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Greg Laurie - It's Time To Pray

May 1, 2026 | 27:29

Greg Laurie - It's Time To Pray
Join Pastor Greg Laurie for a time of encouragement, worship, and Bible study.
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Harvest with Pastor Greg Laurie | Greg Laurie - It's Time To Pray | May 1, 2026
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  • Greg laurie: you have not because you ask not.
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  • "well, we are struggling right now financially,
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  • It's hard to make ends meet."
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  • Okay, hold on, have you prayed about that specifically?
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  • Could it be that god will provide for you supernaturally
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  • And he is just waiting for you to ask?
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  • You have not because you ask not.
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  • Jesus said, "ask and it shall be given; seek and ye shall find;
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  • Knock and the door shall be opened.
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪
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  • ♪ this is the day, ♪
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  • ♪ the day when life begins. ♪♪
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  • Greg: how many of you believe in the power of prayer?
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  • Raise your hand up.
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  • How many of you don't pray as much as you ought to?
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  • Raise your hand up.
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  • Yeah, i'm with you, i'm with you.
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  • Why don't we pray more?
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  • I don't know the answer.
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  • Sometimes we offer up what we think
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  • Are reasons, but in reality are excuses.
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  • We might say, "well, i don't pray more
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  • Because i just don't have the time.
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  • I'm so busy."
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  • Of course, the response to that is, how much time
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  • Do you spend on social media, right?
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  • I mean, think about that.
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  • Local researchers say people check their facebook, twitter,
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  • Tiktok, et cetera, other media accounts, 17 times per day.
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  • Pretty much every waking hour, teenagers spend
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  • Nine hours every day consuming media.
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  • You've had it happen, haven't you?
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  • You start flipping through those little videos and next thing you
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  • Know 45 minutes are gone, even an hour is gone.
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  • But we say, "i don't have time to pray."
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  • What if you prayed 17 times a day as
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  • Much as you check social media?
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  • One of the biggest lessons from social media will prove that in
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  • The last day, prayerlessness was not from a lack of time.
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  • And then some people will say, "well,
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  • I don't pray more because, well, i don't
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  • Really know that prayer is all that important."
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  • Now, we probably wouldn't verbalize it,
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  • But in a way maybe it's true because
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  • We don't really think it matters that much.
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  • But of course we should pray and we should pray often.
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  • Jesus himself prayed, and jesus was god incarnate walking among
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  • Us, and yet how often do we read in the gospels of jesus spending
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  • The night in prayer or retreating by himself to pray?
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  • Here's another excuse we offer as to why we don't pray, we
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  • Don't really believe that prayer works.
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  • We don't really believe it works, but in fact it does.
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  • In fact, the bible even says in james 4:2,
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  • "you have not because you ask not."
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  • Try this thought on for size.
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  • I believe that there are certain things god wants to do for you
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  • And in you, certain things that god wants to
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  • Give to you, they may not be yours because
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  • You have simply failed to pray about it.
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  • Again, "you have not because you ask not."
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  • You might say, "well, i'm having problems with my family and i
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  • Just don't know what to do anymore."
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  • Have you prayed about it?
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  • Have you specifically brought that need before the lord?
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  • You have not because you ask not.
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  • "well, we are struggling right now financially,
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  • It's hard to make ends meet."
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  • Okay, hold on, have you prayed about that specifically?
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  • Could it be that god will provide for you supernaturally
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  • And he's just waiting for you to ask?
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  • "you have not because you ask not."
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  • "well, i'm sick and the doctor hasn't given me any real hope."
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  • Have you prayed about that?
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  • Could it be that god wants to touch and heal
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  • You and he's just waiting for you to ask?
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  • Jesus said, "ask and it shall be given; seek and ye shall find;
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  • Knock and the door shall be opened."
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  • But in the original language,
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  • It's implied to do it continuously.
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  • So keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking.
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  • "you have not because you ask not."
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  • Now, let's read about what james says about prayer.
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  • James 5 verse 13.
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  • "is any among you in trouble?
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  • Let them pray. is anyone happy?
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  • Let them sing songs of praise.
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  • Is any among you sick?
