July 14, 2024 ~ A Believer's Prayer ~ Rev. Ed Burns

e e e e e e for for e good morning and welcome to the message Community Church uh we're so glad you're here and welcome to those who are watching online and if you're able please stand with us as we worship the Lord in singing more precious than silver and he really is [Music] oh you are more precious than silver Lord you are more costly [Music] than you are more beautiful and nothing IES [Music] with you are more precious than silver Lord you are more Street and go Lord you areful and and nothing I Des compar with [Music] for th above all the [Music] Earth [Music] forever for th [Music] above all [Music] the I [Music] ex I exal [Music] I [Music] ex ex I ex the I ex the [Music] oh for [Music] th above all th EX for above [Music] for thou Al Lord high above all the Earth [Music] th EX [Music] i exal i [Music] exal i exal i EXT [Music] and continue with us in this Spirit of worship as we sing great is thy faithfulness [Music] Great Is Thy Faithfulness oh God my father there is no Shad of turning with the how change is not compassion they fail as thou the for heaven will great is thy thankfulness great is thy thankfulness morning by morning Mercy is i s oh I have in th Pro great is [Music] th and wi and [Music] and [Music] star with [Music] all to thy great faithfulness mercy and love Great Is Thy Faithfulness Great Is Thy Faithfulness morning by morning Mercy I all I have I great is th Lord for andace that [Music] dear for to Hope For Tomorrow [Music] bless great my faithfulness great is my faithfulness morning by morning new mercies of I see all I have th provided great is thy Lord me amen aren't you thankful for the faithfulness of Goden I'm reminded of the scripture in Lamentations 3 when he says morning by morning new mercies I see great is your faithfulness and we certainly do serve a faithful God today amen amen I appreciate all of you being here this morning in the house of the Lord those watching online thank you for watching and being a part of our service online uh again we're in the midst of what is called the summer slump uh you know baseball has the seventh inning stretch church has the summer slump and uh I but I appreciate you all being here uh and being a part of the service this morning believing God just to do some great things among us today just a few quick announcements so first of all next Sunday uh is our family ministry night so make plans to be here with us for that uh Sunday evening at uh uh 5:30 details are in the bulletin about that uh one other thing we do need to add to that is that we're going to have a meeting uh with all of those who work with our Wednesday night kids the message kids on Wednesday night and uh who will be participating in um our Outreach starting August 14th we're going to have a meeting during that time as well so please if you're wanting to work with our Wednesday night kids please make plans to be here uh next Sunday evening so we can get some things in the works and start getting everything ready that needs to be ready for that so remember those things also Council we do have a meeting tomorrow at 3:00 so please remember that also on July 24th this uh coming or not next not this Wednesday but the next Wednesday our women's Ministries is having a meal and those details are again are in the bulletin and so please uh pay close attention to that also on August 11th uh is our Global Outreach Service uh our goal for our conference uh for Global Outreach is $350,000 um and then the service will be on the 11 at the conference grounds at 5:00 um Dr Mark Rutland will be speaking if you've never heard Dr Mark Rutland uh you'll want to you'll want to go and hear him and so remember all those things if you've not gotten a weekly message there at the back of the church uh you can grab one of those on your way out also those on uh Wednesday night the adults the new books are in uh they're at the back of the church and so you can grab one of those uh on your way out uh this morning uh as well and so we want to go to the Lord in prayer this morning and take our request of the Lord have so much uh to be praying for certainly remember our country the especially uh the events from yesterday um can I say this I'm not political I never have been political in the pull pit not going to start being political now but I do I feel just just an urgency to say something along the lines of this that um regardless of your political persuasion uh trying to assassinate a presidential candidate is just one of the worst things ever to do we need to make sure that violence is not a part of our political process that's what sets America apart uh is that uh violence is not part of our political process and so uh let's just be much in prayer for our country pray for Unity believing God to do something great uh among us as a country uh we do want to remember all the requests that are listed in the bulletin um those with immediate needs and continued concerns let's also remember our shut inss uh those recovering from surgery it is good to see Tina back with us this morning uh and um um we'll just continue to pray for Sheila as well um as she recovers and then um uh so remember all of those requests maybe today you have an unspoken prayer request you'd like to signify with a raised hand amen several of those this morning let's go Lord in prayer this morning Father we love you Lord we're so thankful