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December 5, 2018 4:20 pm
Today you will learn the importance of praying for your leaders stage for the line of fire with your host activist and author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH. That's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown thanks friends for joining us on the line of fire continued with a series of special broadcasts all this week while I am in India. If there are major things happening in the news that I'm commenting on, it will be an article form, rather than on the radio this week. Thursday will be thoroughly Jewish Thursday I believe will open up some really important teaching for you about some major doctrinal errors. Friday will be answering your questions as always but each day so far this week, Monday, Tuesday, not Wednesday really been praying and ask the Lord what what can I speak about what can I talk with you about in the context of radio that that will be a lasting deposit in your lives, and I was reminded while looking through some notes about a message I preached years back, and I've been very reluctant to preach it in the Lord dealt with me about this, namely the call to pray for leaders and it it it felt to me as if there was something selfish about that. I was drawing attention to me what I was doing and because in our community. It fire my home community.
We have quite a few leaders who are out on the field all the time. We have a pastor and an elder shepherding the flock, but but for the most part of the other leaders are out on the road and really there on Sundays and so you want to call attention to pray for me is if that's more important. Pray for the others or whatever the reasons were.
I just have not asked for it is much as I should. And the Lord really dealt with me about it from the writings of Paul and help me to understand why this is so important.
Not for me but for the Lord's work and for for for each of you. So I think you'll find this really helpful.
It's been quite a while since I've talked about this on radio and even for me.
I am refreshed and renewed, reignited by this teaching to share it with others. Let me read a verse to you from Romans the 15th chapter Romans 15 and Paul. There is calling for prayer and look at what he says. Romans 15 beginning in verse 30. He says now.
I appeal to brothers the Lord Jesus the Messiah and through the love of the spirit to join with me in fervent prayers to God on my behalf. Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers and Judeo that the gift that I am bringing to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, and that by God's will. I may come to you with joy and be refreshed together with you, pray, join with me in fervent prayers and he says this. This is this is how you can join with me as some translations as a join with me in my struggle by praying for me. Paul calls for this over and over and over. Second Corinthians 2nd Corinthians chapter 1 Paul started by being delivered from death aces this verse 10 he has delivered us from such a terrible death and he will deliver us.
We have put our hope in him that he will deliver us again while you join in helping us by your prayers than many will give thanks in her behalf for the gift that came to us through the prismatic.
I've been delivered from death. I've been doing for situations that should have been fatal. Some years ago I was choked to death was found unconscious on the side road.
It was Super Bowl Sunday of 2002 that's that's another story entirely, but I should. I should've died when I described to a friend of mine would work for years as an emergency room doctor. Everything that happened to be Bobby said all you are you are seconds from death and from death most terrifying experience of everyone through, nothing compares to return to terror. God delivered me should been dead. We know that night there was a godly woman part of her leadership team.
The wife, one of our leaders a intercessor and she got this tremendous burden called her friends and said pray for Mike this a death assignment against the words.
There's been some demonic power sought to try to take me out and she just got that bird, the pray night it.
I didn't know about that till afterwards and she did know it cannot happen until afterwards but but when I shared with her and her husband told her what happened. He really set she she call for prayer for emergency prayer. Last night was out of the blue. I've been delivered from death by the prayers of God's people, and after this many time I have a lot of opposition a lot of people hate people curse me their spiritual junk that comes against me, and yet for the most part, might my life is is really lived above that guy I noticed to be more fair, but but I had passed times in my life were much more difficult. The trials much more intense. It seemed that it was much heavier sledding. Just walking through slog, but just draw negative spiritual progress on the loan on time at your living in the midst of it. I don't live like that. I feel like I've been given wings to fly above most of the opposition is not because of this super spiritual godless man on the planet.
It's it's because of God's grace and your prayers. I'm I'm I know a lot of people pray for me and I know it makes a difference. Some of the verses will read to you, but merely read Charles Spurgeon said, commenting on, first Thessalonians 525 brethren, pray for us the sort.
