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we’ve gathered across lines that might
normally divide us we’re United in this
place no matter how different we may be
and in this place y’all tonight we’re
underneath an open Heaven that commanded
blessing of God is upon us so why
wouldn’t we milk it for all it’s worth
and ask God to drench the Church of
Jesus Christ
the Lord
praise the Lord O my soul I will praise
the Lord while I live
I will sing praises to my God while I
have my being some trust in princes and
some trust in Mortal man in whom there
is no salvation but not us not tonight
we trust in the name of the Lord our God
thank you
how blessed is the one in whom the god
of Jacob is their helper whose hope is
in the Lord his God the one who made
Heaven and Earth the one who made the
sea and all that is in them he’s the one
who gives food to the hungry he is the
Lord that sets prisoners free he is the
Lord that opens the eyes of the blind he
raises up those who are down he is the
Lord who loves the righteous he is the
Lord that protects anybody that feels
like a stranger he is the one that
supports those that might be fatherless
in the Widow he sorts The Way of the
Wicked the Lord will reign forever he is
our God o Zion o Church to all Zen of
generations we ought to praise the Lord
for it is good to sing praises to our
God it is Pleasant to praise the Lord he
builds up his people he gathers the
outcasts of Israel he heals the
Brokenhearted he binds up their wounds
he counts the numbers of the Stars he
gives all of them names that’s basically
his way of saying if I can control the
entire universe I’ve got your life
covered that’s what he said foreign
abundant is his strength sing to the
Lord with Thanksgiving sing praises to
our God praise the Lord Jerusalem Praise
Him in the house tonight for he hath
strengthened your bars and your Gates he
has blessed your sons and your daughters
he brings peace to your borders he
satisfies you with real good things he
makes sure his word runs very swiftly he
scatters the frost like ashes who can
stand before him because our God is good
so praise the Lord
praise the Lord from the heavens
Praise Him from the heights praise him
all ye Angels praise him all you hosts
Praise Him sun and moon Praise Him
highest Heavens Praise Him Waters that
are above the heaven let even those
people praise the name of our great God
praise the Lord sing to the Lord a new
song Praise Him in the congregation let
Israel be glad in her maker Let The
Godly ones exalt in glory tonight praise
the Lord praise God in this Sanctuary on
Broadway in Times Square tonight praise
the Lord foreign
praise him for his excellent greatness
praise him with the trumpet sound praise
him with the harp and the liar praise
him with the Timberland with the dancing
praise him with the stink stringed
instruments in the pipe praise him with
the loud symbols praise it with the
resounding symbols let everything
y’all let’s praise the Lord tonight
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thank you
[Music]
[Applause]
y’all are my people y’all came to have
church tonight is what you did
take your seats if you can I want to
tell you what a privilege that it is as
Anthony has already said for us to be
here with you tonight to have an
opportunity to lift up the name of Jesus
because he’s worthy to be praised y’all
even with what you wrote down what you
need prayer for what’s heard in your
heart what’s ailing you what what needs
to be answered even with the miracle you
require what you need to know is that
your God is still good he’s still
sitting on the throne and the truth is
even if he never did one more thing
I mean seriously y’all
but did another thing on our behalf
if he doesn’t answer this request
exactly the way that you’re hoping he’ll
answer this request the truth is he has
already done enough
but the great thing about our God
is that he invites us to make our
requests known
he invites us to give to him the desires
of our hearts and then he invites us to
trust him with the answer
so I’m so excited to pray with you
tonight because we get the privilege
tonight not only to very specifically
and boldly approach the throne of grace
with every single request that has been
written down and even those that are
still tucked away in the quietness of
your heart even those of you that I know
are on the other side of the screen your
request we want to cover those tonight
but the great thing about our God is
that not only can we present our
requests trusting him but at the end of
every prayer we can say Lord do this do
what I’ve asked
or do something better
[Applause]
because seriously the truth is he is the
god of Ephesians 3 20 and 21. he is the
