Summary: To receive new wine in 09 requires that we persevere in prayer.

Series: How to receive New Wine in 09?

Step #1: Perseverance in Prayer

Thesis: To receive new wine in 09 requires that we persevere in prayer.

Introduction:

Our theme this year is New Wine in 09 – We talked a couple of weeks ago about the importance of being willing to change so that we can drink in a new fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Wine in the NT symbolizes the Holy Spirit and that is what is referred to in our banner.

We looked at Jesus parable in Luke 5:37-39: 37And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. 38No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. 39And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

We discovered that Jesus was being ripped on by the religious leaders because He and his followers did not strictly adhere to the man made religious rules of the religious legalists. Jesus and his followers were criticized for not being reverent to God and obedient to God’s rules – Jesus enlightened them that most of their rules where man made religious rules. He was telling them that these old wineskins needed to go or the new wine would be lost. In a sense Jesus warned them that they needed to put on new wine skins if they wanted to receive the new fresh out pouring of the Spirit. If they refused to change then the old wineskins would explode and be useless. Which if you know your Jewish history is exactly what happened with the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD by the Romans. The old system exploded and for many religious Jews the new wine was also lost. But for those who changed who put on new wine skins they received a fresh outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit. The fresh out pouring of God’s Holy Spirit brought revival and transformation to both Jews and Gentiles. It changed individuals and communities. One of those converts was Paul and he chose to throw off the old wine skin and to put on the new one so that he could drink in the new wine of the Holy Spirit.

In my study of the apostle Paul I soon discover that this guy is 100% sold out to the New Wine being poured out in His day. He consistently speaks out against the old wine skins and points to the necessity of people grabbing a hold of the new wine skin. Paul never wavered in his battle against the old ways of dead religion with no Spirit. Paul role modeled for me the character trait of perseverance. It becomes obvious as you study Paul’s life that his ability to persevere – adapt – change and press forward with the Gospel came because of his prayer life. Paul was a prayer warrior and a person who seemed to have the supernatural ability to persevere through anything:

Listen to this:

Philippians 3:1-16:

1Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.

2Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh. 3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—4though I myself have reasons for such confidence.

If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.

7But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. 10I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

12Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

15All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

Paul’s trials:

2 Corinthians 11:16-33:

16I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. 17In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool. 18Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast. 19You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise! 20In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or pushes himself forward or slaps you in the face. 21To my shame I admit that we were too weak for that!

What anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking as a fool—I also dare to boast about. 22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham’s descendants? So am I. 23Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own countrymen, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false brothers. 27I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn?

30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. 31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying. 32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me. 33But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.

Paul knew the key for persevering through hardship – it was prayer – it was the ability to PUSH through to victory without giving up on Jesus Christ and the Gospel.

Video Illustration: Noelle - praying alone clip

A modern day story of perseverance in prayer:

Hands on --- show your key chain:

PUSH – I have had this key chain for at least 9 years – It is a constant reminder to me about the importance of perseverance in prayer –especially through difficult circumstances. The acrostic meaning of the key chain is:

P = Pray

U = Until

S = Something

H = Happens

This last week was a PUSH experience: Tell the story of the truck ordeal and the different dealers and the frustration and the money. The lessons learned.

I had a plan. Leave Thursday do the wedding for Roberta on Friday night, pick up the rest of our stuff from the house in Amery on Saturday and head home to preach on Sunday.

But my plan fell apart Thursday night when the SUV started boggin down on the highway. So Mike came up with an alternate plan pull off the road find a hotel and take the truck into a dealer Friday am to be fixed and still make the wedding and fulfill the task at hand. It sounded wise and prudent.

We found a hotel right next to a Chevy dealer – Praise the Lord!

I was standing in line at 7:30 am when they opened and they started to work on the truck soon after. I get a call about 11:00 am from the bride – high Pastor Mike. Did you have a nice trip? I inform her of our predicament. Silence “Will you be able to make it?” Oh, yes I say!” The dealer says the truck will be done and fixed by 12:30.” He does! We call the bride to say “We are on the way – all is good!” I pay the $260.00 bill with a smile and a big, “Thank you!” Kathy says, “God is so good!” We are on the highway and on our way to the wedding which has a rehearsal scheduled for 3:30pm – no problem God has provided – we will be on time! Life is good!

Then the but happens! The check engine light comes back on!

