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*BBC THE POWER OF INTERCESSORY PRAYER MAY 27, 207*

*PENTECOST SUNDAY NUMBER 14: 13-18*

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*NUMBERS 14:13-18 *  13 AND MOSES SAID TO THE LORD: "THEN THE EGYPTIANS WILL HEAR /IT, /FOR BY YOUR MIGHT YOU BROUGHT THESE PEOPLE UP FROM AMONG THEM,  14 "AND THEY WILL TELL /IT /TO THE INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.

THEY HAVE HEARD THAT YOU, LORD, /ARE /AMONG THESE PEOPLE; THAT YOU, LORD, ARE SEEN FACE TO FACE AND YOUR CLOUD STANDS ABOVE THEM, AND YOU GO BEFORE THEM IN A PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY AND IN A PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT.

15 "NOW /IF /YOU KILL THESE PEOPLE AS ONE MAN, THEN THE NATIONS WHICH HAVE HEARD OF YOUR FAME WILL SPEAK, SAYING,  16 'BECAUSE THE LORD WAS NOT ABLE TO BRING THIS PEOPLE TO THE LAND WHICH HE SWORE TO GIVE THEM, THEREFORE HE KILLED THEM IN THE WILDERNESS.'  17 "AND NOW, I PRAY, LET THE POWER OF MY LORD BE GREAT, JUST AS YOU HAVE SPOKEN, SAYING,  18 'THE LORD IS LONGSUFFERING AND ABUNDANT IN MERCY, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION; BUT HE BY NO MEANS CLEARS /THE GUILTY, /VISITING THE INIQUITY OF THE FATHERS ON THE CHILDREN TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH /GENERATION.'/

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INTRO: A MAN DREAMED, WHILE TRAVELING, THAT HE CAME TO A LITTLE CHURCH.

ON THE ROOF WAS A DEVIL FAST ASLEEP.

HE WENT ALONG FARTHER AND CAME TO A LOG CABIN WHICH WAS SURROUNDED BY DEVILS ALL WIDE AWAKE.

HE ASKED ONE OF THEM WHAT IT MEANT.

SAID THE DEVIL, “I WILL TELL YOU.

THE FACT IS THAT THE WHOLE CHURCH IS ASLEEP, AND ONE DEVIL CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL THE PEOPLE; BUT HERE ARE A MAN AND A WOMAN WHO COMMUNE WITH GOD IN PRAYER, AND THEY HAVE MORE POWER THAN THE WHOLE CHURCH.”

EXPL; IN THE TEXT WE SEE THE NEED FOR THE POWER OF PRAYER

 

PITIFUL PROBLEM – V.1 – 3 PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ARE IN A STATE OF REBELLION; THE INFLUENCES OF THOSE WHO WERE DOMINATED BY WHAT THEY FELT, AND SAW MOVED THEM IN THE MIDST OF ADVERSITY TO FEAR.

THEY RESPONDED THE WRONG WAY TO THE CHALLENGES AT HAND,

 

POOR PLAN TO EMBRACE THE PAST – V.4 FEAR CAUSED THEM TO FREEZE, BECOME SELF – CENTERED,  AND  DEVISE A PLAN TO ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP, DISPOSE OF THE OLD LEADERSHIP, (STONE THEM WITH STONES – MOSES, AARON, JOSHUA AND CALEB.

AND THEN RETURN TO EGYPT AND BONDAGE

 

PROFICIENT PRIVATE EYE PERSPECTIVE – V. 6-10 WAS NULL AND VOID AGAINST THE EVERY GROWING PEP RALLY FOR SIN; THE TWO SPIES SAID WE CAN GO FORWARD INTO THE LAND OF PROMISE; THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY.

HOWEVER THE MAJORITY MINUS THE MASTER INFLUENCE THE MULTITUDE TOWARD A MEGA MISTAKE THAT WOULD END IN MISERY.

THE PRIVATE EYE PERSPECTIVE TEACHES US THAT FAITH GIVES US COURAGE AS WE REFLECT ON THE POWER AND GLORY OF GOD OF THE PAST.

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PROPOSITION OF A PROMOTION – V. 11-12 GOD SHOWS US AND WE SEE THE PEOPLE HAVE DISHONORED AND DESPISED GOD; GOD ASK HOW LONG BEFORE THEY TRUST BE, HOW LONG BEFORE THEY SAY YEA AND AMEN.

HOW LONG?  THEN HE SAYS, I AM GOING TO DEAL WITH DISHONOR AND DOUBT BY SENDING DISEASE AND THEN DISINHERIT THEM.

I AM GOING TO WIPE THEM OUT AND MAKE YOU, MOSES, PRINCE OF EGYPT, A GREAT NATION.

I AM GOING TO ‘HOOK YOU UP”, I AM GOING TO BLESS “YOU”; I AM GOING TO BUILD YOU A GREAT HOUSE.

CAN YOU SEE MOSES….COMPARING THE CLIMATE OF THE DAY WITH THE PROMISE OF YAHWEH.

