A Night of Prayer: Finding Peace in Difficult Times

September 18, 2025 | S E | 56:40

In an emotionally charged evening of prayer and solace, various speakers and musicians from TBN Family, including Pastor Jack Graham, Pastor Greg Laurie, and Singer-Songwriter Matthew West, come together to share words of hope and encouragement in the wake of a tragic event. Through prayers and reflections on scripture, they seek God's healing and peace for the nation and the world, urging viewers to find comfort in God's presence and promises during dark and turbulent times.

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| A Night of Prayer: Finding Peace in Difficult Times | September 18, 2025

Next hour to prayer. prayer for our nation. prayer for the
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World. and prayer for you. our tbn family. one of the most
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Quoted verses about prayer is the one given by god to king
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Solomon, found in second chronicles chapter seven, verse
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14. if my people who are called by my name will humble
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Themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from their
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Wicked ways, then i will hear from heaven, and will forgive
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Their sin and heal their land. we need god's healing right now.
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I think it's important to understand the context of this
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Verse. this was a promise given to solomon under the old
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Covenant before jesus was on earth. basically, israel's sins
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Would be forgiven when they first humbled themselves.
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Second, prayed, which just meant talk to, sought after and
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Asked god for help and healing that only he can give. and
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Three turned from their wicked ways. you and i are now living
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Under the new covenant which was signed by the blood of
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Jesus. we no longer trust in our own righteousness, but in
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The finished work of christ jesus. jesus paid it all for
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You and me, and we are righteous because he is
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Righteous. so you might ask if that's what god's word says,
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Why do we bother to pray if christ has already covered our
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Sins and god already knows what he's going to do? well, we pray
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Because god wants us to communicate with him. we pray
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Because god wants to communicate with us. we pray
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Because christ prayed. he often slipped away from the crowds
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And spent the night in prayer. and repeatedly in the four
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Gospels, christ spoke about how important prayer is. matthew
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Chapter seven, verse seven says, ask, and it will be given to
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You. seek and you will find. knock and the door will be open
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To you. in mark chapter 11, verse 22, have faith in god.
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Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received
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It and it will be yours. and again in matthew chapter 21,
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Verse 22, if you believe, you will receive whatever you ask
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For in prayer. in luke chapter 18, jesus taught us to keep
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Praying and not give up. through the parable of the
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Persistent widow, saying that they should always pray and not
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Give up. but here is an amazing part of prayer. i was reading
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An article on prayer the other day that asked this question.
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By failing to pray, can we forfeit personal blessings
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Which god would otherwise bestow? it does appear that in
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His sovereignty, god has ordained believing prayer as a
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Necessary means for our receiving many of his promises.
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Therefore, james can say, you did. you did not have, because
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You did not ask. jesus taught his disciples to pray, your
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Kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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This is huge. so don't miss this. in that prayer, we are
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Aligning our hearts and minds with god that his will will be
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Done on earth. prayer changes things. it's not just a slogan,
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It's a fact. again, if we are aligning our hearts and minds
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With god. so tonight we'll join together, praying to our father
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For hope and healing. i'll be joined by my pastor, doctor
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Jack graham. doctor robert jeffress, pastor greg laurie,
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Pastor samuel rodriguez, and singer songwriter matthew west,
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Who, after the shock and heartache of the assassination
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Of our beloved charlie kirk, has written a new song that i
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Know will touch all our hearts. but let's begin the night in
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Prayer. lord jesus, i thank you that because of your shed blood,
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We can come to you right now in the name of your son. thank you,
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Jesus, that we can come and we can ask and lord, as a family
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Here at tbn, it is our prayer for healing for this nation. we
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Need you so much, lord jesus. people are so angry, so
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Confused, feel so betrayed, so wounded. you are our healer and
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You've invited us to come to you. you said, come unto me,
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All who are weary and heavy laden, and i will give you rest.
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So tonight, lord, that's what we're going to do. we're going
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To come to you and ask that you would give us rest, that we
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Would take your burden upon us. because your yoke is easy and
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Your burden is light. bless this time together as we gather
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Together as a family here at tbn, in jesus powerful name, we
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Pray. amen. so let's begin this night by joining america's
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Pastor, my great friend max lucado. max. thank you sheila.
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I'd like to call our attention to the book of ephesians,
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Chapter six, where the apostle paul reminds us that we do not
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Battle against flesh and blood, but against the principalities,
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Against the powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this
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Age, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
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Heavenly places. the bible presents a real and present foe
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Of the christian and the christian faith. his name is
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Satan. now you've heard him called. other names. scripture
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Uses a variety of names. beelzebub, belial, the
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Obstructor, the tempter, the evil one, the accuser, the
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Prince of demons, the ruler of this world, the prince of the
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Power of the air. but whatever name you choose, he is our
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Enemy. and this enemy is real. now, if i were the devil, i'd
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Blame all violence on a disenchanted people group a a
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Broken political system. the wicked witch of the west. i'd
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Point the finger at everyone but me. i'd keep my name out of
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It. but god doesn't let the devil get away with that. he
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Gives us his name. devil. it shares a root with a greek word,
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Diabolos, which means driver, splitter, one who takes apart.
