DOA ADALAH SENJATA TERBAIK KITA I Khotbah Ps. Dr. Gideon Simanjuntak

Sometimes promotion doesn't happen in

church,

it happens in a small room, in your room.

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Please God, please God. Please

God. Come again tomorrow.

Please God,

please

God. Come again tomorrow. God, I am

Your child, God. Defend me Lord, defend me

Lord. Come again tomorrow. Oh God,

every day God

wants a great man to bring down a brother,

God will say this, "I know him

because every night he comes to me,

seeking my face.

Because every night he comes into

my presence,

praying before me.

Because every night he never

stops pounding, crying out to me.

I hear him.

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Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude in

the midst of the storm, in the midst of a season that is not

okay. We have a God who is

still good. We have a God who continues

to care for us, defend us, help us. We are

calm because God is with us. We are

calm because God defends us. If

God defended us in the past, He will

defend us today. If God opened the way before,

He will still open the way today. God has

never changed in the past, now and

forever.

Thank you for your presence of God. Thank

you for your presence,

thank you for your mercy.

Thank you for allowing us to visit us through

the worship leaders in this place,

through the workers. Thank you for

blessing this church, Lord.

Even thank you for allowing me to

place a servant in this holy pulpit

to be able to tell the contents of

God's heart, to convey God's plan. in

our life. Limited servants, if

You use Your servants with the

unlimited power of the Holy Spirit so that the words

that come out penetrate the hearts of

Your people, blessing them to return home

from this place. Those who come

with tears return with smiles

from heaven. Those who came with

burdens, they returned home bringing relief from

heaven. They went home knowing that

even though things had not changed,

God had helped us. God the

Holy Spirit, you are welcome among

us. Speak for each of us

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Every one of us is my longing for the

Kelapa Gading branch of the Church to be ready to be blessed by the word of

God. Together with faith we can

say

amen.

Amen. We may give glory,

great applause. Please sit

back, brother. Blessed be the name of God

who has gathered you and

me. And today we will study,

ladies and gentlemen, I give it the title Living

Prayer. Prayer is our best weapon. You

both said to me, prayer is

our best weapon. Best wishes. Come on,

let's read Spirit 3 together. Prayer.

Prayer is our best weapon. Many

prayers, many miracles.

Amen.

Pray a little, little miracle. Want to be

strong in this life, be strong in prayer.

If you want to be great in this life, be great

in prayer. Let's

learn the truth of God's word together. Let

's look at the truth of God's word Daniel

10 verses 9 and 13. Book of Daniel 10

verses 9 and 13. Today you will

receive a deeper lesson on

why our prayers are not answered by

God. Daniel 9 verses, Daniel 10

verses 9 to 13. Come on, I'll

read verse 9. You read verse 10

and so on. Then a voice was heard

. And when I heard the sound of

his words, I fell unconscious.

Face down with my face to the ground. 10.

Go ahead.

Verse 10. Daniel 10 10th verse.

10th verse. The boss holding

the slide wants me to cross him

. Daniel 10, the 10th, we read 3 times

. But

in my hands. The 11th verse

says to me Daniel, you are a person

Beloved, take to heart the words that

I speak to you. Stand on

your feet, for now I am sent

to you. When he said this

to me, I stood trembling. The

12th verse. Please.

For Your words have been heard

since

You intended to

and to humble Yourself where and

for what reason have I come?

We read the 13th verse. Come on together with

enthusiasm. 45 3 yes, the leader has been

against me for 21 days. But

then Mikael, one of the

leading leaders, came to

my aid and I left him there

facing who?

Brother, we often hear the story

about Daniel about the lion's den.

We often hear about Daniel

interpreting King Nebuchadnezzar's dream.

We often hear the stories of

his friends Daniel, Sadrak, Mesak,

and Abetnego. But we may

forget or we never heard

that in the Bible Daniel ever

prayed. I like that in the 12th verse it

says from the day one. On the

first day God answered his prayer.

both said to me, "When I

pray, I pray,

God already answer."

