Is God Aware Of My Situation?

- Heavenly greetings
in Jesus' mighty name.

Yes, thank you for joining us once again

on this podcast here on
the University of God.

And today we want to
discuss about something

which is close to the heart of everyone.

Yes, I believe at one point in our lives,

the question has gone through our heart,

is God aware of my situation?

Many of us don't voice that question out,

but the question can be
very loud in our heart.

And remember, it's our
heart that God hears,

yes, our thoughts are louder
than our words in Heaven.

So we want to talk about that today.

Is God aware of our problem?

And if God's aware, how
then should we pray?

What should we ask for when
we pray? So let's get into it.

Racine, what can you say about this?

- Thank you.

So this programme was inspired

by what we read through the
hundreds of hundreds of emails

we received from partners, from viewers

introducing their prayer request to us.

So we pay attention to it
before the presence of God.

But we realize that many believers,

many, many, so many, so many,

by the terms of their
requests, we can see clearly

they are not conscious that
God is aware of their problem.

Many of them express themselves,

they talk or are about to take
decisions as if God is not aware.

In their marriages, in their
business and everything,

we can see that people
have no hope for an answer.

As if God was silent to their prayers,

as if God was blind and deaf and dumb.

God is not.

Our attitude towards God is very important

in our prayer life.

So we have been asking, what
is the cause of all this?

Why believers today, in
the midst of circumstances,

adverse situations, sometime
the response of our heart,

our attitude seem to
contradict our belief.

We need to understand
that God honours faith

more than anything.

Of all the graces we have from God,

only faith honours Jesus the most.

What is faith? A heart
that believe God in?

- Every single circumstance.

- How do we know that somebody has faith?

If I say, "Okay, I trust
you, I have faith in you,"

it can be my word of mouth.

How will you know that really,
I put my trust in you? How?

- Your attitude during hard times.

- If in your mind, you want
to check the genuineness.

Okay, somebody can say, "Oh,
I love you, I love you."

How can you check the
genuineness of that love?

When people come to God in
Matthew chapter 15 verse 8,

God said, they come to me with their lips-

- But their hearts are far from me.

- But their hearts are far from me.

Why do you think God is saying that?

Why?

- Because He's looking at their heart.

- Yes, good, but why?

Why God does not listen
to the words in my mouth,

but in my heart?

That's the question.

When we come to God to worship, to pray,

whatever way we come, God
first looks at our heart.

Why? You said it before that.

Today thousands of prayers
are offered, but perhaps-

- With almost no faith.

How can this be?

We just believe the expression
of faith is to pray.

Everybody prays. Everybody
knows how to send petitions.

The question is, which
petition goes above the ceiling

or which petition will
not go beyond my lips?

- I think many times you see
it in the attitude of people

or the attitude of us let's say after prayer.

Many times after praying,
we continue to complain

and be worried and anxious as
if we've never prayed at all.

It's as if maybe we've eaten a huge meal

and we still complain that we're hungry.

That means that that food
did not actually go anywhere.

That food did not reach
where it needed to reach.

So I think that's a picture
of our faith life today.

If we pray those prayers and
we don't pray them in faith,

it's as if we too, we
know that the prayer,

the words are only entertaining people,

they're not reaching God.

So the question is how do we
pray then for God to hear?

- We need to understand that faith

is not a panic button to press, like 911.

How do you call it, 911?

Faith is a lifestyle of trusting in God,

not a panic pattern.

God looks at our heart to
see where there is faith.

What is faith? How do
we know we trust God?

How do we believe? That's the question.

We don't believe God with our heads.

We don't believe in God with
our mouth, but with our heart.

So when we come to God,

God looks at our heart
to see the genuineness.

Why are we asking?

Are we led by faith or we
are led by our circumstances?

Remember, faith is centred on God.

Faith arises in my heart out of the trust

that the other party is reliable.

Do you believe God as
reliable? Is God reliable?

Is He dependable, trustworthy
in the midst of circumstances?

If I say I love you, well
you say, "Huh, he loves me."

But when adverse situation comes,

the attitude of the person
reveals the true person

of love of faith in his
heart, our attitude.

That's why sometimes God
allows adverse situations

to come to test our heart,
the condition of our heart.

I want you to understand
this biblical truth.