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He divided adam and eve from god in the garden. and he has
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Every desire and every intent to come between people today
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And come between god and his people. that's what he does.
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He's not some empty, void, nebulous force. he's not some
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Cute and harmless character. he rebelled against god, and he's
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Trying to convince the world to do the same. the devil wrote,
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Peter is your enemy, and he goes around like a roaring lion
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Looking for someone to eat first peter chapter five and
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Verse eight jesus reminds us that the devil has one
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Objective, and that is to steal and to kill and destroy. he's
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Never spoken a word of truth. he lied to eve in the garden.
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He lies still. so every battle ultimately is a spiritual
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Battle, including the battle in which we find ourselves today.
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As we enter into this time of prayer, begging the lord for
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Help and healing, let us remember that scripture tells
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Us that we do not wage war according to the flesh, for the
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Weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in god for
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Pulling down strongholds. second corinthians chapter ten,
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Verses three and four. the world is in desperate need of a
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Generation of christians who will respond in faith to the
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Fear of these days. and if you have said yes to christ, christ
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Has said yes to you, and deposited his holy spirit
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Within you. and he who is in you is greater than he who is
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In the world. first john four and verse four. so let's fight
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The good fight with weapons of prayer and worship and
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Scripture. join me as we pray together. most holy heavenly
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Father, in the name of jesus christ, we come into your
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Presence asking you to speak words of peace over this
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Destructive and chaotic season. please have mercy upon the
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Widow and children of charlie kirk. please have mercy upon
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His extended family. please speak words of conviction to
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The assassin so that he would repent and turn to you and seek
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Salvation. and then, heavenly father, create a spirit of
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Peace. you are the prince of peace. exercise your authority
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Over this war torn world. we beg you, lord, to bid the devil
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To leave and that faith would stand up. we know you can. we
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Know you will because you're a good god. we lean into you. we
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Pray for our president, our vice president, and all those
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In positions of authority. and we pray for a times of
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Refreshing to blow across our world. through jesus we pray.
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Amen. thank you so much, max. you know, when i knew that we
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Were going to have this evening of prayer, my heart immediately
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Thought, i wonder if my pastor can come along. my pastor,
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Doctor jack graham, thank you so much for being with us
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Tonight. my privilege. thank you for having me. you have
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Enriched our church so much through the years. you have
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Seen us through all sorts of crises in the world. what do
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You make of the place we find ourselves in right now? i would
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Say it's a place of desperation, and that's a good place for
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Christians to be. i remember the old southern preacher,
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Vance havner used to say, the problem with the world is that
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The world is desperate, but we aren't. wow. and so this whole
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Thing has brought us to our knees. it has shaken us with
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The assassination of charlie. and just it has moved us deeply
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To seek god and to ask god for grace and help and strength and
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Peace and prayer is warfare. i appreciate what max just said,
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And prayer isn't preparation for the battle. prayer is the
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Battle. we fight. the good fight of faith through prayer,
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And prayer is also worship. and before anything else, when we
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Pray, let us not seek god's hand, but seek god's face. the
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Psalmist said in psalm 27, seek my face and lord your face. i
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Will seek and to seek the face of god is to seek his presence.
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It is to seek him. yeah, and this is a time where we
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Desperately need god. yes, we need all that god can give his
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Comfort, his hope, the peace that passes understanding. and
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We pray for all of this. we pray for healing of our nation.
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But let's pray that we would know god, that we would
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Experience god's presence like never before. and that includes
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Me. it includes every preacher, every servant of christ, every
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Church that we would call upon the name of god and and know
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That he is god. when i think about prayer, if you think
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About it, if we really believe, just imagine if we really
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Believed that god answers prayer. i mean, i think the
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Most profound words we could say is god answers prayer. and
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If he does, if he does, then let's pray, because we do
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Believe it. now, i know sometimes answers are delayed
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And sometimes people are disappointed when their prayers
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Seemingly don't get above the ceiling. but i do believe you
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Quoted all those scriptures at the top of the hour. all of
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Those promises of god. and it was warren wiersbe who said, we
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Don't live by explanations, we live by promises. and so with
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All the questions that we have right now about why this
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Happened to charlie and why evil is on the rampage and and
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Why we're in such a crisis in america, in all of that, in all
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Of of the crisis and the pain and the struggle that people
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Are having to know that god cares, that god is with us.
