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Praying Dangerous Prayers to Activate God’s Power and Authority in Your Life. Do You Have Faith?
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so I want to make sure that when we’re
speaking of spiritual things that unless
you have the Holy Spirit and dwellings
and dwell inside of you
you miss those spiritual things
and if you and if you’ve not received
Jesus Christ as your savior Lord we’re
going to take care of that too because I
believe prophetically that’s why the
holy spirit said this is going to get
crowded soon
but if you’ve received Jesus Christ as
your savior and Lord that means you’re
indwelled with the power of the Holy
Spirit it means you’ve been sealed by
the holy spirit so I just simply want
you to do the third level of alpha
acknowledgment
all right I missed something like doing
a slow motion
there you go amen So speaking of the
ultimate Alpha let’s read the word of
the alpha this is our anchor scripture
the word of the Lord that we’re going to
focus on today and it’s from Ephesians 1
17 19. and if we would stand as the body
and we will read the word of the Lord as
the body
and we’ll read together and we’ll begin
that the god of our Lord Jesus Christ
the father of Glory may give unto you
the spirit of wisdom and Revelation in
knowledge of him the eyes of your
understanding be enlightened that ye may
know what is the hope of his calling and
what is the riches of his glory of his
inheritance in the Saints and what is
the exceeding greatness of his power to
us word who believe according to the
working of his mighty power
amen thank you Jesus for that word
thank you for that word
so Paul is still establishing the
significance and the identity of who God
is
and what he’s also doing is he’s
establishing sound Doctrine in real time
because back then it’s like well all you
got to do is read the Bible just go to
Barnes and Nobles and read the Bible
well guess what it hadn’t been it hadn’t
been canonized it hadn’t been printed it
hadn’t been distributed so Paul is
creating laying down sharing
establishing sound Doctrine in real time
and how that benefits us is now we’ve
got sound Doctrine through the word of
the Lord but now our responsibility is
instead of speaking to establish sound
Doctrine is to take the sound Doctrine
and speak it into life and to grow the
kingdom through that through that um
through that sound Doctrine
you know I’ll tell you when we’re
sharing our testimonies it’s important
to remember like God’s word is good
enough
to me those baseball cards even though
they had the sticky on the back they
were good enough
God’s word is good enough I was invited
to a Men’s Conference years ago and they
liked my background they like my my um
biography but I get up there in the holy
spirit’s like hmm this ain’t about you
this is about me so I was like hey I
said I’m Scott and I want to tell you
about Jesus
and I went into just sharing the gospel
and the response as you would expect was
amazing not because of what I’ve done or
who I was or like Barnes says that stuff
on the wall in your office it’s because
the gold in your heart of the Holy
Spirit but I can tell you because I
didn’t waste the gospel on my testimony
and some of us get caught up in that we
want to share our testimonies and we’ll
go 30 minutes talking about woe is me
and woe is me and in 30 minutes so this
and that and glorifying the old days and
at the very end like oh and glory to God
like that’s not testimony
be sure when you’re like Paul that what
you’re sharing is the word of the Lord
because God’s word doesn’t need
entertainment to make it effective
what it needs it needs reverence to make
it matter
so sometimes when we get comfortable
in the familiarity of relationships or
friendships or with our spouse or kids
sometimes in that familiar familiarity
we lose reverence
and that’s why I believe it’s important
that when we do read the word of the
Lord that we understand
the purpose the principle the price that
was paid for that word so when when the
when the New Testament authors are
laying down Doctrine in real time and
they’re suffering real consequences and
then when Jesus says Hey Y’all I’m going
to commission you to share this word
I believe it’s important that we not
just read the words like oh I remember
that as a kid my mama used to tell me
those things before bed
I believe that because the Holy Spirit
sealed us like Ephesians 1 tells us that
that word is the reason for the ceiling
what did Jesus tell us in Matthew 28
about that word
what did he tell us to do with that word
and Jesus came and spoke to them saying
all authority has been given to me in
heaven and on Earth
go therefore and Make Disciples of all
Nations
baptizing them in the name of the father
and of the son and of the Holy Spirit
teaching them to observe all things that
I have commanded you and lo I Am With
You Always to the end of the age
like sometimes we just we get too
familiar with that oh the Great
Commission the Great Commission where
was that Matthew yeah the Great
Commission
like we got to take it serious we got to
take it serious the word of the Lord if
if he came back to give us the kingdom
growth blueprint if we don’t take that
word and share that word because we
first lived that word and believed that
word and we’ve received that word then
that word dies on the Vine with us we
can’t be so Cavalier to think well uh
somebody else is going to tell them
about it they can look at Tick Tock and
get a good message I mean my gosh I saw
somebody posted a meme the other day
don’t discount your value in the Kingdom
don’t discount the power of your
testimony in the Kingdom let me tell you
when Paul goes to Ephesians 1 15 and he
says ever since I first heard of your
strong faith in the Lord Jesus and the
love for God’s people everywhere how did
Paul hear that word
