Morning Chapel Prayer Playlist
Morning Chapel Prayer Today
Prayer leader Jeannie…
Welcome to morning prayer! Thank you everyone for coming online and here in the chapel. Per usual, we have the most powerful people on the planet here. I’m always so honored to be with them. I’m not just saying that. It’s the truth. As my mom would say, “It’s the truth, Ruth.”
Prayed…
Thank you for the example of Jesus. The example of the Most High, the Lord of Hosts, the King of Kings, the name above every name.
We are so thankful that we not only have an example, but we have the life of God in us.
We have a Savior that’s a King, a serving king, a shepherd.
A shepherd and a king that called us to be royalty, to demonstrate the kingdom by using your authority.
And, Father, we thank you for that.
Today is all about pressure and distraction…
So I do find it humorous that where we are going today in prayer, unless Holy Spirit changes it, which He has a tendency to do by the way, is all about pressure and distraction. Because the way it opened this morning, there was some pressure and distraction before prayer started.
He always comes from victory…
The more I get to know Him, the more hilarious and lighthearted and sober minded He is all together. He’s so multifaceted. But here’s the deal. He always comes from victory. And as His children, so do we. So when we’re in a place and we’re not enforcing victory, but striving for it, we know that we’re just off a little bit. We’re always enforcing His victory because we are here to be the enforcers of victory on the earth. We are here to represent Jesus, who never lost one time, who called it finished.
Jesus never lost focus…
So, you kind of get into that performance thing going on. Just pop over here to, “it’s already done.” So we’re going to read in Luke 8 today. And we’re going to observe the way Jesus, in the middle of constant interruptions, the tyranny of the urgency, “of the urgent” is what Jesus encountered on a continual basis. But He not one time lost His focus. And that is the example that we have right here, right now. You know that we are in a time of ridiculous pressure and massive opportunity. We are in a time of just multiple distractions and massive glory…
About to rush into Living Word
About to take over Minnesota
About to just envelop the earth, quite frankly
First pressure: The crowd waiting for Him…
Luke 8:40, “Now, when Jesus came back to Galilee…” Okay, think about this. So Jesus is now coming back to Galilee. The crowd received and welcomed Him gladly. And they were all waiting and looking for Him. So there it is right there. Pressure! Pressure. He steps onto land and immediately there’s a crowd waiting and looking for Him, putting a demand on God in Him.
Do you know that’s you? It says in the Word that as Jesus is, so are we here on this earth. Jesus only did what He saw the Father doing. We are the representation of the Father to a fatherless world. So get ready for pressure and distraction in the middle of you are carrying victory everywhere you go. That’s why there’s the pressure and the distraction. You see that right?
Second pressure: Jairus’ request to pray for his dying daughter…
“The crowd received and welcomed Him gladly, for they were all waiting and looking for Him. And there came a man named Jairus, who had for a long time…” Not for a short time. “For a long time been a director of the synagogue.” Think about that. “And falling at the feet of Jesus, he begged Him to come to his house.”
So here’s Jesus stepping on land, a crowd envelops Him, waiting for Him, and then here comes a man falling at His feet. So you have the pressure of the crowd, and then you have a man with an urgent need. And you’ve got the crowd observing the entire event. Picture yourself in that scenario.
Would you be feeling pressure?
Would you be wondering, “What do people think?”
Would you be wondering, “I don’t know if I can help this man? Who else is going to want to help?”
Jesus stayed focused on God the Father…
Jesus wasn’t wondering any of that. And we are getting to that place. Constantly focused on the Father, just like Goke was singing, keeping our eyes on Him, face to face with our Father here on the earth, in the middle of pressure and distraction.
Could it be that God trusts you with that? The answer is yes. Could it be that He’s waiting for us to know, to identify with the righteousness consciousness with the Christ in me, the hope of glory. Christ in you is the hope of Him getting glory. So you knowing this and you praying from this perspective is how He gets glory.
So He comes out. He comes off of Galilee. The crowd is all over Him. There’s one pressure and opportunity for distraction. Then he has Jairus come and fall at His feet in front of everyone.
“Then there came a man named Jairus falling at His feet, for he had an only daughter.” So Jairus not only falls at His feet, he says, “I have one daughter, just one.” So that whole… I mean even more pressure. “About 12 years of age,” and she was dying. So she’s not an only daughter, but she’s dying. Imagine yourself in this situation. “And Jesus went to the people pressed together around Him, almost suffocating Him.”
Third pressure: Woman with the issue of blood…
Okay, so here we go. “Now comes a woman who suffered from a flow of blood for 12 years.” Now, isn’t that interesting? Jairus’ daughter is 12 years old, and the woman with the issue of blood had suffered for 12 years. “And had spent all her living upon physicians and could not be healed by anyone.” So here’s Jesus. So here’s Jesus. He steps off on the road and all of a sudden, He’s like being surrounded and pressured by the crowd. Now like pressure. Okay? Like “JESUS!” Okay. And then in the middle of that, He has Jairus, “I have a daughter that’s 12 and she’s going to die. She’s my only daughter.” Okay? And then He has someone else that says “I’ve been sick for 12 years. And on top of that, I’m broke because I spent all my money trying to get better.”
Talk about one pressure after another! And what’s Jesus doing? But even though people are like “woo woo.” Then He has the dorky disciples. So He has so many pressures. Like one pressure after another. The crowd would be enough. Just going to go through it one more time.
The crowd said they were almost suffocating Him.
Jairus “I have one daughter and she’s dying.”
The woman with the issue blood, “I’ve been sick for 12 years and I’m broke because no one’s been able to help me.”
