Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Good evening.
[00:00:01] Speaker B: What the word says family. And welcome to another power packed edition of Prayer right here at teach us how to pray. Listen, how phenomenal has this platform been? I think we are on our 16th edition of Prayer. And let me tell you something. I personally have been transformed. I've moved from glory to glory, from one level of grace to another level of grace just being here on this platform. And I cannot wait to hear your testimonies. And I want to what God is doing in your life, what he's saying to you, you know, the promptings that have happened in your spirit, the scriptures that you've been meditating on, you know, the changes that have happened in your life since you've been participating with us in this place of prayer. Praise the Lord. So, you know, this month of August, we've been, you know, really hitting that issue of the condition of our heart. We've been dealing with our emotions in the place of prayer. And I think it's safe for everybody to say, yo, the heart is a very deep place, right? Because we've been, you know, dealing with multiple things, whether it was, you know, traumas, whether it was sin consciousness. Just on Monday, we looked at dealing with sin consciousness because we know that this is an area in the life of a believer that Satan loves to target. And we looked at sin consciousness on Monday. We were praying about it. And I think the minute any person gets born again, the minute anyone becomes a believer, it is so important to start already meditating on your identity in Christ. Those scriptures that we were looking at on Monday, it is so vital. It is so, so important because that is who we are as a new creation. And more than anything, the devil is not coming for your house. He's not coming for your possessions. He's not coming for your mind or your, you know, your brilliance, your degree, whatever it is, you know, that you think he might be after. He is coming for the word of God. He is coming for your identity. Praise the Lord. That's why some of these prayers that we are targeting and we're doing in this month of August is so vital. And you'll probably find that time and time again, even though we're going to finish this month off and move on to a different direction of prayer time and time again, you'd need to revisit. You'd need to revisit because the condition of your heart, the place of your heart, is where the issues of life are flowing from and constantly in life. You're dealing with impact in the area of your emotions. And as long as you know that even though you can't see the impact, the impact has happened and it is happening, praise God. So you should always be able to, you know, be self aware and take care of your mental health, take care of your heart, take care of your garden. Hallelujah.
[00:02:46] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:02:47] Speaker B: If you're just joining us, this is teach us how to pray. It is our platform where we fellowship with the father. We commune with him, we relate with him, we, you know, get impartation from the spirit, impartation from the word. We build ourselves up on our most holy faith. Faith. And we receive direction and answers in the place of prayer.
[00:03:08] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:03:09] Speaker B: Now, tonight we're still dealing with emotions, the condition of our heart, and we're gonna be, you know, dealing with a very interesting, a very tang tang tang kind of prayer points tonight. And one of our prayer points tonight is we're gonna be dealing with the issue of church hurt and church offense. And we're also gonna be praying for the church. We're gonna be praying for the body of Christ. Now, you know, when we look at this topic, we kinda have two extremes in, you know, the christian family. The one extreme is someone encounters a hurtful experience in the church or they get offended, someone disappoints them or they feel disappointed in someone, someone lets them down, they experience a betrayal, whatever the case might be. I know that a lot of people have faced this. I personally have faced this. I know what it's like. And the extreme would be the person is just so disappointed and so gutted and so hurt that they now run to social media or they go around to the tabloids and they just open up and, you know, that hurt that they have just, you know, spills over into accusation, criticism, stories, gossips, you know. Now, recently in the christian community, we've been seeing a lot of, like, kind of christian bloggers or youtubers. I'm not really sure what it is that they're doing, but you'll find that they kind of exist to talk about other men of God or other churches or this singer, that person, you know, talking a lot about what other people are doing. A lot of criticism involved, a lot of tale bearing, you know, et cetera, et cetera. And a lot of the times you can see that it's not founded on the foundation of truth, because when we go back to the moral conduct, the behavior, the heart of a Christian, just a Christian, not one that has been offended or one that has been abused or manipulated, just who Jesus Christ has made us to be right. We can see that that is unbecoming of a child of God. We are to be salt and light of the earth. We are to spend the time that we have on these platforms to preach and to minister the word of God.
[00:05:25] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:05:26] Speaker B: We are to minister the word of God for healing. We are to pray for the sick. We are, you know, the instructions for christian life and conduct has already been given to us. So it's very worldly to kind of take a template of what the world does with the tabloids, the gossip columns, and then you're like, okay, cool, now we're going to do this in the church. There's no reference for that in the word of God. The only reference for that is, you know, those who are involved in gossip and tale bearing and causing division in the church. And that is what, you know, the apostle Paul had already warned believers about, you know, marking those who cause division in the church. Right? Okay, so I'm not saying that, you know, people were not offended or hurt or their situations were not valid, that they experienced when they had church hurt. I'm not saying that at all. But at the point that it turns into like a whole smear campaign and a PR campaign against people that have hurt you, I mean, we need to go back to the scriptures, brothers and sisters. You know, when the Bible speaks about how we should handle conflict, the word of God. Hey, the word of God is a magnificent tool. It's a magnificent manual. You know, God has given us everything that pertains unto life and godliness, right? And the word of God is profitable. The Bible says that it is profitable for so many things, right? For christian life, for us to understand, you know, how we need to live, how we need to conduct ourselves. So even how to deal with conflict in the house of God, how to deal with offense in the house of God, how to deal with division in the house of God has been given to us in the manual. So a lot of the time when you see people going and ranting and, you know, loudspeaker, that's not what the word of God has said.
That's not what the word of God has said at all. The word of God has spoken to us about, you know, speaking to one another, taking your offenses and dealing, you know, with it, with the person that you have the offense with. So I think let's just go into the scriptures and just quickly look at how the word of God has instructed us to deal with conflict in the church or in the house of God, right? I'm veering off a little bit, but I'm still dealing with the one extreme, right? So, one corinthians six, verse one says, if any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord's people? Okay, I'll read in the. That was the Niv. Let me read it to you in the NLT. It says, when one of you has a dispute with another believer, how dare you file a lawsuit and ask a secular court to decide the matter instead of taking it to other believers. So you can already see that the way you know the word of God feels about christians even settling matters in a court of law, right? It shouldn't necessarily be that way. If you have a challenge, as believers, as members of the same body of the household of faith, we should be able to settle the conflict amongst ourselves, right?