The Bible says that on the first day God

answered his prayer. But what's interesting is that

on this journey,

Daniel prayed, asking for an answer to his prayer.

The Bible says that God answered and

God sent someone named

Nebuchadnezzar. God sent someone

named Gabriel. Gabriel is the angel who

answers prayers. If Michael is,

you are the angel of war. If Amanda

is the angel in my heart.

Huh. So he sent someone named

Gabriel. And when Gabriel was about to

answer Daniel's prayer,

the Bible says there was a King of Persia. This is

known in theological terms as a

territorial spirit.

Sir, Madam, devil, Sir, Madam, use a

concept similar to humans. In every

region there are leaders, there are neighborhood associations (RT), neighborhood associations (RW), regents

, mayors, governors, and even

presidents. So because Daniel was in

Persia, what appeared was the

King of

Persia. Sir, Madam, you need to understand that

every prayer of yours is an attack

against dark forces.

Amen.

I repeat. Every prayer of ours is an

attack against power.

Dark forces. So, ee Gabriel fought

with someone named ee King of Persia.

The Bible says that on the first day the answer to

his prayer was there. On the 21st day

His prayer was only answered. That was when

Michael, God's warlord, helped

Gabriel. From here, we

learn

interesting information that in our prayers in the spiritual realm, there is a

great war between God's angels

and the powers of darkness.

God had already

answered Daniel's prayer from the first day, but he had to

wait 21 days. It could be that God has already given the answer to

your prayer. But there are

dark powers blocking

your prayer. It could be that

God has already given the answer you are asking for. From

heaven, it has already come down, it is finished.

God has said, "I granted, I

answered, I gave victory to

that person." But 21 days later,

the answer came. That's why today

we will learn, sir, madam, that the one

we are hostile to is not your husband, ma'am.

The one we are hostile to is not your wife, sir.

But the one we are hostile to is the spirit that

controls your husband. The one you are hostile to is

not your boss who oppresses you, but the one

you are hostile to is the spirit that

controls your boss. Because the devil wants

us to hate humans. In fact,

humans are driven by the spirit behind

them. Let me understand this

first. I don't know. angry. I

speak in C tone,

soft spoken, gentle and not

angry. But I want you to understand

this truth. That you should not

hate your husband, but the spirit

behind your husband that plays a role. You

should not hate your wife, but the spirit

behind your wife that plays a role. You should

not be angry with your child, but the spirit

behind your child that plays a role. I am

not angry with the congregation that is silent, but

angry with the spirit that makes the congregation silent.

Let's study more deeply.

Let's look at the truth of Ephesians 6 verses

12 and 13. Let's

read it together. You want to tell me.

Praise God. Our congregation, our church

continues to grow in God's grace,

brother.

God is good to God be the glory. Ephesians

6 12 13 let's read together. 3 yes because

but

against

against

against

together say to me my enemy is

not human

my enemy is not human

both say to me the spirit behind the human is the

spirit behind the human is

if your boss likes to oppress you don't hate your

boss

hate the Spirit that controls your boss.

If your husband keeps falling In sin,

don't hate your husband. A little is fine

.

But hate the Spirit that controls your husband.

Both of you say to me, "I'm

on a battlefield."

No, this is true. We're on a

battlefield; to the naked eye,

everything seems good, peaceful.

But on the battlefield, every day the devil

holds

work meetings,

and the devil in the Kelapa Gading branch is

targeting your home,

your career,

your health, and

your ministry.

Do you think the devil is happy for you

to progress?

Do you think the devil is happy to see

your family in harmony?

The devil hopes every day for the downfall

of believers. The devil

tries to limit our prayers. Because

the devil knows that only the prayers of believers can

limit the devil's work.