We are only 40 miles down the road. I think no way! We feel like we are hit with a ton of bricks. But we rebound with “Help us Lord!” So we pray up and down a few hills not sure if we will even get off the highway – the temperature outside is 4 below with double digit wind chills – we continue to pray up the hills until we find an exit. We see the exit and we role sputtering off the highway. Okay, I think, “I will drop the trailer in this closed café parking lot and drive into Eau Claire to another dealer to have the truck fixed.” Plan sounds wise and prudent.

I drop the trailer and head toward the city. We are 2 miles down the road the truck starts to lose power --- we now can only go 10 miles an hour. Kathy calls a friend and she gives us the phone number to the closest Chevy dealer. We talk to the service person they send out a tow truck about ½ hour later. We arrive at the dealer at 3:00 pm – we are still 2 hours from Amery – we call friends in the church to go talk to a worried bride – to tell them we are on the way. But I hear, “Where are you Pastor Mike?” “I will be there Roberta!” We get off the tow truck after having a nice conversation with a born again tow truck driver. We talk about church and the serious problem of division and dissension in too many churches today.

We go in the dealer and meet with the service manager tell what the problem is and then immediately go over and rent a car and head to Amery. We arrive at about 5pm and do a quick rehearsal and then head to the parsonage to shower and to change for the wedding. Wedding goes great and the bride and the groom are happy. Temperature is still horrible at 10 below zero with 30 below wind chills. But task one is done – I made the wedding and married off two wonderful Christians!

The next day we work it out with a friend to borrow their SUV to go get the trailer which is 2 ½ hours away. Kathy and I drive down and back in about 5 hours and show up at the parsonage in the afternoon – we load up all of our stuff in frigid weather which takes about 2 hours. Task two is completed!

We then drive 1 hour 15 minutes to my mom’s house spend the night and go to church with my mom on Sunday. The preacher that day spoke about placing our trust in God and not in politicians or human systems. He then pulls out a fishing pole and talks about how we need to become fishers of men for sake of the lost and for the sake of the Kingdom of God. We visit with my mom for the afternoon and catch up on what’s been happening in this part of the world. We drive back that evening to Amery to stay with some friends and meet with New Life people. The conversation slides toward some issues which have arisen in the church since my departure. We talk about their new pastor who is coming on the 25th from Long Island, New York. I encourage them that everything will work out once the new pastor arrives and we enjoy a nice evening catching up on life in Amery world.

Monday morning comes and it’s still freezing cold. I get a call from the dealer who informs me that it will cost $1,500 to fix my broken - frozen truck and another extra cost to overnight the part I need. I agree muttering under my breathe – “Thanks Lord!” I think Lord – “I am going to pay more for Roberta’s wedding than her dad did!” “Lord I have a house that needs remodeled and has to be done by Feb. 28th! I need a break here! I am missing work – your work!” Do you know what happened after my under the breath prayer – nothing – God was silent! I don’t recall who said it but someone said, “Pastor Mike God is giving you sermon material – so take notes!”

I call another friend after hearing the news and ask to borrow their truck to take the trailer to where the truck is. He agrees and it takes us 3 hours to get their as we drive in a snow storm with frigid weather all around. We get to the dealer and drop the trailer off. We decide to go back another way because the roads are horrible. We get on the highway 94 and it’s a sheet of ice, we then decide to get off the freeway to try the back roads. As we pull off the highway lights appear behind the vehicle. We get pulled over by a Wisconsin highway patrolman – I think, “What did we do?” We discover that Glenn’s running lights are out on the truck. The officer leads us to a gas station to fix them and helps us get back on the road. He gets an emergency call – “Multiple car crash on 94 – ambulances dispatched.” He takes off. We fix the issue and head towards home – once again praying as we drive in the blizzard. We arrive in Amery 3 ½ hours later. But we made it! Task 3 complete!

Tuesday roles around and the dealer tells me the truck will be done at 4:30 pm. So we go out for breakfast meet with New Life people and work on church stuff. We leave at 1:30 to head to get the truck and trailer. We arrive in Chippewa Falls around 4pm and soon after get a call telling us the truck will not be done. We think “OH Great! We are losing another day working on the house, working at the church and our 60 day deadline is fast approaching on the house. We are NOW totally frustrated. We get a hotel room and decide to sit in the Jacuzzi to relax – I pray a quick prayer “Lord help me relax and take this in stride.” We do relax – we actually just give the whole situation to God. We then enjoy the evening at the hotel and get up in the morning thinking that the truck will be done by 10am. We call they are having problems again. The simple job has turned into a nightmare for the mechanic. We do, however, eventually get the truck by 4:30 pm. We go to pay – I discover that I have to pay more than quoted – but they cut the labor rate in ½ “This is a praise the Lord but I miss it!” and yes, I have pay for the rental car too – this too they cut my rate in ½ and I miss it. I feel more frustrated and annoyed because it’s $1,800 dollars. I do what all good Americans do in this case “Charge it!” But the positive is we are on the road. We are heading home – “YES - finally!”

