Participants: Jason Bradley (Host), Nadine Joseph-Collins PhD
Series Code: TMP
Program Code: TMP000011A
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00:33 Hello and welcome to: The Missing Peace.
00:35 My name is Jason Bradley 00:36 and our primary host for this program 00:38 is: Dr. Nadine Joseph-Collins. 00:40 Dr. Nadine hails from the island of Saint Lucia. 00:43 She is passionate about prayer and has been empowering 00:46 the prayer lives of people around the world. 00:49 Dr. Nadine is an Author, Speaker and Teacher 00:52 who is in full-time ministry. 00:54 She is committed to showing us 00:55 how to make our prayer lives go "Wow!" 00:58 Before we get started, let's invite the Lord's presence 01:01 Dear Heavenly Father, We invite you to be with us, 01:04 we ask for the outpouring of your Holy Spirit 01:07 please help strengthen our prayer lives, 01:11 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 01:13 "Amen. " 01:14 So, what are we talking about today? 01:17 Today we're talking about praying with power 01:21 or "Power-packed Praying. " 01:23 we're going to look at the word "Power" 01:25 the different definitions of power 01:28 and how it can be applicable in our prayer lives. 01:30 So, I'm really excited about this 01:32 because a lot of times... 01:34 we have spoken about "Persistent Praying" 01:36 we've spoken about: Praying with Purpose 01:39 but just imagine if... what we have already discussed, 01:43 if we look at Praying with Purpose... 01:45 or Praying Persistently and now we put "Power" with that 01:49 I mean that will be a power-packed prayer, right? 01:51 Yes... yes... yes. 01:53 And that's what we really want to talk about today 01:54 so, one of the definitions of power is that 01:57 it denotes some extraordinary strength... 01:59 like, we could look at the David and Goliath story 02:03 and if we think of giants, 02:05 we might think that these people are powerful 02:07 or Samson... a better example... 02:09 when he actually put his hands to these two pillars 02:13 and was able to push them, 02:15 we can say he was strong but we also say he was powerful 02:18 because it denotes that strength... 02:21 that extraordinary strength... 02:23 and so, it also refers sometimes to the influence that we have 02:28 or authority over others 02:31 like, maybe we might look at a politician, 02:33 we might look at presidents of institutions or countries... 02:37 Jason: Or billionaires... 02:38 Nadine: Exactly... and we say that these people are powerful 02:41 because they have influence over others 02:43 and so, that's another definition of power 02:46 and in some countries, I think even here 02:49 and in most countries in the world, 02:51 when we look at light 02:53 and we speak about where we get our light from, 02:56 we usually say it comes from the Power Company, 02:58 and so, power also denotes that thing about light... 03:03 where there's light, there's power... 03:05 you go to... in fact, if you take away the light 03:07 people will say you have a power outage... 03:09 Hmmm... 03:10 And so, we're looking at power in these different contexts 03:13 so, when it comes to prayer, 03:15 we could actually look at these different definitions of prayer 03:20 and see... "How does that relate to my prayer life?" 03:23 Or "How can this influence how I pray?" 03:25 And that's where we're going to head today. 03:27 So, in prayer sometimes, we say, "A prayer is powerful" 03:31 based on the intensity of that prayer 03:33 and when we look at the story of Hannah, for example, 03:37 we know that was an intense prayer. 03:39 That prayer was like, from the heart... 03:42 from the foot... from every part of her body... 03:45 it was intense, it was deep, it was heavy 03:48 and so we look at prayer and we think about intensity, 03:52 the depth of that prayer, and so on. 03:54 Then we also look at prayer as having exerted certain strength 03:59 when we look at Jacob wrestling with God, 04:01 he exerted a lot of strength in that prayer 04:04 because the Bible says, "He wrestled... 04:06 he wrestled until the daybreak... " 04:09 that was a lot of wrestling... 04:10 he must been tired just like you today 04:12 because you played basketball. 04:13 Yes... 04:14 So, Jacob was wrestling... exerting all of that strength 04:18 and we talk about that as power. 04:20 Then power can also refer to the ability of that prayer 04:24 to go beyond the ceiling. 04:25 You know, many times we pray these prayers 04:28 but they don't go very far 04:29 but it could also refer to those prayers 04:31 that actually go far beyond the ceiling. 