Bibles are turned with Maine to the book of Luke.
Luke Chapter 11, Luke Chapter 11 gonna read verses 5:00 to 8:00.
Luke Chapter 11 verses 5:00 to 8:00.
And it says this. And he said to them. This is Jesus, which of
you shall have a friend and go to him at midnight and say to
him friend Leave Me 3 loaves sorry lend me 3 loads for a
friend of mine has come to me on
his journey. And I have nothing to sit before him and he will
answer from within and say do not trouble me the door is now
shut and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give
it to you. I say to you, though he will not rise and give it to
him because he's his friend, yeah, because of his
persistence. He will rise and give him as many as he needs
type my message. Today's press that get the job done. Let's
pray father. I just thank you and I thank you. Log are that
you hear our prayers. I thank you. Lord that your lovers and I
thank you. Lord God that even over the next few weeks longer
next few months Lord. People get breakthrough through the area of
prayer, I. Thank you and praise you for that. Lord in Jesus
name. Amen last year. We did across May and June 21 days of
breakthrough, and so that's the time where we set aside to do 3
breakthrough activities and that is prayer and fasting and giving
now a lot of churches spent times allocate different times
throughout the year for that. But I just really felt that for
us, God wants to compress it and put it all down.
Put it all together last year. I did a message on Matthew Chapter
6 and in that Jesus gives us these 3 breakthrough
breakthrough. Principles says when you pray when you fast and
when you give your father, who sees what you do in secret will
reward you openly and So what that means is that they're all 3
breakthrough principles and what I felt God put on my heart was
that each year, we would do them, but not doing through
different times of the do them all at the same time, and that's
why we are calling at 21 days of breakthrough, and so over that
over that period of time.
Put on May the 27th and next week will start having some
flies out on seats and let you know, all about that. On May
27th day after we have Nick View church here at church. We're
going to start the 21 days of breakthrough culminating on June
16 on the Sunday, which will be the last day and on that day
will receive a breakthrough offering so during that period
where encouraging people to pray to fast and to give and So what
we're encourage ING everybody to do is to choose a type of fast
to do and so there's different types of files that you can do.
In fact, I had someone just come to me before hand in the pre
meeting. The weekend when are we going to do 21 days of
breakthrough, and I said I'll actually we're starting in about
another month and they said oh great. I'm really fired up for
it this year last year. I just sacrificed tea and coffee but
this you want to sacrifice a bit more so not praise. God must be
gone. And so we're going to be doing that, we're going to start
doing that end of May, so encourage ING everyone to choose
a type of fast and there's all different types that you can do
that each year. There are different things that people can
do and depending on your stage of life or what you're going
through at the time so I will give you different options, but
I encourage everybody. Choose one type of fast and actually
last year. I think there was only one person across all that
campuses that said to me that they weren't doing some kind of
fast now, so I'm sure other people may be worth but didn't
want to tell me but so, so the buying for it was fantastic and
we got testimonies rolling out about some of the things that
God actually did last year and another thing is, we're going to
take up a breakthrough offering at the end of that, so we
encourage everyone to pray and consider the type of offering
that they would bring to the
Lord. Primary purpose of that offering is to believe for
breakthrough in your life, but also we will be we will be using
this offering to go and to satisfy all their missions.
Commitments we got a number of different emissions commitments
that we have. We will satisfy them from that offering and then
they'll be other things that it will go towards as well. But the
primary purpose for that is actually to see breakthrough in
your lives and one of the incredible things in the life of
our church is that if I look back at last year, one of the
significant breakthroughs in our church, we pretty well broke.
Continue curse inhabit financially in one in the mood
by the middle of last year and turn that whole thing around and
so in the end, as you would know treasure mention to you that
financially churches in the healthiest position. It's been
in many, many years and I can pinpoint it back to that season
of breakthrough with prayer fasting and giving but the other
thing we're encouraging people to do so number one choose a
fast number to choose an offering is just between you and
the Lord. It's not a pledge were not following anyone up on that.