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  • Let them call the elders of the church to pray
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  • Over them and anoint them with oil in the name
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  • Of the lord and their prayer offered in faith will make
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  • The sick person well and the lord will raise them up.
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  • If they've sinned, their sins will be forgiven.
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  • Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray
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  • For each other so you may be healed.
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  • The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."
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  • James gives us four specific and practical
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  • Areas in which prayer is vital.
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  • Number one, you should pray when you're facing trouble.
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  • Am i talking to someone right now that's facing trouble?
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  • Another translation says, "when you're afflicted."
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  • Are you afflicted right now?
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  • Are you facing a severe hardship?
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  • Are you looking at what looks to be an insurmountable obstacle?
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  • What should you do?
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  • We should pray.
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  • The temptation is to get angry at god for allowing this to
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  • Happen when in reality we should pray.
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  • Every trouble is a call to pray.
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  • So you should turn your panic into prayer,
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  • You should turn your worry into worship.
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  • As paul writes in philippians, "in everything,
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  • With prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,
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  • Let your request be made known to god."
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  • So go to him in your time of trouble.
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  • Sometimes god may send the affliction himself.
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  • Let's be honest, we don't pray as much when
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  • Things are going well as we do when they aren't
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  • Going well, is that true for you?
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  • When things are going great we say, "oh, fantastic.
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  • Hey, you know, i don't need to pray."
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  • But when you're in trouble, you pray.
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  • The lord may allow affliction to get your attention.
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  • The psalmist wrote, "before i was afflicted,
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  • I went astray but now i have kept your word."
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  • And sometimes god will allow it.
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  • He will allow that and maybe the devil bringing it in your
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  • Direction, but god has allowed it for his purposes.
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  • But the main thing is pray about it.
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  • There's nothing wrong with asking
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  • God to remove your affliction.
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  • So if you're facing trouble, whatever kind it is,
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  • It's okay to go to the lord and say,
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  • "lord, would you remove this from me?"
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  • And maybe the lord will say, yes, i will.
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  • And maybe the lord will say, "no, i have a purpose in it, so
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  • You need to be patient and wait on me."
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  • But i think the best model for prayer in times
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  • Like that is following the example of jesus.
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  • In the garden of gethsemane as he contemplated
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  • What was ahead with the crucifixion, he said,
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  • "if it is possible, let this cup pass from me.
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  • Nevertheless, not my will, but yours be done."
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  • So you can say, "lord, if there's a way out of this, if
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  • You might remove this problem, i would really appreciate it, but
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  • You may have a greater purpose therefore, i say to you, father,
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  • Not my will, but yours be done."
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  • Which brings me to point number two, when things
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  • Are going well, we should praise god.
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  • Verse 13, "is anyone happy?
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  • Let them sing songs of praise."
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  • You know, we call on the lord when things aren't going well,
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  • Do we give thanks to god when they are?
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  • You know, you get up one morning and there's no real problem to
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  • Speak of and you say, "lord, thank you for a beautiful day.
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  • Thank you for my health, thank you
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  • For my family, thank you for my job.
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  • Thank you for everything, lord, thank you for saving me.
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  • Thank you for changing me, lord, thank you
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  • That you're in control of my life."
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  • That can really lift your mood, i'll tell you that.
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  • When you just start giving thanks
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  • For all that god has done.
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  • We all remember the story of the 10 lepers who are healed by
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  • Jesus but only one returned to give thanks.
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  • And jesus said to him, "hey, i thought
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  • I healed ten, where are the other nine?"
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  • Remember to give thanks to god for what he has done.
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  • Number three, we should pray when we are sick.
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  • We should pray when we're sick.
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  • Verse 14, "is there anyone among you who is sick?
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  • Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them, and
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  • Anoint them with oil in the name of the lord and their prayer
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  • Offered in faith will make the sick person well."
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  • Question, does god still heal people today?
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  • I believe he does.
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  • As i've said before, god is still in the healing
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  • Business, have we asked him to heal us?
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  • I do believe there's a promise of physical healing in scripture
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  • There in isaiah 53:5 and quoted again in the
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  • New testament, "by his stripes we are healed."
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  • So what should we do when we are sick?
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  • The answer is, call for the elders of
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  • The church to pray over the person.
