🎙️ Prayer & Purpose on CTN – Episode 3

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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. Welcome to our broadcast, Prayer and

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Purpose, and I'm your host, Margie Florent. We're

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going to go ahead and begin this episode, and

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we're going to talk about how prayer makes you

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strong. Isaiah 40, 28 -31 says, He increases

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strength. Even the youth shall faint and be weary

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and the young men shall utterly fall. But those

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who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength.

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They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They

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shall run and not grow weary. They shall walk

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and not faint. So the scripture says those that

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wait. Upon the Lord oftentimes we think of weight.

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I'm waiting in the presence of God and that's

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good We need to wait on the Lord. We need to

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soak in his presence. We need to spend time with

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him We need to look at him, but I'm gonna break

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down that Hebrew word wait Those that wait upon

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the Lord the Hebrew word actually turns the light

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on In this passage it says they that wait upon

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the Lord shall renew their strength. That word

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wait is the transliteration from the Hebrew word,

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I can't pronounce it, H -W semicolon Q, but it

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means to twist or to bind whence a rope. This

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verse reveals the active nature of intertwining

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one's life with the life of God. When intertwining

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is being done, hence a rope, that person is made

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strong. So those who wait, twist his life with

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God upon the Lord is made strong. Now I have

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a little visual here for you. Here's a rope.

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This is you when you spend time in the presence

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of God, when you wait upon him. When you twist

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your life with him, you are made strong. And

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let me tell you, nothing can break this rope.

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Isn't that right? But I also want to show you

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what the rope looks like when it's not intertwined.

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When the rope is not intertwined with God, it's

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just fragmented. It's weak. A scissor could cut

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through this quite easily. Well, that's what

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happens when we don't wait on the Lord, when

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we don't intertwine our lives with God, when

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we don't spend time with Him and put Him first

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place in our lives. That's what happens when

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we don't love Him with all of our heart and all

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of our soul and all of our mind and all of our

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strength. Our lives are not what they should

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be. We are not as strong as we could be. But

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when we wait on the Lord, the Bible says He renews

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our strength. We intertwine our life with him

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and we are made strong. What are you saying,

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Margie? What I'm saying is, my friends, each

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and every one of us have to know God for ourselves.

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We can't wait on somebody else to show us the

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way and to pray for us and be the one to do all

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the teaching and all the instruction in the word

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of God. It's time for us as believers to rise

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up and take responsibility for our Christian

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walk. It's time for us to intertwine our lives

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with God and get to know Him for ourselves. Like

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we said in one of the previous episodes, it's

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having a devotional time with Him in the Word.

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But it's also having an intimate, active prayer

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life with Him. Okay? So those that wait upon

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the Lord, We are made strong. And notice this

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scripture says, you will mount up with wings

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like an eagle. Now, let's talk about eagles for

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a second. Now, 32 times eagles are referred to

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as an example of the Christian life. That's because

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eagles are unusual birds that are born to soar

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higher and faster than any bird. They are especially

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able to soar above clouds. and storms now remember

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we said that eagles in the word of god is referred

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to as an example of the christian life it's not

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god's will that you beat beat up it's not god's

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will that you're down it's not god's will that

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you're depressed but we are going to find out

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that as we wait upon him he will renew our strength

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and where there was once frailty and and weakness

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we can change We can change into the same image

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from glory to glory. We can be made strong. The

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life of God can manifest through us. You are

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not stuck, my friends. Okay? So with the eagles,

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when it rains, most birds, they head for shelter.

