Morning Chapel Prayer Playlist
Morning Chapel Prayer Today
Pastor Folu…
Hello, everybody. Hello. Good morning. My name is Folu, and I’m not Pastor Ken. He’ll be back real soon. He just asked me to stand in for him today.
Many missionaries are in harm’s way…
This past Friday, we had Africa Night. So I thought that today we would pray about global church. We pray for Latin America. We pray for Africa. We pray for missionaries all over the world. A lot of these men and women are in harm’s way. They have hazarded their lives for the sake of the Gospel. Some of them… I don’t know if you’ve heard this before, but I heard that some missionaries, I forget which country that they’re going to, but as they go on the missions trip, they actually take their coffins with them. Knowing that more than likely on that journey, in that land that they’re going to, they’re going to be killed. So they actually pack their coffins with them as they travel. Isn’t that something?
So when you think about the sacrifice that men and women make for this Gospel, and we thank God for them. That’s what they have chosen to do. That’s what the Lord has called them to do, to go to that nation. And they are willing to go. So, I want us to lift them up. But before we go into all of that, how about if we just enter into a time of praise and worship?
Praying for the global church…
God is doing some mighty things all over the world, saints. I’m very fortunate I get to be part of the African frontier, at least the global church here in Living Word and so conversant with some of the challenges we’re having in the Congo right now Ethiopia right now. Really, Latin America, all over the world, there’s conflicts. We just had Africa Night on Friday night. I felt it right to focus in on global church praying. So we’re praying for global church today. We’re praying for Africa, Latin America, and the nations of the world. We are praying for people that need to hear the Gospel, for churches that are being established, for pastors and ministry leaders, and for communities facing different challenging circumstances. We are also praying for the resources, the people, and the opportunities needed to fulfill the Great Commission.
Praying on four fronts…
So we’re going to pray on four fronts: the harvest, the work, the nations, the partnership. So as we read the scripture, I want to make a brief comment and then give us specific prayer points. I want us to start with praying for the harvest. Pray for people and workers.
Matthew 9:35—The Heart of the Great Commission…
“Jesus went about all the cities and the villages teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.”
Saints, notice that Jesus did not limit His ministry to one place. He went through cities and villages. He was concerned about people wherever they were. That is the heart behind the Great Commission. We want the Gospel to reach people where they live, where they walk, and raise their families. We want communities to have a local church where people can hear the Word, grow in faith, and encounter Jesus.
That’s the key, isn’t it?
To encounter the Lord Jesus. Because once a life has been encountered, once Jesus has encountered a life, truly encountered a life, that life will never be the same forevermore. That’s what has happened to you, right? That is what has happened to me. So encounter.
America takes for granted its access to church…
I want to pray that the Gospel will reach cities, villages, and communities that have little access to a local church. See, I’m a little bit conversant with that. There’s a lot of communities in the world that don’t have a local access to a local church. See, in America, we take it for granted. There’s churches all over the corners, but in parts of the world, it’s not like that.
Pray for the “encounters…”
So let’s pray about that real quickly, about the encounter. Please feel free to be free in here. So let’s pray about encounters right now. Think about your family members that need to encounter Jesus right now. Your sons, your daughters, your nieces, your nephews, your parents, your grandparents.
Ask for an encounter… today!
Those of you online, who do you have in your family that needs to encounter Jesus right now? Let’s pray about that right now. An encounter. Why do we have to put it out into the future? Why don’t we ask for an encounter today? Why not today?
Some of you, as we’re praying right now, some faces, some names have popped up in your heart. Some of you right now, some faces have just suddenly come to the top of your heart. You can see their faces right now. So if that is you, pray. Press in for that person right now.
We must be willing to follow the Lord’s direction…
And, saints, I want you to be willing to follow the Lord’s direction. Whatever He shows you right now as you’re praying for that loved one, that person, please be willing to do it. It might be very unconventional, but please be willing to do what you sense in your heart as you are praying for that person. As that person’s face comes up in your heart, be willing to do whatever the Spirit of God tells you to do concerning that person. It might not be convenient. It might not be easy. But tell God right now, “Lord, as you show me this situation about that person or those persons, I’ll be willing to do that so that they can have an encounter with you in the name of Jesus.”
“My own encounter with Jesus was unorthodox…”
Saints, there’s a reason why I’m saying that, because my encounter with Jesus was something that was unorthodox. My sister called me up at 6 o’clock on a Saturday morning to tell me about Jesus. Who does that if they’ve not heard from Jesus? Especially when she knows that back then I used to work second shift. She knows that I don’t go to bed till 1 AM. She knew that. And for her to call me at 6 o’clock and start talking to me about Jesus at 6 o’clock on a Saturday morning. Like I said, please be willing to do whatever the Holy Ghost shows you. It might not be convenient. It might not fit your natural mind. But say, “Lord, I will do that for that person. I’ll be willing to look like a fool for that person if it means that they will have an encounter with you.” Let’s pray about that.