Matthew, 1815. It says, this is KJv. Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained a brother. I think that is amazing. It says, if someone has trespassed against you, if someone has offended you, go to that person and keep the matter between the two of you. Okay? And it says, if he shall hear you, you have gained a brother, praise the lord. But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more that in the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.
[00:09:18] Speaker A: Okay?
[00:09:19] Speaker B: So it's saying that if the brother or the sister will not hear you, go and now deal with the matter between two or three witnesses. Okay? So you bring the person, and then you bring the witnesses, and you say, we want to come before you today says this matter. We're trying to resolve it amongst ourselves. I'm trying to get through to the brother or the sister to tell them that this thing has affected me, etc.
[00:09:42] Speaker A: Etcetera.
[00:09:42] Speaker B: Can you people be here as witnesses? You understand?
The testimony shall be established. And this is a law that had come into place from the time of Moses already. And we still see this law of two or three witnesses, you know, in the court of law today. We see it in modern law. How amazing is it, right?
And then it says, and if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it out to the church. But if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man.
Praise the Lord. So this is how the word of God asks us to deal with conflict. But you see that a lot of times people are not even trying to go through the channels that the word of God has given us to deal with problems and to deal with conflict. The first thing they do is they go out there, they start to go on a campaign, you know, and that is because of the church hurt, because of the hurt that they've experienced. Right. And I'm not saying whose fault it could be. Maybe it's, you know, members of the church, leaders in the church. It could also be the person's lack of maturity, whatever it might be, or lack of wisdom in a particular environment, etc, etcetera. So that's one extreme. Then you get another extreme wherever I. There are people in the church or members of the church, and a lot of wrongdoing is happening in and around the environment, okay? Manipulation, abuse, you know, terrible things. And the people that are there, they just, you know, turn a blind eye and they pretend as if it's not happening, you know, just to continue, you know, just to not rattle anybody or not to ruffle any feathers, they just keep quiet. And they see that injustice is happening. They don't even pray. They don't even pray about it. It's happening. They don't even go to their closet. They see it happening, and they don't even pray about it. They don't even address it when it is within their power to address, you know, those issues or even to make a change, to change the environment. And obviously, prayer changes and environments. So these are the two extremes. But, um, I just highlighted that to let you know that this is what we're dealing with, you know, in the house of God, around the church today, we get these, uh, these extremes that I've just, you know, shared with you, and I just want to read to you from the word of God, who and what the body of Christ is, who and what the church of the Lord Jesus Christ is. Because I believe when people have an understanding of who the church is, who the body of Christ is, no matter what they experience in that place, they will have a particular reverence. They will have a particular respect for the church, okay? Whether it is to stop bad mouthing the church or stop spreading malicious lies, or whether it is to change and start cleaning up, cleaning up house, because the Lord Jesus Christ is coming.
[00:12:44] Speaker A: Praise the Lord.
[00:12:44] Speaker B: And he's coming for a body. He's coming for a church that is without blemish, without spot, right? So if all parties involved understand who this body of Christ is, who the church of the Lord Jesus Christ is, they will have more reverence, they will have more respect. So let me read to you a little bit about who the church is. I'm reading to you from one corinthians twelve, verse twelve in the GNB. And it's going to be a bit of a long read, but let's go for it. It says, christ is like a single body which has many parts. It is still one body, even though it is made up of different parts. In the same way, all of us, whether jews or gentiles, whether slave or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same spirit, and we have all been given the one spirit to drink.
For the body itself is not made up of only one part, but of many parts.
If the foot were to say, because I'm not the hand, I don't belong to the body, that would not keep it from being a part of the body. And if the ear were to say, because I'm not an eye, I don't belong to the body, that would not keep it from being a part of the body. If the whole body were just an.
[00:14:00] Speaker A: Eye, how could it hear? Right?
[00:14:03] Speaker B: If the whole body were just, you know, like one ministry or one particular denomination, how could it hear? And if it were only an ear, how could it smell?
As it is, however, God put every different part in the body just as he wanted it to be. There would not be a body if it were only all one part.
As it is, there are many parts, but one body. So then the eye cannot say to the hand, I don't need you, nor can the head say to the feet, well, I don't need you.
On the contrary, we cannot do without the parts of the body that seem to be weaker, and those parts that we think aren't worth very much are the ones we treat with greater care, while the parts of the body which don't look very nice are treated with special modesty, which the more beautiful parts do not need. God himself has put the body together in such a way as to give great honor to those parts that need it. And so there is no division in the body, but all its different parts have the same concern for one another. If one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it. If one part is praised, all the other parts shared its happiness. All of you are Christ's body, and each one is a part of it. Hallelujah. Then it goes on to explain the fivefold ministry. After that, I'll read that last part again. All of you are Christ's body, and each one is a part of it. Oh, hallelujah, I'm a member of Christ's. Body, of his flesh and of his bones. What a beautiful analogy that was right over there for us to understand the body of Christ and how even though they're different parts of the body, different members of the body, it is all part of the same body. So when someone goes around criticizing the church, they are criticizing their own body.
They are criticizing Christ's body. Praise the Lord. And then when someone goes around not taking care of the church, nothing, caring for it, abusing it, hurting it, it's hurting the body of Christ. It's hurting the body. They're hurting themselves.
So when you are malicious toward a brother in the. In the. In the house of faith, when you are malicious toward a sister, you are doing it to your own body, and you are doing that to the body of Christ. Christ is the head of this body. He's the head of the church. Right. So what happens now when you experience church hurt or church offense? And a lot of times you find that people, you know, they.