I repeat, the devil tries to

limit our prayers. Because the devil knows that

only the prayers of believers can limit the

devil's work. That's why when

Christians don't pray, the devil has free rein,

sir.

That's why when Christians don't

pray, the devil plays with joy.

That's why when Christians don't

pray for their households, the devil

enters those households. Because the devil

knows that what stops the devil is the prayers of

believers. What protects a believer's family

is their prayers. Your prayers can

limit their work. devil.

Amen.

Your prayers can cancel the devil's work.

Amen.

Your prayers can defeat the devil. Amen.

But if you don't pray, you'll

definitely lose, Boss. If you

never pray, if you only rely on this

, don't use this and this,

where will this get you? I'm not

angry. Where will this get you,

Boss? Here. Where will this get you?

Where will this index finger get you? This will take you

everywhere. Amen. Amen.

Amen.

I'll repeat it again. If this and this become

one, W

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similar to Uncle Gilbert.

Yes. Not if this and this are one.

Wow.

If this and this become one. Right.

You're not sincere enough.

Let's learn. There are three

truths that I share with

you. Poke your left and right.

Say this is really cool. This is

really cool. Say your

fake brother is cool. Brother,

let's learn. There are three

truths that I want to share with

you. The first is how we

have prayer as the best weapon of

believers. The first is to pray

with awareness. Pray with

awareness. What awareness? That we are in

The middle of war. We are in the middle of

war, sir, madam. Every day

the devil sharpens his weapons. Every day

the devil uses people to bring you down

every time. Why do we need to pray

all the time? Because problems can come

suddenly.

The Bible says suddenly a hurricane

hit them. You who are

lala lala lala today think there is no

problem. The devil says, "Wait for the

play date." Yes, every day the devil is spying on

us, sir. He is spying on us, sir. He is

outside now, sir. There are some

inside

who are preaching looking at their cellphones. There is

the devil.

Don't hide your cellphone. Lontong

immediately nyi.

Yes. The devil is spying on us, sir. The devil

says, "Don't disturb us. Gideon is

screaming, later Gideon will stop

screaming."

Yes.

Pray with full awareness that we are

on the battlefield. Fathers, Mothers, if

we know there is a power that wants

us to fall, then we will be alert.

The Bible says the devil is like a

roaring lion looking for prey to

devour. I like the

Indonesian translation to say this, looking for prey

to devour. What does that mean? Some

can be devoured, some

cannot. Those

who cannot be devoured are those who are on

guard.

Yes, but it is appropriate

to pray and watch

. Let's open Ephesians 6 verse

18. Let's read it together. 3 two, okay.

In

what should we pray?

The Spirit and

with

unceasing, for

I really like this Bible.

Pray all the time in the spirit.

Pray with awareness, not praying with

emotion.

You know what emotion is? It's just getting angry.

But praying with the spirit means

truly understanding what God is doing. Do

you understand? If we see

our husbands getting angry, we shouldn't say,

"We break the spirit of anger."

We see our husband angry, why? Oh,

his boss is pressuring him. What we pray for is not

his anger, but

his boss. Those who understand say amen first.

Amen.

What we pray for is not the boss's anger.

If we see our boss pressuring us,

we don't pray for our boss, we see, oh,

our boss is being pressured by someone else. That's what's

called praying with awareness.

Praying with understanding. What I'm afraid of

is the root of the problem that you're bombarding

here.

Do you understand? This is the root

that you're attacking here. You pray

using only emotion, not guided by the

Holy Spirit. You pray only with anger

, not guided by discerning

spirit. You're only aiming for the fruit,

when in fact, it's the root that you need to

address. How long ago

my wife had a cough, Sir, Madam. Coughing

constantly. E gave her cough medicine. The next week she was

still coughing. Her cough was so bad that she was like a

human cough.

We brought E home, she was given

cough medicine, she was given ginger, and I

gave her a check of IDR billion.

I was the one who Cough.

