Pastor Ray…
We’re blessed this morning to have both Miss Annie and Danny. The combo duo together. So yesterday, I had a clip from Kenneth Hagin about prayer secrets or secrets of prayer. I always want to know what he has to say about everything. It’s from a little mini-book. Chapter one, I just want to read these few paragraphs first here.
Chapter one about “Prayer Secrets: Praying According to God’s Word. The first thing he said was… and we know this, but I just always like to be reminded. We’re doing this every day. I don’t want us to miss one thing as far as how we do what we do.
Prayer Secrets:
Chapter 1
“Jesus is our mediator, intercessor, advocate, and our lord. And he stands between us and the Father. In no place in the Bible where is it recorded that Jesus told His disciples to pray to Him. They were always to pray to the Father in His name.”
Thank you for that name. We magnify that name all the time and lift it up.
“If we wish to be sure of reaching the throne, we must come according to the rules laid down in the Word of God.”
In John 16:23, 24, “And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.”
Notice that Jesus said “…in that day, you shall ask me nothing.” Jesus said this just before He went away. He was talking about the mediatorial session at the right hand of the Father when He ascended and was seated. Another translation reads, “In that day, you shall not pray to me.” Jesus said to ask the Father in His name. There is no other way to pray.”
Chapter one, prayer secret. We can tell Jesus how much we love Him, but when it comes to praying and asking, we must ask the Father through the Lord Jesus. Ephesians 3:14, 15 says, “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.” It is not important what church you belong to, but it is important whose family you belong to.”
We’ve been given that name and all authority is in that name. And if you have ever prayed just out of… I don’t know, Jesus do this or you know like that… But He did the work on the cross and shed His blood. And so the victories have already been won. But we have the authority now to pray to the Father, ask what we will, and do it in His name, the authority of His name. Amen. So, hallelujah. We’re not just asking Jesus, we’re asking the Father. I know we know that, but I just wanted to remind myself about it.
So we’re always, on course doing things according to the rules of the book, the Bible. So like I said at the beginning, we have both Danny and Annie this morning. We’ll lift Him up and magnify His name this morning. So we’ll worship Him for a while.
Danny and Annie led group in worship…
Pastor Ray…
When you started singing “worthy,” I also heard “worry.” My favorite times here together is when we’re saying, Holy, Holy are you… worthy are you.” Where it changes from just what we say and our hearts get connected and we step over further and our words are not coming from our minds. They’re coming directly from our hearts. When we say “Holy,” we enter in and we see how holy, how faithful He is. To me, that’s true worship out of our hearts. How the Bible talks about that heartfelt prayer, that heartfelt worship. I saw that Ms. Annie, when you said that “worthy,” I heard “worry has to go.” Worry has to leave this morning right now in Jesus’ name. We cast down, we push back with the precious holy blood and the name that is above every other name and say, “Worry…” Or concerns about the future. Usually worry is about what will happen? What could happen if the devil, the enemy of our soul, has been speaking worry thoughts, fear thoughts. Stop it! We resist that in Jesus’ name and take authority against it and move further over into this place of His presence. Watch that leave and know without a doubt, He’s with us. He is with us!
I read that this morning in Matthew. It stood out to me that even when the disciples, you know, all the things happened and Jesus wasn’t in the tomb, He was gone. All of the different things that were reported in Matthew 28. And I’m down further where it says the 11 disciples went to Galilee where they were told to go to the mountain to which Jesus had directed and made an appointment with them. The 11 disciples. Okay. And when they saw Him, they fell down. They just prostrated before Him and worshiped Him. Do you think that was true worship? I do. But still some doubted. That’s what the Bible says. So it’s the 11. Out of that 11, some still doubted.
And then Jesus approached them and breaking the silence, He said to them, “All authority, all power, all rule in heaven and earth has been given to Me. Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you and behold, I am with you all the days. Perpetually uniformly and on every occasion, to the very close and consummation of the age. Amen so let it be.
If the situation looks impossible, Jesus said, I’m leaving, but I’m sending the Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit is with us. He’s always with us. I just want to declare that He’s with us forever, all throughout the rest of our lives here on this earth.
Father, I thank you that you help us by the power of your Spirit to stay in our hearts, to stay out of our so much more out of our minds and what we might think or what we might hear.
Sometimes we hear it inside and we hear it outside… words of doubt, words of lack, questions about how it’ll turn out. And those things all tend to try and bring fear about how it will be. But He, the powerful Holy Spirit, is with us and He will always be with us. Let’s always keep that in our hearts, knowing we’re not alone. Even when we pray and we can’t sense the anointing or we haven’t seen what we want to see yet by faith. It’s by faith, we believe we receive what the Bible tells us. Hallelujah.
