CTN Episode 11 | Pray for Us: Prayer for Openness (Part 2)

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You pray it and he can answer it. The effectual

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fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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God will put the prayer in your heart to pray

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so that he can answer it. It goes into the hearts

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of the people, doesn't return void, it produces

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results. There are several prayers spoken of

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in the Word of God. The prayer of intercession

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is just one of those prayers spoken of in Ephesians

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6 .18. And this particular book, Marked for Intercession,

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teaches the reader how to pray for your family,

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how to pray for your friends, how to stand in

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the gap for a nation, how to pray for leadership,

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and it goes on and on and on. I would encourage

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you to get this book and dive in deep so that

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you can be that man, you could be that woman

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that would stand in the gap and put up the hedge

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and be the love of God expressed in the earth.

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You can go to my website at margieflaurent .org

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and not only will you find my book, but I also

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have a workbook that goes with the subject of

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marked for intercession. You can play with your

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hair. You can look at your watch. Put the toothbrush

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in your mouth. You could be in the car. You could

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be with William. You could be praying in tongues.

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No matter where you are, you could pray in tongues.

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identifying yourself. You're building yourself

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up on your most holy faith. You're praying in

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the Holy Ghost and your inner man takes charge.

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Stupid flesh. What is the flesh? Mind, will,

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emotions. Who was it that said thought processes?

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One of you guys or maybe I just heard it from

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somebody else. I don't know. It's all your thoughts

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that are not always your thoughts. Some of it's

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the devil. And you know what he does? He goes

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in and he goes, he takes that little weakness

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you have in your soul, and he just, he shoots

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a fiery dart. And together, that fiery dart and

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that weakness in your soul, which we all have,

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takes a hold, and then it becomes a stronghold.

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That's why you got to get healed in your soul

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if you're going to be an effective leader. All

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these new leaders rising up in the land, I'm

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not impressed. They don't even know the Bible.

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It's really scary. The Bible says don't put a

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novice in the ministry. Half of them aren't even

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healed. So, you know, they had a great church.

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And I'm telling you, I'm not even going to tell

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you how many numbers they had, because that doesn't

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matter. Remember, the Holy Ghost said it doesn't

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matter. It doesn't matter. That fiery dark came

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at their mind, and they took the thought. That's

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why Jesus said, don't take the thought. Don't

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take the thought. Don't take it. Anything that's

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not of peace is not from God. God said, the plans

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I have for you are plans to prosper you, not

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harm you, to give you hope and a future. Thoughts

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of peace and not of evil. They took the thought.

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And the thought said, you're discouraged. You

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don't have a choice. I can't say it because we're

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on camera. You don't have a church like so -and

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-so that lives in such -and -such a city and

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state. Well, they don't live in such -and -such

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a city, and they don't live in such -and -such

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a state. There's different demographics, different

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kinds of people, different kinds of lifestyle.

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So it doesn't fit you, so it's not you. That's

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why the Bible says when you compare yourselves

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with other people, it's not wise. But insecure

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people, they do that sometimes, right? And that

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thought came again. Discouragement. Such and

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such and so and so has a church in such and such

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and such a place. And they have a lot more people

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than you. And you guys, if you've been in the

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ministry just as long, and I don't understand

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why that's happening. Devil is a liar. If the

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devil can get to the head, he can get to the

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body. The Bible calls them fiery darts of the

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wicked. The Bible says, be not ignorant of Satan's

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devices. He will try to come and sift you as

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wheat and get you to come out of your race and

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keep you from running the race that's set before

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you. The Holy Ghost, I'm on a lot of tangents

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here, but I'm getting them all back because the

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Holy Ghost is the perfect reminder. I was preaching

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last week in an amazing conference with the church

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of Joe Source's church, his women's ministry.

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God spoke to me while I was preaching. Don't

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you love it when that happens? He spoke to me

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while I was preaching. And you know what he said?

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He didn't say, I'll tell you, he didn't say,

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he said a lot of things out of my mouth. And

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you know how it is when you preach, you're saying

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a lot of things out of your mouth because it's

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in your spirit. And destiny is in your heart.

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Destiny is in your spirit. Zoe life, there's

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no time, no distance. Are you aware of that?

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Destiny, Ecclesiastes says, is in your spirit,

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in your heart. And so I was speaking out of my

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spirit. And what I found through my own preaching,

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that ever since I was a little girl, I started

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out as a little girl who used to sit in the back.