We went to the doctor.

At the doctor's, it turned out my wife didn't have a

cough.

What, Pastor? She had acid reflux.

Her acid reflux had risen to the point of

hurting her throat. So the medicine

we gave her was wrong, we treated it here

when it should have been here. Do you understand what

I mean? Everyone is silent about acid

reflux. It

should have been acid reflux. When the acid

reflux was treated, the cough went away.

That's what I mean, right on target.

A few years ago, I was preaching in the

Cawang area, and

a man came forward.

Either Batak or Ambonese. There were only two

possibilities.

He said, "Pastor, I've been praying for

years, two years. God doesn't

answer." "Ah, there's no such thing as God

." I tried to be patient. "Yes, why,

Sir?" He told me. Every week

we met, "Sir, where's your prayer?" God's prayers were

n't answered. God's prayers weren't

answered. Until one time, because he

kept going, I asked, "

What kind of prayer are you praying for?"

"Yes, Sir." You said prayers

must be specific, detailed, repeated,

never stopping. What did you pray for? "I

prayed for a red car."

This is a true story. You can ask Pastor

Great, my friend. I prayed for a

red car. Well, God didn't answer

, Sir. He didn't give me the

car. Every week he said that. Every

week he said that. Until I asked,

"Sir, this is just a small talk. Where is your father's

house? He said, "Oh,

I'm in Lower Cawang."

I asked, "This is the submerged area

, my child. The

submerged area is the one that floods."

Oh. Then I asked again, "

Can a car pass through your house?" Forget about a car,

Pastor, I don't even have a motorbike.

I'm starting to understand who's a

bit of an idiot here.

I asked again, "Sir, is your house your

own or rented?" "Forget about

yourself, sir. I haven't paid for 6 months."

I asked again finally, "Sir,

can you drive?" "No, sir. I

want to ask, if God gave him a

red car,

where would he put it?"

I want to ask. What should this person ask for

prayers for?

Brain.

Because he prayed that he didn't have a brain

.

If God gave him a car,

where would he put it? He can't

drive. Don't want to sleep in the car.

Can you understand what I mean? One day I was

slow in Cirebon, Sir, Madam. There is a

church, ee invite me, "Sir, please,

sir. Our church is a luxury church."

I think this shepherd is very arrogant.

It turns out that luxury is a rice field.

Dad's seat.

I came because I had free time.

I came indeed a small church in the

suburbs in ee beside it was

really rice fields. After the sermon, I

went out to chat with him at the front. He

said, "Sir, I have a funny story."

Because the ones who are talking are men, I

know that men's seats are not funny. I've

been pretending to smile. What does a

corporate smile look like? Yes. Oh I see. He

told me. This is a true story. He

said, "Sir, when I moved

here, every midnight there was the sound of

rich people crying, Sir. I gathered

intercessors.

We cried out for crying spirits,

suicidal spirits, sad spirits, we

cried out." I said, "How long,

sir?" "We've been squealing for 3 weeks." But

every night the sound is always there. Then

he said, "What happened

next? I've been out for almost a month and then I

met a local resident.

The resident passed by and said, "Sir, you

've been here for a long time." They told stories. The

resident said, "Sir, have you ever heard a

sound every night?"

The priest said, "Yes, yes I heard it."

"What was that sound?" Has anyone ever

committed suicide?” The residents said,

“No. Nearby there is a

cattle slaughterhouse.

So every night when the cow wants to be

tripped it cries.

Can you imagine? Every night it is

said, "We break the spirits of

suicide. We destroy them." God saw

above and said, "Oon,

what do you want to break?" "Oon,

there is a church on the 3rd floor, on the second floor a

spa was built. The intercessors' prayers were

enthusiastic. We broke down the

second floor." The pastor said, "If the second floor

breaks, the third floor will collapse."

Hello, do

you get what I mean? Pray

with awareness.

