Understanding Spiritual Warfare and Desire

Pastor Robert Morris March 13, 2018: Satan's Greatest Desire

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Summary

In the sermon delivered by Pastor Robert Morris on March 13, 2018, he explores the greatest desires of God and Satan, focusing on the theme of worship and spiritual warfare. Pastor Morris explains the concept of worship as 'love expressed,' examining the desires of Satan before his fall and illustrating how these reflect the sin nature humanity can inherit. The sermon emphasizes the power of worshiping God and the need for spiritual renewal through Christ, as well as expressing love and devotion both in everyday life and within a church community.

Highlights

Pastor Robert Morris emphasizes 'love expressed' as the essence of worship and its role in spiritual life. 💖
Satan, before his fall, desired to be uplifted and worshiped, reflecting a self-centric sin nature. 🤔
By understanding the heart of worship, believers can combat the spiritual warfare they face daily. ⚔️
The sermon reveals the end-times prophecy where Satan's desire to be adored will be ultimately unfulfilled. 📜
Pastor Morris encourages men especially to actively participate in worship, exemplifying devotion visibly. 👨‍🎤

Key Takeaways

Worship is the ultimate expression of love towards the divine, and it is essential for spiritual connectivity. 🎵
Satan's primary desire is to be worshipped, and this desire reflects in the sin nature often seen in humans. 👿
Understanding spiritual warfare involves recognizing the battle for worship and allegiance, intensifying our focus on God. 🔥
The Holy Spirit empowers believers to transcend natural inclinations and enables a life oriented towards heavenly desires. ✨
It is crucial for individuals to actively participate in worship and not let it be perceived as a simple or solely feminine expression. 🙌

Overview

Pastor Robert Morris delivers a powerful sermon exploring the deepest desires known to both divine and malevolent forces. Rooted in biblical scripture, he dissects the concept of worship, defining it as love openly expressed towards God, while mapping human tendencies to the desires of the fallen angel, Satan. This rhetorical journey takes the congregation through ancient passages, elucidating the nature of temptation and satanic longing for worship that mirrors humanity’s flawed search for significance and self-idolization.

Delving into scriptures from Isaiah and Ezekiel, Pastor Morris explains how the original sin desire of Satan was to ascend in glory and be like God. This ambition is painted through the imagery of 'I will' statements, each reflecting the elevation of self above all else. This insight connects the audience to the innate nature within humanity that seeks validation and admiration, and poses a counter-narrative of turning to Christ for fulfillment and empowerment.

The sermon concludes with an invitation for listeners to engage actively in worship and prayer, asserting it as a weapon against spiritual battles. Special emphasis is placed on expressing love vocally and physically during worship, advocating this practice as nurturing for the Christian spirit. The story of Jesus's empowerment by the Holy Spirit encourages believers to embrace divine strength and wisdom in their quest for spiritual alignment and lifestyle overhauls.

Chapters

00:00 - 01:30: Introduction and Love Expressed The chapter titled 'Introduction and Love Expressed' introduces a series focused on the theme of worship, which the speaker defines as 'love expressed.' The speaker begins by directing the audience to two biblical passages: Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28, indicating that these will be central to the discussion.
01:30 - 03:30: Understanding Bottom Line Thinking The chapter discusses the concept of bottom-line thinking, emphasizing the difference between individuals who prefer straightforward communication and those who tend to 'beat around the bush.' The speaker identifies as a bottom-line person, constantly seeking the core message in conversations. The chapter touches on this preference for directness in both personal and larger contexts, hinting that understanding this mindset can aid in clearer communication.
03:30 - 07:00: God's and Satan's Desires The chapter explores the contrasting personalities and how they complement each other in relationships, using humor to highlight the differences between 'bottom line' people and 'beat around the bush' people. It suggests that God intentionally creates these differences to balance relationships. The speaker humorously reflects on these observations by posing a question about God’s intentions.
07:00 - 10:30: Satan's Desire Before the Fall The chapter delves into theological questions surrounding God's intentions and ultimate desire. It explores the fundamental queries regarding why God created humanity and what His overarching purpose is. The discussion also probes into what might be considered God's greatest desire, acknowledging that, according to Scripture, God has specific desires and wills certain things. The chapter aims to uncover or speculate on what could be God's ultimate aim or desire.
10:30 - 13:30: Satan's Nature and Human Nature The chapter explores the nature of Satan in the context of scripture, focusing on understanding Satan's greatest desire as it pertains to opposition and conflict with humans. The narrative sets the stage for a follow-up discussion on God's greatest desire, enhancing comprehension of spiritual struggles and the dynamics of good versus evil.
13:30 - 18:30: Lucifer's Instruments and Purpose The chapter delves into the primary focus of spiritual warfare, which centers around Satan's ultimate aspirations. It raises three significant questions to explore, with the first focusing on understanding Satan's desires before his fall. This inquiry seeks to unravel what Satan yearned for when he existed as an angel in heaven, prior to his rebellion and the creation of the world. This topic is foundational in comprehending the dynamics of spiritual conflict and the implications of Satan's intentions.
18:30 - 22:30: Satan's Greatest Desire The chapter introduces the concept of chaos and order in the world’s formation, highlighting the void existing due to Satan being cast down to Earth. It emphasizes the role of God in bringing order to this chaos. The central focus is on Satan’s greatest desire, as explored through five 'I will' statements from Isaiah 14, which reveal Satan’s ambition and intentions.
22:30 - 27:00: Encouragement for Men to Express Worship The chapter discusses the theme of being lifted up, seen, and elevated. It explores the concept of one's greatest desires using the biblical reference of Isaiah 14, focusing on Lucifer's fall from grace and his inner desires. The encouragement for men to express worship is intertwined with understanding and reflecting on these desires.
27:00 - 32:00: The Importance of Worship The chapter 'The Importance of Worship' discusses a series of 'I will' statements that emphasize ascension and exaltation. It begins with the statement of ascending into heaven, symbolizing a spiritual rise. The second statement focuses on exalting a throne, suggesting a position of power or authority above others. The third statement involves sitting on the 'mount,' which metaphorically represents reaching the highest point or level, signifying supreme prominence and spiritual elevation.
32:00 - 40:30: The Kingdom, Power, and Glory in Prayer The chapter explores the concept of prayer related to the Kingdom, power, and glory, as derived from a specific location on the 'mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the North.' This location symbolism is linked with upward movement, as emphasized by the repeated usage of terms like 'ascend' and 'above.' Furthermore, the speaker delves into the arrogance illustrated by the use of the phrase 'I will be like the Most High,' reflecting an aspiration to equate oneself with God.
40:30 - 46:30: Understanding God's Kingdom Through Prayer The chapter explores the concept of God's kingdom with respect to prayer.
46:30 - 52:00: Personal Stories and Humorous Anecdotes This chapter explores the concept of personal desires and ambitions through the lens of religious teachings, particularly focusing on Lucifer's statements of will and desire. It highlights the inherent nature of wanting to be 'lifted up' and worshiped as a shared human trait. The discussion touches on theological views regarding human nature's innate desire for recognition and exaltation.
52:00 - 58:00: Impact of the Holy Spirit and Empowerment This chapter discusses the inherent sinful nature of humans, referred to as the 'Adamic nature,' stemming from Adam's fall. It elaborates further by attributing the origin of sin to Satan, labeling the human nature at birth as 'satanic.' This nature encompasses a desire for attention, adoration, and self-exaltation, similar to Satan's.
58:00 - 64:00: Using Gifts for God's Glory The chapter discusses the importance of Christ being the central figure in our lives. It highlights the inherent self-centeredness people have by illustrating a common behavior where individuals tend to focus on themselves first in group pictures. This behavior signifies that if they do not look good, they perceive the entire picture negatively. The underlying message is to shift the focus from self to utilizing one's gifts for the glory of God, aligning with the broader theme of the chapter.
64:00 - 71:00: Encouragement and Call to Prayer The chapter titled 'Encouragement and Call to Prayer' emphasizes the transformation that occurs when one is 'born again,' becoming more Christ-like. It highlights Jesus's constant redirection of attention from himself to the Father and the Holy Spirit, stressing his role as a servant fulfilling the Father's will. The transcript reflects on how Jesus spoke and acted in alignment with the Father, and foretells the coming of the Holy Spirit, underscoring the Holy Spirit's testimony as part of divine guidance.