for you and who you are Lord we're thankful for your grace Lord we're thankful for your mercy we're thankful for the peace that passes understanding and the joy unspeakable that's full of glory and Lord we ask today that you would just touch and that God you would Minister Among Us Lord we ask today that you would do the work that only you can do here Lord within our country we need a touch of you God we need a touch of your power Lord we truly need Revival in this nation a Revival of Holiness a Revival of of of Loving You Jesus God we ask today that here this morning that you would touch our hearts and that we would be open to you to receive from you those things you have for us continue to touch Among Us continue to meet needs God continue continue God to do what only you can do here Lord let our hearts continue to be open to you and Lord let us continue to desire you and more of you want you father more than we want anything else God touch this morning touch as we continue in worship touch as we take up offering and and Lord as we continue in Acts of worship God we just ask today today that you touch and that God you Minister and that Lord you do the work that only you can do and Lord today we'll thank you for all these things we take authority over anything that would try and come against the service and I ple the blood of Christ today in Jesus we pray that you'll be exalted and lifted up Among Us in Jesus name amen and amen amen I'm going to ask our ushers to come if they will this morning um and take up our tithe and offering while they're coming uh let me just encourage you in giving uh you have been so faithful through the years and uh to give and I just encourage you in that know that God will bless you for obeying his word in the biblical command to give and tithe an offering brother Joe won't you bless our offering this morning Father amen amen let's continue in worship this [Music] morning I love you Lord oh your mercy never f me all my days I've been held in your hands from the moment that I wake up until I lay my head I will sing of the goodness of God oh my life you have been thanful oh my life you have been so so good with every breath that I am I will see of the good I love your voice you have led me through the fire Darkest Night you are close like no other I've known you as a father I've known you as a friend I have lived in the goodness of [Music] God oh my life you have been fful oh my life you have been so so good every breath that [Music] I I will see of the goodness your goodness is running up it's running your goodness is running up you're coming after me with my down surrender you everything your goodness is coming out [Music] coming all my life you have been faithful [Music] all my life you have been so so good every breath that I am a I will sing of the [Music] good oh my life you have been faithful oh my life you have been so so good every breath that I [Music] am I will sing of the goodness of God I will sing of the good [Music] amen aren't you thankful this morning that God is good that is Mercy endures forever that he is from Everlasting to Everlasting are you thankful for that this morning amen I am thankful for that this morning knowing that we serve a God who does not fail that he is alive and that he is well and that he is moving and that he is ministering in the lives of his people we serve a great God this morning amen amen amen well if you will this morning remain standing with me and turn in your Bibles uh to the book of Colossians uh chapter excuse me chapter 4 a few weeks ago we were in Colossians chapter 3 uh just a um just kindly found a couple uh things here last time we were in Colossians we talked about uh a believer's wardrobe um and then this week we're going to be talking about a believer's prayer uh and so um believing that God will just give us wisdom and give us Direction uh this morning um as we look at his word while you're finding Colossians 3 if you will this morning just turn around and greet one another let everybody know you're glad to see them um if you're not glad to see them just just smile and um uh but uh yeah we're glad all of you are here with us this morning look with me in the book of Colossians chapter 4 uh just reading two verses chapter uh excuse me chapter 4: 12 and verses uh 13 look with me uh reading from the New Living Translation this morning here's what the word of the Lord says epais from your city a servant of Christ Jesus sends you his greetings he always prays earnestly for you asking God to make you strong and perfect fully confident of the whole will of God verse 13 I can assure you that he has agonized for you and also for the other Christian or for the Christians and Lead AA in hieropolis May God had blessings on the reading of his word you can be seated this morning in many parts of the world it's illegal to to share the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ especially in Muslim nations the penalty for evangelizing a Muslim is death many countries across the globe have criminalized Christianity and have prohibited the production of Christian material in these countries it is a crime with significant penalty to to possess Christian literature possess even a Bible in a lot of these countries they have ban Christian holidays like Christmas and the other ones and when you look at these nations you realize that the fate of these nations rest on the ability of the few