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  • And verse 15 says, "the prayer offered in
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  • Faith will make the sick person well."
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  • That doesn't mean there's some special prayer that you pray, it
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  • Just means with as much faith as you can muster
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  • You ask god to heal you, but then you go
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  • To the leaders of the church to pray for you.
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  • So we pray and we bring it to the lord.
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  • Greg: you know, i believe we're living in the last days,
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  • And by that i mean i believe that jesus could come back at
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  • Any moment, and jesus spoke to the church of philadelphia in
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  • Revelation chapter 3, and he says,
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  • "i have set before you an open door and no man can shut it."
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  • You know, the apostle paul alluded to this idea when he
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  • Said, "a door was open for me by the lord to preach the gospel."
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  • God opens doors.
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  • There might be somebody you know and they've been closed to the
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  • Gospel, and all of a sudden you find they're open to the gospel.
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  • That's called an open door.
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  • There might be an opportunity to go to a place you've never been
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  • Before and tell people about jesus or show the love of jesus.
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  • That, too, is an open door.
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  • You know, when covid hit, we closed down our church for a few
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  • Weeks, and now we're reopened again having live services,
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  • But we went online, and we've been able to reach a whole new
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  • Audience of thousands of new people around the nation and
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  • Even around the world, so god closed one door
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  • And he opened another.
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  • Open doors of opportunity are everywhere, just look for them.
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  • So i encourage you.
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  • Say, "lord, open a door somewhere where i can
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  • Tell someone about you."
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  • You'll be blessed if you do it, and the person you speak with,
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  • They'll even be more blessed.
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  • Greg: number four, when we
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  • Pray, we should confess our sin.
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  • Verse 15, "if they have sin, they will be forgiven."
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  • Now this verse appears to suggest that
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  • One sin could contribute to sickness.
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  • Now, let me explain this carefully.
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  • In a broad sense, all sickness is a result of sin.
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  • I don't mean personal sin, i mean sin in general.
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  • If adam and eve had not eaten of the forbidden fruit, we would've
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  • Never gotten sick, if adam and eve had not eaten of the
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  • Forbidden fruit, we would've never aged.
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  • If adam and eve had not eaten of the forbidden
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  • Fruit, i would've a full head of hair.
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  • But because they sinned, sin and death entered the world.
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  • Romans 5:12 says, "when adam sinned, sin entered the world,
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  • Adam's sin brought death and death spread
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  • To everyone for everyone has sin."
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  • But sometimes, sometimes, i underline that word, there can
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  • Be a connection between personal sin and an affliction.
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  • There's a story in john 5:14 where there
  • 00:12:09.761 --> 00:12:12.630
  • Was a paralytic that jesus healed.
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  • And then jesus said to him, "see you are well again, stop sinning
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  • Or something worse may happen to you."
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  • And so that doesn't mean if you have a disability it's because
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  • You've sinned, what it does mean is there can be a connection.
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  • But having said that, there are some people that
  • 00:12:33.418 --> 00:12:36.855
  • Are afflicted who are godly men and women,
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  • And it has nothing to do with their sin.
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  • Remember the story of job again?
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  • Job was a perfect and upright man, one that
  • 00:12:43.428 --> 00:12:45.430
  • Feared god and shunned evil, and yet the lord
  • 00:12:45.430 --> 00:12:48.433
  • Allowed physical calamity to come upon his servant.
  • 00:12:48.433 --> 00:12:52.704
  • So we don't know that, so the best thing to
  • 00:12:52.704 --> 00:12:54.639
  • Do is just confess your sin to god.
  • 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:59.043
  • Verse 16 says, "confess your sins to
  • 00:12:59.043 --> 00:13:01.179
  • Each other and pray for each other."
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  • This means we do this with believers.
  • 00:13:04.482 --> 00:13:06.684
  • This is why a small group can be great because it's harder in a
  • 00:13:06.684 --> 00:13:10.822
  • Large group, but when you develop a close circle of
  • 00:13:10.822 --> 00:13:14.626
  • Friends who you trust and will keep your
  • 00:13:14.626 --> 00:13:17.228
  • Confidence, you can say, "hey, i'm struggling
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  • With this, or i need your help there."
