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Series Code: PHTDP
Program Code: PHTDP200016S
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00:14 Welcome to Day 6 of 10 Days of Prayer.
00:17 Donald Owen and I are here to remind you to pause to pray. 00:21 And we want to ask you a question. 00:24 You want to know the two step plan 00:25 to go from being a fleshly carnal Christian 00:29 to being a spiritual Christian? 00:31 Well, here in the year 2021, 00:33 it's no different than it's ever been. 00:35 Daily ask for and received by faith, 00:38 the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, 00:40 and daily surrender everything you have and are to God, 00:44 then we let Him do the rest. 00:46 Sounds easy or not? 00:48 It isn't complicated though. 00:50 It simply requires you to daily place yourself 00:52 where the Holy Spirit can reach you. 00:55 Christ Himself needed a daily fresh baptism 00:57 of the Holy Spirit while He was on earth. 01:00 So how much more should we have this power? 01:03 In 2 Corinthians 4:16 and Ephesians 3:16, 01:07 Paul writes about the inward man 01:09 being renewed day by day, 01:11 and he prays that God's people would be strengthened 01:14 with might through His Spirit in the inner man. 01:17 Our inward person needs daily care. 01:20 And while that daily surrender 01:21 sounds somewhat simple, it isn't easy. 01:25 You know why? Because it demands sacrifice. 01:29 Jesus told His disciples, 01:31 "If anyone desires to come after Me, 01:33 let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, 01:37 and follow Me." 01:39 To deny self means giving Jesus control 01:41 over our lives each and every day. 01:44 The Apostle Paul said, "I die daily," right? 01:48 Dying daily means surrender, and surrender seems impossible. 01:52 But think about it. 01:53 We eat every day to stay physically alive, 01:56 likewise, we need daily spiritual food or we will die. 02:00 Mark it in your daily calendar on your to-do list 02:03 just like your any other task until it becomes a habit. 02:06 Commit today to share part of your day with God. 02:11 Remember that, "Seek first the kingdom of God 02:13 and His righteousness and all these things 02:15 shall be added to you." 02:16 Yeah, so... 02:32 I need Thee every hour Most gracious Lord 02:40 No tender voice like Thine 02:45 Can peace afford 02:49 I need Thee, oh, I need Thee 02:57 Every hour, I need Thee 03:03 Oh, bless me now, my Savior 03:08 I come to Thee 03:15 I need Thee every hour 03:20 Stay Thou nearby 03:25 Temptations lose their power 03:29 When You art nigh 03:35 I need Thee, oh, 03:39 I need Thee Every hour, 03:45 I need Thee 03:49 Oh, bless me now, my Savior 03:54 I come 03:57 To Thee 04:05 Donald, will you pray for us? 04:07 Sure. 04:08 Heavenly Father, 04:11 how thankful we are that we can come to You, 04:13 it said in Hebrews 4, I believe in verse 16, 04:17 it talks about, we can come boldly 04:18 into the throne of grace. 04:21 Asking His petitions and why? 04:24 Because Jesus what You have done for us, 04:28 so marvelous, so miraculous. 04:31 So thank You so much for what You've done, 04:34 that we can die to self. 04:37 We've been given life for a reason. 04:40 And that reason is to glorify and honor our Father in heaven. 04:43 And we get to see that through Your Son 04:45 when we read Your Word. 04:47 We thank You, Lord, we ask that all we do and say, 04:50 as Tim said this year, 04:52 or we may mark this on our list, 04:55 but not just do it as a list but do it 04:57 out of a heart of gratitude and thanks, 05:00 because, Lord, one day we get to see You face to face 05:03 and we won't have to worry about lists. 05:06 We can Thank You, Lord, 05:07 that You are a great mighty God, 05:09 and that You will deliver what You promise. 05:11 Help us, Lord, to surrender ourselves 05:12 that we will one day see You face to face. 05:15 We ask this in Jesus' name. 05:17 Amen. 05:20 Father, I ask that... 05:24 You will truly grant me the mind of Christ. 05:29 What a privilege to come to You in prayer 05:31 and to align my desires with Your desires. 05:39 Father, I pray for our viewers right now. 05:42 I ask God that You just... 05:45 give them a hunger to be spiritual Christians... 05:50 striving to... 05:54 surrender everything they have. 05:58 So that nothing stands between... 06:02 You and them, me and You, nothing. 06:06 Lord, I know that sounds unrealistic 06:09 in this world where we have to fight the flesh, 06:13 and we have to live in the flesh. 06:15 But we don't have to... 06:18 We can overcome, You give us the power. 06:21 Thank You for your Holy Spirit that gives us that power. 06:23 And so we bring our needs to You because you care. 06:27 We thank You that You have a heart and that we serve 06:30 a high priest that is definitely concerned 06:36 with all of our needs. 06:38 So thank You. 06:41 And we bring our requests to You. 06:46 Heavenly Father, I'm forced to think about 06:49 Paul and his writings. 06:52 He said, "The things that I don't want to do I do, 06:55 and the things I do want to do, I don't." 06:57 And he cried out, "Oh, wretched man that I am 06:59 who is able to save me 07:01 from this body is going to death." 07:04 And he said, "Praise be to God, the Lord Jesus Christ." 07:06 And I'm reminded of that following verse, Romans 8:1, 07:10 "Therefore there is now no condemnation 07:13 for those who are in Christ Jesus, 07:14 walked down according to the flesh, 07:16 but after the spirit." 