Then the - but -comes again!

120 miles down the road the check engine light comes on again! I am on the phone and I say, “Oh no!” I was talking to Mark Swartz on the phone when it happened. I hang us and say, “It’s happening again!” So we decide to call a few people and they say it’s okay just keep driving – we do so tense and agitated all the way – it’s freezing cold out - but we make it home. I think, “When will this nightmare end and the cash register stop chinging?”

The next day I take it in to Tony who has a great Christian mechanic look it over and fix what needs to be fixed. They cut me some breaks which is a blessing and I charge another $410.00.

But good news – the truck is running great!

Lessons learned:

Never quit praying. Pray touches the heart of God.

Make the most of the situation at hand – God is still there helping to use you through it. Look for prayer times – prayer moments for others!

Example: The service managers, the mechanics, the tow truck driver, the people of New Life, the bride and groom, the atheist father of the bride, the guests at the wedding, the police officer, the car wreck on 94 – praying for the victims.

Wow how we can miss all these prayer moments!

We need to learn to look for the answered prayers and those blessings in the moment of despair! The dealers rate cuts and reduced fees! Amazing it saved me over $500,00!

I learned to persevere through the situation – snow storms – frigid wind chills – and we came through safe and sound. I must admit certain times I did not want too to stay with it – there was one point when I wanted to buy another truck – but Kathy reminded me that would cost more money.

I had to adjust and change my attitude at certain times – I had to trust God that it would all work out – I had to quit blaming myself, others and trust God to get me through. I was reminded how I have to lean on Jesus at all times. I cannot always handle my own crisis – I need prayer and Jesus involvement! I had to relax and let God take over. I had to pray to calm my nerves and my fears.

I had to PUSH through to the goal – “Getting home to Illinois and being a good Christian witness for the Kingdom of God!”

Thesis: The church people also need to be determined to PUSH through in prayer for breakthroughs. We need to be determined to Prayer Until Something Happens.

Scripture Texts:

I Thess. 5:17 “Pray continually”

Ephesians 6:18: “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”

I don’t believe that God wants us to pray and expect quick fixes. Yet many of us are in the habit of believing that this is how God should work. I honestly believe that prayer as described in the Bible is an act that takes effort and perseverance. I believe prayer takes effort and perseverance. It is a determination like the pioneers of old who pushed their way across the Dakotas through raging blizzards and cold to get to sunny California or Oregon. I have read many of their stories. Their adventures were filled with unbelievable obstacles, setbacks, and loss. But they had a fortitude that drove them through the storms to their desired location of sun and prime farm land. They had a hope – the kind of hope we need in the church today.

T.S. - The Word of God exhorts us, even charges us to pray through the trials and tribulations of life – Pray, Until, Something, Happens. We are to pray through for the break out and for the breakthroughs. Case in Point Acts 12:1-19 – Peter’s jail break.

I. Breakthrough Prayer leads to revival and freedom in the Spirit.

a. It becomes important for us as the NT Church to understand that when trials and tribulations come our way we need to P.U.S.H. through them with prayer.

b. Peter’s ordeal of being arrested and the church’s response in pray teach us about the importance of praying through for a breakthrough (Acts 12:1-19).

i. Remember - James is killed by a sword directed by Herod and Peter is arrested – Why, it pleased the Jews!

1. WOW! The church is under attack and Herod inspired by the Jews and Satan is bent on wiping out the church.

a. He commits murder and people applaud!

b. He arrests innocent men and people clap.

