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>> HEY GUYS, WELCOME BACK
TO THE PODCAST.
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WE WANT TO GET THIS VIDEO
OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE
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AS POSSIBLE.
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AND THE MORE THAT YOU DO
IT, WHATEVER PLATFORM
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YOU'RE ON, IF YOU CAN RATE
IT, COMMENT, WHATEVER YOU
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CAN DO, IT'S GOING TO
HELP OUR REACH
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AND WE SO APPRECIATE IT.
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NOW I AM EXCITED BECAUSE
WE HAVE,
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ALL THE WAY FROM THE UK,
JAMES ALADIRAN.
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>> YES.
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>> YES. WELCOME.
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>> THANK YOU
FOR HAVING ME.
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IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
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>> IT'S GREAT TO
HAVE YOU HERE.
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AND YOU KNOW, I WAS ON
ANOTHER SHOW WITH YOU AND
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JUST HEARING EVERYTHING
THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
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I LOVE THIS STUFF.
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I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE
BIT OF YOUR STORY.
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SO YOU WERE RAISED IN A
MINISTRY HOME, BUT HAD
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NO INTENTION OF BEING
IN MINISTRY.
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CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT?
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>> THAT'S RIGHT.
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SO MY PARENTS ARE
MISSIONARIES, AND SO MY
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DAD WAS A MISSIONARY
FROM NIGERIA.
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HE'S NIGERIAN, FROM
NIGERIA TO GHANA.
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THAT'S WHERE HE MET MY MOM.
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AND THEN THEY WERE BOTH
MISSIONARIES TO LIBERIA.
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THAT'S WHERE I WAS BORN.
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AND THEN THEY MOVED BACK
TO NIGERIA FOR SOME TIME.
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AND THEN HE FELT LED OF
THE LORD TO MOVE TO THE UK,
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SPECIFICALLY MANCHESTER.
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SO I'VE LIVED IN
MANCHESTER SINCE 2001.
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AND SO THE LORD LED US
THERE AS A FAMILY
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TO BE MISSIONARIES IN THE UK.
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SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST THE
BROAD-STROKE COVERING OF,
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YOU KNOW, MY JOURNEY.
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>> AND THE UK REALLY
NEEDS MISSIONARIES.
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>> YES, THE UK
NEEDS MISSIONARIES.
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MANY YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW,
THE UK SENT MISSIONARIES
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OUT TO NATIONS AND NIGERIA ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
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MANY, MANY NATIONS ACROSS
THE WORLD HAVE BEEN
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IMPACTED BY BRITISH
MISSIONARIES.
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>> YEAH.
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>> AND BECAUSE OF GOD'S HEART
FOR THAT LAND, HE HASN'T
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FORGOTTEN THE SACRIFICE
OF MANY OF THOSE MISSIONARIES.
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AND SO HE'S SENDING
PEOPLE LIKE ME
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BACK TO THE NATION,
BECAUSE THE NATION
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NEEDS A GREAT
AWAKENING RIGHT NOW.
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>> IT DOES NEED A
GREAT AWAKENING.
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AND THAT ACTUALLY MAKES ME
THINK OF YOUR BOOK,
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LIFE ON FIRE.
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>> YEAH.
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>> WE'RE GOING TO
BE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
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BUT I DO WANT
TO TALK ABOUT,
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SO YOU HAD NO INTENTION
OF BEING A MINISTER,
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NOT BECAUSE YOU HAD ANYTHING
AGAINST WHAT YOUR
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MISSIONARY PARENTS DID,
BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU SAID
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YOU WERE SHY AND YOU WERE
JUST LIKE, THAT'S NOT FOR ME.
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SO TALK ABOUT YOU HAD SOME
GOD ENCOUNTERS
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THAT KIND OF SHIFTED
EVERYTHING FOR YOU.
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>> YEAH.
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SO SOMETIMES I LIKE TO
DESCRIBE IT THIS WAY,
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YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER
WATCHED LIKE X FACTOR
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OR SOMETHING?
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AND SOMEONE THINKS
THEY CAN SING THAT CAN'T SING?
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>> YES.
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>> AND YOU WATCH THEM DO WHAT
THEY THINK THEY CAN DO AND
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THEY'RE SO BAD YOU'RE
EMBARRASSED FOR THEM.
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>> YEAH.
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>> LIKE, OH, I
CAN'T WATCH THIS.
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I OFTEN SAY I WAS KIND OF
LIKE THAT MAYBE TIMES TEN
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IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING OR HAVING TO
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STAND IN FRONT OF
PEOPLE TO DO ANYTHING.
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THE THING IS, I DIDN'T
THINK I WAS GOOD AT IT
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AND I DIDN'T WANT
TO DO IT AT ALL.
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SO IT WASN'T
ON MY RADAR.
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BUT SOME TIME AGO I WAS
AT A MEETING AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
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WAS JUST MOVING IN
THIS SPACE SO POWERFULLY,
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AND I JUST FELT THE LORD
SAY TO ME, ACTUALLY, IT
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WASN'T THAT THE LORD
SAID THIS TO ME.
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I SAID TO THE LORD, LORD,
I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS
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SPACE THE SAME WAY I CAME
IN, BECAUSE I COULD SEE
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ALL ACROSS THE ROOM NO ONE
WAS PRAYING FOR ANYONE,
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BUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD
WAS SO STRONG IN THE ROOM
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WHERE PEOPLE WERE
JUST WEEPING.
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SOME WERE DANCING, SOME
WERE JUST ON THE FLOOR.
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IT WAS JUST LIKE
A HOLY CHAOS.
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IN A GOOD WAY.
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>> YEAH.
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>> SO I WAS LIKE, LORD, I
DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT THE SAME.
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AND THE PRESENCE OF GOD
CAME ON ME IN A WAY I'D
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NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE,
AND I DID SOMETHING I'D
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NEVER DONE BEFORE THAT
I HOPE THERE'S NO VIDEO
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ANYWHERE OF IT, BECAUSE I
JUMPED OUT OF MY SEAT AND
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STARTED HOPPING OR DANCING
AROUND, OR I DON'T EVEN
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KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT.
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I THINK IT WAS LIKE A
WEIRD, JUST DANCING AROUND,
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BUT HOPPING IN A
KIND OF WEIRD WAY.
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>> YEAH.
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>> BUT IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS --
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IT WAS FREEING.
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BUT YEAH, REALLY ODD
BECAUSE MY BRAIN WAS GOING,
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JAMES, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
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LORD, WHAT ARE
YOU DOING TO ME?
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BY THE SAME TIME, I'M
GOING, WOW, THIS IS AMAZING.
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BECAUSE THINGS WERE
BREAKING OFF OF ME,
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AND I WAS HAVING A DOWNLOAD.
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HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE
MATRIX AS A MOVIE WHERE I
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THINK THE FIRST SERIES
WHERE I FORGOT WHAT THE
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NAME OF THE MAIN LADY IS,
AND SHE'S TRYING TO RIDE
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THE HELICOPTER AND SHE COULDN'T
RIDE THE HELICOPTER,
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AND THEN SHE
KIND OF SPEAKS TO SOME
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PEOPLE IN THE HEADQUARTERS
SOMEWHERE, AND THEY KIND
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OF DOWNLOAD TO HER THE,
LIKE, MIND OF HOW TO RIDE
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A HELICOPTER IN A SECOND.
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AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, SHE
COULDN'T RIDE A HELICOPTER.
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NEXT MOMENT, SHE'S LIKE
AN EXPERIENCED PILOT.
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AND SO IT WAS KIND OF LIKE
THAT WHERE IN ONE MOMENT I
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HAD NO IDEA WHO GOD
HAD CALLED ME TO BE.
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AND THEN THE NEXT MOMENT I
WAS LIKE, WOW, WOW,
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OH, MY GOODNESS.
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SO I'M JUST LIKE,
IT'S JUST A WOW.
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JUST EXPLOSIONS
GOING ON IN MY HEAD.
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AND I COULD PRAY IN
TONGUES BEFORE THAT TIME,
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BUT THERE WAS
FRESH TONGUES.
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IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMETHING
DIFFERENT WAS GOING ON.
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AND THE BEST WAY I
FOUND TO DESCRIBE THAT
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EXPERIENCE IS I HAD A
PERSONALITY TRANSPLANT.
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SO ONE MOMENT I COULDN'T
SPEAK IN FRONT OF FIVE PEOPLE.
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THE NEXT MOMENT I'M LIKE,
PUT ME IN FRONT OF A
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MILLION PEOPLE AND I DON'T
CARE WHAT THEY THINK.
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EVEN IF THEY HATE ME, I'M
GOING TO RELEASE
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THE WORD OF GOD WITH FIRE.
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SO IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING
HAS SHIFTED INSIDE OF ME
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JUST FROM AN
ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
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AND I STARTED TO REALIZE
GOD WAS CALLING ME TO
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MOBILIZE PRAYER.
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BUT THAT CAME OVER TIME.
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>> YEAH.
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>> SO THAT KIND OF IS A BIT
OF MY JOURNEY THERE.
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>> YEAH.
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SO YOU HAD THIS
ENCOUNTER WITH GOD.
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YOU HAD THIS PERSONALITY
TRANSFORMATION,
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YOU HAD THIS DOWNLOAD
UNDERSTANDING YOUR CALLING.
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BUT THEN ALSO IT WAS
DEVELOPED IN TIME WHERE HE
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KIND OF UNFOLDED AFTER
THAT ENCOUNTER AS WELL.
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AND WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL ABOUT
THAT STORY IS YOU REALLY
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JUST, YOU OPENED YOURSELF
UP TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SAID,
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I DON'T WANT TO
LEAVE HERE THE SAME.
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AND WHEN WE GIVE HIM
PERMISSION, THAT'S WHEN HE
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CAN JUST COMPLETELY
TRANSFORM US.
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>> ABSOLUTELY.
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>> WHEN YOU RECEIVED THAT
DOWNLOAD, CAN YOU DESCRIBE
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A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU
SAW OR WHAT YOU KNEW?
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>> YEAH. I KNEW I WAS
MEANT TO WRITE BOOKS.
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I COULD JUST SEE BOOKS.
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I COULD SEE MIRACLES THAT
I WAS GOING TO BE USED TO DO.
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AND I WAS LIKE, REALLY?
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WOW.
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OKAY.
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SO IT WAS LIKE I WAS
SEEING IT'S HARD
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TO EXPLAIN IT IN WORDS.
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IT WAS MORE THAN
JUST VISION.
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IT WAS LIKE AN
AWARENESS, REALLY.
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IT'S AN AWAKENING.
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IT'S LIKE, OH, OKAY, I
DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS IN ME.
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I DIDN'T KNOW GOD,
YOU HAD THAT IN MIND.
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I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS
EVER ANYTHING YOU HAD
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PLANNED ON, YOU KNOW,
FOR ME TO DO.
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SO THINGS THAT
JUST MADE SENSE.
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I'M CALLED TO PREACH.
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I'M CALLED TO
SPEAK GOD'S WORD.
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I'M CALLED.
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SO ALL THESE THINGS JUST
STARTED TO COME TO LIFE IN ME.
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AND I STARTED TO ALSO
DEVELOP AN INCREASED
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HUNGER FOR REVIVALS, YOU
KNOW, GOD MOVING BECAUSE
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AFTER THAT TIME, I
REMEMBER I JUST STARTED
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GOING INTO SEASONS OF
FASTING AND PRAYER.
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>> YEAH.
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>> BECAUSE I COULD,
AS I READ ABOUT MOVES OF GOD,
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MY HUNGER INCREASED
AND THE ONLY WAY TO KIND
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OF HAVE SOME SORT OF VENTILATION
WAS TO PRAY AND FAST.
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AND THAT WAS THE
ONLY EXPRESSION.
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SO I FOUND THAT I STARTED
TO PRAY AND FAST, NOT
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BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD ME TO
DO IT, BUT IT WAS JUST THE
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BYPRODUCT OF HUNGER THAT
GOD WAS STIRRING UP IN ME.
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AND I OFTEN LIKE TO, WHEN
I TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS,
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I LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO
PEOPLE THAT IT TAKES GOD
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TO LOVE GOD, AS IN GOD
DOING A WORK IN YOU.
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IT SAYS IN SCRIPTURE, HE
WORKS IN YOU TO WILL
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AND TO DO ACCORDING TO
HIS GOOD PURPOSE.
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SO GOD WAS DOING
A WORK IN ME.
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HE WAS STIRRING.