remaining Christians to to endure to the end and you may ask this morning what can we do what can we do as Christians in the face of such daunting circumstances how can we help in those dire situations well I've got a solution for you this morning okay and it's really simple we can do what epais did in Colossians chapter 4 you know what he did he prayed that's what he did he prayed when you read the text there in Colossians 4 it says that he prayed daily for the people not just in not just in Kalos but also in Leota in hieropolis he prayed for those people earnestly you know this morning his prayer was simple his prayer was simple in that he prayed God God would you make them so he said God make them when you look at that word make it means to hold one's ground maintain a position uh be steadfast upright it means to stand his prayer was simple in that he said God I want you to make sure that they stand I want to make I want you to make sure that they stand firm I'm reminded of what Paul told the Ephesians uh about the armor of God he say stand having on all the armor before that he said uh Stand Fast therefore having done everything else stand when you've done all you can do stand and you've heard that uh your whole lives many of you have heard this and it's just simply saying and that was his prayer God will you make them stand the prayer of repa for the church is that they would would have the courage to stand in difficult times that they would have the courage to stand when nothing else worked that they would have the courage to stand when all around them seem to be sinking sand when everything around them seemed to be falling his prayer for the church was simply this that they would have the courage to stand he prayed God make them can I tell you today if there has ever been a time uh when the church needs to pray for its fellow Believers to have courage to stand now is that time now is the time persecution is only going to get worse sin is only going to become more rampant the call to turn away from Christianity and turn to unrighteousness is only going to get louder now is the time today is the day for the church to stand now is the time for Christians to pray for our fellow Believers that they have courage and that they not faint in difficult times now is the time we cannot afford to wait till tomorrow we cannot afford to wait till next week we cannot afford to wait now is the time for the Church of the Living God to pray for our fellow Believers uh that we all have the courage to stand in difficult times and not compromise our faith not compromise our Doctrine not compromise our theology but stand and stand firm being ready to fight so the fight come to us I'm reminded of what Christ told the people in John 4:35 he says this you know the saying four months between planting and harvest listen to what Christ says but I say wake up and look around the fields are already ripe to the Harvest uh my prayer is today my desire is today is that we pray for each other that we have the courage enough to go get the Harvest did you hear what Christ said he said you've heard four months of the Harvest but I say wake up can I tell you today I believe the church has slept long enough uh I believe the church has slumbered long enough uh I believe we have allowed others to come in Among Us and D I say we have allowed wolves in the in the Sheepfold to come in and preach a gospel that says well if you just do right and if you do just enough good works then you'll make it to Heaven can I tell you today that's heresy you canot do enough good works to earn your way into heaven you can't do enough good works for you to do something to get into heaven no it's by the shed blood of Jesus Christ applied to the heart of the life of of an individual they accept Christ that's how you get to heaven can I tell you today we need to pray like never before that the men and women of God that the men and women of the church have the courage that is needed to stand and stand firm and Stand Fast and not come compromise on what they believe in Jesus Christ can I tell somebody today that prayer is a game changer prayer is the lifeblood of the believer Paul told the church in thessalonica he said pray without ceasing in other words when prayer or when nothing else Works prayer works when you don't know what to do pray when when you're not sure which direction to take in life uh Pray when you talk to the do doctor and the doctor gives a bad prognosis you know what you should do pray you will never mess up spending time in prayer time in prayer is never wasted you can never pray too much can I tell somebody this morning I believe somebody needs to hear this that an act of prayer life is what keeps you on track and the enemy at Bay an active prayer life is what keeps you going forward and can I tell you today epais whenever he prayed his prayer was simple and he understood that it was going to change things but don't misinterpret what he did he prayed he didn't pray a timid prayer he didn't pray a prayer that that didn't scare anybody know the Bible says in Colossians 4 and verse 133 he says I can assure assure you that he has pray that he prays hard for you and the Believers in Lea in hieropolis did you catch that word in there hard prayers fervent prayers prayer that did not stop with one prayer uh but a prayer that he kept on praying we're told in James chapter 5 uh uh verse 16 the effects of prayer