he had taken the scroll, the 4 living creatures and the 24 elders fell down before the lamb Jesus, each holding a23:58 harp and golden bowls full of incense which are the prayers of the saints. How precious are our prayers to Jesus that he keeps24:10 them in golden bowls before his throne. This means the shortest, simplest, most humble prayer I will ever pray. Lord help me24:22 If I'm doing it in the name of Jesus with proper motives, you know where that prayer goes? It doesn't hit the ceiling and fall to the ground. It is immediately transported into the throne room of God and it's brought24:33 before Jesus and is put into golden bowls and my prayers are like incense to Jesus and he loves my prayers. He loves their fragrance because it's a fragrance of dependence.24:45 It's a fragrance of faith. It is a fragrance of worship like God, you own everything. I got nothing and all I got are good gifts from you so they are24:57 a fragrant offering and then those bowls are poured out before Jesus. My prayers are poured out before him and at the proper time and his perfect timing,25:09 he will answer every single 1 of those. That's where your prayers and my prayers go. Now church, don't miss that divine combination. What25:21 again are the 4 living creatures and 24 elders holding in their arms? 2 items. The golden bowls, your prayers and mine, but they also have something else. They have a harp representing the25:32 worship of Christ the king. This is going on 24 7. Harp and bowl worship. Praise prayer. Praise25:44 prayer. How many of you have ever been to a first Tuesday here at brave? Would you say that that's an anointed time? That you meant the presence of God there? It's because it's25:56 mimicking the pattern of what's going on in the throne room right now. We do praise and then we weave together prayer and then we do praise and then we do prayer.26:08 Remember what Jesus said we should pray like, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. On first Tuesdays, you and I are doing kingdom come26:20 prayer and worship, harp and bowl worship. That's why first Tuesday is so anointed with the presence of the Holy Spirit. Okay. Handle number 4,26:32 we can't fully appreciate our power in prayer without understanding the ministry of angels. You and I cannot fully appreciate26:44 our power in prayer without understanding the ministry of angels. Okay, now we have to do a quick update here. We have to update some things cause back in the renaissance period, the26:56 masters, the the painters, what they did is they were inspired by the word of God. They took some artistic license but they painted several masterpieces with their best27:07 idea of what biblical angels look like and we got paintings like this. Beautiful but they need to be updated. Taking the27:19 artistic license that the masters had, the the painters back in the renaissance period, what if we took a biblical passage like Ezekiel 1 where the prophet Ezekiel has a vision of great wheels before27:31 the throne of God right next to warrior angels that are assigned to protect the holiness of God and we type that all into AI bible and its generator, what do we get? I27:42 think that's a lot more accurate. I'm gonna tell you. It might not be perfect but I think it's a lot closer than those chubby ones. How about Luke chapter 1 where the priest Zacharias in the temple offering sacrifices to27:54 God, an angel appears and he is afraid. The angel showed up with a message from the throne room of God saying, you will be the son of John the Baptist. If we put that in the AI28:06 bible generator, what do we get? That's probably what it was. Daniel chapter 12 where Mark Michael is described as the great prince, the archangel and protector of the28:18 nation of Israel. Put that in, what do we get? That's probably closer. We're taking some artistic license, I admit it but I think those are closer and more accurate than the28:30 chubby cherubim. Alright? Okay. Here's a brief overview of how the bible describes the ministry of angels. This is not exhaustive. Angels, they are created28:41 spiritual beings, not in the image of God, only mankind is in the image of God. They are mighty in strength, mighty in discernment and mighty in intellect. They are28:53 most often invisible though not always. They were created to worship God, be God's messengers, minister to God's people, protect God's people, patrol the earth and spiritual29:04 realm and carry out war against the demonic forces. And don't miss this. We see several instances in scripture where God29:16 immediately dispatches angels in response to the prayers of his people. Think acts chapter 12, Peter is put into prison, he's chained to 429:27 squads of soldiers. In the natural, there's no way he's gonna get out of there, but there was a prayer meeting going on at Mary's house at the same time. They were earnestly praying to God for the release29:39 of Peter and because of their prayers, God dispatched an angel and he released Peter. What about second kings 19? In history, God's people are29:51 surrounded by the Assyrian army and they're way outnumbered. They're about to get slaughtered and King Hezekiah of Judah, he prays to God a very humble powerful prayer. He30:03 says, God, we know that you're the most powerful over everything in the universe. Nothing is impossible for you and we are in trouble. If you don't rescue us, we will not be rescued. God loved that30:14 prayer and at the word of Hezekiah's prayer, he released an angel and that night the angel killed 185000 Assyrian troops. Those are the kind of angels that we30:26 have access to and we have another account in Daniel chapter 10 that really pulls back the curtain on what's going on in the spirit realm. Daniel chapter 10 beginning30:38 at verse 10. Here's the context. It's 600 BC and the best and brightest of God's people have been kidnapped by Persia and brought into captivity to30:50 be indoctrinated and brainwashed and the prophet Daniel is 1 of them and he will not, be part of anything to do with that pagan nation and God is giving him visions and he is31:01 fasting for God's people and he cries out to God and said, if I could just know what this vision is that you sent me and God because of that prayer sends an angel. Let's pick it up in verse31:13 10 and behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. He said to me, oh Daniel, man greatly31:25 loved. Understand the words that I speak to you and stand upright for now I have been sent to you. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. Then he said to31:37 me, fear not Daniel from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God. Your words, your words have been heard31:49 and I have come because of your words. The prince of the kingdom of Persia, that's a territorial demon placed there by Satan. The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood32:00 me 21 days. But Michael, 1 of the chief princes came to help me for I was left there with the kings of Persia and came to make you understand what32:12 is to happen to your people in the latter days for the vision is for days yet to come. That is what is going on in the spirit realm right32:24 now. King Hezekiah's prayer or your prayers can release, can dispatch warrior angels on behalf of you. Here it was on behalf of Judah and Gabriel32:36 says, let me tell you a little bit more about what goes on the spirit realm. I'm an angel and I got into a battle with a territorial demon over Persia and I was battling him for 21 days and then God32:47 sent the archangel Michael. Remember his beautiful picture? And he came and together we defeated them so I could finish my mission to deliver to you the wisdom that you prayed for.33:00 This is way better than Narnia. This is way better than Lord of the Rings because it's actually true. Amen? Alright. Listen to how bible scholar doctor John Gill33:11 describes our prayers and how they dispatch messenger and warrior angels. From his commentary, I'm paraphrasing a host of angel armies33:23 are right now before the throne of God, ready, willing, waiting for their next assignment. They listen with great attention to everything the Lord says,33:35 waiting for him to give them the word that they are immediately dispatched. Often this word that dispatches these mighty warriors are the prayers33:47 of God's people. The supernatural power of your prayers. You know a few years ago, my family came under spiritual attack from every33:59 side and it was hard and it was pressed and it was a season of darkness. We were going through a season we never expected that we would go through and I kept praying to the Lord saying,34:10 would you please bring rescue for us? Would you bring an end to this season of deep hard spiritual attack? I prayed for34:22 months and months. Then 1 day in that same prayer time, the Holy Spirit laid this on my heart, the word 10000. And I said,34:34 Spirit, are you telling me that you have dispatched 10000 angels to surround my family and protect my family physically, spiritually, emotionally and mentally?34:45 And he said, no. Not 10000 around you, 10000 deep all the way around you. Okay. Now I'm thinking, am I making this34:57 up? Was this bad pizza the night before? Did I hear that? So I did what you should do to test a word from the holy spirit. Go to the book the holy spirit wrote the bible. His words, his35:09 prophecies, his words of knowledge are always in harmony with the scriptures. So I did a short study on angels and Hebrews 12 22 says, the number of angels are innumerable.35:22 Innumerable. That means that that could be true. I believe it is and for months and months and months, it brought me a great peace to know35:34 that I was surrounded by 10000 angels deep dispatched from the throne. God's waiting for you to ask to dispatch the35:46 heavenly armies on your behalf. Remember, most Christians are like 5 year olds carrying around a flamethrower. They have no idea what it is or what it's capable of.35:57 Okay. Last 1, handle number 5. We need to realize that intercessory prayer is win win. Sometimes prayer is hard,36:09 it's difficult, it's a battle, but intercessory prayer, when you're praying for the needs and the circumstances of another, it's always win win. Here's why. When I36:20 intercede for someone else, it's a win for them because I'm covering them with my supernatural powerful prayers for their life. That's a win for them. It's36:32 also a win for me because when I'm interceding, I'm sitting at the feet of Jesus and so I enjoy the presence of Christ which is the greatest treasure in the universe. Amen? I'm in the right church.36:44 When I am interceding, I sit at the feet of Jesus and I pray through him to the father. So the guy I'm interceding for, he gets the prayers, he gets that win and36:56 I'm with Jesus and I get the presence of being with him while I'm interceding and that's my win. Hebrews 7 and Romans 8 says, Jesus is full time ministry right now37:08 in this dispensation until he comes back. He's interceding for you and me. So when you and I intercede for another, the picture that I have from the37:20 spirit is I'm coming alongside Jesus before the throne, he's ever interceding. He puts his hand on my shoulder and we intercede for that person.37:32 We agree, we believe, he teaches me how to pray. Is that biblical? The guy would put his hand on my shoulder. Revelation chapter 1, John said, he put his hand on my shoulder.37:44 I love that picture now. It's grown me in my intercession ministry because it's win win plus I'm here agreeing with Jesus before the throne about what he wants to do in the life of that37:56 fellow believer. Now, intercession is a time, it's a prime time that you will receive gifts of prophecy, words of38:08 knowledge, words of wisdom, gifts of healing because those spiritual gifts are not for us. First Corinthians 14 3 says, therefore the strengthening, comfort and38:20 encouragement of the body of Christ. So when you and I do something selfless like intercede for another person, the holy spirit knows38:31 I can trust them with gifts to deliver to the body. Now it was a few weeks ago, you know pastor Cal was here. Do you guys remember that? 1 of our supervising elders and38:44 I was interceding for pastor Cal early that Sunday morning like 5 am. While I was interceding for him, the holy spirit gave me a vision and it was a vision of38:56 a stainless steel water pitcher, the kind that you can get really really cold. It almost has frost on the outside and the spirit was pouring it out starting with this section over here39:08 all the way across because he said that some believers at Brave, their identity is parched.39:20 They need a cold drink of spiritual water for their identity. Well, sometimes the spirit will give you a word of prophecy or a vision and tell you just keep it to yourself as for you to pray.Show more
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