Fourth pressure: The disciples doubted His ability to perceive…
So He not only has the urgent pressure, but Jairus is feeling an urgency because his daughter’s dying. Meaning, “Jesus, if you don’t get moving, my daughter’s dead. And by the way, she’s my only daughter.” It’s kind of like my water heater broke, and by the way, it’s going to cost $5,000. And by the way, I have company coming tonight. This isn’t that kind of pressure. But you understand where I’m going with this.
“And the woman had suffered the issue of blood and she could not be healed by anyone. So she came up behind Him, she touched the fringe of His garment, and immediately her flow of blood ceased.” So here’s Jesus looking at God. He’s got the crowd. He’s got Jairus. Got the whole thing going on. But because He’s doing this, all it takes is this. That’s all it takes. And therein lies the deception that the church is coming out of. It doesn’t take a consultation with the woman. Jesus isn’t like, “Okay, well let’s talk about everything you’ve done. Okay, now what have you done? Have you done this? Have you done this? Have you applied for social security and Medicaid?” Jesus isn’t doing any of that. He’s just doing this and virtue flows out of everything He’s associated with. That is the church. Virtue flows out of everything we’re associated with when we keep our eyes, our thoughts, everything on Him in the middle of pressure upon pressure, urgency upon urgency, all at the same time.
That is what is coming to Living Word. People coming in, that don’t look like us. Perfect! It’s about time! Hungry for Him. The lame walking, the blind seeing, the deaf hearing. Miracles, signs, and wonders. Brilliant inventions. So many resources, we cry out for wisdom. The pressure of His glory is upon us.
But here is the thing. The crowd, Jairus, woman with the issue of blood. And then Jesus says in verse 45, “Who is it that touched Me?” And then He has this very enlightened, completely moronic disciples say when we were all denying it, Peter, and those who were with Him said, “Master, the multitudes surround you and press you on every side.” So then He has the pressure of those around Him, not discerning what He discerns. In a way, gaslighting Him. In a way, right? Like, what are you talking about, Jesus” Who touched you! Don’t you see what’s going on?”
Okay, woman with the issue of blood touches Him. Virtue came out of Him. He says, “Who touched Me?” And they said “What are you talking about? So many people are touching you.” But He stays in this position with the Father. In the middle up coming from Galilee, walking on the earth, crowd surrounding Him, Jairus “My daughter’s dying.” And the woman who’s broke because she’s been sick. And then He, out of all of that, feels the virtue of the power of God. Someone received it. And then He has His disciples, whom He’s closest to, saying He’s not discerning. This is the part where we’re going to pray, where I’m about to go. But Jesus said, “Someone did touch Me.”
He’s saying this to you.
In the middle of all the kerfuffle and the scuffle, He’s saying “Someone did touch Me.” In the middle of all the distraction and the pressure and the persecution, Jesus is saying, “Someone did touch Me. For I perceived that power has gone forth from Me.” Jesus loves when you receive from Him.
Jesus called her “daughter…”
But now watch what He does. “And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice…” We can’t escape being noticed by Him. “She came up trembling and falling down before Him.” It is like time stopped and it was just the two of them in the room. In the middle of all the pressure, in the middle of every dynamic, to Jesus she was the only one there. “She declared in the presence of all people for what reason she had touched Him and how she had been instantly cured.” Okay. So here’s where we’re about to go and where we’re about to pray. I’m going to say it again. Stay with me.
Here’s the scene…
Huge crowd. Huge crowd suffocating Jesus. He just does this. Jairus, “Heal me, heal my daughter. She’s going to die.” Woman with the issue of blood touches Him. He’s like, “Someone touched me.” His closest companions say, “You’re nuts. What are you talking about?” He stays right here. He stays right here because He must. He must tell this woman who she is. He said to her, “Daughter…”
I heard Jim Baker say this when I was listening to him this morning. Jim Baker: one K, no Tammy Faye. So not that Jim Baker. I just found out about him through Charis. But he said, “Many people did not have a good Father. So the thought of a Heavenly Father terrifies them.” But here’s Jesus in the middle of all this pressure. Won’t let anything keep Him, not even someone whose daughter, another daughter, Jairus’ daughter. That’s another parallel where there’s revelation. He won’t even let that keep Him from getting to her and calling her daughter in front of everyone. She could have been stoned for doing what she did according to tradition back then. Because she was bleeding and you’re not supposed to be around anyone.
I was listening to the “Final Hour” podcast and Jamie’s revelation and the revelation he continues to seek regarding righteousness is absolutely what God has for us. Who we are in Him is beyond anything we could ask or think and something we will discover for eternity. But something that the earth is crying out for right now. And by the way, you’re crying out for it too. And Jesus will not allow any distractions or pressures to keep Him from noticing you.
He said to her, “Daughter…”
Oh, I love this so much. “And He said to her, Daughter…” In the middle of a crowd, like picture a crowd of people. And Jesus getting to her and saying, “Your confidence and trust in Me has made you well.” But He doesn’t leave her there. He says, “Go into peace, untroubled and undisturbed wellbeing.” Go undistracted, not allowing pressure to keep you from Me.
The definition of pressure…
So, I looked up pressure. The main definition of pressure is actually “a physical force.” It’s a physics term. Like pressure. It’s actually something that God created, right? It can be atmospheric. It can be like blood pressure, air pressure, hydraulic pressure, financial pressure, emotional pressure, work pressure, social pressure, peer pressure, political pressure, pressuring someone to make a decision. These were all the pressures that our Jesus endured so that we could follow His example, Him alive in us, walking with our eyes on Him. And what was the result of Him not allowing that pressure? The kingdom advancing!
