Laboring in Prayer: A Call to Revival
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"God is so good, and it is so hard, whether you're a spiritual parent or a physical parent, to send out your kids. I know right now my son turned 18. On March 1st, and it was like day and night. He woke up on his birthday, and was like, I'm an adult now. And right now he's in Ardmore, Oklahoma, with Upper Room and Bethel, praying for like hundreds and hundreds of people there today. And it's incredibly painful to let your kids go. But you know, the Bible says that children are like arrows in your quiver." [00:58:28] (40 seconds)
"And that sounds really cool if you're like a guy like me who's like, yeah, Lord of the Rings, I got my bow and my hair. But it's really painful, and you have to actually pull one out and just pull that thing back and just watch it go. And you don't know where it's going, but you're just praying, God, direct that thing right into the heart of the nearest orc. You know? You know? Just take them out, you know? It's painful. It's difficult." [00:59:08] (25 seconds)
"Because so many churches are closing down, and so, not because of the world. This is the thing. So many people are focused on politics, and the sin of the world, and all the evil things that these big corporations, and Disney, and all these people are doing. But the reality is, it's the church cannibalizing itself. And we are right now experiencing one of the wildest things that I think has been seen in church history, where church leaders all over the world, not just here in the States, all over the world that we have looked up to, are being exposed for horrible sins." [01:00:34] (36 seconds)
"And you guys are so blessed here. It's so wonderful what God is doing here. You're expanding. You're going to blow out this wall, and you're blessing the nations, and you're sending people out. But I got to tell you that most of the world right now is in a very different position in the church. Most of the world, when we were in Panama, usually when we go to Panama, we're getting invited to all of these churches all over the place. But this year, instead of getting all kinds of church invitations, we got lots of home group invitations." [01:00:01] (34 seconds)
"This is a global attack. This is a global revealing. This is a global scraping off the old dead stuff. And God is raising up new people, people of holiness. We have lived in a generation where holiness has been forgotten. We have forgotten how to pray. I remember when I was growing up, I'm 40 now, guys, just turned 40. My mom the other day, she's like, I see gray hair. And I was, no, it's just lighter blonde." [01:04:48] (35 seconds)
"And there was this movement about prayer where everyone was talking about resting in the river of God. Just rest. Just don't, don't, everyone would say don't strive, just rest. And that is true to a point, but it's also turned into the biggest, laziest church, because all everyone is ever doing is resting. Everyone is just floating through the river, letting the world go to hell while we're all getting blessed. But the Bible talks about laboring in prayer, talks about striving in prayer." [01:05:58] (32 seconds)
"That is the reason we are not seeing the results that people have seen in the great awakenings and the great movements of China back when Hudson Taylor was ministering all over China and David Livingstone in Africa and all these places where massive movements that marked nations took place. They were birthed out of laboring in prayer. Not resting in prayer, although we have to do that, but laboring with Christ." [01:06:43] (30 seconds)
"Charles Finney, he was approved to preach, and during his examination, he had this huge impact on Daniel Nash's life. Now, you would think in our Hollywood world, you think everything is linear. We think that everything is just going to be boom, boom, boom, boom. That's not how real life works. Daniel Nash was impacted, but instead of having this glorious moment and just changing his life, he backslid more and ended up getting a terrible disease in his eyes." [01:22:35] (30 seconds)
"Daniel Nash and another man named Abel Clary, they came together, they found Charles Finney, and they decided to become his personal intercessors. Which a lot of people might find demeaning, but they felt like this was their call. They were going to be the personal intercessors for Charles Finney. So Finney, God gave them this incredible strategy, the most effective strategy in ministry, I believe, that has existed. And very few ministries do this." [01:24:32] (29 seconds)
"Charles Finney then talks about himself. He says that one time he arrived at a town. He went to a local inn where Finney, sorry, where Nash and Abel had been praying. And he went up to the innkeeper, and he said, ma 'am, I'm looking for a brother. They called him Father Nash. I'm looking for Father Nash. And she said, well, I'm too scared to go into the room. And he asked why. She said, well, they've been here for three weeks. They checked in, and they have not eaten a single piece of food. And I haven't seen them leave the room since they got here." [01:27:16] (37 seconds)
"Charles Finney believed so strongly in the prayers of Daniel Nash that when Daniel Nash died after ministering with him for just seven years, Charles Finney finished out all of his commitments over the next four months and shut down his entire ministry. Because without his intercessors, he knew that there wouldn't be the same level of power. That's why ministry is a two -handed thing. It is not just the pastor. It's not just the worship team. You have to do your part, too. You have to pray." [01:39:49] (34 seconds)