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HE WAS -- HE WAS
CHANGING MY APPETITE.
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HE WAS GIVING ME A DESIRE
FOR WHAT HE WANTED.
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YOU KNOW THAT SCRIPTURE
THAT SAYS HE WILL GIVE YOU
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THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART?
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SOMETIMES WE READ THAT
AS THOUGH IT'S LIKE GOD
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GIVING US WHAT WE DESIRE
AND WHAT WE WANT.
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I SAY IT THE WAY WHERE THE
DESIRES WE SHOULD HAVE,
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HE GIVES US THAT DESIRE.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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HE GIVES ME THE DESIRE MY
HEART SHOULD HAVE, WHICH
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IS THE DESIRE FOR
THE THINGS HE WANTS.
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SO I END UP DESIRING WHAT
HE WANTS AND HIS PASSION,
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HIS LONGING FOR THE LOST,
STARTS STIRRING UP IN ME,
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AND THAT DRIVES ME TO DO
STRANGE THINGS LIKE
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LONG FASTS AND PRAY INTENSELY.
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BUT HE'S THE ONE DOING
THE WORK, REALLY.
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>> I LOVE THAT WAY
OF YOU SAYING IT.
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IT'S PROFOUND, BUT SIMPLE.
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IT TAKES GOD TO LOVE
GOD, AND BY PRAYING AND
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FASTING, YOU'RE ACTUALLY
OPENING YOURSELF UP AND
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YOU'RE SAYING, MORE
OF YOU, LESS OF ME.
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AND SO YOU'RE OPENING UP,
GIVING GOD MORE SPACE IN
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YOUR LIFE TO MOVE TO WORK
WITHIN YOU AND TO CHANGE
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YOU THAT YOU SAID YOU
HAVE THESE GOD DESIRES.
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I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT HE DOES
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IN THE SECRET PLACE.
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HE ALIGNS OUR HEART WITH
HIS HEART, WHICH IS ONE OF
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MY FAVORITE THINGS,
BECAUSE WHEN GOD BEGINS TO
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SHARE HIS HEART FOR YOU,
AND THEN YOU'RE KIND OF ON
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MISSION AND YOU'RE BEING
CARRIED AND PROPELLED
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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PAUL
SAYS IT'S THE LOVE OF
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CHRIST THAT COMPELS US.
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AND I THINK THAT'S
WHAT THAT LOVE IS.
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AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT YOUR
STORY, EVEN ABOUT THE
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TRANSFORMATION, IS YOU
THINK ABOUT PETER AND HIS
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TRANSFORMATION ON
PENTECOST, WHERE HE WENT,
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YOU KNOW, FROM
DENYING CHRIST.
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JESUS RESTORES HIM, AND
THEN HE GETS FILLED WITH
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THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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AND THEN HE GOES OUT AND
PREACHES, I MEAN, BOLDLY
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BEFORE 2,000 PEOPLE AND
PETER AND JOHN, ALL THE
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DISCIPLES ARE
RADICALLY CHANGED.
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AND THEN YOU SEE HOW THEY
ALL GO, YOU KNOW,
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DOUBTING THOMAS.
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HE GOES TO INDIA, HE
GETS MARTYRED THERE.
00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.933
PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM
WERE MARTYRED EXCEPT JOHN.
00:09:14.033 --> 00:09:14.767
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
00:09:14.867 --> 00:09:16.366
>> ON THE ISLE OF PATMOS.
00:09:16.466 --> 00:09:18.600
AND SO IT TAKES THAT
ENCOUNTER AND THAT
00:09:18.700 --> 00:09:21.200
TRANSFORMATION AND THAT
INFILLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:09:21.300 --> 00:09:23.300
TO LIVE OUT A
GOD CALLING LIKE THAT.
00:09:23.400 --> 00:09:25.033
I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
00:09:25.133 --> 00:09:27.133
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF
BELIEVERS IN THE WEST THAT
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DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT, AND
THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THIS
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STUFF IN THEIR OWN
STRENGTH AND THEIR OWN FLESH,
00:09:31.533 --> 00:09:32.800
BUT THAT WILL
ONLY LEAD TO FAILURE.
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WOULD YOU AGREE?
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>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
00:09:35.166 --> 00:09:38.900
I THINK WE NEED TO REALIZE
THAT DESTINY DOESN'T TAKE TIME.
00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:42.067
IT TAKES AN
ENCOUNTER, IN THAT,
00:09:42.167 --> 00:09:45.334
WHAT'S STOPPING YOU RIGHT
NOW FROM CONNECTING TO
00:09:45.434 --> 00:09:47.667
WHAT GOD REALLY HAS FOR
YOU IS JUST AN ENCOUNTER
00:09:47.767 --> 00:09:48.467
WITH HIM.
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>> YEAH.
00:09:49.766 --> 00:09:52.633
>> MOSES WAS CALLED TO SET,
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE OF
00:09:52.733 --> 00:09:54.467
ISRAEL FREE
FROM CAPTIVITY.
00:09:54.567 --> 00:09:57.500
BUT HE WAS IN THE DESERT
FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HE
00:09:57.600 --> 00:09:58.533
HAD AN ENCOUNTER.
00:09:58.633 --> 00:10:00.066
NOW, HERE'S THE
INTERESTING THING ABOUT
00:10:00.166 --> 00:10:01.666
MOSES'S ENCOUNTER.
00:10:01.766 --> 00:10:04.566
WHEN THE LORD MET HIM,
THE BURNING BUSH,
00:10:04.666 --> 00:10:06.433
HE TOLD HIM TO PUT
HIS ROD DOWN.
00:10:06.533 --> 00:10:09.200
THE ROD BECAME
A SNAKE, RIGHT?
00:10:09.300 --> 00:10:13.034
AND THE LORD TOLD HIM TO
PICK UP THE SNAKE BY THE TAIL.
00:10:13.134 --> 00:10:15.800
NOW, I DON'T LIKE SNAKES,
AND I DON'T KNOW A LOT
00:10:15.900 --> 00:10:17.967
ABOUT SNAKES, BUT ONE
THING I DO KNOW IS
00:10:18.067 --> 00:10:19.600
YOU DON'T PICK THEM UP BY
THEIR TAIL IF YOU'RE
00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:21.367
EVER TO FIND ONE.
00:10:21.467 --> 00:10:24.400
SO HE PICKED UP THE SNAKE
BY ITS TAIL AND IT BECAME A ROD.
00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:26.733
AND THERE IS A PROPHETIC
PICTURE IN THERE, BECAUSE
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IF YOU LOOK AT THE
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,
00:10:28.800 --> 00:10:31.867
THEY WERE IN CAPTIVITY
ON THE PHARAOH.
00:10:31.967 --> 00:10:33.867
HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT
PHARAOH'S THRONE,
00:10:33.967 --> 00:10:35.267
EVEN THE MANE OF PHARAOH?
00:10:35.367 --> 00:10:36.167
YOU KNOW WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE?
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IT LOOKS LIKE THE
HEAD OF A SNAKE.
00:10:37.534 --> 00:10:38.567
>> YEAH.
00:10:38.667 --> 00:10:40.500
>> AND SO PHARAOH'S THRONE
AND THE SPIRIT THAT'S
00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.133
INFLUENCING AND KEEPING
THE PEOPLE OF GOD CAPTIVE
00:10:43.233 --> 00:10:44.967
IS A SERPENTINE SPIRIT.
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MOSES, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE DESERT, HAD TO PICK UP
00:10:48.366 --> 00:10:50.300
THE SNAKE BY ITS TAIL,
WHICH IS A PICTURE OF
00:10:50.400 --> 00:10:53.467
HE HAD TO EXERCISE AUTHORITY
OVER THAT SPIRIT.
00:10:53.567 --> 00:10:57.800
AND WHEN IN THE DESERT,
BEFORE GOD COULD SEND HIM
00:10:57.900 --> 00:11:01.300
BACK TO EGYPT TO SET THE
PEOPLE FREE FROM
00:11:01.400 --> 00:11:04.367
WHAT HE HAD GAINED AUTHORITY
OVER IN THE DESERT.
00:11:04.467 --> 00:11:07.533
SO ENCOUNTERS HAVE A WAY
OF SHIFTING YOU BECAUSE
00:11:07.633 --> 00:11:11.434
THEY ARE PART OF YOUR,
YOUR CALLING OR PART
00:11:11.534 --> 00:11:12.667
OF THE MISSION,
00:11:12.767 --> 00:11:14.266
LET ME SAY, THAT
GOD HAS FOR YOU.
00:11:14.366 --> 00:11:16.367
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
FULFILL THE FULLNESS OF
00:11:16.467 --> 00:11:18.633
WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU
WITHOUT ENCOUNTERING HIM
00:11:18.733 --> 00:11:21.233
IN DEEP WAYS,
BECAUSE IT MARKS YOU.
00:11:21.333 --> 00:11:23.767
AND THOSE ENCOUNTERS ARE
ACTUALLY PART OF
00:11:23.867 --> 00:11:25.067
THE LEVELS OF AUTHORITY.
00:11:25.167 --> 00:11:27.000
IT'S LIKE YOU GET UPGRADED
IN THE SPIRIT, FOR LACK OF
00:11:27.100 --> 00:11:29.367
A BETTER WAY OF PUTTING
IT, AND IT ENABLES YOU TO
00:11:29.467 --> 00:11:31.167
BE MORE EFFECTIVE
IN THE ASSIGNMENT
00:11:31.267 --> 00:11:32.433
HE'S CALLED YOU TO.
00:11:32.533 --> 00:11:36.000
SO IN MY STORY, WHEN I HAD
THAT ENCOUNTER WITH THE LORD,
00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:39.100
I, I DON'T --
TILL TODAY, I DON'T
00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.434
ACTUALLY SEE MYSELF AS AN
AMAZING PREACHER AS SUCH.
00:11:42.534 --> 00:11:45.800
BUT WHAT I REALIZED WAS
THE PASSION THE LORD PUT
00:11:45.900 --> 00:11:49.500
IN ME MADE ME GET TO A
PLACE WHERE I JUST
00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:51.000
ENDED UP SPEAKING.
00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:54.467
AND AS I RELEASED WHAT GOD
PLACED IN ME, I REALIZED
00:11:54.567 --> 00:11:57.566
PEOPLE'S LIVES WERE
CHANGED AND BEING IMPACTED.
00:11:57.666 --> 00:12:00.700
AND I WASN'T TRYING TO
BE A GREAT PREACHER OR A
00:12:00.800 --> 00:12:04.333
GREAT TEACHER, BUT IT WAS
AS I GAVE MYSELF TO
00:12:04.433 --> 00:12:07.967
THE LORD, BECAUSE OF THAT
ENCOUNTER THAT HAD CHANGED ME.
00:12:08.067 --> 00:12:10.233
AS I LEANED INTO IT,
PEOPLE'S LIVES WERE BEING
00:12:10.333 --> 00:12:13.867
CHANGED, SO THE ENCOUNTER
LED TO LIVES BEING TRANSFORMED.
00:12:13.967 --> 00:12:16.200
>> AND YOU CONTINUE
TO LEAN INTO HIM.
00:12:16.300 --> 00:12:17.733
>> YES. IT WASN'T JUST
A ONE-TIME THING.
00:12:17.833 --> 00:12:19.500
>> NO, IT'S NOT
A ONE-TIME THING.
00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.500
WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE
TO SOMEONE THAT THEY HAVE
00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:23.367
A GOD ENCOUNTER,
00:12:23.467 --> 00:12:24.633
HOW DO THEY STEWARD THAT?
00:12:24.733 --> 00:12:26.167
I MEAN, YOU SAID YOU
STARTED FASTING AND PRAYING.
00:12:26.267 --> 00:12:28.100
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE DAY TO DAY?
00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:31.600
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO
CREATE RHYTHMS IN YOUR LIFE
00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:33.600
TO SUSTAIN
THE MOVE OF GOD.
00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:37.233
NOW, GOD LIGHTS A
SUPERNATURAL FLAME,
00:12:37.333 --> 00:12:39.933
BUT THAT SUPERNATURAL
FLAME REQUIRES NATURAL
00:12:40.033 --> 00:12:44.067
MAINTENANCE, MEANING THE
FIRE ON THE ALTAR OF YOUR
00:12:44.167 --> 00:12:45.700
LIFE MUST NOT GO OUT.
00:12:45.800 --> 00:12:47.733
NOW, LET ME EXPLAIN THAT,
BECAUSE THOSE TERMS MIGHT
00:12:47.833 --> 00:12:50.033
BE CONFUSING TO PEOPLE.