04:33 And a prayer that kind of... 04:36 it looks like we're not sure 04:39 what the king was trying to achieve, 04:41 but actually achieved what God wanted it to achieve 04:44 was a prayer in Daniel 6 verse 16 04:46 where the king of the Medes and Persians 04:50 actually said, in fact, when he was commanding 04:53 the folks who put Daniel in the lions' den... 04:55 he actually said a prayer... 04:57 because, he said, 04:59 "May your God, whom you serve continually, 05:03 deliver you!" 05:04 Hmmm... 05:05 Now, he said that prayer because he gave an order 05:08 but he said, "Hey, may your God deliver you" 05:10 he was actually praying, 05:11 his prayer went beyond the ceiling 05:13 because God did deliver Daniel out of the lions' den 05:16 so power can refer to the prayers 05:18 that really bring results. 05:20 So, when we say, "Go beyond the ceiling" 05:22 prayers that actually get an answer... 05:23 in that case, the king of the Medes and the Persians 05:25 he actually prayed a prayer 05:27 that actually went beyond the ceiling. 05:28 Yeah. 05:29 Then we have praying which can also... 05:31 a power which can also refer in our prayer life, 05:34 which can also refer to giving light on a matter 05:37 just as we looked at the definition of power being light 05:40 and in the case of the Bible, 05:42 we look at the examples of Daniel... in Daniel 2... 05:46 we look at the example of Joseph... 05:48 in Genesis 40 and 41 05:50 where in these instances, 05:52 God gave light or power to these two men 05:55 to actually interpret the dreams of other people... 05:59 and so, these are the contexts 06:01 with which we can actually parallel 06:03 the definitions of power in our prayer lives 06:07 and they still makes sense... 06:08 Yes... yes... 06:10 And Elijah, for example, 06:11 he offered one of the most powerful prayers in the Bible. 06:16 When we look at his story... there in 1st Kings verse 18, 06:20 you see, because there Elijah actually rebukes King Ahab 06:23 and he defeats also the prophets of... at Mount Carmel. 06:27 Jason: 1st Kings verse 18... what chapter? 06:29 Nadine: 1st Kings chapter 18. Jason: Oh, chapter 18? 06:33 Nadine: Yes. Jason: And what verse? 06:35 Nadine: We can look at like, verse 17, 06:37 there in verse 17 06:39 we would see Elijah going to Ahab 06:43 which is where we really want to pick up the story, 06:45 because what happens is that 06:47 Elijah was on the run for a long time, 06:48 he was like a fugitive, 06:50 remember, he was hiding in the cave... 06:51 God visited him there and so on 06:54 but Elijah eventually got out of the cave 06:57 and he was so bold... he went to Ahab, 07:00 "Yo, you've been looking for me... 07:02 I heard you've been looking for me... " 07:04 He went there with this assurance 07:08 because he was tired of running and... 07:10 in fact, God had asked him to get out of that cave anyhow, 07:12 so he was really living in obedience 07:14 and so Elijah presented himself to Ahab... 07:16 "You've been looking for me. " 07:18 Whether he addressed him as, "Sir... " 07:19 he gave... whichever shout-out he gave 07:21 "But I'm here... and I heard you've been looking for me. " 07:24 And the king looks to him and says, 07:26 "Hey, you troublemaker... " 07:28 so, Elijah says... I like to make it come alive 07:31 because these stories are so exciting 07:33 so the king, in verse 18, he says to Elijah, 07:37 "You troublemaker... " 07:39 and Elijah boldly defends himself... and he's like, 07:41 "You know what? I'm not the troublemaker... 07:43 in fact, you and your household... 07:45 you guys are the troublemakers. " 07:47 Now, Elijah goes to him, and Elijah says, 07:50 "You guys are the troublemakers, I'm not a troublemaker 07:52 because you and your people have no regard for my God. " 07:55 That's why Elijah was referring to them as troublemakers 07:58 and essentially said to them, 08:00 "So, because you have no regard for my God, 08:02 I have a proposal for you" 08:04 and there he charges the king, 08:06 "You get all these prophets of Baal 08:08 you get all these other prophets, 08:10 you get all of them and let's have a showdown today. " 08:13 Hmmm... 08:15 "Let's just get this party started 08:17 so we can see who the real God is. " 08:18 Yeah. 08:20 You see, Elijah went into the community... 08:21 he called everybody, 08:23 "Come... we're going to have a showdown today. 08:25 we will know who the real God is. " 08:27 And so, we are told that all of these people gathered 08:31 and then these prophets of Baal 08:32 began to petition their gods. 08:34 They began to cut themselves, they began to shout... 08:38 they began to dance and they did all sorts of stuff 08:41 and I could only imagine Elijah in the sidelines... 