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He's promised never to leave us or forsake us, and his presence
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Is real. and if i pray said, don't worry about anything, but
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Pray about everything with thanksgiving in your heart. so
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I'm on it. i know you're on it. we're on our knees right now
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For our country, for the global impact. we you know, last year
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We were two years ago it started. we're dealing with
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Israel and the impact and what's going on in israel right
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Now. there's so much to pray about. you don't have to wonder
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What to pray about. we've got a prayer list right in front of
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Us every day. and i don't know if you actually i don't know if
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I've ever told you this, but it was actually our son who chose
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Our church. it was because of the phenomenal youth ministry
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That prestonwood baptist has. oh, thank you and incredible
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School. what do you see god doing? because it seems like
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Charlie connected with young people and the fact that he
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Spoke truth, there seems to be god seems to be moving among
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The young people, no doubt about it. and especially, it
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Seems, with young men. and we've been seeing this over the
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Last couple of years, in particular on college campuses
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Where revival is breaking out, and we're seeing both young men
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And women praying and praising god. and experiencing revival.
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I don't know any other way to describe it, and but that it is
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Revival. and charlie came along in a time, you know, people saw
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Charlie as a political activist. and he did some of that, of
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Course, but he was really a he was a spiritual soldier. he
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Loved america, loved our country, and he loved young
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People. and here's what he did that was so good. he when many
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Of us, i think, abandoned the college campuses, we just gave
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It over to secularism and all that goes with that. and we
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Just said, okay, we'll we'll start our own schools. it's
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Good. we have a school at our church and we have christian
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Schools. but what about all those students in the
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Universities? charlie said, i'm going to go to those students,
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And i'm going to have conversations with them and
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Talk to them. and so they they grabbed hold of that. and so in
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This environment that's going on right now with young people
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Coming to christ and, and seeking god, along came charlie
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And he connected with them. and that's why you have so much
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Grief among young people over over charlie's death. yeah. but
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It's it's certainly happening. i see it, i see it in our own
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School. i see it with young people in our own student
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Ministry that that there is a, a a heart cry for revival.
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There is a desire to see god move in this generation. i'm
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Very encouraged about this, this generation, generation y.
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I would love pastor, if you would, would you pray for our
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Young people? because i do believe that even as you're
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Speaking, i get chills. i do believe that god is moving in
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Our young people, and they don't want flashing lights and
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Smoke bombs. they want truth. they want authenticity.
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Authenticity is absolutely that is a that is a huge thing. and
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I'm finding that they want god's word. yeah. you know,
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Give us god's word. don't give us ted talks and call them
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Sermons, but give us the word of god and give it to us
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Straight. yeah. and and that's one thing that, you know,
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Charlie did. i mean, he on issues of faith and morality
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And and of christ himself, he shot straight and and some
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People thought that was polarizing. and maybe the
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Gospel is polarizing. in fact, it's offensive to unbelievers,
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But it's truth. but when when you speak truth, truth
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Polarizes because there's truth and there's untruth. and but
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The young people today want us to be real and to be genuine.
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They've seen enough hypocrisy and phoniness. and again, a lot
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Of the, you know, the hype and the flashing light, they don't
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Need hype, they need hope in christ. and and so so would you
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Pray? i would love to pray for our young people. thank you,
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Lord, for what you're doing in a new generation of young men
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And women. i think of my own grandchildren, lord, and the
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Children and the grandchildren of the church in the in this
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Generation that today you are raising up. bold believers,
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Young people who want to change the world and bring the message
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Of hope and life to people. we know that every great revival
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In history has begun with young people, including your
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Disciples, lord. and so we ask that this time of, of of crisis
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And and deep pain and deep hurt and grief, that these young
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People would rise up, lord, raise up thousands. lord of
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Charlie kirk's. yes. who will take the message of life in
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Christ to the world? do a work of your holy spirit that only
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You can do. we pray for another jesus movement that we saw way
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Back when, but you're doing something even more special to
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Now. we believe so. we give you our young people, our children,
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Our grandchildren. we pray your protection. we know satan is
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Seeking to destroy and devour. but lord, that you have
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Promised your passion and your provision upon all of those who
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Seek you. so we do pray, and we seek your face, and knowing
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That we have your face and your love and your grace, that we
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Can pursue the will of god on earth. for we pray in jesus
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Name, amen, amen, amen. thank you, pastor jack. and you
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Mentioned jesus revolution. i'm actually going to be joined now
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By a really good friend of yours, good friend of mine,
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Pastor greg laurie. he's going to come and share with us some
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Things that god has put on his heart for our night of prayer.