Now, I wanted to just break into this for a minute. I want to have a testimony about His faithfulness to us. Just go ahead.
Sheila shared…
Hello, I’m Sheila Frank. I’m a pray-er here with all the rest of us. I went to a meeting with Todd White and he happened to be praying about all kinds of healings. He said something about blood: “Your blood’s being cleansed” or “your blood is being renewed.” And so, I just went, “God, I take that.” And then I felt the kind of a power going through me. And I didn’t say anything. I said, “I take it.” And then a power was going through me. And then, I had scheduled… He said go get yourself a scan. And so I said, “okay,” But I already had one scheduled on the 10th. So I went to that one and I had a really positive. I thought this is cool. And so, I went to the doctors on Wednesday and she said, “No cancer in your body.” I had cancer. And so there was no cancer at all! So, we just praised God. We just thank you, Jesus. And it’s all His glory. I mean, I didn’t do anything. He did it all. It was awesome. It was just awesome.
Pastor Ray…
You did do something. What did you say? “I take it, I take it. I receive it.”
Barb shared…
I have a testimony. This is from a couple of years ago. But I was having some pain in my abdomen and I came to a meeting with Jim Hockaday. Just to tell you how amazing God is, I had this pain and I thought, “Well, I’m going to a healing meeting. I’ll get healed when I go there.” So I’m sitting there in the meeting and he’s preaching and I’m on this side over here and he’s over in the aisle over here. And he says, “Somebody’s liver is being healed right now.” And I didn’t think anything about liver or whatever, but I said… Because I didn’t know what it was. And I said, “I’ll take that.” And then immediately I heard, ”What if it’s not that’s your liver?” Who’s that? Who’s that? And just inside myself, I said, “I don’t care. That’s close enough.” It’s close enough! And over the next about 60 seconds, it was like a line like this … the pain. I felt like someone was pushing it out of my body and it just disappeared. But do you see the power of just saying “I receive it.” Even if it wasn’t the right word, the power of God, just the power of God in the receiving, just knowing… well, if it was even close, it would heal me. Cuz God’s that’s bigger than that.
Pastor Ray…
I liked that because whatever internal part it is…
Barb…
Whatever it is, it doesn’t make a difference to Him. Doesn’t even have to be close to the kidneys, heart, brain, blood. Whatever it is, we take it. We take it today. We take it down there. Your presence is here to heal. Your presence is here to take deliver. We thank you for your holy presence. We receive whatever we need today. You know, glory to God and your presence is here to do that very work! Glory to God. Thank you, Father. Yes, we release deliverance today in Jesus’ name. We release healing of every manner, every manner of sickness and disease. We release it now in the name of Jesus Christ. Glory to God, you came to heal. You came to deliver, you came to set the captives free… glory to God. Open the eyes of the blind. Woo! Glory to God! In the natural and in the spirit today, opening the eyes of the blind.
Today, Father, demonstrations of your power, demonstrations of your glory for you are great. You are good. You are mighty. You are powerful. There is no one like you in the earth. There’s nothing you can’t do … glory to God in the blink of an eye, you can completely transform us… glory to God … in our bodies, in our minds, in our finances… God, you are unlimited in your abilities. And we receive that limitlessness today in Jesus’ name by your Spirit. Hallelujah … We step into that place. We step into that place with you where you are … at that place with you today. We stay there, Father, close to you…
He touched me and made me whole… he touched my finances… and made them whole… His resurrection power is working today… is resurrecting lives today… (tongues) power in the name… of Jesus… Holy Father, Jesus, Spirit… holy are you…
You two need to minister together more. You two have a flow together and the Holy Ghost wants to use you together. So He’s calling you out today, to step into that place and that flow that He’s prepared for you. It’s not a little thing. It’s not a light thing. He’s calling you out today. Because He’s joined you together for that purpose… to lead people into a place of high praise and worship, because it’s His anointing that comes in that place that destroys that yoke of bondage and removes that burden from the people and He needs you now.