08:45 "Shout a little louder... jump a little higher... 08:48 dance a little more... cut yourself more... " 08:52 you can imagine him taunting them 08:53 because these guys are going on for hours... 08:56 the Bible says, it went on until evening time 08:58 petitioning their gods 09:01 and by evening, Elijah is like, 09:02 "Okay, you guys aren't tired yet?" 09:04 Now by that time, 09:05 you could imagine the crowd that was there earlier in the day 09:07 had already thinned out big time 09:09 because no action was happening, Elijah promised them action 09:13 Elijah goes back and says, 09:15 "People, come, come, come back people come back. " 09:17 "Come near" he says, 09:19 "I need all of you to hear this. " 09:21 So, you remember they had broken down the walls 09:25 and the altars and so on... 09:27 so Elijah began to rebuild one 09:28 just putting stones and so on, 09:29 he says, "You know what? 09:31 I'm going to just put some wood here and so on... 09:33 now, I need you guys to help me get some water... " 09:37 and so, they began to throw water on that altar 09:40 then he began to dig round it 09:43 and make that trench... that gutter... 09:45 and said, "Pour water in there also" 09:47 that's big time show, you know... 09:49 so Elijah is there asking them, "Throw the barrels of water" 09:52 and the Bible says... 09:53 I think they threw about 12 of them on that thing 09:56 and then Elijah utters a prayer in 1st Kings 18:36 to 37, 10:01 he says, "Oh Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, 10:06 today let it be known that you are God in Israel 10:10 and that I am Your servant 10:12 and I have done all these things at Your word. 10:16 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, 10:18 that these people may know that You O Lord, are God, 10:22 and You have turned their hearts back again. " 10:27 And so, Elijah offers that prayer, 10:30 and in grand style 10:32 God immediately sends fire 10:35 and everything... the Bible says, everything... 10:38 all the water, according to the Bible, was licked up... 10:41 it was gone... in that one prayer, 10:44 "Everything was consumed... " 10:46 in 1st Kings 18:38 it says, 10:48 "The fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering 10:51 and the wood and the stones and the dust, 10:53 and licked it up... 10:55 all the water that was in the trench. " 10:57 So it didn't just burn the altar... 11:00 everything in its way was gone 11:02 and so, Elijah proved his point. 11:05 Not only did he serve the true God... 11:07 the living God... 11:09 he served the God who hears and answers prayers. 11:11 That's right... that's right... 11:13 You see, and that's the kind of power we are talking about, 11:16 this is a powerful response to a heartfelt demonstration 11:19 of a powerful prayer of faith 11:21 and as we spoke about being in connection with God 11:25 and talking with Him and seeking Him 11:26 and knowing His will and so on, 11:28 Elijah could have only gone to God like that. 11:31 He could have only made such a public spectacle 11:33 because he had a relationship with God 11:35 and he knew that his God was going to show up. 11:38 Yeah, and he knew that his God was the one true God. 11:41 Exactly and that day he proved the point, 11:43 when power now... so we're looking at power... 11:47 in that context, 11:49 now we're looking at power in the context of light 11:52 or electricity 11:54 and what implication does that have for our prayer lives? 11:58 Does it have any implication at all? 11:59 When we think about the light... 12:01 how, you know, if the power is gone... 12:04 the light is gone... there's no power... 12:07 how can that impact our prayer lives? 12:09 And so, one evening I was thinking about this... 12:11 one time, when I was preparing... 12:13 when I was working on one of my books on prayer... 12:15 and I thought to myself, "Lord, how can that...?" 12:18 Because I already had covered the other definitions of power 12:21 but this one power... 12:23 or light as power... power as light... 12:25 how could that impact our prayer lives? 12:27 And I went to sleep 12:29 and while I was sleeping, the Lord gave me the revelation 12:31 and I was able to wake up in the morning 12:34 and now, put it into context 12:35 because the thing about it is that... 12:39 in the lights... or how we get light... 12:43 in our homes and so on... 12:44 the source of electricity... we have wires and poles 12:48 and so, we have these wires and these poles 12:52 and then they use transmissions or distribution systems 12:56 so, poles, wires, and then distribution systems 12:59 to actually get the electricity 13:00 running through there, 13:02 so, these wires are connected by switches and transformers 13:06 from a power plant... 