Joseph Prince - This Prayer Is God’s Gift To You

October 2, 2025 | 29:45

Discover the heavenly benefits of praying in tongues and experience greater intimacy with God today.

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Joseph Prince | Joseph Prince - This Prayer Is God’s Gift To You | October 2, 2025
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  • Joseph prince: so i want to encourage you,
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  • Child of god: keep on praying in the spirit, amen.
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  • And we have been touching on law and grace.
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  • And this is a special prayer that is only unique
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  • For this new covenant of grace.
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  • During this new covenant of grace,
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  • We see this gift manifesting, amen?
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  • In fact, it's the prayer language
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  • That never existed in the old testament.
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  • They did pray in the old testament,
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  • But they prayed with their understanding,
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  • Which is limited.
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  • It's a unique prayer, prayer 2.0,
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  • That is just especially for this new covenant people--
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  • Amen?--who have the holy spirit in them--not just on them--
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  • In them, hallelujah.
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  • So we are the new covenant people.
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  • We have the holy spirit in us.
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  • So the more you pray in the spirit,
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  • The more you are led by the spirit.
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  • Male announcer: feeling anxious, stuck, or unsure how to pray?
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  • In today's message, joseph prince shares
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  • How praying in the spirit unlocks god's power
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  • Exactly when you need it most.
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  • Announcer: what if there was a way to experience
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  • Peace in your mind, clarity in your decisions,
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  • And power in your everyday life?
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  • The lord has already provided a way
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  • Through the incredible gift of praying in tongues.
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  • To help you activate this powerful gift,
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  • We want to send you two faith-building resources
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  • "praying in tongues: the key to your double portion."
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  • Learn why this gift is so vital today
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  • And how it unleashes rivers of peace, wisdom,
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  • Announcer: and now here's pastor joseph prince
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  • With today's program.
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  • Joseph prince: the bible says the entrance of god's words
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  • Give light, amen?
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  • Regardless of what we are faced with,
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  • Sometimes the word might not speak specifically
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  • To the area or situation that we are having battle with,
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  • But the entrance of god's words give light.
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  • It will give light on that area as well.
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  • You know, when you lose something in a dark room--
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  • Let's say you lose your car keys, for example.
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  • You don't know where is it, amen?
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  • You switch on the light in the room,
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  • And you start looking for it
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  • Because the light will not just uncover the lost key,
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  • It might uncover other items as well.
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  • What we need is the light, amen? and we don't curse the darkness.
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  • We don't complain about the darkness.
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  • We don't keep on looking at the darkness
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  • And wish that it will be bright, amen?
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  • We just switch on the light, amen?
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  • So the entrance of god's words give light.
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  • It is the solution to everything, amen?
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • As god's first words were "light be,"
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  • And there was light.
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  • And god saw that light was good.
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  • May we receive light from his word today, amen.
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  • Isaiah chapter 59, if you look up here,
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  • It says, "so shall they fear
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  • The name of the lord from the west,"
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  • And we touch on the fact that the restoration
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  • Of the power of the name of jesus,
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  • The power attorney in the name of jesus,
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  • Has largely come from the west.
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  • And his emphasis in these last days
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  • Is that he's gonna cause there to be a worldwide revival
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  • As prophesied by the prophet joel.
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  • "it shall come to pass in the last days,
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  • I'll pour out my spirit upon all flesh,"
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  • All flesh, all nationalities--amen?--
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  • All flesh all over the world.
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  • People from the west, east--amen?--
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  • All over the world will receive the baptism of the holy spirit.
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  • "and your young men shall see visions;
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  • And your old men will dream dreams," hallelujah.
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  • "and your handmaidens will prophesy,"
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  • And god says, "and they shall prophesy:
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  • And i will show--" now, those words go together.
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  • "they will prophesy: and i will show wonders," amen?
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  • When we prophesy, god is going to demonstrate
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  • His wonders.
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  • Amen, praise the lord. so we are in these days.
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  • And the bible says, during these days,
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  • What's going to happen is that the enemy--
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  • "when the enemy comes in like a flood--"
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  • So we see that happening even in the world today.
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  • Now, this is by no means the only explanation, okay?
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  • The enemy is gonna do things that will cover the earth.
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  • He's trying to imitate god where god says,
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  • "as the waters cover the sea"--amen?--
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  • "my glory will be like that," amen?
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  • "my glory shall be
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  • Like the waters that cover the sea."
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  • And every part of the sea is actually water, amen?
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  • So god's glory is gonna cover the earth.
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  • As the bible says, "when the enemy comes in
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  • Like a flood,
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  • The spirit of the lord will lift up a standard
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  • Against him."
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  • In the hebrew, "lift up a standard"
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  • Is actually to rout the enemy out, amen?
