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Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.28,0:00:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It all started in a small upper room,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.63,0:00:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with humble, fervent prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.94,0:00:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threatened by the authorities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.10,0:00:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and banned from preaching,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.12,0:00:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the church prayed that the two \Nmen witnessed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.08,0:00:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with power and grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.37,0:00:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people prayed everywhere in one accord
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.55,0:01:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in repentance with confession \Nand humility.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.19,0:01:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the lives of people were changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.47,0:01:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two men started out on a missionary \Njourney
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.77,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would turn the world as they knew it \Nupside down.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.56,0:01:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the message went out to the world \Nbeyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.76,0:01:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Corporate prayer helped a prisoner escape.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.69,0:01:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A king requested that his people fast \Nand pray
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.21,0:01:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the enemy was defeated.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.26,0:01:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A battle won without the need to fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.21,0:01:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through a faithful servant \Nand a young queen's faith and courage,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.72,0:01:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a people were saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.93,0:01:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stories in the Bible showing \Nthe power of united prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.35,0:02:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I read the book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.86,0:02:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really a book about believers \Ncoming together to pray,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.46,0:02:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a prayer-answering God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.74,0:02:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Personal prayer is important.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.59,0:02:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Secret prayer is the life of the soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.28,0:02:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we know that there has never been\Na revival anywhere on this planet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.32,0:02:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wasn't preceded by united and\Ncontinuous prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.72,0:02:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Lord on one occasion says where\Ntwo or more of you agree
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.66,0:02:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on touching anything that is according\Nto My will, it will be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.84,0:02:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there is a synergy that happens
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.39,0:02:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we hook up together and unite\Nour voices in crying out to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.80,0:02:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the spirit of prophecy tells us,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.78,0:02:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prayer is the key that unlocks the storehouse \Nof heaven's treasury and blessings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.75,0:02:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of Ellen White's counsel and statements\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.95,0:02:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on united prayer are powerful as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.47,0:02:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says in one place that when she was\Nwriting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.81,0:02:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Farnsworths, I believe it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.57,0:02:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she says there's more power in \Nunited prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.34,0:02:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than even in private prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.59,0:03:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she says, why is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.08,0:03:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because the unity of heart \Nof the believers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.52,0:03:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like God gets really excited
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.96,0:03:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're really of one accord
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.37,0:03:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we unite together just like they \Ndid in Acts.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.46,0:03:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another statement she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.41,0:03:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the sound of fervent prayer, \NSatan's whole host trembles.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.35,0:03:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus knows that the habit of praying\Nwith others
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.72,0:03:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps to rid our lives of the \Nself-centeredness of our prayers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.56,0:03:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we pray by ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.61,0:03:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the Bible talks about\Ncontinue earnestly in prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.80,0:03:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not just an individual activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.46,0:03:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a call to the church as a community\Nto call out to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.89,0:03:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to change God's mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.32,0:03:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that we come into alignment \Nwith God's will
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.79,0:03:47.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually I think he uses us as part \Nof the answers to those prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.57,0:03:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you look at the book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.18,0:03:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,united prayer brought God's people together.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.20,0:03:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Acts chapter 1 and verse 14 and 15,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.71,0:03:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the entire church met together and prayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.44,0:04:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew that the task before them\Nwas too great.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.07,0:04:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew the challenge was too immense.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.80,0:04:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew there was no way they could \Ncarry the gospel to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.11,0:04:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But yet as they prayed,\NGod did something miraculous.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.86,0:04:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He poured out His Holy Spirit on the\Nday of Pentacost
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.73,0:04:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and three thousand were baptized.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.81,0:04:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know when you read the text there,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.44,0:04:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the things that jumps out at me is\Nthe simple English phrase -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.96,0:04:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were in one accord.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.78,0:04:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pentacost was just an extraordinary event.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.52,0:04:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It came after the culmination of Christ's \Nministry on this earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.84,0:04:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it looked as though everything was\Ncompletely dashed and destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.16,0:04:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Christ was hanging on that cross
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.84,0:04:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then of course the resurrection \Ntook place.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.74,0:04:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He appeared to His disciples
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.36,0:04:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which gave them a completely\Ndifferent perspective