Prayer with awareness. It's not

just that this mouth is open. No.

It's not just your snout talking.

No. You need to pray with

awareness. The

first awareness is

God awareness. Realize what God is doing

. Don't miss out on

God's agenda. Amen.

We are about to ask God for the new year.

What does God want to do with you? What does God want to

do with you? Aware. God

awareness. Secondly, ladies and gentlemen, we

need to be self-aware.

When we pray for something, the Holy Spirit

reminds us, "God bless me if I am rich,

your name will be glorified." The Holy Spirit said,

"It's not my name, it's your name.

Lord, exalt me. If I am rich,

your name will be exalted." God said, "No,

my name has always been high." You want to be

tall, right? Self-awareness. Do you realize that

something is wrong? The third,

sir, madam is said to be situational

awareness, reading the seasons of life.

We know, we are God's children. We

read the seasons of life, what is God doing

? What is God doing?

So that your prayers don't just come from prayers.

Everywhere, Brother, if people want

war, they send intelligence to the

enemy country. Is it right? Intelligence

sent. Or if someone wants to

raid your relatives, suddenly

there is a meatball seller in front of you,

but it is an undercover police officer, for example,

and so on.

Intelligence will provide

detailed information so that when you want to attack, your

attack will be precise. The

Holy Spirit is the intelligence that God has

given us.

If there are Christians,

intelligent Christians, who only go to

church twice a year for Christmas and

Easter,

why do you rarely go? I am intelligence.

Intelligence should not be seen often.

The first, sir, madam, is prayer

with awareness, with consciousness.

We have to know. Second, sir, madam,

my favorite is how to make our prayers

sharp, so that our prayers are great, powerful.

We need to understand that we are fighting

from victory, not to

victory.

God has

won. Everyone said to me,

Jesus has won.

Jesus has already won.

But Jesus means that he has won just

as our nation has become free. We

like to hear the ceremony instructor say

to fill independence.

Secondly, how can we have

prayer as our best weapon. The

second is fasting

infice the power. The power.

That fasting sharpens prayer. Fasting strengthens prayer

. Almost all religions on earth

teach about fasting. Muslims, Buddhists,

Hindus, Jews teach about fasting.

Almost all doctors agree that fasting is

good. for the body. Is it right?

Fast. Even Jesus said,

"Fast."

Fasting in the Bible, Father, Mother

do not eat for spiritual reasons.

It's not about not eating to be on a diet, that's

not fasting.

That's why it's called

fasting prayer. If you just fast without praying, that's

called holding back hunger.

Fasting prayer. Early church, in the

early church they fasted twice a week

, Wednesday and Friday.

What is the difference between fasting for Christians and fasting for non-Christians?

Outside of Christianity, people emphasize holding back hunger and

drinking. It's easy to be hungry, you

just don't have money.

But in Christianity fasting is not about holding back

hunger, but what? Humble yourself

before God.

Repenting and admitting your mistakes is fasting

according to Christianity.

Fasting in Christianity, Sir, Madam,

does not mention the date, the duration.

If you're fasting but want to gossip, it's

better to just order

roast pork.

If fasting makes people bad-mouthed, it's better to just

eat straight away. But the fasting

referred to in the Bible, ladies and gentlemen,

is humbling ourselves.

humble ourselves. Fasting, sir, madam,

is not just about restraining ourselves, but about

harmonizing ourselves. Fasting is not

trying to influence God,

but aligning ourselves with God.

Say amen.

Amen.

There is a 3 day fast in the Bible.

There is in the Bible Daniel's fast of 21 days.

There is the ultimate fast, Jesus 40

days. If you're not told to do it, don't

do it.

You want to know God for 40 days you

don't eat, don't drink. You don't

just know God, you meet God.

Later, when I pray to God, I will feel

your presence. God said, "Uh, until

you say so, God.

40 days without eating or drinking. If

God doesn't tell you to, don't do it. Don't

do it.

