Participants: John Dinzey (Host), Dr. Roland Hill
Series Code: FDOF
Program Code: FDOF000012A
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00:18 Hello and welcome once again to "Foundation Of Our Faith."
00:22 "Foundation Of Our Faith," 00:24 you know very well by the title 00:25 that this is based on the Holy Scriptures God's word. 00:30 And we have been blessed already 00:32 through three or four sermons with Dr. Roland Hill 00:37 that has come to us from the Allegheny East Conference 00:40 and we just praise the Lord for his ministry, 00:43 surely you can tell 00:45 that he is a man that believes in what the Bible says, 00:49 he lives by the Bible. 00:51 And it's been a joy just talking to him 00:53 and hearing him in conversation 00:55 because you can tell, 00:57 praises of God are always in his conversation. 01:00 And he has a passion for the gospel, 01:02 for this reason he has traveled in many countries of the world 01:07 preaching about Jesus Christ 01:09 and the message of hope that we have. 01:12 As a matter of fact he has the joy 01:14 of traveling with the woman of his dream, 01:17 his wife Dr. Suzie M. Hill. 01:20 And together their passion for empowering people 01:23 through their stewardship messages 01:26 and hundreds of seminars worldwide. 01:28 Dr. Hill has already written 18 books, 01:31 and he is writing right now number 19. 01:34 So we pray that the Lord will bless him 01:37 as he tries to complete this book 01:39 that I'm sure will be a blessing to all that read it. 01:43 I would like to encourage you to invite Dr. Roland Hill, 01:49 if you would like to contact him, 01:50 to invite him to your area, 01:52 you will need to contact the Allegheny East Conference, 01:55 and if for some reason 01:56 you cannot get the number of course, 01:58 call the Dare to Dream Network, it's 618-627-4651. 02:03 That's 618-627-4651. 02:06 And as I mentioned the Dare to Dream Network, 02:08 I would like to encourage you to pray for this network. 02:10 Everyday that you watch Dare to Dream, 02:12 you gonna learn principles from God's word 02:15 that will empower you to live a better life, 02:17 be a better person in the community, in your home, 02:21 and also to prepare for the coming of eternal life 02:26 with Jesus Christ. 02:27 So I encourage you to watch the Dare to Dream Network 02:29 and support this network. 02:32 It is doing a marvelous work to bring the gospel to the world. 02:36 We like to mention to you 02:38 what the title of this message is. 02:41 We had four topics during this series. 02:44 Number one, It's Done. 02:45 Number two, Vision Delayed but not Destroyed. 02:49 Then you heard, Wealth is in Your Worship. 02:53 And the last in this series is Its Bigger Than Me. 02:56 So I want to ask you to stay by and be blessed by this message 03:00 that will start in just a moment. 03:02 But before this I would like to talk to you 03:04 about our musical guest and he has been a blessing as well. 03:07 Amen? 03:08 Amen. Amen. 03:09 We are about Lyndon Bee-- Lyndon Carriger, 03:12 who has been in music ministry more than 10 years already. 03:18 And he is blessed to have married 03:21 the woman of his dreams as well. 03:23 He says, it's one of his greatest accomplishments. 03:25 Praise the Lord. 03:26 His wife Tina works for the-- well, 03:30 she is gonna be moving so perhaps, 03:32 we like to pray that the Lord will bless them 03:37 and she now her and husband live in Chattanooga. 03:41 And together they serve the Lord in ministry 03:44 and they have two children. 03:47 Two children, two beautiful children, 03:48 Olivia and Braxton. 03:52 And Lyndon according to what we see here 03:55 and I also have personal experience with this. 03:58 He is very humbled to have the opportunity 04:01 to be used by God and considers a privilege, 04:04 as well as the responsibility to stand before God's people, 04:08 to minister in song. 04:10 And I believe you have notice that every time he sings, 04:13 he sings from the heart in worship to the Lord 04:16 with the hope that you will be drawn to Jesus Christ. 04:19 If you would like to invite him? 04:22 It is very simple, 04:23 you either call Dare to Dream 04:25 at the number I already mentioned. 04:27 But also he has made it very easy, 04:29 you can also go on the internet to lyndoncarriger.com 04:33 and there you can not only invite him, 04:38 but also you can get a sample of his music there. 04:41 So we are going to invite him to sing very shortly. 04:45 I'm not Ashamed. 04:46 I'm not Ashamed of the Gospel. 04:48 But before he does that 04:49 I would like to invite you to stand for prayer. 04:52 And we like to go to the Lord in prayer 04:54 and those of you that are with us 04:56 wherever you may be, 04:57 please join us in prayer as well. 04:59 Let us pray together. 05:02 Our loving Heavenly Father, 05:04 we come to you grateful for Your mercy. 05:09 We thank You that the door of mercy is still open. 05:13 And Father, 05:14 we are together to hear the preaching of Your word, 05:18 so we pray that this message will come 05:21 from Your throne of grace. 05:24 We pray that You will use Dr. Hill one more time. 05:27 Bless him with the Holy Spirit, speak to us through him. 05:31 And we pray that this song that we will hear soon 05:34 will also bring us before Your throne of grace. 