07:18 So, Lord, we desire to walk after You 07:20 and think of the disciples. 07:23 He said, "Are you going to leave me too?" 07:24 He said, "Where else will we go, 07:26 we've got nowhere to go." 07:28 Lord, we need to cling to You, cling to Your every word, 07:32 cling to who You are, and who You want us to be. 07:35 And, Lord, we can be overcomers in your strength. 07:38 We thank You that You have overcome 07:40 and now we can have that opportunity to overcome 07:43 by looking and listening, 07:45 and reading, and relying on You. 07:47 Thank You. 07:51 We have a list of requests that range from babies 07:57 that are born prematurely, 08:01 babies who are born with birth defects... 08:06 and for the health of the mother. 08:11 God, we thank You for life. 08:14 We thank You that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. 08:18 And that sometimes it's difficult to see, 08:21 when there are birth defects and abnormalities 08:25 and issues in pregnancies. 08:28 God it's amazing to watch how You can turn things around. 08:37 And it's amazing how You can use even... 08:40 our handicaps and... 08:43 issues that seem... 08:49 not right, not normal. 08:55 To draw us close to You... 08:58 Father, I pray for parents 09:01 who are dealing with issues with babies, 09:09 who have abnormalities and birth defects. 09:12 Lord Jesus, I ask that You will touch the parents 09:15 and that You will give them wisdom, give them love. 09:19 Lord, we all need You. 09:21 We all need love. 09:24 And we all need Your healing touch. 09:28 Heavenly Father, I'm thinking about those, 09:30 we are talking about the struggle, 09:32 those who might be in a corner... 09:35 putting a needle to their arm or smoking things 09:39 that fry their lungs or their mind, 09:41 or those who might be tipping a bottle right now 09:43 that feel hopeless 09:46 like there's nothing good in this world to live for, 09:49 and the struggles that we face 09:51 on a daily moment to moment basis 09:53 and I'm forced to think about that wonderful serenity prayer. 09:57 God grant me the serenity 09:58 to accept the things I cannot change. 10:00 Courage to change the things 10:01 I can and wisdom to know the difference. 10:03 Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, 10:07 accepting hardships as a pathway to peace, 10:10 taking as Jesus did this sinful world as it is, 10:13 not as I would have it. 10:15 Trusting that You will make all things right 10:18 if I surrender to Your will, 10:20 so that I may be reasonably happy in this life 10:22 and supremely happy with You forever and next. 10:25 Thank You, Lord, that we can surrender 10:27 all to You and You'll heal us. 10:28 Sweet. 10:32 Father, for those who are... 10:35 facing the devastating disease of ALS. 10:40 God, how debilitating. 10:44 This caller writes in or calls in, 10:50 and said that they losing the use of their arms 10:53 and their hand, and other faculties. 10:55 Oh, God! 10:58 I just so mad at disease. 11:03 Lord, I know it hurts Your heart. 11:06 I know You are able to heal. 11:10 I know You're able to have Your way. 11:12 So, Father, I just ask in Jesus name 11:14 that You would grant healing... 11:17 for the various debilitating diseases. 11:19 God, I pray, muscle diseases and mental diseases 11:22 and heart issues. 11:26 Oh, Lord, our bodies are just being ravaged by disease. 11:32 God, I ask in Jesus' name, grant us wisdom 11:37 to take care of ourselves to the best of our ability... 11:43 and to trust in You for healing. 11:45 Lord, have Your way. 11:48 Do Your work... 11:52 in Jesus' name. 11:53 Amen. 11:54 Heavenly Father, 11:56 this writer is talking about 11:59 struggling with anxiety and fear. 12:01 Your Word in 1 John 4:18 tells us, 12:03 "Perfect love casts out fear, for fear of torment." 12:05 So we're asking, Lord, to remove that fear. 12:08 And we can be encouraged when we look to You, 12:12 that You will strengthen us, 12:14 that the enemy will have nothing on us. 12:15 We thank You, Lord, for what You're going to do 12:17 and how You accomplish that which we cannot. 12:19 I pray in Jesus' name. 12:21 Amen. 12:24 I love the words that Jesus said, 12:27 "In this world you will have tribulation, 12:30 but be of good cheer. 12:32 I have overcome the world." 12:36 You see tribulation never worries God 12:39 'cause He knows how it all ends. 12:42 And He also knows that He'll never lose control. 12:44 All right. He's got you. 12:47 Christ is coming back. 12:49 Acts 1:11, the angel said, 12:51 "This same Jesus who was taken up 12:53 from you into heaven 12:55 will so come in like manner as You saw Him go into heaven." 12:59 Jesus Himself said, I will come again 13:02 and receive you to Myself." 13:03 That's my hope. 13:05 That's what we can hold on to... 13:08 in the midst of an evil world. 13:13 Don't forget the effective fervent prayer 13:15 of a righteous man avails much. 13:18 Don't stop praying. 13:20 Don't stop relying on the spirit of the living God. 13:24 Pray that He will fall afresh on you that He will melt you, 13:27 mold you, fill you, and use you. 13:31 That's my prayer for you. 13:33 Thank you for spending these days with us. 13:35 Continue to pray, continue to seek the Lord. 13:39 He loves you. 13:41 Nothing's impossible for Him. 13:42 That's right. 13:44 God bless you. |
Revised 2021-02-18