Pastor Robert Morris March 13, 2018: Satan's Greatest Desire Transcription

00:00 - 00:30 we're in a series called love expressed and we're talking about worship love expressed is the definition of worship in my opinion so I want you to turn to two passages turn to isaiah 14 open your Bibles to Isaiah 14 and then if you can put a marker at Ezekiel chapter 28 we'll begin in Isaiah 14 and then we'll flip over to Ezekiel chapter 28 now I've told
00:30 - 01:00 you this before but it just helps you to understand how I think when I'm preparing a message I'm a bottom-line person I in my opinion there are two types of people in the world bottom line people and beat around the bush people and when I'm having a conversation with someone I'm constantly wondering what the bottom line is you know what do you what do you want us to say what's the point sometimes I think is there a bottom line to what you're telling me right now and if you're married here by
01:00 - 01:30 the way if you're a bottom line person then you're married to a beat around the bush person or vice versa beat to beat around the bush people would never get married because they never get around to it but and to bottom line people would kill each other so so yeah that's the way God wired us so I think this way so years ago I was just had this thought and it's it's just kind of a strange thought but I just thought what is God's
01:30 - 02:00 bottom line what's what's God's bottom line what what's he doing where's he going what's he trying to do why did he create us what's what is all this about what what is God's bottom line what what does God want what is his desire and then I thought it this way what is God's greatest desire if God has a desire and we know by Scripture he has some desires he desires some things he will some things it's his will his desire what's his greatest desire and
02:00 - 02:30 then as I was exploring this in scripture I had this thought what is Satan's greatest desire because that's our enemy he's trying to stop me he's fighting against me every day what's his bottom line what's his point what's he trying to do so next weekend I'm going to share God's greatest desire with you but this weekend I want to share with you a message called Satan's greatest desire and this will help us to understand what
02:30 - 03:00 the warfare is about Satan's greatest desire here here's question number one we're gonna have three questions today alright number one what was Satan's desire what was Satan's desire now when I say was before the fall before he fell when he was in heaven we know he was in heaven before he fell as an angel and before the world was created most theologians believe that
03:00 - 03:30 the world was was formed but it was void and that's because Satan had been thrown to the earth and then God came and spoke order into the confusion so what was Satan's azar isaiah 14 will tell us his desire and I want you to when we read this I want you to pick up on their five i wiill statements five statements Satan's said I will but all of these statements it's going to shock you when I tell you this before we read it and you see it if all of these statements
03:30 - 04:00 have to do with being lifted up are going up being seen being high alright so we're trying to figure out what his greatest desire is Isaiah 14 look at verse 12 how you are fallen from heaven o Lucifer son of the morning how you were cut down to the ground you who weakened the nation's for you have said in your heart okay this this is what he said in his heart so this these are his heart's desires alright now watch here
04:00 - 04:30 to here and begin the five I will statements I will ascend notice the word a.cian go up into heaven I will see in the heaven second I will statement I will exalt that's being lifted up my throne you put a throne up high above again up the stars of God third I will statement I will also sit on the Mount the mountain is a mount is referred to as the highest point of a mountain the
04:30 - 05:00 Mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the North North is always up on the map force I will state reverse 14 I will ascend above the heights notice three words about up ascend above the heights of the clouds and then watch what he even calls the name of God he decides to use in his fifth I will statement I will be like the Most High he doesn't mean he doesn't even say the
05:00 - 05:30 most holy he says the most high he wants to be lifted up now watch God's response by the way verse fifteen yet you shall be brought down to Sheol to the lowest depths of the pit okay so I'm trying to figure out what Satan's greatest desire is and we have in the scripture five statements remember the word will means desire that means this are if you say someone says will you come and you say yes I will you're saying yes I desire to come
05:30 - 06:00 that's that that's what it means God's will is God's desire okay so we got five statements from Lucifer saying this is what I I will this is what I desire in my heart I want to be lifted up I want to be high I want to be exalted I want to be worshiped and then even says it very clearly I want to be like God I don't want people to worship me I want to be lifted up I want to be seen now I hate to tell you this but this is actually the nature that we're born with we some theologians will say
06:00 - 06:30 we're born with an Adamic nature which means a nature like Adams a fall in sin nature and that's true that's true but Adam was not the original sinner neither was he by the way Satan is the original sinner so if you want to really be blunt about it we weren't just born within a damaged nature we were born with a satanic nature and that nature is look at me I want to be seen I want to be lifted up I want to be exalted I want people to worship me and want people to pay attention to me before we come to
06:30 - 07:00 Christ the most important person in our lives is us and we still have a residue of that in all of us I can prove it to you which is just a very simple question who is the first person you look for in a group picture huh and if you don't look good the whole picture is bad right that's a bad picture don't look at that picture that's a bad picture that's the way we are and that's exactly that's
07:00 - 07:30 what we're born with but when we get born again we become like Christ and we mature become like Christ and when you look at Christ he's always turning the attention off of himself onto the Father our own to the Holy Spirit constantly every time they pay him attention he said no the father sent me no I came to do the will of the Father I say what the father says I do what the father does and when the Spirit comes he's going to do this he's gonna do this and you need to know the Holy Spirit's coming but but here's what the Bible says to you about the Holy Spirit when the Holy Spirit comes he testifies to
07:30 - 08:00 Jesus he talks about Jesus and the father lifts up the son if we could listen in on one of their conversations it would sound something like this you're so wonderful no you're wonderful no you're wonderful no you're wonderful and the more we become like Christ the more we don't want to focus the tension on us but we want to focus the attention on God and others the more we become like Christ Satan's desire Eve way before before we were even here was to
08:00 - 08:30 be worshiped to be lifted up now we starting to verse 12 back up to verse 11 it says your pump is brought down to Sheol and the sound of your strained instruments this is very important and we're going to come back to it but you need to see it in the Bible this is talking to Lucifer and it says that he has streamed instruments that's very important okay
08:30 - 09:00 Satan has the sound of your stringed instruments alright so just remember that Satan has stringed instruments alright now let me tell you something else about this in Isaiah 14 this was a prophecy actually given to the king of Babylon but we know that God is addressing Lucifer we know he's addressing safety but it was given to a man but it was speaking to the spirit behind the man now this is common in in Bible language I can give you an example of this that
09:00 - 09:30 all of you will recognize when Jesus was on this earth he turned around and said something to a man but was actually addressing the spirit behind the man do you remember that he turned to Peter and said get behind me Satan okay so this is normal in Scripture the reason I want you to know that says and by the way if you look verse four it tells you that you Isaiah 14 for you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon so