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The eagle, which is you, say, I'm an eagle. I'm

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an eagle. I don't feel like an eagle. Well, you're

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an eagle. Are you one with Christ? Are you joined

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to him? Is he your Lord and Savior? You are an

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eagle. Say, I'm an eagle. I'm an eagle. By faith,

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you're an eagle. That's your true identity. Your

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true identity is you are in Christ. And the scripture

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even goes on to say, I can do all things through

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Christ who what? Strengthens me. But again, it's

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intertwining your life with God. So when it rains,

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most birds head for the shelter. The eagle is

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the only bird that, in order to avoid the rain,

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soars high above the rain clouds. In other words,

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they're not afraid of the storm. They're not

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afraid of the rain clouds. That means that an

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eagle flying at an altitude of 1 ,000 feet over

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open country can spot prey over an area of almost

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three square miles from a fixed position. Eagles

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love the storm. When the clouds gather, the eagles

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actually get excited. The eagles use the storm's

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winds to lift it higher. Once it finds the wind

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of the storm, the eagle blocks his wings and

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uses the fierce raging storm to lift him above

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the clouds. This gives the eagle an opportunity

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to glide. its wings in the meantime all the other

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birds which you're not all the other birds they

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hide in the leaves and branches of the trees

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so again when we intertwine our life with God

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with a vibrant active prayer life we can use

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the raging storms of life to raise or rise us

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up to greater heights then we will run and not

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grow weary then Then we will walk and not faint.

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Strength and endurance will be given to us for

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everyday living. Okay, we're going to go ahead

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and take a break here and we'll see you in a

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few. Early in 2025, I had a dream that I'd like

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to share with you. I dreamed I was a guest speaker

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in a church. During the preaching, I had a vision

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of a great ship. I saw the ship going straight

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and it was moving fast and furious ahead on the

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water. Then I saw the ship suddenly turning to

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the right. I said to the people, the ship is

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turning, but we must continue to pray into it.

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It's not in time to stop praying. I could see

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that the ship was turning and the church was

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at the helm of the ship, causing the ship to

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turn. Upon awakening, God gave me an assignment,

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and the assignment was, and still is, to mobilize

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prayer. We are praying together on our KIU prayer

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conference call. I would love it if you could

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join us. If you'd like more information, go to

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my website at martyferrant .org, or the number

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is on the screen. I look forward to praying with

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you. Now let's go back to the broadcast. So let's

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continue our teaching. We were talking about

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the eagles and how they love a storm. So we found

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out that when we encounter these storms, that

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because our lives are intertwined with God, we

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will run and not grow weary. We will be able

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to walk and not faint. Our strength and endurance

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will be given to us for everyday living. Why?

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What does that happen? What does that translate

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to? For me, and I'm sure for you as well, it's

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confidence because you know he's with you. That's

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why the scripture says I can do all things through

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Christ who strengthens me. When you know that

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God is with you, you have confidence. I'm going

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to give you an example from my own personal life.

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I, a few years ago, went through an extremely

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difficult period. And I had a lot of challenges.

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I had a lot of new things I was facing on every

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single level, spiritually, emotionally. financially,

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you know, in every way. It was a whole new learning

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curve for me. And I sometimes, I don't know if

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you've ever done this, I sometimes just, I mean,

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this is unbelief, so I'm just going to be honest.

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Sometimes I'm like, Lord, are you there? You

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know, are you here? I know your word says you

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hear me when I pray. I know that you said in

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your word, you never leave me nor forsake me.

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But sometimes, you know, it's just be nice to

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have like a little encouragement or a little

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sign in the natural. Right. And so I just kind

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of was moping around and I woke up one morning

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and I was going to take my dog out. You know

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how dogs are. They have a habit. They go where

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they want to go and they usually go in the same

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exact spot. So I opened up the door. He went

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out. I followed him because he's a little dog

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and I don't just let my dog out without being

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right next to him because of his size. And I

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walked out and. when I got to the pool deck,

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it was so interesting. I looked down. I'm getting

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chills right now. I looked down and there was

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a stick and another stick and it was in the perfect

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shape of a cross on my pool deck. Now I looked

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at that and I went, hmm, that's interesting.

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Lord, you are with me. You know, the Bible says

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he is with me. My rod and my staff. It comforts

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me. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow

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of death, I will fear no evil. You are with me.