Just between you and God, but the third thing we're asking
people to do is to choose a prayer meeting to go to and so
at both campuses each week will probably have about 4:00 pre
meetings. At different times of the day so hopefully people will
be able to find something that suits them that over that over
that next 3 weeks will be 4 primitives awake at each campus
and encourage you to choose a prayer meeting to come and
attend for that season, so for that three week commitment
choose a fast bring an offering and choose a prayer meeting to
go to. So that's going to be significant in people's lives.
And so today. I want to talk to you. On the topic of prayer, and
in preparation for this and I want to talk about prayers that
get the job done. This passage of scripture. I was reading was
a story spoken by Christ and it's immediately after he talks
about the Lords prayer. So, just before this people came to him
and said Lord how we supposed to pray and he said pray in this
manner. Our father in heaven hallowed be your name, your
Kingdom come. And then immediately after that, he tells
us this story about someone going to a friend at midnight
asking for 3:00 loaves and their friend. Reluctantly, getting out
of bed to give it to them and the whole reason why Jesus gave
us that story, is he's telling us that's how we're supposed to
pray and so as Christians. There are different types of prayer
that we can do this contemplated prayer. There's a kind of like
almost like a soaking prayer. There's waiting on God there's
all those different things.
There are times as a Christian, we just need to pray because we
believe in God to do things in our life and it's in that
context that this that this story. Actually comes about and
if any of you know famous famous preacher by the name of doctor
David Young. Each hope he actually teachers on a thing
called task prayer and literally. That's prayer that
actually believing God Task. You asking God and believing for
breakthrough in a particular area. I believe that there are.
Many people here in this place that a believing for
breakthroughs in their life. One of the ways that you can
actually access. Breakthroughs is actually through prayer and
in some ways, praying in this way, so I want to look at this
story and talk to you about a few keys to the behind prayers
that actually get the job done prayers that can see
breakthrough prayers that can see victory in our lives and so
with that going to go. Go back to Luke Chapter 11 verse 5.
And it says this which of you shall have a friend and go to
him at midnight and say to him friend? Let me 3 loves?
So Jesus here is talking to us about prayer and he says. Which
of you got a friend and you go to them at midnight?
And ask them for 3:00 loaves my first thought is this some kind
of friend you are.
That, in the middle of the night. You would come to me
can't you go to the IGA. It's 24 hours can't you go somewhere
else. And that you would come to Maine and has Maine for these 3
lows. That's really cheeky actually doing that and Jesus
actually says that's how we're supposed to pray.
So the number one key to actually seem present get the
job done is number one be bold.
Be bold we can boldly approach God and ask him and believe him
for things a lot of religiosity tells us that you know you've
got to be kind of timid or insecure about it, but the Bible
says that through Christ. We have relationship with God that
is why here, he is saying that when they come to him were
actually you're actually going to your friend. We are actually
friends of God and because of that. You can actually ask him
and believe him for things and be bold don't be timid.
Asking we can boldly approach him the Bible says we can
boldly approach the throne room of Grace through Jesus
Christ. the Bible says in James Chapter 516, it says the
effective fervent prayers of a righteous man avails much.
Well, the word right, but it talks about righteousness is
actually saying well. That's actually who we are because we
are righteous through Christ. the Bible says God Imputes to
us. Our righteousness righteousness is not something
that is owned So what he is saying there is that we can
boldly approach him and ask him why 'cause we're righteous and
we have relationship with God, you can boldly do that be cause
of your relationship. There are advantages as a result of that
relationship be cause of that relationship, he will open the
door. At midnight becaus of our friendship with him. We have
relationship with God, and we can be bold. It's incredible
that doors that will open to you be cause of relationship few
weeks ago. We went to a number of this winter. Planetshakers
conference and when I got there. It was only about 15 minutes
before the 1st meeting was starting and so I think one of
the answers. I said, I'll listen. I haven't got my
registration band is that OK? How do I get it and there was
this huge queued lining up to
go. They're lining up for people who are registry and she says.
Are you can go down the backyard said, OK, so I went down the
back of the key and I thought this is going to take ages and
but I'm not one of those people who try and Q Jump or anything
like that, so I just stood back there, and that sort of thing
all of a sudden a couple of the organizers came up to me and I
said all pastor been could you come with us and I went with
them and they took me to the head of the queue and everyone
is looking at me like this and I'm just like you know, and then
I went up there and then I said listen you don't have to wait
you can do this. People like all you know what do you so
special and but the thing is this 'cause I got friends?