05:37 Father, we pray for a blessing up on all present 05:39 and those they may accompany us, 05:41 wherever they may be. 05:43 We ask You for these things in the Holy 05:46 and blessed name of Jesus. 05:48 Amen, Amen. 05:50 Thank you, you may be seated. 05:52 We leave you with Brother Lyndon Carriger. 06:12 We're an anchor for those who are hurting 06:20 We're a harbor for those who are lost 06:28 Still sometimes it's not always easy 06:34 Bearing Calvary's cross 06:42 We've been ridiculed 06:44 By those who don't know Him 06:51 And mocked by those who don't believe 06:56 Still I love standing up for my Jesus 07:05 'Cause of all that He's done for me 07:12 That's why I am not ashamed of the gospel 07:20 The gospel of Jesus Christ 07:28 No, I am not afraid to be counted 07:35 But I'm willing to give my life 07:42 You'll see I'm ready to be 07:47 All He wants me to be 07:52 Give up the wrong for the right 07:58 No, I am not ashamed of the gospel 08:07 I am not ashamed of the gospel 08:11 Of Jesus Christ 08:29 For every moment His hand has held mercy 08:37 For all the love You've shown in my life 08:43 A simple thanks doesn't say how I'm feeling 08:51 I get tears in my eyes 08:59 But as for me, I'm gonna keep on believing 09:07 In the One who's been faithful to me 09:15 I'm not out to please this world around me 09:21 I've got my mind on eternity 09:29 That's why I am not ashamed of the gospel 09:37 The gospel of Jesus Christ 09:44 No, I am not ashamed to be counted 09:52 But I'm willing to give my life 09:59 You'll see I'm ready to be 10:04 All He wants me to be 10:09 Give up the wrong for the right 10:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel 10:23 I am not ashamed of the gospel 10:29 Of Jesus Christ 10:38 To some He's a name 10:41 But to me, He is my everything 10:46 I am not ashamed of the gospel 10:54 I am not ashamed of the gospel 11:00 I've got too much behind me 11:05 To let this world blind me 11:09 To some He's a name 11:11 But to me, He is my everything 11:17 I am not ashamed of the gospel 11:25 I am not ashamed of the gospel 11:34 I am not ashamed of the gospel 11:41 Of Jesus 11:47 Jesus Christ 12:04 Amen. 12:09 What a powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful song. 12:14 And I can tell you, 12:15 I'm not ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ 12:18 and I think you can see that in the way I preach. 12:22 I'm really committed to helping transform lives. 12:26 I believe that there's power in the word of God. 12:30 And I preach unapologetically the word of God, 12:33 because I believe it changes people. 12:35 I'm excited because this message will change your life. 12:42 I will say it again. 12:43 This message will change your life. 12:48 Because it's based on a prayer, the first prayer in the Bible, 12:53 and the more I read and study this prayer, 12:55 the more I am convinced that God has called us to success, 13:01 equipped us for success. 13:03 Take your Bibles and turn with me to Genesis 24. 13:13 This is the prayer of Eliezer. 13:19 This is the prayer that Eliezer prayed 13:23 when he was sent on a mission for God. 13:27 Earnest to prayer, 13:28 I believe that every believer should learn how to pray. 13:33 Genesis 24:12... 13:40 the Bible says "Then he said," that is Eliezer 13:47 "O Lord God of my master Abraham, 13:51 please give me success this day, 13:56 and show kindness to my master Abraham." 14:01 Our message today is It's Bigger Than Me. 14:07 Father God, as we 14:10 share this time together in Your presence. 14:15 We do understand You want to speak to us. 14:18 Take out now all of the wax 14:22 that keeps us from hearing You 14:24 and pour in the oil of Your Spirit. 14:28 So that we will leave here 14:29 with a better understanding of Your word, 14:33 and the impetus to act on Your word 14:37 is our prayer in the name of Jesus. 14:39 Amen. 14:43 Today your prayer life will change. 14:48 Today your life will change 14:50 because you gonna learn and enact 14:54 and put into motion a prayer. 14:58 Today, listen carefully, 15:00 you will never have a non productive day again. 15:05 I feel like saying hallelujah myself. 15:09 The prayer of Eliezer, 15:10 this prayer of success helps us to understand 15:16 that we can experience 15:17 the success God has called us to 15:21 and the words that I have just uttered, 15:23 these are not weak words, these are not ordinary words, 15:26 I'm literally speaking a life into your soul. 15:32 And the reason why is because 15:33 this prayer is freighted with divine power, 15:38 it's loaded with Holy Ghost fuel. 15:43 And it's hurled with angelic force. 15:47 I speak with convection 15:48 because I know what this prayer has done in my life 15:52 and in my ministry. 15:55 And it's fueled with the deep conviction. 15:58 Listen now. 16:00 Failure is not an option. 16:06 I need to say that again, 16:08 because we've accepted failure as a normal way of life, 16:10 but I want to tell you 16:11 that according to the word of God, 16:13 failure is not an option 16:16 and it's not an option in any area of your life. 16:22 I'm committed myself personally 16:24 to be successful in every area of my life. 16:27 I cannot accept failure in any area of my life, why? 16:32 Because now through this prayer, 16:34 I realize that my life is bigger than me. 16:43 And my prayer is that as we work 16:45 through these presets today, 16:46 you will be convinced like I'm convinced that your life-- 16:51 listen carefully, your life is bigger than you. 16:56 I want you to read that prayer again in Genesis 24:12, 16:59 it's a powerful prayer. 