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Greg. thanks, sheila, and i think we can all use some hope
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Right now, and i can't think of a better place to go than to
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The bible. and i think of the words of jesus in john chapter
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14 when he said this, don't let your hearts be troubled. trust
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In god. trust also in me. there is more than enough room in my
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Father's home. if it were not so, i would have told you that
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I am going to prepare a place for you, and when everything is
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Ready, i will come again and get you. so you will always be
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With me where i am, and you know the way to where i am
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Going, thomas said. we don't know the way. and jesus said, i
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Am the way, the truth, and the life. and no man comes to the
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Father except through me. it's interesting. jesus uses this
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Phrase, let not your hearts be troubled. the word troubled
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Could be translated agitated, stressed out. and i think a lot
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Of us feel that way right now. we're just on edge and we've
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Seen so much bad news, so many horrible things happening. and
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Of course, in the light of the assassination of christian
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Leader charlie kirk, it's just something that was troubling to
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Us because he's a member of our family, the christian family,
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The family of god. and the bible says when one member
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Suffers, we all suffer. so we're still reeling in shock
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From that. so jesus gives us three reasons to not be
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Stressed out. let me go back to king james. that's how i
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Memorize it. let not your hearts be troubled, neither let
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It be afraid. number one, god will keep his word. he says,
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You believe in god. believe also in me. the best place to
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Go when you're stressed out. the best thing to read when
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You're being filled with anxiety is the bible, not
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Social media. don't go doomscrolling don't even watch
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Tv, even tbn. as great as it is, there's nothing that will take
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The place of the word of god. open up the word of god and
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Commit scripture to memory. god has made promises and you can
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Take those promises to the bank. so the number one reason why i
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Don't need to be stressed out or agitated, god keeps his word.
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Jesus says, you believe in god, believe also in me. then jesus
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Says, in my father's house are many mansions. if it were not
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So, i would have told you, you have a home in heaven. no
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Matter what you're going through right now, i want you
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To keep this in mind. if you're a christian, you will go to
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Heaven one day. coming back to charlie kirk, as tragic as his
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Death was, and it was the moment he took his last breath
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On earth, he took his first breath in heaven. he went right
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Into god's presence. and that's what happens to the christian.
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The bible says to be absent from the body is to be present
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With the lord. and i think it's good for us as christians to
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Think about heaven. colossians three it says, set your mind on
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Things above, not on things of the earth. and another way you
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Could translate that is just think heavenly thoughts or
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Literally think heaven. it's good to think about heaven.
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It's good to learn about heaven and to realize one day i'm
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Going to be in god's presence. so no matter what i'm going
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Through on earth, i have a home in heaven. so, number one, if
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You're agitated, god keeps his word. open up the scripture.
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Number two, if you're a christian, you're going to
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Heaven. third reason you don't have to be agitated and
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Stressed out. jesus says, i'm coming back again. yes, jesus
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Is coming. and jesus could come back at any moment. and that
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Should not put a sense of dread inside of us. we should be
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Excited. we should say with the apostle john. even so, come,
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Lord jesus, and anything in your life that would cause you
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To be reluctant to say that should be avoided. it's sort of
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Like when you were a little kid and maybe you got in trouble
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And your mom said, no, you just wait until your father gets
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Home. so you had a dread for your father's arrival because
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You'd been a bad little boy or girl. but let's just say you
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Hadn't done anything wrong. and and you heard daddy's car pull
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Up in the driveway and you run out to greet him. that's how we
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Should be anxiously awaiting the lord's return. the bible
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Says christ will return a second time for those who are
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Looking for him. now, that doesn't mean we all just, you
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Know, sit on our rooftop and stare at the sun. but it what
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It means is we live in a sense of expectancy. we make our
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Decisions based on the fact of, is this pleasing to god? is
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This honoring to god? i don't want to be doing anything that
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I would be ashamed to be doing if christ were to come back. i
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Know these are hard times, but god will be with you in your
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Hard times. i love the words of david in psalm 23 when he says,
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Yea, though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
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I will fear no evil, for you are with me. your rod and your
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Staff, they comfort me. maybe you're in a shadow of death.
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Maybe you're in a valley right now, or you're going through a
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Storm. to mix my metaphors right now, you're going to get
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Through it. you're going to come out on the other side and
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You'll be stronger for it. like job said after he had been
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Tested and tried, he said, i know i will come forth as gold,
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So god is with you. let's remember he keeps his word.
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We're going to go to heaven one day in jesus christ is coming
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Again. why don't we have a word of prayer together? father, i
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Pray for everybody watching right now, wherever they are. i
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Pray that you will help them sense your presence with them, o
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You right now to get their eyes off of circumstances and off
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Their troubles and things that caused them to be stressed out
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And help them to look to you, the author and finisher of our
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Faith. lord, we have our eyes on you. and we think of peter
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How when he was on the water and he saw jesus, he did the
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Impossible. he literally walked on water. but the moment he
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Took his eyes off of jesus, he began to sink. help us not sink.
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Lord, help us keep our eyes on you. looking to jesus as the
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Bible says, the author and the finisher of our faith, who for
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The joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising
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The shame, and is set down at the right hand of god. keep
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Looking up. god bless. thank you. thank you so much, greg.