00:12:50.133 --> 00:12:51.200
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
00:12:51.300 --> 00:12:54.000
YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT, RIGHT?
00:12:54.100 --> 00:12:56.533
MOST BELIEVERS WOULD
HAVE HEARD THAT BEFORE.
00:12:56.633 --> 00:12:58.600
NOW, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
YOUR BODY IS NOT JUST THE
00:12:58.700 --> 00:13:02.366
TEMPLE, YOU'RE A TEMPLE,
BUT YOU'RE ALSO A PRIEST.
00:13:02.466 --> 00:13:03.367
OKAY?
00:13:03.467 --> 00:13:05.333
AND BECAUSE YOU'RE A
PRIEST, IT MEANS YOU
00:13:05.433 --> 00:13:07.300
SERVE AS AN ALTAR.
00:13:07.400 --> 00:13:09.367
AND SO THE ALTAR IS
ACTUALLY THE ALTAR
00:13:09.467 --> 00:13:10.867
OF YOUR HEART.
00:13:10.967 --> 00:13:12.900
MATTHEW 6 SAYS, WHEN YOU
PRAY, GO INTO YOUR ROOM
00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:15.367
AND SHUT THE DOOR, AND
YOUR FATHER WHO SEES IN SECRET
00:13:15.467 --> 00:13:16.833
WILL REWARD YOU OPENLY.
00:13:16.933 --> 00:13:18.867
NOW YOU READ THROUGH THE
SCRIPTURES, AND YOU NEVER
00:13:18.967 --> 00:13:21.267
SEE JESUS GOING INTO HIS
PRIVATE PRAYER TIME,
00:13:21.367 --> 00:13:23.066
INTO A ROOM AND
SHUTTING THE DOOR.
00:13:23.166 --> 00:13:24.433
THERE'S NO ONE EXAMPLE
OF THAT, APART FROM WHEN
00:13:24.533 --> 00:13:25.934
HE'S RAISING THE DEAD OR
DOING SOMETHING,
00:13:26.034 --> 00:13:27.100
BUT ON HIS OWN.
00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:28.633
WHEN HE WAS GOING TO PRAY,
HE WOULD ALWAYS GO INTO
00:13:28.733 --> 00:13:31.967
THE MOUNTAINS, INTO
WILDERNESS, INTO QUIET PLACES.
00:13:32.067 --> 00:13:34.133
BUT HE TELLS US, WHEN YOU
PRAY, GO INTO YOUR ROOM
00:13:34.233 --> 00:13:35.434
AND SHUT THE DOOR.
00:13:35.534 --> 00:13:37.000
WHY IS HE TELLING US TO DO
THAT IF WE DON'T
00:13:37.100 --> 00:13:38.100
SEE HIM DOING THAT?
00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:40.867
BECAUSE THE DOOR HE'S
TALKING ABOUT IS NOT JUST
00:13:40.967 --> 00:13:43.600
A PHYSICAL DOOR OF A ROOM
OR A ROOM YOU THINK ABOUT
00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:45.367
AS A ROOM, LIKE A BEDROOM.
00:13:45.467 --> 00:13:46.333
THAT IS PART OF IT,
00:13:46.433 --> 00:13:47.300
BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.
00:13:47.400 --> 00:13:49.566
IT IS THE ROOM
OF YOUR HEART.
00:13:49.666 --> 00:13:51.400
GO INTO THAT ROOM.
00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:55.333
THAT IS THE INNER PLACE,
AND YOU HAVE TO SHUT THE DOOR.
00:13:55.433 --> 00:13:57.267
IN OTHER WORDS, GET RID
OF THE DISTRACTIONS.
00:13:57.367 --> 00:13:59.866
AND, REALLY, YOUR
HEART IS AN ALTAR.
00:13:59.966 --> 00:14:03.300
AN ALTAR IS A PLACE WHERE
DIVINITY MEETS HUMANITY,
00:14:03.400 --> 00:14:05.533
AN ALTAR IS A
PLACE OF SACRIFICE.
00:14:05.633 --> 00:14:07.933
AN ALTAR IS THE PLACE
WHERE THE SPIRIT REALM CAN
00:14:08.033 --> 00:14:10.667
HAVE LEGAL ACCESS INTO
THE PHYSICAL REALM.
00:14:10.767 --> 00:14:12.934
SO YOUR HEART IS A
VERY, VERY KEY PLAYER.
00:14:13.034 --> 00:14:15.067
IN FACT, IT SAYS IN
PROVERBS, GUARD YOUR HEART
00:14:15.167 --> 00:14:17.567
WITH ALL DILIGENCE, FOR
OUT OF IT FLOWS
00:14:17.667 --> 00:14:18.733
THE ISSUES OF LIFE.
00:14:18.833 --> 00:14:20.300
SO YOUR HEART IS KEY.
00:14:20.400 --> 00:14:22.033
SO YOUR BODY
IS THE TEMPLE.
00:14:22.133 --> 00:14:24.367
YOU ARE THE PRIEST, YOUR
HEART IS THE ALTAR.
00:14:24.467 --> 00:14:25.566
AND GUESS WHAT THE --
00:14:25.666 --> 00:14:26.466
BECAUSE IF THERE'S AN
ALTAR, THERE HAS TO BE
00:14:26.566 --> 00:14:27.667
A SACRIFICE.
00:14:27.767 --> 00:14:29.666
YOU ARE THE SACRIFICE.
00:14:29.766 --> 00:14:32.100
SO YOU ARE LIKE A MOBILE,
FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY
00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:33.000
OF PUTTING IT.
00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:34.200
YOU'RE LIKE A
MOBILE SHRINE.
00:14:34.300 --> 00:14:36.933
YOU'RE LIKE A
MOBILE ALTAR IN ONE.
00:14:37.033 --> 00:14:40.034
AND SO YOUR BODY AND HOW
YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO GOD
00:14:40.134 --> 00:14:41.333
IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:14:41.433 --> 00:14:43.867
SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
GROWING IN AN ENCOUNTER
00:14:43.967 --> 00:14:46.867
AND CULTIVATING THAT
YOUR LIFE IS SO KEY.
00:14:46.967 --> 00:14:49.867
YOU HAVE TO CREATE THE
ROOM TO STAY WITH THAT FIRE
00:14:49.967 --> 00:14:52.233
AND THE PRACTICAL
THINGS YOU CAN DO.
00:14:52.333 --> 00:14:54.300
MANY PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO STAY ON FIRE
00:14:54.400 --> 00:14:55.800
FOR GOD BY DEFAULT.
00:14:55.900 --> 00:14:57.133
I SAY IT THIS WAY.
00:14:57.233 --> 00:14:59.934
BY DEFAULT IN THE
SOCIETY WE LIVE IN,
00:15:00.034 --> 00:15:01.500
BY DEFAULT, YOU BACKSLIDE.
00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.133
BY DEFAULT YOU
LOSE YOUR FIRE.
00:15:03.233 --> 00:15:04.166
>> THAT'S SO TRUE.
00:15:04.266 --> 00:15:06.934
>> YOU HAVE TO BE
CONSCIOUS AND YOU HAVE
00:15:07.034 --> 00:15:09.100
TO BE DELIBERATE ABOUT IT.
00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:10.600
CREATE TIME FOR IT.
00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:13.467
CREATE ROOM TO MEET GOD.
00:15:13.567 --> 00:15:14.767
I'VE HEARD BELIEVERS SAY
THINGS LIKE,
00:15:14.867 --> 00:15:15.734
YOU KNOW WHAT, JAMES?
00:15:15.834 --> 00:15:17.600
IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT THE
QUANTITY OF TIME
00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:18.700
I SPEND WITH GOD.
00:15:18.800 --> 00:15:19.700
IT'S ABOUT THE QUALITY.
00:15:19.800 --> 00:15:21.567
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
THAT BEFORE?
00:15:21.667 --> 00:15:22.600
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT?
00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.133
I HAVE MANY TIMES.
00:15:23.233 --> 00:15:24.200
JAMES, IT'S NOT --
00:15:24.300 --> 00:15:25.266
IT'S NOT ABOUT
HOW LONG I PRAY.
00:15:25.366 --> 00:15:27.034
IT'S JUST ABOUT
THE QUALITY.
00:15:27.134 --> 00:15:29.200
TO THOSE PEOPLE,
I SAY TO THEM,
00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:32.500
WHY DON'T YOU TRY
SAYING THAT TO YOUR SPOUSE?
00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:34.300
OH, HEY, BABE,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:15:34.400 --> 00:15:36.633
I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR A
COUPLE OF WEEKS
00:15:36.733 --> 00:15:37.533
ON BUSINESS TRIPS.
00:15:37.633 --> 00:15:38.700
NOW I'M BACK HOME.
00:15:38.800 --> 00:15:40.000
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT
ABOUT THE QUANTITY OF TIME
00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.866
WE SPEND TOGETHER.
00:15:40.966 --> 00:15:42.234
IT'S JUST ABOUT
THE QUALITY.
00:15:42.334 --> 00:15:43.500
SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW,
LET'S HAVE A
00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:45.767
FIVE-MINUTE POWER CONVERSATION.
00:15:45.867 --> 00:15:47.166
DO YOU THINK THAT'S
GOING TO WORK?
00:15:47.266 --> 00:15:49.600
>> A FIVE-MINUTE POWER
CONVERSATION WILL NOT
00:15:49.700 --> 00:15:52.667
SUSTAIN A MARRIAGE
OVER A FEW WEEKS.
00:15:52.767 --> 00:15:54.533
>> BUT MANY CHRISTIANS
THINK THAT WAY ABOUT THEIR
00:15:54.633 --> 00:15:56.600
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:58.133
>> YEAH. IT'S CRAZY.
00:15:58.233 --> 00:15:59.233
>> THEY THINK, OH, YOU KNOW,
IT'S JUST GONNA BE A QUICK,
00:15:59.333 --> 00:16:01.033
YOU KNOW, WHY DO
I HAVE TO PRAY SO LONG?
00:16:01.133 --> 00:16:02.634
WELL, WHY DON'T YOU ASK
JESUS, THE MAN WHO DIDN'T
00:16:02.734 --> 00:16:04.400
NEED TO PRAY?
00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:06.234
HE WAS PRAYING FOR
SEVEN, EIGHT HOURS.
00:16:06.334 --> 00:16:07.833
AND YOU'RE PRAYING
FOR FIVE MINUTES.
00:16:07.933 --> 00:16:08.800
WAIT.
00:16:08.900 --> 00:16:11.200
TELL ME, IF JESUS IS
PRAYING THAT LONG,
00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:14.166
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TO
BE OKAY WITH JUST FIVE MINUTES?
00:16:14.266 --> 00:16:17.600
HE'S DOING THAT BECAUSE HE
UNDERSTANDS THE POWER AND
00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:20.533
THE RELEVANCE AND THE
IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER.
00:16:20.633 --> 00:16:23.133
SO IT'S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE QUALITY,
00:16:23.233 --> 00:16:24.333
IT'S ABOUT THE QUANTITY.
00:16:24.433 --> 00:16:26.667
SO I OFTEN CHALLENGE
WESTERN BELIEVERS,
00:16:26.767 --> 00:16:29.200
CREATE MORE TIME FOR GOD.
00:16:29.300 --> 00:16:30.567
YOU WANT TO STILL THAT
ENCOUNTER,
00:16:30.667 --> 00:16:32.667
CREATE TIME FOR GOD.
00:16:32.767 --> 00:16:33.900
BUT, JAMES, I WENT
TO THE MEETING.
00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.334
I HAD A POWERFUL TIME
WITH THE LORD
00:16:35.434 --> 00:16:36.800
AND IT WAS AMAZING.
00:16:36.900 --> 00:16:38.433
WELL, THAT TIME
YOU HAD WITH THE LORD,
00:16:38.533 --> 00:16:40.300
THERE'S SOME THINGS HE
WON'T TELL YOU
00:16:40.400 --> 00:16:41.700
IN A PUBLIC MEETING.
00:16:41.800 --> 00:16:43.166
>> THAT'S TRUE.
00:16:43.266 --> 00:16:45.633
>> THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT
GOD HAS RESERVED
00:16:45.733 --> 00:16:47.633
FOR THE SECRET PLACE.
00:16:47.733 --> 00:16:51.400
AND SO HE WAITS FOR YOU
IN THE SECRET PLACE.
00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:54.500
YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KNOW
GOD AT AN EVENT,
00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:55.367
AT A MEETING.