They tend to be a little bit more sensitive when hurt takes place in a particular place. For example, if hurt takes place in the family, maybe from your parents or sibling or an aunt or an uncle, it stings a little bit more.
[00:16:59] Speaker A: Right.
[00:17:00] Speaker B: Likewise, in the house of God, in the church, because people have a large expectation, you know, that, listen, I've just come from the world where there's been abuse, when there's been manipulation, where there's been terror, where there's been fear, where there's been pain. Now I'm coming to this house of God, the body of Christ, and I'm experiencing, you know, someone is swindling me. Someone is hurting me. You understand? So people, you know, have a particular expectation that they're going to come to the church and receive refuge. And let me tell you something. The church is a refuge. It is a safe place, because that is what God has made it to be.
[00:17:36] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:17:37] Speaker B: Therefore, as members of the body of Christ, it is our duty to pray for the church. It is our duty to become more mature. How do we become more mature in the house of God and in the church is through our fellowship with the word of God. We only grow through our fellowship, through our union, through our interaction with the word of God. The word of God is the only material that has been given to man to increase, to grow, and to go to the next and higher level. So what happens when you encounter these offenses in the church? Okay, one thing we can say is that obviously, you know, people are growing. We spoke about this on Monday that just because you sin, just because you err, just because you make a mistake does not mean that you're not a Christian, does not mean that God does not love that person, the person that has offended you. The Lord loves that person in the same way that he loves you. Okay? So obviously, people are growing in the house of God. And then, of course, there are the structures that we spoke about, the fivefold ministry. There are, you know, there's the structures that the church has put together, which the word of God speaks about, which I spoke to you about, you know, about how to deal with conflict. So as members of the body of Christ, you don't just come, you know, with your expectation alone. Yes, there's that expectation because God is love. But at the same time, you need to study the word of God. You need to understand the rules of engagement. God is very principled. He's very disciplined. He does not operate outside of his word. Right. So whatever has happened to you, yes, those things are valid. They have happened. But God expects you to deal with those things in accordance with the word of God. I know that sounds harsh, you know, so if you've experienced, you know, some type of hurt like that, it's not correct for you now to go out there and, you know, blast. You are a member of the body of Christ. Think about this as your home, right? Like the house that you live in, the family that you live in. When there is a challenge in the home, you deal with the issues inside the home. You don't go onto the pavement and like, hey, people, you won't believe what's happening in my.
[00:19:48] Speaker A: My.
[00:19:49] Speaker B: In my father's house, in my mother's house. No, within the family, there are structures. There's a grandfather, an uncle. You understand? So you need to go through the right channels. And obviously, you know, if those don't work, we know that there are other things that you can do. Praise the Lord. So we're dealing with these two different groups of people that we find in.
[00:20:10] Speaker A: The house of God.
[00:20:10] Speaker B: But I just wanted to let you know, you need to understand who the body of Christ is. Okay? Who the church is. The church is the body of Christ. The church is the ground pillar of truth.
And I. It is not good to be against the church. It is not good for you to experience, let's say, an offense in the house of God. And then all of a sudden, you walk away from the Lord Jesus Christ and you say, no, I can't be a Christian anymore because of what happened to me in the church. No, I can't you know, I can't. You know, I hate the church. And all of a sudden, you start. The condition of your heart begins to change because of that offense. Praise the Lord. And then those of you that are pretending that it's not happening, things are not happening.
Hey, it's also not a good space to be in. You need to be able to, you know, be aware and address yourself, address your heart, address the situation. Also know when you know it's time to take a step back. You know, when you need to take a step back from certain things, you need to be attentive to the Holy Spirit, the leading, the guidance of the.
[00:21:10] Speaker A: Holy Spirit, which place you need to.
[00:21:12] Speaker B: Be in at what time. It's very, very important. And also, you know, just your own honesty with the Holy Spirit, and he will help you to navigate this christian journey in such a way that you will always be in. Right. Standing with the house of the Lord. Right. The offense in the church is huge. It's a big issue. It's a big issue before God. It is having offenses against members of the fivefold ministry. Offenses. Speaking against the fivefold ministry, speaking against the Church of Jesus Christ. It's not a small thing.
[00:21:49] Speaker A: Right.
[00:21:49] Speaker B: So this is something that we need to deal with in terms of the condition of our heart. And tonight we're gonna get into dealing with that. But of course, we're gonna start off our prayer with our.
We're gonna start off our prayer with our opening prayer of worship and thanksgiving. And tonight we are spending time to acknowledge the Lord and honor him for who he is, for all the mighty works he has wrought in our lives. He's the head of the church.
[00:22:18] Speaker A: Hallelujah. That is the Lord Jesus Christ.
[00:22:20] Speaker B: He's the head of the church. And we're going to use psalm 100, and it says, enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and bless his holy name. Let's worship the Lord tonight.
[00:22:38] Speaker A: Father. We worship you.
We worship you.
[00:22:45] Speaker B: We honor you.
[00:22:59] Speaker A: Thank you for the time of prayer. Lord Makaliki and Zunza. We enter. We enter your gates with thanksgiving. Le Shadea.
[00:23:08] Speaker B: Thank you for this platform.
[00:23:09] Speaker A: Teach us how to pray. Makajika.
[00:23:12] Speaker B: We enter your courts with praise.
[00:23:14] Speaker A: Ninja. Ninja. Non tradigia digi, father. Even as we pray tonight. Makashika zika de dea. Rekha bhadeshika. Zika de dia. Rekha baba. Zika dear. Thank you, father. Many are convicted. Makadisha. Many are set free. Makusha Kazika. Many are coming out of bondage.
Many are going to be purged. Many are sanctified. Many are going to be healed. Healed. Many are cleansed. Tonight, as we deal with this very important prayer pointer, le shade regarding your body. Mazika zika. Zika. Rika. De de dea. De de dea. Rekha badisha. Zika de dia.