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  • God will cause him to flee, amen.
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  • God will cause him to be routed. praise the lord.
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  • And what is the key? keep on reading.
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  • Notice the spirit of the lord will do that, amen?
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  • We rest in him. it's not us doing it.
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  • "the spirit of the lord will lift up the standard
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  • Against him.
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  • 'the redeemer will come to zion,
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  • And to those who turn from transgression in jacob,'
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  • Says the lord."
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  • And verse 21 says jesus has a secret here.
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  • "'as for me,' says the lord, 'this is my covenant with them:
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  • My spirit who is upon you,
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  • And my words which i have put in your mouth,
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  • Shall not depart from your mouth,
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  • Nor from the mouth of your descendants,
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  • Nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants,'
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  • Says the lord,
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  • 'from this time and forevermore.'"
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  • Notice god says, "this is my covenant."
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  • This is a covenant god's gonna make with us
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  • In these days,
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  • And we know we are the people of these days.
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  • We are the people of this verse, 21:
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  • "his spirit is on us
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  • And his words he has put in our mouth."
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  • What is that?
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  • Now, i know that god's words can be the known language,
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  • Whether it's english-- all right?--
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  • In many parts of the world,
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  • But i believe that this is speaking of
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  • The times that we are living in,
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  • When god fills us with the holy spirit.
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  • His spirit is on us, and we speak in that heavenly language.
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  • We speak in the prayer language of the holy spirit.
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  • And notice that the bible says it's connected with
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  • When the enemy comes in like a flood,
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  • The spirit of the lord will lift up a standard
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  • Against him.
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  • And two verses after that, it says,
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  • "this is my covenant that i'll make with them.
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  • My spirit will be on them,
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  • And i'll put my words in their mouths," amen,
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  • "and my words will not depart from their mouth."
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  • Now, we want our children
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  • To be filled with the holy spirit as well.
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  • We want them to walk in the ways of the lord.
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  • We want the lord to have an impact in their lives, amen?
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  • But the key is that--notice the sequential order here:
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  • His words will not depart from your mouth first.
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  • As long as you keep those words in your mouth, amen.
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  • Then it will come to the next descendant--
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  • All right?--which is your children,
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  • Nor from the mouth of your descendants
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  • And upon your grandchildren--
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  • Amen?--nor from your descendants, your seed's seed.
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  • Amen, praise the lord, hallelujah.
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  • So it starts with you.
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  • Don't let those words--
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  • Don't stop praying in the spirit.
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  • The devil wants to freeze you in your mouth.
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  • He wants to cover the well
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  • Just like he did in the days of isaac.
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  • We are like isaac because we are the seed of abraham.
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  • And the only thing isaac did,
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  • The notable thing that isaac did was that he uncovered
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  • All the wells that his father dig.
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  • But the enemy came.
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  • The philistines came and covered the wells.
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  • In fact, one of the first things that the philistines did
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  • That was bad--all right?-- there's a lot of things
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  • That they did in the old testament.
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  • They are the number one enemy of israel, amen?
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  • In the old testament, there were others--like hittites, hevites,
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  • Amorites, and all that--but they are the number one, one.
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  • And but the first thing they did in the old testament was
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  • That they covered all the wells that abraham dig, amen?
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  • So we are uncovering the wells right now.
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  • We are uncovering the wells.
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  • God is, right now, all over the world,
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  • Uncovering the well, the well of grace, amen,
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  • The true gospel of grace.
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  • He's uncovering the well, even of healing, amen,
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  • Which is the blood-bought right, amen, of a child of god.
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  • It's bought by the blood of jesus.
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  • By his stripes, we are healed.
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  • He's uncovering even in this
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  • And the well of prosperity of people,
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  • And don't be afraid of that word.
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  • We're not talking about prosperity out of greed
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  • Or self-aggrandizement.
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  • We're talking about being blessed to be a blessing.
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  • He's uncovering that.
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  • Notice that the devil has covered all this up, amen?
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  • And people who preach against that,
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  • They themselves have two or three houses.
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  • They have two or three cars, amen.
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  • And they, just, you know, they can prosper,
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  • But others cannot.
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  • No, friend, it's time for the church to prosper, amen.
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  • I'm not saying be selfish.
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  • I'm not saying be greedy, not just "me, me, me,"
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  • Not just, like, all your sermons
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  • Are just talking about giving, giving, giving--amen?--
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  • About giving to you, no, no, no, no,
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  • But there's a new kind of teaching.
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  • There's a true
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  • And there is a pseudo-teaching, amen?
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  • And the true is being uncovered. praise the lord.