00:16:55.467 --> 00:16:56.433
YOU CAN
ENCOUNTER GOD THERE,
00:16:56.533 --> 00:16:58.833
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO
KNOW GOD, IT'S GOING TO
00:16:58.933 --> 00:17:01.100
TAKE TIME.
00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:02.167
A LOT OF TIME.
00:17:02.267 --> 00:17:03.200
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
GET YOUR WRISTWATCH.
00:17:03.300 --> 00:17:04.600
YOU SEE, I'VE GOT MY
WRISTWATCH RIGHT HERE.
00:17:04.700 --> 00:17:06.267
JUST TO PROVE THE POINT,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE
00:17:06.367 --> 00:17:08.934
YOUR WRISTWATCH AND THROW
IT AWAY, LITERALLY,
00:17:09.034 --> 00:17:11.800
BECAUSE THE SAME PERSON
SAYING THEY WANT TO KNOW GOD,
00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:14.733
THEY CAN SPEND HOURS
ON NETFLIX, DISNEY PLUS,
00:17:14.833 --> 00:17:17.733
YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK,
INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK.
00:17:17.833 --> 00:17:18.567
EIGHT HOURS GONE.
00:17:18.667 --> 00:17:19.567
>> YEAH.
00:17:19.667 --> 00:17:21.133
>> BUT YOU CAN'T SPEND
ONE HOUR WITH GOD.
00:17:21.233 --> 00:17:23.200
IF YOU CAN SPEND EIGHT HOURS,
00:17:23.300 --> 00:17:26.100
LISTEN, IF YOU CAN
SPEND EIGHT HOURS
00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:28.833
ON ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA,
ALL THAT STUFF, AND YOU
00:17:28.933 --> 00:17:31.866
STRUGGLE TO SPEND TWO
HOURS WITH GOD ON YOUR OWN,
00:17:31.966 --> 00:17:34.900
AND YOU'RE A BELIEVER, YOU
SHOULD JUST PAUSE AND SAY
00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:39.400
TO YOURSELF, SOMETHING IS WRONG
AND BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF.
00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:41.267
LORD, SOMETHING IS WRONG.
00:17:41.367 --> 00:17:42.400
AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S WRONG?
00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:45.700
YOUR APPETITE IS LOW, SO
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH
00:17:45.800 --> 00:17:48.700
GOD ENCOUNTERS YOU, YOU
DON'T HAVE THE SYSTEM
00:17:48.800 --> 00:17:51.466
IN YOUR LIFE TO SUSTAIN
THAT ENCOUNTER.
00:17:51.566 --> 00:17:52.900
SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING
IS YOU GO FROM
00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.367
CONFERENCE TO CONFERENCE.
00:17:54.467 --> 00:17:57.600
YOU HAVE THIS HIGH POINT
AND YOUR HIGH POINTS
00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:59.300
ARE AT EVENTS.
00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.266
YOU WENT TO THIS EVENT,
BOOM, YOU HEARD GOD THERE.
00:18:01.366 --> 00:18:03.600
AND THEN FROM THAT POINT
ONWARDS, IT'S NOSEDIVE
00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:05.467
UNTIL THE NEXT EVENT.
00:18:05.567 --> 00:18:07.667
AND THEN YOU GET STIRRED
UP AND THEN UNTIL --
00:18:07.767 --> 00:18:09.166
AND THEN YOU REALIZE THAT
YOU'RE JUST UP AND DOWN
00:18:09.266 --> 00:18:10.766
AND UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN.
00:18:10.866 --> 00:18:12.800
BUT WHEN YOU CREATE A
SYSTEM, AND BY THE WAY,
00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:14.167
IT TAKES EFFORT.
00:18:14.267 --> 00:18:15.634
AND I'VE HEARD CHRISTIANS
SAY TO ME, OH, JAMES,
00:18:15.734 --> 00:18:16.400
YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:18.333
YOU'RE BEING LEGALISTIC.
00:18:18.433 --> 00:18:21.134
CHRISTIANS ALWAYS USE THAT
WORD BEING LEGALISTIC
00:18:21.234 --> 00:18:22.567
WHEN THEY WANT TO BE LAZY.
00:18:22.667 --> 00:18:24.633
>> YEAH.
00:18:24.733 --> 00:18:26.600
>> THE FACT THAT YOU'RE IN
A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
00:18:26.700 --> 00:18:29.400
DOESN'T MEAN GOD IS JUST
THERE TO DO ALL THE CHASING,
00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:32.067
WHILE YOU JUST SIT THERE AND
WATCH TV ALL DAY.
00:18:32.167 --> 00:18:34.134
HE ACTUALLY WANTS YOU TO
SHOW THAT YOU WANT
00:18:34.234 --> 00:18:35.267
TO BE WITH HIM.
00:18:35.367 --> 00:18:37.667
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A
PARTY WHERE YOU'RE THERE,
00:18:37.767 --> 00:18:40.967
BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT
WANTED, OR YOU FEEL THE VIBES
00:18:41.067 --> 00:18:42.900
THAT PEOPLE
DON'T WANT YOU THERE?
00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.866
>> YEAH.
00:18:43.966 --> 00:18:45.166
>> MANY PEOPLE ARE
LIKE THAT WITH GOD.
00:18:45.266 --> 00:18:47.233
THEY SAY WITH THEIR WORDS,
BUT THEY DON'T REALLY WANT HIM.
00:18:47.333 --> 00:18:50.700
AND THE TIME THEY SPENT
ON EVERYTHING ELSE SHOWS.
00:18:50.800 --> 00:18:53.266
SO I SAY TO PEOPLE,
STOP SINGING THAT SONG,
00:18:56.567 --> 00:18:58.333
JUST SHUSH FOR A
SECOND, BECAUSE YOU SANG
00:18:58.433 --> 00:19:01.733
THAT FOR THE LAST FOUR
WEEKS, AND AFTER YOU SANG IT,
00:19:01.833 --> 00:19:04.200
YOU WENT AND WATCHED
TV, MOVIES, YOU KNOW,
00:19:04.267 --> 00:19:06.300
FOOD, FOOD, FOOD,
PLAY, PLAY, PLAY.
00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.667
AND THEN THE NEXT
WEEK YOU CAME,
00:19:09.167 --> 00:19:10.233
I WANT MORE
OF YOU, GOD.
00:19:10.333 --> 00:19:11.767
AND THEN AFTER THE
MEETING, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID?
00:19:11.867 --> 00:19:14.233
MOVIES, TIKTOK,
VIDEOS, INSTAGRAM.
00:19:14.333 --> 00:19:15.400
AND THEN THE
NEXT WEEK CAME.
00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.900
OH, LORD, I WANT
MORE OF YOU.
00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.066
OUR GENERATION --
00:19:18.166 --> 00:19:20.034
WE LIE IN OUR SONGS, I
WANT MORE.
00:19:20.134 --> 00:19:21.833
YOU KNOW YOU DON'T
WANT MORE OF HIM.
00:19:21.933 --> 00:19:23.267
BECAUSE IF YOU WANT MORE
OF HIM, YOU HAVE TO
00:19:23.367 --> 00:19:24.400
GIVE HIM MORE OF YOU.
00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:26.134
EVEN IF HE WAS GOING TO
GIVE YOU THE MORE,
00:19:26.234 --> 00:19:30.767
WHERE IS HE GOING TO FIT INTO
YOUR BUSY, ENTERTAINED LIFE?
00:19:30.867 --> 00:19:32.833
OKAY, NOW LET
ME LAND THIS.
00:19:32.933 --> 00:19:35.500
IF YOU WANT TO SUSTAIN THE
FIRE OF GOD, ONE OF THE
00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:40.233
THINGS YOU HAVE TO LEARN
TO EMBRACE IS WHAT MAY
00:19:40.333 --> 00:19:44.133
SEEM COUNTERINTUITIVE,
BECAUSE FOR MANY CHRISTIANS,
00:19:44.233 --> 00:19:46.200
THEY STRUGGLE TO PRAY.
00:19:46.300 --> 00:19:48.066
IT'S LIKE, OH, I'M
FINDING PRAYER SO HARD.
00:19:48.166 --> 00:19:50.167
I FIND IT BORING.
00:19:50.267 --> 00:19:52.066
AND YOU KNOW WHAT I SAY
TO THOSE CHRISTIANS?
00:19:52.166 --> 00:19:54.400
GOOD.
00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.600
ENJOY THE BOREDOM.
00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:57.933
IT'S LIKE MY SON COMING TO
ME SAYING, DAD, I'M BORED.
00:19:58.033 --> 00:20:00.933
I'M LIKE, I'M NOT
THERE TO ENTERTAIN YOU 24/7.
00:20:01.033 --> 00:20:03.300
ENJOY THE BOREDOM.
00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:08.766
THAT BOREDOM IS A PATHWAY
TO ENCOUNTER.
00:20:08.866 --> 00:20:10.734
THE REASON WHY YOU'RE FINDING
THAT PRAYER IS BORING,
00:20:10.834 --> 00:20:12.233
AFTER THE POWERFUL
CONFERENCE YOU JUST HAD
00:20:12.333 --> 00:20:13.733
AND YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, I FELT GOD
IN THAT CONFERENCE.
00:20:13.833 --> 00:20:15.600
BUT NOW IN MY ROOM,
I'M STRUGGLING.
00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:18.867
THE REASON FOR THAT IS THE
FLESH STILL NEEDS TO GO
00:20:18.967 --> 00:20:20.367
THROUGH SOME DEALINGS.
00:20:20.467 --> 00:20:23.934
THAT BOREDOM, YOUR FEELING IS
THE SOUND OF THE FLESH.
00:20:24.034 --> 00:20:25.900
SO LET ME SUMMARIZE THIS.
00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:30.300
IF YOU WANT TO SUSTAIN
YOUR FIRE AND YOUR ENCOUNTER,
00:20:30.400 --> 00:20:31.934
YOU HAVE
TO MAKE A DELIBERATE,
00:20:32.034 --> 00:20:35.700
CONSISTENT EFFORT
TO MEET WITH GOD
00:20:35.800 --> 00:20:38.600
EVEN WHEN YOU
DON'T FEEL LIKE IT.
00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.600
YOU HAVE TO SCHEDULE IT.
00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.833
IT HAS TO BE A
PART OF YOUR LIFE.
00:20:40.933 --> 00:20:42.867
IT'S NOT EVERY TIME I
PRAY I FEEL LIKE PRAYING.
00:20:42.967 --> 00:20:46.266
BUT I'M A BELIEVER,
NOT A FEELER.
00:20:46.366 --> 00:20:47.833
>> AND YOU'RE MARRIED
AND HAVE KIDS, RIGHT?
00:20:47.933 --> 00:20:48.734
>> YES.
00:20:48.834 --> 00:20:49.933
SEE, THAT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT THING
00:20:50.033 --> 00:20:52.200
TO ACTUALLY ADD TO THIS WHOLE
CONVERSATION, BECAUSE,
00:20:52.300 --> 00:20:53.833
JAMES, YOU KNOW WHAT?
00:20:53.933 --> 00:20:59.600
YOU'RE IN MINISTRY, SO
YOU HAVE SO MANY HOURS TO PRAY.
00:20:59.700 --> 00:21:00.900
I'VE GOT FOUR KIDS.
00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:02.000
>> YOU HAVE FOUR?
00:21:02.100 --> 00:21:03.133
>> I'VE GOT FOUR KIDS.
00:21:03.233 --> 00:21:05.934
AND YOU SEE IN THIS
GENERATION THAT WE LIVE IN,
00:21:06.034 --> 00:21:09.534
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S
MY JOB AS A HUSBAND
00:21:09.634 --> 00:21:12.433
TO LET MY WIFE DO ALL THE WORK
WHILE I JUST COME HOME
00:21:12.533 --> 00:21:15.000
AND JUST RELAX AND WATCH TV.
00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:17.200
SO I ALSO ORDER THE HOUSE.
00:21:17.300 --> 00:21:18.367
I DO THE WASHING.
00:21:18.467 --> 00:21:20.734
SHE DOES IT, TOO, BUT WE'RE
BOTH IN MINISTRY SO WE
00:21:20.834 --> 00:21:22.567
HAVE TO DIVIDE THE LABOR.
00:21:22.667 --> 00:21:25.167
SO IT MEANS MY
LIFE IS FULL.
00:21:25.267 --> 00:21:26.067
>> YEAH.