When we pray, God hears and responds

according to the condition of our heart.

What is the condition
of our heart before God?

God looks at the condition of our heart.

We're going to take an example.

Before, I want to take the
proof text of our message today,

which Ruth is going to guide us today

in the book of Matthew chapter 6.

Let's listen to the very
words of Jesus Christ,

our Lord, our Saviour, and
the foundation of our faith.

Let's listen to Him.

- Matthew 6 from verse 30.

"Now if God so clothed
the grass of the field,

which today is and tomorrow
is thrown into the oven,

will he not much more clothe
you, O you of little faith?

Therefore do not worry
saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?'
or 'What shall we wear?'

for after all these
things the Gentiles seek,

for your heavenly Father knows

that you need all these things,

but seek first the kingdom
of God and his righteousness

and all these things
shall be added to you."

- You hear what Jesus said?

Jesus is warning us
that we shouldn't worry

about what to eat, what to
wear, what tomorrow will be.

Why did He say that?

He says the Gentiles are
the ones doing those things.

Why? Because they don't know God.

Because they don't know His ways.

We are supposed to know
a God in whom we believe,

we are supposed to know His ways

for His ways are not the ways of man.

When God delivered His people in suffering

in the land of Egypt, God
took them out of the land.

But God choose a way
that no man will choose.

God took them by the way of the Red Sea.

God allowed circumstances
to come against them,

an army to come, threatening army,

life-threatening situation

and God took them to a way
which was blocked by the sea.

And we see the attitude of people.

Let us just compare the attitude of Moses

with the attitude of the people.

The people, they began to cry, to lament

and speak against God.

They were ready to go back to Egypt.

They began to compare God
with the situation they faced.

'You see, we were better off

when we were in this bondage in Egypt.'

That's what they said.

They were overwhelmed by this situation.

Overwhelmed. Fear.

No, they forgot all the miracles God did

to bring them out of Egypt.

They forgot it all because
of their circumstances,

disfocused.

But there was one man, Moses,

who came to the presence of God.

When they saw the situation,

Moses turned his heart to
God and God spoke to him.

He said "Raise your staff
and split the Red Sea."

We want to tell you that God is
aware of every situation,

every condition we have on earth.

Whether you are a believer
or not, God is aware.

When you are alone in
your room in the dark,

God Almighty is aware.

He's not blind.

He understand the
language of your thoughts.

You don't even got to utter any words,

God is aware of your situation.

The question is, why do we lose faith

when circumstances become difficult?

That's my question.

What can you say Ruth about that?

Why are we so overwhelmed

when situations seem to be contrary

to our expectation in
Christ, we forget God?

Why?

- Because we're focused so much

on the situation that we're in.

We are looking at the temporary situation

that we're passing through
and our focus is on that

more than God.

- But we say we should focus
on God not our problem.

If you focus on God Almighty,

He will give you the peace of heart.

That's what God wants. Our
situation is not like others.

Your situation is an
extraordinary situation.

Whatever happens, whatever you
might be going through today,

run to God, don't stop praying.

Move closer to God.

Our situation brings us closer to God.

For the man of faith, as
I said, how do you put it?

Nothing is lacking why?

- Everything is necessary.

- Now God purposely took
them by the way of the Red Sea

to show His grace is sufficient.

God's grace is sufficient.

He gives us the promise of enough grace

for whatever we face in life,

whatever we face on this earth,

God has made enough provision
to those who believe.

That's what Jesus says.

Blessed are those who
believe and do not see.

The question we have today,

we are so overwhelmed by our situation

because we fail to understand
that God's standard of faith,

Christ's standard of faith is
not based on the blessings,

it's not based on the
healing we're seeking,

it's not based on things in the natural.

It is based on God Almighty.

Have faith in God.

Now, God, when we come to
Him, God looks at our heart.

Are you coming by faith?

What motivates you to come before God?

When we ask before God,

what's the motivation behind our asking?

That's what God said.

Sometimes we ask things that
Are contrary to His will.

Sometimes God allows us
to go through the dark

for a purpose known to Him alone.

So what should be our attitude?

If for if we are believers,

nothing out of God's
control can happen to us.

Nothing happens by chance,
so why is it we behave

as if God has forsaken us?

We go desperate. We take alternatives.

