5 AM Prayer _ 12.16.2020

Well, praise the Lord! This is Dr. Mike Woods, and I want to welcome you into our 5 o'clock prayer this morning. I'm super excited to pray with you once again. You know, this is indeed the day the Lord has made, and we shall rejoice and be extremely glad in it. And, you know, I'm convinced that we're victorious and no weapon formed against us can ever prosper. It just won't work. It could be formed. It can be collaborated. It could be devised or innovated, put together. No matter what the enemy does to try to destroy the purpose and the plan that God has for our life, I'm here to tell you, it just will not work. Hallelujah! So I want to jump right into our prayer. Thank you guys for making the sacrifice and rising early. Many of you are fasting with us. Remember, we're fasting from midnight to 3 o'clock in the afternoon. God has tremendously been good to us, and he's actually met us in our prayers. Glory to the name of God! He's already moving by His power, and I just want to share a few things with you this morning before we pray. I really want you to be clear, glory be to God, that the enemy's plans, hear me, the enemy's plans are defeated, and I want to prophesy to you right now, glory to God, and tell you your future will not be hindered. Hallelujah. I'll say that again. Your future season of promise and manifestation and amazing things that will come out of Heaven to you, it won't be hindered. While the enemy has a plan to stop it, he has a carnal desire to stop it and thwart it, but I want to share with you, glory be to God, that nothing the enemy does, praise the Name of Jesus, is going to be able to stop what's about to come in your life. You know, there's some powerful things about a season. Number one, which I wish a lot of people would get, you can't start a season. No matter how hard you try, you personally can't start a season. Seasons are determined by God. The times and the seasons are in His hands. So we can't start them. So that's why we have to learn to be patient, wait on him, and trust him to do the things that he promised he would do. Now, secondly, you can't stop a season once it starts. There's nothing you can do about a season once it starts. You can't stop it. And I'm telling you right now, no matter what the enemy does, he can work witchcraft, he can lie on you, reject you, ostracize you, talk about you. At the end of the day, not acknowledge you, not honor your gift, but there's nothing, praise the name of God, that the enemy can do to stop your progress. Let me tell you something, you, my friends, we're going to win. Glory to the name of God. And so that's what I want to pray around that premise, because with all of the things that are happening in the world, with the economy, with COVID-19 that we've endured through 2020, There's a lot of people who are moving in fear, who don't have any hope and don't have anything to look forward to. But I want to share with you today, your season will not be hindered. And we're going to pray that it doesn't this morning. I want to read a few scriptures surrounding that, and then we're going to pray. Glory to God. Again, welcome to our 5:00 prayer. For those of you who are uninitiated, my name is Apostle Mike Woods. And I'm the senior pastor and founder of Rhoda Church. I am the founder of Michael Woods Ministries. I'm the founder of the Rhoda Group. And I'm super excited to be able to be a part of your life. It means everything to me that I have the opportunity to pray with you. Glory to God. Especially those that are connected to my heart and connected to what we're called to do. It gives me even greater privilege to serve you. Because you've allowed me that privilege in your life, and I thank you for that. So let's read these scriptures. Let's, uh, one, Daniel 7:25. I want to read this in your hearing, and you can go and read it later if you like, but Daniel 7:25 says, "And he shall speak words against the Most High and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change." Listen, he'll He'll, he'll send things to wear the saints out. Listen, to wear you and I who believe, who trust God. He'll send things to wear us out, to wear us down. And the thought pattern of the enemy will be to change the time of sacred feasts and holy days and the law. And the saints will be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time. 3 and a half and 1 year. Listen, I want you to grab this. The enemy, even since Daniel's time, has been plotting to thwart the covenant and the promise of God for the lives of the saints, for the people that choose to trust him. And I'm telling you again, no matter what he tries, no matter what he throws at you. And I'm telling you, man, this year the enemy has thrown at the church everything but the kitchen sink. He sought to change the way we worship and even got some crazy folks running around here talking about the way we're worshiping now