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  • "you know the grace of our lord jesus christ,
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  • That though he was rich,
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  • Yet for your sakes he became poor,
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  • That you through his poverty might become rich."
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  • Amen, praise the lord, amen?
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  • The context there is physical, amen?
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  • It's nothing to do with spiritual riches there.
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  • He's talking about he was made physically poor, amen?
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  • Where? at the cross.
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  • That you, through his poverty, might be rich.
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  • And the whole context there talks about giving,
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  • Finances, amen?
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  • Amen, praise the lord.
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  • So god is uncovering all this,
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  • Uncovering the well of the gifts of the spirit, amen.
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  • That's being restored where the church has,
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  • In the past, uncovered it,
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  • And through false teachings and all that,
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  • Saying that all the gifts of the spirit,
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  • All has gone off from the scene, amen.
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  • We don't need them anymore as if we live in better times,
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  • As if we are not in more earnest need
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  • For the gifts of the holy spirit in our day and age.
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  • My friend, we need it more than ever, amen.
  • 00:09:49.030 --> 00:09:51.633
  • And the bible says, "follow after love
  • 00:09:51.633 --> 00:09:54.469
  • And pursue love.
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  • Follow after love; and desire spiritual gifts,
  • 00:09:55.837 --> 00:09:59.307
  • But rather that you may prophesy."
  • 00:09:59.307 --> 00:10:02.043
  • Amen, friend, if you wanna see the gifts of the spirit operate,
  • 00:10:02.043 --> 00:10:04.879
  • Follow after love.
  • 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:06.514
  • I remember, many years ago, i was on my way back late at night
  • 00:10:06.514 --> 00:10:11.019
  • From a meeting and--from a leaders meeting.
  • 00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:14.389
  • I remember that i was in a hurry.
  • 00:10:14.389 --> 00:10:16.291
  • I was driving down the highway and making it as far as i can
  • 00:10:16.291 --> 00:10:20.228
  • If i can reach home-- because i was about to watch,
  • 00:10:20.228 --> 00:10:24.766
  • And i think it was about 1 a.m. at that time,
  • 00:10:24.766 --> 00:10:27.769
  • A championship that was about to take place.
  • 00:10:27.769 --> 00:10:30.605
  • I think it was a european championship,
  • 00:10:30.605 --> 00:10:31.940
  • And i was very excited to see my favorite team, amen?
  • 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:36.044
  • So i was in a hurry to go back,
  • 00:10:36.044 --> 00:10:37.712
  • And i was driving down the highway,
  • 00:10:37.712 --> 00:10:39.647
  • And i was passing by an elderly man
  • 00:10:39.647 --> 00:10:42.617
  • Who was trying to go
  • 00:10:42.617 --> 00:10:44.586
  • Over the central divider of the highway.
  • 00:10:44.586 --> 00:10:47.756
  • So i passed by. i thought nothing about it.
  • 00:10:47.756 --> 00:10:49.424
  • I just drove. i passed by him.
  • 00:10:49.424 --> 00:10:51.960
  • But all of a sudden, the compassion of love,
  • 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:53.695
  • The love of the lord, the compassion of jesus,
  • 00:10:53.695 --> 00:10:56.564
  • Just rose up in me.
  • 00:10:56.564 --> 00:10:57.999
  • And i know enough to know "follow after love."
  • 00:10:57.999 --> 00:11:00.602
  • I wasn't in a place where i wanted to move
  • 00:11:00.602 --> 00:11:03.138
  • In the gifts of the spirit or the word of knowledge
  • 00:11:03.138 --> 00:11:05.440
  • Or the word of wisdom, but i just followed the love,
  • 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.042
  • And i knew enough to know
  • 00:11:08.042 --> 00:11:09.377
  • That, if that love-- that flow of love comes on me,
  • 00:11:09.377 --> 00:11:13.081
  • I need to follow that.
  • 00:11:13.081 --> 00:11:14.415
  • So you know what i did?
  • 00:11:14.415 --> 00:11:15.750
  • I stopped at the side of the road,
  • 00:11:15.750 --> 00:11:17.952
  • At the shoulder of the road,
  • 00:11:17.952 --> 00:11:19.487
  • And as--because there were not many cars at that time,
  • 00:11:19.487 --> 00:11:21.656
  • At that hour of the night, i slowly reversed,
  • 00:11:21.656 --> 00:11:24.559
  • Being very careful,
  • 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.960
  • Reversed all the way to where the elderly man
  • 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.629
  • Was trying to cross over the central divider,
  • 00:11:27.629 --> 00:11:30.498
  • And he was not taking the overhead bridge
  • 00:11:30.498 --> 00:11:34.135
  • Across the highway.