Spurgeon said this one morning in the year we were served to refresh the reader's memory upon the subject of prayer for ministries and we do most earnestly implore every Christian household to grant the fervent request of the text first outed by the apostle and now repeated by us, some of Spurgeon said, brethren, our work is solemnly momentous involving wheel or wall so blessing or curse the thousands. We treat with souls for God on eternal business and our word is either a savor of life unto life or of death unto death, a very heavy responsibility rests upon a Spurgeon said there will be no small mercy. If, at the last we be found clear of the blood of all men says this is officers in Christ Army we are the a special mark of the enmity of man and devils. They watch for halting and labor to take us by the heels are sacred calling, involves us in temptations for which you are exempt above all it too often draws us away from her personal enjoyment of truth into a ministerial and official consideration of the resistive just enjoying the word meeting with God, you're wrestling with dealing with objections to the text or how to minister this message effectively or to pray for the needs of others as opposed just enjoying the Lord we meet with many naughty cases in our wits are nonplussed.
We observe very said backsliding's in our hearts or would we see millions perishing in our spirits sank.
We wish to profit you by our preaching. We desire to be blessed to your children. We long to be useful to both saints and sinners. Therefore, dear friends, intercede for us with our God, miserable manner. We if we miss the aid of your prayers happier. We if we live in your supplications. He says you do not look to us but to our master for spiritual blessings and how many times has he given those blessings through his ministers ass then again and again that we may be the earthen vessels into which the Lord they put the treasure of the gospel. We the whole company of missionaries, ministers, city missionaries and students do in the name of Jesus beseech you, brethren, pray for us. Ephesians Ephesians chapter 6 what Paul writes there in verses 19 and 20.
Ephesians 619 and 20. Pray also for me after recess and to pray for the things that the message to be given to me when I opened my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel this I'm an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in him to speak as I should. This is Paul asking for prayer to be bold to go on earth was good be more bold employee if he knew there was spiritual opposition. He knew he was dependent on God's help and this is the way God sets it up that he works with us is just do it by himself. He works with us. He's called us to fulfill the great commission.
He doesn't just act at certain times he calls us to pray and that he responds to our praying to this that we help one another. Now again for it for years, despite Paul calling for prayer.
These are the verses going for prayer. I was reluctant to call for prayer for myself I would do if you were in there but but not as needed. Not as merit and I got this analogy, it seemed helpful in my own mind, let's say that you are part of the Army serving overseas in battlegrounds and you and your group.
You get you get trapped behind enemy lines and there's no way to notify others with your and by yourself, you can't get out.
We can do is is high in weight for reinforcements to come, but they don't know where you are somebody some bold, courageous soldier who may die in the process.
Hester risk their life.
This person is going to try to secretly get through enemy lines to get to a place of communication to notify the rest of your band rest of your troops where you are, so they can come and rescue before he leaves on his mission is pray for me was that about him.
Pray for me that I will be no start to him it's it's to save the others. If he doesn't make it everybody's gonna die if he can't get through enemy lines to notify your comrades everybody's gonna die. So it's a risky mission.
It's a difficult mission. He says pray for me is not selfish. He's giving his life for the cause. It's for others that really help me to understand the I knew it already, but it was the reminder. I'm not doing what I'm doing for me. If I'm debating so I say pray as I debate this Rabbi thought.
Pray that all look good. Pray that everyone will know the name of Mike Brown pray, no, no, rather it's pray that the name of Jesus will be exalted. Pray that you souls will be led to shoe pray that eyes will be open on Monday as the servant of just the vessel the same way with your pastor. Same way with your spiritual leaders singly with ministries you support there there the delivery boys there there the ones serving. So if the pastor saying, really waiting message to bring next Sunday. Pray for me is asking for prayer that I have a great week fun week that I really be excited about noise. He's asked for prayer because he knows that the well-being of the congregation is dependent on this message and she really needs to secure God and have God's heart and deliver it with sensitivity. I'm going to give you a number of of strong encouragements from the word to pray for leaders and and some reasons to pray that I think will help you so unlucky selfish right now as a miscreant he is. Please pray for this patient is I want my business assistance and health. Strength, time better them all right. We will be right back don't go anywhere I care on the line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown. Your voice is more cultural and spiritual revolution there again is Dr. Michael Brown friends.