one that does immeasurably more then you
can ask
and listen if you can’t ask it because
you can’t your brain can’t even come up
with the right words to vocalize what it
is you’re trying to ask for he says
that’s all right just think it and I can
do past that
so we can boldly bring all of our
requests
to the throne of God tonight trusting
that he is a great big God who still
does great big things I believe that God
works miracles anybody
I’m talking about flat up flat out
jaw-dropping straight up can’t explain
it
miracles
where you stand back and go I don’t know
you know
that kind of stuff we’re going to pray
about that tonight I love that we have a
God that allows us to do that in even
this setting that any place is a
sanctuary where God can meet us I love
this unique opportunity that we have to
be in this place where many a celebrity
many a talented person many A Gifted
person has stood on this platform many
Productions have taken place and in a
place where people have been celebrated
for their gifts and their talents on
this kind of a platform I loved it in
this place today there is only one
celebrity and it’s nobody on the stage I
love that
I love that the celebrity is Jesus
Christ
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man I can’t tell you how that takes the
weight off us there’s just no pressure
for us up here because we ain’t trying
to impress you how about that
we all just have an audience of one
tonight audience of one
so in this unique setting and this
unique opportunity in New York City in
the heart
of uh this incredible City we have the
privilege to exalt the name of Jesus and
he says that when you do the lifting
I will do the drawing
and there might be I’m sure some of you
that are seated in this room because you
thought this was a Broadway show
[Music]
you were walking down the street
you saw the big sign and you thought you
know what I need a show tonight I’m
gonna come on in there and just see this
nice little show
well it is going to be a show
in the sense that God himself
I believe is going to make himself
apparent to you and if you feel like
you’re a little bit out of sorts in this
room you’re not exactly sure what you’ve
stumbled into
just relax
you’re amongst friends
I know you might not know the person
that’s sitting next to you would you
just look at them and say it’s all right
girl relax it’s all right young man
relax just stay relaxed
we’re gonna have a good time tonight in
the presence of the Lord my um I will
tell you more about them later but my
three sons you might see them sort of
around and about they we kind of all
dive in together in ministry as Anthony
said he’s my younger brother and just in
case you wondered everything he knows
about music he learned from me anyway
[Applause]
and um my husband is here as well we
have three sons
um they’re 14 12 and eight Jackson is
our oldest and then Jerry Jr and then
June Jude is our surprise baby
Jude that’s why I named him Jude because
that’s as close as I could get to
revelation
[Applause]
because it is finished that’s it that’s
the end of the line Jackson Jerry Jr and
Jude and Jude and I were sitting
together on an airplane and he was
seated over the wind where our seats
were directly over the wing of the
airplane and so he was sort of just
looking out at the wing of the plane and
there we were suspended in mid-air
flying to our destination and I could
tell he was mesmerized by this whole
concept that this tube of Steel is in
the air holding us up and that um this
this Wing is connected to the plane he
was sort of just dissecting this entire
this entire situation and as he looked
over the wing he looked back at me and
said mom how do they get that wing on
this plane
and I said buddy I got to be honest with
you I have no idea I have no idea how
they get that wing on the plane I don’t
know how it works but I have an idea for
you Jude you have an uncle their dad’s
brother Uncle Vaughn he works in the
airline industry he actually works in
the business where they they make all
the veins and the wiring that connects
the different parts of the aircraft so I
saw this as a teachable moment I said
you should talk to your Uncle Vaughn
when we get home it’d be a great
opportunity for you to learn something
and then I said to him you know what
you can be whatever you want to be when
you grow up dude do you know that you
can do whatever you want to do like if
you want to make airplanes like your
Uncle Vaughn when you grow up you can so
totally do that if you’d like to and as
I said that to him I said buddy you can
be anything you want to be in your life
anything you want to do you can do it he
looked back at me and he said Mom
I don’t want to do what Uncle Von does
when I grow up I want to do what you do