00:21:26.167 --> 00:21:27.400
>> BECAUSE MY
LIFE IS FULL,
00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:29.834
EARLY MORNINGS ARE NOT
OFTEN THE BEST TIMES
00:21:29.934 --> 00:21:30.567
TO PRAY FOR ME.
00:21:30.667 --> 00:21:31.500
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS?
00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.833
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT,
00:21:32.933 --> 00:21:35.467
11 P.M., MIDNIGHT,
1 A.M.
00:21:35.567 --> 00:21:40.467
SO MY PRAYER LIFE, IT'S
COST ME SOMETHING.
00:21:40.567 --> 00:21:42.000
OH, JAMES, I'M SO BUSY.
00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:43.667
I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PRAY.
00:21:43.767 --> 00:21:45.734
BECAUSE YOU'RE SO BUSY,
00:21:45.834 --> 00:21:46.800
THAT'S WHAT'S
GOING TO PRAY --
00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:49.267
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO
CAUSE THE TIME YOU SPEND
00:21:49.367 --> 00:21:53.233
WITH GOD TO HAVE GREAT
VALUE IN THE SPIRIT REALM.
00:21:53.333 --> 00:21:54.867
LET ME EXPLAIN
IT THIS WAY.
00:21:54.967 --> 00:21:56.033
OFFERINGS.
00:21:56.133 --> 00:22:00.433
WHEN THE WIDOW WAS GIVEN
OFFERING -- OR WAS IT THE --
00:22:00.533 --> 00:22:03.533
YEAH, JESUS WAS WATCHING
ALL THE OFFERINGS
00:22:03.633 --> 00:22:06.467
AND THE WIDOW CAME
AND GAVE A TINY AMOUNT AND
00:22:06.567 --> 00:22:07.867
IT WAS OUT OF HER LACK.
00:22:07.967 --> 00:22:09.733
SHE GAVE ALL SHE HAD.
00:22:09.833 --> 00:22:12.467
AND JESUS SAID,
SHE HAS GIVEN MORE.
00:22:12.567 --> 00:22:14.033
SO LET'S JUST PUT
IT IN TODAY'S TERMS.
00:22:14.133 --> 00:22:17.500
A GUY COMES TO CHURCH
AND GIVES $100,000.
00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:20.600
I'M SURE THE PASTOR IS
GOING TO NOTICE THAT OFFERING.
00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:23.666
ANOTHER GUY COMES
TO CHURCH AND ALL HE HAS
00:22:23.766 --> 00:22:28.067
IS IS MAYBE HIS MONTHLY
RENT IS $1,000 AND HIS,
00:22:28.167 --> 00:22:31.600
WHAT'S IT, HIS
INCOME IS 1,500.
00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:34.233
AND THAT MORNING DURING
THE SERVICE, THE LORD TOLD
00:22:34.333 --> 00:22:38.667
HIM TO GIVE MAYBE
1,200 IN THE OFFERING.
00:22:38.767 --> 00:22:41.433
NOW THAT'S GOING TO
COST THAT GUY A LOT.
00:22:41.533 --> 00:22:43.267
HE TAKES THAT
MONEY, PUTS IT IN.
00:22:43.367 --> 00:22:45.967
WHEN YOU COMPARE WITH THE
GUY WHO GAVE 100,000,
00:22:46.067 --> 00:22:47.233
IT SEEMS LIKE HE GAVE LESS.
00:22:47.333 --> 00:22:51.500
BUT THE GUY WHO GAVE 100 --
SORRY, 1,200 HAS GIVEN MORE
00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:55.734
BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT
COST THEM IN CONNECTION
00:22:55.834 --> 00:22:57.700
TO WHAT HE HAD.
00:22:57.800 --> 00:22:59.333
WHEREAS THE GUY
WHO HAD 100,000 AND
00:22:59.433 --> 00:23:00.267
IS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE,
00:23:00.367 --> 00:23:01.233
IT DOESN'T REALLY --
00:23:01.333 --> 00:23:02.233
IT DOESN'T REALLY FEEL LIKE
THAT MUCH.
00:23:02.333 --> 00:23:04.400
NOW IN THE SAME WAY,
CONVERT THAT TO TIME.
00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:07.533
SOME MOMS ARE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW.
00:23:07.633 --> 00:23:10.133
YOU'RE BUSY, YOU'RE
WATCHING AFTER THE KIDS,
00:23:10.233 --> 00:23:12.366
LIKE EVEN BUSINESSMEN.
00:23:12.466 --> 00:23:13.867
YOU CAN FIT THAT INTO
ANY CONTEXT OF YOUR LIFE
00:23:13.967 --> 00:23:15.667
THINKING, LORD, I'M BUSY.
00:23:15.767 --> 00:23:17.567
AND THE REASON WHY YOU'RE
BUSY IS NOT BECAUSE YOU
00:23:17.667 --> 00:23:21.266
JUST TOOK ON PROJECTS
FOR YOUR OWN SAKE.
00:23:21.366 --> 00:23:23.166
GOD HAS LED YOU TO
HAVE THOSE CHILDREN.
00:23:23.266 --> 00:23:24.667
GOD HAS LED YOU TO
HAVE THAT BUSINESS.
00:23:24.767 --> 00:23:27.266
GOD HAS LED YOU TO HAVE
THAT MINISTRY, AND NOW
00:23:27.366 --> 00:23:29.666
IT'S TAKING A LOT OF YOUR
TIME AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT
00:23:29.766 --> 00:23:31.434
YOUR TIME THINKING, WOW,
LORD, THERE'S SO MUCH
00:23:31.534 --> 00:23:33.200
GOING ON HERE.
00:23:33.300 --> 00:23:35.400
I DON'T HAVE AS MUCH TIME,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE?
00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:38.500
I CAN GIVE YOU AN HOUR AND
A HALF AT NIGHT, WHICH IS
00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:42.500
GOING TO MEAN I SLEEP LESS,
OR I'M GOING TO WAKE UP
00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:45.467
AN HOUR EARLIER OR A COUPLE
HOURS EARLIER, WHICH MEANS
00:23:45.567 --> 00:23:46.567
I'M GOING TO SLEEP.
00:23:46.667 --> 00:23:49.767
SEE, NOW YOU'RE
LOOKING AT YOUR TIME.
00:23:49.867 --> 00:23:51.200
AND BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE AS MUCH,
00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:54.467
YOU'RE TAKING OUT OF THAT
NOT MUCH YOU HAVE,
00:23:54.567 --> 00:23:55.967
AND YOU'RE GIVING IT TO GOD.
00:23:56.067 --> 00:23:59.233
SO THAT TIME YOU'RE GIVING,
IT TRANSCENDS INTO
00:23:59.333 --> 00:24:02.067
THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT, AND
IT CARRIES WEIGHT TO IT,
00:24:02.167 --> 00:24:04.933
AS OPPOSED TO THE
GUY WHO IS SINGLE.
00:24:05.033 --> 00:24:06.633
HE HAS HIS FREE TIME.
00:24:06.733 --> 00:24:08.167
HE CAN DO
WHATEVER HE WANTS.
00:24:08.267 --> 00:24:09.967
HE'S, YOU KNOW, AND HE'S
LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT,
00:24:10.067 --> 00:24:12.566
GOD, I CAN JUST WAKE
UP AND PRAY AT 10 P.M. --
00:24:12.666 --> 00:24:13.633
I'M SORRY, 10 A.M.
00:24:13.733 --> 00:24:14.867
YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO
RESPONSIBILITIES.
00:24:14.967 --> 00:24:15.733
I'LL GIVE YOU AN HOUR.
00:24:15.833 --> 00:24:17.633
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
00:24:17.733 --> 00:24:19.800
BUT AS YOU GROW IN
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:23.200
PRESSURE ON YOUR LIFE,
YOUR TIME HAS MORE VALUE.
00:24:23.300 --> 00:24:26.966
AND SO I'M TRYING TO SHOW
PEOPLE THAT GOD VALUES
00:24:27.066 --> 00:24:30.100
THAT SPACE YOU CREATE FOR
HIM, AND HE WANTS YOU TO
00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.566
SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIM.
00:24:31.666 --> 00:24:33.133
>> THAT'S SO GOOD.
00:24:33.233 --> 00:24:36.000
I JUST HAVE TO SAY,
THAT WAS AMAZING.
00:24:36.100 --> 00:24:38.267
I GLEANED A LOT FROM THAT.
00:24:38.367 --> 00:24:43.233
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
GOD HAS SHOWN YOU IN TERMS OF,
00:24:43.333 --> 00:24:46.467
I REALLY THINK WESTERN
CIVILIZATION, CORRECT,
00:24:46.567 --> 00:24:48.733
AND KIND OF WHAT
THE ENCOUNTER --
00:24:48.833 --> 00:24:51.633
WAS IT A PROPHETIC DREAM
THAT YOU HAD ABOUT MEDUSA?
00:24:51.733 --> 00:24:52.833
>> MM-HMM.
00:24:52.933 --> 00:24:54.500
>> CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT
DREAM BECAUSE THAT DREAM
00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:56.434
LED TO THIS BOOK, CORRECT?
00:24:56.534 --> 00:24:57.534
>> YEAH.
00:24:57.634 --> 00:24:59.367
>> SO TELL US ABOUT THAT
PROPHETIC DREAM YOU HAD
00:24:59.467 --> 00:25:01.500
AND HOW THE BOOK
CAME OUT OF THAT.
00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:03.500
>> SO SOME YEARS AGO,
I STARTED PRAYING THIS
00:25:03.600 --> 00:25:04.800
PRAYER REGULARLY.
00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:08.100
LORD, PLEASE SHOW ME
WHAT IS MY GENERATION
00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.700
UP AGAINST?
00:25:09.800 --> 00:25:11.667
WHAT ARE WE DEALING WITH
IN THIS GENERATION?
00:25:11.767 --> 00:25:14.266
AND WHEN I PRAY THAT I WAS
KIND OF REFERENCING, LIKE,
00:25:14.366 --> 00:25:17.967
WHAT SORT OF DARKNESS ARE
WE HAVING TO CONTEND WITH,
00:25:18.067 --> 00:25:20.300
AND HOW DO WE
WIN THIS BATTLE?
00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:22.667
AND SO THE LORD GAVE ME A
DREAM IN THAT SEASON,
00:25:22.767 --> 00:25:24.167
AND I WAS IN A ROOM.
00:25:24.267 --> 00:25:25.867
AND BEHIND ME WAS
WAS THIS WALL.
00:25:25.967 --> 00:25:28.433
MY BACK WAS TO THE WALL
AND FROM THE BOTTOM,
00:25:28.533 --> 00:25:31.233
ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THIS
WALL WAS ALL THESE LIKE
00:25:31.333 --> 00:25:34.700
EASTERN IDOLS, LIKE, YOU
KNOW, BUDDHA AND, YOU
00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:38.134
KNOW, ALL THESE KIND OF
EASTERN MONUMENTS AND IDOLS,
00:25:38.234 --> 00:25:39.967
GODS, IN QUOTES.
00:25:40.067 --> 00:25:42.367
AND I NOTICED ONE IN
PARTICULAR THAT WAS ON THE
00:25:42.467 --> 00:25:44.467
BOTTOM RIGHT, AND
MY BACK WAS TO IT.
00:25:44.567 --> 00:25:48.633
IT WAS THE HEAD OF MEDUSA,
YOU KNOW, A FACE OF A WOMAN,
00:25:48.733 --> 00:25:49.867
AND THE
HAIR IS SNAKES.
00:25:49.967 --> 00:25:53.434
AND IT WAS ALIVE, AND IT
WAS LIKE RELEASING THIS POWER.
00:25:53.534 --> 00:25:54.467
IN THE DREAM,
00:25:54.567 --> 00:25:56.333
I HAD A STRONG DESIRE
TO CUT THE HEAD OFF.
00:25:56.433 --> 00:25:58.700
I DIDN'T HAVE MY SWORD,
BUT I KEPT TRYING TO MOVE
00:25:58.800 --> 00:26:01.434
BACK TO KIND OF
PULL THE HEAD OFF.
00:26:01.534 --> 00:26:02.667
AND IT WAS THIS STRUGGLE.
00:26:02.767 --> 00:26:06.533
THE MORE I TRIED, THE MORE
I FELT ITS POWER ON MY BACK.
00:26:06.633 --> 00:26:09.100
BUT IN THE DREAM, I
KNEW I SHOULDN'T LOOK AT IT
00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:12.534
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE
THE MYTHOLOGY IS, YOU KNOW,
00:26:12.634 --> 00:26:15.367
ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT
MEDUSA IS TURNED TO STONE.