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.68,0:04:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what their ministry was all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.04,0:04:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our blessed Lord told his disciples\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.95,0:05:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tarry in Jerusalem united in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.23,0:05:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was one of the prerequisites
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.04,0:05:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for bringing that rushing mighty wind
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.48,0:05:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the presence of the Holy Spirit\Non the day of Pentacost.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.53,0:05:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the time of Passover
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.11,0:05:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were in an upper room\Nin Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.70,0:05:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were all praying in one accord.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.06,0:05:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were praying for repentance\Nand humility,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.11,0:05:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were confessing our sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.64,0:05:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were also seeking the Lord's vision,\Npower and the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.19,0:05:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an incredible feeling of oneness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.44,0:05:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we prayed earnestly together.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.96,0:05:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly there was the sound of a \Nviolent wind
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.19,0:05:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that filled the whole room where\Nwe were sitting.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.20,0:05:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then tongues of fire came down
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.22,0:05:55.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this fire rested on people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.21,0:05:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the people in the room\Nwere filled with the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.59,0:06:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now remember that at the time\Nof the Passover,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.06,0:06:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people came from many countries to worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.77,0:06:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now suddenly they could hear the gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.33,0:06:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each in their own language.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.05,0:06:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result of this, three thousand people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.32,0:06:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were added to the believers in one day.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.66,0:06:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people devoted themselves\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.35,0:06:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the apostles' teaching and \Nthe fellowship.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.07,0:06:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the breaking of bread and of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.68,0:06:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day they would meet together\Nin the temple courts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.23,0:06:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In their homes, they broke bread \Nand ate together.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.89,0:06:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the number of those being saved\Ngrew daily.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.47,0:06:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we believe something like this
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.36,0:06:41.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to happen in the last days \Nas well.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.97,0:06:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think only as a church and\Nas a people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.85,0:06:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get together in one accord
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.23,0:06:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fervent prayer, will we -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.48,0:06:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,till we do that, we won't see that happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.56,0:06:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And really what happened at Pentacost
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.47,0:06:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be again duplicated\Nby the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.31,0:07:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an even greater fashion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.41,0:07:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the three angels' messages go forward
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.36,0:07:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the fourth angel of Revelation 18 \Nhas proclaimed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.31,0:07:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as the final loud cry is heralded \Nall over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.71,0:07:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's going to be people who have \Nsubmitted to the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.51,0:07:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confessed their sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.13,0:07:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the Holy Spirit can fall
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.64,0:07:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can use us in a mighty way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.66,0:07:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I think in the book of Acts, \NActs chapter 6
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.66,0:07:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seemed like a good problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.61,0:07:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church was growing exponentially.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.33,0:07:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the midst of that, there's this\Nfood distribution challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.97,0:07:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church was undergoing\Npractical challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.05,0:07:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hellenistic Jews were complaining\Nagainst the Hebraic Jews
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.52,0:07:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the former's widows were\Nbeing overlooked
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.80,0:07:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the daily distribution of food.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.78,0:07:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The apostles decided that they needed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.85,0:07:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to focus on the ministry of prayer \Nand the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.22,0:07:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they requested for seven deacons \N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.41,0:08:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be chosen for these other \Npractical tasks.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.91,0:08:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The apostles asked us as a group
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.86,0:08:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to chose seven men who were known
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.34,0:08:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be full of the Spirit and have wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.94,0:08:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This proposal from the apostles
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.22,0:08:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleased our whole group.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.23,0:08:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we went about selecting the seven men.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.53,0:08:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the men were selected,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.40,0:08:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were presented to the apostles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.47,0:08:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The apostles laid their hands on them\Nand prayed for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.83,0:08:36.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With prayer as a priority,\Nthe church would never fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.44,0:08:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After this, the number of disciples\Nincreased rapidly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.95,0:08:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a large number of priests\Nbecame obedient to the work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.19,0:08:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think we find a case study there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.42,0:08:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that says when we face challenges,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.77,0:08:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's use wisdom, let's use our training
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.30,0:08:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but let's also recognize that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.80,0:08:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a prayer-answering God who will \Ngive us wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.08,0:08:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen this over and over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.63,0:09:01.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Churches with big problems
