WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:03.900 I'm going to ask us to do something. We're starting a little bit earlier, but I'm going to ask us to do something. 00:04.060 --> 00:11.180 There was such a sweet presence of God when the worship team was practicing this morning. 00:11.280 --> 00:19.640 And I want to maintain that. There was such a pleasure of the Lord and it was beautiful, it was sweet, it was wonderful. 00:20.320 --> 00:26.180 So I want to maintain that. And we want to do something a little bit different today for morning prayer. 00:27.580 --> 00:37.440 It's not going to be so much of me speaking today, but more so of us putting into practice what we have learned over the year, over the years, over the months, weeks, whatever it may be. 00:38.220 --> 00:40.200 But we're going to put it into practice this morning. 00:43.080 --> 00:48.540 And the best way that I could lay the foundation for what we're going to do today, because we're going to break out in groups. 00:49.160 --> 00:52.360 If you want to get into a group, you can get into a group this morning. 00:52.360 --> 00:55.960 Otherwise, you can just come to the altar and pray. You can sit by yourself and pray. 00:56.280 --> 01:00.640 But we're literally just going to spend some time in prayer this morning. 01:01.540 --> 01:09.440 And the foundation that I want to lay is that we're going to go on the offense this morning. 01:11.260 --> 01:16.020 Let me say that again. We are going to go on the offense this morning in prayer. 01:17.700 --> 01:26.720 Oftentimes, I feel like we as Christians are reacting to the things that have happened in our lives, in the world, whatever the case may be. 01:27.300 --> 01:37.900 But I believe God wants us to go on the offense to pray against things, to pray into things before the things even happen or occur. 01:38.700 --> 01:46.120 And I just want to give one scripture, and then I'm just going to give a few scriptures as like scriptures to build faith. 01:46.560 --> 01:50.580 But here's the foundation that I want to lay in what we're after today in morning prayer. 01:50.940 --> 01:55.020 This is out of Matthew. This would be chapter 11, verse 12. 01:55.200 --> 01:57.720 This is after Jesus talks about John the Baptist. 01:57.720 --> 02:07.180 And then in verse 12, he says something that is talking about us as kingdom-minded, spirit-filled. 02:09.880 --> 02:16.000 You can just feel the presence of God. Holy Ghost, fire Christians in what we're called to do. 02:16.060 --> 02:17.140 And this is in verse 12. 02:27.520 --> 02:28.180 He says, 02:28.180 --> 02:46.840 In other words, we are to go on the offense and not constantly be playing defense in our prayers. 02:50.690 --> 02:57.690 We got to be able to go on the offense in our prayers and not play defense in our prayers. 02:58.330 --> 03:01.530 Oh Lord, this happened and we're navigating ourselves through it. 03:02.190 --> 03:13.390 We need to have some prayer that goes forth and affects the spirit realm before the things occur 03:13.390 --> 03:20.990 and even affect our families, our lives, our businesses, our cities, our communities, our churches. 03:21.930 --> 03:28.790 We need some prayers of faith that could even sound like violent prayers. 03:30.230 --> 03:39.610 But they are going forth and they are storming heaven and saying, God, you promised us. 03:41.630 --> 03:42.930 God, you said it. 03:45.550 --> 03:51.270 Your word says it. These are the prayers that I'm talking about. They almost sound like violent prayers. 03:52.210 --> 03:53.250 And they get loud. 04:05.630 --> 04:08.630 I'm going to read some more scriptures and then I want to give us time to pray. 04:08.730 --> 04:13.110 Because again, like I said, I want to do minimal talking today because you're going to hear enough of me today. 04:21.130 --> 04:24.050 Hebrews 12-24. Can you put that on the screen for me? 04:24.570 --> 04:28.130 Hebrews 12-24, just because I got so many of them, just help me out here. 04:30.850 --> 04:36.690 These are the scriptures that are to build our faith that when we get into some prayer today, we have something to stand on. 04:36.770 --> 04:47.590 It says, to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. 04:48.150 --> 04:50.970 Friends, the blood of Jesus still speaks today. 04:54.380 --> 04:57.260 The blood of Jesus still heals today. 04:59.540 --> 05:06.020 The violent prayers are reminding ourselves, Jesus, your blood still heals. 05:06.780 --> 05:09.600 Your blood speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 05:12.060 --> 05:16.880 Put up 1 Corinthians 15, verse 54. 05:20.900 --> 05:27.260 I'm just giving you some scripture just so we can build our faith when we get into some prayer today. 05:27.960 --> 05:38.660 So when the corruptible has put on incorruption and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written. 05:39.260 --> 05:41.900 Death is swallowed up in victory. Go next verse. 05:45.180 --> 05:49.680 Oh death, where is your sting? Oh Hades, where is your victory? 05:50.340 --> 05:51.380 Go one more verse for me. 05:52.680 --> 05:58.480 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. Go one more verse. 06:00.200 --> 06:06.320 But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 06:06.540 --> 06:09.420 I don't know if you knew or not, but the victory still remains in the Lord. 06:13.730 --> 06:18.790 I love how pastor says it. He says, when the dust settles, what will be left? 06:19.310 --> 06:20.790 It's still the victory of the Lord. 06:22.870 --> 06:27.890 And we need to get into some violent prayers and we need to remind the devil. 