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Thank you. that was. that was beautiful. you know, sometimes,
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Like this morning, for example, when i woke up, i found myself
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A little anxious. but, you know, one of the things i've started
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To do, i've started to read the psalms out loud. i really
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Recommend reading like psalm 27. the lord is my light and my
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Salvation. whom shall i fear? the lord is the stronghold of
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My life. of whom shall i be afraid? someone who has helped
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My love for god's word and for the psalms is our dear friend,
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Pastor robert jeffress, who's going to join us now and and
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Bring bring a word from his heart, pastor jeffress. thank
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You. sheila. as we talk about peace and difficult times, we
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Certainly have a lot of illustrations recently of
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Difficult times that we're enduring as a nation, whether
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It's the flooding this last summer that swept away those
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Innocent children in a flood, or whether it's the shooting at
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A minnesota church a few months ago, or whether it's the
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Assassination of charlie kirk. people naturally want peace,
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And they think they can find peace if they can just have the
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Why question answered. why would god allow such evil in
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Our world? you know, not much has changed since biblical
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Times. in luke chapter 13. a group of followers came to
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Jesus and wanted an answer to the why question. why would god
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Allow a group of worshipers to be slaughtered by pontius
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Pilate while worshiping in the temple? or they had another
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Question why would god allow construction tower to fall and
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Kill 18 people at the tower of siloam? interestingly, jesus
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Never answered the why question. job asked the why question
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After losing his children, his possessions, his own health. he
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Wanted to know why. but once again, god refused to answer
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The why question. as philip yancey said, it's not that
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There wasn't an answer, but the people couldn't comprehend the
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Answer. the real question to ask during a difficult time is
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Not why, but it's who. and that's where we find peace in
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Knowing who's in control of all that is happening. you know,
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Many years ago, my wife amy and i were traveling in the middle
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Of the night through west texas in a driving rainstorm. it was
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So heavy we couldn't see six inches in front of us. and then
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Our headlights went out and we didn't know what to do. if we
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Pulled over to the side, we would risk being hit by another
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Car, but we couldn't see far enough to make it and stay on
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The road. and i noticed way up ahead there was an 18 wheeler,
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And so i sped to get up as close to the back as of that 18
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Wheeler as we could. and as we looked at the back of that 18
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Wheeler, we noticed tail lights. and if we would just simply
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Focus on the lights, the truck would lead us safely to where
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We were going. you know, when we're going through a storm of
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Adversity in our life, a storm where we can't see what is
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Happening, there are some lights we can focus on, some
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Truths about god that will give us direction during the storm.
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Three things i want to close with tonight that we can know
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For sure when we're going through a difficult time. first
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Of all, god is good, not evil. and the bible says, for we know
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That god causes all things to work together for good to those
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Who love him and are called according to his purpose. god
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Is not a sadist in heaven, trying to make life as
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Difficult for us as possible. he has a purpose for our lives.
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And remember, god always is good, never evil. secondly, god
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Is loving, not indifferent. if you want to know how god feels
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About you, just look at the cross of jesus christ. for god
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So loved the world. that means, for god so loved you and me
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That he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in
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Him will not perish but have everlasting life. and the final
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Truth we can remember in a difficult time is god is
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Powerful, not weak. god is powerful. you know this story
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Of our country. our world is not over yet. i think about the
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Experience of the disciples on good friday afternoon after
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Christ died. everybody thought the story was over, but it
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Wasn't. there was easter sunday morning around the corner, but
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The resurrection of jesus christ wasn't the end of the
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Story. the true end of the story is going to be one of
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Victory. when jesus christ returns to defeat evil forever,
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To create that new heaven and that new earth. in revelation
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21 four, john says, for on that day god will wipe away every
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Tear from our eyes. there shall no longer be any death or
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Mourning, or crying or pain, for the first things will have
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Passed away. remember, in times of difficulty what you can know
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For sure about god. god is good, not evil. god is loving, not
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Indifferent. and god is powerful, not weak. i hope you
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Know the peace of god in your heart right now by being at
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Peace with god. would you bow with me in a word of prayer?
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Father, we confess we are not wise enough to have the answers
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To everything that is happening. but how? we thank you that you
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Are in control of our world in general and our own world in
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Particular. father, like job, we say we know you can do
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Anything and nothing. no one will thwart your purpose. and i
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Pray for the hundreds of thousands who are watching tbn
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Right now, that if there's somebody watching who isn't at
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Peace with you, that they would come to be at peace with you
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Through knowing jesus christ as their lord and savior. and
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Father, we look forward to that day when you return again to
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Defeat evil once and for all. to usher in that new heaven and
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New earth you have promised. and until that time, help us to
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Be courageous in sharing that faith, that hope with others.
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And we pray this in the name of the one who came and died and
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Rose again, that we might have eternal life, jesus our lord.
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It's in his saving name that we pray. amen. thank you so much,
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Sheila. thank thank you, pastor. thank you so much for those
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Words. so encouraging. i'm going to be joined by another
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Wonderful friend of mine, and i never know exactly where in the
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World he is. the last time we talked to him, i believe he was
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Maybe in no, not manila. i think he was. i'm not quite
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Sure where he was. sam, where are you tonight? are you home?
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I i'm home. i was in malaysia. malaysia? that's right. you
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Know, we are living in very tough times right now, but you
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Always have a way. you have a way of hearing god's heart,
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Sammy, and putting things into perspective in terms of prayer.