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Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. And

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it was just a sign to me that God was with me.

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Now it gets better. Because when Milo walked

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to the very back of my property, he went in the

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spot that he always goes. It's by the tree and

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by this fence. And I walked up behind him. to

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that spot where he always goes there up on the

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gate on the fence was another stick standing

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up against the gate and another stick like this

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and it was in the perfect shape of a cross I

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don't know about you but that really made me

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excited and I just feel like God will give us

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these signs God will give us these wonders God

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will give us little things just to show us that

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he is with us he said in his word i will never

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leave you i will never forsake you i am a father

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to the fatherless i am a husband to the wife

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who's divorced i am with you always but this

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comes through developing intimacy with him in

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the secret place getting to know him in the word

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and getting to know him in the secret place of

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prayer my friends he is a personal god And that's

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when the Christian walk gets really, really fun.

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Okay? What else about prayer? Keeping us strong.

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One week without prayer makes one week. Don't

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you love that? One week without prayer makes

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one week. You can tell when you've neglected

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your prayer life, you just don't have that vibe.

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You just don't have that confidence. You just

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don't have that... secret thing with the lord

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that you're used to having or you may not have

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that burning on the inside one week without prayer

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makes one week well how can we be made strong

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wait on the lord intertwine our lives with him

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yes but also first corinthians 14 4 says he who

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speaks in a tongue edifies himself we have multiple

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teachings on the subject of tongues and what

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it will produce and But we're not going to overly

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emphasize that today. I'm going to emphasize

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one part. When you pray in tongues or pray in

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the spirit, you edify yourself. That word edify

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in the Greek means to charge yourself up like

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a battery. For example, like my phone, right?

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You all have phones. We're addicted to them if

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we're not careful. So there's times my phone

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gets down to... Right now it's at 91, and then

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it'll get down to 86, and then 70, then 50. And

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then if I use it enough, and I expend the energy

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enough, and if I text enough, eventually it'll

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get down to 15%, 10%. So what do I do? What do

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you do? You take out your plug, and you plug

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this phone into the cord, and you plug it into

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the power source. And what happens? The battery

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is charged up, and it goes right back up to 100

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% if you wait long enough. Well, when you pray

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in tongues, praying in the Spirit, praying in

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the Holy Ghost, which is a separate experience

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from the new birth, when you pray in tongues,

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the Bible says you are edifying yourself, building

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yourself up, edifying yourself. You are becoming

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strong. Now, the beauty of praying in tongues

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is you can pray in tongues any place, any time,

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under your breath. The only time I've ever prayed

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in tongues out loud on the streets is in the

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streets of New York City. Because, first of all,

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there's a lot of people. Secondly, everybody

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will just think I'm from a foreign country. Or

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thirdly, they'll just think I'm crazy. So I've

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had times when I would visit New York City and

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I'd walk down the streets and I'd just pray in

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tongues. Just everybody. edifying myself. And

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I can guarantee you in New York City, nobody's

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looking at you because they just think you're

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from another country or you're crazy. So when

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you pray in tongues, you're edifying yourself.

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You're making yourself strong. So if you ever

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find yourself like weak spiritually or discouraged

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or you just can't exactly find your center, you

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lack focus in the things of God, just up the

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gift of God that's in you. Stir up your prayer

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language. If you have to, stand up. Walk the

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floors. Pray in tongues. And after about 5 minutes,

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10 minutes, 15 minutes, you'll get into a rhythm

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and into a flow and you will literally notice

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that that which is on the inside is stronger

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and bigger and rises up and you have more of

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a sense of the presence of God. Okay, so I just

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want to encourage you today to wait on the Lord

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and to pray more in the Holy Ghost. Now, after

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this short break, we will continue our teaching.

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The Lord spoke to me one day. He said, Margie,

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many of my people desire to be intimate with

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

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to have a vibrant prayer life, but they just

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

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how to start. So I wrote this book with that

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in mind. Encountering God through prayer. Simple

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strategies to develop a powerful prayer life.