2. The church at this point has a few options at its disposal to confront this injustice (Idea here pulled from Jim Cymbala’s book “Fresh Power “ pg. 88,89).

a. They could start a demonstration – they could march on Washington and protest because there are 5,000plus in the church at this point in time. They could say “We are a voting block Herod and you better take notice and give us what we demand!”

b. They could storm Herod’s palace and slay him with the sword like he did James.

i. Eye for an eye!

c. They could condemn James for not having enough faith because he was martyred.

i. Put the blame of James!

d. They could have started confessing positively and started saying “This is all going to go away. Everything is fine James is not really dead. Peter is not going to be killed after Passover is over. All is well!”

e. They could have started a radical Newspaper to address the issues and inform the public of what’s going on.

i. “Herod kills innocent man of God!” headline reads.

f. They could have remembered all the past spiritual victories and rehashed them. They could just live in the past and remember the way we where.

i. They could live in denial and wish for a return of the past!

g. They could have turned tail and run.

h. They could have quit and given up on God because things were getting tough.

i. They could have said, “God is dead!”

i. But they did none of the above- Instead they called a prayer meeting and started praying earnestly to God for a miracle.

i. Jim Cymbala states, “Too many times when we are under stress or opposition, we hold strategy sessions, we ‘claim the promises’ in rote sort of way instead of praying them biblically. But God said we could ‘receive mercy and find grace to help in our time of need.’ Where? At ‘the throne of grace’ (Hebrews 4:16).

1. Bill Hybels states this about prayer from his book Too Busy Not To Pray:

a. “From birth we have been learning the rules of self-reliance as we strain and struggle to achieve self-sufficiency. Prayer flies in the face of those deep-seated values. It is an assault on human autonomy, an indictment of independent living. To people in the fast lane, determined to make it on their own, prayer is an embarrassing interruption. Prayer is alien to our proud human nature. And yet somewhere, someplace, probably all of us reach the point of falling to our knees, bowing our heads, fixing our attention on God and praying. We may look both ways to be sure no one is watching; we may blush; but in spite of the foreignness of the activity, we pray (chapter 1).

ii. Abraham Lincoln wrote, “I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.”

1. This is the attitude we need to have in the church today to see a determination to PUSH through in prayer and see lives transformed.

3. In Acts 12:5 we are told that the church is earnestly – in other words – they working diligently at praying – they are praying on a continual basis – they are laboring to give birth to a miracle- their knees are aching – the sweat is pouring out because of their hard labor. They are crying out in anguish to the Lord. “Help us and Peter or we too will be slain by the sword!”

a. They are doing this with passion and determination. They are PUSHing through the storm from Herod and Satan.

i. The dangerous cold heartless storm of a man pleaser.

ii. The raging blowing wind of an enemy of the church and of Jesus Christ.

b. It’s a real blizzard that has already taken some lives and is hungry for more. But they are pushing against it they are driving it back with prayer.

i. They are PUSHING through the pain of loss for the break out and breakthrough.

ii. They know where the power of God comes from it is unleashed by prayer.

T.S. - The church needs to labor earnestly in prayer for our world, for others, and for each other so we can be a part of a miracle for someone.

II. Breakthrough prayer leads to miracles

a. When we pray earnestly don’t be too surprised when God does a miracle (Acts 12:5-17).

i. I love this part of the story of Peter’s jail break.

ii. Remember: They were praying for a miracle – for Peter’s release but it surprised them when it happened.

iii. The prayer warriors could not believe the women’s report. They said women you are flaking out don’t take this prayer thing to serious. Your delusional Peter’s in jail.

b. But believe it or not prayers do bring miracles. Not only in the NT church but also today:

i. I could spend the rest of this year sharing miracle stories with you but time is not available to do this.

1. But answer this question: “Does God do miracles today?”

a. Yes, He still does!

ii. I have come to the conclusion in my 25 years of ministry that some people in the church are afraid of the results of breakthrough prayer. For Example:

1. Illustration of Churches praying against Brewery:

a. A church is and being sued by an atheist owner. The judge says he was in a dilemma: On one side the atheist who does not believe in God blames the churches for praying and having his brewery destroyed. On the other side the church denies that it was their prayers that burned down the brewery.

c. The truth is even though we pray and the NT church prayed they still had to deal with persecution and loss.

i. Yes, whether you want to acknowledge it or not prayer brings miracles. But sometimes we miss them or don’t see them currently because of our current state.

1. Will some people will not be released in time like this. Yes! Why? Because God’s in charge and He has a plan that I sometimes don’t know about!

a. I know God responds to prayers in three ways:

i. Yes

ii. No

iii. Wait

d. The dilemma of prayer and miracles:

i. Yes, some people don’t want miracles of the supernatural kind because then it messes up their man made theologies.

ii. Some don’t want miracles because then they realize that it’s God that is in charge not us.

iii. Some don’t want miracles because then they realize that we need to do more praying instead of our just running our great man made programs.

iv. Some don’t want miracles because they fear that we could lose control and have to do things God’s way.

v. Some don’t want miracles because then people will be Spirit empowered doing ministry with no formal training.

vi. Some don’t want miracles because then there will be jail breaks and then we will have all these ex-cons in our church.

vii. Some don’t want breakthrough prayer and miracles because then they would have to change.

viii. Some actually will not believe (a miracle ) even when God does do a miracle (Acts 12:14,15).