13:07 to the connections in our homes 13:09 now, how does that make sense for us? 13:12 So, now these power plants 13:13 are also connected to other power plants 13:15 and have something they call the Power Grid. 13:16 How does all that make sense in our prayer lives? 13:20 Each believer... you... myself... every viewer... 13:23 should be a power plant... 13:25 so, we should be a source 13:27 where others can actually come to receive light 13:30 because all of these transmissions 13:32 and poles and everything 13:34 is connected back to these power plants. 13:35 So, we being these power plants... 13:37 people come to us to receive light... 13:39 so we should be able to distribute that power 13:41 that light... general light by-the-way 13:43 because remember when we talk about 13:46 general and specific revelation and so on, 13:48 God revealing Himself to us in a general way... 13:50 through His Word... through nature... 13:52 and then specifically... when He reveals Himself to us personally 13:55 so, when we look at the power light as a power plant... 13:58 we give light... general light... 14:00 and as they connect to our light 14:02 and get to know God for themselves 14:04 then, they too become power plants 14:06 and distributors of the light of God 14:08 and so, that's one we can apply to us 14:10 and the current that is sent through these transformers 14:13 which are our prayers... 14:14 should increase the power and presence of God in our lives 14:19 and the lives of those we are praying for. 14:20 Yes... yes... 14:22 So, we go a little further with that 14:24 so the poles and the transmission lines 14:27 and the wires... 14:28 are the ways in which God pours into us 14:32 and gives us more of that light and more of that power 14:35 so, the more time we spend in the Word of God... 14:38 the more time we spend in the presence of God... 14:40 the more we receive power and light 14:43 and again we go back to Moses, 14:45 when he had spent time with God there... 14:47 the power of God was so present in him 14:50 that when he came down, he had to hide his face 14:53 because the light was so bright 14:55 that his people couldn't look on his face... 14:59 so, the thing about it is that our personal testimonies... 15:02 our personal experiences of God... 15:05 can travel through these transmissions 15:08 across the globe... you know, 15:10 through mediums like 3ABN, 15:12 through mediums like magazines and quarterlies and so on... 15:17 our testimonies travel... and so these transmissions 15:21 are happening across the globe 15:23 and the sub-stations of our personal prayer lives 15:26 or our powerful prayers... represent the impact 15:29 that we are actually having in our communities 15:32 so, while we have the transmissions taking place 15:34 where you can have electricity 15:36 traveling across states and across countries, 15:38 you have these sub-stations 15:40 which are our own little space... 15:43 our own little communities... our homes... 15:45 and how the prayers we are praying... 15:47 how they impact people in our direct vicinity 15:50 and the sub-stations actually do that. 15:52 I like that, it's so important 15:55 that we plug into the source of our power... which is Christ, 15:59 we have to stay in the Word of God... 16:02 we have to stay in prayer 16:04 and if we don't plug in... 16:07 just like, if you don't plug that lamp in at home, 16:10 there is going to be no power that's going into that lamp 16:14 which is... basically, you're going to be in darkness. 16:17 Exactly, because even like, 16:19 with the illustration of the power and the light... 16:22 outside of our homes, we have what is called a box... 16:25 we have this thing called a box... outside our home... 16:29 and I can't remember the name of that box... 16:30 but we have it outside 16:31 and so it measures how much electricity we use... 16:34 Jason: Oh, the Meter... 16:36 Nadine: Yes, the meter kind of thing 16:37 so it measures how much electricity we use 16:39 and that there now gives an indication, for example, 16:43 of guarding our own experiences and how we access Him and so on 16:47 but inside our homes, we have switches 16:50 and these switches... when we put them on... 16:54 they're really about 16:55 what's happening in our heart and in our minds. 16:58 So we have all of that kind of access to God 17:01 and the relationship with God 17:03 and how our relationship can grow 17:05 and I think it's called a Service Box... 17:06 you know, outside the house... 