SUNDAY (LIVE) - Feb 22, 2026 | Ephesians 6:18-23 - Praying

I think what has happened with prayer is this. We've taken a tool for war and turned it into a cruise ship intercom asking God to fetch us another pillow to make us comfortable. Guilty as charged. One person put it like this. Most Christian's prayer life is, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Help me. Help me. Help me. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Amen. That's pretty good. That's probably me. [00:44:48] (35 seconds)  #PrayerBeyondComfort

He said, this is how you're to pray. It's like a neighbor who comes to your house at midnight, knocks on the door. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. The guy's like, hey, man. I'm in bed. What are you doing? The man, at midnight, at his neighbor house, says, hey, I need to borrow some bread. Can you imagine that? It's the craziest story in the bible. It makes me really love my neighbors. [00:51:45] (30 seconds)  #MidnightKnockPrayer

When do we think about the rainbow? When the water's all gone and everything's great, ah, now it's God's promises. In the midst of really hard times, I'm gonna think about God's promises. Or even knowing hard times are coming, I'm still gonna cling to the rainbow of the promise of God. I hope to be being shaped into somebody like the book of Revelation. I'll praise you. I'll trust in the rainbow of God's promises on this side looking forward to really hard times because you're true, and you're good, and you're worthy of my trust. [00:37:35] (35 seconds)  #TrustTheRainbow

I'm trying to practice this. I pray everywhere now. Talk to somebody in and out. Hey, man. Let me pray for you. Right there, in and out, praying. Home Depot, pray for you right here, man. Let's pray for it now. Fred Meyer, pray for it right there. Diamond Home Improve It, pray for it right there. Walmart, lots of opportunities to pray at Walmart. Let's pray right now. Try it. It'll feel weird at first, but I'm not lying then. [00:50:07] (31 seconds)  #PrayEverywhere

I don't think we do. I know I don't. And here's what I think has happened to prayer. Remember the section of scripture we're in right now. The armor of God. Why do you need to wear armor? Because you're in a war. We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and spiritual wickedness in high places. Right? It's a battle. Therefore, put this on because you're in a war. This is the last in the armor of God. Prayer. [00:44:11] (37 seconds)  #PrayerIsArmor

And Jesus says this about prayer. John sixteen twenty three, truly, truly, say to you, whatever you ask of the father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you'll re will receive, that your joy may be full. I don't wanna leave any rolls, dinner rolls on the table. I don't wanna leave any joy unfound. So the bible says, ask like your neighbor coming to get bread at midnight. That's her to pray. [00:52:45] (39 seconds)  #AskInJesusName

Pray. Keep alert. Supplication for me also. Old translations put it like this, watch and pray. God has a highlighter that makes things really important. Over and over, watching and prayer are linked together. Jesus in Matthew twenty six forty one, watch and pray. Mark thirteen thirty three, watch and pray. Luke twenty one thirty six, watch and pray. Right here, watch and pray. Colossians four two, watch and pray. [00:58:40] (40 seconds)  #WatchAndPray

And Isaiah said, when God spoke, the threshold shook. It just began to quake. I've been to the threshold, the foundation stones that Solomon put in that temple three thousand years ago. One of them is the great stone. It's 570 tons. It is considered to be the largest known stone ever moved by an ancient civilization. It is massive. And Isaiah says, that 570 ton stone was thinking about just dissolving into powder at God's voice. [01:05:04] (41 seconds)  #VoiceShakesFoundations

But then one tribe, the tribe of Issachar, they only sent 200 people. Like, what? And it tells the reason why. Because of men the men of Issachar knew their times, and they became leaders, commanders of their brothers. Massive army, 200 that were alert, understood their times, and they became the 200 that lead the army out, defend the nation because they were alert. I wanna be alert like that. [01:03:19] (36 seconds)  #LeadLikeIssachar