CAN YOU SEE MOSES…CONTEMPLATING THE DEAL FROM THE DIVINE GOD; A NEW AND FRESH START, A NEW BEGINNING.

IT REMINDS ONE OF THE TV.

PROGRAM “DEAL OR NO DEAL”.

AND MOSES MAKES A DECISION…”NO DEAL.”

PRAYER OF PROTECTION – MOSES WHO STANDS IN THE GAP REFUSES THE DEAL AND PRAYS.

PROP: THE PRAYER OF INTERCESSION IS A PRAYER OF PROTECTION.

TS: AS WE LOOK AT MOSES PRAYER WE WILL LEARN HOW TO PRAY IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE A POWERFUL PRAYER LIFE EVEN AGAINST THE ODDS

 

INTER:; WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS INTERCESSORY PRAYER THAT WILL BLESS US, AS WELL AS OTHER

 

*MP.

I. IS WHY SHOULD WE PRAY FOR OTHERS?

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13A.

AND MOSES SAID TO THE LORD.

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WHY SHOULD WE INTERVENE FOR OTHERS, WHY SHOULD WE STAND IN THE GAP FOR OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND EVEN FOES?

WHY SHOULD WE RUN INTERFERENCE AGAINST THE FORCES OF EVIL.

IMP.

THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE, BECAUSE SOMEONE, SOMEBODY, SOME GROUP PRAYED FOR US.

WE DIDN’T’ JUST START PRAYING; BUT MAMA PRAYER, AND DADDY PRAYED, PREACHER PRAYED, DEACON PRAYED, TEACHER PRAYED, MISSIONARY PRAYED, THE CHILDREN PRAYED.

SOMEBODY TALKED TO GOD ABOUT YOU AND ON YOUR BEHALF.

AND YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT.

 

TEXT:* BURNING BUSH* - ISRAEL WAS PRAYING FOR RELIEF AND RESCUE AND GOD SAID I’VE HEARD THEIR CRIES.

AND AT THE BURNING BUSH WHERE MOSES WAS COMMISSIONED…GOD TO PHARAOH…REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID; OH MY LORD, I  AM NOT ELOQUENT, I AM NOT A GOOD SPEAKER, I AM SLOW OF SPEECH AND SLOW OF TONGUE.

BUT SOMEBODY HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM.

EX 4:10

 

*THE TEN COMMANDMENTS* - THEN MOSES PRAYS FOR THE PEOPLE…* - *WHEN THEY REACH MT.

SINAI.. AND GOD TELLS HIM TO GO BACK DOWN THE MT.

AND BRING BACK AARON AND TELL THE OTHER TO SAY OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES; MOSES PRAYED…YOU ALREADY TOLD THEM THAT, THE MT.

IS OFF LIMITS.

..AND MOSES WENT DOWN TO THE PEOPLE AND TOLD THEM WHAT THE LORD HAD SAID.

*THE GOLDEN CALF* – THEN MOSES PRAYS FOR THE PEOPLE – LORD SAID TO MOSES THE PEOPLE ARE UNRULY.

MOSES PRAYS TO THE LORD…AT THE TENT OF MEETING …EX.

33:12…YOU’VE BEEN TELLING ME, TAKE THESE PEOPLE UP TO THE PROMISE LAND…BUT YOU HAVE NOT TOLD ME WHO WILL GO WITH ME.

YOU CALL ME BY NAME AND TELL ME I HAVE FOUND FAVOR.

PLEASE SHOW ME YOUR INTENTIONS SO I WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WANT ME TO DO.

 

*THE COMPLAINING IN THE DESERT – *MOSES HEARD THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN BECAUSE OF THEIR APPETITE…THEY WERE TIRED OF THE MANNA IN THE MORNING.

MOSES SAID…I AM MISERABLE, WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?

ARE THESE MY CHILDREN?

AM I THEIR FATHER?

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?  LORD KILL ME AND SPARE ME THE MISERY.

THEN THE LORD CALLED THE 70 ELDERS AND SAID..I WILL TAKE SOME OF THE SPIRIT FROM YOU AND PUT THE SPIRIT ON THEM SO TO SHARE IN THE BURDEN.

*THE LIFE OF JESUS *– MT.

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SPITEFULLY USE YOU AND PERSECUTE YOU.

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO WILL WORK; FOR THE HARVEST IN PLENTIFUL BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW.

PRAY FOR YOURSELF…WATCH AND PRAY, LET YOU ENTER INTO TEMPTATION,

 

APP: PRAY FOR YOURSELF AND SOMEBODY ELSE.

ILL: PRAYER WORK - “I AM SORRY I AM LATE TODAY,” SAID A CLERGYMAN VISITING AN AGED PARISHIONER, “BUT I HAVE BEEN ALL ROUND THE PARISH.”

“WHY,” SAID THE OLD WOMAN, “THAT’S JUST WHERE I’VE BEEN!” “BUT YOU CANNOT WALK,” EXCLAIMED THE ASTONISHED MINISTER.

“AH,” SAID THE OLD SAINT, “YOU SEE, MY SOUL ISN’T BEDRIDDEN!

