Vigilant Prayer and Witnessing in Christ
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "It's hard for us in this world and in our bodies, you know, unredeemed as they are to train ourselves up in this, to be real, um, people who are actually prayer warriors and people who are. In prayer earnestly, um, you know, I mean, it's, uh, when it says earnestly in prayer, it means we really want to, you know, we're, we're doing it cause we want to, not because we have to, but we have a heart of prayer." [05:25] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We feel his presence every, uh, all day and at night and everything. And so how is it possible when we have so many duties and affairs, uh, in our lives that demand our attention? How do we do it? How can we continue to walk in unbroken prayer? And, and so I believe what the scriptures means here is to develop it." [08:10] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Start out small and go, but get that time in God's word. Also reading his word systematically through the scriptures, you know, and, and I'll tell you, I'll matter of fact, I'll sit here and guarantee. I guarantee. Guarantee. If it doesn't improve your day, when you start out in the word of God and in prayer, then Paul will buy you a ticket to Hawaii. Okay." [11:48] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "We are the ones. Listen to this guys. Think about this with prayer. We're the ones that have to discipline ourselves. God will not do it. He, he commands us to do it. He will change our hearts if we ask him that we desire prayer, but, but if we don't pray, listen, this is how important it is. If we don't pray, then prayer never gets done. It's us that has to pray." [12:12] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "And so our attitude in prayer, as we're praying, I mean, I can't, it's just a joy to see what the Lord is doing in our lives. I used to think of it as, and I still do, it's like every day, God is a great improvisational artist in our life. Things come, it seems like out of left field and all that stuff, but it's exciting. And we're, it's like we're riding a wave, you know, if you ever surfed, riding a wave, man, and just taking it and it's fun." [20:41] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for Members
1. "And so you've got to carve it out guys at the beginning of the day. And this is what really usually messes us up in our minds. We hear these stories or we start comparing ourself to each other or whatever. And we think, oh man, I can't do it. He does it an hour a day. Well, you don't have to do an hour a day telling you just, I mean, if you get five minutes in, you've got, you've done something that you weren't doing before." [10:40] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We need to be vigilant so you know what to pray for. It, I wonder how many of us know, I guess I've been mentioning it, but how many of us know that tens of thousands, maybe even up into the hundreds of thousands, of Christians in Sudan are being slaughtered as we speak by Muslims, the Muslim, uh, government? How many know that? Hardly any of us, right?" [14:22] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "And so we need to be vigilant in it. And it means to discipline our minds and control our thoughts in prayer. You know, we can be tired, you know, and why are we tired? Because we stayed up too late or we, you know, did other things that we probably shouldn't have done. We've got to develop that ability to be vigilant in prayer. It's the duty of the believer. Notice it's not something that God does for us. He says, you be diligent in your prayer." [15:51] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "And so we have to not give up in prayer. We have to struggle against drowsiness and wandering thoughts and worry. You know, we start worrying instead of praying. And so we need to learn to concentrate, to discipline our minds. And control our thoughts. One of the best things I ever did was, I did it for years. And it was, you know, going to take a walk. Just get out every morning. Go take a walk. I take my dog. And all I'm doing is going right through the list of people and praying for everybody at church." [17:24] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "And so our attitude in prayer, as we're praying, I mean, I can't, it's just a joy to see what the Lord is doing in our lives. I used to think of it as, and I still do, it's like every day, God is a great improvisational artist in our life. Things come, it seems like out of left field and all that stuff, but it's exciting. And we're, it's like we're riding a wave, you know, if you ever surfed, riding a wave, man, and just taking it and it's fun." [20:41] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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1. "It's hard for us in this world and in our bodies, you know, unredeemed as they are to train ourselves up in this, to be real, um, people who are actually prayer warriors and people who are. In prayer earnestly, um, you know, I mean, it's, uh, when it says earnestly in prayer, it means we really want to, you know, we're, we're doing it cause we want to, not because we have to, but we have a heart of prayer." [05:25] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We feel his presence every, uh, all day and at night and everything. And so how is it possible when we have so many duties and affairs, uh, in our lives that demand our attention? How do we do it? How can we continue to walk in unbroken prayer? And, and so I believe what the scriptures means here is to develop it." [08:10] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "Start out small and go, but get that time in God's word. Also reading his word systematically through the scriptures, you know, and, and I'll tell you, I'll matter of fact, I'll sit here and guarantee. I guarantee. Guarantee. If it doesn't improve your day, when you start out in the word of God and in prayer, then Paul will buy you a ticket to Hawaii. Okay." [11:48] (24 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "We are the ones. Listen to this guys. Think about this with prayer. We're the ones that have to discipline ourselves. God will not do it. He, he commands us to do it. He will change our hearts if we ask him that we desire prayer, but, but if we don't pray, listen, this is how important it is. If we don't pray, then prayer never gets done. It's us that has to pray." [12:12] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "And so our attitude in prayer, as we're praying, I mean, I can't, it's just a joy to see what the Lord is doing in our lives. I used to think of it as, and I still do, it's like every day, God is a great improvisational artist in our life. Things come, it seems like out of left field and all that stuff, but it's exciting. And we're, it's like we're riding a wave, you know, if you ever surfed, riding a wave, man, and just taking it and it's fun." [20:41] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
### Quotes for Members
1. "And so you've got to carve it out guys at the beginning of the day. And this is what really usually messes us up in our minds. We hear these stories or we start comparing ourself to each other or whatever. And we think, oh man, I can't do it. He does it an hour a day. Well, you don't have to do an hour a day telling you just, I mean, if you get five minutes in, you've got, you've done something that you weren't doing before." [10:40] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "We need to be vigilant so you know what to pray for. It, I wonder how many of us know, I guess I've been mentioning it, but how many of us know that tens of thousands, maybe even up into the hundreds of thousands, of Christians in Sudan are being slaughtered as we speak by Muslims, the Muslim, uh, government? How many know that? Hardly any of us, right?" [14:22] (29 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "And so we need to be vigilant in it. And it means to discipline our minds and control our thoughts in prayer. You know, we can be tired, you know, and why are we tired? Because we stayed up too late or we, you know, did other things that we probably shouldn't have done. We've got to develop that ability to be vigilant in prayer. It's the duty of the believer. Notice it's not something that God does for us. He says, you be diligent in your prayer." [15:51] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "And so we have to not give up in prayer. We have to struggle against drowsiness and wandering thoughts and worry. You know, we start worrying instead of praying. And so we need to learn to concentrate, to discipline our minds. And control our thoughts. One of the best things I ever did was, I did it for years. And it was, you know, going to take a walk. Just get out every morning. Go take a walk. I take my dog. And all I'm doing is going right through the list of people and praying for everybody at church." [17:24] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "And so our attitude in prayer, as we're praying, I mean, I can't, it's just a joy to see what the Lord is doing in our lives. I used to think of it as, and I still do, it's like every day, God is a great improvisational artist in our life. Things come, it seems like out of left field and all that stuff, but it's exciting. And we're, it's like we're riding a wave, you know, if you ever surfed, riding a wave, man, and just taking it and it's fun." [20:41] (35 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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