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second Corinthians the first chapter

please I know you brought your Bibles

I see that smile on your face

you brought your sword with you

amen second Corinthians 1.

first chapter the importance of

continuing in prayer

let’s start reading at verse 8 through

verse 11 if you will please I’m reading

King James but we would not Brethren

have you ignorant of our trouble which

came to us in Asia that we were pressed

out of measure above strength and so

much that we despaired even of life

but we had the sentence of death in

ourselves that we should not trust in

ourselves but in God which raises the

Dead

who delivered us from so great at death

and death deliver in whom we trust that

he will yet Deliver Us ye also helping

together by prayer for us let me read

that again verse 11. he also helping

together by prayer for us that for the

gift bestowed upon us by the means of

many persons thanks may be given by many

on our behalf now Lord Jesus speak

clearly to our minds and our hearts

tonight

I pray Lord that you would show us the

importance of praying all the time that

we pray without ceasing Lord show us

something of the power of prayer tonight

that as we go to prayer tonight in this

church it’ll be the beginning of a new

power of intercession now Lord anoint me

let your spirit be upon me as I speak

your mind and your word that you relate

to me I pray in Jesus name amen

now folks if you’ve been coming to this

church you know God has called us to

prayer

we pray in this church

we we have a Thursday night intercessory

prayer meeting where people readily hold

of God

we’ve asked all of our department heads

to call prayer meetings we want

everybody in the church to be praying

whether it’s in the nurse you can walk

back there and you’ll see the meet and

pray you see all of our Charities all

our heads and directors of of Sarah

house and Timothy house and Isaiah house

there’s prayer going up

you remember beginning of each year this

year we did it again we had a three-week

three to four week prayer chain almost 3

000 people signed up playing around the

clock 24 hours a day bombarding Heaven

prayer seeking the face of God and much

of the blessing upon this church has

been a result of a Praying people and a

praying Church

but the Bible says we’re to pray

unceasingly and the Lord’s really put it

on my heart to talk to you about the

importance of us continuing and going on

and never giving up in prayer to move

God’s heart move heaven in prayer

now there are three focuses of prayer I

want to bring your attention tonight

there are three areas of concern on my

heart

and these are the three areas that I

want this church we’d like to have this

church pray about we’re going to pray

about it tonight

first of all we’ll talk about area one

the first area that I want of prayer the

first focus of prayer tonight

is this the church is called to pray for

his pastors

and its leaders

this is very very clear in the scripture

now Paul in diverse in the passage I

just read to you talked about four

descending levels of problems that he as

a minister of the Gospel experienced

he starts here and he keeps going down

down there are four levels here that he

talks about these levels are common to

almost every Christian when we talk

about them in just a few moments you’ll

say well that’s me brother Dave but it’s

very it’s most likely to happen in the

ministry it happened to Paul Godly

Servants of the Lord are going to suffer

if you go to a church and there’s a

pastor who doesn’t suffer in some way I

I wonder about him if you come to this

church you’re going to find pastors who

suffer like everybody else in especially

like the Apostle Paul

and in the passage I read to you

he speaks level one like this the level

first level we would not ignorant we

would not

brother have you ignorant

of the trouble which came to us in Asia

now we don’t know what this trouble is

some Bible scholars believe uh that it

had to do with Demetrius

uh others believe that most of the Bible

scholars believe it was in time of

sickness a major sickness in Paul’s life

Paul doesn’t talk about all the

illnesses but you can imagine a man who

traveled like Paul can you imagine the

dysentery drinking foul water eating

strange foods and especially all the

horrible prison food that he was serving

in fact they didn’t feed much in person

you had to have friends bring in the

food and Paul no doubt went through

dehydration went through dysentery and

all of these things and most Bible

scholars believed that it was in a time

where he was near death and he was very

sick

and

he says I would not have you ignorant

of the trouble that came to us in Asia

that we were pressed out of measure

pressed out of measure and in the Greek

it means weighted down the burdens and

heavy cares waiting down with Burns and

heavy cares

now let me talk to you about the

suffering of men of God and the reason

why the body of Jesus Christ and the

Church of Jesus Christ must they ought

to be praying for its pastors and its

leaders second Corinthians go to Second

Corinthians 11 chapter and verse 28

please just just

uh

go to the right to the 11th chapter

and you get a little picture of the

suffering that Paul’s talking about

starting in verse 23.

are they Ministers of Christ I speak as

a full verse 20 starting at verse 23.