00:26:15.467 --> 00:26:17.433
SO I WAS CONSCIOUS
OF THAT IN THE DREAM.
00:26:17.533 --> 00:26:20.067
AND SO I WOKE UP WITH THIS
FRUSTRATION, NOT BEING
00:26:20.167 --> 00:26:22.100
ABLE TO TAKE THE HEAD OFF.
00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:24.500
AND I KNEW THERE WAS
SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT ABOUT IT.
00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:26.100
SO I WENT INTO PRAYER.
00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:28.134
AND THAT DAY WE
HAD A CONFERENCE.
00:26:28.234 --> 00:26:30.133
AND DURING THE CONFERENCE
I SHARED THE DREAM AND
00:26:30.233 --> 00:26:32.633
FELT THAT IT WAS RIGHT FOR
US TO TAKE SOME TIME TO
00:26:32.733 --> 00:26:37.033
REPENT AND DEAL WITH EVERY
INWARD TOLERATION OF THE
00:26:37.133 --> 00:26:37.900
SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL.
00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:39.633
LET ME JUST SAY THIS
BEFORE I GO INTO
00:26:39.733 --> 00:26:40.667
THE DREAM FURTHER.
00:26:40.767 --> 00:26:42.600
IN REVELATIONS,
WHEN JESUS TALKS ABOUT THE
00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:45.700
SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL, THE KEY
THING HE EMPHASIZES IS
00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:47.567
SEXUAL IMMORALITY.
00:26:47.667 --> 00:26:50.067
AND SO I FELT LIKE THE
LORD WAS SPEAKING TO
00:26:50.167 --> 00:26:52.034
EVERYONE, MYSELF INCLUDED.
00:26:52.134 --> 00:26:54.867
WE NEED TO ASK THE LORD
TO CLEANSE US FROM THIS,
00:26:54.967 --> 00:26:56.833
BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES
WHERE YOU ARE NOT IN
00:26:56.933 --> 00:26:59.267
SEXUAL IMMORALITY, BUT
YOU'RE TOLERATING IT
00:26:59.367 --> 00:27:00.667
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT JESUS
SAID TO THE CHURCH.
00:27:00.767 --> 00:27:02.633
YOU'RE TOLERATING THE
SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL.
00:27:02.733 --> 00:27:05.134
SO I THOUGHT, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT
LOOKING AT PORNOGRAPHY,
00:27:05.234 --> 00:27:06.234
EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT
STRUGGLING WITH
00:27:06.334 --> 00:27:09.933
SEXUAL SIN, LET'S TAKE A
MOMENT TO DEEPLY REPENT
00:27:10.033 --> 00:27:12.167
AND ASK THE LORD TO
CLEANSE US FROM THIS.
00:27:12.267 --> 00:27:14.300
SO WE SPEND SOME
TIME DOING THAT.
00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:17.733
SO THAT DAY AFTER THE
CONFERENCE, I WENT HOME,
00:27:17.833 --> 00:27:21.434
TURNED ON OUR TV, APPLE TV,
AND THE FIRST IMAGE ON
00:27:21.534 --> 00:27:25.633
MY TV SCREEN WAS THE EXACT
HEAD OF MEDUSA THAT WAS --
00:27:25.733 --> 00:27:27.766
I SAW IN MY DREAM
THAT NIGHT.
00:27:27.866 --> 00:27:29.334
THAT WAS THE NIGHT
BEFORE THAT DAY.
00:27:29.434 --> 00:27:32.167
SO I WAS LIKE, WHAT?
00:27:32.267 --> 00:27:34.633
AND THIS IS WHAT I
FOUND SO FASCINATING.
00:27:34.733 --> 00:27:37.900
THIS TIME AROUND, THE HEAD
WAS CUT OFF, AND THE GUY
00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:40.300
WHO HAD CUT THE HEAD OFF
WAS HOLDING IT UP WITH HIS
00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:42.266
FACE AWAY FROM IT AND
HOLDING HIS SWORD
00:27:42.366 --> 00:27:43.367
IN HIS HAND.
00:27:43.467 --> 00:27:45.633
AND I FELT THE LORD WAS
SAYING TO ME, JAMES,
00:27:45.733 --> 00:27:50.900
DEEP REPENTANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY
IS ONE OF THE KEY WAYS IN
00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:53.234
WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO DEAL
WITH THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL
00:27:53.334 --> 00:27:54.500
IN THIS GENERATION.
00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:57.467
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
WALK IN THE LIGHT, BECAUSE
00:27:57.567 --> 00:28:00.533
THE POWER OF SIN IS
OFTEN IN ITS SECRECY.
00:28:00.633 --> 00:28:03.367
SO WHEN YOU BRING IT INTO
THE LIGHT, IT'S A WAY OF
00:28:03.467 --> 00:28:06.800
EXPOSING IT, AND SO IT
LOSES ITS INFLUENCE.
00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:09.500
AND SO THAT LED ME
ON THIS JOURNEY.
00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:11.067
EVEN AS I WENT IN
SCRIPTURE, I STARTED TO
00:28:11.167 --> 00:28:13.300
SEE THE DIFFERENT
PATTERNS.
00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:16.834
AND I SAW IN CULTURE THE
WAY IMMORALITY IS JUST,
00:28:16.934 --> 00:28:18.767
JUST BINDING A GENERATION.
00:28:18.867 --> 00:28:20.933
AND EVEN CHILDREN RIGHT
NOW ARE BOUND WITH ALL
00:28:21.033 --> 00:28:22.566
SORTS OF PERVERSIONS.
00:28:22.666 --> 00:28:26.000
AND SO I'VE STARTED TO SEE
THAT THE LORD IS NOT JUST
00:28:26.100 --> 00:28:28.600
WANTING TO SET PEOPLE
FREE, BUT HE'S WANTING
00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:32.133
THOSE PEOPLE HE'S SETTING
FREE TO BECOME HIS AGENTS,
00:28:32.233 --> 00:28:35.234
TO SET A GENERATION FREE
FROM THIS INFLUENCE.
00:28:35.334 --> 00:28:39.333
>> SO REPENTANCE AND
ACCOUNTABILITY, WHAT WERE
00:28:39.433 --> 00:28:43.034
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU
FELT THE LORD WAS SHOWING YOU
00:28:43.134 --> 00:28:45.467
WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH
THE INFLUENCE,
00:28:45.567 --> 00:28:46.934
THE SPIRIT OF JEZEBEL?
00:28:47.034 --> 00:28:50.500
>> SO IT'S THE GATEWAYS,
THE EYE GATE AND THE EAR GATE.
00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.934
AND THE LORD BROUGHT TO
MY REMEMBRANCE,
00:28:52.034 --> 00:28:54.366
I MEAN, WE'RE IN AMERICA AND
WE'RE IN SEPTEMBER RIGHT NOW.
00:28:54.466 --> 00:28:57.033
SO IF YOU REMEMBER 9/11,
AND MOST PEOPLE WILL KNOW
00:28:57.133 --> 00:29:00.234
WHERE THEY WERE, MOST
PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHERE,
00:29:00.334 --> 00:29:02.733
WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THEY
SAW THE PICTURES OR HEARD
00:29:02.833 --> 00:29:05.700
THE NEWS ABOUT THE PLANES
GOING INTO THE TWIN TOWERS.
00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:08.000
I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD YOU
WERE THEN, BUT I REMEMBER
00:29:08.100 --> 00:29:09.000
WHERE I WAS.
00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:10.433
>> I REMEMBER.
00:29:10.533 --> 00:29:12.400
I WAS YOUNG TOO,
BUT I REMEMBER.
00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:14.767
>> YES, IT'S LIKE A KEY
MOMENT THAT SHIFTED
00:29:14.867 --> 00:29:16.000
THE WHOLE WORLD.
00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:19.500
THE REASON WHY I BRING
THAT UP IS BEFORE THAT MOMENT,
00:29:19.600 --> 00:29:21.666
YOU WOULD REMEMBER
THAT WE USED TO HEAR A LOT
00:29:21.766 --> 00:29:23.800
ABOUT PLANES BEING
HIJACKED, YOU KNOW,
00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.667
PLANES BEING HACKED,
00:29:24.767 --> 00:29:25.900
PEOPLE GET -- TERRORISTS.
00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.500
IN FACT, THAT'S HOW THEY
GOT AHOLD OF THAT PLANE.
00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:29.800
YOU KNOW, TERRORISTS
GETTING ON PLANES
00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.800
AND HIJACKING PLANES.
00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:32.400
AFTER 9/11, STUDY IT.
00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:36.333
YOU SEE THAT PLANE
HIJACKINGS WORLDWIDE
00:29:36.433 --> 00:29:39.033
GRADUALLY DECLINED OVER
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
00:29:39.133 --> 00:29:43.267
TO THE POINT WHERE RIGHT NOW,
WE'RE 2025, WHEN WAS THE
00:29:43.367 --> 00:29:45.700
LAST TIME YOU HEARD
OF A PLANE BEING HIJACKED?
00:29:45.800 --> 00:29:47.234
PLANES DON'T GET
HIJACKED ANYMORE.
00:29:47.334 --> 00:29:48.800
DO YOU KNOW WHAT CHANGED?
00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:52.533
THE SECURITY SYSTEM
AT THE GATES?
00:29:52.633 --> 00:29:53.767
>> OH, WOW.
00:29:53.867 --> 00:29:57.667
>> WORLDWIDE, IT WAS NOTED
THAT IF THE SECURITY IS LOW
00:29:57.767 --> 00:30:01.467
AT THE GATEWAY,
TERRORISTS CAN EASILY
00:30:01.567 --> 00:30:03.066
GET WEAPONS ONTO THE PLANE.
00:30:03.166 --> 00:30:05.567
AND ONCE THEY GET ONTO
THE PLANE, GUESS WHAT?
00:30:05.667 --> 00:30:07.867
IT'S DIFFICULT
TO KICK THEM OUT.
00:30:07.967 --> 00:30:09.900
YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR YOU?
00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:13.233
THE EYE GATE AND THE EAR
GATE ARE ONE OF THE KEY WAYS
00:30:13.333 --> 00:30:16.733
IN WHICH THE
TERRORISTS, DEMONS,
00:30:16.833 --> 00:30:21.233
JEZEBEL, AND THE INFLUENCE
OF DARKNESS COMES OVER PEOPLE
00:30:21.333 --> 00:30:23.800
AND INFLUENCES
THEIR LIVES.
00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:26.667
AND BECAUSE THE SECURITY
SYSTEM AT THE EYE GATE IS LOW,
00:30:26.767 --> 00:30:29.067
I.E., THEY WATCH ANY MOVIE.
00:30:29.167 --> 00:30:31.100
THE SECURITY AT THE
EAR GATE IS LOW.
00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:35.200
THEY LISTEN TO ANYTHING
BECAUSE IT'S COOL AND TRENDING.
00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:36.800
THEY JUST THINK BECAUSE
IT'S OKAY,
00:30:36.900 --> 00:30:37.867
BECAUSE THEY'RE CHRISTIANS.
00:30:37.967 --> 00:30:39.034
SOME PEOPLE, OH, YOU
KNOW, I'M UNDER GRACE.
00:30:39.134 --> 00:30:41.000
I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT.
00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:45.134
LISTEN, THE SECURITY
SYSTEM IS LOW,
00:30:45.234 --> 00:30:48.100
MEANING THE TERRORISTS CAN
GET ONTO YOUR PLANE.
00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:50.534
AND ONCE THEY GET ONTO
YOUR PLANE, YOU START WONDERING,
00:30:50.634 --> 00:30:52.200
WHY AM I STRUGGLING WITH
SUICIDAL THOUGHTS?
00:30:52.266 --> 00:30:54.567
WHY AM I STRUGGLING WITH
PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION?
00:30:54.667 --> 00:30:56.700
WHY AM I STRUGGLING
WITH PANIC ATTACKS?
00:30:56.800 --> 00:30:59.200
WHEN YOU'VE JUST BEEN
WATCHING HARRY POTTER ALL NIGHT,
00:30:59.300 --> 00:31:01.566
ALL DAY, AND YOU'RE
OBSESSED WITH ALL THESE THINGS,
00:31:01.666 --> 00:31:03.300
YOU'RE WATCHING
ALL THESE MOVIES, THINGS
00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:05.667
THAT HAVE ALL KINDS OF
WITCHCRAFT, THINGS IN THEM.