when I grow up
[Applause]
you know it’s one of those moments where
you’re just thinking baby what do you
want whatever you want I’m gonna give it
to you
[Applause]
oh but wait for it
because I looked back at him and said
buddy
what does Mama Do
now I had expectations about what his
answer was going to be at least some
framework about how he might respond
Lord I’d love to or Mom I’d love to
share the Lord with people Mom I’d like
to write Mom I would like to do a myriad
of different things maybe that he could
have said but he looked back and he said
Mom
I want to do nothing just like you
you do nothing all day every day you do
nothing
foreign
I said buddy you see how like the
clothes you’re wearing right now are
clean how do you think that they
actually get clean he said well that’s
just like washing that’s no big deal I
said but you eat every day you eat
actual food how do you think it gets
cooked and he said that’s what moms do
that’s no big deal
and I said but you know every now and
then there’s a book or there might be a
Bible study there’s even though there
was a little film a little movie
remember it’s been we spent like three
months maybe that what do you think I’m
doing he’s like you’re just sitting
behind the computer all day just doing
this you’re doing nothing
I laughed and then I thought in that
moment right after the conversation
how much that is like my relationship
with the Lord
in fact there was confirmation of that
because the very next day and I only
share this with you to make this point
but the very next day after that
conversation with Jude my publisher sent
me an email they sent an email to tell
me about something that they know I
never know because I’m keeping up with
three sons they said Priscilla we just
want to let you know that fervent
um a little book that I had written we
want you to know that it’s on the New
York Times bestseller list it actually
won a few Awards they said that to me in
the email and all I could do when I
looked at it was chuckle because it was
just the day before that my son said to
me
that when I was doing to him to what
looked like and amounted to nothing
that is exactly when I was crafting
something that hopefully would be a
blessing to people’s lives
and the Holy Spirit said to me that’s
just like you and me Priscilla because
I’m behind the scenes orchestrating and
crafting the chapters of your story all
the while you think I’m doing nothing
you point an accusatory finger at me
wondering where I am and why I’m not
hearing your request and why I’m not
moving in the way that you would like me
to move you’re assuming that I’m sitting
back passively ignoring you where all
the while I am busy making a story out
of your life the likes of which you
can’t imagine
I came to encourage somebody today that
there’s a chapter that is being written
right now with your story I’m talking
about right now in that difficulty right
now in that Valley year of your marriage
right now in that trouble in your
finances that difficulty on your job
that hardship with your co-worker I’m
talking about that one co-worker the one
that if she says one more thing to you
you go knock her out that one
there is a chapter he is crafting
a manuscript he’s writing
that one day when we see him face to
face
we’re gonna see the story that he was
telling
and every single Crown we get we’re
going to turn around and place it right
Back At His Feet
and say thank you Lord for this
privilege that we had to live a life
a life in relationship with you
and so even with these hardships and
even with these hurts we pray and we
pray in gratitude we pray in
gratefulness in advance thanking him for
the answer that he will give us that is
simultaneous to what we’ve asked for or
the answer that is so far beyond our
capacity to even comprehend and pray
that we trust him for something that
that has so much generational ripple
effect the likes of which we may never
see in our grandchildren and our
great-grandchildren and our great great
grandchildren I’m so glad for the
prayers of a grandmother and a great
grandmother and grandfather in my life
who prayed some stuff that y’all they
didn’t get to see the fruit of their
prayer
but how glad I am that they trusted him
to do what they were asking or something
better
so in that mindset I invite you to pray
with me tonight
as Anthony said we couldn’t have an
event called Bourbon and not and nobody
actually fervently prayed about nothing
in fact it would be an injustice
actually we’d be ripping you off if we
came in here and all you did was watch
stuff happen up here
the point of tonight is for you to meet
with God
and the truth is if your life if your
life has been anything like mine you
you’ve been busy there’s been stuff