Fasting is not to show off. People

who fast have weak eyes,

chapped lips, and

difficulty defecating. Or while fasting

. The Bible says, "The reward has been

received." Is that right?

But the Bible says, Ladies and Gentlemen,

fasting is not how to get more from God,

but to give more of ourselves to God. Fasting

is not asking for more from God, but to

give ourselves more to God. Do

you want to know why Jesus

fasted for 40 days before starting his ministry? Do you want to know why?

Why did Jesus fast for 40 days before starting his

powerful ministry

?

Because Jesus knew that someone who

couldn't control himself couldn't

possibly control his calling.

I repeat. Why did Jesus fast for 40 days

before starting his ministry?

Because Jesus knew that someone who couldn't

control himself couldn't possibly

control

his calling. Never. It's impossible.

John Perver said so. If you

cannot say no to your stomach, you will

struggle to say no to your sin.

If you can't say no

to the ice cream cone at the mall,

then you probably can't

say no to the woman at the

office who flirts with you.

If you can't say no

to Indomie at night,

then you probably can't say

no to someone who offers corruption.

If you lose to a middle-class village,

how much more can you win with meat?

Fasting, ladies and gentlemen, prayer

connects us to God,

but fasting disconnects us

from the world.

I repeat. Prayer connects us

to God.

Fasting disconnects us from

the world.

Amen. We become more sensitive to

God.

We become sharper to God's voice. We

understand God's will better

. We understand better

why? Our flesh is muted. Our spirit is

awakened by God.

Amen. Brother,

Pastor, what is the easiest fast

? If you want to fast at night, your

last meal is at 7, for example, or

8:00, tomorrow morning you can eat at

5:00 if you can. Can you eat at

0:00? Can you eat at 0:00 if you can. Open

When? Free. Don't wait for

those sounds.

You wait for the sound at 00.00. Ah, it's already

open

.

If you, "Reverend, I can only

fast at 00 noon, can I? At

.00 pm my last meal?" Yes.

But at . last night my

last meal I like to wake up at .30,

Pastor. Then break my fast at .00. Great,

Pastor. The doctor said, "I

can't fast, Pastor. My body

can't fast. How do I

fast properly, Pastor?"

My wife is fasting from social media. She's

logged out and deleted her social media.

She can spend two hours

a day on social media. She replaces it with two hours of prayer.

I fast by playing chess. I like playing

chess. Is there anyone here who likes chess?

Raise your hand.

Ah, fake Batak people don't like chess.

If only those who like chess could play chess.

Raise your hand. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I want to

make a coup, I want to close the membership

first.

I play chess

simultaneously for two hours a day.

When I want to fast, I

don't play chess. I spend the two hours reading the

Bible.

Contemplating God's word.

Sir, Madam, in

medical terms, fever is not a disease,

but fever, Sir, Madam, is a

sign that our body is killing

germs or bacteria in

our body. Fever is not a disease. When

our body has germs, the body will

heat up

so that the fever or viral germs in it

die. Is that right? Right, Brother? Well,

in the concept In the Bible, fasting

raises our body temperature,

our faith temperature. So that when our faith temperature

begins to rise, the evil within

dies. Germs, viruses die. Let's open

the verses so you can better understand

what I mean.

Let's look at the story of the Apostles together,

the verse that will be displayed.

Let's read it together, brother.

Acts 28, verse three. 28,

verse three. Let's

read it together. 3 2 1.

A

viper came out because of what?

The heat of the fire. So what?

Every time the Bible mentions

vipers, the Bible is referring to

the devil.

When Jesus met the Pharisees,

Jesus said, "You brood of vipers

." When John the Baptist

saw the Pharisees lining up to be

baptized, John the Baptist said, "You

brood of vipers." Paul

was in a city, cast away on an

island, he put a stick on a fire.

Fire represents purification. When the fire

was lit, a viper came out

because of the heat of the fire.