This is one of the most important things you can do pray for your leaders. Sure, we pray for political leaders for the president. Pray for Supreme Court justices pray for your spiritual leaders and not just pastor and Congregational leader of your your home group, but also national leaders really covet your prayers and your prayers make a massive massive difference.
I will open up the Scriptures and and give you some scriptural reasoning that I think will will really help you develop a habit of praying for your leaders. I remember all when was it just try to place the situation so would've been in the mid 1980s there was a midweek service but I stayed home that night and Nancy went there and the pastor was a friend of ours small congregation he just he said will there. Pray for Mike right now is going through some of your prefrontal. I was at home and I got hit with the most intense spiritual attack and is very disorienting and and and and then lifted in what they've pray for me. People prayed for me that's I came into the kingdom. People pray for me early this year we were hanging out with some old friends on Long Island and filming some material just for documentary testimony purposes and this woman a couple years younger than Nancy and me.
She was in the church we as a race in the face of that was the pastor. She said yeah when I came to service the first time it is lost in sin and and what maybe she was 14, I was 16. She said they just are. Pray for all the time.
Prayer meetings there. Pray for me means in a house there distributors pray for me duster convicted by cinnamon, coarsely, save me prayers really make a tremendous difference, more than you could realize, and for some it's a real burden, and you diskette alone you pray for long periods of time for your leaders and God sent you are a godsend you are a godsend. Others you just remember on a daily basis, weekly basis, to lift up a prayer team doing your friends keep doing it leaves some reasons leaves and recent one leaders have a special responsibility before God and man will be judged more strictly and more is expected from us too much is given much is required. So there. This waiting on us in what I answer your Bible questions on Friday or other days I can do it lightly.
I enjoy love the show but I never do it in some flippant way. These are weighty issues.
These are major issues.
This can be the difference between life and death and and I want to mislead you. I want to misguide you to help you not hurt you. But if if you are calling itself is the nutritional Dr. in your calling Dr. Brown. Ask about nutrition and you said you have got the serious condition of headed for X number of years and dies lousy in them.
If I change my diet might make a difference in mind I know is a nutritional Dr. it's a hypothetical. I knows nutritional Dr. that you're killing yourself with your diet and that if you make this dramatic change.
It could add 10, 20, 30 years to life and I like doesn't really when I read what Scott just enjoy your meals doesn't really matter. I hung up with Dennis and Sonia hurt you with the same of the gospel friends. There is heresy out there there there is deception out there and we were shepherds we were teachers we were leaders do our best to ground you in truth help sound the alarm against deception and error will do it different ways. Sometimes the best way to expose errors by teaching the truth and pointing to the truth sometimes is by naming name sometimes is being with specific examples.
These weighty things. None of this is done lightly.
So we bear a certain responsibility in here, think, think of this. Think of when you have a friend or maybe this yourself going for serious surgery and this is this is this is really dangerous surgery. I mean that the that the surgeon gets one thing wrong loser millimeter in the wrong direction. You could bleed out. You could die when you're sitting pray for the goddess of God. God, the surgeon, Sandra, you know this not some lightweight thing you know you don't want the surgeon to say I got a hurry because I got a golf appoint notes. This is your focus right now is my life or someone spiritual life with some life-and-death issues in that respect was going to evangelize share the gospel with people never heard before. This made his major his eternal souls so that that's one big reason that that we asked for prayers because we have a responsibility now again goes to you if if you are depending on someone for food preparation and exotic location and the cook has to know exactly how to get the poisons out of the food you eat it if other. If he does it well. It's nursing. And he doesn't do well you get food poisoning or die. You want to get that right well there people that are feeding you and helping you and equipping you instructing you and serving you you you want them to get it right. That's a big reason to pray for us is that here's another the successors excusing the successes and failures of leaders have have a ripple effect on on many lives. If it were thriving others will thrive if we fail.