06:28.470 --> 06:30.590 Devil, there may be a storm, but listen. 06:31.190 --> 06:34.670 When the dust settles, the victory is still the Lord's. 06:35.710 --> 06:40.030 The blood of Christ still heals. The blood of Christ still sanctifies. 06:40.030 --> 06:42.410 The blood of Christ still delivers. 06:47.100 --> 06:52.360 The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, but the violent take it by force, friends. 06:53.120 --> 06:56.420 We need to have some prayers that sound violent. 06:57.940 --> 07:02.680 Where they're not prayers of the flesh, but they are prayers of the spirit. 07:02.960 --> 07:10.240 And we travail and we cry and we ask and we petition and we knock and we seek. 07:16.140 --> 07:19.660 Isaiah 53 verse 5, can you bring that up for me? 07:24.430 --> 07:29.250 But he was wounded. Who was wounded? Jesus was. Why was he wounded? 07:29.870 --> 07:34.430 For our transgressions and he was bruised for our iniquities. 07:34.810 --> 07:41.050 The chastisements for our peace was upon him and by his stripes we are healed. 07:44.380 --> 07:47.880 We still have healing present today. 07:49.360 --> 07:53.820 I'm telling you that the blood of Christ still speaks today. 07:55.300 --> 08:01.420 The blood of Jesus still speaks today, and it speaks better than the blood of Abel. 08:04.180 --> 08:11.920 Romans 8, 37 to verse 39, some of those verses there. 08:11.920 --> 08:16.900 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 08:17.760 --> 08:30.200 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come 08:30.920 --> 08:39.900 nor height nor depth nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. 08:39.900 --> 08:47.580 There ain't no devil in hell. There ain't no sickness. There ain't no angel that can separate the love of God from us this morning. 08:48.520 --> 08:56.240 There ain't no situation that has happened to you this week that has caused God to say, I don't love you anymore. 08:57.220 --> 09:01.880 And the violent prayers there has to be God. You still love me. 09:02.780 --> 09:06.620 Though I failed you, but you still love me. 09:12.340 --> 09:15.440 Revelation, let's go Revelation 12 verse 11. 09:19.800 --> 09:28.400 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives on to death. 09:31.480 --> 09:34.760 Let's go two more here, Proverbs 21 verse 31. 09:39.850 --> 09:44.510 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance is of the Lord. 09:46.910 --> 09:56.810 A violent prayer is Lord, we are crying out because we know that we can be as prepared as we can be, but we know that you are actually the deliverer. 09:59.910 --> 10:05.370 The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance is of the Lord. 10:06.290 --> 10:10.130 Last one, let's go Luke 10 verse 17 to verse 20. 10:15.030 --> 10:21.730 Then the 70 returned with joy saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name. 10:22.910 --> 10:28.350 And he said to them, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 10:29.170 --> 10:31.450 No, no, go back to that. Go back to that. 10:35.070 --> 10:37.870 I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 10:42.640 --> 10:47.940 Somebody once said it this way, they said, if the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future. 10:51.660 --> 10:55.780 I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Go next. 10:57.780 --> 11:01.100 Behold, I give you authority. Who gives us authority? Jesus does. 11:03.540 --> 11:10.920 Behold, I give you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. 11:11.480 --> 11:15.000 And nothing shall by any means hurt you. Let me read that again. 11:15.620 --> 11:19.720 And nothing shall by any means hurt you. Go next verse. 11:21.780 --> 11:30.840 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven. 11:32.620 --> 11:35.000 So this is what we're going to do so I can be done talking. 11:36.040 --> 11:45.260 You can either break out in some groups with two, three, or you can sit by yourself, but Brian's going to stay in the keys here. 11:45.260 --> 11:53.380 And at 9.50, the band's going to come right back up and we're going to just flow right from prayer into worship. 11:53.560 --> 11:57.380 And this is what we're after today. We are after some violent prayers. 11:58.380 --> 12:00.860 We are after storming heaven this morning. 12:01.740 --> 12:09.380 We are after walking in the authority that we are given by Jesus Christ. 12:09.640 --> 12:12.820 We are not here this morning to throw ourselves pity parties. 12:13.960 --> 12:18.460 We are not here this morning to just be like, oh man, no. 12:18.580 --> 12:23.500 We are here this morning to simply remind God of His Word and what He has said in His Word. 12:25.120 --> 12:30.680 We are here to remind ourselves what His Word actually says to us and what it means to us. 12:30.900 --> 12:33.280 We are here this morning to stir up some faith. 12:34.400 --> 12:37.360 You with me this morning? I'm not going to stand up here praying. 12:37.460 --> 12:39.160 I'm actually going to go back to my seat and pray. 12:39.540 --> 12:42.100 So you guys can either break out here or sit where you're at. 12:42.100 --> 12:45.460 Brian, if you can lift up the keys and we're just going to get into prayer.