says the effects will fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much I like the New Living Translation how it words it the earnest prayers a prayer of a righteous man has great power and produces wonderful results imagine if you will this morning the results of a church that had the resolve of epais and prayed fervently imagine if you will this morning what would happen in the church if we prayed like he prayed fervent prayers uh hard prayers uh praying for the people uh praying morning noon and night he prayed always for them can I tell you today church if we're going to survive in these last days it'll be because we are a church who knows how to pray and we pray more than just when we're at church and we pray more than just when we're in need that we do what Paul said and we pray without ceasing we always have a mindset a heart and a desire to pray can I tell you today the only way that church is going to survive is if we pray it's the only way it's going to happen church if we're going to survive these last days if we're going to be able to endure Affliction if we're going to be able to fight against the enemy it'll be because we have spent time in prayer uh and the almighty God the god of the universe has revealed himself to us said this is the way walking it and we walk in that way and we pray for the courage of our fellow Believers pis had a simple prayer he said God make them and this is what he asked for you ready for it he said God won't you make them strong and perfect now at first glance when you look at that you're like man I can get the strong part but the perfect part nobody's perfect and reminded of Noah what it says about Noah in Genesis 6:9 the King James says that he was perfect in his generation the New Living Translation puts it this way this is the account of Noah and his family Noah was a righteous man the only blameless person living on the earth at the time he walked in close fellowship with God says Noah was perfect right but does that mean he lived a life of sinless Perfection No in fact Noah made mistakes you say how do you know Noah made mistakes well he was human that's how I know he made mistakes no no human being can live and not make mistakes Jesus Christ is the only p uh perfect human being but he was deity can I break the news to somebody today you're not deity you can't can't do it Noah though it says that he was perfect and so does it mean that he lived a life of sinless perfection no but he did live a life of repentance he did live a life that was pleasing to the Lord he did live a life of righteousness let me let me share with you what strong and perfect means when you look in the original language the words strong and perfect when they're put together it means are you ready for this being at an advanced stage of Spiritual Development usually as a result of experience teaching and in most cases time when I read this and I looking at this and I realized you know what all he was praying all he pus was praying was this again his prayer was simple God give them endurance oh come on somebody come on Saints come on children of God he prayed he said God give them endurance God make them spiritually mature God help them to learn what you teach them God give them what they need to make it to the end God give them the stick to itness if you will to endure Until the End can I tell you today some lessons can only be learned through time other lessons can only be learned through experience uh the thing is today and what aanus was praying he was praying that God give the people the ability that they need to endure to the end that they stick with it that they not give in to the to the to the that they not give in to the fight against them by the enemy that they not give in to the words of the people who are trying to come against them that they not give in to the laws of the government that would try and say you can't serve the Lord that that they they would not give in but that they would endure until the end the prayer is not that you live a life of sinless perfection the prayer is that you'll be live a life of being teachable that you're willing to per to persevere that you're willing to endure to the end that's what epaphus was praying for the church at Kalos he was asking God God give them what they need he said well who can be strong and perfect I'm glad you asked anyone willing can be strong and perfect the one who makes an excuse for themselves the one who makes the excuse who says well you know the Lord understands and you know uh you can get up and you can go you can go do anything else you want to do anything else you desire to do but when it comes time for Sunday morning and you're a little bit tired your your thoughts are well the Lord will just understand the Lord knows God you're way more understanding than my boss is and and so Lord I'm going to I'm going to I'm not not going to go to church today I'm going to rest I'm just going to stay home those are not the ones who get to be strong and perfect the ones who get to be strong and perfect are the ones who say God whatever you want me to do I'm willing to do they're the [Music] ones who say God whatever it is I'm willing to do what you want me to do this saying holds true that God does not always call the qualified but he always qualifies the called called Always God's looking for those who are faithful he is looking for those available he is looking for those