I am more in Labor’s more abundant and

Stripes above nature in prison more

frequent and death oft of the Jews five

times received that 40 Stripes save one

Thrice was I beaten with rods once was I

stole Thrice I suffered Shipwrecked a

night and a day I’ve been in the deep in

Journeys often Perils of water Perils of

robbers curls of my old countrymen

Perils of the Heathen perils in the city

perils in the wilderness perils in the

sea perils among false brethren

weariness painfulness watchings often

hunger and thirst and fast things up in

a cold and nakedness beside these things

that are without that was cometh upon me

deity the cares of all the churches now

folks that’s quite a pressing down

Paul said I was pressed out of measure

beyond my human strength to cope

I was not just pressed I was pressed out

of measure beyond all physical power and

ability to cope

now I don’t know

if you’re there now or if you have been

there lately where you have by the cares

on your job your family cares were

absolutely pressed down beyond measure

beyond my ability all human ability to

handle it Paul said it was beyond me

and the scripture says you know that

that doesn’t seem to Bear witness with

what the scripture says God is faithful

who will not lay upon you more than

you’re able to Bear but will the

Temptation make a way of Escape say well

Paul you said God’s faithful and not lay

burden now you’re saying your burden’s

too heavy for you he’s talking about a

physical problem he’s talking about the

cares of the church mental and physical

problems that are pressing him down

but he wants you to know in the

scriptures clear on this that it does

not rob you of your faith you can be

pressed down you can get so sick you

don’t know where you are I’ve been there

is there a couple weeks ago with food

poisoning it was the most painful thing

I’ve ever been through and it you just

say Lord I don’t even know how I’m going

to make it some of you have gone through

terrible sicknesses this pressing down

beyond measure

absolutely pressed down Beyond physical

that you have to have a supernatural

infusion of the power of God

and that’s what Paul’s saying humanly I

can’t face that it’s beyond me he speaks

of another level even lower he said

pressed burdened above strength

and what he’s saying I am wiped out this

is absolutely the problem the trouble

I’m in has wiped me out it has drained

me I’m absolutely drained you ever been

there

come on have you been there

I am at the end I am trained

I I don’t think I can handle this

anymore

absolutely drain

you see

Paul’s admitting that even in the

ministry

there can come troubles and problems

that bring us to the end of our human

endurance

Satan comes against the righteous and he

knows that he can’t get you to smoke or

drink or curse he can’t seduce you with

the temptation of this world so what

he’ll do is go after your strength

you’ll go after your human strength

he’ll try to weaken You by sickness by

mental problems I mean mental cares

that’ll press you down you try to lay

down in your bed at night and try to

figure out a way out of it

and you you finally come to place you

tell your wife or husband or friend or

you call a friend or you say to yourself

or to God

I am absolutely drained there’s nothing

now this is about my strength pressed

down

out of measure

above strength

he goes down even further another level

it’s so much that we despaired of life

it’s not that he despises there’s no

despair toward God

not at all or to the ministry but he’s

saying I cannot go on another step I’m

too weak to continue it’s all over

it’s all over

Paul the Apostle

is at the end of his

end of his ability to even think of how

he’s ever going to come out of this

this almost seems to contradict Paul’s

declaration I desire to be dissolved

this body be dissolved and to be with

the Lord

now he he said that when he had

fulfilled his ministry and finished his

course he said that but this is early in

his ministry now and he knows that God

has a work for him to do and and the

battle that he has in his heart right

now is that there’s so much to do not

have much strength I don’t have any

strength to do it I’ve got this call of

God that I don’t have the ability I

don’t have the strength to go on

folks I get letters now from pastors

wives and pastors the wives say my

husband is totally discouraged he’s

going to quit the ministry one passed

off another it’s all over the United

States giving up many are retiring early

and I’ve told you about this

and we hear a lot because we have nearly

a million people on the mailing list and

the the letters that come from pastors