[00:24:05] Speaker B: Everyone joining this prayer session tonight, they.
[00:24:08] Speaker A: Are helped and they are healed.
[00:24:09] Speaker B: In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
[00:24:12] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:24:12] Speaker B: So we're going to deal with our prayer point on church hurt and offense.
[00:24:17] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:24:18] Speaker B: We come before the Lord and we acknowledge that we were hurt in the church.
[00:24:22] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:24:22] Speaker B: When you come before the Lord, remember what we spoke about at the beginning of, you know, this month that you come before your father.
[00:24:29] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:24:30] Speaker B: You come into his throne room of grace and you obtain mercy and grace for a time of need because of the blood of Jesus Christ. You have this access to the father and you can be honest with him, right?
[00:24:42] Speaker A: You don't have to hide from him.
[00:24:44] Speaker B: This situation, it happened. You cannot pretend that it didn't happen. This thing happened.
[00:24:48] Speaker A: It's real.
[00:24:49] Speaker B: There was impact.
[00:24:50] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:24:50] Speaker B: We ask him to heal our hearts and we forgive all who were involved. We also receive forgiveness for any offense that we directed toward the church or towards the Lord as a result of church hurt. We bless the body of Christ now and forever. Praise the Lord. So I'm going to read that again.
We come before the Lord. We acknowledge that we were hurt in the church. Whatever it is that happened, you could open up to the Lord about that, and we ask him to heal our hearts. We forgive all who are involved, whether it was a member, a brother, a sister, a leader, a pastor, a member of the fivefold. We ask God to heal our hearts and we forgive those people. We also receive forgiveness for any offenses that we have committed in the church and that we directed toward the church or toward the Lord as result of church hurt. So if you've been disappointed with the Lord and you've been angry, you've been bitter, you know, toward the Lord, you've been bitter toward the church, you need to receive your forgiveness for that tonight.
[00:25:53] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:25:54] Speaker B: We bless the body of Christ now and forevermore. I'm reading colossians 313. It says, bear with each other and forgive one another. If any of you has a grievance against someone, forgive as the lord has forgiveness given you. Hallelujah.
Hebrews 1014. Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. And then, Ephesians 530, it says, for we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
[00:26:31] Speaker A: Oh hallelujah. Let us pray. O sha de de de dea father, we come before your throne room of grace tonight to obtain grace rekha badisha zika de de dea for a time of need. Oh to take a hold of your mercy and we bring our hearts before you tonight le shaded where we've been hurt in the church.
Where we've been offended in the church father, we come before your throne room tonight with all humility, Mika badisha, Makadzika and honesty. Makadzika to say, father, yes, it happened Makadisha it happened in your house. Makadisha zika de de dea tell the lord, Makadisha, be honest Makalika makadisha zukarika rikada father, I took offense mika ba ba ba ba against a, b and c. Makusha kazika de dea rekha ba ba ba ba zika father, I was hurt by a, b and c makula bradeshika zika de de dea ruka rekha ba ba ba ba bam o za tate rashadia zika de de dea rekha bazika dzuka and I open up my heart to you, Lord Mikali shah didi didi dear rekha bhadisha zika did it, rekha badisha it doesn't matter how silly it sounds.
Misa de de de dea. You can tell the father. Makuza kadzisha Rashadia it doesn't matter how childish it sounds like or how people Makadzika have made it so small, Makajica. Or have tried to say that you are spiritual, spiritually immature, Kaika.
[00:28:25] Speaker B: Because you were hurt by something in the church.
[00:28:28] Speaker A: Makadisha tell the Lord, expose your heart to the Lord.
Zig zinza anza anxi igza igza ogre ita actor we bring our hearts before you tonight, Rashadia we lay our cards open on the table.
Okalika bazika rashadia zika de dea, rekha bhadisha zika de dea, rekha bhadisha yes Lord, I took offense, rekha bhadisha yes Lord, I spoke against yes Lord. This is what happened to me, Rekha Badisha and I was hurt. I was hurt, I was hurt, I was brokenhearted Makadisha zika de de de dea I won't pretend with you, Father Makalisha I can't pretend with you, le chatea.
[00:29:19] Speaker B: You are my creator.
[00:29:20] Speaker A: Makadisha. Zika de de de dea. Rekha badisha. You know me. Le Kabadzika. So tonight, I expose my heart to you, le shaded. And I ask you to heal. Heal. Heal. Help me, Rekha badisha. Help me. Likadzika reshaded. I need help. Makadisha. Zika de de de dea. Rekuka zika de de dea. Heal my heart from any church. Hurt. Heal my heart from any offense in the church. Makadisha. Any offense against the church. Kaika osate ka. Any offense against the members of the church. Any offense against denominations in the church.
Heal. Heal. Heal. Makuza kazika de dea. Father, in the name of Jesus, I pray for your people tonight.
May you purge their hearts. May you cleanse their hearts with the blood of Jesus.
Cleanse their emotions with the blood of Jesus. Rekabadisha. From every experience. Rekadisha, every traumatic experience in the church. Every hurtful experience in the church. Cleanse them in the name of Jesus Christ.
Father, I pray that you heal their hearts tonight. Rekha Bhadisha, you are the binder of every wound. Rekha bhadisha. Zika de de de dea. You're the healer of every broken heart. You're the binder of wounds.
Heal. Heal. Heal. Heal us, Lord Makadisha. Heal. Heal your children, father. As we expose these wounds. As we expose our heart to you. Likabadzika, as we are honest with you, we are not trying to keep up appearance.
We're not trying to come across in a certain way before you, father. We do not want to fall on any extreme. We don't want to go into public and speak against the church on different channels. We don't want to turn into people that are against the church in that way, that speak against the church. But we also don't want to be people that are in the church. That are silent. That are not doing anything about the. The things that are happening. Rekazika le suka le cuca le cuca zika de de de dea ruka de de de dea rica dear. Cleanse us. Cleanse us. Cleanse us. Purge our hearts with the blood of Jesus.