09:30 - 10:00 this is spoken to the king of Babylon but it's addressing Lucifer now the reason you didn't need to know that turn to Ezekiel 28 just to the right Isaiah Jeremiah lamentations you've been at - see lamentations it's real small and then Ezekiel Ezekiel chapter 28 here's the prophecy given to the king of tyre but it's very simple to see that it's talking to Lucifer okay Ezekiel chapter 28 look at verse 11
10:00 - 10:30 moreover the word of the Lord came to me saying son of man take up a lamentation for the king of tyre and say to him thus says the Lord God you were the seal of perfection well that's pretty amazing to say this to a man but it's talking to this said Lucifer watch you were the seal were passed since the seal of perfection full of wisdom and perfect in beauty now before we go on let me just say this either this is talking to Lucifer or the king of Tyre was one
10:30 - 11:00 good-looking dude perfect in beauty and you'll see in a moment why Lucifer was created perfect in beauty alright because of his his responsibility in heaven verse 13 this tells you for sure excelling to Lucifer you were in Eden the garden of God now I look at me just for a moment right the king of Tyre was never in Eden as a matter of fact there were only four persons in Eden God Adam
11:00 - 11:30 Eve and who satan lucifer so why would the bible that can never be wrong say you weren't eaten unless he's talking to lucifer you were an eating the garden of god and we know the king of tyre never entered eden because the tree of life was in eden and when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil God drove them out of the garden and put angels their station angels there with flaming swords so they
11:30 - 12:00 could never reinter and this is what I said he said because they've eaten from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and we need to drive them out unless so that they don't eat from the tree of life and live forever now please hear me yes oh so many people say no that's the judgment of God no it's the grace of God even as judgment is this grace I hope you never forget what I'm about to tape here's the reason because Adam and Eve were in a fallen state if they had eaten from the tree of life in that fallen state they would have lived forever in a fallen state they would have lived
12:00 - 12:30 forever separated from God and God knew he was going to redeem them he said we have to get them out so they don't eat by the way that tree of life is in Revelation tells us it's in heaven and you can eat from it all you want in heaven and God wants you to eat from the tree of life but in a redeemed state not in a falling state you see them saying so so when you say well as the judgment of God no it's a grace of God there's a grace of God and whatever you're going through right now by the way is the grace of God that God will cause His grace to shine in whatever you're going
12:30 - 13:00 through okay so he drives him out so the king of Tyre was not any [Music] [Music]
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13:30 - 14:00 visit us online at passages gateway people.com [Music] you were in Eden the garden of God every precious stone was your covering this Lane was perfect in beauty he was covered with precious stones and then it lists them the sword as the Topaz the diamond the barrel the ox the Jasper sapphire turquoise and emerald with gold the workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day
14:00 - 14:30 you were created I'm going to come back to that statement you were the anointed cherub who covers a look at me just Roman what's a chair an angel this isn't talking to the king of talk it's talking to Lucifer who we know by Scripture is a fallen angel you were the anointed you covered you ruled in heaven you are one of the three Archangels in heaven that rule over a third of Angel third of heaven went when the angels fell when Lucifer fell a third of the angels those under his
14:30 - 15:00 authority those who followed him fell with him okay you were the anointed cherub who covers I established you you were on the holy mountain of God you walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones this wouldn't be talking about the king of Tyre you were perfect in your ways from the day you were created till iniquity was found in you that's Lucifer by the abundance of your trading and I'll come back to this word trading and explain it to you from the Hebrew you became filled with violence within and
15:00 - 15:30 you sinned that therefore I cast you as a profane thing out of the mountain of God Lucifer got kicked out of heaven and I destroyed you Oh covering cherub or reeling angel from the midst of the fiery stones now go back and look at the last part of verse 13 it says the workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created okay let me explain this the workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
15:30 - 16:00 okay this word timbrel means a percussion instrument our our closest word to today what would be a closed word for a timbral a tambourine and sometimes this works translated tambourines okay the workmanship of your tambourines your percussion instruments listen lists and your pipes do you know many times this this is actually translated flutes in Scripture and let me tell you what it means in the Hebrew wind instruments
16:00 - 16:30 your pipes your instruments that you blow through to make a sound okay now combined this was like with Isaiah 14 Isaiah 14 said and the sound of your streamed instruments your strings and then here he says when you were created I created in you timbrels percussion instruments and wind instruments pipes like a pipe organ or something wind instruments all instruments fall into one of these three categories any
16:30 - 17:00 instrument is either a stringed instruments a stringed instrument a percussion instrument or wind instrument all instruments all instruments lucifer was created with instruments in his body and his being why it's very simple he was the worship leader in heaven there are three Archangels in the Bible three ruling angels three angels who rule or have authority and their names
17:00 - 17:30 all three are named Gabriel Michael Lucifer and I want you to think about this any time we get together in a worship service we're gonna have three components to it we're gonna have worship we're gonna have the word and we're gonna have prayer when you have a quiet time you're gonna have three components to your quiet time you're gonna worship you're gonna pray and you're going to read the word these are three components in any worship service worship prayer and the word okay anytime
17:30 - 18:00 you see Gabriel he's announcing the word of the Lord he brought the word of the Lord to Mary the mother of Jesus he brought the word of the Lord to Zacharias the the father of John the Baptist so Gabriel brings the word of the Lord when you see Michael he's answering prayer Daniel chapter 10 when the angels trying to get the went and an Angels trying to get an answer to Daniel a prayer the ruling angel Michael has to come and help him the one who rules over prayer so you got
18:00 - 18:30 Gabriel ruling over the word my ruling over prayer and Lucifer ruled past tense over worship and then it says you became filled with violence from within by your trading the old King James uses the word merchandise Seng let me tell you what this word means in the in the Hebrew okay if pastor Todd owns a suit store and he's the owner of it and
18:30 - 19:00 I work for him and I'm selling suits and you come in and you want to buy a suit and we find one for you and all and I tell you okay the suits $300 and you give me $300 and I take $200 and put it in the cash register and I take $100 and put it in my pocket that's merchandise thing that's what the word means right there in the Hebrew okay here's what it anyways whether you're you are giving me something that doesn't belong to me but it's supposed to pass through my hands to the rightful owner
19:00 - 19:30 but instead I take some for myself that's what it is that's the exact sin here's what this Satan is leading all of heaven in worship and the worship is supposed to pass through him to the rightful owner and one day that's where he's leading heaven in worship he said I'll take some of that and God said you're out jesus said it this way I said all Satan fall like lightning from heaven that fast and can tell you why he didn't fall because jawed God was insecure about him taking