who are teachable this morning the strong and perfect believer is not the one who gets it right every time but they are the ones who are willing to seek God for direction a and they're the ones who understand their humanness they're the ones who know uh they may not have all the answers but they serve the one who does have all the answers the believer who is strong and perfect is the one whose confidence is not in their own strength but their confidence is the one who gave them the strength four ways to maintain your spiritual strength you ready for them he's already got them up there for me first be repentant you want to make you want to you want to be strong and perfect be repentant have a repentant heart the reason David was a man after God's Own Heart was not because he got it right every time but but but because he repented and he had a repentant heart you want to be strong and perfect you want to maintain your spiritual strength and be thankful be thankful for what Christ has done for you be thankful for all that God's blessed you with be thankful that that you're alive and well be thankful that there is air in your lungs be thankful that you can be here this morning just be thankful amen you want to maintain your spiritual strength you want to you want to be strong and perfect uh be active and I'm not talking about your exercise I mean you should do that too I'm talking about being active in the church I'm talking about being active in serving the lord being being an active witness of who Christ is I'm talking about being active in this thing called a relationship with Jesus Christ and by all means don't let the enemy jump in your life and tell you that you're you're of no count and that you have no worth in the Kingdom that's a lie straight out of the pits of hell you had value and you have worth in the Kingdom uh and so be active in the Kingdom uh that Christ has brought you into amen the last way you want to be strong and perfect you want to maintain your spiritual strength be accountable be accountable to somebody somebody a friend a family member somebody that'll keep you that'll help you and say hey you know what how you're living is not right or you're not doing things you should be doing or you you're doing some things and you ought not to be doing those things you want to be strong and perfect you want to maintain that spiritual strength be repentant be thankful be active be accountable he Pais he prayed a simple prayer that God give him courage to stand he prayed a fervent prayer that God make them strong and perfect the last thing this morning heffers prayed with confidence he prayed with confidence that God would work in the lives of his fellow Believers he prayed in faith believing James chapter 5: 13-15 says this any Are any are any of you suffering hardships you should pray are any of you happy you should sing praises are any of you sick you should call for the Elders of the church to come and pray over you anointed ing you with oil in the name of the Lord such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick and the Lord will make you well and if you have committed any sins you will be forgiven there is no doubt in my mind that God is going to complete the task that he said he would complete like Paul epais was confident that God would start and complete the work he who began a good work in you will complete it to the end it was a confidence there within him can I tell you this morning you can be completely confident in the god of the universe to do the work he promised he would do you can be confident in that you can be confident in this that God hears and answers prayer you can be confident in this that that if the god of the universe if he is the same yesterday today and forever and if he answered prayers yesterday then you can be confident that he's going to answer prayers today and you can be confident that he will answer prayers tomorrow you can be confident in the god that you serve that he is not a God who fails that he is not a God who is slack concerning his promises you can be confident in the god that you serve that God does not change and we can be assured of this today since he does not change and that since he has always answered prayer then he always will answer prayer can I tell somebody today uh that God we serve is still a a a prayer answering God he's not death and he's not unwilling to answer there are times when when God seems far away and the answer seems even further away but can I tell you today God is near those who call on him somebody hear me this morning that God is near to those who call on him you say how do you know that because the Bible tells me that if I will draw near to him he'll draw near to me the Bible lets me know that no matter where I am in life if I make my bed on the highest mountain peak that he is there and if I make it in the lowest Valley that he is there can I tell you today God is near to those who call on him and you can pray in confidence knowing that God hears and answers prayer can you tell you say but how do you know God answers prayer I'm glad you asked me that because I read in the Bible where God answered prayer and he parted the Red Sea so the children of Israel could go over on dry ground uh I read in the Bible where God answered prayer and gave Samson strength one more time uh can I tell somebody today you may feel like you've messed up so bad maybe you're watching online