If you need to renounce anything. If you need to forgive anybody, mention their names. I forgive. Xxx I pronounce forgiveness on xxx I forgive this one for xxx in the name of Jesus Christ.
I eject from my soul, from my heart any bitterness, any unforgiveness, any resentment toward the church, toward members of the church. Toward leaders of the church. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
Let go. Let go. Let go of the hurt.
Ejected from your soul. Ejected from your heart. Mikajika. The bitterness, the disappointment, the resentment.
Some of you are just continuing. You're going along Makadisha. Absorbing hurt after hurt after hurt.
And it's like it's building up into a mountain. Makadisha. Zika de de de dea. Rekadisha. And sometimes you feel as if you're going to explode. You need to release. You need to release. You need to release. Rekha bade sheikah. Eject it from your heart.
Forgive. Rekha Bates. Forgive. Let it go. In the name of Jesus Christ.
Father, I pray for your children tonight that you heal them. You heal them. You strengthen them.
You give them direction. You give them guidance. You give them wisdom on how to honor the body of Christ. Le Shadea. You give them wisdom. You give them guidance on how to operate in the body of Christ.
And you help them to be in the best environment. Rekha Batesika. For them all. Apradisha. In the name of Jesus Christ.
And now you need to receive your forgiveness, father, in the name of Yeshua.
I receive forgiveness. I receive forgiveness. Makadisha. You can apologize to the Lord, Makadisha. Makazika. For being offended at his body. For being offended at a church. For being offended at members of the church. For being offended at leaders of the church. For being offended. Makadisha. At members of the fivefold ministry, for being offended. Makadisha. Makadisha. For speaking against against members of the fivefold ministry. Rekha bhadeshika zika de de de de dea rica de de dear Rekha badisha. Zika de de de right now, Father, we receive forgiveness. Makadisha. The remission of sin. Makadisha. Likadzika Father, we apologize. If you want to apologize, apologize. Rashadia if you want to renounce, renounce. Rekadisha. Zika de de de de zika de de de dea. Rekuka. Zika de dia. Reka ba ba ba ba ba. Zika de de dea. Rashadia. Father, I receive forgiveness. We receive forgiveness, Makadisha. For any offenses Makadisha, for any hurts, any bitterness that we've kept in our hearts against the church. We love the church of Jesus Christ and every member of the church of Jesus Christ throughout the body.
Rukadia Ricardia. Makadisha. Makadisha. Rashadia rekadika. Cleanse us, Lord Makadisha zika de dea. Malibra. Desika. Zika dear.
Zika Rashadia. Zika de dea dear, receive forgiveness in the place of prayer tonight.
Receive your forgiveness. Receive your. Your freedom.
Every bondage that you've come into as a result of this is broken now. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Makadisha. Zika de de de dea. Rekha badisha. Zika de da de dea. Rekha bhadisha. Zika de de de dea. You are free to love the church.
That relationship, Father, is restored for them. The relationship between themselves and the church, themselves and the body of Christ, it is restored. It is restored. Makadisha. Zika de dea. They start to see the church with love. They start to see the church with love again. Rekadisha. They start to pray for the church again. Likudza. Likudza. Likudza rashadia. Zika de de dea. Zika de de ka dee.
Thank you, father. The stony heart is going away because of healing. Rekha ba ba ba ba. And the fleshy heart is coming. Rekha bhadisha. Zika de de dea. There's healing. Healing. Healing. Rakadisha. Cleansing, cleansing, cleansing. Madhe de dea. Rekha bhadisha. Zika de de de de.
[00:37:57] Speaker B: Father, in the name of Jesus. And now.
Now, lord, you protect them from the wind of evil and none of their steps shall slide.
[00:38:05] Speaker A: Thank you, father.
[00:38:06] Speaker B: That from this moment onwards, they are strengthened with might by your spirit in the inner man.
[00:38:11] Speaker A: Thank you, father.
[00:38:11] Speaker B: The word of God concerning this issue is impacting them, is piercing them, is penetrating them.
[00:38:17] Speaker A: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
[00:38:19] Speaker B: They are operating in the wisdom of God.
[00:38:21] Speaker A: They are operating in the wisdom of God. They are operating in the wisdom of God.
[00:38:26] Speaker B: And they are restored.
[00:38:27] Speaker A: They are restored into this body in.
[00:38:29] Speaker B: The name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen. Amen.
[00:38:33] Speaker A: Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Oh, glory to God. Glory to God. We love the church. We love the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. And, you know, some.
[00:38:42] Speaker B: Some of you might need to, you know, if. If you've offended, you know, members of the fivefold ministry, you might need to go to a man of God or woman of God, you know, go to the person and, you know, tell them, you know, and apologize, you know, because these are things that the Lord takes very seriously, you know, especially if you've been a part of, like a smear campaign or a pr campaign or something where you publicly have tarnished a man of God's name or those things are unacceptable, you know, in the kingdom of God. And a lot of the times you see people saying things like, yeah, but God is exposing them. Oh, you need to watch triumph.
[00:39:25] Speaker A: What the word says triumph.