Thank you, Father. It’s by your grace. It’s by your grace. It’s by your grace that we move and we work and we walk in your plan. It’s by your grace, every breath that we take, every word that we speak, every single day you wake us up in the morning. You cause our heart to beat. Oh, it’s by your grace that we even live and move and have our being in this earth. And we’re so grateful … and we’re looking to you today, Father, to bring us into the places that you’ve called us to, Lord… we’ve been looking and we’ve been asking … Yes, Father, it’s time to fulfill, to fulfill those things that you called us to … these are the last days… the time is short… show us the way, show us the way and let it be clear to us, Lord, let that path be illuminated to us … that we would not lean on our own understanding. As we acknowledge you in all our ways, you direct us, you lead us by your Holy Spirit… for you called this body to a great and mighty place. You’ve called this body to move… like never before … operating in the gifts of the spirit… speaking words of wisdom and knowledge … performing miracles, signs and wonders in your name, bringing glory to you in this earth… days, days, it’s time for days of heaven here… it’s time for days of heaven here… it’s time for days … as things are with Him, so they are with us… days of heaven… here… here now… days of heaven… supernatural ways… days… yes, His angels moving and working on your behalf… bringing things into your hands from all over the earth… all being dispatched here and there… carrying those things that you’ve called forth… carrying them to you… bringing them to you… right into your pathway… yes, Lord, we make a demand… on the ministering spirits to perform the work… go ministering spirits… you’ve been created to minister unto the heirs of salvation… go get those things that are necessary for the call and the plan in Jesus’ name… those things that are necessary for the body… for this church… for every church around the world… even those that are serving as missionaries, Father… a full supply… for every pastor… no more of that… no more disasters… no more of that… no more… no more… come in, come in, come in line… no more of that… no more of your way… we’re taking His way… Yes, Father, open their eyes… every single pastor… this is not the time of compromise… this is the time to go “all in.” full steam ahead… running with passion… running with fire… taking this nation, this earth… for your glory… yes, your ability… your strength… We rest in you… we lean on you… it’s not by our own strength… and our own ability… we rest and are confident …
Pastor Ray…
Barb, when you started praying for pastors, I heard this about stress. That stress was the problem.
Barb…
That will not be a motivating factor in the name of Jesus Christ. We come against stress, any kind of pressure to perform any kind of pressure… to do things, Father … for any reason other than the voice and the leading of the Holy Ghost… no more of that. No more. We’re not led by stress … by fear. We’re not led … by pressure in the name of Jesus Christ. I thank you, Father, that they are led only by your Spirit… your voice is so clear… the leading is so clear to them in Jesus’ name. those oppressive spirits, you leave them in Jesus’ name… get out, get out in Jesus’ name… we lift them up… we hold the blood of Jesus over their minds, over their bodies, over their families… let them walk in your peace, in your rest, in your strength, in your joy… let that joy … we pray, Father, today … we release a joy bomb today… it dispels that fear bomb… it completely obliterates it… we release that peace bomb… that it completely destroys… all that garbage… drives it out… yes, that’s right… because at destruction and that famine, you laugh… in the face of danger, in the face of the enemy… you lift up your voice… because you’re confidence is in Him… in the Lord… surely He shall deliver me from the hand of the enemy… He shall set me on high… glory to God!… He will drive them out… so that they flee seven ways… there’s a joy of your salvation… hallelujah, hallelujah… tap into that joy… joy, joy, joy… joy brings strength… yes, joy brings strength to fulfill the course… that joy brings strength you need to walk out the plan… don’t neglect the joy… sometimes you just have to shout… haha… and that’s when the glory comes… sometimes you just have to sing… shout… dance… so the glory can move and deliver you and bring you out… sometimes you just have to sing… shout… dance… so the glory of God can bring you out… his anointing … hallelujah, Lord… there’s no one like you… when we were in our low estate, Lord, you lifted us up… when we were down in the darkness, you brought us up out in the light… your anointing… we receive today… that supernatural intervention… He’s giving us an opportunity today… who! To step on in… step on in…
Pastor Ray…
Let’s do that. Miss Annie, sing that “let the weak say I’m strong.” I want us to confess those things. I want each one of us to say it. Let the weak say, let the poor say, let the sick say…
Annie led group…
Barb…
I just wanted to say how important worship is. I know, probably most of you know that, but just having these gifts here to bring you into the presence just to help you to get into the presence of the Lord. And I had gotten into this habit where I like to watch a lot of ministry on YouTube. People would say, “Oh, watch this sermon.” And I would fast forward through all the worship to get to the service part, the preaching. And the Holy Ghost said, “you’re missing the most important part of the service.” I went, “Okay, let’s rewind and go back.” Because that time… you’re fellowshipping. I’m not saying the Word is not important because that’s what He sets on fire inside of you… that’s what He burns. That’s how you get that burn… but He was saying “you’re missing.” Lord, how long have I been doing that to just skip to the message. You got a lot of Word in you that needs to be burn. The Holy Ghost wants to burn. And how you do that, you get in worship. You worship and fellowship with Him. So anyway, just wanted to say that.
Thank you so much for joining us today. Have an amazing weekend. Be led by the Holy Ghost. Go and do the work of the Lord in Jesus name. We’ll see you next week.