19:30 - 20:00 someone's worship he immediately left heaven because God is the only one worthy to be worshiped and he stole something that didn't belong to him and his greatest desire has always been to be worshipped okay so that's point number one here's point number two what is what is Satan's desire what is Satan start like right now right now on this or during this earthly time we're on the earth what's his desire let me read you
20:00 - 20:30 the scripture Matthew 4 says again the devil took him up on an exceedingly high mountain let's just take Jesus and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory and he said to him all these things that we'll give you if you will fall down worship me now I'm telling you that Satan's greatest desire is to be worshipped and while he's tempting Jesus he tries to get Jesus to worship Him you don't think that's his greatest desire I mean he goes all the way to the top he tries to get the Son of God to worship Him and it's interesting the language
20:30 - 21:00 that he uses because he says this if you will fall down and worship me he doesn't just say if your worship but he says if you'll express it I want you to express it please understand worship has always expressed worship is love express love is always expressed don't tell me you love someone you don't express it if you love someone you're gonna express it if you love the Lord you're gonna express it now maybe you're not as outgoing in your expressions as someone else but there will be some expression of it but I have had some men
21:00 - 21:30 before I remember talking to a friend of mine and saying to him you know I don't ever see you clap or lift your hands or sing you just kind of stand there you know in church lies that he's so it's just not my personality and then he and I went to a Cowboys game and a miracle happened his personality changed right before my eyes he clapped he shouted he danced he was amazing
21:30 - 22:00 listen if you can get excited about a guy carrying a pig across a chalk line you can get excited about being redeemed from eternal hell to eternal heaven and the best thing men the best thing you could ever do for your children is let them see you worship you know what a lot
22:00 - 22:30 of children think that's a woman thing that's what a lot of our little boys think mama worships but daddy does it this is a woman thing you know they ought to see you standing there just like this loving your God expressing your love to him expressing your gratitude to him listen when you love someone even men express it [Music]
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23:00 - 23:30 years ago when I used to travel and speak in churches many of the churches I spoke in were real small churches and we'd have to drive and and I was with a friend of mine he and I were speaking at a church together he's a pastor he was a passenger then he's still a pastor of a church and we drove to this little town stayed in a hotel we shared a room you know because it's such a small Church and so we're we're getting ready to minister and I went into the bathroom
23:30 - 24:00 take my shower and get ready for that service and then I came out of the room out of the bathroom and he was seated on his bed in the room you know talking to his wife on the phone and his back was facing me he was facing away from me so he didn't see me coming out of the bathroom man yes no this guy six foot five was 260 pounds and here's what he was saying you know I love you more you know you're you know I get more bored
24:00 - 24:30 and then he said get ready baby your man's coming home then he hangs up the phone turns round senses get get back in there get back in there he said don't ever walk in on a man unannounced when a man's talking to his woman great big guy he's in love
24:30 - 25:00 so he expresses his love do you know who does not want you men to express your love Satan because it's his greatest Azar's he was the worship leader he got kicked out of heaven his greatest desire is to stop every person on this earth from worshiping God what was what yes here's point number three what will be what will be Satan's desire we you know the
25:00 - 25:30 great thing about being a Christian is we have the end of the book we know how it's going to turn out revelation 13:4 says so they worship the dragon if you don't know who the dragon is revelation 12:9 says so the Great Dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and Satan so we know who it is it's Satan so they worship the dragon who gave authority to the Beast and they worship the Beast saying who is like the Beast
25:30 - 26:00 and who is able to make war with him now I don't know if the last two statements there jump out at you but they jumped out at me the very first time I've ever read them who is like the Beast and who is able to make war with him you know why that jumps out because that's in Exodus 15 when the children of Israel crossed the Red Sea Miriam led them in a worship song the horse and the rider he is thrown in the sea and she leads all of Israel in this song and in that song here there are two lines that go like this who is like our god and who is able
26:00 - 26:30 to make war with him who is like our god and who is able it's called the song of Moses and by the way and and revelation says that we're gonna sing that song in heaven so you you might want to brush up on the words otherwise you'll have to watch the screens in heaven who is like our god and who has Edelman toward him and in the end times people are seeing that about Satan who is like
26:30 - 27:00 the Beast and who is there to make war with him now here's what's going to happen well just just answer the question let me revelation 17:4 says it this way these are of one mind and they will give their power and authority to the Beast these will make war with the lamb but the lamb will overcome them for he is Lord of lords and King of Kings so here's what's gonna happen one day Jesus gonna be sitting on his throne and they're gonna be on earth
27:00 - 27:30 singing who is like the Beast and who is able to make war with him and Jesus is gonna turn to Gabriel and say what they say hey Gabriel he's been waiting for this day for a long time he'll say they said who's like the Beast and who's able to make war with him that's what they said Lord Jesus is going to say Gabe that's what he calls in because they're close
27:30 - 28:00 get me my sword and John describes what happens next he describes it like this and I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse and he the set upon him is called faithful and true and in righteousness he doth judge in wage war and his eyes are a flame of fire and on his head are many crowns that he's clothed with a vesture dipped in blood and he has a name written which no man knows but he himself and the armies and
28:00 - 28:30 the armies clothed in fine linen white and clean followed him on white horses and out of his mouth goes a sharp sword that with it he should smite the nation's for he shall rule them with a rod of iron three treads the fiercest and the wrath of Almighty God and his name is king of kings and Lord of lords that is who is able to make war with him that's who is a limit order okay now let me just remind you that it said that Satan Lucifer was covered with
28:30 - 29:00 every precious stone by the way you know what precious stones do don't you they reflect light well I would lucifer have been covered with every precious stone he was to reflect the light of God to all of heaven he was to reflect like okay here's what's so amazing Lucifer was covered with every precious stone when you read revelation 21 and it says I saw the bride the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven prepared as a bride for her husband listen the bride listen
29:00 - 29:30 to what John says and it was covered the bride was covered with every precious stone Lucifer was created with instruments did you know you were created with instruments Lucifer was created with strings wind and percussion instruments do you know you have strings in your throat we call them chords vocal cords do you know how you make those strings make a sound wind passes over them woke some of
29:30 - 30:00 you up then and you were created with percussion instruments lucifer ever covered with every precious stone the bride covers every precious stone Lucifer had instruments created in his body you have instruments created in your body I wonder if one day a conversation like this happened after God cast Lucifer to earth and there's all this void and then God comes and begins straightening things up and he speaks