[00:39:27] Speaker B: You know, the series that we put together at the beginning of the year, a lot of the times people say, ah, but I'm exposing them. And the spirit of God has, you know, given me this revelation. And so you think that the Lord is going to tell you one thing about the Holy Spirit is not at the tattletale. He's not a gossip in that way. You know, a lot of the times the Lord is interested in us praying for the body of Christ, praying for people who have gone wayward or praying for people that we believe are not, you know, operating in the space that they should be operating, including our leaders, including presidents, including all who are in authority. That is what we've been asked to do. Do you understand? So it's not like often that the Holy Spirit will, you know, give you something to expose about another person because it's not his character, it's not his nature. You know, when we look at the Lord Jesus Christ, he was someone who loved to cover. You know, the Bible says love covers a multitude of sinse. The woman that was caught in the very act of adultery, when they came to accuse her, he asked the accusers, ye who are without any sin, you may cast the first stone. So you can already understand the mentality of the Lord Jesus Christ. He's not into that thing. And if you wanted to, he would do it by himself, by his power. He has got his way, you know, of doing the things. There are so many systems that have been set up in the kingdom. I wish I could explain this to you. I wish I had more time. Time that when we say systems, it's kind of like if you are going to do, like for example, if you dishonor your parents, your parent does not have to do something. God does not have to come outside of heaven to, you know, rebuke you concerning the matter. The principle, the system has already been put in order. So automatically, you know, it starts working against you when you dishonor your parents, you understand? So the system has already been set in order. So God has his ways of doing things, the ways that he cleanses the body as well.
[00:41:42] Speaker A: Right?
[00:41:42] Speaker B: So, yeah, like, God is not really asking people to expose others. You know, that's not where he's at. He's a God of love. And yeah, I think we need to be very careful when we get to those spaces because just think about everything that the Lord knows about you and he doesn't expose you. He doesn't call somebody else to even expose you. So, you know, why would he now give you a voice to expose somebody else? And you're the person that's going to fight at the front of this battle to expose. And then people would say, ah, but the apostle Paul, you know, he called people out. No, guys, you need to understand, who is the apostle Paul and who are you and who are other people?
[00:42:28] Speaker A: You understand?
[00:42:29] Speaker B: Like, he was a very senior. The apostle that received the revelation of the church, he's the one, it was given to him, right, by apocalypses. I sound like my husband now, right? By revelation, he was given the mystery of the church. He was the one who was told how people can receive the Lord Jesus Christ, how they can be born again, how they'll get into the church.
[00:42:56] Speaker A: Who is the church?
[00:42:56] Speaker B: What is the church, the operation of the church, the body of Christ. He was given the revelation, is the custodian of that revelation.
And then he gives birth to several other churches. And he gives birth to churches all over those areas, in certain areas in Europe, in the Middle east, etcetera. So he's dealing with those locations of churches. So he followed those churches. So obviously as a father, he has the right to rebuke them. He has the right to tell them certain things. And he's the custodian of this message. He's the one that has the revelation. So he's going to speak to them in that way. Now, today you get people that are exposing people and wanting to tell people, you have not even won one soul. You have not even discipled a soul. You are not even a spiritual father. You have not even given birth or spiritual mother to specific people. And you're calling people out, exposing them, saying, yeah, but the apostle Paul did that. Now you start to compare yourself with the apostle Paul. You want to be in the same league, brothers and sisters, it doesn't work like that. Let's stick to the word.
[00:44:03] Speaker A: But we're still praying.
[00:44:04] Speaker B: So I want us to go into our next prayer point. You're just going to take a few moments just to pray for the church. Okay? We're going to just bless the body of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because what we've done is we've purged our hearts. Now we've gotten rid of the Yaki things, and so now we're gonna bless the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. We're gonna pray for the church, the church of our Lord Jesus Christ in every nation of the earth.
[00:44:26] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:44:27] Speaker B: You know, it's a privilege to be a part of the body of Christ. To be a member of the body of Christ. In some countries, people are dying, you know, for this word of God. They are dying because they. They were found going to a church underground where there's no even aircon or comfortable seating or they have to use pages of the Bible. They are in prison. They are in chains today. Praise the Lord. So we want to pray for the body of Christ right now, and we're going to bless the body of Christ. Ephesians 513. It says, for we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones. Oh, Lord Jesus, thank you for your body.
[00:45:04] Speaker A: We pray for the church tonight.
We pray for the church of Jesus Christ in the earth.
Thank you for the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you for your body in the earth. We are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.
I refuse to hate the church. I refuse to hate any member of the church.
I refuse to hate or to disagree with my brother or my sister because they do things differently. Makadisha Zika de de de de I love the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. I love the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. I love the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. I love the church. I love the church. I love the body of Christ. I love the members of the body of Christ.
I love the ministers. I love the fivefold ministry.
Thank you, father Zika Zika for giving us the gift of the fivefold ministry Makadisha Zika de de dea rica rakadeshika zika did it.
Thank you, father for the apostles thank you for the prophets.
Thank you, father, for the pastors Makadisha zika de dea thank you for the teachers.
Thank you for the evangelists all over the world in this country. Mikladoskyonzu bondo bolo shade these men and women of God Makashika that are laboring Makadisha Rashadia in the word makalibra de chica zika de de de even in this nation of South Africa Makadisha zika de de de dea they are blessed makolo sombra doshka they are blessed the work of their hands are blessed rekha ba de sheikah zika de de de and they are strengthened tonight with mighty ministers of the gospel members of the fivefold ministry all over the world they are strengthened with might by your spirit in their inner man tonight in accordance with your riches in glory in Christ Jesus Jesus Malaysian Maleshante Maleshante Makadisha Makadisha Makadisha makadisha o zandri da da kolo prodoshka zika de di de dea rashadia they are strengthened malebradeshika if any of them are feeling weak if any of them are brokenhearted makadisha they are strengthened tonight milabra desika zika de de de de dea rekuka bazika zika rashadia le kadisha rashadia rekabadeshika zika de dea batesika zika dear they are strengthened Makadisha zika dear oh, they are healed in their hearts they are healed in their emotions they are healed in their minds mikula bradeshika lika ba ba ba ba ba rekadeshika zika de de de rekha batesika they are lifted supernaturally okalika ba ba ba ba rekha ba ba ba ba the angel of the lord strengthens them lika ba ba ba ba rekha shedadia helps them rekabadeshika heals them lizian zio dio dio dio diode they are comforted on every side makalika makalika makalika in the name of yeshua kaika ba ba ba ba ba rasha de de de dea rekha badisha thank you for your ministers thank you for their labor of love they are strengthened oh father, I even pray for the members of the body of Christ in various nations all over the world. Those that are in chainst for this gospel. Ola pradesha zika de da dea may they receive salvation. Malik radishka retita ratida letita, letita, letita. Letita. Letita, letita. Letita. Letita. Letita. Rekha Bateshika I pray for christians all over the world Makashika members of the body of Christ.