"Without people praying, without you praying for your church, there will not continue to be success. There won't be. You have a responsibility, too, as believers, to pray for your pastor, to pray for your church, to pray for your town, to pray for Nashville, pray for Panama, pray for these places. We don't want to lose this next generation." [01:40:59] (29 seconds)
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"And that sounds really cool if you're like a guy like me who's like, yeah, Lord of the Rings, I got my bow and my hair. But it's really painful, and you have to actually pull one out and just pull that thing back and just watch it go. And you don't know where it's going, but you're just praying, God, direct that thing right into the heart of the nearest orc. You know? You know? Just take them out, you know? It's painful. It's difficult." [00:59:08] (25 seconds)
"Because so many churches are closing down, and so, not because of the world. This is the thing. So many people are focused on politics, and the sin of the world, and all the evil things that these big corporations, and Disney, and all these people are doing. But the reality is, it's the church cannibalizing itself. And we are right now experiencing one of the wildest things that I think has been seen in church history, where church leaders all over the world, not just here in the States, all over the world that we have looked up to, are being exposed for horrible sins." [01:00:34] (36 seconds)
"And you guys are so blessed here. It's so wonderful what God is doing here. You're expanding. You're going to blow out this wall, and you're blessing the nations, and you're sending people out. But I got to tell you that most of the world right now is in a very different position in the church. Most of the world, when we were in Panama, usually when we go to Panama, we're getting invited to all of these churches all over the place. But this year, instead of getting all kinds of church invitations, we got lots of home group invitations." [01:00:01] (34 seconds)
"This is a global attack. This is a global revealing. This is a global scraping off the old dead stuff. And God is raising up new people, people of holiness. We have lived in a generation where holiness has been forgotten. We have forgotten how to pray. I remember when I was growing up, I'm 40 now, guys, just turned 40. My mom the other day, she's like, I see gray hair. And I was, no, it's just lighter blonde." [01:04:48] (35 seconds)
"And there was this movement about prayer where everyone was talking about resting in the river of God. Just rest. Just don't, don't, everyone would say don't strive, just rest. And that is true to a point, but it's also turned into the biggest, laziest church, because all everyone is ever doing is resting. Everyone is just floating through the river, letting the world go to hell while we're all getting blessed. But the Bible talks about laboring in prayer, talks about striving in prayer." [01:05:58] (32 seconds)
"That is the reason we are not seeing the results that people have seen in the great awakenings and the great movements of China back when Hudson Taylor was ministering all over China and David Livingstone in Africa and all these places where massive movements that marked nations took place. They were birthed out of laboring in prayer. Not resting in prayer, although we have to do that, but laboring with Christ." [01:06:43] (30 seconds)
"Charles Finney, he was approved to preach, and during his examination, he had this huge impact on Daniel Nash's life. Now, you would think in our Hollywood world, you think everything is linear. We think that everything is just going to be boom, boom, boom, boom. That's not how real life works. Daniel Nash was impacted, but instead of having this glorious moment and just changing his life, he backslid more and ended up getting a terrible disease in his eyes." [01:22:35] (30 seconds)
"Daniel Nash and another man named Abel Clary, they came together, they found Charles Finney, and they decided to become his personal intercessors. Which a lot of people might find demeaning, but they felt like this was their call. They were going to be the personal intercessors for Charles Finney. So Finney, God gave them this incredible strategy, the most effective strategy in ministry, I believe, that has existed. And very few ministries do this." [01:24:32] (29 seconds)
"Charles Finney then talks about himself. He says that one time he arrived at a town. He went to a local inn where Finney, sorry, where Nash and Abel had been praying. And he went up to the innkeeper, and he said, ma 'am, I'm looking for a brother. They called him Father Nash. I'm looking for Father Nash. And she said, well, I'm too scared to go into the room. And he asked why. She said, well, they've been here for three weeks. They checked in, and they have not eaten a single piece of food. And I haven't seen them leave the room since they got here." [01:27:16] (37 seconds)
"Charles Finney believed so strongly in the prayers of Daniel Nash that when Daniel Nash died after ministering with him for just seven years, Charles Finney finished out all of his commitments over the next four months and shut down his entire ministry. Because without his intercessors, he knew that there wouldn't be the same level of power. That's why ministry is a two -handed thing. It is not just the pastor. It's not just the worship team. You have to do your part, too. You have to pray." [01:39:49] (34 seconds)
"Without people praying, without you praying for your church, there will not continue to be success. There won't be. You have a responsibility, too, as believers, to pray for your pastor, to pray for your church, to pray for your town, to pray for Nashville, pray for Panama, pray for these places. We don't want to lose this next generation." [01:40:59] (29 seconds)
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