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.71,0:09:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have solved them when they come \Ntogether to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.10,0:09:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter and John were called in
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.15,0:09:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the chief priests and elders about\Ntheir preaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.34,0:09:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They tried to defend their actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.80,0:09:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the leaders were very hard on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.32,0:09:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were commanded not to speak
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.47,0:09:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or teach in the name of Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.49,0:09:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After further threats, they let them go.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.20,0:09:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter and John went back to their \Nown people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.25,0:09:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reported all that the chief priests\Nand elders had said.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.80,0:09:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we heard all this we immediately\Nraised our voices in prayer to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.05,0:09:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The entire group prayed for \NPeter and John.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.07,0:09:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We prayed for God to give boldness\Nto these two humble servants.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.44,0:10:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such intense prayer I had not experienced\Nfor a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.88,0:10:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After we had prayed, suddenly the whole \Nplace was shaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.36,0:10:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were filled with the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.42,0:10:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Peter and John went out
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.70,0:10:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gave witness with great power \Nand grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.54,0:10:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They witnessed throughout the land
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.97,0:10:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the resurrection of their Saviour.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.67,0:10:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think Peter and John\Ndrew great strength
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.89,0:10:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both from knowing they were praying
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.44,0:10:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also from the power that's unleashed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.26,0:10:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people pray for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.96,0:10:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.81,0:10:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a power from God
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.72,0:10:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that comes into us when that prayer\Nis being answered by many believers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.42,0:10:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.53,0:10:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go and gather all the Jews\Nwho are in Susa together
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.71,0:10:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pray and fast for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.22,0:10:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do not eat or drink anything for \Nthree days and nights.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.53,0:10:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I and my maidens will fast as you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.72,0:11:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that, I will go to the king
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.96,0:11:03.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it is against the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.78,0:11:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I perish, I perish.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.70,0:11:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.65,0:11:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look back at Esther now
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.20,0:11:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we think what a gutsy girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.50,0:11:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, what a woman of faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.54,0:11:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she was probably just as terrified
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.13,0:11:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as any of us might have been.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.63,0:11:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a very desperate situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.73,0:11:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You the old saying, there's no such thing
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.32,0:11:49.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as atheists in foxholes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.97,0:11:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think this was a case where \Nthey knew
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.85,0:11:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without divine intervention,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.44,0:12:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without divine intervention, \Nall was going to be lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.67,0:12:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she was wise enough \Nto say to her uncle, Mordecai
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.60,0:12:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will fast and pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.16,0:12:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I will have my people \Nhere in the palace fast and pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.69,0:12:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I want all of God's people\Nto fast and pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.80,0:12:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we miss out a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.72,0:12:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the unleashing of God's power
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.51,0:12:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this world by not fasting.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.60,0:12:25.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it doesn't have to mean you\Nhave to go totally without food
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.41,0:12:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but some form - giving up something
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.16,0:12:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we really love every day
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.50,0:12:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and uniting that together with prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.30,0:12:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and praying with others, it does \Nsomething,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.92,0:12:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moves in this great controversy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.09,0:12:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very easy at times to forget
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.63,0:12:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just how dependant we are upon God.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.31,0:12:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as Dwight Nelson likes to remind us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.54,0:12:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pray desperate prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.15,0:12:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Esther was desperate.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.85,0:12:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pray urgent prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.07,0:12:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And pray prayers of expectancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.78,0:12:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And think her prayers encompassed \Nall three.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.24,0:12:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the book of Acts,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.75,0:13:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prayer was very united.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.88,0:13:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take, for example, Peter and Cornelius.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.23,0:13:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cornelius, a Jew - a Gentile. \NPeter, a Jew.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.05,0:13:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jews and Gentiles would not possibly\Ncome together
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.67,0:13:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any intimate talking
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.06,0:13:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or visiting in one another's homes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.74,0:13:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or eating together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.08,0:13:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the Holy Spirit breaking\Ndown some walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.12,0:13:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Gentile of the Italian band, Cornelius,\Nwas praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.66,0:13:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was no accident. He was praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.17,0:13:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter on the rooftop, praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.43,0:13:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he prayed so long that he fell asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.49,0:13:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter has this dream of the sheet \Ncoming down