00:31:05.767 --> 00:31:07.600
AND I'M NAMING THINGS
RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M TELLING
00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:09.433
YOU, THERE ARE THINGS THAT
MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING
00:31:09.533 --> 00:31:11.200
AND LISTENING TO,
THEY HAVE NO IDEA
00:31:11.300 --> 00:31:13.500
YOU'RE GETTING TERRORISTS
ONTO YOUR PLANE
00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:16.700
AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO
HIJACK YOUR DESTINY.
00:31:16.800 --> 00:31:18.800
SO YOU HAVE TO KICK THEM
OUT, AND YOU HAVE TO NOT
00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:21.833
JUST KICK THEM OUT, BUT
INCREASE THE SECURITY SYSTEMS.
00:31:21.933 --> 00:31:24.367
SO YOU CAN'T JUST
WATCH ANYTHING.
00:31:24.467 --> 00:31:25.833
YOU CAN'T JUST
LISTEN TO ANYTHING.
00:31:25.933 --> 00:31:27.934
LET ME TALK ABOUT
MUSIC, FOR EXAMPLE.
00:31:28.034 --> 00:31:28.934
YOU KNOW, THESE DAYS
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
00:31:29.034 --> 00:31:30.400
MUSIC OUT THERE.
00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.100
SOME CHRISTIANS ARE STILL
ARGUING, OH, SHOULD I
00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:33.033
LISTEN TO SECULAR MUSIC?
00:31:33.133 --> 00:31:34.367
SHOULD I LISTEN TO THIS?
00:31:34.467 --> 00:31:37.534
MUSIC IS SPIRITUAL, AND
ONE OF THE WAYS I KNOW THAT,
00:31:37.634 --> 00:31:40.300
AS YOU LOOK AT THE LIFE
OF DAVID, WHEN HE GOT THE HARP,
00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:43.100
HE PLAYED THE HARP.
00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:45.966
AND SAUL, WHO WAS
OPPRESSED BY A DEMON,
00:31:46.066 --> 00:31:50.566
THE DEMON LEFT SAUL AS
SOUND LEFT DAVID.
00:31:50.666 --> 00:31:52.666
SOUND LEFT DAVID.
00:31:52.766 --> 00:31:56.534
AND THAT SOUND INFLUENCED
SAUL THROUGH HIS EAR GATES
00:31:56.634 --> 00:31:58.234
AND DEMONS LEFT HIM.
00:31:58.334 --> 00:32:01.700
SO ANOINTED SOUND CAN
BRING DELIVERANCE,
00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:03.367
WHICH IS INTERESTING.
00:32:03.467 --> 00:32:07.400
NOW, IF THAT IS TRUE IN
THE POSITIVE, I DO THINK
00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:11.066
DEMONICALLY-ANOINTED SOUND
CAN CAUSE PEOPLE
00:32:11.166 --> 00:32:15.967
TO BE OPPRESSED, SOMETIMES
POSSESSED, WITHOUT KNOWING IT.
00:32:16.067 --> 00:32:19.634
SO MUSIC IS A
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
00:32:19.734 --> 00:32:20.667
IN THE SPIRIT REALM.
00:32:20.767 --> 00:32:22.733
IT CAN GET YOU FROM
ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
00:32:22.833 --> 00:32:26.767
OFTENTIMES, IT TRANSPORTS
YOU TO THE PLACE
00:32:26.867 --> 00:32:28.967
WHERE THE PERSON WAS
WHEN THEY GOT IT.
00:32:29.067 --> 00:32:32.066
SO IF THEY GOT THAT MUSIC
FROM THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD,
00:32:32.166 --> 00:32:35.300
WHEN YOU HEAR IT, IT
TRANSPORTS YOU TO THAT PLACE.
00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:38.133
IF THEY GOT IT FROM THE
REALM OF DARKNESS, GUESS WHAT?
00:32:38.233 --> 00:32:40.566
WHEN YOU HEAR IT, IT
INVITES THOSE SPIRITS
00:32:40.666 --> 00:32:43.167
INTO YOUR WORLD AND IT
TRANSPORTS YOU TO THAT REALM.
00:32:43.267 --> 00:32:45.200
SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
WHAT YOU LISTEN TO.
00:32:45.300 --> 00:32:48.167
SO THAT'S WHY THE SECURITY
SYSTEM IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:32:48.267 --> 00:32:50.133
EYE GATE, EAR GATE, AND YOU NEED
TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:32:50.233 --> 00:32:53.300
TO SHOW YOU, TO SENSITIZE YOU
TO THOSE THINGS YOU NEED
00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.934
TO GET RID OF
IN YOUR LIFE.
00:32:55.034 --> 00:32:58.267
>> AND SO MANY OF US CAN
GET DESENSITIZED OVER TIME.
00:32:58.367 --> 00:33:01.166
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE
REALLY IS A DARK AGENDA
00:33:01.266 --> 00:33:04.300
IN MEDIA AND MUSIC,
IN TV SHOWS.
00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.934
I MEAN, IT'S
SO BLATANT NOW.
00:33:06.034 --> 00:33:07.300
IT'S NOT EVEN
REALLY SUBTLE.
00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:10.867
I MEAN, I REALLY,
CAN'T WATCH THE MAJORITY
00:33:10.967 --> 00:33:12.833
OF ANYTHING
BECAUSE IT'S JUST REALLY
00:33:12.933 --> 00:33:15.133
GRAPHIC STUFF, AND YOU'LL
JUST BE WATCHING SOMETHING
00:33:15.233 --> 00:33:17.300
AND IT WILL JUST COME OUT
OF NOWHERE, LIKE THEY
00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:19.467
SNEAK IT IN THERE ON
PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE
00:33:19.567 --> 00:33:21.367
TRYING TO EXPOSE YOU TO
THAT STUFF,
00:33:21.467 --> 00:33:23.667
AND WITH MUSIC AS WELL.
00:33:23.767 --> 00:33:26.500
AND SO I COMPLETELY
AGREE WITH THAT.
00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:28.167
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE
TALKING ABOUT AS YOU HAVE
00:33:28.267 --> 00:33:30.633
ENCOUNTERS WITH GOD, HOW
GOD GIVES YOU KIND OF LIKE
00:33:30.733 --> 00:33:32.634
A CRAVING YOU HAVE, YOU
KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU
00:33:32.734 --> 00:33:34.333
HAD A CRAVING
FOR MORE OF GOD.
00:33:34.433 --> 00:33:36.266
WELL, WHEN YOU FILL
YOURSELF UP WITH THIS
00:33:36.366 --> 00:33:38.467
SINFUL STUFF, IT WILL
CHANGE YOUR APPETITE.
00:33:38.567 --> 00:33:40.267
>> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
00:33:40.367 --> 00:33:42.766
>> THAT CAN GET YOU
COMPLETELY OFF TRACK, RIGHT?
00:33:42.866 --> 00:33:43.966
>> SO TRUE.
00:33:44.066 --> 00:33:46.500
IN FACT, I'VE GOT A STORY
TO SHARE ON THAT LINE THAT
00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:48.334
YOU MIGHT FIND FUNNY.
00:33:48.434 --> 00:33:50.533
SO WHEN MY SON WAS
YOUNGER, MAYBE MY FIRST SON,
00:33:50.633 --> 00:33:52.900
I THINK, I DON'T
KNOW, MAYBE HE WAS TWO
00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.033
OR SOMETHING OR THREE.
00:33:54.133 --> 00:33:55.633
MY WIFE AND I WERE PRAYING
TOGETHER ONE DAY, AND
00:33:55.733 --> 00:33:58.233
BECAUSE HE'S SO ACTIVE,
HE COULDN'T SIT STILL.
00:33:58.333 --> 00:34:01.634
SO WE LET HIM GO, AND HE
JUST WENT AROUND SOMEWHERE
00:34:01.734 --> 00:34:03.700
IN THE HOUSE AND
IT WENT QUIET.
00:34:03.800 --> 00:34:05.766
WE CARRIED ON PRAYING
AND I NOTICED IT.
00:34:05.866 --> 00:34:07.634
I NOTICED THAT IT
HAD GONE QUIET.
00:34:07.734 --> 00:34:10.233
NOW IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN,
WHENEVER IT GOES QUIET --
00:34:10.333 --> 00:34:12.700
>> IT'S BAD.
00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.334
>> SO I'M LIKE,
WHAT IS HE DOING?
00:34:14.434 --> 00:34:16.966
SO I STOPPED OUR PRAYER
TIME AND I'M LOOKING FOR HIM
00:34:17.066 --> 00:34:19.466
AROUND THE HOUSE, AND I FOUND
HIM IN THE BATHROOM.
00:34:19.566 --> 00:34:21.034
WHEN I FOUND HIM IN THE
BATHROOM, HE HAD BEEN
00:34:21.134 --> 00:34:23.500
PLAYING WITH THE
TOILET ROLL, RIGHT?
00:34:23.600 --> 00:34:26.667
AND THE TOILET ROLL HAD
FALLEN INTO THE TOILET, SO
00:34:26.767 --> 00:34:29.700
I WALKED IN ON HIM,
PICKING THE TOILET ROLL
00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:32.700
FROM INSIDE THE TOILET
AND WAS SUCKING ON IT.
00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:35.266
>> AWW! NO.
00:34:35.366 --> 00:34:37.900
THE STUFF THAT THEY'LL
DO AT THAT AGE.
00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:41.867
>> SO OBVIOUSLY I
KIND OF SCREAMED LIKE, AHH!
00:34:41.967 --> 00:34:43.600
AND SO MY WIFE IS
LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG?
00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:46.167
SO SHE COMES IN AND SHE
SAYS WHAT I THINK IS THE
00:34:46.267 --> 00:34:47.200
FUNNIEST THING.
00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:48.833
SHE DIDN'T MEAN TO BE
FUNNY, BUT SHE WAS LIKE,
00:34:48.933 --> 00:34:50.300
SHE CAME IN AND
SHE SAW HIM.
00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:55.867
SHE SAW WHAT I SAW AND SHE
SAID, OH, HE'S THIRSTY.
00:34:55.967 --> 00:34:58.400
AND I THOUGHT,
HE'S THIRSTY?
00:34:58.500 --> 00:35:00.867
SO IS THIS WHAT
HE SHOULD DO?
00:35:00.967 --> 00:35:03.967
NOW, OVER THAT DAY, YOU KNOW
WHAT OCCURRED TO ME?
00:35:04.067 --> 00:35:06.167
AND THIS IS THE POINT
I'M TRYING TO MAKE.
00:35:06.267 --> 00:35:07.867
THIS GENERATION IS
THIRSTY, BUT WE'RE
00:35:07.967 --> 00:35:09.633
DRINKING FROM THE TOILET.
00:35:09.733 --> 00:35:11.200
>> WOW.
00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:13.967
>> AND THE REALITY IS,
BECAUSE WE'RE DRINKING
00:35:14.067 --> 00:35:18.033
FROM THE TOILET, WE
END UP GETTING FULL,
00:35:18.133 --> 00:35:20.766
BUT ON THE WRONG DIET.
00:35:20.866 --> 00:35:24.666
SO WHEN THE REAL FOOD
COMES, THERE IS NOT MUCH
00:35:24.766 --> 00:35:27.367
SPACE AND APPETITE
FOR THE REAL THING.
00:35:27.467 --> 00:35:31.900
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN EATING
FAKE AND TOILET WATER.
00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.966
>> YEAH.
00:35:33.066 --> 00:35:35.900
>> SO GOD NEEDS TO
RECALIBRATE OUR APPETITES.
00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.233
THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED.
00:35:37.333 --> 00:35:40.534
IT IS GOD THAT WORKS IN
YOU TO WILL AND TO DO
00:35:40.634 --> 00:35:41.800
ACCORDING TO HIS
GOOD PURPOSE.
00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:43.467
AND SO IF YOU'RE WATCHING,
YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS,
00:35:43.567 --> 00:35:46.400
YOU'RE GOING, YEAH, I
DON'T FEEL LIKE MY DESIRE
00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.967
FOR GOD IS WHERE
IT NEEDS TO BE.
00:35:48.067 --> 00:35:51.667
WELL, ASK HIM, LORD,
HELP ME TO LOVE YOU.
00:35:51.767 --> 00:35:55.967
LORD, I WANT TO GROW IN
MY HUNGER FOR YOU.
00:35:56.067 --> 00:35:57.600
RECALIBRATE MY DESIRE.