17:01 "Then he said, 'O Lord God of my master Abraham, 17:05 please give me success this day, 17:07 and show kindness to my master Abraham.'" 17:12 The operative word in this prayer is success. 17:16 Yes, I say it success. 17:19 Eliezer is praying for a favorable outcome 17:23 on this vital key mission 17:27 It reads again, 17:28 "O Lord God of my master Abraham," 17:31 listen "Give me success this day, 17:36 and show kindness to my master Abraham." 17:41 Looking at this prayer 17:42 you discover that this is a selfless prayer, 17:47 a sacrificial prayer, a succeed prayer, 17:51 a missional prayer, a covenant prayer, 17:55 yes, even an urgent prayer. 17:59 The cry from the soul of Eliezer's 18:02 failure is not an option, 18:05 I must succeed. 18:09 Success is the only thing 18:12 that God will accept on the mission. 18:15 Eliezer is praying this prayer. 18:19 Once you read Genesis 24:12 18:21 you would discover that he sent out on a mission, 18:23 a vital mission. 18:24 His mission is to find a wife for Isaac. 18:29 And as you know Isaac is no ordinary child, 18:32 this is a child that was born 18:34 to Abraham and Sarah in their old years. 18:38 This is a child that was born to Sarah 18:41 when she was 90 years old. 18:43 Listen ladies I don't think you want a baby at 90 years old. 18:49 And surely Abraham at 100 years old, 18:52 having a little infant so Eliezer understood 18:55 that this was a miracle baby. 18:57 This was the promised baby, 18:58 this was the progenitor of the seed. 19:01 He understood that this was a vital mission 19:03 because now he was to find a wife for Isaac. 19:09 He understood salvific plan was included now in this mission. 19:14 He saw this as no light responsibility. 19:18 Listen, Eliezer understood that generations unborn 19:24 would be affected by his failure or success. 19:28 He understood that the salvation of the world 19:31 was in the balance on this mission. 19:33 He understood that this was a life or death situation 19:37 and for him, listen, failure was not an option. 19:44 He had to succeed. 19:46 Because it was bigger than him. 19:51 Eliezer standing at the well 19:56 and he prays this prayer at 60 years old, 20:00 and 60 looks pretty good that's where I'm now. 20:03 Hallelujah. 20:06 And he finally has a handle, 20:10 on what true success is and sometimes-- 20:12 listen, sometimes in life, 20:14 God allows years to go by 20:16 before you understand the core issues in life 20:19 and that Eliezer at 60 years old, 20:21 he is understanding what true success is all about. 20:29 For many of us, when we hear the word success, 20:34 we can... get a little nervous 20:39 because we see success only in secular terms. 20:44 And that's why we are reluctant to pray for success. 20:53 When is the last time you said, "Lord give me success." 20:58 Because we are afraid and reluctant 21:00 and that's why we sabotage our success 21:06 because we really don't believe 21:08 that's what God called us to do. 21:12 That's why we permit haters to talk us out of success. 21:21 But Eliezer prayed this fervent prayer 21:25 and again "Lord God of my master, 21:28 give me success this day." 21:33 He was praying with a deep sense 21:37 of the true meaning of success. 21:40 I'm going some way with this. 21:43 See after 52 years in the home of Eliezer, 21:48 he began to understand what true success was all about. 21:52 You see, Abraham was an old man 21:54 and he had taught as a patriot, 21:58 the meaning of true success 21:59 that he had learned himself from God. 22:02 And he had in precept an example 22:04 taught both his children and his servants 22:07 what true success was? 22:08 So now after 60-- at 60 years old, 22:11 Eliezer is understanding now what true success really is. 22:18 And one of the great struggles in our community 22:20 is not understanding what true success is. 22:22 Again, success is all we seen in secular terms 22:26 but we seldom see it in salvific terms. 22:28 And today this message is designed to help you to see 22:31 that the success in your life, 22:33 true success always have salvific issues involved. 22:38 Eliezer was born a slave in Damascus. 22:43 At least that's what many commentators believe. 22:47 He was bought by Abraham, 22:48 as Abraham was on his journey to the Promised Land. 22:51 And at age 6 he was purchased by Abraham 22:56 and brought into the home and as you read the story, 22:59 he became like a son to Abraham. 23:04 But when he came he brought with him 23:06 distorted views of success. 23:09 Say distorted views of success. 23:12 And in this hip-hop bling culture, 23:16 there were far too many who have distorted views 23:19 about success in a capitalistic, 23:21 materialistic, humanistic society, 23:23 success is so distorted 23:25 and that's why this prayer is of so importance today. 23:31 So as a slave boy, born in Egypt, 23:34 in Damascus rather, 23:36 he had these distorted views of success. 23:40 He'd learned what success was from the wealthy in Damascus, 23:45 and his real success was like this, 23:48 his view of success was in accomplishments. 