say they say I can’t handle anymore

things are getting so bad in the

ministry there’s so many problems in the

church it’s taken my wife’s Health

that’s robbed me of my strength I’ve

been left helpless by this and I can’t

go on I’m going to equip the ministry

and find an easier way to make a living

well folks you can get out of the

ministry you think you know just

changing jobs you’re going to solve

anything you need to go from one problem

to another set of problems

I don’t want your job and I don’t think

you want my job

you can have my job you couldn’t have it

unless God told you anyhow but

you ever think you want my kind of job

you better sit down with me for about

three hours let me tell you a few things

and you could tell me a lot of things

about your job and your career and what

you’re going through but Paul Paul is

like many many in the the scripture

it was Jonah Elijah

all of these Great Men of God Jeremiah

saying the absolutely despair of life

you can hear him say take my life I

don’t want to live anymore I don’t want

to live

love the Lord but I just don’t want to

live despair of life and then he goes

down another level

Paul

goes on to say we had the sentence of

death in ourselves

now God didn’t tell him he’s going to

die Paul’s going to live a long time yet

there was a Ministry for this man but

but he he’s thinking it’s all over he’s

saying what he did he said I’m dead I

this is the end of fruitfulness I’ll

never be fruitful I’m wiped out I am

drained there’s nothing left for me it’s

all over

two weeks to go on

convinced himself like other men of God

in the scripture that his days of

fruitfulness are over

now there are some of you here right now

that are being tested that deep you you

can see somebody sitting next to you

they may smile they’ve had their hands

up clapping their hands and looked happy

but you don’t know what they’re going

through you’re not a mind reader you

don’t know

and some of you here tonight I don’t

know what level you’re on I don’t care

if you’ve uh you may have gotten down

already to level four here whereas

you’ve passed the sentence of death

on yourself

now Paul came out of this

terrible black hole that he was in and

he said God who delivered us from this

great death and he does deliver and in

whom we trust that he will keep on

delivering us Paul said that but I’ll

tell you how did he get out it wasn’t

his prayers alone

you know what Paul said

first chapter go back to the first

chapter again there verse 11.

let’s start verse 10 again who delivered

us from so great at death did you hear

the four levels of despair

folks did you hear it do you see how far

down this pastor was how beaten down he

was and he says God brought me out

God delivered me but how look at verse

11 who delivered us from so credit death

and death delivered whom we trust he

will yet deliver ye also helping

together by prayer for us

folks listen to me choir

body

I know what this is all about

I know there are times that I could have

never made it but for the prayers of

intercessors that I know and

intercessors in this church

Pastor Carter can say the same thing all

of our leaders and pastors there have

been times that I have been so tested so

tried physically especially and mentally

of all the cares and problems

it’s not just the cares and Providence

Church but we receive hundreds of

thousands

in the course of a year of letters from

people all over the world and the

problems are Beyond sometimes

Gwen and I just have to close it off and

not read it anymore because it’s

overwhelming but there are times that

I’ve been so pressed I have literally

set back and I could feel the Holy Ghost

come upon me and God the spirit made me

know that it was because of the prayers

of God’s people I was being lifted up I

was being strengthened the power of God

was just coming in

folks your pastors need prayer if we’re

preaching a straight gospel if we’re

prophesying

and the devil sees that he’s going to

Mock and ridicule and try to disgrace

and do everything he can within his

power to mock the Servants of God

do you pray for your pastors

Paul said brethren pray for us

I say sisters brothers and Times Square

Church pray for your pastors Hallelujah

Paul said it was your prayers that

helped me come out of this deep deep

trial that I’ve gone through Hallelujah

praise God pray for Pastor Carter God

give him strength the devil tries to

attack his body and make him weak as a

kitten and try to tell him he doesn’t

have the strength and and he rises up

pray that God give him strength praise

God

this old man just keeps moving on and on

I’m just

[Applause]