You know, and it's like will favor and ontology before favor
ain't fair, but who cares.
We have favor with God through Jesus Christ. You can come
November midnight in will open up the shop for you, you can
come to him and ask him for them. Sometimes people say all I
don't know I don't want to bother God. You can bother God.
Why can seize your frame through Jesus Christ and you can boldly
ask him for things?
So some people hear you too scared to ask well. I'm here to
let you know, don't be afraid to ask that is one thing we can
learn from our children. About the boldness to us. The cafe
knows that they're often some much my children will come in
there and they have my credit card and they just tap it and
that sort of thing and they get things in my kids have no
problem in asking me for my credit card? Why is that because
they are my children if one of your children asked Maine.
As much as I love 'em, or log. Mont better you know what I'm
saying and they're not getting the credit card. But Becaus
there. My children they can ask for it. You can boldly ask
God for things. There are so many people who have a servant
slave mentality to God when really we should have an
attitude of Sonship.
Some people like the prodigal
son. The Prodigal, Son went away from God and then eventually as
he's eating. The pig slop. He says well the servants are
treated better in my father's house and so he goes this is why
I'm going to go back and I'm going to send him on nothing but
I'm not worthy to be called your son. I am just the servant and
so I'm just going to go and approach him the Bible says the
farthest saw him from a long way off ran towards him and met him
and his sons about to giving the spiel and he said. Forget that
you're not a servant. You're my son. Get the road put it apart
and put the ring on his finger.
Kill the fatted calf why 'cause he's a son and his favor, an
advantage is you are a son and daughter of the most high God,
you can boldly approach.
And ask. What is it that you believe in God full that you
never even asked for don't get upset at somebody else
'cause I ask tonight got it.
Be bold. You are his friend and he says even at midnight, even
at the highest convenience. You can still come and ask be bold
in you're asking and that's what we're going to do during the 21
days of breakthrough where you're going to be bold in
there, asking another reason why we can be bold is because he can
meet all our needs.
It's not like we could ask him for something and he's unable to
do it. It's not like we can ask him for something and it's like
Oh, Jay you know that's a bit
hard for me. I'm not sure that I can do that. the Bible tells us
there's nothing too hard for God, no matter what you ask for
you can be bold and ask because not only does he love you. But
he is well able to actually provide for the things that were
actually asking for that's why the Bible says the Bible says in
James 516, the effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails
much that phrase avails much actually means makes much power
available and there is much power available in him.
He is well able that's why we can boldly we not asking him for
something that he cannot do we're not asking for something
that's beyond his capacity in his ability. There's nothing.
the Lord Cannot? Do no matter the situation that you're in
this some people here have been in a situation for a long time
and it's like the enemies told you where you're stuck you'll
never leave. This you'll be in this situation forever. I'm here
to let you know that you server God that is so powerful. He can
deliver you from any snare he can set you free and set your
path. Just like at the start of this year. I felt God say he's
going to deliver us deliver some people from the snare of the
fella. There's some people have been stuck you were born to
Soren, something it wasn't your fault. Of course, you entrapped
you and you being there, so long that the enemy, said This Is it
for your life, but I made and let you know, God can deliver
you from the snare of the Fowler. He has enough power to
deliver you of anything. Be
bold. Don't be ashamed, he's your heavenly father. the Bible
says he gives good gifts to his children. I meant the second
thing that we need that the second key to prayers that get
the job done. Says in Luke 11 five which of you shall
have a friend and got him at midnight and say to him
friend lend me 3 loaves?
It's pretty specific.
It inside friend I need some
help. He said friend let me 3 loves the second key to prezza
get the job done is actually be specific be specific be specific
about the things that you're asking and believing for John
16, verse 24, says is until now. You've asked nothing in my name
ask and you will receive that your joy may be full if you ask
then you'll receive that your joy will be full don't be afraid
to ask but don't be afraid to be
specific. About the things that you're actually believing God
for there are times when God will bless us with things that
we weren't even seeking 'cause. He's a good heavenly father, but
make no mistake, we can actually be specific and ask him for
specific things that were actually believing for and
that's actually what is looking for? In fact at the end of this
parable he actually says be persistent and what you ask for
shall be done what you're looking for so in some ways, we
can set the agenda there, you
know it's interesting. About doctor David Young each other
again and he was praying and he was praying for a long time and
say Lord I need a bike you know, I need a bike to get around a
push bike and it was praying it didn't have the money for it and
it's a lot. I'm praying and believing for this bike is
private for months and nothing happened, and then one day, he
felt the Holy Spirit say.