Others will be hurt. Let's let's think of a major Islamic dimension name is one of essays is a negative scenario take a major defender of the faith someone who's been greatly used debating atheists and skeptics and mockers and then this person's debates have ministered richly to you and their books have a built courage and faith in you and because they are such experts and they are such terrific scholars and and they present themselves so well that even though you can't argue the position the way they do. You have confidence because you got your champion out there that you gladiator out there, metaphorically speaking of God for bid.
They announce have lost my faith in all the years the arguments I was giving I got admit they were hollow and I knew deep down inside they were there were hollow and it ought honorably many of us. I tried. I tried to prop up monthly benefit is the ripple effect would be if that person you had this change of heart, mind, and now was even lying to themselves about never believing it was true and the ripple effect of the we've had it for years now with well-known leaders on the throw stones on them not condemning them with well-known leaders who had major major false sexual failings and other failings and it has negative ripple effect. It may be a lot of people look to you, what would happen if you messed up mom dad Blanchard kids. If you have a serious failure or lost your faith what happened to them by God's grace I reach and influence a lot of people so the government happen to me you think negative ripple effect. That's another reason to pray for leaders. Yeah, I mean I'm I'm thriving in the Lord and blessed and enjoying him and and and taken very seriously. The commission is given to me by standby grace your prayers help me strengthen me; backsliding. Pray for you, but I'm telling you, your prayers help me stand strong. Your prayers help me overcome your prayers. Open doors for us to speak to more more people so I was in one particular state. Some years ago that state was also famous for what it's gospel preachers who had a major major ministry international and it was a strong holiness preacher.
I was talking to a pastor of a thriving church.
If my memory serves me right at that point they had over 1500 members, but the extraordinary thing. I was told Discover a humble guy you never know. It was an amazing solar and friends of his told me the majority of the people in the church.
He personally led to the Lord that they were there, primarily because he had led them to Jesus. Personally, through his witness quite amazing. So he lived in the same state with this famous preacher holiness message in this preacher was exposed for being a serious sexual sin, and he publicly repented with many, many tears and asked for forgiveness and this pastor said to me you know it was it was harder for us to preach the gospel. After that in our town of people listen to us, but it was harder is that I found it hard to share the gospel with individuals because they were skeptical of all of us because of his about. We could still get the message up when happen again. He was caught in serious sexual sin a second time after which the pastor said to me I can talk to anybody about Jesus the moment I talked about Jesus this at all us with that guy believes oh you're just like that preacher again. I don't say this to condemn Martin's always to see grace and mercy and restoration forgiveness, but their consequences that there are more consequences when a public figure. False there more consequences for congregation. If a pastor goes into deception, then say if one of the ushers goes into deception. There's more effect in a denomination of the denominational head. This is caught in serious financial fraud then if for a new church planter is caught in that same fraud.
So, to the extent that we have responsibility to the extent that we have quote following. Although our goal is to direct everyone to Jesus, to the extent that were responsible for the funds that you put our hands we really need prayer. So it's it's not for our success is for the reputation of Jesus. It's not for our comfort. It's for your good. We read a couple of other verses Paul in Philippians 1, verse 19 is he saying I don't know if you live or die pieces but but I rejoice because I know this all through our situation will lead to my deliverance through your prayers and help from the spirit of Jesus Christ. What is he say in Colossians chapter 4 Colossians the fourth chapter. At the same time as Paul started a printer almost pray also for us, that God may open a door to us for the message to speak the mystery of the Messiah, which are in prison. Which would you pray that for me as well that God would open up a greater door for us to get the message of the Messiah out to more more people that God would amplify my voice extent that I'm processing his voice.