30:00 - 30:30 light and he creates the stars and he creates the plants and animals and all and then on the sixth day he's walking on the earth and Lucifer might have said something like to this to him hey who's going to give you praise now who's going to give you glory now hey who's your new worship leader and God reached down and grabbed a handful of dirt squeezed it blue in it and said that is my new worship leader that's my new worship leader right there
30:30 - 31:00 and furthermore that dirt is gonna crush your head I'll show you how great I am I'll show you my glory and power through a piece of dirt pretty amazing what a problem happened when God blew in the dirt the dirt
31:00 - 31:30 became living a living soul that would live forever and then the dirt decided to follow Satan so God became dirt and died to redeem the living souls that he had created and
31:30 - 32:00 so what is Satan doing right now he's doing everything he can to stop you from worshipping God I want you to bow your heads and close your eyes every week week we do this what's God saying to you and every week we end our service with prayer we want to pray for you if you're going through a difficulty right now in any area of your life we
32:00 - 32:30 want to pray for you okay we want to pray for you so if you're going through difficulty no matter which campus you're attending or if you're in an overflow room in just a moment we have one more worship song we ask that no one leave unless you have an emergency and we understand that but if you can we want you to to stand and worship God you ought to worship God especially after a message like this just engage for just one more song but if you need prayer for any area of your life at every campus we're gonna have leaders at the front I want you just to
32:30 - 33:00 come to the front just come to one of the leaders and say I need prayer if for your job marriage health finances whatever it is and we let us pray for you don't be embarrassed because other people are going to be coming we do this every week it's not embarrassing to ask for prayer because we all need prayer I need prayer okay every person needs for all of our pastors need prayer well need prayer so if you need prayer for any area you don't have to be a member of Gateway Church if you need prayer then you step out and come and let us pray for you Holy Spirit I ask you to draw
33:00 - 33:30 every person at every campus that needs prayer right now in Jesus name Amen I was 19 years old when I gave my life to the Lord and everything changed I didn't have any desire to go back to that old life I wanted to walk with the Lord and learn more about him and some people helped me to learn the Bible and
33:30 - 34:00 to learn how to pray and to learn about my new life in Christ and that's what we want to do for you I am so excited that you've given your life to the Lord he's forgiven all of your sins and you're on your way to heaven but we need to learn some things now about the Bible about prayer about some basics of the Christian life so that you can be victorious and live for the Lord like I know you want to so we've designed the class called fresh start and I want to encourage you to sign up for this class
34:00 - 34:30 because we want to help you grow in your walk with the Lord now I love you and I'm so proud of you pastor Roberts newest book the blessed church is now available you'll learn practical wisdom for cultivating real growth by nurturing biblical health in your spiritual community in the book pastor Robert unfolds how a church can be successful and healthy purchase your book at passages today
34:30 - 35:00 turn to acts chapter 1 and second Peter 1 in other words open your Bibles to Acts chapter 1 and once you get to Acts chapter 1 then flip over to second Peter 1 and just put a marker there but keep your Bible open axle and that's where we'll begin if you're new we've been in a series now this is actually the last message in this series called the Lord's Prayer we've been talking
35:00 - 35:30 about for seven weeks now the Lord's Prayer and going through it phrase by phrase we talked about the overall introduction this series was the purpose of Prayer and then we took each phrase like our Father which art in heaven we talked about the person of Prayer and we talked about then our Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven we talked about the petition a prayer that we're asking for God's will to be done and God's kingdom
35:30 - 36:00 to come and then give us this day our daily bread we talked about the provision of Prayer forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors we talked about the pardon of prayer lead us not in temptation but deliver us from evil we talked about the protection of prayer and then this week we're going to talk about the power of prayer and this will be the last part of the Lord's Prayer that we're going to talk about but what we've also been doing is quoting it every week and trying to memorize it
36:00 - 36:30 during these seven weeks how many of you think that pretty much you've got it memorized can I see your hands all the campuses alright great right okay we're gonna give them give you one more opportunity so let's say it again out loud all the campuses Matthew 6 verse 9 our Father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and
36:30 - 37:00 lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever amen this week when told about the last part of verse 13 dying is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever amen now I have to tell you when we begin this series I immediately saw that it's a prayer is personal and I want to to
37:00 - 37:30 encourage you to not make prayer a formality if you make it a formality it will become formal and God did not want that as a matter of fact right before he talks about this he said don't use vain repetition so we're not trying to quote it and learn it so that we can say these words exactly we're simply trying to learn a pattern that the Lord gave us so I really want you to make prayer personal and we begin this series talking about the person of Prayer being the father and then when we got to the
37:30 - 38:00 kingdom come I realize well it the Lord's Prayer is bringing in the son here because you can't talk about the kingdom but I talking about the key because the word Kingdom means the Kings Dominion and as soon as I saw this and we were early in the series I thought you know it's probably gonna bring the Holy Spirit in next and I looked at it yet said you know give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts and I thought where's the Holy Spirit and then I remember thinking well that was a good idea but apparently that's not the
38:00 - 38:30 the progression of the Lord's Prayer until this week and in this last phrase this is all about the Holy Spirit thine is the kingdom the power and the glory and let me just help you key in on one word the power because jesus said you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes and the order for us to pray to the Father about the son we must
38:30 - 39:00 pray through the spirit and that's exactly what I think is tell song we want to key in on these three words the kingdom the power and the glory so here's part number one if you're taking notes write this down if you're not taking notes write this down number one it's about his kingdom its prayer when I say it's I'm referring to prayer prayer is about the kingdom of
39:00 - 39:30 God it's about his kingdom all right in Acts chapter 1 the Acts was the book of Acts was written by Luke Luke by the way was not a preacher he was not even one of the twelve disciples I remember going to see a passion play one time and it listed who was playing each part and enlisted the twelve disciples enlisted Luke okay Luke was not a disciple by the way he was not one of the twelve disciples he was saved later on he did travel with Paul but Luke was a physician and Luke wrote two books of
39:30 - 40:00 the Bible obviously he wrote the Book of Luke and he wrote Acts now because he was a physician I don't know how we ever got him translated because you can't read a physicians handwriting but somehow we got these books so I'm glad for that but the reason I referred to that you wrote the book of look Luke is because I want you to notice the book of Acts was actually a letter written to a companion of his who many believed was also a physician named Theophilus and so that's where the book begins and also look at Acts chapter one verse one