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.10,0:13:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all these various animals in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.79,0:13:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God says, Peter, rise and eat.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.68,0:13:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Peter says, I've never eaten snakes
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.41,0:13:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crocodiles and rodents.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.02,0:13:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vision of course was not about
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.68,0:13:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clean or unclean foods.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.17,0:13:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The vision was about respect\Nfor other cultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.60,0:13:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Respect for other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.15,0:14:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God sent visions, epiphanies, to \Nboth of them
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.56,0:14:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that broke down the walls
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.64,0:14:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that divided them.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.29,0:14:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Peter declared, God has shown me
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.20,0:14:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He is no respecter of persons.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.70,0:14:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As both of them prayed, Jew and Gentile,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.85,0:14:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their prayers ascended to heaven
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.74,0:14:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and met at the throne of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.60,0:14:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.62,0:14:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was around noon when Peter went \Nup to the roof to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.22,0:14:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was here that Peter had a vision
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.20,0:14:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a large sheet containing a mix \Nof unclean animals
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.96,0:14:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,representing God's affirmation
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.94,0:14:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the diversity of peoples
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.48,0:14:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the growing church.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.59,0:14:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had heard that Peter was staying
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.41,0:14:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the house of Simon the tanner,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.37,0:14:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were instructed by Cornelius, \Nthe centurion, to go out and find him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.10,0:14:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Peter was still thinking\Nabout the vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.35,0:15:01.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Holy Spirit told him to go downstairs
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.21,0:15:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because three men were looking for him.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.74,0:15:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter went down and told the men
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.49,0:15:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was the one they were looking for.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.08,0:15:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.25,0:15:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We then told Peter
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.34,0:15:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Cornelius, the centurion,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.59,0:15:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been told by an angel
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.15,0:15:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Peter would come
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.24,0:15:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see him at his house.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.04,0:15:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, unbeknown to Peter,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.76,0:15:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cornelius was already expecting his visit\Nto Caesarea.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.03,0:15:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened here was quite unusual.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.81,0:15:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just the fact that Peter entered \Nthe house.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.51,0:15:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that it was against the law
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.44,0:15:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a Jew to associate with or\Nvisit a Gentile.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.63,0:15:50.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cornelius told Peter how three \Ndays earlier
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.64,0:15:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had been praying in his house
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.67,0:15:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when an angel had appeared before him.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.46,0:15:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter shared with Cornelius
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.96,0:16:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his new understanding that God
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.92,0:16:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does not show favouritism
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.80,0:16:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is the Lord of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.92,0:16:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a real turning point.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.01,0:16:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From this point on,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.99,0:16:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gospel was given among\Nother people groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.18,0:16:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it all started out with prayer\Nand fasting
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.67,0:16:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.16,0:16:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cultures were bridged.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.34,0:16:21.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barriers were broken down.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.46,0:16:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hearts were united.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.19,0:16:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they became one in Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.10,0:16:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the gospel was open to the Gentiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.28,0:16:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does united prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.21,0:16:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do for breaking down cultures?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.59,0:16:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we are kneeling together
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.05,0:16:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different cultures, different backgrounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.66,0:16:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different sociological backgrounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.39,0:16:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different educational backgrounds,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.09,0:16:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different racial complexion.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.67,0:16:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we are kneeling together
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.94,0:16:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our hearts are united as one in \NJesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.04,0:16:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look in Acts chapter 13,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.65,0:16:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the church in Antioch
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.08,0:16:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is sending out Paul and Barnabas.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.05,0:16:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they hands on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.92,0:17:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they pray for the blessing of the\NHoly Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.63,0:17:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The laying on of hands was the \Nsetting aside in Acts 13
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.28,0:17:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Paul and Barnabas for \Nministry in mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.02,0:17:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were going to launch their \Nmissionary journeys.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.42,0:17:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think there's anything magical\Nabout the hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.34,0:17:16.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's a symbol.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.79,0:17:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like water is with baptism