  • 00:11:34.135 --> 00:11:35.470
  • He was taking the central divider,
  • 00:11:35.470 --> 00:11:36.805
  • Trying to cross over, so i came over to the side,
  • 00:11:36.805 --> 00:11:38.840
  • And i got out of the car and called out to him,
  • 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:42.143
  • And i went over to get him.
  • 00:11:42.143 --> 00:11:43.912
  • It was pretty unsafe for him because he might not see
  • 00:11:43.912 --> 00:11:46.181
  • A speeding-- at that time of the night,
  • 00:11:46.181 --> 00:11:47.515
  • There might be a speeding car.
  • 00:11:47.515 --> 00:11:48.850
  • So i brought him over, back to my car,
  • 00:11:48.850 --> 00:11:51.586
  • And i asked this elderly man, and i asked him, "what's wrong?"
  • 00:11:51.586 --> 00:11:54.722
  • Can i help him?
  • 00:11:54.722 --> 00:11:56.057
  • And he said that, "oh, i'm very hungry,
  • 00:11:56.057 --> 00:11:58.026
  • And i've not eaten,
  • 00:11:58.026 --> 00:11:59.761
  • And i'm looking for a place to eat."
  • 00:11:59.761 --> 00:12:01.930
  • So i said, "what do i do now?"
  • 00:12:01.930 --> 00:12:03.965
  • And i found a person who is hungry,
  • 00:12:03.965 --> 00:12:06.201
  • And i do not know where-- i said, "where are you from?"
  • 00:12:06.201 --> 00:12:07.802
  • And he told me, you know, where he was from,
  • 00:12:07.802 --> 00:12:10.138
  • A nearby neighborhood.
  • 00:12:10.138 --> 00:12:11.706
  • And he says that--i said that, "shall i bring you back home?"
  • 00:12:11.706 --> 00:12:14.342
  • "oh, there's nothing at home.
  • 00:12:14.342 --> 00:12:15.910
  • I have no one, you know, except for my son,
  • 00:12:15.910 --> 00:12:20.682
  • And my son is not at home, and i'm hungry."
  • 00:12:20.682 --> 00:12:24.018
  • I was thinking to myself "what do i do now?" you know?
  • 00:12:24.018 --> 00:12:26.120
  • So i said, "why don't i bring you to a place to eat?"
  • 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:27.922
  • "no, no, you see, i'm looking for this place,
  • 00:12:27.922 --> 00:12:29.257
  • This market.
  • 00:12:29.257 --> 00:12:30.658
  • My friend is there. he will take care of me.
  • 00:12:30.658 --> 00:12:31.993
  • He always gives me food."
  • 00:12:31.993 --> 00:12:33.328
  • But how will i know which market is it, you know?
  • 00:12:33.328 --> 00:12:35.730
  • So i told him, "you know what? get into my car first."
  • 00:12:35.730 --> 00:12:37.999
  • So i brought him into my car, and i started driving, you know,
  • 00:12:37.999 --> 00:12:41.569
  • Without direction.
  • 00:12:41.569 --> 00:12:42.904
  • I do not know where to go, and i said that,
  • 00:12:42.904 --> 00:12:44.372
  • "can i bring you to a place to eat?"
  • 00:12:44.372 --> 00:12:45.773
  • And he says, "no, no, i have to go to that place.
  • 00:12:45.773 --> 00:12:47.508
  • They always take care of me, and they have food for me."
  • 00:12:47.508 --> 00:12:50.712
  • So, in my spirit, i prayed.
  • 00:12:50.712 --> 00:12:52.413
  • I followed after love, and the bible says,
  • 00:12:52.413 --> 00:12:54.215
  • "follow after love
  • 00:12:54.215 --> 00:12:55.583
  • And desire spiritual gifts," right?
  • 00:12:55.583 --> 00:12:57.819
  • So i said, "lord, you know, i do not know what to do
  • 00:12:57.819 --> 00:13:00.521
  • With this elderly man.
  • 00:13:00.521 --> 00:13:01.856
  • Lord, what do i do now?"
  • 00:13:01.856 --> 00:13:03.491
  • And from my spirit pop up this picture, amen?
  • 00:13:03.491 --> 00:13:06.961
  • I saw that abc market, and i saw it clearly, clear as crystal.
  • 00:13:06.961 --> 00:13:11.566
  • I said, "is it the abc market?"
  • 00:13:11.566 --> 00:13:13.368
  • And he was like, you know, he's not very coherent.
  • 00:13:13.368 --> 00:13:16.170
  • So he said, "no, my friend is there.
  • 00:13:16.170 --> 00:13:18.339
  • This market, he--they always give me food to eat."
  • 00:13:18.339 --> 00:13:21.242
  • So i said, "i'm gonna drive there
  • 00:13:21.242 --> 00:13:22.577
  • And see what happens," okay?