40:00 - 40:30 he says the former account I made now he's referring to the Book of Luke that we know as the Book of Luke the former account I made the previous letter I wrote oh Theophilus of all that Jesus began both to do and teach that's during the three and a half years Jesus was on the earth in his ministry until the day in which he was taken up after he through the Holy Spirit had given Commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen again Luke was not one of those
40:30 - 41:00 to whom he also presented himself alive after his suffering by many infallible proofs having been seen being seeing it by them watch this being seen by these Twelve Apostles and there were about five hundred actually it saw him during this time during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God now I just want you to notice what did Jesus teach the disciples about in the forty days after his resurrection says
41:00 - 41:30 very clearly things pertaining to the kingdom okay so he's teaching them about the kingdom forty days and if you really think about it for three-and-a-half years he taught about the kingdom the word kingdom appears in the Gospels Matthew Mark Luke and John a hundred and twenty nine times Jesus said over and over again the kingdom of heaven is like the kingdom of heaven is like the kingdom of heaven is like he's always talking about the kingdom but then after his resurrection it tells us
41:30 - 42:00 specifically for 40 days he taught them about the kingdom 40 days I think about that amount of time with the resurrected Christ have you ever gone to a conference all of us have gone to conferences at some port in another for our work or whatever and it's how long is it last couple of days three days maybe a week you know if it lasts two weeks we normally say it's some sort of a school or continuing education but conference is normally only a few days
42:00 - 42:30 I've been to some conferences you know I'm kind of a bottom-line person but I've been actually the many conferences that in my opinion they cram one day's worth of material in the three days and I think to myself okay I got it let me go home now you know you ever felt that way when your job sends you somewhere okay so that's that but think about this 40 days can you imagine spending 40 days
42:30 - 43:00 with the resurrected Christ what I want to tell you about this though is that up until this time the disciples still didn't get that it was all about the kingdom they still didn't get it let me show you how I know that verse 6 acts 1 verse 6 therefore when they come together they asked him saying Lord will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel now that seems like a normal question but you got to remember who
43:00 - 43:30 these guys were and what they wanted they wanted an earthly Kingdom they wanted to rule they were always having arguments about who was going to be the greatest and who was gonna sit next to Jesus constantly and so after he resurrects he spends 40 days he's talking about the kingdom and they said Lord at 40 days then they said Lord is it now that we get to rule is it now is it finally now that we get to be the boss that we get to tell someone else to
43:30 - 44:00 do you know it they weren't hearing anything he said I'm telling you it's like I had a friend of mine and he heard the he heard a message young godly discipline and so you know and so he thought that's what I'm gonna do next time I have to spank the kids and so the kids got in trouble you got a boy and a girl they both got into trouble and so he set him down and for five minutes he told him about the Bible and about about why we discipline our children and he gave him a little five-minute lesson then he said now do you kids have any question little boy raised hand said yep do her first he didn't they didn't hear
44:00 - 44:30 a word that he said that's kind of way it was what Jesus he said the kingdom the kingdom will tell you right the kingdom the kingdom the kingdom okay that went it's now now do we get to be Boss resistant is a stop they just did not get it I know they didn't get it this is a truth that we have to get this is a truth that we have to get imma taking a moment when the disciples got it and how they got it fun but this is a
44:30 - 45:00 truth laughter yet it's not about me it's about the king [Music] we invite you to join us each week on the blessed life with pastor Robert Moores experience dynamic Bible based teaching enjoy freedom from the inspiring worship
45:00 - 45:30 a big gateway worship team it's a time to grow be encouraged and learn how to live the blessed life the blessed life with gateway churches Robert Morris why not people have asked me do you ever get nervous before you speak very very rarely the reason is because it's not about me it's not about whether I think
45:30 - 46:00 I did a good job or whether you like the message or not it's about whether he likes the message and when I get up to speak here's what I feel in my heart I feel like I have a message from God for us not for you for us I'm one of you I'm us and God has spoken something and what God has spoken even though I'm going to be the spokesperson for it it's gonna help me to it's going to help all of us you know I'm not able to do weddings anymore because of my schedule
46:00 - 46:30 but when I was able to do weddings everybody wanted me to do the wedding and the reason they did was because when I do a wedding it's short my part is short here's the reason am i part short because I realize a long time ago it's not about me I don't know if you've ever been to a long wedding or a long funeral you know weddings and funerals by the way let me know if you ever get to do one it's not about you okay it's not your chance to shine and
46:30 - 47:00 your chance to share all your biblical knowledge and revelation and I've been to weddings and funerals where I thought to myself good god Barry the guy come on it's not about you are you following me and so of course we have lots of uh you know we have lots of a human by the way a wedding you know I I told this young pastor one time he did a wedding and he gave about an hour message not told him Lynde he said it was anything wrong with
47:00 - 47:30 what I did I said no except the whole thing that's not about you it's about her they they didn't come to see you they came to see her by the way he went I've done premarital counseling I've told the groom's really not about you either doesn't really matter if you show up or not it's about her you just stand there okay and you'll be fine she's been dreaming about this day her whole life you've been dreaming about this night but she's been dreaming about this day
47:30 - 48:00 [Applause] but you know when you get together just to tell you how it's not about y'all okay is that all right for me to say it's uh it's funny because you get with other passengers and you hear all sorts of funny weddings and funerals stories you know and this one guy told me just to say how it's not about you you you when you do a funeral even you're there to minister to the family you're there to help the family and the friends and so what you know they have lots of requests for you so this guy said to me
48:00 - 48:30 he was doing a funeral for a man in his church who had passed away and he did the memorial and then when they went to the graveside you're supposed to say a few words well right before he was going to speak all of a sudden the widow got up she walked up to him she whispered is there she said I'm so sorry to tell you this that's late notice but I just remembered she said right before he went to be with the Lord he asked if you would sing his favorite hymn at the graveside and the pastor he didn't really Ravel him because he led worship before and he had a good voice and he
48:30 - 49:00 knew a lot of hymns and so he sent us he'll probably said what was his favorite hymn and she said jingle bells now for those of you who are new in the faith jingle bells' is not him but she wouldn't sit right back down and he thought what am I gonna do you know she just asked him it's the man's dying request what'd I do so he shared a few scriptures and he said you know we were going to before we
49:00 - 49:30 dismiss we're going to see rather so and so's favored him jingle bells then he started dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh he said I got to the course I said everybody Oh jingle bells jingle bells soon as he finished the widow came up to she said I'm so sorry it wasn't jingle bells it was ringing those golden