Pray that you pray, God with us in such a way. Thank you to light a fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH paradigm is Dr. Michael Brown listen to what Paul wrote in second Thessalonians chapter 3 verse one finally, brothers, brothers and sisters pray for us. The Lord's message may spread rapidly and be honored just as it was with you. Michael Brown, welcome to the line of fire got some special broadcast for you all this week as I'm in India. We've got a great show for tomorrow through jurors Thursday and then request is again on Friday. Today we talk about the call to pray for leaders and I appeal to all of you don't say well is not for me, me and help me is about others don't have that attitude number one it's on Christlike three selfish number two if you pray for leaders and will help you stronger. We are strong. You can be the better we can serve you, the more you can be blessed, the more effectively we can do God's work, the more you will rejoice is why Paul again and again and again, even though he was a prayer warrior himself. He read from his letters all the praying he did for this month that were never ceasing a stop improves. He was he was a walking prayer in that respect, the psalmist says one point I need to feel all rich and he was literally and I am prayer. I am up for my holy.
I'm just a prayer. My whole life is prayer going up to God is all Paul was, and yet he kindly asked for prayer spring, knowing that God sets of things up in the body that we help one another. I'm on the air with your help that you financial can be on the on other resources to pay for that. My team is the resources to pay for but through enough of you giving we would be on the air. When I go to country like India. I don't personally have the resources every year to to do that were ministry recently commingled, go right back out, but you given your help and support that enables it to do it that enables us to do the work. The same thing with prayer. Your prayers, carry us, equip us, enable us strengthen us, and that's why Paul mighty apostle Paul is constantly asking for prayer limit you some constructive reasons why we covet your prayers why I am asking you to pray for me.
We are uniquely targets of the devil, since he knows that if he can get to us can get to you, thereby hindering Reaven temporarily supporting God's work, ultimately bringing reproach on the name of Jesus. So yeah all of us are targets of the devil. But some of us are more uniquely targets than ever before lite. This if you been living a complacent compromise life. You are not in the devil's crosshair so much. You start to really go after the Lord you start to really praise virtually stand for righteousness. You spiritually preach the gospel you'll you'll find out there's a real devil out there. Yes, you will tell people something this simple. Try to double your prayer life every 10 minutes a day.
Try to pray the quality wait 20 minutes a day for 1/2 hour day). Our prayer in our day to two hours at your father's real devil. I mean just the opposition of the things that will happen, think where the world is this coming from his there is a lot to something amount to something. So in the same way. Those who been called as leaders. The devil wants to take out so we are uniquely targets of of the devil. I will see if I can just find a file here quickly where I just jot down if I happen to see the latest attack against me on a social media know website attacking me war or in a new video attacking meteors is a comment just jot it down for for personal encouragement is a just take it and copied into a file is just a reminder to me that that I'm doing the right thing. Now if I ever messed up.
If I said something wrong if if if I was short tempered, or acted in an inappropriate way on the radio that nasty was someone I'd be grieving over that the people spoke against that I be brokenhearted of written asking for forgiveness publicly seeking to demonstrate the fruits of true repentance because of a being attacked for for righteousness. So here I'm I'm looking and arms. I'm scrolling down comments okay so just scrolling here with my mouse and as I'm scrolling, scrolling, scrolling and scrolling each of these is a file scrolling, scrolling scroll as I scrolling for a long long time. In fact I'm try to speed up the scrolling and I barely even halfway down the list here. This just the ones I happen to to see old. Let's just see your false prophet. Vampires like me poison to the faith needs lobotomy to Eagle testicles egg ignorant as blank should shut my Jewish mouth lying white man Dr. cornball Brown beware of Michael Brown moron for not believing whatever.
It's a hater, an idiot, typical southern hit typical southern hit preacher okay Dr. can't repeat that one it and not need to seek treatment. Dr. fantasy that each of these is this just like the heading. Each of these is a whole description. Ayatollah Khomeini is closer to Jesus than me. I'm a fake believer falls preacher racist online Chris TARDIS snake and shrugged it off. This is this what comes my way literally by the minute. Online and otherwise so that there's a lot of junk I guess was Ms. P but hate me, which means it that I'm uniquely a target of the devil, as are many many many many many many others.