  • 00:13:22.577 --> 00:13:23.912
  • So i drove all the way there.
  • 00:13:23.912 --> 00:13:25.246
  • It was quite a distance from the highway
  • 00:13:25.246 --> 00:13:27.148
  • To where it was.
  • 00:13:27.148 --> 00:13:28.483
  • By the time i reached there-- all right?--
  • 00:13:28.483 --> 00:13:30.351
  • I started feeling stronger in my spirit
  • 00:13:30.351 --> 00:13:32.687
  • That this was the place, and i took him out,
  • 00:13:32.687 --> 00:13:35.890
  • I started walking, and the very first--
  • 00:13:35.890 --> 00:13:38.726
  • We call it the teh tarik stall,
  • 00:13:38.726 --> 00:13:40.094
  • Which is the place where they sell coffee,
  • 00:13:40.094 --> 00:13:42.230
  • All right?
  • 00:13:42.230 --> 00:13:43.564
  • And it was still open that night,
  • 00:13:43.564 --> 00:13:44.966
  • And when that man who sold the coffee
  • 00:13:44.966 --> 00:13:46.768
  • Saw this elderly man, he shouted his name out.
  • 00:13:46.768 --> 00:13:50.571
  • I knew i was in the right place.
  • 00:13:50.571 --> 00:13:53.374
  • And then that coffee man was telling me about
  • 00:13:53.374 --> 00:13:57.578
  • How this elderly man-- it's a very pitiful story--
  • 00:13:57.578 --> 00:14:02.583
  • How his--you know, his son neglects him,
  • 00:14:02.583 --> 00:14:05.954
  • And many a times he's hungry.
  • 00:14:05.954 --> 00:14:07.722
  • And some time back, his son brought him to this place,
  • 00:14:07.722 --> 00:14:11.092
  • And he told this elderly man that, whenever he needs to eat
  • 00:14:11.092 --> 00:14:14.062
  • Or whatever, "just come over to my stall."
  • 00:14:14.062 --> 00:14:16.230
  • He said, "it's a very sad story."
  • 00:14:16.230 --> 00:14:17.665
  • So i felt like, you know, that the lord loved this man, amen?
  • 00:14:17.665 --> 00:14:23.304
  • Now, had i not followed after love,
  • 00:14:23.304 --> 00:14:25.406
  • There would be no manifestation of the gifts.
  • 00:14:25.406 --> 00:14:27.575
  • So, many a times, we want a manifestation of the gifts,
  • 00:14:27.575 --> 00:14:30.111
  • But we're not following after love, amen?
  • 00:14:30.111 --> 00:14:31.879
  • Do the first step, amen?
  • 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:33.848
  • Do the first step, take the first step,
  • 00:14:33.848 --> 00:14:35.450
  • And then the gifts will flow.
  • 00:14:35.450 --> 00:14:37.218
  • Praise the lord.
  • 00:14:37.218 --> 00:14:38.553
  • And, you know, when i walked away,
  • 00:14:38.553 --> 00:14:39.887
  • I realized that the gifts of the spirit
  • 00:14:39.887 --> 00:14:41.222
  • Is not just for the people of the church.
  • 00:14:41.222 --> 00:14:42.857
  • It is not just for people's salvation
  • 00:14:42.857 --> 00:14:44.692
  • Or for someone's healing or-- god just loves people, amen?
  • 00:14:44.692 --> 00:14:48.363
  • And the gift can manifest anytime, amen?
  • 00:14:48.363 --> 00:14:50.865
  • If you're a teacher, it can manifest in a--
  • 00:14:50.865 --> 00:14:53.935
  • When you take care of your students and all that.
  • 00:14:53.935 --> 00:14:56.871
  • You know, whatever level,
  • 00:14:56.871 --> 00:14:58.206
  • You can tell when a child is in trouble,
  • 00:14:58.206 --> 00:14:59.540
  • And the lord will tell you.
  • 00:14:59.540 --> 00:15:00.875
  • If you're a surgeon and you're about to operate,
  • 00:15:00.875 --> 00:15:02.977
  • The holy spirit can tell you what really is the problem.
  • 00:15:02.977 --> 00:15:05.013
  • We have a number of cases where testimonies
  • 00:15:05.013 --> 00:15:07.849
  • Of the testimonies of believers--amen?--
  • 00:15:07.849 --> 00:15:10.151
  • Who are surgeons, and they are doing an operation,
  • 00:15:10.151 --> 00:15:13.554
  • And then the lord tells them, "no, that's not the thing"--
  • 00:15:13.554 --> 00:15:15.656
  • All right?--while they are doing that, and later on,
  • 00:15:15.656 --> 00:15:17.358
  • Only to find out that, had they done that operation,
  • 00:15:17.358 --> 00:15:19.427
  • It would cause more complications.