pulling you left and right there’s been
traffic that you’ve been fighting there
have been soccer games that you’ve been
going to there have been errands that
you’ve been running and I know you might
you might think you might some of you
might think that I’ve just been you know
sitting up on a Mountainside fasting and
praying and thinking about you but the
reality is my life is just like yours
I’ve been trying to figure out a new way
to cook chicken for dinner just like you
my clothes right now laundry at my house
it is washed it is dried but it is
dumped out on the dining room table
waiting for somebody to come and fold it
our lives are full of stuff
and every now and then we just need to
be offered a moment
to meet with God
he is omnipresent
that means he is everywhere all at the
same time
and I thank God for his omnipresence
meaning that wherever you are seated in
this room whether you’re in the furthest
reaches of this theater tonight or
you’re right here on the front row you
can have a meeting with God whether
you’ve ever prayed before or not whether
this idea of actually talking to God is
new to you whether or not you’re not
sure whether you have to say specific
word there’s no magic to prayer it’s
just taking a minute to just offer to
him the needs you’ve written down the
ones that are still hidden in your heart
to just thank him for what he’s already
done that maybe you’ve neglected because
of the rise of needs that you’ve had in
your life this is our invitation to you
to join us in a moment of prayer and
together we’re going to collectively
cover some categories of prayer tonight
that we find a lot of the requests that
are written down and by the way if you
did not write one down but you kind of
want to get in on this at any point just
bring a request down into any of the
boxes I know there there are some there
on every level you just bring them down
and put them here at any point because
we’re going to cover them all
collectively and then I’m going to tell
those of you who are here in the theater
how we’re going to cover every single
one of these requests individually
before the night is over but even you at
home listen pray with us we’re going to
pray and include your requests in our
prayer tonight we’re going to cover some
categories of prayer you’re going to
help me to do that the very first
category of prayer that I want to cover
because we find many of these requests
fall into these larger categories the
very first one that I’d like to pray for
is in regards to your marriage we find
that many of these requests have to do
in and around the topic of marriage and
the reason why I bring that up first is
because you do know that the enemy even
more than than many things the enemy is
is really after your marriage
you’re married he’s trying any any which
kind of way he can to destroy dissolve
disunify your marriage he doesn’t want
the two of you to be happy he doesn’t
want the two of you to be content in
your relationship he doesn’t want you
walking in health and fullness so we
want to pray for your marriage tonight
because I bet you there are some
requests that are written down here that
have to do with that particular
relationship and I believe that if there
anybody in this room or on the other
side of the screen and
you guys are on the brink of divorce I
mean you’re teetering right on the very
edge and you know that apart from a
straight up Miracle the two of you are
not going to make it you’re in the right
place tonight I can tell you that
because we know a God that can snatch
you back from the brink
that you might be teetering on tonight
so we’re going to pray about that
so if you are in this room here’s how
you all are going to help me in this
room
if you’re in this room tonight
and you actually have a testimony
because you can remember a time where
you thought you and your spouse were not
going to make it and you’re here tonight
and you’re not just still married but
you’re happily married and you know it
is a straight up miracle that you’re
actually happily married you know that
God did something that revolutionized
um your marriage if that’s the case for
you would you please stand up and just
be a living visible illustration of the
power of God in this relationship in our
life and stay standing when you stand
[Music]
foreign
[Music]
[Applause]
and the reason why I want you to stand I
hope that you all can see each other
even up in the top there of the theater
because the reason why I want you to
stand is because I want you to recognize
that the message that many people came
for tonight we hadn’t even opened up the
Bible yet to teach from God’s word and
the message that somebody needs tonight
is coming through your life this is why