17:08 and so it measures that 17:09 and then in the house, of course, the switches... 17:11 and so, every time we put on the switch... we get light... 17:13 right... but that light is connected 17:16 through the whole chain of events 17:18 because there are transmissions happening 17:20 from the poles and the wires to the power plants and so on 17:24 and so, each person needs to be connected 17:27 like you just mentioned there 17:28 to that power source for themselves, 17:30 each person needs to have access at some point 17:33 to being connected 17:34 and that brings me to little story... 17:36 I remember my mom one time told me... 17:39 my brother built a house on the property 17:42 and he was getting light from her house 17:46 so, she was sharing electricity... 17:49 so, from the pole and wires... 17:50 she would have shared... I don't know how that's done 17:53 to give light to another house 17:55 but the electricity company came and said, 17:58 "Hey, everybody has to have their own connections... " 18:01 so they had to cut that connection off... 18:02 Jason: I like where you're going... 18:04 Nadine: So, you see, so at some point 18:06 our relationship with God 18:07 will have to have the potential to produce its own light... 18:11 we cannot just depend on the light of somebody else. 18:14 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... 18:15 and that reminds me of that verse, 18:17 "O taste and see that the Lord is good... " 18:20 how can... you can't taste and see that the Lord is good 18:24 through my taste buds... 18:25 through my relationship with God... 18:27 just like, you can't tell if I'm eating an apple, 18:30 you're not tasting the apple that I'm eating. 18:33 Nadine: Yes. 18:34 Jason: You have to taste it for yourself. 18:36 Nadine: Hmmm... hmmm... 18:37 and that's why we all need that personal connection, 18:39 that's why God has made Himself available 18:41 to have a personal relationship with every one of us 18:44 because... yes... we can read the Bible... 18:47 and be inspired by these testimonies 18:49 our own life is supposed to be producing testimonies as well 18:53 because when other people meet us, 18:55 as we had mentioned sometime before, 18:57 if it is... they don't want anything to do with the Word 19:00 they cannot contend with your personal story 19:03 and so, everybody needs to have that personal connection 19:06 at a point, 19:07 so, initially yes, you may be connected 19:09 through somebody else's connection... 19:11 somebody else may be praying for you 19:13 but there comes a time when you need to be praying for yourself. 19:15 Jason: Yes. 19:16 Nadine: We cannot, forever, pass notes to Him... 19:18 Jason: Yeah. Nadine: to God... 19:19 We have to... at some time 19:20 go and have our own personal discussion with Him, 19:22 and so, we see, Elijah was vitally connected to God... 19:27 that is how we are able to pray... for God... 19:30 he was able to pray for God to shut the heavens 19:33 and the Bible says, the heavens were shut, 19:34 you remember, when he talked... no rain... 19:36 and when he prayed for rain... it came... 19:38 because he had that connection with the source of all power 19:42 and that's what God wants for each of us... 19:44 the most notable idea about praying with power 19:47 in its full recognition... is that: 19:49 Power comes only from God. 19:51 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... 19:52 Nadine: Real power... 19:54 so you may be sustained by somebody else's testimony, 19:57 you may be sustained by somebody else's sermon 19:59 you may be sustained by somebody else's 20:01 personal devotional life based on what they share 20:04 but ultimately, you need to go to God 20:08 and get your source of strength, you know, 20:10 you need to get your own power... 20:11 you need to have your own personal testimonies 20:14 because I believe... if the Bible was being written today, 20:17 each of us should have a chapter or a book. 20:19 Something about our story 20:22 that would inspire somebody else who would read the book, 20:24 so, we need to be developing these testimonies 20:26 when we spoke about praying in faith and so on, 20:28 we need to have evidence that God is answering our prayers, 20:33 evidence that God is working 20:34 so that our own power will be increased 20:37 so you have dim light... 20:39 and you have very bright lights you know, 20:42 you have light that can shine only in one spot 20:44 and light that can shine in an entire room 20:46 and we need to be a big light for God 20:50 but of course, we would have to be connected... 20:52 so connected that our light will continue to grow 20:55 and continue to shine. 