  • 00:15:19.427 --> 00:15:21.829
  • So the holy spirit can speak to you.
  • 00:15:21.829 --> 00:15:23.498
  • You're a student, the holy spirit can tell you,
  • 00:15:23.498 --> 00:15:25.133
  • Show you things to come--
  • 00:15:25.133 --> 00:15:26.467
  • Where to study, where to focus on, amen?
  • 00:15:26.467 --> 00:15:28.903
  • Praise the lord.
  • 00:15:28.903 --> 00:15:30.238
  • So the gifts of the spirit, the bible says,
  • 00:15:30.238 --> 00:15:31.973
  • Is for every man to profit withal, hallelujah.
  • 00:15:31.973 --> 00:15:35.476
  • And you notice that people who don't pray in the spirit,
  • 00:15:35.476 --> 00:15:37.412
  • They don't pray in tongues,
  • 00:15:37.412 --> 00:15:38.746
  • They don't see the manifestation of the gifts of the spirit.
  • 00:15:38.746 --> 00:15:41.182
  • So i want to encourage you, child of god:
  • 00:15:41.182 --> 00:15:42.984
  • Keep on praying in the spirit.
  • 00:15:42.984 --> 00:15:44.886
  • Amen, and we have been touching on law and grace,
  • 00:15:44.886 --> 00:15:47.889
  • And this is a special prayer
  • 00:15:47.889 --> 00:15:49.791
  • That is only unique for this new covenant of grace.
  • 00:15:49.791 --> 00:15:52.894
  • During this new covenant of grace,
  • 00:15:52.894 --> 00:15:54.962
  • We see this gift manifesting, amen?
  • 00:15:54.962 --> 00:15:57.632
  • In fact, it's the prayer language
  • 00:15:57.632 --> 00:15:58.966
  • That never existed in the old testament.
  • 00:15:58.966 --> 00:16:00.768
  • They did pray in the old testament,
  • 00:16:00.768 --> 00:16:02.170
  • But they prayed with their understanding,
  • 00:16:02.170 --> 00:16:03.938
  • Which is limited,
  • 00:16:03.938 --> 00:16:05.406
  • Whereas on the day of pentecost--
  • 00:16:05.406 --> 00:16:07.108
  • When the day of pentecost was fully come,
  • 00:16:07.108 --> 00:16:08.943
  • God sent the holy spirit,
  • 00:16:08.943 --> 00:16:10.545
  • And they began to speak with other tongues
  • 00:16:10.545 --> 00:16:12.346
  • As the spirit gave them utterance, amen?
  • 00:16:12.346 --> 00:16:15.683
  • We saw last week that elevated discourse.
  • 00:16:15.683 --> 00:16:17.785
  • It is not a lowly word.
  • 00:16:17.785 --> 00:16:19.120
  • It is not some gibberish that someone is speaking in.
  • 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.989
  • It is an elevated and dignified discourse, amen?
  • 00:16:21.989 --> 00:16:26.561
  • That's the word "utterance" there.
  • 00:16:26.561 --> 00:16:27.995
  • So it's a unique prayer, prayer 2.0,
  • 00:16:27.995 --> 00:16:32.967
  • That is just especially for these new covenant people--
  • 00:16:32.967 --> 00:16:37.271
  • Amen?--who have the holy spirit in them--
  • 00:16:37.271 --> 00:16:40.341
  • Not just on them--in them.
  • 00:16:40.341 --> 00:16:42.210
  • In the old testament, they had the holy spirit on them.
  • 00:16:42.210 --> 00:16:45.113
  • It will come on them for a specific task and purpose,
  • 00:16:45.113 --> 00:16:48.082
  • And then it will leave them, amen?
  • 00:16:48.082 --> 00:16:49.650
  • It will come on samson, amen?
  • 00:16:49.650 --> 00:16:51.652
  • And samson will take the jawbone of a donkey
  • 00:16:51.652 --> 00:16:53.688
  • And, just, fight against one thousand men
  • 00:16:53.688 --> 00:16:55.957
  • And kill them.
  • 00:16:55.957 --> 00:16:57.291
  • Then he will lift, amen? it will come on david, amen?
  • 00:16:57.291 --> 00:17:01.295
  • He will prophesy, and then he will lift.
  • 00:17:01.295 --> 00:17:03.498
  • It will come on a certain servant of god,
  • 00:17:03.498 --> 00:17:05.433
  • A prophet of god,
  • 00:17:05.433 --> 00:17:06.767
  • And he will prophesy, and then he will lift.