  • 00:13:19.564 --> 00:13:21.900
  • But also i would add, if you have sinned against someone, you
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  • Should go to that person and ask them to
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  • Forgive you, because unconfessed sin can
  • 00:13:28.206 --> 00:13:30.975
  • Bring your prayer life to a screeching halt.
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  • The psalmist says, no, yeah, "if i regard iniquity
  • 00:13:35.680 --> 00:13:39.651
  • In my heart, the lord will not hear me."
  • 00:13:39.651 --> 00:13:41.586
  • So if you're holding onto some sin and you need to ask someone
  • 00:13:41.586 --> 00:13:46.090
  • To forgive you, that could hinder your prayers.
  • 00:13:46.090 --> 00:13:49.861
  • In matthew 5:23, jesus says, "if you're presenting a sacrifice at
  • 00:13:49.861 --> 00:13:54.032
  • The altar and you suddenly remember someone has something
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  • Against you, leave your sacrifice there
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  • At the altar and be reconciled to that
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  • Person, then offer your sacrifice to god."
  • 00:14:02.140 --> 00:14:06.511
  • Sometimes it's just going to someone and saying, "i'm sorry
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  • That i said that to you, or i'm sorry i said that about you.
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  • I'm sorry for this thing that i did
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  • That was wrong, will you forgive me?"
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  • Point number five, you are a righteous
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  • Child of god, so pray like one.
  • 00:14:23.695 --> 00:14:27.465
  • You are a righteous child of god, so pray like one.
  • 00:14:27.465 --> 00:14:30.935
  • Look at verse 16.
  • 00:14:30.935 --> 00:14:32.270
  • "the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
  • 00:14:32.270 --> 00:14:37.408
  • You might say, "well, greg, i'm not a righteous man or woman."
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  • Excuse me, are you a christian?
  • 00:14:40.178 --> 00:14:43.348
  • If you are, then you are a righteous person.
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  • I didn't say you always act like a righteous person, but
  • 00:14:47.785 --> 00:14:51.489
  • Positionally you are a righteous person.
  • 00:14:51.489 --> 00:14:54.659
  • 1 corinthians 1:30 says, "christ has made us righteous, he's made
  • 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:59.163
  • Us pure and holy, and he's freed us from sin."
  • 00:14:59.163 --> 00:15:02.901
  • So you're a member of god's family, behave like that.
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  • Don't come, you know, with timidity to god.
  • 00:15:07.972 --> 00:15:10.975
  • "father, i just pray this."
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  • No, come boldly, you're his child.
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  • "let us come boldly to the throne of grace
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  • That we might find mercy in time of need."
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  • Boldly.
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  • "lord, it's your son, lord, it's your daughter.
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  • Father, i'm your child and i come to you now with this need
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  • Or with this petition or whatever it is."
  • 00:15:30.662 --> 00:15:33.498
  • When you're a member of the family of god, you have access.
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  • Use it boldly, isn't that great to know?
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  • It's not based on what you've done,
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  • It's based on what he's done for you.
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  • It's through the blood of jesus, through a new and living way
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  • Hebrews says, that i have access to the throne of god.
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  • Bringing me to point number six, despite your flaws,
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  • God hears and will answer your prayers.
  • 00:16:00.892 --> 00:16:04.095
  • Despite your flaws, god will hear and answer your prayers.
  • 00:16:04.095 --> 00:16:08.366
  • Verse 17, "elijah was as human as we are, yet
  • 00:16:08.366 --> 00:16:12.837
  • When he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall,
  • 00:16:12.837 --> 00:16:15.506
  • None fell for three and a half years.
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  • Then when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain
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  • And the earth began to yield its crops."
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  • I love that.
  • 00:16:23.948 --> 00:16:25.283
  • Interesting elijah is used as an example.
  • 00:16:25.283 --> 00:16:28.553
  • What a prophet he was.
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  • He did miracles on another level.
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  • This is elijah who outran chariots, raised the dead,
  • 00:16:33.658 --> 00:16:38.629
  • Called fire down from heaven, and stopped the rain.