because of testimony because the 4-1-1
my kids are like they don’t even sow
that they say they don’t they don’t even
say that anymore the 4-1-1 well I’m
gonna say it because that’s my
generation the 4-1-1 the word on the
street is that the people in Ephesus
love Jesus and they love each other how
did that word spread
through testimony
how is this community going to be
affected
through our testimony
I want to encourage you to find the
boldness we’re watching the YouTubes and
the tick tocks and Ashbury and we’re
like oh I wish we had some of that
Revival here
you know this
that same Holy Spirit
that hovered the waters that same holy
spirit that descended Upon Jesus upon
water baptism that same Holy Spirit
that’s sealed within you when you
receive Jesus Christ and you affirmed it
because you gave us the third level
Alpha
is the same Holy Spirit at that campus
there is Revival
and it starts with you and it starts
with your testimony
just Revival I’m sorry testimony is
meant to encourage to share the word and
build up Faith in others
so when Paul heard that testimony it
triggered her a visceral response in him
it led him into taking a posture of
praise and prayer we know this because
Ephesians 1 16 tells us and he says I
have not stopped thanking God for you I
pray for you constantly
what Paul’s telling us is that we’ve got
to pray without ceasing that we’ve got
to speak life
into life
I ask you what words are you speaking
well it’s just a little joke
they knew I was joking I’m just kidding
Leah you know my kids will get over it
kids are resilient they recover
I’m asking you what words are you
speaking
when we’re talking to Brothers and
Sisters in Christ
I’m asking you guys to remember
this is a collection of people we all
come from different walks but what are
we together with a body
preparing to become the bride
be gentle in the way we speak to one
another be respectful in the way we
speak to one another be encouraging in
the way we speak to one another it’s so
easy to get aggravated with each other
in the natural
this is the bride
we gotta treat her with respect
so instead of testifying to the goodness
of God I remember that old thing in the
90s it was that uh wwjd what would Jesus
do remember in those rubber bands and
you’d wear them around your wrists you
know and I’ll be honest with you I mean
I wore them but but you know I was
living in darkness I mean the only time
I really looked at that band was that I
was in a bar room drinking or out in the
street fighting and my concern was well
I didn’t want to break my Jesus band
you know but look that ain’t Jesus
but the thought’s right what would Jesus
do I’m asking you today because we’re
talking about your testimony in the
power of prayer add this to it wjst
what would Jesus would Jesus say that
would Jesus say that before we do say
anything
would Jesus say that
Eunice nailed it she talked about
healing in this house and there’s
healing that’s going to that is
manifesting in this house
and I’ve had to share with several
people this weekend they’re like my
cancer my depression my asthma my
addiction and I’m like well was Jesus
addicted did Jesus have asthma did Jesus
have cancer no you were created in the
image
so you don’t have it either
you’ve been diagnosed with asthma you’ve
been diagnosed with cancer you’ve been
diagnosed with depression but don’t say
my asthma my cancer my depression
because you’re now linking that to an
identity that is solely based on who God
is
and God doesn’t have cancer and God
doesn’t have asthma and God doesn’t have
addictions
a fallen decrepit world does
and when we attach those labels to
ourselves
we’re stepping outside the will of God
the will of God is that we remain in the
image of God
so choose your words carefully
and when we pray and we’re choose in
those words
we’ve got to be like Paul we’ve got to
be moved by compassion when we pray for
others when we pray for ourselves you
know there’s there’s a confusion
sometimes and we talked about it
yesterday
their sympathy empathy and compassion
and sympathy is I see you in a hole in a
deep hole and I’m like oh
but I keep going
empathy is I see you in a deep hole I’m
like oh and I jump down in that hole
with you and now guess what
we’re both stuck in a hole
compassion
sees you in that hole
feels and takes a ladder and puts it in
that hole and says now get out
compassion is compelled to action
which is what move Christ to heal which
is what moved Paul to prayer look it’s
easy to get wrapped up in our emotions
which is the soul
oh
you want a grandma somebody you want to
Pat the little poo poo diaper that’s
comforting but you don’t affect any
change
you want to affect change move in the
spirit
move in the spirit be compelled with
compassion which is compelled to action
scripture scripture is that latter
that’ll get you out of that hole
so we’re talking about prayer power
prayer Paul in Ephesians 1 17-19 he lays
down a powerful prayer
and I want to read it to you it’s our
anchor scripture that the Lord of uh
that the god of our Lord Jesus Christ
the father of Glory may give to you the
spirit of wisdom and Revelation in the
knowledge of him the eyes of your
understanding be enlightened that you
may know what is the hope of his calling
what are the riches of the glory of his
inheritance in the Saints
like emotionally your body your ears
your your soul might be like that’s cool
that’s cool
but when you allow it to speak to your
spirit and you realize the reality of
what Paul’s praying you see you’re not
just going to figure out the goodness of
God the sovereignty of God the eternity
of God you’re not just going to figure
it out unless you’ve got the Holy Spirit
to explain this to you
I want to ask you do you pray
Dangerously
do you really pray now I’m not talking
about praying when things are dangerous
I’m talking to you pray Dangerously
like or most of us like