And some say, "I'm no longer
in the faith." We read it.

Some say, "I'm not Christian.

Some say, "I'll go to other
means other than God."

They have exposed what is in their heart.

That's why sometimes God
allow us to go to the dark,

to check the condition of our heart.

He knows who believes, He
knows who does not believe.

We have so many cases today
in the world of people

who were closer to God

and find themselves in sickness,
in disease, in lack, in want.

Ruth, what can you say about that?

We have so many people in the whole world

who today, like Job, who was rich before,

but all of a sudden, circumstances came

and they lost everything.

Some people honoured God in their trouble.

Some say, "God, why me this trouble?

Why me all this trouble?"

We begin to complain. We begin to murmur.

We begin to lament as
if God does not exist.

In the wildness we saw
how they were afraid

and forgot God's presence was
just on top of their head.

So many of these prayer
requests we received

compelled us to have this programme with you,

to know that God is aware.

God has no problem.

We are the ones that have a problem

because our focus has been broken.

If we are conscious of our faith,

we'll know that God is aware.

What can you say about that?

- No, it's true.

I think many people
actually give up praying

because they've lost hope for an answer.

- Hmm. Why?

- Because the answer they're
expecting doesn't come.

And I think many times we set
ourselves up for disappointment

because we don't actually
understand the heart of God.

That can be maybe through
misunderstanding of the scripture,

misunderstanding of different teachings.

If we truly know the heart of Jesus,

we will know what He wants for us

and then we'll pray according to His will.

I think many times we
forget the purpose of life.

The purpose of life is to
glorify God in every situation.

But if our focus is mostly on pleasing us,

not on pleasing God,
then when things happen

that are difficult for us to go through,

we find it difficult to praise God.

And that's actually what pleases God,

when we praise Him in
the midst of that pain.

So whatever pain we are going through,

we should not stop that.

We should not allow it to
stop our worshiping God,

our praising God.

I think many times we can
pretend to be different things,

but in the hard times,
that's when the truth

of what's actually in our heart comes out.

And that's why in this podcast
we really want to discuss

and address the real truth

of why people feel like giving up praying.

Because maybe they actually feel

they're asking for the wrong thing.

- And you mentioned one word, expectation,

and you say it pleases God.

And we know only faith pleases God.

God allow us to go through
difficult situations

sometimes to check the
genuineness of our faith

because our faith should be on Him.

If I recognise God as my source,

if I believe in God's sufficiency,

I will not be afraid to go
through difficult circumstances

when I know I'm going with God.

Jesus spoke to the disciples three times

that He was going to the cross.

In Matthew chapter 16, in
Matthew chapter 17 and 22,

he said, "I'm going to
Jerusalem. They will betray me.

They will harass me, they will kill me."

- They didn't want to hear
it. They didn't understand.

- They didn't understand.

And they were the closest to Jesus.

Peter, of all of them was closer to him.

But he said, "No God, this
will never happen to you."

And Jesus said, "Get behind me satan

because you think like
man, not as God thinks."

And that is the issue.

That is the problem we have.

The greatest problem our faith has,

we are still ruled by our senses.

We're actually ruled by our feelings.

We are ruled by our emotions.

So when satan takes advantage of that,

that's what he tried to
do in the life of Job.

When situation happens, he says hey,

he begins to bombard your mind

with thoughts of negative thoughts

that God is not reliable,

to distrust in your God and he's happy.

But when you're conscious of your faith,

when you know that God is your source

and your faith is based on God's ability

and you recognise whatever you
have comes from Him by grace,

you'll never doubt His sufficiency.

Jesus never doubted.

He knew that in going to the
cross, He will rise again.

Jesus knew when He came
to the tomb of Lazarus,

By speaking the word of
Faith, Lazarus would come back to life.

He knew that. But God
gives us a promise today.

Jesus said, "We should
not worry about tomorrow."

So why are we worrying?

Jesus said, "Don't worry about what to eat

for your Father in heaven
knows that you need them."

So why are we worrying?
This is the question.

Is it because we have no faith?

Or because our faith is weak.

Why?

We shouldn't worry if the Word of Jesus

is true for our lives.

The apostles all knew it
and they never doubted.

Now the question.

You have helped so many people,

so many people came to you
when you were in SCOAN.