  • 00:16:38.629 --> 00:16:42.433
  • He was so powerfully used of god, you can almost think of him
  • 00:16:42.433 --> 00:16:45.136
  • As a superhero, especially when you see
  • 00:16:45.136 --> 00:16:48.006
  • Him stand boldly on mount carmel and face off of the prophets
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  • Of baal and say, "let whoever of us is serving the
  • 00:16:52.176 --> 00:16:56.147
  • Real god, let that god answer by fire.
  • 00:16:56.147 --> 00:16:58.383
  • You guys go first."
  • 00:16:58.383 --> 00:17:00.251
  • So the prophets of baal scream and yell and cut themselves and
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  • It goes on for hours and there's no fire that comes from heaven.
  • 00:17:03.888 --> 00:17:08.159
  • Elijah says, "now it's my turn."
  • 00:17:08.159 --> 00:17:10.294
  • And then he said, "i want you to take water and douse the altar."
  • 00:17:10.294 --> 00:17:14.432
  • Which water was very scarce at
  • 00:17:14.432 --> 00:17:15.767
  • That point because of the drought.
  • 00:17:15.767 --> 00:17:17.835
  • So they pour water over the altar,
  • 00:17:17.835 --> 00:17:19.604
  • They do it again, they do it again.
  • 00:17:19.604 --> 00:17:21.372
  • And then he calls out to the lord to answer by fire.
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  • And fire comes from heaven and consumes the
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  • Altar, and elijah gives the order,
  • 00:17:27.378 --> 00:17:29.414
  • "have all of these false prophets put to death."
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  • This is some prophet, i'll tell you.
  • 00:17:32.550 --> 00:17:35.153
  • But then we read that jezebel is so upset, she's the queen.
  • 00:17:35.153 --> 00:17:39.557
  • She puts a contract out on elijah, says, "he's gonna die."
  • 00:17:39.557 --> 00:17:43.995
  • And you would think he would blow this off.
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  • "are you kidding me?
  • 00:17:45.930 --> 00:17:47.265
  • I don't care about what she says."
  • 00:17:47.265 --> 00:17:48.599
  • No, he ran for his life and was depressed
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  • And so filled with despair, he wanted to die.
  • 00:17:52.336 --> 00:17:55.640
  • Wait, what?
  • 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:56.974
  • How could he go from mount carmel
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  • To some cave where he wants to die?
  • 00:17:59.077 --> 00:18:02.346
  • Here's the answer, he was as human as you and i are.
  • 00:18:02.346 --> 00:18:06.284
  • Another translation puts it, he had feelings just like us.
  • 00:18:06.284 --> 00:18:10.822
  • So i bring this up, really, james brings it up.
  • 00:18:10.822 --> 00:18:13.591
  • And see elijah was flawed, he was as human as we are.
  • 00:18:13.591 --> 00:18:17.595
  • Yet he prayed and things happened,
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  • So you can do the same.
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  • You just pray in faith with as much faith as you have.
  • 00:18:21.466 --> 00:18:24.235
  • Sometimes people will say, "the reason you're sick
  • 00:18:24.235 --> 00:18:26.737
  • Still is you don't have enough faith."
  • 00:18:26.737 --> 00:18:29.407
  • That's wrong.
  • 00:18:29.407 --> 00:18:30.842
  • You can come and say, "lord, with
  • 00:18:30.842 --> 00:18:33.244
  • As much faith as i have, i pray."
  • 00:18:33.244 --> 00:18:34.679
  • And like that man in scripture said,
  • 00:18:34.679 --> 00:18:36.447
  • "lord, i believe, help my unbelief."
  • 00:18:36.447 --> 00:18:40.885
  • You see? so you just pray.
  • 00:18:40.885 --> 00:18:43.020
  • That's what elijah did.
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  • Final point number seven, prayerful
  • 00:18:44.989 --> 00:18:48.092
  • People are compassionate people.
  • 00:18:48.092 --> 00:18:51.462
  • Prayerful people are compassionate people.
  • 00:18:51.462 --> 00:18:54.165
  • Look at verse 19, "my dear brothers and sisters, as someone
  • 00:18:54.165 --> 00:18:57.969
  • Among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, you
  • 00:18:57.969 --> 00:19:01.539
  • Can be sure that whoever brings that sinner back
  • 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:04.175
  • From wandering will save that person from death
  • 00:19:04.175 --> 00:19:07.145
  • And bring about the forgiveness of many sins."