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I take the reader from the very basics. Begin

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where you are. Begin with 15 minutes. Find a

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quiet place in your house. Go into a closet if

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you have to. Shut the door. Just begin where

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you are. are. And I teach the reader about the

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heart of the father, because if you don't know

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

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character and his nature, and you'll be afraid

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of him. So I go into the heart of the father.

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Who is the father? What's his character? What's

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his nature? And then I take the reader all the

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way up into what I call contemplative So if you

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would like a wonderful resource on how to begin

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your prayer life, I encourage you to get this

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book, Encountering God Through Prayer. Go to

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my website at margieflaurent .org. Let's continue

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our teaching. This is where the prophetic kicks

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in. As I said to you in another episode that

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there's times I'm a major teacher. And then there's

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times I'm prophetic. And then sometimes there's

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a mix. You just have to listen for it. But here

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we're going to get into more of the prophetic

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and what God is saying to the church today. Why

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is prayer necessary in this season of church

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history? Because, my friends, we have stepped

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into another major move of God. And I'm going

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to share a dream that I have. that I had recently,

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actually two weeks ago, that speaks of this.

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Isaiah 60, verse 1 says, Arise, shine, your light

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has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen

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upon you. For darkness, the darkness will cover

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the earth, and deep darkness the people. So that's

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the day and the hour that we live in today. Darkness,

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gross darkness is covering the earth. Perilous

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times are here. We're seeing things. that if

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my parents knew were going on in the earth, they

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would literally be rolling over in their graves,

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so to speak, where things have really gotten

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bad. Things have really gotten worse. But the

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beauty of that is where sin abounds, grace does

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so much more abound. And we have stepped into

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a greater measure of grace in the day and in

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the hour that we live in today. The Bible says

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in the book of Acts that when the move of God

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was taking place, In the book of Acts, great

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grace was upon them all. And what I see in my

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spirit is great grace is rising in the church

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in the middle of this darkness. He said, but

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the Lord will arise over you and his glory will

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be seen upon you. Okay? So the glory of God is

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rising within the church. At the same time, the

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darkness is covering the earth. So prayer is

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a part of what God is doing. Just like in the

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book of Acts, the early church was birthed in

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prayer, but it was also sustained in prayer.

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You see, prayer opens up the door for God to

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work. You're going to hear me say that hundreds

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of times. James 4 .2 says, you have not because

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you ask not. Okay, so the Lord also gave me a

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dream a little over six months ago about the

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ship turning and that we... are seeing a turn

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in what's taking place in the world today and

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in the earth today. He said the ship is turning

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and things are changing. He said, but the church

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is at the helm of the ship. And it's very important

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that they don't stop praying, that they keep

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praying, they keep interceding, because there's

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yet more that I want to do. And I'm hearing scripture

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in my spirit. Remember not the former things,

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neither consider the things of old. For behold,

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I am doing a new thing. And God desires to work

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a work in our days that if it were told us, it

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would seem like a dream. So just because we see

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some shifts and some changes, some positive changes

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taking place in the earth today does not mean

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that we should stop praying. It's a time for

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us to rise up and stand and pray. Now I'm going

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to share a prophetic dream I had for you and

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for me on Saturday, this past Saturday, at 5

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.30 in the morning. And this is what happened.

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I had the dream, and then I had a prophetic word.

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So the dream intertwines itself in the prophetic

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word. First I had the dream, and then upon awakening,

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this is what the Holy Spirit said. He said, new

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realms of glory, new realms of manifestation.