You helped so many people
who were desperate.

Every day you see people
coming, have sickness,

have trouble, have issues.

You spoke to the faith in their
heart and they got revived.

So when difficult situations happen

And we tend to forget God,

the only answer is to
get our mind refreshed,

renewed by what God says on the matter,

not what your circumstance says.

Because we are so much concentrated
on what we are feeling,

how we are doing, how we are treated.

If you believe in God,
if you trust in God,

you live today and leave
all your worry to God.

- It just reminds me of the Israelites

when they were going
through the wilderness.

They didn't realize the purpose

of their going through the wilderness.

You know, God actually took
them through the desert

in order to test their heart,

to know what was in their heart,

to know if they would actually observe

the commandment that He'd given them.

And we have to understand

that we're on a journey through life

and our destination is heaven,
to be with Jesus forever.

Many times I think that we live our life

as if we don't know where our
final destination will be.

As a believer, we know
that our final destination

is to be with Jesus forever.

So if we know that our final destination

is to be with Him forever,

why don't we spend time with
Him now to get to know Him?

And anything that happens
in our journey of life,

see it as an opportunity to glorify Him

and to make His Word the
standard for our life.

That's why I was reminded
about the Israelites.

They spent so long in the wilderness

and yet it seems that they
didn't really understand

the purpose of that wilderness experience.

It was necessary for them
in order to learn God's Word

and obey God's Word
and depend on God alone

and unfortunately they
didn't learn those lessons.

So that's why we can see

what happened in the
Promised Land afterwards.

And all these things are in
the Bible for us to learn from.

- Thank you for saying that.
And that's what Paul said.

All these happened to
them in the wilderness

so we can learn from them.

It is true that when you read the Bible,

everything is a lesson of life.

So we have so many people
that were desperate.

The man at the Pool of Bethesda
was desperate. 38 years.

But Jesus walked directly
towards that man one day

and the man began to walk.

Zacchaeus.

Nobody knew what was in his heart,

but he climbed a tree to look for Jesus.

But Jesus came to Jericho

just because of him, meaning God was aware.

- Because he wanted salvation
to come to his house,

his heart.
- Absolutely.

In Genesis chapter 21, the case of Hagar.

Hagar was in the wildness
with her son Ishmael.

And she didn't want to see
her son die in front of her.

She sat opposite, began
to cry, but God located her

and the angel came, opened
her eyes to see a world

and said, "Ah, atta El Roi,
you are the God who sees me."

Jesus cares because Jesus sees

and because He sees, He cares for you.

He's not blind. His hand is not short.

So where you are now,
Jesus said something to me,

and you listen to all
of us, when you pray,

he say, "Go to the secret place.

Lock your door."

When you lock your door, no
man will come and help you.

Who will see you in the secret?

Your father who sees in the secret.

Will He watch you?

God sees your pain.

He knows the motivation
of your actions indeed.

He knows what you're going through.

But God, if you remain faithful,

God will reveal Himself to your life.

All of us, Christians, all of us,

we went through our
wilderness at some time.

Why are we alive today?

The enemy of our soul
wanted all of us to die.

But we are alive today.

Why satan did not manage
to destroy our lives? Why?

Because God is aware.

The question is, we need
to know that He's aware.

We need to know. We need to
be aware that God is aware.

The only way to know that God is aware

is to have consciousness of our faith.

When we have consciousness of our faith,

we remember that God is the author,

the perfecter of our faith,

that His promises never
fall to the ground.

Let's go to 1 Corinthians
chapter 10 verse 13.

"We are not speaking just
words of encouragement,

we are speaking words of faith.

We know your belief when
your belief is tested

by opposite situations."

Yes.

- "No temptation has overtaken you

except such as is common to man:

But God is faithful, who will
not allow you to be tempted

beyond what you are able,

but with the temptation will
also make the way of escape

that you may be able to bear it."

- You will make a way of-
- Escape.

- Just as he did at the Red Sea.

Just as he did for the man
at the brink of hopelessness

at the Pool of Bethesda.

Just as He did for me on my fateful day,

He did for you, for every one of us.

The Bible says God will make a way

where there seems to be no way
if you put your trust in Him.

The lesson we learned today,

God is faithful to those
who are faithful to Him.