Fasting is about humbling oneself. Fasting

is accompanied by Prayer. True fasting.

Fasting while repenting. Fasting while

seeking God's face. Fasting while

saying, "Lord, I'm wrong." Fasting

while breaking our hearts with God." Will

raise the temperature of our faith.

So that what is dirty, so that what is

unclean, so that what is filthy, so that

what is not right will die. The vipers

in our lives will come out

when we start fasting.

When we start to humble ourselves

by fasting and praying, the

vipers will come out. The unclean will come

out. Not only will

our bodies detox physically,

but our spirits will also detox.

Fasting will clear your soul.

You will see crystal clear.

Later, at the turn of the year, if possible,

take time for the first days to

fast. I know fasting at the beginning of the

year is not easy because

delicious food is usually gathered there.

I wrote about fasting in my slide. Prayer

connects you to God. Fasting disconnects

you from the world.

Prayer makes you connected to God.

Fasting disconnects you

from the world. Just

like you are driving a car,

driving a car

from Jakarta to Bandung. Throughout

the journey, your car is connected to

Jakarta radio. Right?

The closer you get to Bandung,

the more Jakarta radio disappears. Right. Have

you ever had a radio in your

car? We have it, right?

We're from Jakarta,

initially Jakarta radio was strong. That's right. But

when we started approaching

Bandung, Jakarta radio started to

really come in and Bandung City radio started to

come in. When you pray and fast,

humble your life to God,

humble your heart to God, you seek

His face, you truly long

for His presence. Slowly but surely the world

that has been coming in. Slowly but

surely you mute your flesh. Your flesh

starts to mute, slowly but surely the voice of the world

starts to fade.

God's voice starts to come in.

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Don't enter the year like an innocent person

without a clear idea. Just enter without asking

God. What is God's plan for you at

the beginning of the year?

What is God's call for you at the beginning of the

year? What is happening at the beginning of the year?

Pray and

fast.

Pray and fast.

Fasting will sharpen our sensitivity

to God. True fasting will

enable us to hear what God is saying

.

What does God want to do, what does God want to do?

Because we start to put our flesh to death,

our spirit starts to become strong. Amen. And

third,

how can our prayers be

powerful, victorious? Prayer

is the best weapon of a believer.

First, pray with

awareness. We are in the midst The

battlefield,

there are demons who want to destroy

your household.

There are demons who want to destroy your career.

Prayer, prayer, prayer. That's why Jesus said,

"

Pray continually." That's why the Bible says,

"Do not stop praying." Prayer, prayer, and

prayer, and prayer.

The third one is about how

we can experience a powerful prayer life

.

Persistence

secures the victory.

What does that mean, Pastor? Ephesians 6,

verse 18. In all prayer and

supplication, pray always

in the spirit. Be alert in your prayers,

with what requests?

What?

Continuous.

Consistent prayer determines the

final outcome. Daniel didn't know what was going on.

The first day Daniel prayed, there was no

sign. Daniel prayed the

second day. The second day God hadn't answered Daniel's prayer on the third day. The third day God hadn't answered

Daniel's prayer

on the

fourth day. Daniel didn't know. From the

first day God had answered. Daniel didn't

know the devil wanted to stop Daniel's prayer.

But Daniel did his part. We

don't need to know what people want to do

to us. We don't need to know people

What are you talking about with us? We don't

need to know what people are planning for us.

If you always pray connected to

God, what can people do to us?

God can protect us. God

can defend us. God can lift

us up. It can be more powerful than this. Clap

your hands.

You don't need to know what people want to do

. You don't need to know what people want

to do. You just need to kneel and

ask for protection from the Father in heaven.

Amen.

On the 21st day, Daniel just found out.

Father, Mother, sometimes prayer is not about

volume,

sometimes prayer is not about duration,

sometimes prayer is

resistance,

perseverance.