What type of bike?
He's like awhile just believing for any old bar can fill the
hospital site write down what you want and so he made a list
of all the things that he was believed for in this bike and he
started praying more specifically and not long after
that, he was actually super naturally supernaturally
provided for with that bike. It was the specificity of it that
actually caused him to receive. It just 'cause you pray long.
Flowery prayers doesn't mean the jobs going to get done with a
lot of people can play scatter
gun prayers. Crying for a whole lot of different things. But not
actually a more target anything. There are times in the Christian
walk where we can actually actually ask and believe for
specific things and we can lay them down. It's even a good
thing for us to have like prayer. List things that were
actually believing for one of the I had a had a prayer list.
And there's a number of things that I have on it, and there are
times when I forget actually about some of the things I've
put on there. But you know what almost every person that I've
put on that list as eventually come to know Christ.
That so many things that I've put in that put on that list
specifically specifically ask for God's actually done be
specific don't be afraid to our specifically for the things that
you're actually believing God for I've had many times in my
life where gods actually dropped an actual faith target or goal
and actually put that before Maine in order for me to believe
for something very, very specific and I've had that over
the years and there's nothing wrong with doing that is being
specific about those things.
Set it God for not providing something that you want. If you
haven't actually asked for it or actually being specific for
remember one time, one of my sons when he was little.
Wanted shoelaces done up.
And and so he put the shoes on and then he started screaming
'cause the shoelaces weren't
done up. And he's like.
And we come up from say.
What do you want and you guys all this?
And he's pointing and he's checking a fit and I say.
Just ask me what you want.
Wow, wow wow.
Stop.
I will give it to you.
When you ask.
God knows what we want.
On uh what they want but he still says we're supposed to
ask, don't be chuckin a fitted God from.
Can't you saying.
Yes. But ask.
Then you'll receive that your
joy. Will be full?
Having hope is not enough.
The Bible says in proverbs hope deferred makes the heart sick
having hopes knowing that God actually knows what they are,
but hasn't provided yet does not is not necessarily enough to get
the job done. You can have hopes dreams and aspiration's, but
there needs to come a time when we actually ask.
Is something that actually God is already willing to do?
Don't be afraid to ask what is it that you're believing for
that. You've never actually asked for what is it that you
have been hoping God would do but you've never actually asked
him for this person came to their friend at midnight, they
said. Why do you want they said I want 3 loaves?
Those specific. And that's what Jesus that's how Jesus said.
We're supposed to pray be specific about the things that
you're looking for I will let the big carnal isn't it?
Does God care about loves?
But obviously does.
'Cause he says it the Bible says all the hairs of airhead those
of you that have some left.
Unnumbered for some, it will be quickly quickly
forgot to count but.
I'm looking straight at Brandon Blackmore is on
preacher.
Price log.
But the reality is, he does care even about the minute details.
Of your life, even some of the smaller things the things that
people don't understand the things that other people think
you're making a big deal about Bible Bible says God actually
still cares. It's only 3 loaves. But he still got up and gave it
to him, you can be specific in the things that you actually
believe in God for you can be specific in the areas of need
that. You have and bring it towards the Lord. Whatever it
is, he wants us to come to him even it means even if it means
waking him up at midnight.
He will still get up and answer our prayers. I'm in the 3rd
thing is this. It says in verse 7.
And he will answer from within
and say. Do not trouble me the door is now shut and my children
are with me in bed or cannot rise and give it to you.
So this wasn't a story where
someone comes in. Pushes the
doorbell Dingdong. Listen gets up out of bed opens the door
person on the front door, saying hi sorry for disturbing you.
Can I have 3 loves?
It wasn't like that 'cause I was still in bed.
So not only with a knocking on the door and the person
in the bed trying to ignore them. If we act really quiet
they'll think no ones home.