the Lord brought them he wanted to say
to them through your testimony that what
he has done for others he can also do
for them
so please stay on your feet for just a
second you’re encouraging somebody
oh y’all please don’t let this moment
pass you by look all over this room from
the back to the front the Lord wants to
encourage somebody tonight he’s got your
back
[Applause]
he’s got your back
he has not forgotten you
healing whether it is something small I
say that Loosely because listen even if
you just have a headache that pain is
not small to you
pain in the small of your back a knee a
show if it’s just something a tumor that
has just been diagnosed whatever it is
we’re going to pray for you tonight if
it’s a broken heart a broken mind
whatever if you need healing for
yourself or a loved one would you please
stretch out your hand we cannot wait to
be the body of Christ and pray for you
y’all there’s so many hands those of you
that are standing would y’all be the
first it’s almost like you’re paying it
forward just reach out to someone who’s
near you’re just extending to them what
it is that God has done for you
and then those of you that are seated
even beside other people that have their
hands raised come on y’all would you
just make sure that the everybody is
touched by another
again even if the two of you both have
your hands raised just grab hands or put
your hand on the knee or the shoulder
nearby
if you feel like you’ve been missed
don’t worry I got you I got you come on
y’all for 60 seconds Let There Be A
Chorus a symphony of prayer that we
bring out to our God lord Jesus we ask
us
in
[Music]
the mix
there is power
in the name of Jesus
[Music]
there’s power
in the name of Jesus
Break Every Chain
Break Every Chain Break Every Chain
father I thank you that we can boldly
approach your throne and that we can ask
you for something as bold as healing
Lord I ask you right now in Jesus name
for every cell in our bodies that is not
under the authority of Jesus Christ I
pray right now in Jesus name that you
would realize every misplaced cell in
Jesus name I pray for organs to begin to
function at 100 capacity again in Jesus
name Lord I pray for tumors to shrink in
Jesus name Lord I pray for x-rays to be
completely different in Jesus name for
tests Lord to be negative that we’re
positive in Jesus name father I pray
that you would heal broke bodies take
away the pain Lord diminish the
difficulty father and make it be so
radical that everybody has to point to
you to give you the glory and the praise
I pray for broken hearts to be mended
tonight father wipe tears for their eyes
their eyes restore them Lord from this
grief or this betrayal or this lost Lord
walk with them through the Flames
restore physical fractured Minds Lord
and do it for your own Glory we give you
our healing we entrust it to you in
Jesus name everybody agreed with me
tonight when they said amen
[Music]
thank you
amen
amen
just in case you were wondering prayer
is not like the stuff we do before we
get to the good stuff
prayer is the good stuff
listen
you might not actually be aware of it
but this is actually what you came for
you you might not even know this is what
you came for I’m telling you it’s what
you came for
this is the good stuff right here
[Applause]
just one more little category that I
think we just must pray for together
let’s pray for the church
pray for the church
let’s pray for I mean y’all this
opportunity to pray together
in this place where we’re together
across lines that would normally divide
us
whether they’re denominational lines or
racial lines or cultural lines or
geographical lines just because we don’t
live in the same place so we don’t all
go to the same church stylistically with
worship sometimes you go to that church
because you like that style we go to
this church because we like that style
of it divides us not not bad necessarily
not negatively but it divides us and
here we are in this place where you know
the only time in scripture where God
commanded a blessing is in the Psalms
where he said in that place where
Brethren or sister in dwell together in
unity he says in that place I will
command that there will be a blessing
laughs
so here we are
in a place where we’ve gathered across
lines that might normally divide us
we’re United in this place no matter how
different we may be and in this place
y’all tonight we’re underneath an open
Heaven the commanded blessing of God is
upon us so why wouldn’t we milk it for
all it’s worth and ask God to drench the
Church of Jesus Christ and listen when I
say Church
I’m not just talking about your little
little sea church I’m grateful for your
local church we’re going to pray for
your pastor we’re going to pray for his