but my boast is only in the Lord I don’t

know how I accept the prayers of people

so Pastor Carter deserves that same

amount of prayer that you give to Pastor

Dave if you will please all right next

area of concern we’re to continue

praying for one another as the body of

Christ we’re to pray for each other

you know in the script the scripture

says helping together by prayer Pray one

for another that you may be healed and

Paul said wherefore also we pray always

for you now if I’m a true past I’m

praying for this body I’m praying for

you I may not know your face but when I

pray Lord bless the whole body of Jesus

Christ at Times Square Church you’re

included in those prayers and God knows

those faces and he answers those prayers

he he does that and we’re to pray for

one another

now David talked about a time of great

Affliction that he was in one of the

greatest times of testing in all of his

life

and in his desperation when he was so

down

he uttered these awful words

he said I said in my haste all men are

liars

everybody’s a liar

and you know what he’s saying

he doesn’t want to call God a liar

so he says all men are liars

he’s in deep affliction

the promises don’t seem to work the

prayers don’t seem to work and he’s down

and he can’t understand why this trial

keeps going on and he says I just don’t

understand it doesn’t work all men are

liars

and folks I’ve got something I want you

to I want to share with you right now

you may be down as low as Paul’s talking

about he’ll press Beyond strength

and I wonder how many times you’ve had

those fleeting thoughts that go through

your mind yes I hear all this talk about

how I’m going to make it I hear this

preaching how God’s going to see me

through I read those promises

and I keep hearing everything going to

turn out all right

but I just don’t see it

I’ve been unemployed and I don’t see a

job I’ve got bills that I can’t pay and

it it it it’s just not making sense

these things are not working

I’ve been I’ve had many that go into

your child their life they said I don’t

understand brother if I’ve prayed I’ve

fast I’m getting paid my tithes and yet

I’m still going through deep financial

problems

and and there’s a tendency if you’re not

careful to have your faith in the Lord

shaken and the faith in his word shaken

and then this awful accusation all men

are liars

we don’t it’s not something overt it’s

something secret is something that we

think in our minds

have you ever been to that

Brink where

you are so tested and so tried

that

this despair comes over you you just

it’s a lie it’s just a lie it doesn’t

work

be careful when you’re at that point I

want you to go

to Jeremiah because here’s the man of

God who was tested in this same area

Jeremiah

the 20th chapter

folks I want to encourage you by his

word tonight

beginning to read this is the 20th

chapter Jeremiah beginning to read it

verse 7.