online and social distancing in the sanctuary, masks in the sanctuary, all that stuff is the new normal. The devil is a liar. That's what's the This is the plan of the enemy to change how we approach our holy feasts, our sacred days. Glory to the name of God. Our time of worship, our time of corporate gathering and manifestations of God's power. That has always been his plan, and it still is. And I'm telling you right now, this crap will not work. It is not the new normal. The church is the safest place on Earth. If God is there. Because I'm, I'm going to go out on a limb and say God ain't in every church, because every church doesn't do what it needs to do to make sure he's there. Glory to the name of God. So there are criterias before God would even come. Glory to the name of God. And I'm not teaching that this morning, but I want you to be clear: the church where God dwells, where his power lies, is the safest place on Earth. Quote me on that. My name is Michael Woods, and I said it, and I'll say it again and again, and I will continue to decree and declare that the church in particular where I pastor is a COVID-19 free zone, which means you cannot get it if you come there. If you come there with it, you'll leave without it because the power of God is in the house of God. Praise God. All right. So, We understand that. Let's, let's read. Glory to God. Let's go to, hmm. Let's go to 1 Chronicles 12:22. Let's read that one. 1 Chronicles 12 and 32. I'm sorry. And of Issachar, watch this, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do. 200 their chiefs and all their kinsmen under their command. What? Why are you reading that, Michael Woods? Because I want you to understand that there are men and women in the earth with spiritual discernment, with the ability to see into the realm of the future and understand the times that we're now in. Watch this. I understand these times. They're from the enemy. God allowed them to test our faith to see where we really were. And I want to tell you something. We've had the vaccine all the time. They're starting to release it. People are getting it now. Healthcare workers are starting to receive it, but we've already had this vaccine. We've already had a vaccine, not that one. Our vaccine is the blood of Jesus Christ. Glory to the name of God. And I understand the times and how we ought to react, and you need to understand You need to understand that, and you need to be clear with clarity. That's what understanding is, to have clarity because of what you stand under. So when you stand under God or you stand under the system of the world, you're going to gain understanding based on what system you trust. So, ah, we got to be like the sons of Issachar and stand under God's way of doing things and his way of of looking at the times. These times are designed so that God can get the glory out of our lives. Lord, have mercy to us. Jesus. Okay, I'm going to keep reading. Let's read another text. Let's read Psalms 31:15 because we're going to pray around all these scriptures. Watch this. Psalms 31:15 says this, "My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my foes." and those who pursue me and persecute me. My God. Hallelujah. Glory to the Name of God. David is saying, "My time is in Your hands." Saul was trying to kill him. He was anointed to be King of Israel. Saul didn't like it because he felt like this young lad was going to take his place. So he said, "Let's kill him. Glory to the Name. Let's hunt him down and kill him." But David, understanding the key to God's heart, he says to him, "Listen." My time is in your hand, and I just want you to deliver me from those who pursue me to destroy me. You listen, our times are in God's hands, and we need to be constantly asking God to deliver us from the things that the enemy will try to use to hurt us, like coronavirus, like systematic racism. Oh, glory to the name of God. Like disunity among the Saints in the Earth. We need to let God be in control, and we need to be the light that shows people we're not trusting in the world system, but our times are in the hands of the Lord. Glory to the Name of God. Let's keep reading. Let's read Ecclesiastes 3, beginning at verse number 1. Watch this. To everything there is a season and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven, a time to be A time to be born, a time to die, a time to plant, a time to pluck up what is planted, a time to kill, a time to heal, a time to break down, a time to build up, a time to weep, a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance. Glory to God. A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together. A time to embrace, a time to refrain from embracing. Hear this. Glory to God. A time to— to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away, a time to rend and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war," listen, "and a time for peace." Watch this. If you drop down to verse number 11, he says, "He has made everything beautiful in its time." God has planned a day of beauty for everything. So I'm telling you today prophetically, your season, it will not be hindered. Lebeseku rababasataia. You ought to just begin to praise Him now. I'm telling you, we're going to pray in a moment, but I'm telling you right now as we read the Word of the Lord, your season, your next, your times, they will will not be hindered. Glory to God. Hallelujah. They will not be hindered. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Urashketadaya. Utabai. Let's read Daniel 2, and then we're going to pray. Daniel 2. Glory to God. Daniel 2, and let's look at verse number 21 and 22. Glory to God. The Bible said he changes the times and the seasons. Who does? God does. He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals the deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness. Ha! And the light dwells with him. I need you to understand something, that when we have relationship with God, hallelujah, that he— we understand clearly that he knows everything that's going on. Hallelujah. He sets up kings, he pulls down— he sets them up, pulls them down. He changes times, he changes seasons. And I'm telling you right now, where we are right now is not the new normal. It won't be this way always. We're gonna come back from this improved Full of glory, full of power, full of light. So again, so the world will see, my God, that God is with us. I want you to pray with me today. Glory to God. Because your season will not be hindered. Your future will not be hindered. What's coming for you, and I'm telling you, something is coming. Something is coming. Something is coming. Something is coming. Something great is going to happen for you. Something great is going to happen for you. It's coming. And so, Father, in Jesus' name, thank you, Lord. I disapprove. Glory to God. I nullify by the power and authority you've given me as an apostle in your church. I dismantle. I cancel. And I forcefully oppose all satanic operations, maneuvers, manipulation, manipulations, subversions, perversions, intimidation strategies, tactics, plots, schemes. Glory to the name of God. Plans and ploys which are designed to hinder our future. And Father, in the name of Jesus, I decree and declare that nothing will prevent. Nothing will frustrate. Nothing will foil. Nothing will disdain or dismantle our future or where we're going or what we're called to do. And Father, we decree and declare today, hallelujah, that your original plan will not be delayed. Your original purpose will not, oh my God, be, hallelujah, hindered by detours. Glory to the name of God. And distractions. But I decree and declare today that we are focused, and our focus is toward Heaven. And God, you know exactly where we're going. You know exactly how we're we will finish, God. And I decree and declare, as I spoke your word, no weapon formed against us can prosper. I decree and declare today, oh, oh, hallelujah, that we are overcomers and we are victorious, God, in the mighty In the mighty Name of Jesus, and everything that the enemy tries against us, it will fail. And I decree and declare that our times, God, according to Your Word, and our seasons are in Your hands, O God. You control our movement. And You have protected us. You have protected us from every ploy of the enemy. Matter of fact, if the enemy was going to kill us, he would have already done so. If he was going to stop us, hallelujah, we'd already be dead. And if our purpose, God, was not necessary, our heart would not still be beating. But by virtue of the fact that we have a heartbeat, that we still have a pulse, God. It is determined, glory to God, that we are still necessary because if you didn't still need us, we'd be dead already. But because we're still here, God, and we give you glory right now, and we give you praise, dear God. That the negative words didn't kill us, the slander didn't kill us. Coronavirus could not kill us. Glory to God. So cancer has not killed us, God. We have not been the victim of murder by bullet or murder by mouth, but God, you have kept us, and you have covered us. And so I decree and declare now, Oh God, that my days and your people's days keys. They will not be altered because our times, God, are in your hands. Ah, I give you the glory, God, and I thank you today, God, that you make all things— Beautiful in your time. And I decree and declare, God, that we are swiftly approaching even now beautiful days God, we're approaching beautiful days. Oh God, you're giving us days of increase, days of healing, days of wellness. And oh my God, and I declare, God, that we will enter into a permanent season of perpetual harvest. Oh my God. Yes, God! These are times of refreshing. Yes, Lord, that come from the Lord, and we function under the anointing of the sons of Issachar, and You give us divine ability, God, to accurately