SO I JUST GO ROUND THE PARISH EVERY DAY IN PRAYER, WHILE I LIE HERE.”

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*MP II.

HOW SHOULD WE PRAY FOR OTHERS?

V. 13-16 **WE PUSH – PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS – *

 

PRAY FOCUSED ON GOD’S FAME – THE WORLD IS FULL OF FAMOUS PEOPLE;  WHO THEY ARE CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY NAME OR LOGO OR SYMBOL.

BASED ON PAST EXPERIENCES PEOPLE AND PLACES HAVE WHAT IS CALLED A “REP.”

A REP OR REPUTATION IS A GENERAL ESTIMATION OF WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF YOU; IT IS A STATE OF BEING HELD HIGH OR LOW; IT’S AN ELEMENT OF GOOD OR BAD NOTORIETY.

REP, HONOR, CHARACTER THAT MAY SCAN THE SCALE FROM COLOSSAL, FROM SUPER STAR TO TAINTED AND SPOTTED.

WE ATTACH SYMBOLS TO FAME; STRONG AS AN OX; STUBBORN AS A MULE;  COURAGE OF A LION; EAGLE EYE.

DIRTY AS A GOD. WE ALL HAVE A REPUTATION…CALL THE NAME, OR NAME OF A FAMILY AND GET THE WORD PICTURE.

JOSEPH, SAUL, DAVID AND SOLOMON….WE GET A MINDSET OF THEIR REP.

IN THE TEXT; MOSES REMOVES THE FOCUS FROM HIMSELF TO FATHER GOD.

MOSES PRAYS, LORD…WHAT WILL THE EGYPTIANS THINK WHEN THEY HEAR THE NEWS, THE STORY AND THE REPORT OF THE DEATHS IN THE DESERT AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF YOUR AWESOME POWER; THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY, AND FIRE BY NIGHT; THE SPECTACULAR SEPARATION OF THE RED SEA; THE MANNA AND THE BITTER WATER MADE SWEET…THEY WILL SAY YOU WE NOT ABLE TO DO; WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE IT; GOD YOU ARE A FAILURE.

FAME CAN BE USED FOR GOOD OR BAD..

 

IMP.

*GOD’S FAME -  REPUTATION OVER MY REQUEST -* IT’S NOT MY NAME BUT HIS NAME; AN INTERCESSORY PRAYER OF POWER DOESN’T BEGIN WITH A REQUEST BUT REPUTATION.

MOSES IS FOCUSED ON GOD’S GREAT NAME, HIS GREAT HONOR AND HIS GREAT GLORY!!!    MOSES WAS CONCERNED ABOUT GOD’S NAME OVER THE PRAYER REQUEST.

AND GOD IS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS REPUTATION… HIS GLORY OVER THE NATION; EVEN ISRAEL AS A NATION FOR WHEN ISRAEL DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES…BEFORE THE DEATH OF ELI…THE ARK WAS TAKEN….WHEN ELI HEARD HE DIED AND HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW, IN THE MIDST OF BIRTH..WHEN SHE HEARD, NAME THE CHILD ICABOD….SAYING THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED FROM ISRAEL.

NT; GOD’S GLORY –  BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST – THE ANGELS CRIED OUT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SHEPHERDS..GLLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE; GOODWILL TOWARD MEN.

BEGINNING OF JESUS MINISTRY -  AFTER THE WILDERNESS OF TEMPTATION…JESUS RETURNED IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT INTO GALILEE ; AND THERE WENT OUT HIS FAME INTO ALL THE REGION  LUKE 4:14  AND SEE IN THE CLEANSING OF THE MAN WITH THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT AND THE LEPER.

MAN BORN BLIND - *JOHN 9:3* JESUS ANSWERED, NEITHER HATH THIS MAN SINNED, NOR HIS PARENTS: BUT THAT THE WORKS OF GOD SHOULD BE MADE MANIFEST IN HIM.

LAZARUS *JOHN 11:4* WHEN JESUS HEARD /THAT, /HE SAID, "THIS SICKNESS IS NOT UNTO DEATH, BUT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, THAT THE SON OF GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED THROUGH IT."

 

UPPER ROOM - *JOHN 13:31* AS SOON AS JUDAS LEFT THE ROOM, JESUS SAID, "THE TIME HAS COME FOR ME, THE SON OF MAN, TO ENTER INTO MY GLORY, AND GOD WILL RECEIVE GLORY BECAUSE OF ALL THAT HAPPENS TO ME. 32 AND GOD WILL BRING ME INTO MY GLORY VERY SOON.

APPL: WE PUSH BACK AGAINST THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF HOPE.

UNDERSTAND THE ELEMENTS OF HOPE:  HOPE IS MORE THAN A  NAME; HOPE IS CONFIDENT EXPECTATION IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATIONS.

HOPE IS ONE OF THE MAJOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUES.

HOPE IS THE FEELING OF FULFILLED DESIRE; HOPE IS FUELED BY EXPECTATIONS BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF WAITING.

YES, WE HOPE IN GOD.