Jesus I hope I have a good day
Lord I hope I get a 10 discount on the
meal because it was late
Jesus I pray that we have a safe drive
to the restaurant after church
like is that the depth the extent
of your dangerous prayer life
have you ever prayed God to reveal to
something to you that’s got to be cast
out reveal something inside of me God
that’s keeping me from relationship with
you I’m going to tell you the most
dangerous prayer we ever prayed was I we
prayed for God we said God Whatever
Whenever Wherever we will follow and I
prayed and we were we were so religious
in that prayer and then it got real and
then I stopped praying that prayer
because I got scared and one day I’m in
a worship session and the Holy Spirit
says son why don’t you stop praying that
prayer and I’m crying and I’m crying and
my beards saturated with hot tears and I
said oh because I’m scared I’m scared I
like our house I love where we live
we’ve worked hard for that house what if
we got to move
and the Holy Spirit says son I need you
to pray that prayer again and I came
home and I repented to Leah I said I
want to I’ll repent because I’m scared
to pray dangerously I’m scared to trust
God with everything including where we
live
I repented to my wife and we started
praying that prayer again
God Whatever Whenever Wherever we will
follow
what I didn’t know was he was planting
that seed in my soul of my heart
so that my spirit would be ready to move
where he led us which was four miles to
this building from our house
we were willing to move across the globe
and God said no we’ll start here
are you praying Dangerously
are you afraid what God might tell you
to do
are you afraid what your words might
activate
telling you guys
God is on the move like we’ve never
known
ever known in in our lifetimes
and people say well are we in the end
times yes
yes
every second we live we are one second
closer to the end time
and your prayers have got to get
dangerous they’ve got to get effective
they’ve got to become effectual they’ve
got to become like Paul’s prayer you’ve
got to stop praying for just you and
your comfort you’ve got to start praying
and asking God reveal to me where I need
to be where I need to go what I need to
say
I love when when when April talks about
uh how to do life with God and how to
hear from God and it shakes people up
because they realize oh that’s how you
do it and one day was like and I used
her examples that every day you get 30
000 opportunities to make decisions it’s
do I look this way or that way do I wear
this shirt or that way do I eat this or
do I not eat that 30 000 opportunities
to make decisions every day that’s 30
000 opportunities to connect with the
Holy Spirit and you’re like well what
does the Holy Spirit care what color
shirt I wear you know what he probably
doesn’t but he cares that you
communicate he cares when Lee and I get
up in the morning I’m like hey what you
got going on today
what she’s going to do is what she’s
going to do it’s already been set in
motion but she knows that I care by
asking her hey what you doing today hey
how are you feeling
take those opportunities to connect with
the Holy Spirit then you’ll hear the
Holy Spirit when you start to pray
Dangerously
then you’ll move Beyond being complacent
I hope we have a good day today Jesus
every day in Jesus is a good day
you know when Paul
when Paul prays in Ephesians 1 19 20. it
says I also pray that you will
understand the incredible greatness of
God’s power for us who believe him this
is the same Mighty power that raised
Christ from the dead and seated him in
the place of honor at God’s right hand
in the Heavenly Realms do you know why
Paul did not pray
for God to give them power
they had it
right they had it
if you’ve received the Holy Spirit as
your savior and Lord
you know what you got
you got that same power
so we’re not going to pray if you’ve
received Jesus we’re not going to pray
that you receive power
you’ve got power Ephesians 1 tells us
you’ve been sealed by the holy spirit so
that power is not going to leak out like
a bad radiator you’re sealed
my prayer our prayer is that you
understand the power you have that you
use the power you have that you walk in
boldness in the power that you have that
we stop being so timid about offending
people with the word of the Lord
that we contain the power that we have
God’s good
God’s good and and we’re talking about
Paul’s dangerous prayers and and if you
want to learn to pray Dangerously
in two weeks our teacher Byron he’s
wrapping up a series on faith
and then we’re gonna we’re gonna take
off March the 9th uh and then we’re
going to start back after that and he’s
going to do a six-week series on prayer
listen if you want to transform your
life be here on Thursday nights at seven
o’clock for design for discipleship as
our five-fold teacher uh Byron Hamilton
leads us uh through what it is to pray
you know God’s good
God’s word is good
Yo God doesn’t need lights and smoke
machines and fog machines and led
machines he doesn’t need high priced
performers and and high profile pastors
to share the word of the Lord the beauty
of that Ashbury Revival is that it’s in
a simple structure they can’t even
adjust the lights
they can’t even dim the lights
there’s no fog there’s no smoke the
building’s so old that the fire marshal
would have a fit if you let any kind of
pyrotechnics you know what it is it is
the word of God being shared let me
trust you I talked to a lot of men and
they’re like well are you witnessing I’m
not really sure what to say I don’t know
this you don’t have to know what to say
you don’t have to have fancy words in a
high degree on your wall you don’t have
to have funny stories and good jokes you
don’t even have to have a baseball bat
all you gotta do is share God’s word
God’s word is good enough
this word is good enough I am
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