but this is a great prophet of God a

holy righteous man

but this man is really being tested and

listened to him verse seven oh Lord

what’s it say

thou has deceived me and I was deceived

how strong that I am he’s saying Lord

it’s not fair you’re bigger than I am

you’re too strong for me you prevailed

I’m in duration daily everyone mocks me

but since I speak I cried out I cried

violence is spoiled because the word of

the Lord was made a reproach unto me and

a derision daily

then I said I will not make mention of

him nor speak any more in his name

look at me folks

is

I don’t hear more talk about this

it’s not working

I preached my heart out I prophesy and I

feel deceived

it’s the same thing it’s a lie it’s not

working

now don’t try to tell don’t sit there so

innocent so I’ve never been there never

thought that

press up

come on now let the word of the Lord

find its place but his word was in my

mouth as a burning fire shut up in my

bones and I was weary with war Brent I

could not stop or stay I couldn’t be

quiet

Hallelujah

folks there are times I’ve been down and

I’ll get along with God I’ll just start

pouring out my heart and I just tell

Lord it doesn’t seem fair doesn’t seem

right he said bring forth your strong

reason come on pour it out don’t get on

the phone and talking to somebody take

you to God lay it down before him say

Lord this thing doesn’t seem to be

working but I don’t want to accuse you

and I just start praising just lift your

hands as I said Lord there’s a fire in

my bows I love you begin to worship and

praise Him folks there are times I’ve

gone to this secret closet so I’m down

test and I’ve come out shouting because

he’s encouraged me he strengthened me by

the power of the Holy Ghost in his

presence

I dare you to come out maybe a secret

closet downcast if you pour your soul

out with everything is in you and bosom

yourself to God

pour your heart out like every question

every problem lay it out to him

he’s bigger than you are

he’s big enough to handle it he knows

your heart he wants to get that out of

you so it doesn’t linger in you

remember what Jesus said to Peter he

prayed that his faith failed not

now folks I’m talking you said what’s

that have to do praying for the body of

Jesus Christ now folks we we usually

pray for our brother and sister Lord

bless their finances heal their sick in

their families and give them jobs do all

these things that’s fine we’re to do

that

but the scripture makes it clear that

one of our primary prayers for one

another is that our faith failed not

when you see a brother sister going

through a problem praying it’s not

necessarily Lord bring him out that

problem

well do you know why the test you know

what’s going on I don’t I’m not going to

judge this

but Lord don’t let their faith fail

don’t let him question you

God don’t let them believe it’s a lie

that’s what God wants us to pray for

this body in New York City that everyone

that you know everyone a part of this

body that you will pray oh God in the

testing times ahead when we go through

hard times and we go through testing

times Lord let there be Faith wise let

my faith be contagious let me have faith

that I can speak a word of faith we’ve

got enough people going around

downgrading God and norming and

complaining God hold your face strong so

you can speak faith in the lives of

others amen

Paul wrote to the Roman Christians I

beseech your brethren for the Lord’s

sake

and For the Love of the spirit that you

strive together with me in your prayers

to God for me that I may be delivered

from them that do not believe

deliver me from those who don’t believe

now I offer you suggestion Saints

if you have an associate if you have a

friend that’s full of doubt and unbelief

take a three-month vacation from them

just tell them say look I’m going to

pray for you but I can’t

get

disinfection you have

I don’t want this infection in me I love

you I’ll pray with you but

please I don’t want to hear that

negative stuff anymore

have you ever listen to some people all

all week long all month long all year

long

oh never make everything wrong

everything’s wrong God prayer is not

being answered nothing’s going right

everything wrong

as if they had no God

that’s just pray against that

pray against that unbelief

the Bible said play you one another you

may be healed healed of what unbelief

Praise You Jesus

almost any backslider I talk to

would tell tell me about the same thing

I hear Everywhere I Go

those that used to come to church on

fire for God now they’re gone they’ve

turned their back and they’re bitter and

almost everyone will tell you what God

wouldn’t answer my prayers

I didn’t see the promises working

God wasn’t there when I needed him

I I I I I was being tested

and tempted and I I I I heard from the

pulpit that the Holy Ghost was there to

empower me I I was told by the word of

God and the preacher they were telling

me that in my time of trial God will let

me bear more and I’m able to bear and he

let me bear more I can’t handle it he

wasn’t there

and when I was tempted I gave in I had

no power I was weak it didn’t work

you’ll find almost every Baxter

everybody’s bitter against God will say

the same thing they’re angry they’re

going to tell you in so many words it’s

all a lie it doesn’t work it didn’t work

for me

now folks that’s a dangerous place to be

