5 AM Prayer | Day 18 of 21 Days of Fasting and Prayer with Dr. Mike Woods

Well, a pleasant good morning everybody and welcome to day 18 of 21 days of fasting and prayer. And listen, for those of you that may be counting this like 18, 19, 20 with the regular day cycle that we endure We actually start each day at midnight. So actually, day 21 starts at midnight, 11:59 on Monday, and goes through 3 on Tuesday. So yeah, we just doing— we're not doing, uh, we're starting our days at midnight. We fast from midnight to 3 every day. So day 21 actually will conclude on Tuesday at 3 PM. Um, but we're super excited to be here this morning. Uh, good morning again. Good morning, good morning, good morning. Uh, welcome everybody. Guys, do me a kind favor. I know it's, uh, early, but do me a favor, guys, please share this. Glory to the name of God. What a mighty God we serve. What an awesome God we serve. What an amazing and powerful God we serve. Uh, good morning, Pastor Jasper. Good to see you, sir. Glory to the name of God. Good morning to everybody that's here. Good morning, Mr. Anderson. Good morning, good morning, good morning, Apostle. Mother Betty, God bless you. Good morning. Glory to God. Good morning, wife. Glory to the name of God. Hallelujah. God is so good. He's so kind. He's so wonderful. Good morning, Kiara. Glory to God. You guys share this, and if you see somebody in the family that's not on— glory to the— I know we're watching from several different platforms though. Uh, this is streaming on Instagram, Twitter, uh, YouTube, and over several different Facebook pages. So, uh, people could literally be anywhere, but at the end of the day, wherever you are and watching us from this morning, good morning and welcome. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Today, number 18. Super excited about what this fast is doing and what it's going to do. I believe that today's— the days to come are going to be amazing. They're going to be more blessed than they've ever been before. Glory to God. So we appreciate all you guys. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so kindly for being here. Good morning, Dr. Cynthia. Good to see you. Glory to the name of God. Welcome. Glory to God. Today I feel led to pray for our families. Glory to the name of God. We've been doing a lot of praying for our mind. We've been praying about taking action and the passion of God in our life. And I want to pray for our families today. I believe that You know, part of why we seek God so fervently— hear me— and why we develop strong relationships with God outside of religion. Glory to God. And we get to know him for real, and we, we seek to make our relationships with God tight. It's so that our families, our marriages, our children, our covenant relationships that we have so that those individuals who are close to our heart and that we love and that are inevitably a part of our life— glory to God— we want them to have the same experiences supernaturally. So I want to go through some scriptures this morning, glory to God, that I believe, uh, will be a blessing, praise God, to you as we pray as we fast. Glory to God. And, um, yeah, I'm just really thankful for, you know, family of covenant, you know, family of culture. That's the family we're born in. I thank God for that family. I thank God for family of covenant. That's the family that God ordains for us. Glory to the name of God. And I'm thanking God for families of choice, you know, that You know, the individuals that are chosen, glory to name, by us, you know, to be family for whatever reason. Um, I'm thankful for all of them. So we're going to pray for family, glory to the name of God. We're going to talk to the Father about our family, about our children, about our spouses today. Glory to God. So right here, right here, right here, for just a few moments, I feel the Holy Spirit here today. I want you to just take a few moments to just worship God. Father, we love you, we adore you, we give you glory, we give you honor, we give you praise, we makrograph you, we sublimate you. And dear God, beside you there is no other. It's in you we live, it's in you we move, it's in you we have our being. You're our health, you're our strength, You're good and you're good all the time. And Father, besides you there is no other. We just worship you. You rule and you super rule. Heaven is your throne and the earth is your footstool. The heavens declare your glory and the earth your handiwork. You got— besides you there is no other. Your grace is sufficient for us and we worship you, God. So we thank you for your grace, we thank you for your mercy, we thank you for your favor today. Come on, just take a few moments. Wake up, wake up, wake up, and just tap into him and just begin to give him glory. Matter of fact, right where you are, just give him the fruit of your lips. Tell him how lovely he is. Tell him how wonderful he is. Father, you're lovely. You're altogether lovely. Oh