23:52 Look what I have done, 23:56 his view of success was in accumulation, 24:00 look what I have. 24:03 His view of success was in assurance. 24:07 Look what I've laid up for retirement. 24:11 And isn't that the view of today 24:13 that success is in our accomplishment, 24:17 so look what I have done. 24:20 Success is seen in look what I have accumulated in houses 24:24 and cars and all of the nice stuff, 24:27 and one man says the race today is to find 24:30 who will have the most toys, and then you die. 24:38 It's an assurance and I see so many people 24:42 who have such a distorted view of success 24:45 that they see it in assurance. 24:47 Look, what I've laid a side, 24:49 I prepared for retirement, 24:51 but can I give you some important information? 24:54 Because you have it stored up for retirement 24:57 doesn't mean that you gonna enjoy it in retirement. 25:03 But in Abraham's life, 25:07 Abraham saw a contradiction of what success is all about. 25:14 Eliezer as a young boy questioned Abraham, 25:17 "Abraham, I thought you were wealthy and successful, 25:22 then why are we still living in tents?" 25:28 Hebrews, come on Hebrews Chapter 11... 25:38 in verse 9, 25:41 "By faith he dwelt in the land of promise 25:45 as in a foreign country, 25:46 dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, 25:51 the heirs with him of the same promise." 25:54 Tents were not the only type of construction of that day, 25:57 there were men who brought built pyramids 25:59 and there were men who built palaces 26:01 and Abraham had the kind of wealth 26:03 where he could have built a palace, 26:05 he could have had him a McMansion, 26:07 but he chose to live in a tent. 26:11 And Eliezer is wondering says, 26:13 "Father Abraham, why aren't we living in a big palace? 26:18 Why are we living in a tent?" 26:21 And Abraham said, "Son, success" 26:25 listen "success is not determined 26:29 by what you live in, 26:33 but who you live for." 26:38 The song writer said it like this, 26:42 just over the mountain in the Promised Land 26:44 lies the holy city built by God's own hand 26:48 and that's what Abraham was looking for. 26:51 And then Eliezer asked the question, 26:54 "Abraham, you are a wealthy man, 27:02 in fact you are so wealthy, you have your own army, 27:07 how can you continue to be wealthy 27:10 and continue to live like a nomad, 27:13 wandering form place to place, 27:14 don't you need to settle down 27:16 so that you can enjoy your wealth and secure your wealth? 27:20 This nomad lifestyle is getting old, Abraham." 27:26 And that's how so many believe today 27:28 that you can't go where God tells you to go. 27:33 Because if you go, you gonna loose. 27:35 I got news for you. 27:36 If you follow God, 27:38 God will bless you wherever you need to go. 27:41 Amen. 27:43 In fact Abraham replied, 27:45 "Son, I believe in portable success, 27:51 I found that as long as I'm obedient to God 27:55 and following His mission, 27:57 I will be blessed anywhere God sends me. 28:01 I'll be blessed in the city and I'll be blessed in the field, 28:04 I'll be blessed in America, 28:06 but I'll be blessed anywhere God sends me. 28:10 Son as Abraham said, "Let me make it clear, 28:13 I'm looking for better city 28:16 whose builder and maker is God." 28:19 He says, "Son, my hope is built on nothing less 28:23 then Jesus' blood and righteousness, 28:26 I dare not trust the sweetest frame 28:28 but wholly lean on Jesus' name. 28:34 Eliezer finally got it. 28:37 He finally understood success is being on the mission 28:43 for the master to produce seed for the kingdom, 28:48 because it's bigger than him. 28:51 He finally got it 28:53 that true success is being on the mission, 28:57 being on the mission, 28:59 true success is being on the mission. 29:03 The journey for God. 29:05 And he understood 29:06 that the mission was bigger than him, 29:10 while it included him, it was bigger than him. 29:15 See Eliezer understood what true success is all about. 29:20 See because our view of success is so secular, 29:25 we either pray for the wrong success, 29:28 kinds of success that is 29:31 or we don't pray for success at all. 29:34 Our view of success often is self centered, 29:40 self serving and self sufficient. 29:44 Success, here it is, 29:47 success for most of us is not bigger than me, 29:52 it's just about me. 29:55 So we allow ourselves to accept failure in areas of our life 30:02 that God expects us to succeed in. 30:06 We refuse-- listen, 30:07 we refuse to think bigger things 30:10 and greater things for the kingdom 30:12 because well, God, you know, what? 30:16 It doesn't matter that much. 30:19 I challenge you today, I challenge you my, friends, 30:23 wherever you're living in, 30:25 whatever community you're living in 30:27 that's your life is bigger than you. 30:32 And I'm challenging you to change your view of success. 30:35 I challenge you to see success 30:37 as being on the mission for the master, 30:43 to see your life bigger than yourself. 30:46 I need you to believe this mantra, 30:48 "I'm on a mission for the master to produce seed, 30:52 for the kingdom is bigger than me." 30:56 I need you to understand that you're on a mission 30:59 for the master to produce seed, 31:01 for the kingdom is bigger than me. 31:04 I need you to say it with me, 31:05 "I'm on a mission for the master 31:08 to produce seed for the kingdom it's bigger than me." 31:12 Here is what fired up the mission of Eliezer. 