20:56 Jason: Yes. Nadine: And that is where 20:58 we really need to look at the power 21:00 in terms of our own prayer life, 21:01 because it's God who gives that power 21:04 and I remember, a few years ago, 21:06 I was up having my devotion 21:09 and I felt impressed to visit a lady... 21:12 I had only met that lady one time... 21:14 and I said, "Um... what am I going to tell her?" 21:17 Because I've never met her before... 21:19 I went to her house... 21:20 I met her, sorry, just that one time... 21:22 I'm thinking, "What am I going to say to this lady?" 21:24 I didn't even remember her name at the time, actually, 21:26 but I decided, "Okay, let me just go" 21:29 because the Holy Spirit really impressed upon my heart 21:32 that this is where I should go... 21:34 and so, I was walking to her house 21:35 and I'm saying to God, "What am I going to say to her?" 21:38 I knocked on her door 21:40 and I heard her voice say, "I am coming... " 21:42 when she opened the door, 21:44 she greeted me and she invited me in... 21:46 I sat on the chair that she gave me... 21:48 there was one by the door... 21:50 and I said not a word... 21:51 because, you see, when I was knocking on the door, 21:53 I said to God, "You're sending me here, 21:54 I don't know what I'm going to say... 21:56 You'd better speak Lord... " 21:57 so, when I sat there with her 21:59 she began to speak and tell me... 22:01 she's been sick for three weeks... 22:03 and she showed me all of her books on the table... 22:05 she had not been to classes 22:07 because she was not well at all, 22:09 her stomach was all the way out here 22:11 and she was saying to me 22:12 all of the pain she was having and so on 22:14 and I said, "Oh Lord, that's why I'm here?" 22:16 And so, then I began to talk to her about faith 22:19 and I remembered another story that I had 22:22 where I was dealing with a friend of mine, 22:24 a pastor on campus... 22:26 we had been praying about his tuition... 22:27 for God to provide and so on 22:29 and we spent many days in the Prayer Garden praying... 22:32 and I remember saying to him, 22:34 "A journey that begins by faith, only ends in faith... " 22:37 and so, because his journey has started that way 22:40 where he came to school without funds 22:42 and I gave him my own story and I said... 22:43 maybe that's why God connected us 22:45 because we have a similar story, 22:46 I said, "You know, it will end by faith... 22:48 so, you need to continue to trust God... " 22:50 and we went through his process 22:52 and we saw how God came through big time 22:54 and so, I shared that story of faith with her 22:56 because she knew him... 22:57 because we were all in the same campus 22:59 and so I said to her, 23:00 "Do you believe that God can heal you?" 23:02 And she said, "Yes. " 23:04 I said, "Well, if you believe God can heal you, 23:06 then I'm going to pray for you... " 23:07 because I did not want to pray with her, 23:09 if she did not believe that He could heal her. 23:10 Jason: Yes. 23:12 Nadine: Now since her husband was a pastor, I said to her, 23:13 "I'll bring some olive oil to church 23:15 and I'll anoint that oil so your husband can anoint you" 23:18 so, we prayed... and I remember part of the prayer, 23:21 I said to her, "Lord, you are the mechanic of her creation" 23:25 so I asked Him to fix whatsoever is inside of her 23:28 because I use that prayer sometimes... 23:30 if I don't feel well, 23:31 I say, "Lord, you are the mechanic of my creation... " 23:33 just as a mechanic is good and knows how to fix that car 23:36 because they know everything about that car, 23:38 God knows everything about us, and I said, 23:40 "If you know everything about me, then you can fix me... " 23:43 and I prayed that prayer for her and I paused again... 23:45 "Do you believe?" And she said, "Yes. " 23:48 And so, that evening when I went to church, 23:50 I had the oil in my bag... 23:52 she came to me and she said to me... 23:53 "You know, Sister, after you left my house, 23:56 I went back to sleep. " 23:58 And she said, "I felt like a hand was moving inside of me" 24:01 and she felt like she wanted to vomit... 24:03 and she said... she was well after that. 24:05 The thing is, what she told me again 24:07 was that she was in her room but a Spirit... 24:12 she said, "Something told me... " 24:13 obviously, it was the Spirit of God 24:14 to go out into the Living Area 24:16 because, she said... 24:17 in the bedroom she would not have heard my knock on the door, 24:19 in the first place... 