maybe you're here today you may feel like you have messed up so bad that God will never use you can I tell you in the midst of all that Samson did wrong he prayed that God gave him strength one more time and God did it you are not forgotten you have not been left behind God will still use you God answered prayer and shut the mouths of lion of the Lions for Daniel God answered prayer and David killed Goliath but God answered prayer and delivered his people out of the hands of the enemy Time and Time and Time Again God answered prayer and Five Loaves and two fishes became enough food to feed the 5,000 God answered prayer and enabled the New Testament Believers uh to perform Miracles God answered prayer and the Holy Ghost was poured out on the day of Pentecost can I tell somebody today if we can have the courage and the fervency that hea had the church would be a mighty Army moving forward that the devil and no devil in hell could stop praise God yes we serve a God who hears and answers prayer and you can be confident that God is still answering prayer today you can be confident today that he's not a god who forgets about his people you can be confident today that he is a God who hears you when you call on him he hears you when you pray you can be confident today that the God we serve has not been taken by surprise by the events that's taken place in our country you can be confident today that the God we serve is firmly in control of all all things he sets up leaders and he takes them down and you can be confident that if the God we serve spoke the world into existence then he is firmly in control of your life if you let him Pais he prayed a simple prayer Lord make them enable them to stand he prayed God make him strong and perfect and he prayed with confidence that God would do the work that he knew God would do so that brings me to here who can you pray for today that needs to be made strong and perfect who can you pray for today that needs to be made strong and perfect who who who it is who is it because all of us know people that don't know Jesus and if you don't know people that don't know Jesus I've said it before but just go to Walmart not not just Walmart go walk downtown go stand outside the bars Lord knows we got plenty of them in Canapolis now go stand out there don't stand with a sign just strike up a conversation with somebody I think about where we are at a country and I think about where we are as a nation I think about where the church is and I believe we need to hear the words of Christ again wake up there's people dying and going to hell dare I say there are people who used to be in the church who have left us not not just us I'm talking about churches Across the Nation they've left the church they've forgotten who Christ was they've forgotten what Christ has done for them there are believers who are who are struggling in their faith maybe they're not struggling in their faith maybe they're firm in their faith but but their hearts hurt because of life situations they're not sure which way to turn they don't know what's next next he paus prayed God will you make them strong and when you make them perfect God give them the courage they need to stand to endure God give them the courage they need to endure to the end the Bible assures Us in the book of the Revelation that those who endure to the end will receive a reward and I don't know about you church but I want to receive the reward so who can you pray for today that needs to be made strong and perfect will you pray for them with confidence will you pray for them in faith believing will you pray for them fervently knowing that your prayers Avail me much can we pray for those around us who are struggling can we pray that God make them strong and perfect can we pray that God do with inil what only he can do can I tell you today Church we've got to have a burden we've got to have a burden for our fellow Believers we've got to have a burden for our fellow Believers that that says you know what I get it I understand you might be struggling but God is still on the throne and God will make you strong and he'll make you perfect will you stand with me this morning I want us to close in prayer this way I want us to I want us to pray for each other this morning I want us to pray for each other today and here's how I want us to pray I want us to and when I say pray I'm talking about pray I'm not talk thank the Lord I believe there are times for solemn prayers don't misunderstand what I'm saying I know there are times when we need to be have these times of solemnness in our prayers but but I don't believe that is today I believe we need to have some fervent prayers that God make our fellow Believers strong and perfect the old-timers used to talk about it this way grabbing hold to the horns of the Altar and I believe we need to do that today for our fellow Believers so this morning I want us to pair up somebody you're standing with somebody across somebody I want us to pair up and I want us to pray for each other today I mean pray for each other and I'm not talking about just a little bit of a prayer I'm talking about praying like Pentecostals pray I'm talking about praying and allowing the Holy Spirit to to use you and give you the words to say so this morning if you will find somebody to pray with find somebody to call onto the Lord with and when I say pray I mean pray today come on this morning come on