If you're faithful to the very end,

you will see the faithfulness of God.

He will never, never,
never allow the situation

to destroy your life.

He will never allow you.

You can be stressed physically, in lack,

you can have depression, pain,

but He will never allow your faith,

your heart to be destroyed.

He prayed for Simon Peter

because he knew that Peter is
going to face the situation.

And Jesus told him, "I pray for you.

The devil wants to sift you like wheat.

I pray that your faith will not fail."

- And when you have turned
back, strengthen your brothers.

- Thank you very much. That's
what we're doing today.

We know there are many people
who are somewhere watching us.

- So this shows we want to encourage you

that we have turned back.

That's why we want to strengthen you.

Meaning that we have gone
through difficulties, trials,

and we know there are many more to come

on this journey of life.

But yes, that knowledge that God is aware

makes all the difference.

That's what happened to Apostle Paul

when he had that thorn in his flesh.

We don't know what the thorn was,

yet he knew the reason for it,

to stop him from becoming
conceited, full of pride

because pride separates us from God

and God didn't want that to happen.

So that's why He permitted Paul

to have a thorn in his flesh.

And that didn't stop him
in the service of God,

it drew him closer to God.

And once he knew that, okay, God,

You are aware of this, Your
grace is sufficient for me,

that was as good as an answer.

So that's why, what
prayers are we praying?

What requests are we giving to God?

Because many times we can pray amiss,

but we can never praise amiss.

What do I mean?

We can say words that
maybe are not in agreement

or in alignment with
God's plan for our life,

but if you out of your
heart, if you praise God,

that will always go to the heart of God.

You can never do that wrongly

if it comes spontaneously,
naturally from your heart.

And remember, praise honours God most

when you're in a difficult situation.

Maybe you don't even have a word to say

but your heart, you find room
in your heart to bless God

and that is what is pleasing to God.

And that's when God will give
you what you've not asked for.

- That's why I said God
will not give you what?

- What you ask.

- If you ask wrongly.

- He'll give you what you have not asked.

- Thank you.

Now if you're conscious of your faith,

if you honour God in your trial

and you begin to praise
Him, to worship Him

instead of asking Him anything,

then He will give you
what you have not asked.

Paul and Silas in the prison,

in the life threatening situation,

they never said, "God, send an earthquake

to destroy these people and set us free,

send an angel to kill everywhere."

No, they were worshiping and praising God.

They were praising God for whom He is,

they were honouring God
for His faithfulness.

And the earthquake came,

an angel came and the door
was opened and they were out.

So the question is,

before we open our lips to
begin to complain and pray,

we need to find out what God
says about our situation.

God says, "Seek first my
kingdom and his righteousness

and everything else
shall be given to you."

Meaning we should believe
for salvation's sake.

We should put our faith
in God, in Christ Jesus

for what He has done for you, for me

at the cross of Calvary.

When he instructing his disciples,
he said don't carry money,

don't carry two bags.

Go with the grace of God
and they never lacked.

Because God is aware. Where
He guides, He provides.

How do you pray to God? We
say, 'Our Father', am I right?

- Yes.

- You know how a father
takes care of his child?

Look at Pearl. You give her food.

If you are crying, you take her,

you cuddle her, you feed her.

You know what it means? Sacrificial love.

That's God for you.

That's why He gave His son to die for us

at the cross of Calvary.

If God has given us the best,

the greatest posession He had in Heaven,

why should He withhold from
us anything of less value?

Can you compare Jesus to the
situation you're going through?

God gave you Christ. He
gave you the Holy Spirit,

everlasting life and
He give you the promise

that nothing out of God's
control can happen to you.

He's aware of your situation.
So what do we need to do now?

I'm speaking to everybody.

Some say, "My husband is
this..., I'm going to separate.

I'm going to divorce,"
because of what? Situation.

We are ready to break
relationship because of situation.

We are ready to renounce our
faith because of situation.

The devil is happy. We should
not make it easy for him.

Anytime we lament,

anytime we allow him
to disfocus us from God,

you make things easy for him.

But anytime situation comes,
anytime you face the Red Sea,

Jesus says speak to that mountain.

Begin to praise God.

Begin to declare the
faithfulness of God in your life.

That I have God. God is my Father.

He knows what I'm going through.