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What can you share to help our tbn family grow in our own
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Prayer lives? yeah, the first thing is putting things into
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Alignment. you know, applying the appropriate biblically
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Substantiated lens, which means what we have to be cognizant of
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The fact that the battle right now taking place in america is
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Not between the donkey and the elephant. yeah. it is not the
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Battles between the serpent and the lamb. that's the battle.
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And i want the audience to know that there's great news. not
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Even good news. phenomenal news. it's colossians 215 that on the
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Cross, jesus defeated every spiritual tyrant. every vestige
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Of darkness was defeated on the cross, and he made a public
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Spectacle out of them. he was not their prisoner. they were
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His. isn't that amazing? that's the reality that we're living
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In dark times. and as we pray, we need to be aware that this
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Is a fight between light and darkness. but this i know from
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Genesis chapter one, verses two and three, we know that light
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Overcomes darkness. we know john one five that darkness
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Will never overcome light. we know ephesians five eight. we
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Were once in darkness. now the apostle paul writes, we are
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Children of the light. live like children of the light. we
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Know matthew chapter five, verses 14 through 16. you, me,
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We are the light of the world, and a city on a hill cannot be
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Hidden. neither do you light a lamp and hide it, but rather
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You place it on its stand so it can shine brightly before all
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Who see it. and they will give glory to our father who is in
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Heaven. sheila, this is a fight between light and darkness. as
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We pray. we pray doing the following. not focusing on the
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Darkness again. america is going through a dark time. but
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If we just focus on the darkness, we're going to miss
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It in the dark room. what do you do? i can walk in there and
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I can rebuke the darkness. i can fast against the darkness.
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And fasting is powerful and i fast. i can write about the
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Darkness, but here it is. hey, guys, why not trying to switch
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And why? and that's what we did. that's. that's what we do when
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We pray. we turn on the light. the light of what you may be
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Asking. here's here's light. romans chapter eight. here's
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The prescription for the darkness. what does that say?
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The light of there is no condemnation, therefore now no
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Condemnation for those that are in christ jesus. romans 811.
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The same spirit that raised jesus from the dead lives
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Inside of you. romans 815 for you have received the spirit of
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Adoption to be able to cry out, abba, father! romans 817 he
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Placed upon you his glory, so you can be light. romans 818.
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Your current tribulation can never compare to the glory that
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Is coming your way. romans 828 god makes things, not some
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Things. things work together for the good of those who love
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Him and are called according to his purpose, which means he is
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The god that uses everything. romans 830 he has chosen you,
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Called you, giving you right standing, and placed upon you
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His glory. romans 831 if god be for us, who can be against us?
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Romans 837. we are more than conquerors. romans 838 and 39.
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Nothing can separate us from the love of all mighty god.
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That's the light that shines in the darkness, and the darkness
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Will never overcome it. you know, sammy, when you were
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Saying, this battle is not between a donkey and an
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Elephant, but between the serpent and the lamb, it
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Literally gave me goosebumps. and i want to ask you if you
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Will pray for our people, that instead of giving in to fear
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That these are days where we would rise up and remember who
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We are. heavenly father, now, by the authority of your spirit,
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Undergirded by your word and coming together through the
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Finished work of christ, we call upon each of your children
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To rise up. and in the words of the apostle paul, stand firm.
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We repudiate, we push back, we rebuke and come against every
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Vestige of darkness, be it manifest with fear, anxiety,
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Discouragement, disillusionment, despair, hopelessness. we come
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Against these things and we speak the love of christ, the
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Truth of christ, the grace of christ, the power of christ.
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And lord. we are reminded as we pray, that the most powerful
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Spirit in america and around the world today is still the
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Holy spirit. so, lord, thank you. thank you that victory is
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Not coming. victory is already ours and we pray from a
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Victorious stand, declaring that we are about to see more
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People saved, more people delivered, more people healed
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And transformed by the power of jesus than ever before in human
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History. in jesus name we pray. amen. amen. that is so powerful
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When you travel. sammy, do you see this happening in other
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Countries too? is god moving by his spirit in other countries
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Too? oh my gosh. i came back telling my wife, like in all of
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My years of ministry, i've never seen this ever. wow. it's
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Been amazing. so to god be the glory, he's on the move indeed.