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of my yard on an old tree stump and I would sit

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in the back of my yard and I would look up into

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heaven or into the sky really and I wanted to

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see God's face. Who would ever think of that

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as a child? I just wanted to see God's face.

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Think about your life when you were a child.

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What was going on in your heart? Prophetic preaching

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will cause you to think prophetically about your

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own life. So then I was older, and what I used

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to do as a little girl is I would go into the

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bushes, and I used to be in a tight area in this

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one bush, and I used to like to be around the

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bushes, and in that little place outside, I would

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want to pray. I would pray, and I would talk

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to God. I used to always like to go into those

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tight places to be alone. Do you know that my

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maiden name is Grotto? And you know what that

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name means? Cave. A cave. A grotto is a cave.

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Isn't that something how you can be named by

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God? If he knows how many hairs you have on your

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head, then the Bible also says he calls you by

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name. You are named by God. My other name is

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Marguerite. Do you know what marguerite means?

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A pearl. Do you know how pearls are made? Google

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it. That's my life. Then after a while, you know,

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I went to a Catholic private school for a while

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until I was about in the fourth grade, and I

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had an altar. Don't get mad at me now. I had

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an altar, and I had the Virgin Mary. And I had

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flowers, fresh flowers that I would pick, and

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I would pray the rosary in front of my altar,

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and I would pray to Mary almost every day. And

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then the good part is there wasn't our father

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tacked on yet. Obviously, we realize now that

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it's unscriptural to pray to saints and the mother

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of Mary. But I didn't know. But you know, God

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sees your heart. He looks at the heart. And destiny

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was calling me. Destiny had something to say

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to me as a child. So in my heart, I had this

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heart for God. And then when I got older, as

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a teenager, I got rid of the altar. Put my Steppenwolf

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peace sign up on the wall with the peace sign.

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Anybody know who Steppenwolf is? How old are

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you? Okay. And instead, I would pray in my bed.

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I had my rosary, and I'd hide it under my pillow.

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little did i know that i was a house of prayer

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little did i know as a little girl destiny was

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calling me little did i know that there was something

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in me in regards to prayer and that as a almost

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60 year old woman this month god would call me

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to teach the world how to pray then he would

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join me with a husband whose desire from God

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was to finance the gospel. And he married me.

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that song show me your face lord show me your

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face i'll sing it show me your face lord show

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me your face the lord spoke to me one day he

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said marty Many of my people desire to be intimate

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with me. They desire to spend time with me. They

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desire to have a vibrant prayer life. But they

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just don't know where to begin. They just don't

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know how to start. So I wrote this book with

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that in mind. Encountering God Through Prayer.

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Simple Strategies to Develop a Powerful Prayer

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Life. I take the reader from the very basics.

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Begin where you are. Begin with 15 minutes. Find

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a quiet place in your house. Go into a closet

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if you have to. Shut the door. Just begin where

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you are. And I teach the reader about the heart

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of the Father. Because if you don't know who

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God is, you're not going to understand his character

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and his nature, and you'll be afraid of him.

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So I go into the heart of the Father. Who is

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the Father? What's his character? What's his

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nature? And then I take the reader all the way

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up into what I call contemplative prayer. So

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if you would like a wonderful resource on how

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to begin your prayer life, I encourage you to

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get this book, Encountering God Through Prayer.

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Go to my website at margieflaurent .org. don't

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let a lot of you be teachers are you out of your

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mind you want to be a teacher you want to be

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a leader in the church you better know who you

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are you better be healed and you better know

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that God is the one that puts you in that position

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otherwise when the hard times come which they

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will you will not stand or cause us to live by

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what we see in our spirits. I'm going to tell

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you another story. Are you all guys all right

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with this message? I got, I think, 10 pages this

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time of notes. I was in a season in my life where

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what happened is I got really hurt. I was so

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hurt. I wish I had you as a friend. You would

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have helped me. All my friends forsook me. It

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was really bad. But I know you wouldn't have

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done that to me. I don't know why people can't

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just see people's hearts. And just give people

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a break. We need to give each other a break.