in and we don’t want that in the Church

of Jesus Christ so this is something we

should pray against against unbelief in

the house of God we’re going to do that

tonight say God encourage my brother

Christ my sister remove all doubt not in

touch but but in love Lord

when healing of all unbelief in the body

of Christ here in New York City

now the final area that I want to talk

about for prayer is that when people

pray corporately together as we do in

this church we Prevail against

principles and powers of Darkness God is

moved to act when we pray now I’m going

to quickly take you for the next 10

minutes I’m going to take you to a bunch

of scriptures and I want to prove to you

being a shadow of a doubt that when

people get together God’s people pray

things happen or do they happen

first of all

prayer of the righteous

availeth

much that’s what the scripture says

now remember when Moses changed God’s

mind

remember God said because they had the

golden calf and were stiff-necked and

rebellious and idolatrous he said Moses

leave me alone don’t talk to me about it

I’m going to wipe them out raise up a

new people

I’ll give you a fresh seed I’ll give you

new people I’ll start with nothing and

start all over again Moses the scripture

Lord says leave me alone that my wrath

may wait walks Wax Hot against them

Bible said but Moses besought the Lord

or prayed with passion this is what it

means he prayed with passion and the

Lord repented of the evil which he

thought to do to his people God changed

his mind

to a man of God who prayed and sought to

face him this prayer prevail

a whole race of people were saved by

this man’s prayer

in Exodus the 17th chapter you find the

malachites at war with Israel

and Moses goes up on the hillside

and the Bible says when Moses held up

his hands his will prevailed and when he

let down his hands amalek revealed now

lifting up the head that doesn’t mean

that Moses just standing there with his

hands up that means he was up there

interceding with God he was praying with

his hands raised and then when he got

tired and he just dropped him and

remember Aaron Herr has thought what was

happening when the hands went down

Israel was losing the battle

so they got up one on each arm and held

it up and Moses kept on praying with his

hands raised and Israel won the battle

what would have happened if he’d let

down

that could not have prevailed I don’t

know why God works that way I don’t know

why he makes so much of his movement so

much of his actions subject to our

prayer the Bible says when he let down

his hands amalek or Satan prevailed

you let down on your prayers and the

enemy’s going to have a heyday

you let down your guard and something’s

going to happen the Bible says be on

guard pray unceasingly

and go with me to Second Chronicles

please 20th chapter second chronicles

how quick can you get there now

second chronicles the 20th chapter

you have it

all right we’re going to read first 13

verses quickly it came to Past after

this also children Moab Ammon them also

the ammonites came against Jehoshaphat

to battle there came some that’s told

Jehoshaphat saying there comes a great

multitude against thee and Beyond the

Sea verse 3 Jehoshaphat feared and set

himself to seek the Lord and Proclaim to

fast throughout all Judah and Judah

gathered themselves together to ask help

of the Lord even out of all the cities

of Judah they came to seek the Lord

verse 6 they prayed O Lord God of our

father’s art not thou God in heaven rule

us not thou over all the kingdoms of the

Heathen and in thy hand is there not

power and might so that none is able to

withstand thee now look at me please I’m

not going to read the rest of it right

there

here’s a multiplied a huge Army coming

against Israel in Jerusalem

Jehoshaphat

calls the people together and they begin

to pray they begin to seek God verse 12

Our God will thou not judge them for we

have no might against this company that

cometh against us neither know what we

to neither know we what to do but our

eyes are upon thee and all Judas stood

before the Lord with their little ones

their wives and their children that

means they were praying the whole nation

all of God’s people together corporately

we’re praying for a victory

Hallelujah

verse

14

and you read on down through verse 19.

you’ll find verse 17 the word of the

Lord came he said you will not need to

fight in this battle set yourselves

stand ye still and see the salvation of

the Lord your God oh Judah Jerusalem

fear it not nor be dismayed tomorrow go

out against them for the Lord will be

with you

the Lord will be with you Hallelujah

verse 22 when they begin to sing into

praise the Lord set ambushments against

the children of Amon moib Mount Sear

verse 23 the children of animal was

stood up against inhabitants of Mount

Syrian utterly to slay and Destroy them

when they made an end of the inhabitancy

everyone helped to destroy one another

now folks you’re going to find out

look look at me please

a total victory was won

and the Bible makes it clears in the

prophet says because we sought the Lord

because we prayed

folks would there have been a battle one

or would Israel been overrun by the

enemy if they had not called the body

together and prayed and sought the Lord

it was clearly through prayer

go over to Isaiah 37 to the right Isaiah

37.