I'm sure my own heart, my life to your prayers help help build that shield your your your prayers help push back the tax amendment your prayer. Prayers help in weak moments, difficult moments to carry us over so that's another reason to pray pray for your pastor and the been talked about me to illustrate this. Pray for your pastor's book.
If you prayed for them. When you criticize them, they do better than printing with pray for them. They why does not happy with that.
Then pray the good things for them. Lord strengthen boardroom closer to to you not not attacking prayers but prayers pray. If you see something wrong with somebody using wrong with me then pray good prayers for me.
You think I will walk in wisdom. Laura helped Dr. Brown to walk in greater wisdom help Mike to walk in greater was you think I'm not loving the Lord filling with your love. Whatever it is prayed positive prayers we see people I can pray for your leaders as Paul appeal over and again I'm appealing as well never for week we face unique attacks and pressure.
Since we not only carry the burden of her own lies, but also the birds of the flock of the world you life itself to be tough. Everything is a single person you love to deal with a married person that a married person with kids pictured you got flock.
Target for 500 people picture of thousands of people enjoy every day. That's that's a burden to carry your just dealing with her own needs. Need your immediate friends but you're getting a flood of requests the needs coming away that are more than human being can handle to your prayers that were not superstar Mike Brown superstar pastor Smith superstar evangelist Jones re-created by Smith Brown, John very clear that you rose no it's all of us together carrying this is how you help bear burdens the prayers you can join us in our struggle by praying for us.
Peter made it because Jesus prayed for him.
Luke 22 verses 31, 32 then it was delivered from prison because the church pray asked. 12 one through 18 and Paul knew that his welfare was greatly dependent on the prayers of the saints recorded some of these verses one commentary exposes voluntary trade for us.
This loan is 525 Paul dependent on his converts spiritual support when he wrote brothers and sisters pray for us.
Paul dependent on his converts spiritual support. So II depend on your support know when I'm alone with God's nominee when I'm out ministry and preaching unconscious of the Lord with me when I'm cement to write an article focused on on the Lord with me, but I'm fully fully aware that I'm being held by others. I'm fully aware that the summary pray for me to give moment how many times have you been burden to pray for someone maybe is there Apogee brochure for others. It has just found burn the pray he didn't know why you felt burden pray for someone and you contacted them afterwards and they said thank you for prams going throughout the worst situation ever. I was reading in Lee Strobel's case for miracles and I've referenced a few times on the air. Really enjoyed it.
That one day his wife got a very distinct burden to send out five, $600 to a woman they knew they got a very distinct burden to center that money the day it arrived was the day that some major issue happen. I think with her car and it was for that exact whatever the amount was a center the bill and she did have a dime of it.
The bill was for that exact amount and she came over to the help she had no idea they'd sent the check as he did, and honestly I got her the money she had no idea the subject, but she's rejoicing. The Lord provided I have is this.
It was $630 in a center check for $630 Linda smile the Lord. There is a minimum. They never told her it was it was them, but that's a physical, tangible example with giving the same thing happens with praying this field burden pray on the why and I've done it, not knowing anything just to intensely burden to pray for someone and then find out later that that was corresponding to real difficult time. A dark, challenging time in in their lives.
Another reason to pray for leaders it's not selfish for leaders to act as for prayer. It's a confession of own frailty and recognition of the need for the support. The whole body in a leadership request for prayer can at times be motivated by pride and sense of self-importance. It certainly prideful frame us to think that we don't need your prayers. So again, this is not selfish. I used to think of it as if it was as if I'm asking for prayer for me prayer for me. Probably more important.