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.14,0:17:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the unleavened bread and the\Nunfermented grape juice
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.04,0:17:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in the communion service.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.04,0:17:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the church comes unitedly,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.73,0:17:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lays hands on an individual,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.85,0:17:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are praying for that individual,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.93,0:17:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,setting them aside for a specific task\Nof witness and ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.69,0:17:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the prophets and teachers\Nof the early church
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.81,0:17:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were fasting and praying,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.46,0:17:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Holy Spirit called Paul and Barnabas
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.45,0:17:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go on their first mission journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.39,0:17:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church prayed together before sending\Nthem out.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.96,0:17:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hands were laid on them and we\Nprayed earnestly.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.54,0:17:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a united church, we prayed for \Ntheir safety
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.00,0:17:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that God would grant them
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.22,0:18:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right words to speak to the multitudes
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.30,0:18:03.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We prayed that our missionaries would\Nbe successful
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.55,0:18:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in spreading the gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.68,0:18:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul and Barnabas travelled to \Nseveral places.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.08,0:18:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Cyprus, they proclaimed the word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.61,0:18:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Jewish synagogues.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.46,0:18:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In ? Antioch the whole city gathered to\Nhear the word of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.92,0:18:21.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Gentiles heard their messages,\Nthey believed.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.88,0:18:25.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word of the Lord spread throughout\Nthe entire region
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.26,0:18:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the disciples were filled with joy\Nand the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.30,0:18:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul and Barnabas appointed elders\Nin every church
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.85,0:18:38.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prayed with fasting commending\Nthem to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.63,0:18:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gathered the church together
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.20,0:18:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reported all that God had done\Nthrough them
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.82,0:18:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how He had opened a door of faith\Nto the Gentiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.93,0:18:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a praying community,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.72,0:18:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we lay hands upon those that we're \Npraying for
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.32,0:18:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it represents the hand of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.64,0:18:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kneeling around that person,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.09,0:19:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,setting them aside for that task,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.42,0:19:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're asking the Holy Spirit to come
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.34,0:19:04.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to empower them, to strengthen them
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.65,0:19:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the task that God has given them\Nthrough the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.37,0:19:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember a story where Paul was -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.42,0:19:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he encountered a beautiful woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.25,0:19:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her name was Lydia. And she was praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.83,0:19:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I don't know, that might have been\Nbeside a river, for all I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.96,0:19:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may have been beside a well.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.60,0:19:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it was in the middle of a market.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.50,0:19:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, at their time. Wherever it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.41,0:19:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God was able to reach her heart
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.75,0:19:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Bible tells us that she accepted
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.56,0:19:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the message of the gospel and she\Nwas baptized.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.62,0:19:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were a group of women outside\Nthe city gate
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.67,0:19:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the river at a place of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.99,0:19:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.28,0:19:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Thyatira was also there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.48,0:19:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two men came along and started to speak\Nto us,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.39,0:19:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and asked to join us in prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.77,0:19:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew that they were Paul and Silas.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.58,0:19:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord opened Lydia's heart to heed\NPaul's message.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.96,0:19:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She and all the members of her household\Nwere baptized.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.75,0:20:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another day Paul and Silas were on their \Nway to a place of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.70,0:20:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were met by a female slave
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.46,0:20:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had a spirit in her that could predict\Nthe future.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.62,0:20:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She earned a lot of money for her owners\Nby fortune telling.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.81,0:20:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She followed us and shouted at us.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.72,0:20:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was disrupting and so Paul ordered\Nthe spirit out of her.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.66,0:20:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When her owners realized that their chance\Nof making money was gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.12,0:20:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they dragged Paul and Silas to\Nthe authorities
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.08,0:20:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were put in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.08,0:20:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At around midnight, these two very\Npositive prisoners
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.90,0:20:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named Paul and Silas were praying
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.68,0:20:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and singing hymns to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.44,0:20:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rest of us were listening to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.82,0:20:43.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly there was a violent earthquake
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.21,0:20:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the prison shook.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.26,0:20:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the prison doors flew open
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.14,0:20:51.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone's chains came loose.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.48,0:20:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The jailer woke up, saw all the doors open