yes, yes, you're all— shikita time. You're altogether lovely. And we worship you, we adore you, God. We adore you, oh great and mighty King. God, we bless you, we bless you, we bless you. We give you glory. And we honor your name, God. Hallelujah. The grass withered, the flower fades, but your word stands forever. So we thank you that you gave us your word as a guidepost, as a standard. And Father, we trust it. We don't seek to change you. We don't seek to justify ourselves inside of it. But God, where we come short today of your word, Father, I'm asking you today that you will make us righteous examples through your word. Where we missed the mark, God. Hallelujah. Give us the strength to come up to that plumb line, that standard of your word. And we declare, hallelujah, that because your word says let the word dwell in us richly, hallelujah, we will open ourselves up. We'll become acquiescent to your word. And we'll let this word be our driving— whoo, God— our driving source, our passion. And we will let this thing stick to us and stay with us richly, like rich food. Glory to God. And we'll give it priority, even concerning our family. So we worship you for the word, God. We worship you for the word. We worship you for the word. We worship you for the word. Hallelujah! We give you glory today. We bless you, God. You're so worthy. So we're going to read a few scriptures, glory to God, and then we're going to pray these scriptures for our families. Glory to the name of God. And Father, even before I read— yeah, I hear you— I decree and declare that our children— glory to the name of God— and a matter of fact, as I call my children by name, call your children by name. I decree and declare that my children— glory to God— Peyton, Michael, Tyler, Ben, Alex, and even my grandbaby Kenley I decree and declare that my children openly and boldly praise God. I decree and declare that our children openly and boldly praise God. You can call your children's name out this morning. Glory to God. Even if you don't have children, call your niece, call your godchildren, call children that are— that you know, or friends. Call the names of children. Glory to God. That God will cover our babies in the blood. And, and my children I just named, none of them are babies anymore except my grandbaby. Glory to God. But they'll always be our babies. Glory to God. So Father, we declare that our children openly and boldly praise God. We decree and declare today, God, that our children praise God. Hallelujah. Make wise decisions. We decree and declare that our children are full of energy, they're full of zeal, that they're kingdom-minded, that they are filled with the Holy Ghost. Omansi, remanki, liti, mansoto, kosiaya. And their steps are ordered by you, Father. And Father, we decree and declare that for all of our children, you have already set aside a kingdom-minded, saved, sanctified, Holy Ghost-filled, purpose-driven spouse for each one of them. And we decree and declare that our children are focused. Our children will live a life that pleases you in the name of Jesus, that they will not be captivated by the connection that they have to the world through devices, through television, through friends. We decree and declare that you will be the major influence in our children's life. In the mighty, oh my God, name of Jesus, we bless you. We bless you. Bless our children, God. Bless our children. May they have introspectives in their life where they discern their gifts, they discern the anointings upon them, that they don't dismiss you, God, as some second-grade religious priority. But God, they understand. I decree and declare that all of our children, every child, every offspring under the sound of my voice, every parent that's represented in this time today, I decree and declare that you will be their first superlative superior priority. And they will seek you with all of their heart. Oh my God, all of their mind. Glory to God, all of their soul. Oh, Rabashi, kikaman soye, bransete bebe koshiaya. Ah yeah, God, yeah, God. And you will be their prized possession, and they will not be trapped by religious experience. But they will have encounters. Even those that have grown older, that seemingly are taking their own path, we declare that those children that we prayed for, that we've led, that— oh my God— that we've raised in the admonition of the Lord, we declare that they will come to you, God. And even for the parent that maybe didn't raise that child or have a chance to raise that child in the admonition of the Lord, I declare that even that child will find the light of the Father and they will come to you in the name of Jesus. We declare this now. Oh my God, our children are our future. They're carrying the responsibility of the future in their bellies. So, oh, so we declare, God, that they will put you at the forefront, not social media, not Facebook, not Instagram, not Twitter, not TikTok. But God, we declare that they will put