God knows I trust in Him. All is well.

That's what the Shunammite woman did.

- Yeah, she said, "It is well."

- It is well.

the boy was dead,

but she said to the husband, "It is well"

and it was well indeed.

Now today, we are here to pray for you.

We are here to revive your
faith, that God is faithful.

Jesus is the same yesterday,
today and forever.

What we ask you to do, open your heart

and begin to praise Him.

If you don't see any reason to praise God

and you praise Him,

you will see the hand of God in your life.

If you remember God's track
record in your life before,

you will see reason to say thank
you Jesus, that He's aware.

When you know that God is
aware, you'll not be afraid.

Joshua and Caleb - this was their attitude.

They knew that God was
aware of the situation.

They never allowed fear or circumstances

to cause them to doubt
the goodness of God.

All those who doubted and murmured,

they fell in the wilderness.

Why?

God said, 'they saw my miracle
and they have no trust in God.'

Faith is a heart-

- that believes God in
every single circumstance.

- Absolutely. You see,
every single circumstance.

What is circumstance?

Trouble, sickness,

disease, poverty, debt, adverse situation.

But your heart still believe
in the goodness of the Father.

He's aware.

Jesus never doubted the Father's grace

to raise Him from the dead.

He knew that absolute faith in God.

Such should be our
attitude towards God today.

We should not allow our situation

to dictate the direction of our prayers

and allow us to be disfocused.

So whatever you are facing today,

what takes us to the
brink of hopelessness,

open your heart to God to pray

and begin to give thanks to God.

We are going to pray together.

Our prayer is not, give them money,

Lord heal them. My prayer -

Lord, open their eyes.
You can see Your glory.

You remember?

Maybe you should take
us to Gehazi and Elisha,

2 Kings chapter 6 verse 15.

We are going to pray

for God to open the eyes
of your understanding

so you can see that God is aware.

Today you know God is aware,
that He will give you strength

to endure whatever comes your way.

- "And when the servant to
the man of God arose early

and went out, there was an
army surrounding the city

with horses and chariots.

And his servant said to
him, 'Alas, my master,

what shall we do?'

So he answered, 'Do not fear,

for those who are with us are more

than those who are with them.'

- Hallelujah.
- "And Elisha prayed

and said, 'Lord, I pray. Open
his eyes that he may see.'

Then the Lord opened the
eyes of the young man

and he saw and behold, the
mountain was full of horses

and chariots of fire all around Elisha."

- This is our prayer today.

Your eyes of faith to be opened

so you can see clearly that
God is aware of your situation.

The opening of the eyes of our faith is-

- The silencing of our fears.

- Why? The clearer sight.

- We have.
- Of what?

The sovereignty and power of God,

the less we shall fear the
calamities of this earth.

What you need today, 2
Corinthians chapter 4 verse 18.

We look, not at those
things that are temporary.

We look at what is eternal.

- I think because many times
we don't even know the battles

that Jesus is fighting
for us on a daily basis.

I always remember there was one message,

Where Prophet T.B. Joshua
talked about our mediator

and that was a message that
really changed my life.

If you haven't watched that message,

I encourage you to do that.

And he talked about how Jesus'
ministry of intercession

is little appreciated by believers.

That the fact that Jesus
is interceding for us

in every moment, we don't know the battles

that He's fighting in the Spirit for us

and that is why we continue to complain.

But if the eyes of our faith are opened

and we can see what Jesus has done for us,

what Jesus is doing for us,

then we will appreciate Him so much more

and we will see our need of
Him so much more in our lives.

Without a mediator, we
cannot approach God.

- You mentioned the mediator.

What is the promise Jesus gives us?

I want you to say because
he's a mediator, true.

He made one promise to us.

- The Holy Spirit.

- Yes, but about the
world. What did he say?

John chapter 16 verse 33.

- He said take heart.
- Take heart.

- I have overcome.
- I have overcome for you.

- I have overcome the world for you.

- This means the battle is the
Lord. It's not your battle.

The battle is a past tense victory.

If you recognise the
victory has been done,

you will fear no more,
you'll worry no more.

If God opens the eyes of your faith

to see where He's taking you,

you will begin to give thanks to God.

If He would open your eyes
to see who is with you,

the Bible says, "If God is
for me, who is against us?"