00:35:57.700 --> 00:36:00.833
SOMETIMES I PRAY THIS,
LORD, CAUSE MY EMOTIONS
00:36:00.933 --> 00:36:03.567
TO ALIGN WITH THE
EMOTIONS OF HEAVEN.
00:36:03.667 --> 00:36:05.534
SEE, WHEN YOU PRAY THIS
PRAYER SINCERELY AND
00:36:05.634 --> 00:36:07.500
CONSISTENTLY, YOU'RE
INVITING THE LORD TO
00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:08.867
CHANGE YOUR APPETITE.
00:36:08.967 --> 00:36:12.100
AND AS IT DOES, YOU
GIVE YOURSELF INTO IT.
00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:17.200
NOW, ANOTHER SIDE OF THIS IS,
YOU HAVE TO EAT TO GET HUNGRY.
00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:20.766
SO IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE TO
FEED ON GOD TO GET HUNGRY.
00:36:20.866 --> 00:36:23.700
IT'S LIKE THE WORD OF GOD
AND TIME IN THE PRESENCE
00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.466
OF GOD, EVEN WHEN YOU
DON'T FEEL LIKE IT,
00:36:25.566 --> 00:36:27.267
CULTIVATES THE
HUNGER FOR GOD.
00:36:27.367 --> 00:36:29.933
IT'S LIKE THIS CYCLE, THE
MORE OF GOD YOU HAVE,
00:36:30.033 --> 00:36:33.067
THE MORE HE STIRS IN YOU TO
WANT TO BE WITH HIM.
00:36:33.167 --> 00:36:36.133
AND SO YOU CAN KEEP
CULTIVATING THAT HUNGER
00:36:36.233 --> 00:36:37.534
OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
00:36:37.634 --> 00:36:39.400
AND I'LL JUST WRAP IT UP
BY SAYING THIS AS WELL,
00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:42.700
HOW YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW IN
TERMS OF WHERE YOUR HEART IS
00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:45.134
AND YOUR WALK WITH GOD,
IS A SECONDARY CONSEQUENCE
00:36:45.234 --> 00:36:47.667
OF WHO AND WHAT YOU'VE
BEEN FELLOWSHIPPING WITH.
00:36:47.767 --> 00:36:49.600
SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT
YOU'RE WATCHING, WHO
00:36:49.700 --> 00:36:51.500
YOU'RE TALKING TO, WHAT
YOU'RE HANGING AROUND,
00:36:51.600 --> 00:36:56.833
AND YOU START TO CHANGE THE
CONVERSATION AROUND YOU TO
00:36:56.933 --> 00:37:01.000
MAKE THOSE CONVERSATIONS
REFLECT THE THINGS OF GOD,
00:37:01.100 --> 00:37:05.300
IT WILL START TO INFLUENCE
YOUR STATE OF BEING,
00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:07.733
YOUR MIND, THE THINGS YOU
THINK ABOUT, YOUR DESIRE.
00:37:07.833 --> 00:37:10.600
AND OVER TIME, YOU
RECALIBRATE YOUR DESIRE FOR GOD
00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:13.834
BY JUST SURROUNDING YOURSELF
WITH THE RIGHT THINGS.
00:37:13.934 --> 00:37:15.200
>> WELL, THIS IS SO GOOD.
00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:17.100
I DON'T WANT TO END IT,
BUT WE'RE BASICALLY
00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:18.434
OUT OF TIME.
00:37:18.534 --> 00:37:19.567
I GUESS, ONE FINAL THING.
00:37:19.667 --> 00:37:21.533
WHAT WOULD YOUR FINAL
INSTRUCTION AND
00:37:21.633 --> 00:37:23.700
ENCOURAGEMENT BE TO,
ESPECIALLY THE WESTERN
00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:26.667
BELIEVERS WATCHING THIS?
00:37:26.767 --> 00:37:28.600
>> ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN
00:37:28.700 --> 00:37:31.833
LEARN TO DO AS A BELIEVER
IS LEARN HOW TO PRAY.
00:37:31.933 --> 00:37:33.967
AND YOU DON'T LEARN TO
PRAY BY READING A BOOK.
00:37:34.067 --> 00:37:35.500
THANK GOD FOR
BOOKS ON PRAYER.
00:37:35.600 --> 00:37:40.333
YOU LEARN TO PRAY BY DOING
IT AND KEEP DOING IT.
00:37:40.433 --> 00:37:42.600
WHEN YOU FIND IT
HARD, DO IT SOME MORE.
00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:46.933
AND HERE'S THE THING, AS
YOU DO IT, YOU GROW YOUR
00:37:47.033 --> 00:37:54.000
PRAYER MUSCLE AND IT SAYS
IN ACTS 1, TALKING ABOUT JESUS,
00:37:54.100 --> 00:37:57.867
THE THINGS HOW, HOW
JESUS -- HOW DID HE SAY NOW?
00:37:57.967 --> 00:38:01.633
JESUS BEGAN TO
DO AND TEACH.
00:38:01.733 --> 00:38:04.533
TALKING ABOUT JESUS, HE
BEGAN TO DO AND TEACH.
00:38:04.633 --> 00:38:07.634
IT'S NOT THAT HE WAS
TEACHING AND THEN DOING,
00:38:07.734 --> 00:38:10.233
HE WAS DOING AND
THEN TEACHING.
00:38:10.333 --> 00:38:13.067
SO HIS TEACHING WAS COMING
FROM THE LIFE HE WAS LIVING.
00:38:13.167 --> 00:38:14.234
AND HERE'S WHAT I FOUND.
00:38:14.334 --> 00:38:17.900
AS YOU BEGIN TO DO PRAYER,
WHEN YOU HEAR TEACHINGS ON
00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:21.033
PRAYER, IT ACTUALLY
IMPACTS YOU DEEPER
00:38:21.133 --> 00:38:23.033
BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THAT
JOURNEY ALREADY.
00:38:23.133 --> 00:38:25.300
SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO
GET THE MENTAL KIND
00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.367
OF INFORMATION.
00:38:26.467 --> 00:38:28.067
THE FACT THAT YOU HEARD A
PREACHER TEACHING ON
00:38:28.167 --> 00:38:29.834
PRAYER DOES NOT MEAN YOU
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT PRAYER,
00:38:29.934 --> 00:38:31.933
UNTIL YOU BEGIN TO DO IT.
00:38:32.033 --> 00:38:34.333
THEN THE TEACHING BEGINS
TO MAKE MORE SENSE.
00:38:34.433 --> 00:38:38.266
IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU MET
A NIGERIAN AND YOU
00:38:38.366 --> 00:38:40.934
TELL THEM, TEACH
ME TO BE NIGERIAN.
00:38:41.034 --> 00:38:42.700
THEY CAN'T TEACH
YOU TO BE NIGERIAN.
00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.700
OKAY?
00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.500
YOU KNOW NIGERIANS,
WE TALK REALLY LOUD.
00:38:44.600 --> 00:38:45.566
WE ARE VERY ANIMATED.
00:38:45.666 --> 00:38:47.400
WE DO THIS.
00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.466
AND YOU GET ALL THE --
THE FACT THAT YOU GET
00:38:48.566 --> 00:38:50.200
ALL THE INFORMATION DOES
NOT MEAN YOU KNOW HOW TO
00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:51.400
BE A NIGERIAN.
00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.400
YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA
LEARN HOW TO BE A NIGERIAN?
00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.834
SPEND TIME WITH THEM.
00:38:53.934 --> 00:38:54.867
>> YEAH.
00:38:54.967 --> 00:38:56.333
>> AND THEN AS YOU'RE IN
THE CULTURE, IN THE
00:38:56.433 --> 00:38:58.967
ENVIRONMENT, YOU'RE
ASSIMILATING
00:38:59.067 --> 00:39:00.033
BY BEING AROUND IT.
00:39:00.133 --> 00:39:02.367
SO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT
THE PRACTICALITIES OF
00:39:02.467 --> 00:39:04.067
BEING THAT, IT'S LIKE,
OH, IT MAKES SENSE.
00:39:04.167 --> 00:39:05.033
OH, I GET IT.
00:39:05.133 --> 00:39:06.767
BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THAT
SPACE CONSTANTLY.
00:39:06.867 --> 00:39:08.000
IT'S KIND OF LIKE
THAT WITH PRAYER.
00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:10.534
YOU DON'T LEARN HOW TO DO
IT JUST BY HEARING ABOUT IT,
00:39:10.634 --> 00:39:11.533
LISTENING TO ME.
00:39:11.633 --> 00:39:13.533
YOU LEARN HOW TO
DO IT BY DOING IT.
00:39:13.633 --> 00:39:16.267
AND THEN THE TEACHINGS
FURTHER REINFORCE THE DOING.
00:39:16.334 --> 00:39:19.067
AND SO OVER TIME, YOU GROW
IN YOUR MUSCLE AND IN YOUR
00:39:19.167 --> 00:39:20.167
STRENGTH AND PRAYER.
00:39:20.267 --> 00:39:21.900
SO THAT'S THE ONE THING I
WOULD SAY TO BELIEVERS
00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:22.867
IN THE WEST.
00:39:22.967 --> 00:39:25.800
LEARN TO PRAY AND
LEARN TO PRAY FOR LONG.
00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:27.500
>> AND HOW
EFFECTIVE IS PRAYER?
00:39:27.600 --> 00:39:29.433
FINAL NOTE.
00:39:29.533 --> 00:39:30.733
BECAUSE THERE'S
A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WEST,
00:39:30.833 --> 00:39:33.000
I DON'T THINK -- THEY DON'T
THINK IT'S EFFECTIVE.
00:39:33.100 --> 00:39:35.900
>> OKAY, NOW WE COULD START A
WHOLE NOTHER PODCAST WITH THAT.
00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:37.400
>> WE'LL DO
ANOTHER PODCAST.
00:39:37.500 --> 00:39:38.767
30-SECOND ANSWER.
00:39:38.867 --> 00:39:40.167
>> 30-SECOND ANSWER.
00:39:40.267 --> 00:39:41.567
I'LL SAY IT THIS WAY.
00:39:41.667 --> 00:39:45.234
IF YOU WERE TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS WHENEVER YOU
00:39:45.334 --> 00:39:47.433
DECIDE TO PRAY AND START
PRAYING, IF YOU WERE TO
00:39:47.533 --> 00:39:49.666
SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
SPIRIT REALM, YOU WILL
00:39:49.766 --> 00:39:52.200
NEVER MISS A PRAYER MEETING FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:53.334
>> OH WOW.
00:39:53.434 --> 00:39:55.067
>> BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE IT,
DOESN'T MEAN
00:39:55.167 --> 00:39:56.167
IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
00:39:56.267 --> 00:39:58.134
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S
JUST SHIFTED AROUND YOU.
00:39:58.234 --> 00:39:59.333
YOU DIDN'T FEEL IT.
00:39:59.433 --> 00:40:01.800
BUT THINGS ARE MOVING IN
THE SPIRIT REALM, AND
00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:04.634
WHEN GOD OPENS YOUR EYES,
YOU'RE GOING TO REALIZE
00:40:04.734 --> 00:40:06.733
I CAN NEVER MISS ANOTHER
PRAYER TIME
00:40:06.833 --> 00:40:07.867
FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
00:40:07.967 --> 00:40:10.200
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO
START TO VALUE MORE
00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:11.300
YOUR VOICE.
00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:13.000
DON'T THINK, OH, I'M NOT
AS POWERFUL AS SO AND SO.
00:40:13.100 --> 00:40:15.067
YOU ARE MORE POWERFUL
IN THE SPIRIT THAN YOU
00:40:15.167 --> 00:40:16.733
REALIZE WHEN YOU'RE
SUBMITTED TO GOD.
00:40:16.833 --> 00:40:18.200
>> WOW.
00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:19.266
THIS IS SO GOOD.
00:40:19.366 --> 00:40:21.767
WELL, GUYS, I WANT TO
SAY THANK YOU TO JAMES.
00:40:21.867 --> 00:40:23.300
THANK YOU FOR BEING ON.
00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.267
YOUR BOOK,LIFE ON FIRE.
00:40:24.367 --> 00:40:26.000
YOU CAN GET IT ANYWHERE
BOOKS ARE SOLD.
00:40:26.100 --> 00:40:28.033
AND PLEASE COME BACK
AND WE CAN DO MORE,
00:40:28.133 --> 00:40:28.933
TALK MORE ABOUT PRAYER.
00:40:29.033 --> 00:40:29.567
>> YES.
00:40:29.667 --> 00:40:30.766
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.