31:16 He understood that he was on a mission for the master 31:20 to produce seed for the master. 31:25 And he was convinced that failure was not an option. 31:30 He understood that God was counting on him. 31:33 Listen, he understood 31:35 that unborn generations and born generations 31:40 were affected by his failure or success. 31:46 Failure would affect unborn generations, 31:51 but also success would affect unborn generations, 31:56 I'm coming home, 31:58 and I'm going to shoot straight, do you mind? 32:00 You don't, it doesn't matter. 32:04 You see it's critical 32:06 that you are successful in every area of your life. 32:13 And the reason why is because 32:16 God believes in total life stewardship. 32:23 There is not one area of your life 32:25 that God wants you to fail in. 32:29 And when God brought this to me, 32:31 it shook me up, my brothers and my sisters. 32:34 It fired me up because like many 32:37 I was succeeding in some areas of my life, 32:40 but I was failing in other areas of my life. 32:44 And God said, 32:45 "Any failure in any part of your life 32:47 affects unborn generations." 32:53 Hear me. 32:55 The stewardship of your life 32:59 affects unborn generations. 33:03 Listen to me, my brothers and sisters, 33:05 in your community, 33:07 your success impacts this generation 33:13 and the generation after, and the generation after, 33:16 and the generation after, 33:17 and the generation after, and the generation after, 33:20 and the generation after, 33:21 unborn generations are affected by your failure and success. 33:25 Failure thing is no option. 33:31 We must manage and then pray for success. 33:36 Well, I like this. 33:38 Pray for success in every area of our lives 33:43 and then expect success in every area of our lives. 33:47 Failure should not-- Oh, help me Holy Ghost, 33:50 failure should not be accepted in any area of our life. 33:56 That's pretty straight, isn't it? 34:01 You see, I discovered... 34:05 that many people don't take 34:08 total life stewardship seriously. 34:13 And what God showed me is that 34:17 total life stewardship managing my entire life, 34:19 succeeding in all my life is covered under three areas, 34:23 my family, my finance, and my faith. 34:28 So God says, "I want you to pray 34:30 for success with your family.'' 34:33 And for those of you who are married God is saying, 34:36 "You should pray about success in your marriage." 34:39 One of the things that have kept 34:41 my wife and I together for 39 years is that 34:44 we understood that our failure in marriage 34:47 would affect unborn generations, 34:49 and one of the reasons 34:50 why people get out of marriages so easy 34:52 is because they don't think it affects anybody but them. 34:55 But I got news for you. 34:56 When your marriage fail, 34:58 unborn generations are affected by it. 35:02 So if you're thinking about getting out of that marriage, 35:06 you need to fall on your knees and pray for success and say, 35:08 "Lord help me to love that brother anyhow? 35:12 I must succeed." 35:15 In the family we need to talk about parenting. 35:18 And one of the struggles today is that 35:20 parents don't pray their success over parenting. 35:23 You know, when I was growing up, 35:24 my mother believed in whipping. 35:28 Not spankings, spankings are, don't do that, Johnny. 35:33 Whipping is go get that switch. 35:38 Because my parents understood the value of parenting. 35:41 The problem is not taking prayer out school, 35:44 listen, the problem is taking parenting out of home. 35:53 So young couples with young children, 35:57 you need to pray that the Lord give you courage 35:59 to succeed at parenting your children. 36:02 It blows my mind to see a three year old in the store 36:05 telling their parents what to do. 36:10 I need to move on from that one. 36:14 And then singles, 36:16 the single people in our audience, 36:19 don't you think 36:21 that the way you live your life is just for you, 36:24 when you fail in your relationship 36:26 with your boyfriend and your girlfriend, 36:28 when you fail in living a pure and holy life, 36:31 it affects not just you, it affects unborn generations 36:36 and you must pray the prayer of success, 36:37 "Lord in this relationship I know I like this guy, 36:41 may be even love him 36:42 but I need to be successful in having a pure and holy life." 36:46 Because it does effect unborn generations. 36:51 And then we need to pray the prayer over our health. 36:56 Can I get a shout out? 37:00 You see, we need to pray God, 37:03 "I haven't been faithful in managing my health, 37:06 I haven't been successful in my health, 37:08 so Lord please help me to be a better steward of my health 37:12 so I can look like, I'm a child of the King." 37:18 You see, when you don't take care of your health, 37:20 it affects not just you, 37:21 it affects your family and generations unborn. 37:24 One of the saddest stories that I've ever experienced are 37:27 colleagues of mine they started out in ministry, 37:29 who did not take care of their health 37:31 and at 49 years old, they died from heart attacks, 37:35 preventable diseases, 37:37 but they didn't pray the prayer of success 37:39 over their health. 37:41 And their poor families were left prematurely. 