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What the heck is wrong with us? We bury our own

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wounded. I'll tell you what happened. Garth knows

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because he was in a meeting when it came out

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of my mouth. I didn't know. I was teaching people

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how to pray. Teaching intercession. And I was

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young and anointed. and pioneered somewhat of

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a small prayer movement and i heard the holy

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ghost say to me when i was preaching the devil

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was just waiting till i got tired because he

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was going to take me out because he was so mad

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at what i was doing and destroying the kingdom

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in the 80s and the devil came in like a vengeance

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and so Almost died. We are in a war. This is

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no joke. See, I'll tell you what happens. The

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devil sees your potential. And he's not afraid

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of what you are now, Garth. He's afraid of what

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you will become. Not that what we don't have

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now is good, but you all haven't, everybody in

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this room, you all haven't seen anything yet.

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God told us in November of 2015, he said, you

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got to listen to it. It's incredible. He said

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to us, the best years, my people, are yet ahead

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of you. And we are not that young. wait in a

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long time and the Holy Ghost said the best years

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are yet ahead of you but when I peeled myself

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up off the ground because all my friends in ministry

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forsook me aren't you glad that Jesus said I

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will never leave you I will never forsake you

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I am with you always even unto the end of this

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age I decided, everyone say decided. I decided

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I am going to seek the Lord. I decided my help

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comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth.

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I decided and understood that the word of God

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says he is a friend that sticks closer than a

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brother. I understood that he will never leave

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me, never forsake me, that he loves me with an

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everlasting love, that he is patient and he is

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kind. And then I discovered also that he could

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be a friend and a husband that sticks closer

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than a brother. And I decided I was going to

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go to him, run to him, run into his presence.

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When the poor and needy need water, I, the Lord,

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will answer them. I will not forsake them. So

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I started praying. Was it hard to pray? It was

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hard to pray. But I prayed anyway. You've got

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to pray. Just start praying. Put worship music

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on. I worship you, Jesus. Could you see Jesus?

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I couldn't see him. But I knew he was there.

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Is Jesus here today? He's here. Our angels in

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this room, they're here. We just don't see him.

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Remember, we're in the world. We're not of the

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world. But there's a truckload of angelic activity

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in this room today. And I just began to develop

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my intimacy with Jesus again. You know, sometimes

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it's just got to be every day. You know, like

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that scripture, the steadfast love of the Lord

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never changes. It's new every morning. Sometimes

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it's every day. You got to pick yourself up and

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you got to walk into his presence. So I started

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praying. I used my spiritual imagination. I pretended

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I was like Mary at the feet of Jesus. And I would

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worship him and talk to him. And then sometimes

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he'd talk back. And then I got my journal out.

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And I started writing things down. And I just

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began to get stronger and stronger. and stronger.

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Read a couple of books by T .D. Jakes, one in

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which is called Woman, Thou Art Loosed. And had

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visitations from the Holy Spirit. One day I walked

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into my prayer room after dropping the kids off

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at the bus stop and I opened the door because

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God knows when you're coming to meet with him.

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He's watching us. And he's so excited because

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he's like, they're coming to seek me. They're

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coming to pray. And he's excited. God's excited

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to see me. Yes, he's excited to see you. He created

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you for intimacy with him. He created you to

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fellowship with him. That's why he created Adam

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and Eve. He wanted a family. I opened the door,

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and I opened the door to walk into my office.

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The glory of God hit me like a cloud, like X2,

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the rushing mighty wind, and I felt the Holy

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Ghost come on me, and I got on my knees, and

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it was like, oh, my God, God's here. He was there

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all along. You understand? And I sat down, and

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I just was like. Oh, my God. And I got out my

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journal. And you know what he said to me? He

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said to me, and I'm saying it to you for a reason.

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This is my book, Decision Time. Everyone should

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read this book, especially those of you who are

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at a crossroads in your life. You don't know

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what to do. You don't know how God is leading

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you. This is the book where you reach a place

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where you say, Lord. Not my will, your will be

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done in my life. I also include in this book,

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how to hear the voice of God, which is important

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when you're making decisions. If you go to my

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website at margieflaurent .org, you will see

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that this book is available to you. He said,

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I have watched over you and preserved you even

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unto this present hour. And I had flashbacks

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of me with Jacqueline in the front yard holding

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her and flashbacks of the twins in the triplet

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stroller. Flashbacks of some things I went through.

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Flashbacks. All along, God was there. Don't ever

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doubt, honey, he's there. He is there. He's there.

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I promise you, he's there. He's there. He's there.