  • 00:19:07.145 --> 00:19:10.715
  • Wow!
  • 00:19:10.715 --> 00:19:12.183
  • What an interesting way to end this great epistle.
  • 00:19:12.183 --> 00:19:15.553
  • James is concerned with the person
  • 00:19:15.553 --> 00:19:17.622
  • Who has walked away from the lord.
  • 00:19:17.622 --> 00:19:19.590
  • By the way, not someone who has just slipped up, but someone who
  • 00:19:19.590 --> 00:19:23.427
  • Has deliberately turned their back on god.
  • 00:19:23.427 --> 00:19:26.764
  • The phrase here for "wandered away" has
  • 00:19:26.764 --> 00:19:29.200
  • The same greek word as the word planet.
  • 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:32.203
  • The idea is of someone who like a planet has
  • 00:19:32.203 --> 00:19:35.173
  • Left their orbit, someone that maybe has left
  • 00:19:35.173 --> 00:19:39.110
  • Something they once knew in an intimate way.
  • 00:19:39.110 --> 00:19:42.346
  • And we know people like this, we worshiped with them, we prayed
  • 00:19:42.346 --> 00:19:46.851
  • With them, we heard the word of god with them, we served
  • 00:19:46.851 --> 00:19:50.221
  • Alongside of them and one day they walk away.
  • 00:19:50.221 --> 00:19:52.890
  • We're thinking, what's that all about?
  • 00:19:52.890 --> 00:19:55.726
  • You hear this expression today, people
  • 00:19:55.726 --> 00:19:58.162
  • Are deconstructing their faith.
  • 00:19:58.162 --> 00:20:00.131
  • I'm deconstructing.
  • 00:20:00.131 --> 00:20:01.832
  • Hey, maybe you never constructed to start with.
  • 00:20:01.832 --> 00:20:05.369
  • Did you really have faith?
  • 00:20:05.369 --> 00:20:07.805
  • If you had real faith in a real god, that is a faith that's
  • 00:20:07.805 --> 00:20:12.443
  • Gonna sustain you through thick and thin.
  • 00:20:12.443 --> 00:20:14.946
  • "well, i saw hypocrisy."
  • 00:20:14.946 --> 00:20:17.014
  • Okay, i'm sorry.
  • 00:20:17.014 --> 00:20:19.116
  • Listen, i've been a pastor almost 50 years.
  • 00:20:19.116 --> 00:20:21.819
  • I've seen hypocrisy.
  • 00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:24.188
  • I've seen people fall short.
  • 00:20:24.188 --> 00:20:27.058
  • I have seen things that disappoint me deeply among my
  • 00:20:27.058 --> 00:20:31.362
  • Fellow believers and i've seen great stories of faith and trust
  • 00:20:31.362 --> 00:20:36.634
  • In god and people that have honored the
  • 00:20:36.634 --> 00:20:38.603
  • Lord, far more of those than the other.
  • 00:20:38.603 --> 00:20:40.438
  • Having said all that, jesus christ
  • 00:20:40.438 --> 00:20:42.807
  • Has never disappointed me.
  • 00:20:42.807 --> 00:20:44.642
  • Jesus christ has never let me down, put your eyes on him.
  • 00:20:44.642 --> 00:20:53.050
  • "yeah, but greg, you don't understand.
  • 00:20:53.050 --> 00:20:54.385
  • My parents, they say they're
  • 00:20:54.385 --> 00:20:55.720
  • Christians, and they're hypocrites."
  • 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:58.022
  • Yeah, grow up, and move outta your house,
  • 00:20:58.022 --> 00:21:00.791
  • You're 40 now, stop living off your parents.
  • 00:21:00.791 --> 00:21:05.596
  • Get a job.
  • 00:21:05.596 --> 00:21:09.634
  • So what if they are hypocrites?
  • 00:21:09.634 --> 00:21:11.535
  • I'm sorry, pray for them.
  • 00:21:11.535 --> 00:21:14.705
  • You're accountable to god for what christ has said to you.