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.86,0:20:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drew his sword to kill himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.44,0:20:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He thought all the prisoners had escaped.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.37,0:20:59.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Paul assured him and shouted
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.95,0:21:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he should not harm himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.67,0:21:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The jailer ? rushed in and lay \Nin front of them, trembling.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.94,0:21:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The jailer accepted Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.27,0:21:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his whole family was baptized.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.44,0:21:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So prayer can happen anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.07,0:21:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For Hope Channel, you know I anchor\Na program -
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.49,0:21:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I co-anchor a program called Let's Pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.35,0:21:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so here we are in a television studio
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.09,0:21:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with lights and cameras and action
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.71,0:21:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet we are a very much in the manner\Nof prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.94,0:21:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have seen God, we have seen
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.19,0:21:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amazing answers to prayer from the studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.21,0:21:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it can happen anywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.100,0:21:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One friend of mine has said
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.82,0:21:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we must pray with such specificity
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.84,0:21:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will know when God answers our prayers.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.45,0:21:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Acts chapter 12, Peter is in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.72,0:21:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is scheduled for execution.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.93,0:21:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's chained between soldiers.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.47,0:21:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Herod has decreed that he will die.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.78,0:22:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Peter's in prison, the entire church,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.16,0:22:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I like that, the entire church is praying
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.72,0:22:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Peter in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.18,0:22:08.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right before that, James was, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.70,0:22:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taken to prison but was killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.07,0:22:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think the people got\Nreally concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.25,0:22:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they may now lose Peter
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.09,0:22:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he was hauled off to jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.19,0:22:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that caused them to get worried
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.73,0:22:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they got together and really prayed\Nall night long.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.42,0:22:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King Herod had arrested some who belonged\Nto the church
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.34,0:22:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was planning to persecute them.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.71,0:22:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Herod had James put to death\Nwith a sword,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.84,0:22:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and saw how the Jews had approved of this,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.29,0:22:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he seized Peter also.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.10,0:22:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter was guarded by four squads
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.38,0:22:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of four soldiers each.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.85,0:22:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were very concerned for his safety.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.27,0:22:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the church prayed earnestly for him.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.65,0:22:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The night before Herod was going to\Nbring him to trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.15,0:22:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter was sleeping between two soldiers
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.38,0:22:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bound by chains and centuries stood guard\Nat the entrance.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.89,0:22:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.100,0:23:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and light shone into his cell.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.65,0:23:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The angel struck Peter on the side to\Nwake him up
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.00,0:23:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the chains fell off his wrist.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.49,0:23:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he was instructed, Peter followed the\Nangel out of the prison
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.94,0:23:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,past all of the guards to the\Ngate of the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.64,0:23:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people had been praying together
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.69,0:23:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the house of Mary, the mother of John.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.15,0:23:31.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the servant in the house, I heard \Nknocking on the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.20,0:23:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With caution, I went to open the door
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.49,0:23:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to my surprise, there stood Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.67,0:23:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had just been praying earnestly for him\Nin prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.02,0:23:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once again, united prayer had worked
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.100,0:23:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the word of God continued to spread\Nand flourish.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.92,0:23:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one who was at that prayer meeting\Nthat night
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.25,0:23:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would ever forget that they have a God
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.20,0:23:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,answering prayer after that night.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.60,0:23:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everywhere those people went
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.52,0:24:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the rest of their lives, they told\Nthat story,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.93,0:24:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is part of the reason we know\Nit today,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.29,0:24:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they told that story with great power
Dialogue: 0,0:24:06.68,0:24:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it was utterly convincing to them
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.18,0:24:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of not only God's willingness to help,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.85,0:24:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but God's ability to do it on a grand and\Nsurprising scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.35,0:24:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here were three big, huge nations
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.81,0:24:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,converging on his little dinky kingdom \Nof Judah
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.60,0:24:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from a human standpoint,\Nit was wipeout.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.54,0:24:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jehosophat says some very honest things
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.70,0:24:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the ones praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.88,0:24:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.83,0:24:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're weak.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.86,0:24:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're helpless against this great number\Nthat's come against us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.91,0:24:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he says some very honest things\Nabout who God is too.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.07,0:24:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, You are capable. You are willing.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.01,0:24:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are able and we are ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.42,0:24:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of which prepared God's people\Nfor His deliverance.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.86,0:24:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think when we humble ourselves \Nin prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.41,0:24:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're giving God permission