1. Reread this text – some of you are thinking this is impossible– Peter got out of jail by an angel appearing, waking him up, unlocking the chains that bound him, getting him past the guards and supernaturally unlocking and opening the gate by itself.

a. Impossible!

2. Then he was inspired to go to the prayer meeting where they were praying for his release and he knew where it was.

a. Ya right!

3. But the Bible tells true life stories of God doing miracles. And He is still doing miracles like this today.

a. Reference “Vanya’s Story”

e. So what did the early church receive for its efforts in prayer?

i. Herod never got his man. Why? The church prayed!

ii. Herod was dealt with by God. Why? The church prayed!

iii. The Gospel kept being presented. Why? The church prayed!

iv. They experienced miracles. Why? The church prayed!

v. People kept getting saved. Why? The church prayed!

vi. People continued to be amazed and saved. Why? The church prayed!

vii. This true life story is in the Bible. Why? Because the church prayed.

viii. They learned to not preach people out or sing people out but to pray them out of bondage!

T.S. – Here are some practical ways to pray – be creative in prayer.

III. How to pray – practical ideas – to get you out of the old wineskins:

a. Do prayer walks through your town, around schools, government buildings other places of interest.

b. Pray in school hallways – some schools open in the morning for walkers – find on and go walk and pray.

c. Pray out loud and or silent.

d. Pray for people while you drive – when you are at a stop light.

e. Make prayer lists to pray for others.

f. Pray while you work out at the gym.

g. Pray on the train and on the plane.

h. Pray for people you meet each day.

i. Pray for government leadership in your area and nationally.

j. Pray while you write in your personal journal.

k. Listen to worship music and pray.

l. Pray as you are reading books.

i. Share Tiffs story!

m. When someone asks you to pray – pray right then.

n. Set aside the time to pray and make it fun – not boring.

Video Clip” from September Dawn – Blessings and cursing– how not to pray having the wrong attitude in prayer.

IV. Types of prayer that people pray today.

a. The Trivial Prayer: “Help me Lord to get over this cold!”

b. The Self-motivated Prayer: “My brother is being shipped to Iraq -Lord but don’t let this happen.”

c. The Controlling Prayer: “Please Lord, bless my plans that I have worked hard on.”

d. The Blaming Prayer: “Lord change Pastor Mike’s uncaring heart and have him change his mind about giving me money to pay my bills.”

e. The Manipulative Prayer: “Lord deal with Mary’s bitterness – deliver her Lord – she is so deceived.”

i. This is when people pray at others!

T.S. – We need to pray with right motives and with determination to see God do breakthroughs in our lives and in the church.

Conclusion: Why should we pray with pure hearts and pure motives?

1. Because the enemies plan to destroy the church will be thwarted and the church will see miracles.

2. Because the spread of the Gospel will continue as long as the church prays.

3. Because people will find Jesus and be saved.

4. Because there will be jail breaks wrought by the power of the Holy Spirit and prisoners will be set free.

5. Because there will be testimonies shared about the delivering power of God through prayer.

6. Because people will be encouraged to PUSH through by praying.

7. Because if we stop praying through then the church will float aimlessly like a ship without power on a wind tossed ocean.

Close with Jim Cymblala’s Quote!

Cymbala shares in his book, “Fresh Power” - There are players and watchers in the church! He states, “But just as there are people who watch from the bleachers and never know the challenge of competing on the court, we have millions of church goers who sit in pews every week without ever entering the game. They sacrifice nothing, strain toward no ministry goals, never agonize in prayer for one soul, but pass judgment on how well the contest of faith is being played. Often they act as if “they know” It looks easy from where they’re sitting, but then again, they have never really attempted much for God” (Page 140,141).

Altar call:

Closing Illustration: Song by Mark Schultz “He’s my son”

Mark states, “On May 22 1998, my friend John Baird’s 14 year-old son was diagnosed with Leukemia. I wrote this song during the middle of their year long battle.” Mark shared at Group’s Convention that today years later John is in remission from this disease. Why? Because a father PUSH(ed) through for his son in prayer.

PLAY SONG During prayer time:

Open the Altars for Prayer:

Then lets prayer for God’s hand to be on you and to lead you through life’s struggles toward the reward of revival.