  • 00:21:14.705 --> 00:21:19.076
  • And there are people that do fall away, but here's the thing,
  • 00:21:19.076 --> 00:21:21.746
  • I believe if a person is a true believer, even if they have a
  • 00:21:21.746 --> 00:21:25.316
  • Lapse of faith or they fall away for a
  • 00:21:25.316 --> 00:21:28.152
  • Time, they'll always return to god.
  • 00:21:28.152 --> 00:21:31.856
  • And if they don't return to god, i suggest to
  • 00:21:31.856 --> 00:21:34.659
  • You they were never a believer to begin with.
  • 00:21:34.659 --> 00:21:38.863
  • Because john says, "hey, these people left us and if they were
  • 00:21:38.863 --> 00:21:42.166
  • With us, they would've stayed with us but they left us, and it
  • 00:21:42.166 --> 00:21:44.468
  • Shows they never really were part of us."
  • 00:21:44.468 --> 00:21:47.438
  • That's a loose paraphrase, but that's what he said.
  • 00:21:47.438 --> 00:21:50.207
  • But a prodigal will always make his way home.
  • 00:21:50.207 --> 00:21:53.311
  • So what should we do when a fellow believer falls?
  • 00:21:53.311 --> 00:21:57.581
  • Should we confront them?
  • 00:21:57.581 --> 00:21:59.450
  • Should we ostracize them?
  • 00:21:59.450 --> 00:22:02.920
  • Should we leave them alone?
  • 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.889
  • Should we call 'em out on social media?
  • 00:22:04.889 --> 00:22:07.591
  • That's a popular thing to do.
  • 00:22:07.591 --> 00:22:08.959
  • I'm gonna post a lot of stuff about them.
  • 00:22:08.959 --> 00:22:11.429
  • Do you have all of your facts straight?
  • 00:22:11.429 --> 00:22:14.265
  • Have you had a conversation with that person?
  • 00:22:14.265 --> 00:22:17.101
  • Are you sure what you're saying is actually true?
  • 00:22:17.101 --> 00:22:20.037
  • What should you do if you know someone
  • 00:22:20.037 --> 00:22:23.207
  • That has stumbled and has fallen?
  • 00:22:23.207 --> 00:22:25.810
  • Paul gives us some insight in galatians 6.
  • 00:22:25.810 --> 00:22:28.045
  • He says, "dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is
  • 00:22:28.045 --> 00:22:31.115
  • Overcome by sin, you who are godly should kick them when
  • 00:22:31.115 --> 00:22:34.685
  • They're down and tell everyone about their sin."
  • 00:22:34.685 --> 00:22:39.023
  • Have you read that verse?
  • 00:22:39.023 --> 00:22:40.758
  • No, you haven't 'cause it's not in the bible.
  • 00:22:40.758 --> 00:22:43.127
  • Here's what he actually says.
  • 00:22:43.127 --> 00:22:45.396
  • "dear brothers and sisters, if
  • 00:22:45.396 --> 00:22:46.831
  • Another believer is overcome by sin, you who are godly,"
  • 00:22:46.831 --> 00:22:50.101
  • Listen, "should gently and humbly help that person back
  • 00:22:50.101 --> 00:22:55.506
  • Onto the right path and be careful to not
  • 00:22:55.506 --> 00:22:58.409
  • Fall into the same temptation yourself.
  • 00:22:58.409 --> 00:23:02.113
  • Share each other's burdens, and in this way,
  • 00:23:02.113 --> 00:23:04.482
  • You will obey the law of christ."
  • 00:23:04.482 --> 00:23:05.916
  • If you think you're too important to help someone,
  • 00:23:05.916 --> 00:23:08.519
  • You're only fooling yourself, you're not that important.
  • 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:12.590
  • So when i see someone fall, what do i do?
  • 00:23:12.590 --> 00:23:16.394
  • With humility i go to them, "let me help you up," why?
  • 00:23:16.394 --> 00:23:21.432
  • 'cause it could be you sometime.
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  • You could be that person who falls.
  • 00:23:24.101 --> 00:23:26.070
  • You could be that person that stumbles, i could be.
  • 00:23:26.070 --> 00:23:28.873
  • We all have the propensity to sin.