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.40,0:24:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to break through in a supernatural way.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.34,0:24:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, we're even told in the book,\NChrist's Object Lessons,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.98,0:25:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are to present our prayers
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.22,0:25:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a determination that\Nwill not be denied.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.23,0:25:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.73,0:25:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.98,0:25:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people came and told Jehoshaphat
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.58,0:25:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a vast army was approaching to wage\Nwar against him.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.80,0:25:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alarmed by this news, Jehoshaphat \Nproclaimed
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.20,0:25:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fast for all of Judah.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.49,0:25:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People came from every town in Judah
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.13,0:25:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fast and pray together.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.79,0:25:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were part of a large group and
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.71,0:25:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jehoshaphat was earnestly asking God\Nfor assistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.21,0:25:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Than a man called Jahaziel stood up
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.79,0:25:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said that Jehoshaphat should not\Nbe concerned,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.34,0:25:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was not his battle but \NGod's battle.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.09,0:26:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.68,0:26:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was early in the morning
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.06,0:26:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we set out to the desert of Dacoa(?)
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.72,0:26:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were seriously concerned about facing
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.66,0:26:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this huge army, but we were told to\Nhave faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.66,0:26:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had also prayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.47,0:26:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When our reconnaissance platoon came\Nover the hill,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.69,0:26:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we only saw dead bodies all around.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.92,0:26:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The enemy had apparently turned on\Neach other.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.50,0:26:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jehoshaphat's prayers had won them\Nthe battle
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.48,0:26:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without even having to fight.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.17,0:26:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.19,0:26:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the book of Acts in the Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.52,0:26:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a definite pattern emerges.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.40,0:26:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That pattern is that the disciples,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.86,0:26:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they begin to share what God has put\Non their heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.36,0:26:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are persecuted, sometimes to\Nthe point of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.44,0:26:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the persecution begins,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.52,0:26:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they actually gather the believers \Ntogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.94,0:27:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They pray and the Holy Spirit\Nis poured out.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.33,0:27:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus causing the word of God
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.69,0:27:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be spread even more boldly.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.10,0:27:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus the church of God grows.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.65,0:27:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,United prayer is critically important
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.24,0:27:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the church because it is the key
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.60,0:27:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to national revival and to the healing of\Nnational challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.76,0:27:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prayer, especially united prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.41,0:27:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not about leverage,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.86,0:27:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twisting the hand of God with more people
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.02,0:27:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,praying the same phrase over and\Nover again.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.30,0:27:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is about God's people together
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.15,0:27:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting aligned with His will.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.34,0:27:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we pray, I think it changes\Nour hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.88,0:27:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we can unite together in prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.43,0:27:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a unity that is experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.42,0:27:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then when we ask, whatever we ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.66,0:27:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the powerful name of Jesus, \Nthings happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.14,0:27:54.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is united prayer important?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.96,0:27:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it opens our hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.57,0:28:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the power of the living God
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.55,0:28:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to accompany our witness.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.01,0:28:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It brings you to the foot of the cross\Ntogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.15,0:28:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,United prayer is unleashing God's power
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.40,0:28:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the universe and I believe
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.63,0:28:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a great controversy.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.48,0:28:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's what we need, not the prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.57,0:28:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the controversy between good and evil
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.05,0:28:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God does not violate our \Nfreedom of choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.33,0:28:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as we pray, God opens up new avenues\Nof working.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.34,0:28:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't God already working for that son\Nor daughter before we pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.62,0:28:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't He working for the community\Nbefore we pray?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.05,0:28:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is. But he's limited by their choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.86,0:28:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as we pray, just as in the \Nbook of Acts
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.99,0:28:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the church prayed, God honours\Nthe choice of the praying one.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.100,0:28:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And miracles occur as we pray unitedly.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.97,0:28:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we get things right on the vertical
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.78,0:28:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will become right on the horizontal.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.72,0:29:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(music)