More important, everybody on the prayers. No, no, the opposite I was frail as anyone without God's grace. That's 12. I'm on a mission to help you why mind the radio. Why am I on the radio on the radio for you right at NYU, listening for you, listening to make me feel better. Always of dark brown so zero will be stronger together is to start to get stronger today. Words are not flowing out perfectly on the radio for you and your listening for you right so when you pray for me is blessing you if you praying that the shows will be anointed and powerful and and cutting edge and important and will really serve as your voice of moral, spiritual, and cultural revolution. I'm blessed but I'm blessed by fulfilling the mission that's what blesses me fulfilling the mission to see you blast that success your pastors blessed winter thriving your pastors blessed when you're spiritually healthy. Your pastors truly blessed mentors with big crowds are lots of money or prestige. He's blessed what the flock is healthy true shepherd 11 Shepherd. That's what motivates the health of the flock.
So pray for your leaders, pray for us.
Your prayers make a difference and if if you feel intensely burden pray for someone you have no idea what you don't need to know what just cry out a review file literally may be lifesaving prayer.
Other than that. So got a few more thoughts for you to encourage pray really really all the light a fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution. Your again is Dr. Michael Brown be read to you from Hebrews the 13th chapter Hebrews chapter 13 welcome to the line of fire Michael Brown blessed and delighted to be with you some special broadcast coming away as I am in India the entire week. Paul's words Hebrews 1318, pray for us, pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience wanted to conduct ourselves honorably and everything and I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to very soon. Simply follow Hebrews will know who wrote Hebrews actually sold. Whoever wrote it was in prison and wanted to be restored. Pray for us. We are convinced that we have a clear conscience wanted to conduct ourselves honorably and everything so as were walking righteously walking honestly before the Lord worthy of your prayer were not here to steal your money were not here to take your possessions were not here to manipulate you and you shoot therefore pray for us and and he sent.
Pray for me. Whoever wrote Hebrews.
Pray for me that I can be restored to sin.
Paul constantly asking for prayer and the test to give you one more example from flame and from the little book of Philemon.
There's a call for prayer. Yeah I'm eminence in one letter after another poor, praying, praying, praying the flock for individuals than asking for prayer pieces. Prepare guestroom for me broke the three your prayers. I'll be restored to similar language what was on he was 13 was Paul's imprisonment.
Pray for me will be restored. Yeah so prayer and intercession help put up a shield of protection around leaders. Your prayers may be the key to weakening a fierce attack revealing an ambush in the early 1980s there was a friend over at our house. He and his wife came over for dinner. He was a very prayerful guy, very devoted to the Lord and we were praying together the the ladies upstairs doing something arising we were praying together for little while. We finished praying. He he looked shocked, scared, devastated just this, wild eyed look what happened what happened and he said I just saw some real demonic a test like a lion or a bear just attack in you just got knocked down you are hurt badly, so that is a real heavy attack, against, and I just grab whatever I can worry about that was my non-realistic optimism as opposed to the realistic optimism that I live in all the time that was bit of wishful thinking while when the four of us were together.
He then told Nancy what he saw and she is the ultimate realist and she is one that recognizes the reality of warnings and she immediately probed an Aston. We went to serious prayer and really prayed and really pray and let me tell you. Not long after that when the worst attacks.
My life came. I mean the enemy really came against us. From the outside even with people close to us. It it was ugly but I came through it. I believe much better than I would have if not for the prayer is not for the intercession these to spiritual realities are spiritual realities, friend.
They are obscene, praying for others. Your prayers help pull up her hands. Exodus 7 teen 8 to 13 know the account. Josh was fighting the Amalekites and Moses, standing up on the hill when he holds his hand up the holes.
The raw Ghana that Israel is prevailed and thereafter was arms get tired goes down and the Israelites start to lose so parents first, and on either side room sitting on a rock and they hold his hands up.