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Thank you so much for being with us. we love you and we're
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So grateful for you. thank you, pastor sammy. thank you for
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Having me. well, you know, the last time on the day when
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Charlie kirk lost his life, we were live here at tbn with you
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For a good portion of the day and had an opportunity to be
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Joined by so many people who had a word of hope, a word of
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Comfort praying for us. and and we were joined by someone that
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Is such a dear friend of mine, someone i love and admire
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Tremendously. and he said that they were actually, his name is
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Matthew west. i'm sure you know and love his music, but he said
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That he was actually in a songwriting session when they
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Heard the news that charlie had been shot. and so he said, we
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Just shut everything down. but i remember saying to matthew on
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That broadcast, i look forward to hearing the song that you
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Write from this. and so we're going to be joined live from
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Nashville now by my friend matthew west. and matthew, i'm
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So glad that you're taking time out to join us, and we have set
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Aside time to pray for god's intervention and peace, as well
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As to encourage our tbn family around the world. and yeah, we
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Know this last week was hard. can you share how prayer has
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Been helping you and your own family? yeah, thanks for having
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Me, sheila. i wouldn't miss this, and i've already been so
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Encouraged by the messages that i've heard from sam and others,
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Greg and max, and everybody who's been sharing such a
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Powerful one, powerful message of encouragement after the
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Other, which is exactly what we need. the west family has been
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Grieving like so much of the rest of the world. we sat and
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Watched erica kirk address the nation, and i looked over and i
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Saw my two teenage daughters crying, my mom and my dad who
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Live with us, my wife, all of us just crying and grieving
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With erica and her family. and the only response that we could
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Think of was to gather together and to pray. and i love how sam
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Just now was just quoting one scripture after the other. and
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It's just a powerful reminder in times like this of how
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Important and essential it is to hide god's word in our heart,
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Because god's word will return to us in moments of grief and
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Moments of hurting. and we're reminded. and so we just prayed
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Scripture and we were reminded of what the bible says. if my
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People who are called by my name will humble themselves and
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Pray and turn from their wicked ways, what does the bible say?
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It doesn't say god will ignore us. he says, i will hear them.
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I will forgive their sins, and i will heal their land. and so
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What's been helpful for me this past week is even when i don't
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Know the words to pray because i'm angry, i'm confused. i'm
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Having maybe struggling with doubt of like, lord, where are
00:42:40.088 --> 00:42:43.091
You? i found myself praying scripture and that's what wound
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Up inspiring me to process my emotions into a song. just
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Praying the verse. psalm 3418. the lord is close to the
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Brokenhearted. i love these reminders of his proximity
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Where he is. he wants us to know where he is. he's not far.
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He is close to the brokenhearted, and he saves
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Those who are crushed in spirit. so it is crazy that i sat with
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You on your broadcast last week. and you, you said that you
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Spoke it into existence. you said, i can't wait to see what
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Songs come out of that. and literally the i woke up in the
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Middle of the night singing the melody that i'm going to sing
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For you tonight, and it was simply a prayer, trusting that
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God's word is true, that he is close. and i sang this as a
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Prayer over erica kirk and her children, and over our whole
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Nation and our world. matthew, that is so powerful and so
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Family sitting at home. you know, we are a family here.
00:43:40.415 --> 00:43:44.185
Matt and lori, they have a grandbaby. they have a darling
00:43:44.185 --> 00:43:46.654
Little grand boy. we want this to be a nation where where our
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Kids can grow up learning that god is good, that there is
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Truth, and that is so much of the work that charlie kirk did.
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And, you know, matthew, you sent my husband barry, a new
00:43:56.764 --> 00:44:00.001
Song that you wrote just last week. it is so perfect for
00:44:00.001 --> 00:44:04.072
Right now, and it brings so much hope to us. i just want to
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Ask is, would you i know it's brand new, but would you share
00:44:08.910 --> 00:44:12.380
It with us? i can't unsee what
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I've just seen. i can't make sense of one more senseless
00:44:26.627 --> 00:44:34.869
Tragedy. another life put out by darkness. this wicked world
00:44:34.869 --> 00:44:46.714
Just makes me wonder where you are. jesus, be close to the
00:44:46.714 --> 00:44:56.491
Brokenhearted. save those who are crushed in spirit. we know
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That you've always been our only hope. be near when our
00:45:01.896 --> 00:45:09.871
Minds are flooded with fear. be the hand that's wiping our
00:45:09.871 --> 00:45:16.377
Tears in the voice that whispers. we'll be still and
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Know how old. be close. where
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There is hate. let there be peace. and when i don't see a
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Change, let change begin with me. where there is evil. be not
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Dismayed. give me the strength to stare that evil in the face
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And say, jesus, be close to the brokenhearted. save those who
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Are crushed in spirit. we know that you've always been our
00:46:10.932 --> 00:46:17.405
Only hope. be near when our minds are flooded with fear. be
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The hand that's wiping our tears in the voice that
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Whispers we. soul be still a. i only be close. in our hurting.
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Be close in our grieving. be close in our crying. be close.
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We need you, lord. we need you in our families. be close in
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Our country. we close in this lost world. be close. oh, we
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Need you. yes, jesus. be close to the brokenhearted. save
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Those who are crushed in spirit. we know that you've always been
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Our only hope. be near when our minds are flooded with fear. be
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The headless wiping our tears and the voice that whispers we.