And I'll leave.
Not only was he, in bed, the kids could hear it as well.
So what was happening, the person on the outside was
being verbal.
So being loud, though being
audible. I want at home have visitors come over thought I
need 3 loaves. Lord I just ask and pray that you told my
neighbor that I need 3 loads that they would come up and
give it to me no no no they went over knocked on the door.
Hello.
Hello. That would be inaudible that were being verbal that were
being loud. There are times when we praying that it's not the
time to be silent.
The Bible says in Ecclesiastes. There's a ton to be silent but
there's also a time to speak and there are times in our prayer
when we believe in God for things we actually need to let
it pass our lips and not just meditate on it in our heart.
They literally we need to speak and actually say something. When
was the last time you prayed some audible prayers? Where you
actually believe in God and asking him to do specific things
for your life that scripture actually tells us that we are
allowed to actually do that. But there are times when we have to
be audible. Jesus said to speak to the mountain and it will be
removed. He doesn't say keep quiet to yourself, let God see
the desire of your heart and then move the mountain on your
behalf, it doesn't say that.
To speak to it, and then it will happen. the Bible says in
Ezekiel, 37 that when God took a zechiel down and he saw the
Valley of dry bones, he said. Oh son of man can these bones live
and Ezekiel set swim will only you know, Lord and it says will
prophesize speak to them and as you speak to them, they will
start living and as he proper site and spoke and said then the
bones needed together and stood up a mighty army. It was always
God's will that they would live.
Is college ruled that an army would rise up? But someone
had to get out there and actually let the words pass
their lips and speak.
And there are times in our Christian life way it's all it's
good to be silent don't get me wrong. There are important
important for us to have times of contemplation and reflection.
But if you want to pray. Some prayers to get the job done. We
actually have to speak and say something, and actually ask ask
and you'll receive that your joy will be full. Bible says in
James Chapter 5 verse 16 the effective fervent prayer.
Of a righteous man makes much powerful available air
available, not not an affective sit back and so pray.
Amen. It says the effective fervent great being fervent
about it being willing to speak being willing to say something
that's what makes great power available and in the same way
not only our way to hope for God to do good things in our life,
but we can actually ask and speak and actually say
something. When was the last time you were believing God for
something you might have even written it down but you never
actually spoke and declared it and actually believe God for
that thing to come to pass this person was so loud.
From their beds inside.
And Jesus said that's how exposed to pray.
A man and the 4th way the 4th
key. The 4th key for praise and
get the job done. Says and locate I say to you, though we
will not rise and give it to him because he is, he's not and give
it to him because he's his
friend. Yeah, because of his persistence, he will rise and
give him as many as he needs.
So the 4th key to actually sing praying prayers to get the job
done is be persistent.
Notice is Jesus is saying, yeah, yeah, we are friends.
You are friends with God, but that doesn't mean he'll
answer what you want.
It's your persistence that actually gets the job done.
Just be cause, he's our friend doesn't mean that we're getting
everything that God has for us.
There are times when we actually need to ask for something that
God actually has for us. There is a theology, which I kind of
get which is like God is done everything order not to do
anything I'll just sit back and just like you know blessings
from Heaven are just going to watch over Me 24/7 now that's a
nice thought but it's not 100%
people. In Christ, it's all available but there are times to
drag it into our world. We need to lay hold of God and believe
God for it. Crosses made everything available in him the
promises of God are yes. the Bible says in one second,
Corinthians. But the Amen is spoken by us to the glory of
God. So God has some promises some things available for us,
but we also need to access them by actually laying ahold of him
and believing in Askin seeking
him. And So what that means is you might ask for something
once. And don't get it that doesn't mean God said no.
Sometimes we just need to ask and keep on asking we need to be
persistent and keep on asking well. I've already asked for
that. That's OK keep on doing
it. Notice this, this sign. Give me 3 lives would you
go away, we're still in bed you're gonna wake the kids
up that's the first now?
The president says give me 3 lives until eventually because
of their persistence. They actually they actually got up
and gave them the lives that were asking for you have this
sometimes ask more than once. If you ask and keep on asking knock
and keep on knocking believe and keep on believing until it
actually comes to pass.
Just last weekend replanet shake his conference in.