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New realms of operating in the spirit. Didn't

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God say, I will pour water on those that are

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thirsty and floods upon the dry ground? Didn't

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David say, oh Lord, you are my Lord. Early will

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I seek you. My flesh longs for you in a dry and

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thirsty land where what? Where no water is. He

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wanted to see God's power and God's glory. So

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this dryness is going to be watered by the power

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and the presence of the Holy Spirit and the glory

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of God. So the Spirit said, new realms of operating

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in the Spirit. He said, this is the day of my

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visitation. This is that which you have prayed

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for. Now many of us who are mothers and fathers

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in the faith know what I'm talking about. We've

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been standing and we've been praying and we've

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been believing, many of us, for ten years. 20

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years, 30 years. Those of you that are mothers

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and fathers in the faith, remember the 80s? We

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had a move of God. We didn't even know what we

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had. We had manifestations, visitations. People's

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teeth were getting filled with gold fillings.

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I used to lay hands on children. Children would

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fall under the power of God and have visions

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of Jesus. and revelations from God. We saw miracles,

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signs, and wonders. I used to get up and speak

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and teach and preach. I would have three scriptures

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on a little piece of paper. The power and the

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anointing of God was so strong. That was in the

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80s. And so we seemed to have lost some of that.

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But I love the Lord said, I'm going to restore

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everything. That the locust and the canker worm

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has eaten. So the Spirit said, so we kept praying.

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And we've been interceding and we've been praying

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for this. So he said here, this is that which

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you have prayed for. This is that which has been

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spoken by the prophet Joel. That I am, that I

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am, that I am answering your prayers. And I am

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pouring out of my Spirit. And you're going to

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move in power and demonstration of my Spirit.

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never before and the services will go longer

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and longer and longer hello seeker friendly churches

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get ready because the Holy Ghost wants to move

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and you may want to take your watch off and put

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it away because when the Holy Ghost begins to

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move it's not going to be boring it's going to

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be full of life and joy and peace in the Holy

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Ghost So he said here, the services will grow

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longer and longer and longer. And those who don't

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want to receive and hear and see that which I

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desire to do in this day and in this hour will

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leave my presence and will go back to the toys

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of the senses and the things of life that distract

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them. But know this, my people, that I am in

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the process of stirring up a great tornado wind.

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my glory and my spirit and many of you many of

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you yes you are going to be caught in the eye

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of this holy spirit storm and you're going to

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move in dimensions that you have desired to move

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into many of you have been faithful and you have

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been discerning the times and seasons that are

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upon the church and because you have labored

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fervently in prayer and labored in obedience,

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many of you have stayed in radical obedience

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unto me, you will see the demonstration of my

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spirit that you have already seen on the inside

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of you. That which is within you is going to

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be seen. That which you have seen on the inside

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of you is going to be manifested. In other words,

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that's the vision. And the Bible says, well,

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the vision, Terry, wait for it because it will

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speak. Well, my friends, it's beginning to speak.

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And many will yield to my presence and fall under

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the presence of my spirit. So know this, says

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the Lord, that which you have labored for, that

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which you have believed for, you will see manifested

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in this day and in this hour. For this is the

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day of my glory and this is the day of my power.

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And many of you are going to continue to have

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visitations and dreams in the night. implement

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that which I show you know this my people the

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best is yet to come and it's going to be so much

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fun and at the end of my dream I sang a song

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of celebration and the Lord said this is a song

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of celebration when I turned the captivity of

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my people they were like them that dreamed and

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their mouth was filled with laughter and the

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Lord said this is the time of celebration the

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time of celebration is at hand and lastly in

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the dream People were getting distracted. And

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I asked them to once again stay with me. And

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I asked someone, what time is it? And she said,

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it's 1115. I then apologized for the time. And

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I said to the people, I apologize for the time.

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It's so late. But we have some people here in

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the back that have not been prayed for. And a

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man came up to me and said, the woman lied to

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you. It's not 1115. It is 959. And then I woke

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up. And I heard that song. It's a time of celebration.

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It's a time of celebration. Praise God. I'm excited

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about what God is doing. Aren't you? Okay. So

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I just want to thank you for joining our broadcast.

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And I look forward to seeing you the next time.

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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

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topic,