49:30 - 50:00 bells well what do you do it's not about you it's about others alright okay so number one it's about just kingdom number two it's through his power it's through his power okay now let me tell you this is why I know the disciples didn't get it because they asked that question verse six but I'll tell you when they did get it they
50:00 - 50:30 got it in Acts chapter two and this is what Jesus refers to look at look at acts one still verses seven and eight this is his response he said it's not for you to know the times or the seasons which the father has put in his own authority but you shall receive power there it is it's it's through his power you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses to me in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth you're going to receive power now here's what happened when the disciples
50:30 - 51:00 received this power they immediately changed they became men of boldness that they had been really you want to tell the truth they had been scaredy-cats up to this day they were afraid of everything they were constantly in for a fear of the Jews even after the resurrection they were hiding behind locked doors and we talked about Peter denying him they all denied him and they all forsook him every one of them forsook Jesus let me read you this
51:00 - 51:30 scripture and then maybe show you something you've never seen before it has a little humorous twist to it mark chapter 14 verses 53 52 it says then they all forsook him all of them and fled and then watch verse 51 carefully you have to kind of understand biblical language to understand what this could be implying it says now a certain young man followed him having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body and the young man laid hold of him and he left the linen cloth and fled from
51:30 - 52:00 them naked first new testament streaker right they right there okay but it says a certain young man this happened to a certain young man now when you read the Bible when John wrote the book of John he never names himself in the book he says another disciple he'll say you know Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb and he's talking about himself and you know he's telling himself because he throws this in and the other disciple got there first
52:00 - 52:30 you know I won the race but he doesn't refer to himself by name and so personally in my opinion mark wrote this I think marked was the young man I really do I think he's riding this and he's saying they all forsook him and fled and he's and then the Holy Spirit said and tell him what you did and he thought about how John wrote and then he wrote now a certain young man that's just my personal opinion but
52:30 - 53:00 these disciples were changed when the Holy Spirit came their focus was changed they begin to focus on the kingdom and his power they even caught the disciples after the Holy Spirit came upon them and they beat them and they said you stop preaching in Jesus name and they said we're gonna obey God rather than men everything changed and let me show you what watch this verse x4 31 and when they had prayed that's very important to understand when they had prayed because
53:00 - 53:30 we're told that prayer the place where they were assembled together was shaken they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they spoke the Word of God with boldness now this is act 4 but in acts 2 they were baptized with the Holy Spirit please hear me the baptism in the Holy Spirit is a one-time event in your life but being filled with the Holy Spirit is a continual event we are we are continually filled with the Holy Spirit and as you all know how are filled with the Holy Spirit it says it right there in verse 31 and when they had prayed when we pray were filled with
53:30 - 54:00 the power of the Holy Spirit it's very very important to pray and to spend time in prayer because you're filled with boldness when the Holy Spirit comes and with power sometimes they don't come at the same time in other words sometimes you get the power but you don't have the wisdom maybe to be able to use that power correctly you just have this boldness I was filled the spirit of 1983 not long after that I went overseas to speak for my first time in the Philippines and I'd heard about the
54:00 - 54:30 power of the Spirit and the miracles you know and things like that and I was really beginning to get excited about these things and we had this where we were speaking at a pastors conference there were hundreds of pastors there and there was just a attend like an outdoor tin roof and they were and no snow falls on any side of it and there had been a prophecy that the country had been in a drought and there'd been prophecy about rain and it was pouring rain when I got
54:30 - 55:00 up to speak and but I didn't know about the prophecy but I had boldness and I was speaking and they were all huddled under this 10 roof but they couldn't hear me because it was so loud and I had this new boldness just didn't have a lot of wisdom so I just all of a sudden said hey let's pray and ask God to stop the rain now it's about 23 24 years old and I said Lord in Jesus name stop the rain
55:00 - 55:30 it rained harder I said again Lord in Jesus name stop the rain it thundered and rained harder and when you speak you got to be quick on your feet you know and so I just said well let's just thank God for the rain say I had some boldness but I didn't quite understand the power of wind to try to use it and when you pray not in accordance with God's will
55:30 - 56:00 something will happen I will tell you this though two days later I laid my hands on a lady who was blind and she was healed because I was praying then in accordance with God's will at that time at that moment [Music] deciding where you want to invest your life's work is one of the most critical
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56:30 - 57:00 three it's for his glory it's for his glory this is the kingdom the power and the glory it's about his kingdom it's through his power it's for his glory now remember we talked about when the Holy Spirit came that's when the disciples got it I want you to notice something that will absolutely shock you if you remember Jesus was water baptized when he was water baptized the Holy Spirit came on him do you remember that okay
57:00 - 57:30 watch what happened we're talking about it's for his glory watch what happened when the Holy Spirit came on him and I told you to turn the second Peter chapter 1 if you want to flip over there you can now 2nd Peter 1 verse 17 says for he speaking of Jesus received from God the Father honor and glory when when when did he receive it when such a voice came to him from the excellent glory this is my beloved Son in whom I am well
57:30 - 58:00 pleased okay and that's what that was at his baptism it goes on to talk about that they also heard this voice at his Transfiguration but when he said this he said this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased that was at his water baptism Mount of Transfiguration he said this is my beloved son hear him okay so when the Holy Spirit came on him he received honor and glory from the father now listen to me very carefully because this may surprise you and I'm about to say when the Holy Spirit comes on us he
58:00 - 58:30 gifts us each of us are gifted we have different gifts to be used for the honor and the glory of God you have gifts that I don't have you can do things that I can't do and here's what will happen all of us are gifted and we receive the gifts are the empowering to even fulfill those gifts through the Holy Spirit through the power of the Holy Spirit here's what laughing though when we begin to minister and those gifts people will honor us and they will
58:30 - 59:00 try to give us glory but we need to do the very same thing that Jesus did and that's turn the glory to God they came up to Jesus and they said we love these miracles we never seen miracles like these these are the greatest miracles we've ever seen we love the miracles that you do here's what Jesus said I don't do anything unless I first see my father do it if he just turned the glory to God to the Father and then lo later
59:00 - 59:30 they came up and they thought they had a better compliment for him they said we love your teachings you have some of the best teaching we never heard people teach like this Europe we love your teachings he said I don't say anything unless I first hear the father say he just kept turning it I think they kind of regrouped and they came back to him I'm just paraphrasing and I think they said something like this we're just glad you're here you know what he said dad sent me there's all dad's idea it's dad it's dad