If we depend upon an organization, then you're gonna get what that organization can get you. If you depend on a system, then it's whatever that system can get you. A program, whatever that program can get you. The government, whatever the government can get you. Singing, whatever singing can get you. Preaching, whatever preaching can get you. A building whatever a building can get you. But I'm convinced that when we depend on prayer, we get what God can give us, And that's what I want. I want what God can give us. And that's prayer. [01:14:15] (40 seconds)  #DependOnPrayer

there was the most amazing rainbow. Anyone see that this morning? Unbelievable. Like the double like it was the you could see the storm moving in and then right out there just all sun. Incredible. And in the bible, you look at like where the rainbows show up, it's very interesting. You have the first rainbow after the flood. Really, really bad time. And there's a rainbow. And what is the rainbow? It's the promise of God. I'm not doing this again. It's the promise of God. At the end of really hard times. [00:36:17] (37 seconds)  #RainbowAfterStorm

And you have in the book the book of Ezekiel, a rainbow shows up and it's the in the middle of the nation of Israel being taken to Babylon for seventy years. Bummer. Really hard times. Right in the midst of it. The rainbow of God. The promise of God in the midst. And then in Revelation, really hard times. Read Revelation. Not fun. You have Revelation beginning with a rainbow around the throne of God, and then there is spontaneous praise before known difficult times are coming. [00:36:54] (40 seconds)  #PromiseInTheMidst

Jesus, shape us into revelation people. That do not let our hearts be troubled. That know in this world we shall suffer tribulation, but we can be of good cheer because you have overcome them. That we trust you that the recipe of this life is to build us and to create in us gold that lasts for eternity. So I pray for the body as we finish the book of Ephesians, Lord, that ultimately, we'd be those that trust you, [00:38:09] (45 seconds)  #RevelationReady

It's prayer. Right? Everyone kinda knows we should pray. The bible says, pray without ceasing. Anyone killing that one? Bit of a struggle. This text right here says, praying at all times in the spirit. Like, how do you do that? We know we should pray. I know I should pray. But, man, that's a struggle. Like, I want my kids to pray. So when my kids were little, we had this thing. We'd have dinners together, [00:43:02] (33 seconds)  #PrayWithoutCeasing

Here's what I found. If I don't, I won't. I'm 54 years of age. The hard drive is full. It's deleting files now. That's what it's doing. And if I don't, I won't. When the Holy Spirit prompts me to pray at all times, I pray. Something, while I'm driving my car, a a reminder, a thought comes into my head. You know what I should do? Pray right then and there. [00:49:35] (32 seconds)  #PrayInTheMoment

Too often, I've heard somebody, been prompted in my heart to pray, and then I don't. I forget. I move on. At all times, pray in the spirit. Well, may I just stop praying because God doesn't answer me? God can say no. God can say wait, and God can say yes. It's not my job. It's not my problem. My responsibility is, at all times, praying the spirit. And then it's God can do whatever he desires to do, and he will. [00:50:39] (39 seconds)  #PrayInTheSpirit

Prayer is simple. It's the big one. It's just talking to God. Here's how I think prayer works. It's just working out life with God. And the way that I do it personally is I go for walks. Because if I start praying when I'm sitting, I'll be sleeping pretty quick. That walking, and science is finding this more and more and more, that the mind and the body are so intertwined that physical walk anything, a brisk walk, makes your brain fire so much better. [00:53:33] (35 seconds)  #WalkAndPray

James chapter four, he puts it like this. You have not because you asked not. I'm gonna ask, ask, ask, ask. But realize, whenever I ask, I'm asking my heavenly father. Parents, have your kids ever asked things from you that you did not give to them because you knew it'd be unhealthy? Dad, I know it's 09:30 at night. Can I plead please have a Monster Energy drink? Nope. [00:56:11] (34 seconds)  #AskYourHeavenlyFather

Dad, I wanna change something in my room. Can I borrow your chainsaw? Nope. The heavenly father, we ask, we knock. Big, gigantic prayers, and then we trust. Jesus says, your heavenly father knows how to give good gifts to his kids. I trust the heavenly father to only give me good gifts. I ask, I knock, I seek, and I trust him. [00:56:45] (30 seconds)  #TrustGoodGifts

I think my heart is that when I hit hard times, my response is in humility. I don't know what to do. I'm not gonna win this battle. I don't know what to do, but my eyes are on you. I pray. Too often, it's actually my last option. I all try everything I possibly can. Jesus says this, men ought always to pray and not to faint. I seem to faint, and then I pray. [00:48:00] (36 seconds)  #PrayFirstNotLast