37:47 So you need to pray success of your families. 37:50 My brothers and sisters please pray, 37:52 "Say Lord, get me success with my family." 37:56 And then you need to pray success over your finance. 38:00 I'm so sick and tired of people in my community 38:03 and then my church is talking about how broke they are. 38:09 Reason why many people are broke is 38:10 because they have never prayed 38:12 the prayer of success over their finances. 38:16 You need to pray to God and say, 38:18 "God help me to live on a budget. 38:23 Lord, help me to move to a debt free live. 38:27 Lord, help me to return tithe and offering. 38:31 And this has nothing to do with church, 38:35 this has to do with faithfulness to the God, 38:38 who has given you everything you have 38:40 and saying God, I believe You own it 38:42 and I'm responsible for managing 38:44 and by returning tithe and offering, 38:46 I'm simply confessing publicly that You own it all." 38:50 Amen. 38:52 Then you need to be honest with your children. 38:54 You need tell them that the reason 38:55 why you're struggling financially 38:56 is because you've been robbing God. 38:58 Can I get a shout out? 39:02 And then you need to pray-- 39:03 listen, you need to pray, success over your finance 39:10 to creating more wealth, making some more money. 39:16 Yeah, that's a-- that's a duet for you. 39:21 You see God is not just gonna hold us accountable 39:26 for money we-- 39:28 for managing the money that we have, 39:31 He is gonna hold us accountable for money 39:33 we could have made, but we chose not to be either 39:36 because of fear, guilt or laziness. 39:40 Oh, I need to say that again. 39:44 When Christ comes again, He's gonna ask you. 39:46 Have you put to use the talents, 39:50 the money that I've given you? 39:51 So God is not gonna hold us accountable 39:53 just for the managing of the resource. 39:55 He's gonna hold us accountable for money we could have made, 39:58 but we chose not to make, 39:59 either because of fear, guilt or laziness. 40:01 God wants us to pray success and say, 40:04 "Lord give me some financial wealth today." 40:10 I was sitting with the friend, some years ago, 40:12 actually he is a Baptist preacher. 40:15 And I was whining about not having stuff and housing, 40:19 I need the Lord to-- to lower the price of things, 40:23 I said that for several times he visited in my house 40:25 and then finally he said, preacher, 40:27 why don't you change your prayer? 40:29 Why don't you to ask God to raise your salary?' 40:35 And then secondly and I'm serious about this, 40:38 one of my visions is to grow an army of God-- 40:44 who are able to create wealth for the kingdom of God, 40:47 was keeping a simple and holy life. 40:53 And God is calling some of you to do that 40:55 and God is calling people in my community, 40:57 you see, God didn't-- Oh help me Holy Ghost. 40:59 God did not call you to go get a job, 41:02 He called you to be the job. 41:07 And then you must pray for success over your faith. 41:14 You see, your walk with God impacts other people. 41:20 And when you are not close to God, 41:23 is not a secret to others. 41:27 And you need to say, 41:29 "Lord I pray now for anointing of your Holy Spirit, 41:32 I want You to fill me, 41:33 I want to be a successful child of God, 41:36 so that when people seek me, 41:38 they not only see me, they feel me." 41:43 When you spend time in the presence of God, 41:46 you come out with a holy glow. 41:48 Ask Moses, 40 days on the mountain when he came out, 41:51 he didn't know it was a glow 41:53 but the people said, put a veil over your face. 41:55 You must succeed in your walk with God 41:57 so that when people see you, they see the glow 41:59 and they feel the Holy Ghost and when you do that, 42:02 you'll have to talk less about your religion. 42:04 Can I get a shout glory? 42:07 They will fall at your feet, 42:08 and say what must I do to be saved, 42:10 because I see something different in you. 42:12 And then you must pray for success 42:14 not just in your devotional life, 42:17 but you must pray for success in your witnessing. 42:21 You must ask God to give you success 42:24 in reaching out in your communities 42:26 and touching people with the gospel 42:28 and letting them know what you know. 42:33 Eliezer understood this, he understood. 42:36 The success in life is about 42:39 being on a mission for the master. 42:42 Why? 42:43 Because we're producing seed for the kingdom. 42:46 In these years of your life, you are producing seeds, 42:49 say producing seed and God wants to succeed 42:52 to be successful in your life. 42:54 He wants you to produce for the kingdom of God. 42:58 Eliezer understood this and he understood that 43:03 this required a no failure attitude. 43:10 Let me be honest with you. 43:13 Most of us live lackluster lives, plain lives, 43:21 unexciting lives, boring lives 43:25 and we may get up in the morning, 43:26 we'll say, it's another day. 43:32 Rather than getting up in the morning 43:33 and say, hallelujah, it's Monday, 43:35 another day for me to pray the prayer of success. 