Perseverance. Not answered today, I

pray tomorrow. Not answered tomorrow, I will

still pray tomorrow. Not answered

this month, next month I will still pray.

When we first pray, God doesn't

hear. And the second time we pray, we

are saying to God, "I still

believe in God." Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Secondly,

there is a miracle in the momentum of prayer.

Say it to me together, the momentum of

prayer.

Your prayers are like a big tree that

we chop down with an axe today. This. Will it fall straight away

? No. But just keep hitting it,

keep hitting it, keep hitting it. It won't

fall today, hit it again. I know

slowly but surely the big tree that blocks you

in your prayers

will

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big tree that blocks your promotion. The big

tree that blocks your career. The big tree that

blocks your blessings. The

big tree that blocks your glorification. The

big tree that blocks your path. If you do it

every day with faith, the axe continues to pray,

pray, pray, pray, pray. Slowly but surely.

Mm.

Help me.

Prayer is like riding a wooden bicycle.

Rest is okay but don't stop. I

repeat it again. Rest is okay, God.

I sit down for a while. After that, pray again.

Don't rest and then stop, change

bikes again.

Sometimes promotions don't happen in

church,

they happen in a small room, in your room.

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Please God, please God. Please

God. Come again tomorrow.

Please God,

help

God. Come again tomorrow. God, I'm

your child. God defends me. God defends me

God. Come again tomorrow. Oh God,

God,

every day

wants a big man to bring down a brother.

God will say this, "I know him

because every night he comes to

my house,

looking for my face.

Because every night he comes into

my presence,

praying before me.

Because every night he never

stops roaring, crying out to me."

I heard him.

Sometimes our miracles are not in

the church.

Sometimes our miracles are in

our rooms where every night we sleep

next to his miracles. The

greatest prayer is the midnight prayer at

midnight. Do

you know why? There is no rival for

your enemy anymore.

You

bow down

to him

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I take

my life.

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God is watching in heaven.

Accept

anugerahnya.

Musuhmu lagi gini.

Malam-malam Tuhan bilang gini sama

malaikat. Kat

maksudnya malaikat

bilang siap.

Tu yang tiap malam nangis-nangis sebut

namaku.

Tu yang tiap malam berlutut di circuit

place di kamar pribadinya.

Cari aku. Berkati. Mereka tanya berapa

banyak bos? Ada berapa di surga? Banyak

bos. Kosongin. Kasih dia.

Lu jangan tepuk tangan doang lu.

Enggak pernah doa.

Saya atas anugerah Allah.

6 bulan puasa saya. 6 bulan, Pak, Bu. 6

bulan.

You've seen me skinny for

6 months, right?

Sometimes in our hidden places

, we will see

victory from God.

Prayer is not only communicating with

God, but prayer is coordination with

heaven. What a cool language.

We are being arranged by God.

Amen.

From your hidden place,

you will see

victory

that the Lord Jesus gives.

Two practical steps in prayer.

First, pray even if you do

n't feel like praying.

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Even if you don't feel it, even if you

don't feel like it, oh my, I'm not feeling well

, I'm in a bad mood, I'm tired, I'm

sad, pray. In fact, usually prayers

when you're not feeling well are the best. Is

n't that right? In fact, when I'm

bitter, I'm disappointed, I

can't pray. In prayer,

you will see the

great God coming to you.

Second, praying when peace

comes means God is working with

you.

Whose prayer is waiting for an answer to

prayer? Don't be shy. Raise

your hands high.

Keep on wood with your axe.

Amen. Keep on

wood with your bicycle.

One thing I know,

in your hidden place you pray.

In your hidden place you pray.

God will answer from a

hidden place.

Miracles often come not in

church, but in secret places. In

your home,

in your bedroom,

in your prayer closet.

My prayer is for God's congregation in

this place. Trust that God provides

answers to prayer.

Public power comes

from our private prayers. We close

our Bibles. Yeah.