now you remember this story Hezekiah

is the king Jerusalem is surrounded by

the greatest Syrian Army and they’ve got

a captain named rabbsica

and he threatened them every day

and then he sends them a letter chapter

37 of Isaiah

they send him a letter

warning him it’s going to invade and

they said God’s going to wipe you out

nobody been able to withstand us

and so Hezekiah calls on the prophet

Isaiah

and the prophet Isaiah look at verse 14

begin to read at verse 14 with me if you

will please

Hezekiah just received this letter from

the Assyrian army from ramshaka

Hezekiah received the letter from the

hand of the messenger and read it

Hezekiah went up unto the house of the

Lord and spread it out before the Lord

Hezekiah prayed to the Lord

and used right on down you see his

prayer verse 20. now therefore Lord Our

God save us from his hand that all the

kings of the earth may know that the

Lord

Thou Art the Lord even thou alone go to

verse 33 if you will please

therefore thus saith the Lord concerning

the king of Assyria he shall not come

into this city nor shoot an arrow there

they’ll come before it was Shields nor

cast a bank against it by the way that

he came by the same way he shall return

and shall not come into this city saith

the Lord I’ll defend this city to save

him my own sake everyone I say but

David’s sake and the Lord and the angel

of the Lord went forth and smote in the

campus series 104 score and five

thousand when they Rose early in the

morning old they were all dead corpses

folks that battle was won through prayer

Isaiah said because we sought the Lord

the battle was won because we sought the

Lord

folks and you understand what God can do

through prayer

it’s amazing all through the scripture

Isaiah said God shall verse 33 God saith

whereas or because

now folks do you have

it’s in uh

see what chapter 37

I can’t find it but here here’s the

scripture where God saith whereas

because thou has prayed

to me against the Assyrians God will

turn them back they shall not come into

this city it’s because of whereas you

prayed whereas you sought my face they

shall not come into this city Hallelujah

I uh

I told a reporter who was interviewing

me from The Daily News this past week

yes but the crime rate’s going down

I I said I think it’s a shame that mayor

Juliana and the city government here

won’t give God any credit

because we have prayed against the

spirit of murder and so of other

churches in this city and they don’t

even give God an ounce of credit

I don’t give him any credit at all but

folks it’s been the prayers of God’s

people that have brought down the crime

rate and changed things

[Applause]