Church find somebody to pray with let's do it now in the sound booth all of us around I want us to find people and I want us to pray with them this morning maybe you got to get a trio that's all right three or four of you together I don't care but I want us praying that God make us all strong and perfect in these last days and that we will endure to the end you know how to pray and let's pray together can we pray that prayer this morning right now uh that God make our fellow Believers uh strong and perfect let's pray father we love you God you are awesome and you are Mighty You Are Holy and you are just you're the savior of the world you are Our Redeemer our strength our Shield our guide and our stay you are sovereign and you are merciful and Lord this morning as we your people your church are praying uh God make us strong and make us perfect uh Lord let us experience you uh in a fresh and in a real way let the anointing of the Holy Ghost fall on us uh let the power of Pentecost PCH within us today uh let us call to you uh in fervent prayer uh in that is believing that you're going to touch uh that you're going to move uh that you're going to minister uh that you're going to continue uh to save the lost souls that God you're going to do the work that you said you were going to do that God you're going to move and God you're going to minister that the power of the Holy Ghost is going to fall fresh on us that the anointing from the almighty God is going to Flow In This Place Holy Ghost anoint Holy Ghost pour out Jesus move uh star us and bring us nearer oh God let the power of Pentecost let the power of the Great Commission be within us oh God let let us go to the highways and the hedges have the courage we need to go out and compel people to come in God anoint us and use us and direct us oh God God we need you the power of the Almighty God God help us that Lord we'll be a conduit a conduit of your power a conduit of your mercy a conduit of your grace God help us today to be a people that'll pray for our fellow Believers to have courage to be strong and perfect in you God God we got to have you we can't can't live these last days without you we're in desperate need of your power we're in desperate need of your anointing we've got to have you God we can't live without you holy God touch us holy God move Upon Us stir us and bring us where you want us to be God touch oh God touch God I pray not just for the message church but God I pray for the whole of the Pentecostal Holiness Church Lord I pray for the whole of the other Pentecostal denominations Lord I pray for the whole the whole church not just our denomination but the Church of the Living God the church that calls on Jesus that God you make us all strong and perfect in these days that we are in God touch us Lord minister to us oh God we got to have you God we can't live without you we got to have you God and let our hearts be open to you that our long in be after you oh God God make us strong and perfect today not wavering to the right nor to the left but strong and perfect in you oh God Jesus your word father move upon us we're desperate for your power we're desperate for your anointing we're desperate for you oh God God we need you God we need you God we need [Music] you Holy Spirit fall [Music] fresh Holy Spirit fall fresh Jesus have your [Music] way Spirit of the Living God fall fall fresh on [Music] us Church in these last days and I believe we're in the last days I believe we're coming up on them I believe we're in the times of Matthew 24 I believe we're there in these last days the church must be strong and perfect huah we must stand with courage pray fervently with confidence knowing that God's Not Forgotten us knowing that God is still moving knowing that God is still doing what only he can do some of you got family members that need Jesus in September in September just go ahead and be ready for it we're going to have a push within our church we're going to have a push of reaching the lost we're going to start September 1st that's the first Sunday of September is the first can I tell you we're going to reach some we're going to reach people for Jesus how do you know we're going to do that Pastor well because that's what we're going to do in Jesus name that's what we've got to be about so you be prayed asking God God who do you want me to witness to God who do you want me to send a letter to God who do you want me to send a text message to you be praying because I'm telling you church I believe that we're getting ready to see a harvest I believe we've seen some of that that this year we've seen some but I believe I believe we're going to see a harvest this fall do you believe with me this morning well about half we're getting there Hallelujah I believe that I believe God's going to do it among us and it'll happen when Believers pray amen amen don't forget all the things that are going on this week next week believe God to continue to touch and move Among Us uh for those with our Wednesday night class or if you want to join that Wednesday night class we'd love to have you there uh we have the new books uh they're at the back of the church you can grab those on your way out if you've not gotten a weekly message grab one of those as well you in love with Christ this morning am I'm in love with Christ today I'm going to ask our council member of the week brother Larry Phillips if he will dismiss us in prayer