  • 00:23:28.873 --> 00:23:32.977
  • Hebrews 2:1 says, "we must listen carefully to the truth
  • 00:23:32.977 --> 00:23:36.547
  • We've heard, or we may drift away from it."
  • 00:23:36.547 --> 00:23:40.584
  • And our job is to reconcile people with god.
  • 00:23:40.584 --> 00:23:44.588
  • 2 corinthians 5:18 says, "god has given us this
  • 00:23:44.588 --> 00:23:47.792
  • Task of reconciling people to him."
  • 00:23:47.792 --> 00:23:51.395
  • Listen, we're jesus people.
  • 00:23:51.395 --> 00:23:55.399
  • You understand what i'm saying?
  • 00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:57.168
  • This church was founded in revival.
  • 00:23:57.168 --> 00:24:00.337
  • We started around 1972 as the jesus movement was happening.
  • 00:24:00.337 --> 00:24:05.443
  • And we started out as a little bible study,
  • 00:24:05.443 --> 00:24:07.912
  • And we were called jesus people.
  • 00:24:07.912 --> 00:24:10.114
  • And sometimes we were derisively called jesus freaks.
  • 00:24:10.114 --> 00:24:14.251
  • I was fine with all of it.
  • 00:24:14.251 --> 00:24:15.719
  • Anything with the word jesus in it, i'm good.
  • 00:24:15.719 --> 00:24:19.089
  • We need to be jesus people.
  • 00:24:19.089 --> 00:24:22.092
  • The problem is, often christians are far more known for what
  • 00:24:22.092 --> 00:24:26.230
  • They're against than what they're for.
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  • They know we're against this, we're against that, okay,
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  • There's a place for all those things, but i want people to
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  • Know i'm for jesus and i'm a jesus person.
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  • And my big focus is i want you to be reconciled to god.
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  • I want you to be in a relationship with god.
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  • And if you've stumbled and fallen, i wanna help you get up
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  • Again and get back into alignment with god.
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  • That's what i'm called to do, that's what you're called to do,
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  • That's what we're called to do, and that's what we're doing.
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  • That's what we're all about.
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  • Our message to our culture is god loves you, he'll change you,
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  • And then we wanna lead them into christ and disciple them.
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  • So are you in trouble or in distress?
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  • Then pray. are you sick?
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  • Then pray. is there a sin to confess?
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  • Then confess it and turn from it.
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  • Greg: hi, i'm greg laurie, i've got some good news for you.
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  • God loves you and god has a plan for your life.
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  • Here's the problem, we're separated from god by our sin
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  • Because we've all broken his commandments.
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  • But the good news is, is 2,000 years ago god sent
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  • His son jesus christ to die on the cross for your
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  • Sin, and then to rise again from the dead.
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  • The same jesus who died and rose is alive and
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  • Ready to come into your life right now.
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  • Would you like your sin forgiven?
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  • Would you like to know that when you die, you will go to heaven?
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  • If so, pray this simple prayer with me right now.
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  • Just say, "lord jesus, i know i'm a sinner, but i believe
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  • You're the savior who died on the cross for my sin.
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  • I turn from my sin now and i choose to
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  • Follow you from this moment forward."
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  • Did you just pray that prayer with me?
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  • If you did, god in heaven
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  • Has heard you and i wanna
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  • Send you a new testament to start reading.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: hey, greg laurie here, welcome to my podcast.
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  • I have a very special guest, joel rosenberg.
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  • Levi, thanks for being on my podcast.
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  • Michael franzese.
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  • Thank you for making time for me.
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  • Because you deal with some pretty weighty heavy subjects
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  • And i think when you can bring humor in
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  • It actually helps the viewer to take in all that information.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Greg: is it hard to be a man of faith in what you do?
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  • Male: it's not, in fact, it's the only way
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  • I'm allowed and enabled to do this job.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Male: hollywood's not the hope of the world,
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  • The local church is the hope of the world,
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  • And i've always felt like it's my job to set a volleyball
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  • That can be spiked at the local level.
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  • Greg: no one is beyond the reach of god.
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  • I mean if god can reach michael franzese,
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  • Who can god not reach?
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  • ♪♪♪
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