Those rekha bates that are in the dark places of this world. Makalika. Those that are kept in chains, those that are being abused. Those that are being hurt for this wordisha rekabadisha. Or even those facing abuse. Makadisha manipulation. Makadisha le kadzika father, ask for their salvation. Mikalisha de de de lotonta Lotonta, Lotonta, Lotonta, Lotonta, Lotonta, Lotonta, lotonta lotonta, lotonta, lotonta lotonta lita te dea rekha batesika zika did it.
Wherever the children of the Lord are being oppressed, even if it's in the church.
May they be held.
May there be a way of salvation for them. Makadisha. Makadisha. Makazika. Rekuka. Zika. Lika. Makadisha. Zika de dear. Zika de dea. Rekha. Batesika. Zika bhatte. Shika. Zika. Rekha bhatte. Sheikah zika. Wherever they are, members of the body of Christ under threat in their nations. Likudza. We pray for them tonight.
Likudza. Likudza. Likudza. Likudza. Likudza. Likudza. Likudza. Likudza. Le shaded.
May they receive salvation. Makadisha. May they receive help. May they receive aid. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Ola shed Rashadia Zika did it.
In the name of Jesus, Father, we.
[00:52:14] Speaker B: Ask that you will help us, Holy Spirit.
[00:52:17] Speaker A: Help us. Help us to revere the church. Help us to honor the church. Help us, Father Makazika. To honor the fivefold ministry. Help us, O Lord. I, Lord, to always be in the right place at the right time. Help us, Father, to love the church always. To pray for the church always. Lika Zika. To help the church always.
The church is the body.
[00:52:43] Speaker B: The body of Christ.
[00:52:44] Speaker A: And we are members of his body.
I'm a member in particular. I'm a member of his bones, of his flesh. I'm a member of Christ's body, of his bones and of his flesh. O santelica reshadea ra tete tete. Help your children. Help your children to always keep this in mind. Reka disha. To understand this truth.
To be strengthened. Rekha dika re dea. To be lifted.
And to live above Loko Zoko. All emotions, all offenses, all manipulations.
Help your children to always live and remain in the platform of the word. Oh, hallelujah.
[00:53:32] Speaker B: Praise the Lord. So it's time for us to get into our third and final prayer point. And this prayer point is all about the renewal of our mind.
[00:53:42] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:53:43] Speaker B: No. After we've been uprooting, tearing down, overthrowing, cleansing our hearts, dealing with all those things, we always want to renew our mind. Hallelujah. And that is our responsibility. It's not something that the Lord is going to do for us. So we thank God that as our hearts have been purged, that we plant his word into our hearts as we daily meditate. And we are being transformed.
And these scriptures are all about, you know, our new man, our new character, our new heart, who we are as a new man. So, John 1335 in the KJV says bye. This all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love one for another. This is speaking about love within the body of Christ. And then there's John 316 in the Niv for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. Whosoever believes in him would not perish but have eternal life. So God loves us, the Lord loves us as the body of Christ we are his special people.
[00:54:47] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:54:48] Speaker B: And by this all men will know that we are his disciples if we have love one for another let's declare right now that we are rooted and grounded in love that we have love one for another le shate kezika o.
[00:55:00] Speaker A: Santilla zagidzo godzo roto rikada zika zika maleshande dizkia zinga zinga jadekhe this all.
[00:55:12] Speaker B: Men shall know that you are my disciples.
[00:55:17] Speaker A: We have love one for another thank you, father we are your disciples o shaded zika de de dea rekidza kadzisha re sha de dea rekha badisha by this all men shall know that you are my disciples o kazika, we are your disciples likadzika we are your disciplesha we are your children we are members in Makadisha we are members of your body, of your flesh, of your bones lee sha de de dea o kadzika we have love one for another rekha zika rashadia make your declaration the love of God is shed abroad in your heart the love of God is shed abroad in my heart through Christ Jesus the love of God it should have brought in my heart through Christ Jesus the love of God is shed abroad in my heart through Christ Jesus I'm walking in love I'm rooted and I'm grounded in love I'm established in love zika didi didi dear kudza kadzisha rashadiya the love of God is shedded broaden my heart through Christ Jesus the love of God is shared abroad in my heart by the holy spirit the love of God is shared abroad in my heart through Christ Jesus the love of God is shared abroad in my heart I'm growing in my love walk.
[00:56:52] Speaker B: I grow in my love walk I.
[00:56:54] Speaker A: Grow in my love walk Liza didi dear zika de de de I'm deeply rooted and I'm securely grounded in the love of Goddesse Zika did it I'm deeply rooted and I'm securely grounded in the love of God Makadisha makadisha rashadia rashadia raka ba ba ba ba ba ba ba rakadzika zika rashadia rakadzika. Rekha bazika zika rashad did it here. Rekha disha rasha did it here. Raka zika rashadia raka. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah ola shedded likadzika rashadia rekuda rakuda rakuda rakuda rakuda rakuda rekha ba ba ba ba ba ba ba kazika osha de de dea zika rekha bazika. Thank you father, for your love. We're with you. Love me.
[00:57:56] Speaker B: You love me.
[00:57:57] Speaker A: God so loves me.
And because you love me, because you've given me your love, I extend your love to others. I extend your love to members of the body of Christ.
I forgive members of the body of Christ. I love members of the body of Christ in the name of Jesus Christ.
[00:58:27] Speaker B: I esteem others higher than myself.