There's a number of things I ask God for something I've been
asking God for for years. Yes.
And all the prior cycles conference last week and one of
these things was consuming my mind, actually is finding it
hard to concentrate on the conference 'cause. There's
something I was believing God for a promise that God had
promised that God made me years ago and it was looking like it
was going in the exact opposite direction and I just had a
moment or is completely consuming me and I'm in the
meeting and as I'm in the meeting, the only way I can
describe it is like the Holy Spirit came up to me tapped me
on the shoulder. It's OK, I got this don't worry about it.
And so then the next week. All these little breakthroughs
associated with that, things started popping out and I did
nothing had nothing to do with
it. And it was almost like that was the moment where God said
prayers answered. It's going to happen. There's a thing
that old time Penny Costals understand which is sometimes
you gotta pray things through.
That means it's not just price something once and just leave
it, sometimes we need to pray through we keep praying and keep
praying until we see the victory or until we see a sign that it's
going to happen or until there's a piece. That's released in your
heart that we know that thing we're asking for is actually
going to come to pass.
And if you don't believe in God for something and it's something
that is good and you're just feels like that. The heavens are
brass over your life. It's likely not getting through.
That's not a signer out of God's will. Sometimes we just gotta
rise up in faith a little bit and sometimes just keep
believing and keep asking keep seeking and keep knocking and
you might find eventually the heavens will start opening over
that particular area of your
life. What is it that you were wanting God to do that you
prayed about it couple of times but you should have kept crying
a little bit longer. It's like the story where the prophet
Isaiah actually went and visited
Hezekiah. And he went and saw his car in his car was about to
die. The King and his acquire prayed and he said. I don't want
to die and the prophet was actually going there to tell him
that he was going to die. And so when he was in the courtyard.
God came to the prophet and said listen of entities request. He's
going to live another 15 years or something it was 15 years and
he said. So go back and tell him that and then he said to the
man, he said struck the ground
with your arrows. And so struck struck the ground couple of
times and then stopped.
Love it, said you should have kept going you would if you had
if you had a struck the ground 7 times. You would have actually
got victory over all your enemies permanently but now
you're going to have a seasonal victory. He didn't even know
that, but the principle of just continually asking continually
seeking continually knocking it doesn't look like something's
happening. It's OK. There's still in bed. It doesn't matter
there. My friend why haven't. They answered the door. It
doesn't matter just keep on asking keep on believing and
eventually not becaus where his friend not becaus where his
child, not because he loves us
and becauses good. Because of our persistence.
He will get up and answer and give us. The thing that we're
asking believing God for I believe that over the 21 days of
breakthrough. As you said time as you set aside some time to
pray a little longer. As you choose a type of files that you
believe in God for as you choose as you allow God to drop in your
heart. The kind of offering he wants you to bring on believing
that in that season. There's going to be some long awaited
promises coming apart last year. I knew there was going to be
some shifts in people's lives. But I feel, especially for this
one. There's some long awaited promises. Those have been caught
in the snare of the Fowler for a long time. Some things that
people have been believing for for a long time. I believe over
the 21 days of breakthrough as we as we pray.
Keep right about something maybe have prayed about before
and as we fast and as we give God is going to eventually
rows up and he's going to answer the door and we're
going to see breakthroughs cameraperson peoples lives
Amen.
And some of you might be locked up being would you
just stop talking about this?
Sick of getting my hopes up.
Allow me to listen I get your hopes up.
Rise up and get your hopes up and start believing God for even
greater things to come into your
life a min. And so that is why just a moment to finish the
servers are going to sing that
song Waymaker. And told you the story on Easter Sunday last week
that this was a random song I
found on YouTube. And and it just stuck with me.
And then Actually, I worship pastor contact me couple weeks
ago, I said, I found this song could we played in church and
there was this song.
And there's something about he's
away maker. And just think declaring it some of you
like there's no way.
Well, I'm not sure I'm here to let you know, he's away maker
and he can make away with there
is no way. And even in some of the areas of your greatest
disappointment, even in some of the areas of your greatest
frustration, even in the sum of the areas of your greatest Los
he can make away with there is no way he's away maker Amen.
And So what I want you to do is just stand your
feet for a moment and.