wife we’re going to pray for the
leadership team we’re going to ask that
the Lord put a wall of fire around them
so that we they would not be caught up
in the snares of the enemy to entice
them toward immorality
or financial under dealings that will
undermine the name of our great Lord
we’re gonna ask God to give him
integrity and let them walk in character
and wholeness and health we’re going to
ask for a fresh outpouring of God’s
spirit upon your local church we’re
going to ask God to let your church be
so set a fire with his glory that the
community around you can’t help but come
into that church to see
what’s happening in those four walls
but we can’t stop there
we gotta pray for the capital c Global
Body of Christ
that all of God’s people will be set of
fire y’all that Revival would come in
this generation because he said If my
people
who were called by my name listen he’s
like you don’t even have to have to
evangelize necessarily for this promise
to take place you don’t need a whole
bunch of new folk he said if the folk
that are already claiming they know me
if they would just pray
if they would for real seek my face if
they’d stop messing around and just go
ahead and be for Real about calling out
to me he says I will hear from heaven
and I’ll sweep Revival through this
whole land
so I figure tonight this is the greatest
opportunity as any right in the middle
The Heart of the City to go ahead and
just ask God would you picture in your
mind your your local church would you
picture your pastor would you picture
the leadership team there would you
picture that family in particular if you
see you ask the Lord to put a wall of
fire around him
come on just for 60 seconds pray for
outpouring of God’s spirit on your
church
[Music]
so Lord we lift up the body of Christ to
you
in every corner of the globe and I ask
you right now for every local church
that is represented in this room I pray
father no matter the tribe no matter the
tongue Lord no matter the denomination
no matter the worship style I pray that
in every case Lord we would not be
pleased to impress people but that we
would impress the audience of one Lord I
pray that you would be glorified that
you would be lifted up Lord I pray for
every Pastor his wife father the
leadership team at that church Lord I
pray right now in Jesus name that you
would guard them with a hedge of
protection wall them up father so that
they will not be ensnared by the attacks
of the enemy Lord I pray that where he
is coming in like a flood you would push
him back lord so that the Gates of Hell
will not Prevail against the Church of
Jesus Christ we ask you for integrity
Lord to Mark the leadership of your
church Lord we pray that you will be so
highly esteemed and highly lifted up
that we will be like a city that is set
on a hill that will pronounce the map
Restless name of Jesus Christ and then
father I pray that all across the globe
we will come together in unity forgive
us father where we have been divided
where we have judged and we have
criticized father so that the enemy has
been so pleased to see God’s people
divided from this day forward Lord help
us to love one another father and in
doing so bring glory to your name we
honor you tonight Lord it is in Jesus
name that we pray amen
amen amen
y’all remember
y’all remember that one part of the Lion
King I’ve been thinking about this today
because the Lion King’s next door
y’all remember that one part The Lion
King where symbols thinking he’s all big
and bad now because he’s got a little
bit bigger in the hyenas are there and
they’re like are you for real little boy
he’s little teeny and he comes up to him
and he’s like
and they’re like
and he’s like wow
and they’re like seriously that’s not
gonna do anything he tries it again wow
and they’re just laughing hysterically
all over the place because they’re like
this little teeny Cub of a lion can’t do
anything to us and Simba’s so upset he
can’t believe that he’s not threatening
them or intimidating them at all he’s
going to give it one more try and so he
opens up his mouth to Roar and it is the
loudest most profound Roar even Simba is
shocked that he created such a loud
noise and the hyenas go scampering away
because there’s a valiant that has come
to to this young Cub that even he was
not aware that he had he did not know
that his father Mufasa was coming up in
the rear he was standing behind Simba so
that he could help to scare away the
enemy and here’s what I’m saying when
you pray no longer is it just you trying
to attack the enemy with your little
wimpy sad self but now you’ve got the
power of almighty God who is fighting on
your behalf
thank you
[Music]
and I’m just saying
[Applause]
God before you
[Applause]
can be a kiss