That's why faith brings
peace of heart and mind,

restfulness, when we know
that God is truly aware

and He is with us.

- The knowledge that God is with us.

- Absolutely.

What we know today, we
are going to pray for you.

All of you.

I can't give you faith,
Jesus gives you faith.

Our role is to pray for you
as Elisha prayed for Gehazi

and we trust the Holy Spirit.

We are going to commit every one of you,

every person who is
blindfolded by situation.

You can't see beyond your event.

You are oppressed, you are
depressed, you lost hope.

Your faith is shaken, we
are going to pray for you.

- Because don't allow satan
to have access to your soul.

That's what he wants.

He wants you to take your eyes off God

and put it on your situation.

And that is how you
begin to be full of doubt

and fear and worry and
that is his access to you.

Don't give him access to you.
Continue to trust in Jesus.

Jesus is the author and
finisher of our faith.

And that is why we're going
pray together right now.

Because remember, Jesus
cares because Jesus sees.

Jesus sees you in your problem.

He sees you in your loneliness.
He sees you in your pain.

He sees you in your worry.
He sees you in your sickness.

He sees you in your
discomfort. Yes, He sees you.

And because He sees
you, He cares about you

and He has sent His loving aid
to strengthen you each day.

Everything that you need to
live for God here and now,

Jesus has already given you.

You just need to realise it and to see it.

So let's pray together now.

- So we are going to ask you something.

When Job lost everything he had,

he never lost consciousness of his faith

because he knew that God was his source.

Indeed, God rewarded his
faith more than ever before.

So today I stretch my hand and pray.

Anywhere you are, whoever you are,

I may not know the circumstances
you're going through,

but Jesus Christ is aware.

Exodus chapter 3 verse 7
says, "Earth has no sorrow

that heaven doesn't feel."

I want you for a second, for a moment

to put the eyes of your faith

on the one who defeated satan for you

at the cross of Calvary.

I want you to put the eyes of your faith

as the Bible says in book of
Hebrews chapter 12 verse 1-2

to focus, put the eyes of our
faith in Christ as you pray.

Lord Jesus, we thank You.

Father, we thank You

for all that You permit to happen to us.

We know that You are aware

of every circumstance of our life.

First and foremost,

we thank You for every
moment of Your attention.

We know today because You live, we live.

Because of You, we live today.

Lord, we commit every timid soul,

every weary soul

that is in bondage,
overwhelmed by situation,

where they're abandoned by
people, where they're helpless.

I pray, Lord, that You open
the eyes of their faith.

Open the eyes of their
faith to see the light.

There is light in darkness
when Jesus is involved.

Father, I pray, visit them
in these circumstances,

in the mighty name of Jesus.

As Elisha prayed, we pray.

Open the eyes of their faith.

Open the eyes of their heart

to see God's mighty hand in their lives.

Open their heart to the word of faith,

the response of a true believer.

Open their heart to the spirit of truth,

the Holy Spirit, the comforter.

Open their heart to faith,
Lord, and to Your Spirit.

I pray, let the Spirit of Father descend,

descend upon them

and shift their eyes
from the trouble to You

to see the goodness of God in their life.

Father, we pray, Jesus,
you located Zacchaeus,

you located the man at
the Pool of Bethesda.

You located Lydia, you
located the Ethiopian eunuch.

Father, You are the same
yesterday, today, and forever.

I pray that every soul, every soul

in bondage today receive
Your resurrection power,

receive the gift of eyes that can see,

the gift of ears that can hear

what Jesus, what the Lord is saying

in these present circumstances.

Lord, we bring them to you, Lord.

I pray, let the peace of heart,

enter them in the name of Jesus.

Let the peace of Christ,
which the world cannot give,

enter their consciousness, enter their mind.

Let their mind be renewed
in the mighty name of Jesus.

Let their mind be renewed

to see Your goodness in their lives.

There is light.

There is light, there is hope,

there is healing, there
is faith in Your presence.

Jesus, we pray, oh Lord, open their eyes.

Open the eyes of their faith.
Open the eyes of their faith.

Manifest your strength to see, oh Lord,

there is a blessing in that situation

that the best is yet to come.

Father, release them. Release
them from all bondage.

Let the veil upon their heart

be taken away in the name of Jesus.