59:30 - 60:00 it's dad it's dad I came so you could have a relationship with dad that's what he did he's always certain this is what we have to do the glory really you know you if you don't if you don't understand there's a lot of definitions of glory let me give you a practical definition glory is what you're good at doing that's really it's really it's something that God gifts you to do it's an ability from God that you're good at doing that when Moses said show me your glory God
60:00 - 60:30 said I'll show you my goodness in other words he's saying you'll know what I'm famous for you know what I'm good for I'm good for goodness I'm really good at being good to people that's what I'm good at so you have an ability and ability from God that you need to give God the glory for let me show you a verse on that first Peter 4:11 says if anyone ministers if anyone ministers and we all Minister for believers now watch this let him do it as with the ability which
60:30 - 61:00 God supplies see the the ability comes from God that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ to whom be the glory and the Dominion for ever and ever it's all about his kingdom it's through his power and it's for his glory let me say it another way it's of him through him and to him and let me read you this first I love this verse I memorized it years ago Romans 11:36 says for of him and through him and to him
61:00 - 61:30 are all things to whom be glory forever of him that's his kingdom through him that's his power and to him that's his glory if we will pray according to his kingdom and for his glory then his power will operate through us I
61:30 - 62:00 have a place where I get my hair cut I mean getting my hair cut there for about 20 years and a few years ago I was there getting my and I overheard this lady in the chair beside me getting her haircut talking to the hairdresser and she was just really pouring her heart out how she had several miscarriages and how she wanted the child and and the struggle she was going through as a woman having these miscarriages and she didn't get married until she was 35 and so she wanted
62:00 - 62:30 children immediately when she got married and then she had three miscarriages and the Lord spoke something to me and to pray for her and so I got up when I finished my haircut and I walked over and she was actually getting up the same time and I said ma'am I know you don't know me I'm a pastor here in the area but I just feel like the Lord spoke something to me and I'm supposed to pray for you but I'm supposed to tell you something and I just looked her right in the eyes and I said God is going to give you a child
62:30 - 63:00 and she started crying said God's gonna give you a child but God is rearranging some things in your life right now I said would you mind if I pray for you and she said no please and I prayed for right there and I'm gonna tell you in a moment the end of that story but let me tell you a little something in between that happened this week I was getting my hair cut again there and I was telling the
63:00 - 63:30 owners who are members of our church the owners of the salon I was telling them about that I was going to share this testimony with you at the end of the message and the owner said you know I wanted to talk to you about that he said you know we have different wings you know where people can go and they get their hair cut but he said since you prayed that prayer in that wing I've had 8 to 10 of my employees get pregnant and not many of the other wings and we
63:30 - 64:00 have ladies at workforce they want to get pregnant that has to be transferred to that way he said we had a lady that is a makeup artist that we work with when we do photo shoots in Paris and London and New York and places like that and she came a few years ago to do makeup for a photo shoot we were doing in Dallas and she's first time she'd ever been in our salon she's 44 years old never been able to have children always wanted to have children she worked in that wing and she got
64:00 - 64:30 pregnant and he said you know it's as an employer he said you know I'm glad for him but he said it's beginning to hurt hurt hurt our business here at all of our employees were having babies and he said he said the last time just a few months ago one of the employees told me and I thought what she works in that wing and he said I just thought to myself I'm gonna call pastor Robert ask him to cancel this prayer you know but I prayed for that lady and they started coming to church here they were not coming to church and they started coming
64:30 - 65:00 to church here and just in a few weeks she came down one of the times after the service when we had prayer she realized she'd been in control of her life all of her life she was a control freak she wrote an article in Studio G about it and she said I gave control to God and I released my bed restored God and now she has a beautiful two-year-old girl so they're members of our church she and her husband when we pray to the Father
65:00 - 65:30 about the son through the spirit our prayers are answered I want you to bow your heads and close your eyes I ask you every week what the Holy Spirit is saying to you I want you to just think maybe just a little differently this week what area of your life do you need
65:30 - 66:00 to pray for God's will in that area by the power of the Spirit think about it is it an area of your health your finances your healing your emotional healing your relationships your relationship with God maybe like that lady you've been in control and in control and in control and you need to give God control of your life today you
66:00 - 66:30 can do that today the same way she did in just a moment we're going to have prayer at all of our campuses and in the overflow room at North Richland Hills we're going to have prayer in just a moment and if you need prayer for any area of your life listen this is normal don't ever be embarrassed to ask for prayer we've all asked for prayer at some point this is this is church this is normal we worship God we we study his
66:30 - 67:00 word and then we pray for each other so if you need prayer for any area of your life no matter which campus you're attending in just a moment at every campus we're gonna stand and we're gonna have a worship song and during that worship song we're gonna have leaders at the front of every campus or whatever room you're in if you're in an overflow room we're gonna have leaders at the front and I want you during that time you're gonna see other people come in the front don't you won't be the only one don't be embarrassed we should never be embarrassed for saying hey I need prayer then you just come to the front
67:00 - 67:30 come to one of the leaders and and let us pray with you especially if you need to give control of your life to God let us help you but if you need prayer for in area when we stand in worship then I want you just to stand up make your way to the front and let it straight for you if you're on our ministry team you come as quickly as you can please and we'll need everyone on the ministry team that's available today all right Holy Spirit I pray that you'll draw every person at every campus that needs prayer right now in Jesus name Amen
67:30 - 68:00 [Music] I was 19 years old when I gave my life to the Lord and everything changed I didn't have any desire to go back to that old life I wanted to walk with the Lord and learn more about him and some people helped me to learn the Bible and to learn how to pray and to learn about
68:00 - 68:30 my new life in Christ and that's what we want to do for you I am so excited that you've given your life to the Lord he's forgiven all of your sins and you're on your way to heaven but we need to learn some things now about the Bible about prayer about some basics of the Christian life so that you can be victorious and live for the Lord like I know you want to so we've designed the class called fresh start and I want to encourage you to sign up for this class because we want to help you grow in your walk with the Lord now I love you and
68:30 - 69:00 I'm so proud of you all of us like sheep have strayed away [Music] though your sins are like scarlet I will make them as white [Music]
69:00 - 69:30 I am and forever [Music] yours [Music] you