43:39 Lord God of my master, give me success today, 43:42 and I can tell you the reason why people aren't excited 43:44 is because they don't have a fire underneath them. 43:50 And I can tell you from experiencing from this prayer 43:52 that excitement comes when there is an urgency about life, 43:57 when there is an urgency about life, 44:00 when we have an urgency, 44:01 it will compel us to do something 44:04 because now it will be a fire underneath us. 44:09 I learned what urgency is all about in 1982 44:14 when we're running a city wide evangelistic crusade 44:16 in Jackson, Mississippi. 44:20 And we pitched a large tent, 44:23 they seat about 500 to a 1000 44:25 on a major corner on a bus line. 44:29 And as we were pushing that tent up in the air-- 44:32 no one told me that the vacant lot 44:36 where we were pitching the tent on a public corner 44:39 where the bus stop, it was infected with fire ants. 44:46 It seems like some of you understand what fire ants is 44:49 but for those of you who may not, 44:51 these little ants that when they crawl on you, 44:54 they bite, and their bite feels like fire. 45:00 That's when I learned about urgency. 45:03 And as I pushed my pole up in the air, 45:05 I step back on to a mound of fire ants, 45:10 that's when I know what urgency was all about. 45:14 Because there is the fire ants crawl up my leg, 45:19 leaving their trail of marks and burns. 45:24 I found out I did not care what other folks thought. 45:33 I discovered that in the moment of urgency, 45:36 you can care less what other people think. 45:40 You can care less what the media will say. 45:43 You will care less if it will go on 45:45 Youtube or NoTube, all you want is relief. 45:51 And you guessed it, 45:54 the urgency chased me out of my pants. 46:00 And searched the reason why so many struggle with success 46:04 is that we're more concern with 46:06 what people think, listen community, 46:09 we are more concern with what people think 46:11 and how they feel than the mission. 46:15 When you realize your life is a mission for Christ, 46:19 you stop worrying about what people think 46:21 and by the way what people think 46:23 has not put one rare sin in your pocket. 46:28 But He sure is taking all alike. 46:32 You see, when you get urgency, 46:33 it changes your view about life. 46:36 You get up in the morning and say, 46:37 I got to exercise 'cause this ain't about me. 46:42 You get up in the morning and say, 46:44 I'll make my marriage work 'cause this not just about me. 46:48 I thought about a failed marriage in my own life, 46:52 say what would it look like? 46:53 What will my children say? 46:55 What will my grandchildren say if their grandpa? 47:00 And the sad thing many people get out of marriages-- 47:02 listen community 'cause he doesn't make me happy. 47:08 Like that's the purpose of marriage. 47:11 Purpose of marriage is to 47:12 solidify God's name on the earth, 47:14 your home should be a little heaven on earth, 47:18 so that when people look at your marriage, 47:20 they will see happiness 47:21 and in your search for doing the will of God 47:24 in the mission of God, you will experience happiness. 47:30 But this prayer is an urgency. 47:33 Let's go back to the text. 47:37 Genesis 24... 47:45 this shows the urgency of the text. 47:51 You see, Eliezer prayed this prayer 47:55 and notice what the text is. 47:56 I want to go back to the pray again Genesis 24:12, 48:01 Genesis 24:12 he said, Lord God of my master, 48:06 give me success tomorrow, 48:11 give me success next week, 48:16 give me success five years from now. 48:20 He said "Lord God of my master, give me success this day." 48:27 This is an urgent message. 48:29 Eliezer says, I don't have time to waste, 48:33 I don't have maneuvering room, 48:35 I must succeed right now, church brothers and sisters, 48:41 you don't have time to waste in failure, 48:44 in any area of your life, you must succeed now. 48:47 Genesis 24:1 tells us why Eliezer was so urgent? 48:53 The text says, let's go back to Genesis 24:1. 48:59 Word of God says, "Now Abraham was old, 49:03 and well advanced in age, 49:06 and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things." 49:09 The word of God says, Abraham was old, 49:13 and advanced in years, he was old-old. 49:20 In other words, Abraham was beyond the years 49:24 expected of him to live. 49:28 He knew Eliezer that is 49:30 that Abraham did not have long to live. 49:34 And he wanted to make sure 49:35 that when he went out on the mission, 49:38 he would fulfill it as quickly as possible, 49:40 so he can get back, so that Abraham could see 49:43 at least the fulfillment of this part of the mission. 49:47 And so with urgency he prayed this prayer. 49:49 "Lord God of my master Abraham, give me success this day." 49:59 You know, we're living in urgent times, 50:04 my brothers and sisters. 50:06 In fact turn with me to Romans... 50:14 Chapter 13. 50:25 And the Bible say us beginning with verse 11, 50:27 "And do this, knowing that the time, 50:30 that now it is high time to awake out of sleep, 50:35 for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 50:39 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. 50:42 Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, 50:44 and let us put on the whole armor of God. 50:47 Let us walk properly, in the day, 50:49 not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, 50:53 but not in strife and an envy. 50:56 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, 50:57 and make no provision for the flesh, 51:00 to fulfill its lusts." 