discern the times and the seasons, and we declare today that our future is great. Our future is full of power. Hallelujah. Our future is full of glory. We thank you that we're covered in the blood. We thank you that the blood of Jesus still works. And so, God, today, by your power and your authority, I plead the blood of Jesus. Against everything not like you. Cast the devil out of the mind. Break down every stubborn will. And Father, I thank you that your blood prevails even now. And God, that against all odds, we win. And I declare for your people today and for myself that our future and our seasons ahead will not be hindered. I decree and declare that economically we will rise. Economically. Glory to to the Name of God, we will not only be positioned, oh, rabababa, sande de de de, to help ourselves, but we will move in a level of wealth and increase that You have blessed us to be a blessing, and God, that we will be able to be a blessing to those, oh, Sky, ikan da da de de de, that cannot help them themselves, God. I thank You, God, now. That You set before us an open door, God, and that we'll walk in so much power. I thank You for trillions of dollars in the Kingdom economy, oh God, that is synergized together to bring about change in the world. I thank You, God, that we will be an economic standard that the world will look to because You've entrusted us with with so great wealth, God. We will indeed, as Your Word said, be lenders and not borrowers in this next season. We decree. Ah! We decree. We decree and declare it now. In the mighty Name of Jesus. Our season will not be hindered. We will move in a level of power under Your anointing that the dead, dear God, will be raised, that sick bodies would be healed, that cancers would dry up, God, that AIDS Patience would recover. The power would work through us. In such a way, God, that COVID-19 would disappear at our very presence, God. Even if we go around people who don't even have signs that they have COVID, just because we walk in the room under the shadow of Your anointing, God, They, they will be healed. Ah, in the mighty name of Jesus, we thank you, God. We thank you, God. We clap our hands even now and say thank you, God, for our future season. We thank you for our future wealth, God. We thank you, Atababa Soraba, that you overturn, overturn, overturn. Otababa Mamansa Ki Kadamanse Tebaya. Those who are in misplaced authority. Eh, we thank you that this is in our season and you will, God. Hande bebebebe onsa. As you have reassessed who we are and given us a revelation of who we really are, God. You will now then reassign us. Take us from places we don't belong, God. Take us out of situations and scenarios, God, and jobs and things that are not Your will and plans and businesses and classes that You didn't call us to do, God, but put Your people in the right areas, God. Reassign them for this season as they operate under under the eyes and clarity and understanding of the sons of Isaacar, that they can understand where they are and what they should be doing. Reassign and then realign them with your heart and your will, oh God. And we give you praise for it. And we thank you, God, that it's done for us even now, Father. And we bless you, God, and we praise you in Jesus' name. Amen. And thank God. Listen, saints, oh, I feel the anointing of Jesus. I can go on and on and on and on. Glory to God. But the Holy Spirit has stopped, so we're going to stop. Listen, I trust, glory to the name of God, that you understand your season is already set in his hands. The beautiful times await you. So live and don't die. Move into what God has for you. I love you guys so much. Listen, I want to challenge you to have a supernatural day. Have a most exhilarating and outstanding day and understand that your future looks real good. Matter of fact, I can see you in your future and you look better than you look right now. I love you. Look forward to seeing you at noon today for Apostle's Table on any of our platforms. Make sure you tune in. There's a word from the Lord. Glory to God. And then I want to make sure, glory to Jesus, that you join us live for our Thursday midweek service at Roddell Church. You can come in person or join us online. And on this Sunday, a very special event, we got some amazing things happening. Listen, I want to invite you personally to meet us for Family and Friends Celebration. It's going to be phenomenal. There's going to be Gonna be great word from the Lord. My son Ben Woods is home from college. He's gonna be ministering, glory to the name of God, with us on Sunday. Uh, LaChelsey and Harry King, they're gonna minister. Lady Woods is gonna be phenomenal. You wanna be in the house in person, 'cause I'm telling you, there's gonna be a glory that cannot be denied. Hope to see you there. You guys be blessed. I love you with the love of the Lord. Heaven smile upon you is my prayer. See you soon. Peace.