[00:58:30] Speaker A: Rekha badisha. I honor others. Makadisha in the body of Christ.
Rekha bhadisha zika de di de dear, in the name of Jesus Christ.
[00:58:45] Speaker B: Ola Pradesha brothers and sisters, make your commitment. Make your commitment to live your life based on the word of God, not based on your emotions. Yes, things can get really tough, things can hurt. Things can really, you know, be challenging, especially when you find yourselves in those kinds of situations. But those situations are the platforms for your growth. Those situations are the platforms to bring the word of God outside of you. But if you do not have the word of God on the inside of you in those situations, it's not going to come out. So make up your mind, make your commitment that it doesn't matter how tough it gets. You're going to live your life in accordance with God's principles, with his word. You're not going to go and do what the world is doing.
[00:59:28] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:59:29] Speaker B: You're not going to do what the world is doing to solve problems in the house of God. And you're not going to ignore the problems.
[00:59:35] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:59:36] Speaker B: You're going to be in the faith. You're going to stand firm on the word of God. You're going to tarry in prayer.
[00:59:43] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[00:59:43] Speaker B: And you're going to be led by the Holy Spirit into every season of your life, in every direction of your life. You'll always be found in the right place at the right time. Father, thank you for your children. Thank you father. As there making this commitment tonight, they are rooted. They are grounded in your love. They remain on the platform of the word.
[01:00:03] Speaker A: Thank you, Father.
[01:00:04] Speaker B: You help them. You help them. You help them. In the name of Jesus Christ, you help them. You help them. You help them. They are mightily helped of you. They are mightily helped of you. They have the ability to fulfill the word of God.
[01:00:20] Speaker A: They have the ability to fulfill the scripture. They have the ability to live their.
[01:00:24] Speaker B: Lives in accordance with this word of God which will live, which will abide forever. Heaven and earth will pass away. But this word, your word, your word, will remain forever.
[01:00:37] Speaker A: Oh, hallelujah.
[01:00:38] Speaker B: Glory to God. Glory to God.
Let's just finish off this session with a special, with the special affirmation you can just repeat after me. You can say, I know what to say, and I know when and how to say it.
When I speak, I bring out the best in others, and I minister grace to their hearts. The Lord is the strength of my life, and I eject and I purge from my heart all elements of anger, bitterness, rage and fury. Anger has no place in me, and I delight myself in God's word and in doing his will. Always.
The word is in my heart, causing me to walk in righteousness and fulfill my destiny in Christ.
My life is the expression of all that Christ is. I unveil him to my world today through my thoughts, through my words, and through my actions. I am a new creation, and I'm born with the life and nature of God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Before we end our session for today, I know we've dealt with quite a heavy topic. Dealing with, you know, offense, dealing with church hurt, praying for the church, renewing our minds. I want to, you know, give you an opportunity. Maybe you're there and you're saying, I'm not even a member of the church. How can I pray about my heart and the condition of my heart, you know, regarding the church or toward the church? But you're saying, you know what? I want to be a child of God. I was moved during these prayer sessions, and I want to become a member of, you know, God's kingdom. Tonight is your opportunity. The Lord Jesus Christ loves you so much. And he died. He died. He came to this earth. He was born from a virgin, right? The Virgin Mary. And then he lived. And then he died for my sin. For your sin. And then he was raised to life for our account. On our account, it was miraculous. Everything about the Lord Jesus Christ is miraculous. And today, if you would believe, believe that this is what happened, that the Lord Jesus Christ died, was buried, and was raised to life by the father on the third day. And you make a confession with your mouth that he's Lord, you shall be saved. And I want to lead you in that prayer tonight so you can say, dear Father, I come to you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Your word says, whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
I ask Jesus to come into my heart and to be the Lord of my life. From today, I am born again.
Because I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised to life by the father.
I receive it to life into my spirit, into my soul, and into my body. I'm a new creation now.
I'm a child of God now. I also receive the precious gift of the Holy Spirit, the comforter. I receive his ability to speak in other tongues now.
Okay, let's speak in other tongues.
[01:04:18] Speaker A: Zika. Zika. Zika. Terashti. Terashti. Terashti. Reshade.
[01:04:22] Speaker B: It's a language of the spirit.
[01:04:24] Speaker A: Makila. Ziga. Zikla.
[01:04:26] Speaker B: Ondra.
[01:04:26] Speaker A: Dishkia.
[01:04:27] Speaker B: Toro. Toro. Toro.
[01:04:29] Speaker A: Talidra. Danzika. Tara.
[01:04:31] Speaker B: Tara.
[01:04:31] Speaker A: Tara. Ruka. De de de de dea. Rekha. Bhadisha.
[01:04:36] Speaker B: They'll be bubbling.
[01:04:37] Speaker A: Rashadia, in your stomach. Makadzika. Rashadia.
[01:04:42] Speaker B: Open your mouth so that the rivers.
[01:04:44] Speaker A: Of living water can flow from you le shaded.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
[01:04:55] Speaker B: That is the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
[01:04:57] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[01:04:58] Speaker B: The gift of speaking in other tongues.
[01:05:00] Speaker A: Hallelujah.
[01:05:01] Speaker B: Father, I pray for your children. Thank you. For every person that has gotten born again tonight, the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth is named upon them. From today, they are walking in your ways. They are walking in your statutes. Their life will never be the same again. They move from glory to glory, from grace to grace, from success to success. No weapon fashioned against them shall prosper. And they are thriving in this life of new creation, of the new creation. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen. Congratulations. Congratulations. Now, I want to encourage you to consistently come to the website, come to what the word says. There's a lot of content here that is geared toward your spiritual growth, that is geared toward helping you understand who you are as a new creation, and it will help to build your faith really, really strong. Praise the Lord. So we've come to the end of our prayer session, and for me, Lorianne, I want to say good night. I want to say God bless, and I want to say I love you.