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Soul be still. and know i only be close. matthew. that was
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Beautiful. so powerful. what a prayer. let me pray that over
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Each one of you right now, father, we echo the words of
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That psalm i ask right now, lord, that you would be close
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To those who are struggling, to those whose hearts are broken,
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To those who don't understand, to those who are afraid. you
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Have promised that you're close to the brokenhearted, and you
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Save those who are crushed in spirit. and so as a family here
00:48:26.701 --> 00:48:31.238
At tbn, we pray right now, lord, for anyone watching or
00:48:31.238 --> 00:48:37.411
Listening in who feels they're alone and they're struggling,
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Help them to understand that even when we cannot find the
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Words to pray, we have been told romans chapter eight,
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Verse 26. the holy spirit himself intercedes for us.
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Jesus, we have been told that you ever live to make
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Intercession for us, so may your comfort fall upon everyone
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Who is listening right now in jesus powerful, powerful name,
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Amen. that psalm is one of my absolute favorite psalms, and
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One of my things that i love to do. i'm kind of a nerd when it
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Comes to studying, is i love to know what was actually
00:49:24.492 --> 00:49:27.928
Happening in the life of the psalmist when he wrote each one
00:49:27.928 --> 00:49:32.199
Of these psalms. you know, when he wrote psalm 23, was he just
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A shepherd boy out on the hill, looking over his own sheep? but
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This particular psalm, psalm 34, david wrote that at a very
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Difficult time in his life, it was a time when he was on the
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Run from king saul. king saul was take
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His life. and then david went to one of the priests and told
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Him something that was not true, and it would cost that man and
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85 priests and their families. it would cost them all their
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Lives. david kept running, and he went to an area where he
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Hoped he could pretend to be insane and just slip in with
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The masses there. but the king discovered who he was and why
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He was there, and basically told david to get out. so david,
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The one who'd been anointed by by the prophet samuel, the one
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Anointed to be king of israel, made his way to a cave. and in
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That place, understanding the darkness all around him, and
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Even the darkness he had contributed to. this is what he
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Wrote. let me read it to you. i will praise the lord at all
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Times. i will constantly speak his praises. i will boast only
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In the lord. come, let us tell of the lord's greatness. let us
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Exalt his name together. i pray to the lord. and he answered me.
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He freed me from all my fears. those who look to him for help
00:51:09.697 --> 00:51:16.370
Will be radiant with joy. no shadow of shame will darken
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Their faces. in my desperation i prayed and the lord listened.
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He saved me from all my troubles. and he goes on to say,
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The lord hears his people when they call to him for help. he
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Rescues them from all their troubles. the lord is close to
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The brokenhearted and saves those whose spirits are crushed.
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That is our prayer for each one of you tonight, that you would
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Know the nearness of the lord. this sunday, tbn will be airing
00:51:49.970 --> 00:51:54.842
The memorial service for charlie kirk live at 2 p.m.
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Eastern time, and will be re-airing it throughout the day.
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So stay tuned to tbn all this weekend for more information on
00:52:02.850 --> 00:52:07.721
That. so for all of us here at tbn, for your family, from matt,
00:52:07.721 --> 00:52:15.095
From lori, from your whole family, we love you. and let's
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Go out. let's let matthew take us out as we understand that
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Jesus is very close. matthew. i
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Can't unsee what i've just seen. i can't make sense of one more
00:52:35.749 --> 00:52:47.261
Senseless tragedy. another life put out by dark. this wicked
00:52:47.261 --> 00:52:58.806
World just makes me wonder where you are. jesus, be close
00:52:58.806 --> 00:53:07.114
To the brokenhearted. save those who are crushed in spirit.
00:53:07.114 --> 00:53:12.987
We know that you've always been our only hope. be near when our
00:53:12.987 --> 00:53:23.297
Minds are flooded with fear. be the hand that's wiping our
00:53:23.297 --> 00:53:28.068
Tears and the voice that whispers we'll soul be still
00:53:28.068 --> 00:53:36.644
And know how low. be close.
00:53:36.644 --> 00:53:47.354
Where there is hate. let there be peace. and when i don't see
00:53:48.555 --> 00:53:57.531
A change, let change begin with me. where there is evil. be not
00:53:57.531 --> 00:54:08.609
Dismayed. give me the strength to stare that evil in the face
00:54:08.609 --> 00:54:16.216
And say, jesus, be close to the brokenhearted. save those who
00:54:16.216 --> 00:54:23.157
Are crushed in spirit. we know that you've always been our
00:54:23.157 --> 00:54:29.930
Only hope. be it when our minds are flooded with fear. be the
00:54:29.930 --> 00:54:38.072
Hand that's wiping our tears in the voice that whispers, we
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Shall be still as. i ought to be. close. in our hurting. be
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Close in our grieving. be close in our crying. be close. we
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Need you, lord. we need you in our families. be close. in our
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Country. we close in this lost world. be close. oh, we need
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You. yes, jesus. be close to the brokenhearted. save those
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A Night of Prayer: Finding Peace in Difficult Times

September 18, 2025 | S E | 56:40

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