51:01 The word of God says 51:02 we're living in the last of times history. 51:08 And we have no time for failure. 51:11 And like Eliezer, we're praying, 51:12 Lord, give us success this day, in every area of our lives. 51:18 We must succeed. Watch this now. 51:20 This is a powerful prayer, say powerful prayer. 51:24 Powerful prayer. 51:26 This prayer is powerful. 51:28 How much do I know, you see Eliezer was concerned 51:31 about the success of the mission. 51:34 And he said to Abraham Genesis 24:17 he said, 51:38 suppose I don't find a wife, and Eliezer said, 51:43 Abraham said, don't even think about it. 51:47 God will give you a wife for him. 51:51 And in fact, by prayer as you go out young man, 51:56 is that as you go angels will escort you. 52:00 Let me ask you a question. 52:02 If in everything you do, you are escorted by angels. 52:07 Is failure an option? 52:12 Do angels fail in their mission? 52:16 So if I go out in the power of God, 52:18 I can expect success because it ain't about me. 52:26 Oh, let me try it at home 52:27 because one of our problems is we think it's about us. 52:31 When I discovered my ministry in my life wasn't about me, 52:36 then God says, you are free now to do the larger work. 52:40 And God is breaking some of you loose right here 52:42 now audience... 52:45 to know that God is breaking you loose 52:47 because now success is not about you, 52:51 it's about the mission. 52:53 And because the mission is about 52:55 producing seed for the kingdom, 52:57 you gonna get past your pride. 53:00 You gonna get past your false humility and you gonna say. 53:02 "Lord, help me to succeed this day. 53:06 Give me success in my family, 53:08 give me success in my finance, 53:10 give me success in my faith." 53:15 And when you pray that kind of prayer with urgency, 53:18 there's a fire in you. 53:20 You'll wake up in the morning 53:21 and you'll wake up shouting, hallelujah. 53:24 You'll wake up praising your Lord with your hands. 53:28 You walk out on the street and people will see you smiling 53:31 and you'll wonder-- 53:32 they'll wonder why you are smiling. 53:33 And you'll say, I'm on a mission 53:35 for the master to produce seed, 53:37 for the kingdom is bigger than me. 53:40 You'll see, I'm on a mission for the master to produce seed, 53:43 for the kingdom is bigger than me. 53:45 You'll say, I'm on a mission for the master to produce seed, 53:48 for the kingdom is bigger than me. 53:50 You'll pray, I'm on a mission for the master to produce seed, 53:54 for the kingdom is bigger than me. 53:57 And when you pray that prayer, you become unstoppable. 54:02 I hope you're catching this. You become unstoppable. 54:06 This is a kind of prayer that God instance 54:10 answers instantaneously. 54:14 Yeah, notice that Eliezer doesn't pray, 54:20 "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, 54:23 please give me success today, if it's your will." 54:29 You see we use, if it be thy will as an excuse 54:32 because we really don't trust God. 54:35 But the truth of the matter God has told you, 54:37 Eliezer had no doubt he didn't chose the mission, 54:40 God chose the mission for him, his master send him out. 54:43 God is sending you out. 54:44 You need to pray if it be thy will. 54:46 If you're going in the will of God, 54:47 you know it's God's will 54:48 and you should pray with confidence, 54:50 "Lord give me success this day." 54:54 When you pray like that, 54:56 heaven gets excited and things happen. 55:02 Here it is Genesis come on, 55:05 'cause some of you still don't believe it. 55:09 Some of you still living in the valley of failure. 55:12 It's never happened in my community. 55:14 It's never happened in my family. 55:16 Everything has been a failure. 55:18 I got news for you, it's not about you 55:21 and your gifts and your abilities. 55:23 It's about you being used by the master. 55:27 God can use anything. 55:31 He can use anything. 55:35 If He can use a donkey, He can use you. 55:39 If He can use a prostitute, He can use you. 55:43 If He can use a murderer called David, He can use you. 55:49 Genesis 24, here it is. 55:54 This gets exciting to me. 55:57 It challenges me at the deep core. 56:07 Verse 15 of chapter 24, 56:13 I want you to follow me on this one, 56:17 it says "And it happened, before he finished speaking, 56:23 that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, 56:26 the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, 56:28 Abraham's brother, 56:29 came out with her pitcher on her shoulder." 56:31 Before he could finish praying the prayer was answered. 56:38 That's an answer prayer, that's power. 56:42 So today when you leave here, you pray the prayer, 56:45 Lord God of my master, give me success today 56:47 because I'm on a mission for the master 56:49 and I'm expecting success not because it's about me, 56:52 but it's bigger than me." 56:55 And get up off your knees 56:57 and act as if the prayer has been done 57:00 because it has been done. 57:04 Father God, thank You for this prayer. 57:08 We ask that You'll forgive us God 57:11 for accepting failure in our lives. 57:14 So tonight we pray in the name of Jesus 57:17 that You will fill us with Your Sprit and we pray, 57:21 ''Lord, give us success today because it's bigger than me.'' 57:27 And this is our prayer in the name of Jesus. |
Revised 2015-04-27