  • 00:17:06.767 --> 00:17:08.402
  • But jesus says, "the holy spirit,
  • 00:17:08.402 --> 00:17:09.904
  • Who is with you in the upper room--"
  • 00:17:09.904 --> 00:17:11.839
  • Jesus said that "he will be in you, amen?"
  • 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:15.810
  • And he will be with you forever, hallelujah.
  • 00:17:15.810 --> 00:17:17.778
  • So we are the new covenant people.
  • 00:17:17.778 --> 00:17:20.047
  • We have the holy spirit in us.
  • 00:17:20.047 --> 00:17:21.482
  • So the more you pray in the spirit,
  • 00:17:21.482 --> 00:17:22.984
  • The more you are led by the spirit.
  • 00:17:22.984 --> 00:17:24.785
  • And only when you are led by the spirit--
  • 00:17:24.785 --> 00:17:26.854
  • Galatians 5 very clearly tells us,
  • 00:17:26.854 --> 00:17:29.123
  • "if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law."
  • 00:17:29.123 --> 00:17:34.128
  • "if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law."
  • 00:17:34.195 --> 00:17:37.265
  • Now, we don't wanna be under the law,
  • 00:17:37.265 --> 00:17:38.833
  • Because if you are under the law,
  • 00:17:38.833 --> 00:17:40.168
  • Sin will have dominion over you, amen?
  • 00:17:40.168 --> 00:17:42.537
  • So it's very clear that, when we are not under the law,
  • 00:17:42.537 --> 00:17:45.106
  • We are under grace, sin will have no power over us.
  • 00:17:45.106 --> 00:17:47.742
  • Not only that, if you are under the law,
  • 00:17:47.742 --> 00:17:49.610
  • Then you are under the curse.
  • 00:17:49.610 --> 00:17:51.546
  • The bible says, "for as many as are of the works of the law
  • 00:17:51.546 --> 00:17:54.615
  • Are under the curse," right?
  • 00:17:54.615 --> 00:17:56.083
  • So we don't want to be under the law.
  • 00:17:56.083 --> 00:17:57.552
  • We wanna be under grace.
  • 00:17:57.552 --> 00:17:59.253
  • How do you do it? practically, amen?
  • 00:17:59.253 --> 00:18:01.255
  • We don't just say, "we are free from the law"--all right?--
  • 00:18:01.255 --> 00:18:03.858
  • And go into another kind of bondage--amen?--
  • 00:18:03.858 --> 00:18:07.161
  • To the fleshly, lust of the flesh,
  • 00:18:07.161 --> 00:18:09.263
  • Or--that's another bondage.
  • 00:18:09.263 --> 00:18:11.165
  • We're not freed from one bondage to another bondage.
  • 00:18:11.165 --> 00:18:13.401
  • Friends, we are freed from the law
  • 00:18:13.401 --> 00:18:15.770
  • To follow the spirit, amen.
  • 00:18:15.770 --> 00:18:18.339
  • It will help you to know this.
  • 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:20.041
  • The old testament is actually
  • 00:18:20.041 --> 00:18:22.577
  • People that follow the written letter--
  • 00:18:22.577 --> 00:18:25.546
  • All right?--what is written.
  • 00:18:25.546 --> 00:18:26.881
  • But people of the new covenant are people, people of grace--
  • 00:18:26.881 --> 00:18:30.251
  • Amen?--are people that follow the spirit.
  • 00:18:30.251 --> 00:18:33.221
  • They follow the spirit.
  • 00:18:33.221 --> 00:18:34.622
  • And you will more than fulfill the written law.
  • 00:18:34.622 --> 00:18:37.158
  • In fact, the bible says like this--we saw last week--
  • 00:18:37.158 --> 00:18:39.360
  • When you follow the spirit, the righteousness of the law
  • 00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:42.230
  • Will be fulfilled in you,
  • 00:18:42.230 --> 00:18:43.631
  • Not by you but in you as you follow the spirit.
  • 00:18:43.631 --> 00:18:46.734
  • Amen, praise the lord.
  • 00:18:46.734 --> 00:18:48.069
  • We also saw that it is the number seventh weapon
  • 00:18:48.069 --> 00:18:52.373
  • Of the holy spirit.
  • 00:18:52.373 --> 00:18:53.708
  • In fact, the rest are all defensive in nature--
  • 00:18:53.708 --> 00:18:55.343
  • The panoply, the armor of god for the believer.
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  • You have the helmet of salvation,
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  • Which is the hope of salvation.
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  • Having a positive expectation of good in your future--amen?--
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  • Is to actually clad yourself with the armor--amen?--
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  • The helmet of salvation, which is defensive, right?
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  • So you have the breastplate of righteousness,
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  • Which protects your heart... from the accusations
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  • And the condemnation of the enemy, all right?