Okay now series. He's holding the rod up with two hands. They were there winning hands get those hands don't get tired because there standing next to him, holding his hands up. Yeah, your prayers literally do that. Those are the workout with weights you can relate to the strategic now, I can't can't talk and then guys who come to your spotter trainer friend there and and they'll notice how that bar up. I can't do any and you get up and you know it's amazing. It's amazing in your mind you can do anything at the end you are barely pushing they were doing all and they tell no, not just one thing on either side of the net for people like man I had met the Lexuses exit was all you I just had one finger on either side helping with that one finger on either side made a massive difference in in here when you literally have nothing left to hold your hands up when you pray for your leisure, hold their hands up. It helps bring victory to the whole camp your head prayers will cover families, your prayers aspires to greater service greater devotion bring purity until just pray for Lee's pray for their spouses pray for their spouses.
Many times the man of God gets all the prayer and the wife comes under heavy attack gets very little prayer. Pray for our spouses and and if if I could ask for prayer in a specific way. If you allow me to do that look on I'm called by God to be a human battering ram it, it's this one caught breaking down resistance with my own life and serving as a lightning rod for attacking controversy is my calling. I thrive in it I I'm blessed to have this call unmoved by God, to walk in the in this reality so so pray for me as I confront strongholds, strongholds of abortion, strongholds of LGBT activists.
Strongholds of radical feminist strongholds of atheism. Strongholds of radical Islam strongholds of Orthodox Judaism. Not not a put a bunch of different things in same category as strongholds, comparing each one to the other golfer bit the computer.
Orthodox Judaism was radical Islam.
For example, what I'm saying is that these are the kind of battles that the recalled face of daily basis. There play countries. I can go to now because of Stan's that we've taken, but I cannot get into certain countries because of Stan's that I've taken and and that's reality, friends, plenty of doors are close to me as of Stan's. We've taken that I rejoice in that praise the Lord. It hurts me that I can get certain places are only going be a blessing. People are rejoicing in the Lord for this calling but your prayers really are so so important and and when you are praying for those in the front lines. Just understand that what we do is more magnified that you know you grow up as children of pastors. It's your under a spotlight and you know the kid comes in with a new hairdo that looks slightly worldly. The whole trauma on a commercial and some other kid walks in. Nobody notices it so you live in that fishbowl and pastors have to deal with that.
Their families have to deal with that and which dues can be more scrutinized not to let me say again I I rejoice in the calling.
I'm glad to be a public figure. I'm called to be a voice so I want to speak. I want to get a message out, but what we do is go to be scrutinized more. Now I'm not concerned. So much for me.
What about the reputation of the gospel associated with me. What about the reputation of the gospel in your community associated with your pastor, what about the reputation of the gospel associated with the international TV minister how their laws can be watched how their words can be parsed you on a debater by nature and Nancy and I have sharpened each other immeasurably are critical thinking over the years, but as I'm writing something as in preaching. I'm constantly thinking of what a counterargument would be of house and was confronted about this take apart refuted so I as I'm writing on costly seeking to overcome the objection that's coming and to say okay this sentence can be misconstrued.
Let me write this particular critics can grab this and try to misuse not is this happening come instantly. It was his processing and and going on. Still, though still I am asking for prayer that the words I speak will glorify the Lord and not bring reproach that they'll be full of truth and not mixed with human error that that will be God's insights and not my human opinions. I'm asking for your prayers and I'm asking you to pray for your leaders and to take heed to Paul's exhortation. Other expectations of the New Testament, pray for us, pray for us, pray for us. It's the opposite of selfishness through the glory of the Lord. It's for your good and prayers. I'm in India that I'll have words of life and encouragement for my friends here there there underlying persecution I can see more right now when I come back I'll building will give you more full report, but they're under a lot of pressure there some fresh challenges some lies being spread about the ministry work with their know them very very well. I know their integrity and the enemy always tries to discredit, so they're under pressure. Now the enemy can try to use that to thwart what they're doing.
So please pray for it for the ministry work with and you get all sure more when we come back. Pray for grace on them and and if I can ask you for prayer one more time. Pray for our ministry on to say this without shame, we need your help we really are under more financial pressure than we should be. We are frugal we don't step out in less there is a way to step out. However, in the midst of the challenges we know that many of you have resources that your blessed by us in the word of God does encourage that if we have been a blessing to you spiritually that you stand with us.
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