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You can't feel him like a human being. And sometimes

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it's like I just wish I could have a hug. But

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God is always there for you. I think sometimes

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we are all very insensitive. People walk into

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our church, and we expect the pastor to do all

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the work. And all to the left and to the right,

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there are people hurting and wounded. and need

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somebody to speak into their life. I think we

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need to, even in the area of finances, let's

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not even get on that track. People have needs,

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and people turn a deaf ear. One time we were

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in a service, and you were there, and some guy

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was there, and I got permission from Joe Source,

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of course, because I asked him first and whispered.

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God told me to give him a truckload of money.

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All the money that was in my wallet, which I

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think at that time was a truckload. It's all

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relative. Am I right? And the Holy Ghost said,

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give it to him. And Joe looks at me, Pastor Source.

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He looks at the guy. He goes, I didn't tell her

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anything. You know how Pastor Joe is. I didn't

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tell her. He's Italian. I didn't tell her anything.

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I think we need to be more sensitive to people's

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needs financially. Creating us a clean heart.

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a right spirit in your church, Father. So I prayed

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like that for quite a while after that visitation,

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continue in prayer, and I'd watch, and I'd have

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intercession here and there, and so on and so

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forth. I said all this for a reason. And one

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day, I just started getting dissatisfied and

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discontent. And I was like, I'm dissatisfied

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and discontent by spending a lot of time with

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God every day? What is that? Dissatisfied. Everyone

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say dissatisfied and discontent. That's why you

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got to discern what's my soul and what's in my

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spirit. So if you're dissatisfied and discontent,

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God may want to do some new things through you.

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You just have to be open to the new thing. What

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is he saying about? what he's saying to you.

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Is this flesh discontentment or is this maybe

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God wants to launch you out? Maybe you're like

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a tree, you're planted in a place and God has

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branches and he wants you to branch out because

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your gift is going to make room for itself and

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God's going to do some new things and cause some

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doors to open to you of their own accord. Because

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there's a lot of pastors, I can tell you straight

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up, that have a lot of treasure. And I believe

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he's going to begin to launch some out. So I

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was really discontent. And after like about a

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week or two of that, because sometimes some of

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us are hard -headed, we're like, why am I so

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discontent? It's two weeks, three weeks. Then

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I'm praying and it's like, listen, there's times

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we pray and it's dead. I get it. Because it's

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just dead. God spoke to me one time about something.

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Then he stopped talking for six months. So figure

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that out. My friends all know about it. God stopped

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talking for six months. It was unbelievable.

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The only way he spoke to me was through the word,

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but that's the best possible way. But do you

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understand what I'm saying? Sometimes it's just

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a test. So then the thought came to me, you know,

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that manuscript. that's in your attic that you

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started writing 20 years ago? And I was like,

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in my head I thought, yeah, but it was really

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God's thoughts. He was causing my thoughts to

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become agreeable with his thoughts. Get it out.

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What? That vision from 20 years ago? Dig it out.

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Get it out. I took out that manuscript, and we

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didn't have computers in those days, or did we?

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I don't even know. I think I typed it. Instead

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of praying for five hours, now I'm praying for

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a lot less and writing a book. Still in the presence

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of God. Still walking in destiny. Still walking

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in purpose. What's more important on a bird?

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The left wing or the right wing? We need both.

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What's more important? Prayer or meditating in

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the Word? And when you're writing a book, you're

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meditating in the Word. Thank you, Lord. Praise

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His holy name. My book, Contend, Stewarding the

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Hearts and Destinies of Our Children Through

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Prayer, is one of my most favorite projects thus

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far. In this book, I teach the reader how to

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pray effectively for their children, their grandchildren,

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and the rising generations that are in the earth

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today. Make no mistake about it. There is war

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over the hearts and the destinies of our children.

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And this book will equip you as to how to pray

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effectively for those young people. In this book,

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I teach you about the power and the purpose of

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praying in tongues. I show you what a prayer

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alert looks like. There are sample prayers. Not

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only that, there are outlines at the end of each

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chapter. So if you run a Bible study, you can

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use this book as a springboard to teach others

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how to pray for their children. Go to my website

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at margieflaurent .org and pick up your own copy.

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Thank you so much for tuning in to today's podcast.

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It has been such a joy sharing this time with

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you. For more inspiration and resources on today's

00:28:39.829 --> 00:28:42.450
topic, please visit our website at margiefloran

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.org.