Encounters. Encounters…
So not only the encounter that the person will have with Jesus, but for you and I to be in a place that we’re willing to do whatever He tells us to do so that they can have an encounter with Him. Let us pray. So right now, saints, we are praying for ourselves before that person has the encounter because the Lord might have you do some things. He might have you fast and pray for three days. He might have you fast and pray for seven days for that person. Be willing to do whatever the Lord wants you to do so that your family member, your loved one can have that encounter. Be willing to pay the price. And for me too. I’m not excluding myself. I’m in the mix here too. I’m praying for myself that whatever He shows me, because I have a number of family members that need to come in. I’ve already received their salvation, but we need to pray for them to press in, in Jesus’ name.
So right now, we’re just praying for ourselves that the Lord will help us get out of the way. Get out of the way and not say, “Oh, well, Lord, 6 o’clock in the morning? I’m not going to call him at 6 o’clock in the morning. He just went to bed at maybe 1 AM. I’ll wait till 8 AM.”
No, no, no, don’t do that. Don’t deviate from what the Holy Ghost is showing you. Do exactly, precisely what He’s showing you for your family member, for your loved one to have that encounter, in Jesus’ name.
We must get in the right mind…
So we’re still praying for ourselves right now. We’re going to get to the person because, God had to get me in the right mind. Because when I picked up the phone at 6 o’clock, guess what I wanted to do? I wanted to hang up the phone. I was like, “Sister, is this really happening? You’re calling me at 6 o’clock and you’re not calling me to give me some money? You’re calling me to tell me about Jesus, about how I need to get my life right. Is this really happening right now?” So, the Lord had to help me to keep that phone on so that I could listen to what she had to say.
Ask the Lord to help you get out of the way…
So right now, we’re still praying for ourselves. We’re going to start praying for that person or persons in a few seconds. That the Lord will help us. Oh, help me, Lord, to get out of the way. Help me to do whatever you show me. Lord, if you’re asking me to fast and pray, I am willing to fast and pray for that loved one. It is time. It is high time for that loved one to come into the kingdom. So whatever it’s going to take, I’m willing to do it, in Jesus’ name.
Make that confession to the Lord…
Hallelujah. I’m willing to pay the price, Lord, for my loved one, for even America, for whoever. It doesn’t matter. If you show them to me, I will do it, in Jesus’ name. Let that be our confession today.
Oh, we’re still praying for ourselves right now. Oh, Lord, help me to do whatever you are showing me. Help me to get out of the way. Help me not to be so full of my head, full of myself. Help me to be full of the Holy Ghost and to be willing to do what the Holy Ghost is saying.
And this is the other thing…
Help us to be quick to respond to whatever the Holy Ghost is showing us. Yes, it would not have helped me or heaven for her to say, “Lord, maybe not this morning. Maybe I’ll wait till Sunday morning.” No, no, no, no. What she heard from heaven is “Call him now.” Not wait till 8 AM, not wait till the next morning. So whatever the Lord is showing you, whatever He’s telling you, He might not even show it to you right now.
It might be as you go about your business today.
It might be in a dream that you’re going to have in the coming days.
It might be somebody just talking to you and you’re picking it up.
Brother Kenneth Hagin’s account…
I remember Brother Hagin said he was having so much problem in his church when he was a pastor. He said it was just multitudes of problems he was having. And he said this woman… He said the woman probably did not even know that she was giving him answers. She was just talking to him. But as she was talking to him, he said heaven said, “Listen to what that woman is saying. That woman is giving you the answer to the problems you are having in the church. Be sensitive to listen to what she’s saying to you.”
Listen to your cues…
So it might be the same thing for you. The Lord might have somebody talk to you, say something to you about a loved one, and that might be your cue. That might be your cue that, “Okay, Lord, that’s the answer right there. I pick it up. I will do exactly that word.”
We must pick it up in the spirit…
And that’s what Brother Hagin said. He said he did exactly what that woman was saying. And he said everything just leveled up in the church. Peace, tranquility. Because he was able to pick it up in the spirit. So we’re still praying for ourselves, that the Lord will help us to pick up whatever we need to pick up, whatever we need to pick up in the spirit. The Holy Ghost will enable us to pick it up so that we can now do what we need to do so that that loved one can encounter Him.
There must be 100 percent participation…
It does not help if there’s ninety-nine percent participation. The Lord wants one hundred percent participation. So those of you online, hundred percent. Those of us in here, hundred percent. Hallelujah. Because life is at stake right here. We’re still praying for you now.
And here’s the other thing…
If the Lord would have you call that person, for you to be willing to engage that person in ways that might not be convenient, as long as you know you are following the Lord and as long as you know that you are speaking from a place of love, it might not be the easiest of conversations. What do I mean?
When my sister called me, you know one of the first things she did when she called me is she started chewing me out. How in the world do you call somebody at 6 o’clock in the morning, start talking to them about Jesus, and on top of that start chewing them out? It did not make sense. You know one of the things she said was, “You know, you’ve been in college now a four-year program. It’s five years. You’re not done yet. I mean, come on now. It’s time to get this thing together.”
I’m like, “What is going on right now? Is this really happening to me? Not only are you calling me at 6 o’clock, you’re inviting me to church, and then you’re chewing me out for not finishing college.”
So the same thing might be for you. The conversation might not be the easiest but just know that if the Lord is leading you, just go there.
Go there!