Let the weight upon their soul be removed

in the name of Jesus.

Let the hardship...

When Moses came in
Exodus chapter 6 verse 9

to proclaim Your deliverance
to the people of Israel,

the Bible says because of hardship,

they were unable to attend to that word.

Lord Jesus, let Your uncommon peace visit them, Lord,

in the mighty name of Jesus.

Before they open their
mouth to speak, locate them.

Locate them in Your mercy.
Locate them in Your favor.

Locate them by Your spirit
in the name of Jesus.

Let the veil be taken away
in the mighty name of Jesus.

Let them experience your
presence, your uncommon peace.

Oh Lord, we bring those souls to you

by interceding for our people today, Lord.

We put their problem, their
burden into Your hand, Jesus.

Let Your peace enter the
heart, enter their home.

Let them see the transformation
of grace in their life,

in the mighty name of Jesus,
in the mighty kingdom of Jesus.

Let there be light in their spirit.

Let there be light in their
heart. Let there be light.

Let there be revival.
Revival, revival, revival.

In the name of Jesus.

Lord, You intercede for us in Heaven.

Hebrews chapter 7 and chapter 8.

You are our mediator, Lord.

Jesus, we pray.

We bring every soul, every
soul who is under bondage,

every believer whose
faith has been shaken.

Oh Lord, I pray, let there be restoration,

visitation from the Holy
Spirit in the name of Jesus.

In the name of Jesus,
in the name of Jesus.

Father, manifest your strength
in their weaknesses we pray.

Give them strength. Give them strength.

Give them strength to endure

whatever you want them to endure.

Give them strength to
go through the narrow way.

That's the narrow way the leads to life.

Lord Jesus, give the grace to
be conscious of their faith.

Strengthen their faith to believe.

Give them joy to believe a
man of faith can be happy

whereas there is nothing to
be happy about on the outside.

A man can be poor and be a friend of God.

Oh Lord, visit them as you visited Job.

Visit them as you visited Job.

When everybody abandons them,

Lord, revive them in the name of Jesus.

Revive them in the name of
Jesus. Revive their faith.

Revive their faith. Renew their faith.

Strengthen their faith.
Strengthen them Lord.

Strengthen them Lord. In
the mighty name of Jesus.

Father, as Elisha prayed, we pray.

Open the eyes of their heart
to see the goodness of God.

Open their ears to harken
to the inner voice

of the Holy Spirit.

Father, give them the
gift of dreams to see,

oh Lord, beyond this situation,

what God's saying in that situation.

Strengthen their heart to come before You

with praise and worship.

Let the darkness disappear
in the name of Jesus.

Let satan be defeated
in the name of Jesus.

Every yoke of satan,

every doubt of the enemy,
be crushed, be removed

in the name of Jesus.

Let there be faith. Let there be hope.

Let there be strength.
Let there be revival.

In your heart, I speak to your heart.

Lift up to Jesus in the
mighty name of Jesus.

Begin to praise the Lord.

Begin to worship God and
see the mighty deliverance

the Lord we give You today.

Lift your voice to Him.

Begin to praise Him. Begin to honour Him.

Begin to worship Him.

As Moses said, today you will
see the mighty deliverance

that God will give you today.

The Lord will provide.

Jehovah Jireh will provide for Himself.

God is faithful for those
who are faithful to Him.

Lift up your voice. Ask Him.

Ask Him to revive your faith.

Begin to honour Him. Begin to praise Him.

Begin to give thanks to God

for the best which is yet to
come in the name of Jesus,

in the name of Jesus,
in the name of Jesus,

in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Amen.

Thank you Jesus. Thank you Lord.

God is faithful to those
who are faithful to Him.

Bring your heart to Him
and begin to praise Him.

Begin to worship Him.

Begin to thank Him from
the bottom of your heart.

If your situation crushes you so much

you cannot utter a word,

even the groans of your heart God knows.

Jesus is faithful and God is never late.

It is never too late as far
as it is the will of God.

Someone is watching you.
Someone is awaiting to you.

Just believe. Thank you Jesus.

- Amen.

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aware of our situation

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God bless you and remember, we love you,

but Jesus loves you so much more.

- Stay in faith and
rejoice. Jesus is aware.

Thank you.