how to remember the story in the Book of

Esther

border Mordecai gets this news that a

decree has been made that all the Jews

are to be slain in the whole land

and a date’s given

and he sends the note to his his niece

Esther

and you know what Esther said to

Mordecai go gather together all the Jews

fast for me do not eat or drink for

three days and nights I also in My Maids

will Fast likewise and I will go to the

king

they called everybody to fast and to

pray for three days night and day and

folks you know the story in the Book of

Esther how God defended the Jews instead

of killing them they were able to slay

their enemies they were able to take

they were given honor Mordecai becomes

the right hand man to the king God

blesses Esther God delivered the whole

Jewish Nation through three days of

fasting and prayer

amazing

now folks before I close tonight there

are some people think that just because

they’re in the right cause they don’t

have to pray if you’re you’re in the

right and you’ve got the right cause you

just go and you’ll be successful

that’s not so because remember when

gibia though that gibeonite City where

these homosexuals this roving mob

attacked all night long and slew the

concubine of a levite he cut her body in

12 pieces and sent it throughout Israel

they were so enraged they went against

in the benjamites four hundred thousand

Israelites go against the benjamites the

benjamites there’s almost a quarter

million of them defending Gibby is right

because they were benzemites also

defending the right to be openly

flaunted gays and murder

and so

400 000 of Israel gather against them

and they go up against

the gibeonize and the benjamites and the

first battle they lost to 22

000 soldiers

and

they were weeping they were crying they

grew up shortly after and they lost the

battle again and this time 18

000 men were lost here in two battles

forty thousand with the right cause

and on the right side

and they lost the battle

and then they did what they should have

done when they started

the Bible says then

all the children of Israel and all the

people went up to the house of God and

wept and sat there to seek the Lord and

fasted

and they inquired of the Lord

and folks immediately the scripture says

after that and the Lord smote Benjamin

before Israel that very day

they went up to the house of God they

begin to fast they begin to pray and

they begin to call on the name of the

Lord and God heard them and answered and

gave them victory

you can give yourself to a right cause I

don’t care if it’s abortion I don’t care

if it’s child abuse I don’t care it’s

against drug addiction whatever you can

be in the right cause you can have be on

the right side but the Lord says I’m not

going to act I’m not going to move until

I hear the cry from the hearts of my

people you’ve got to before you take any

action before you get into any cause

you’ve got to be a matter woman of

prayer and seek my face

y’all folks God wants to move in New

York City

he wants to pour out his Spirit not just

on this church but every god-seeking

church every Bible preaching Church of

this city God wants to move I’m not

talking about just having uh physical

manifestation I’m talking about the

glory of God coming down and I’m talking

about hundreds of thousands being saved

being saved by the power of Christ

[Applause]

folks we’re going to go to prayer just a

few minutes but I want you to stand if

you will please

the next 25 minutes we’re going to seek

the face of God

Hallelujah

now look this way free let me tell you

how we’re going to do this right now

the altar call

I’m not calling anybody up here tonight

I’m gonna call it anybody come forward

I’m turning the whole church into an

altar right now we’re turning the whole

church into an altar

now here’s what I want you to do even if

you’re a visitor please don’t be

embarrassed we’re gonna we’re gonna ask

you in just a few moments to to pair off

in force

five or maybe even six just in a circle

and I want you to hold hands the Bible

said if two or three agree together

concerning anything it shall be done to

the Father in heaven and I want you to

pray

for everybody in your circle God let

everybody in this circle

have faith that is ever increasing let

the faith go strong in these dark days

ahead God bless my brother bless my

sister we’re to pray one for another

folks don’t do it just perfectly don’t

do it just because don’t let it be empty

words

let your heart go out to your brother

and sister say Lord I’m concerned about

my brother’s sister I want you to let

the faith grow and be strong

and I want you to pray for your pastors

name your pastors before God don’t say

Lord just bless our pastor bless brother

Dave uh keep him from the wicked one

keep him from the powers of Destruction

the devil always he’s always trying to

put a fear in me that I’d be shot or

killed in this city

but I want to tell you something there’s

an angel

power

[Applause]

and there there’s a there’s a power of

God around you but folks I will tell you

something God waits for our prayers

you have got to pray for that we pray

for your protection that God will keep

you from the wicked one he’ll keep you

from the stairs of the devil he’ll keep

you from any knife or bullet or robbery

God will keep you

pray for that for your brother and

sister for the faith and their keeping

power of Jesus physically and

spiritually and then I want you to pray

God fill this church with your glory and

save a malted ask the Lord to start

saving Souls on the right hand and on

the left hand and ask God to make you an

evangelist and literally now folks last

few weeks there’s been a wonderful power

of the presence of Jesus it’s growing

it’s intensifying but that’s the time to

leave lay hold of God and pray as we’ve

never prayed before now if you’ve

backslidden if you’re not right with

Jesus all you have to do right now in

that Circle of power and prayer say Lord

forgive me and cleanse me we’re not

looking for numbers we’re believing

Jesus now this church is going to be a

Praying church as never before we’re

going to seek the face of God Casey

we’re going to have somebody come up to

the microphone and be praying but I want

this whole body right now turn around if

you will please and first of all I want

you to introduce yourself to everybody

in your circle I want you to take a

minute it and get everybody’s name

please and where they’re from they’re

from out of town let it be known make

make it no come on get at least four at

least four people

not more than six

get into a circle

we’re going to pray

conclusion of the message