24:20 three weeks later, 24:22 I went to sing at a Women's Ministries Convention 24:23 I met her there, all dressed up nicely 24:26 in her high heels and looking very well... 24:28 she said, she had never felt sick again. 24:30 Jason: Wow! 24:31 Nadine: So, that was a testimony for me in terms of obedience 24:34 and also, the power of God in prayer. 24:37 So, she told a friend of mine, 24:39 "You know, your friend prayed for me and God healed me... " 24:40 and she asked that I come back to pray for her 24:42 for another issue... and I said to my friend, "No" 24:45 because she saw the power of God demonstrated... 24:47 now, you have access to the same power... 24:49 Jason: Yes... yes. 24:50 Nadine: Because the Bible says, 24:52 "All power is given unto all of us. " 24:53 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... 24:55 Nadine: It's... we need to just be diligent in going to Him... 24:57 praying in faith... as she agreed with me in prayer 24:59 that God could heal... and God healed her. 25:01 Jason: Which is beautiful... we all have equal access to God. 25:04 Nadine: Exactly. 25:06 Jason: We don't utilize it as much as we should. 25:07 Nadine: Exactly... exactly because sometimes we believe 25:09 that praying with power is praying forcefully... 25:12 it's praying with the right words and the right tones 25:14 but sometimes, 25:16 these prayers don't have power backed behind it 25:18 that's why the Bible says, we have the form... 25:20 so, we know how to say the good prayer... 25:22 we know how to have the right tone... 25:25 but the power... we are denying... 25:27 and that's the power that we need 25:28 to actually have our prayers answered 25:32 and quickly, I will touch on the issue of agreement, 25:35 the Bible says, 25:37 "When two agree on something, it is done... " right? 25:41 Now, obviously that would be 25:42 when two agree on something that is the will of God... it is done 25:45 Jason: Yes... yes... 25:46 Nadine: But one thing I like about praying in agreement, 25:48 the Bible says, "If one can slay a thousand... " 25:51 in fact it says, "one can slay a thousand... " 25:53 the text is there... 25:54 it says, "With one can put a thousand of the enemy to flight, 26:00 two can do ten thousand. " 26:04 That's crazy math... 26:05 because we know one... if one is to 1,000 26:09 then, two is to 2,000 26:10 but God is saying here, "If one is to 1,000... 26:13 My math... two is to 10,000" 26:15 and you can understand why the enemy 26:18 does not want us to pray in agreement, 26:20 in fact, He hates agreement all together... 26:22 He will do whatever it takes 26:24 to ensure that husbands and wives don't get along... 26:26 Jason: Oh yeah, he wants to divide and conquer. 26:28 Nadine: Yes, so he knows... if two are there in Christ... 26:33 they can slay, at one time, 10,000 of his plans to nothing 26:37 so, he doesn't want us to be in agreement 26:39 and that's why praying in agreement is so powerful. 26:42 When I mentioned the example of my friends 26:44 and how we prayed together at night 26:45 so that our friend could deliver the baby, 26:47 it's because we believed in prayer, 26:50 we agreed in prayer 26:51 that that baby would be brought to term 26:53 in the name of Jesus... 26:55 and so, that is why we need to remember 26:59 when we're praying in power, a power plant... each of us 27:02 when we come together with another power plant... 27:05 forms a power grid... 27:07 that's much more power again... 27:09 and there's so much more we can say 27:10 about power-packed praying or praying with power 27:12 because when we look at these definitions, 27:14 they really help us 27:16 so I really want us to remember that all power comes from God 27:19 that we can surround ourselves with powerful persons 27:22 other persons of prayer... 27:23 other power plants like ourselves 27:25 to make that power grid... the enemy can't mess with 27:27 and when we intercede, of course, for others, 27:30 that these prayers will be answered for sure 27:32 because they are power packed. Jason: Yeah. 27:33 Nadine: So, let's just say a prayer, 27:35 "Father, thank you for the power that you have given us today, 27:37 thank you dear God 27:39 for just the desire to be able to access that power 27:42 and you said that all power is given unto us 27:44 may we do whatever it takes to find ourselves in your will 27:48 so that when we pray, our prayers will be answered, 27:50 we pray in the name of Jesus, amen. " 27:52 Jason: Amen... 27:53 thank you for that powerful message... 27:55 we need to pray with power! 27:57 Be sure to tune in next time 27:59 when Dr. Nadine shares more information 28:01 to supply the missing peace. |
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