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  • It protects your heart from all the fiery darts.
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  • And then you have the loins gird with truth--amen?--
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  • To stabilize all your weapons, amen?
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  • You put your sword in a scabbard.
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  • It is taken care of by--upheld by your belt.
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  • You have the gospel of peace shoes, right?
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  • You have the gospel of peace shoes so that, wherever you go,
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  • You possess the land, amen.
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  • Wherever you go, good news is coming.
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  • Praise the lord.
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  • You are a blessing everywhere you go.
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  • Then you have the shield of faith,
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  • And the shield of faith, again, is defensive in nature,
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  • By which you'll quench-- how much?
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  • All the fiery darts of the wicked one.
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  • The only weapon that is offensive
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  • Is the seventh one,
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  • And you know that god never stops at six, right?
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  • It's the seventh one, okay? which is what?
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  • Praying in the spirit, amen, praying in the spirit.
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  • It's wielding the sword of the spirit.
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  • And young says it like this:
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  • "and the helmet of salvation receive,
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  • And the sword of the spirit, which is the saying of god--"
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  • How do you wield the sword of the spirit?
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  • How do you receive it? which is the rhema of god.
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  • The saying of god is rhema of god.
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  • How do you do it? "through."
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  • And that's how it starts in the greek, "dia."
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  • Dia means through.
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  • "all prayer and supplication
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  • Praying at all times in the spirit,
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  • And in regard to this same,
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  • Watching in all perseverance and supplication
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  • For all the saints."
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  • It's a spirit of grace and supplication
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  • That god promised in zechariah, i believe it is,
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  • Where it says that "i'll pour upon the house of david,
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  • The spirit of grace and supplication;
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  • And they will look upon me whom they have pierced."
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  • And that prophecy is a prophecy
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  • For the new covenant people, amen.
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  • It's a spirit of grace and supplication,
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  • Which, i believe, is praying in the spirit
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  • As demonstrated here.
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  • So how do you receive the rhema of god?
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  • "through all prayer and supplication
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  • Praying at all times in the spirit."
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  • Now, we have settled that praying in the spirit
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  • Is not praying with more impetus.
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  • It's not praying with more enthusiasm.
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  • It is not praying being led by the spirit in your english.
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  • No, the bible says it very clearly:
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  • If i pray in an unknown tongue,
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  • If i pray in an unknown language--
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  • Amen?--my spirit prays.
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  • Later on, he says, "what is it then?
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  • I will pray with my spirit,
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  • And i'll pray with my understanding."
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  • There you see the contrast, amen.
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  • Praying with the spirit is praying in tongues.
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  • Praying with understanding-- and most of us,
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  • It's english or any language that we speak,
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  • Our mother tongue, right?
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  • "and i'll sing with the spirit,
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  • And i'll sing with the understanding."
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  • So it's very clear.
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  • When the bible talks about praying in the spirit,
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  • It's always praying in tongues, amen?
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  • And, friend, god has given us this wonderful weapon.
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  • If you go back to isaiah 59, it's very clear.
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  • It says in isaiah 59,
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  • Right after "my spirit upon you,"
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  • "my words which i have put in your mouth,
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  • Shall not depart from your mouth."
  • 00:22:07.768 --> 00:22:09.470
  • The very next chapter says, "arise, shine."
  • 00:22:09.470 --> 00:22:12.573
  • Now, you know that in the original hebrew,
  • 00:22:12.573 --> 00:22:15.309
  • When the bible is written, there are no chapters, right?
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  • So it actually continues like this:
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  • "if my words will not depart from your mouth,
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  • This is gonna happen to you.
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  • Arise and shine; for your light has come!
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  • And the glory of the lord is risen upon you.
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  • For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
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  • And deep darkness the people;
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  • But the lord will arise over you,
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  • And his glory will be seen upon you.
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  • The gentiles shall come to your light,
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  • And kings to the brightness of your rising."
  • 00:22:44.605 --> 00:22:47.508
  • So notice that the bible is very clear.
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  • It is not talking about the millennium.
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  • During the millennium, darkness does not cover the earth, amen?
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  • The lord jesus will be here, amen.
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  • There will be world peace, amen, harmony, hallelujah, prosperity,
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  • Amen, health, amen.
  • 00:23:03.824 --> 00:23:05.726
  • So it's definitely referring to the times that we live in,
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  • The end-times, amen?
  • 00:23:08.596 --> 00:23:10.431
  • The bible says the way you rise and shine
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  • Is to make sure that god's spirit is on you
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  • And that his words that he put in your mouth
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  • Will not depart from your mouth
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  • Nor from the mouth of your seed
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  • Nor from your seed's seed, hallelujah.
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