you first. In the name of the Lord Jesus. Lord, I praise you. We bless you. Isaiah 60 and verse 1, let's, let's read. Glory to God. The Bible says this, it says, arise from the depression and prostration in which the circumstances have kept you. Hear this, saints. It says, rise to a new life. And I'm reading from the Amplified Bible. Shine, be radiant. Glory to God. We give you glory, Father. For the glory of the Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Oh my God. For your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. So Father, we declare, let your glory shine upon our families. Glory to God. And in us, in the name of Jesus. And Father, we arise and shine today because your light has come. And Father, even because the light of your glory dwells in us as parents, as heads of our families. Father, we decree and declare that our light will shine brighter than ever. And then our family, not just our children, but our family. Glory to God. Our spouses, our, our brothers and sisters, our uncles, our aunties. Glory to God. Oh God, we think our cousins, we decree and declare that we will become a light, that they won't, oh my God, envy, but they will desire, and they will come to that light only to find you. God, I give you glory. God, I give you glory. Deuteronomy 15:6. Glory to God. The Bible says this. Hear me. Glory to God. We give you praise. We give you honor. Glory to God. Thank you. Thank you, Jesus. We bless you. The Bible says, when the Lord God blesses you as he promised you— oh boy, listen— then you shall lend to many nations, you shall not borrow, and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you. Father, I declare that we will lend to nations. Glory to God. And we will borrow from no one. And this will be the legacy, the heritage of our family, of our family of covenant, of our family of choice, of our family of culture. We declare that we will be lenders and not borrowers. We decree, declare this now, that we will leave a legacy of inheritance to our children's children. Glory to God. And we declare that the wealth of the wicked will be transferred into our hands. And Lord, you promised, yes God, to set us on high above all nations if we obey your commandments. So Father, in Jesus' name, I thank you right now, even in this moment as we pray, God, that you are setting us on high above all nations. Oh my God, you're making us the head and not the tail, lenders and not borrowers, above only and never beneath. Oh my God, and this shall be the example our families shall set. Oh my God, see, this promise is not just for you, it's for you and your families. Glory to God, you are blessed to be a blessing. That all the nations of the earth through you and your family can be blessed. Oh God, oh God, we give you praise, we give you praise, God. Deuteronomy 28:1. Glory to God, my God, today. Ah, God, I thank you. It says, if you will listen diligently to the voice of the Lord— hear this— being watchful to do his commandments which I command you this day, have mercy, the Lord God will set you on high above all the nations of the earth. So yeah, I hear you, Father. If I listen intently, diligently, I listen with hunger. That's what diligence is. I listen with a desire for what I'm hearing never to be enough. So if I listen diligently to the voice of the Lord— it didn't say the voice of the preacher, it said the voice of the Lord. We've been talking about how integral the word of God is. So we need to listen with diligence to what the word says. And even through our opportunity to have a real— not religion, but a real relationship with God where we hear his voice. The Bible said we listen intently to his voice, diligently, with passion. And watch this, diligent just simply means that the— what you hear is so good that you keep going back over and over again to hear it. There are some people, you know, I just love to hear sing. So if they're singing, I'm diligently listening to their voice. I love to hear my wife sing. I love to hear Felicia sing. I love to hear Minister Tanya sing. I love to hear Marvin Wine and sing. I mean, great vocalists. Gloria, I love to hear— don't judge me— Jennifer Lopez sings. Her vocal range, even in her older age, is phenomenal. The reality is, when you listen diligently, you want to hear it again. And even your favorite kind of music, that's a diligent listen, because— and even when you hear your song. You know, there was a time your song came on, you want to dance for a while. Oh my, that's my song! And you running out there because you diligently heard that. That song became a part of you. Can I tell you something? Let this word— this word, oh my God, this word— that you gotta listen to it diligently that you want to hear it. See, people that don't listen to the word often. They don't— they don't— it's hard for you to— oh my God, get on 12 Noon Bible study. Oh my God, it's hard for you to get in church on Sunday and hear the preacher preach and teach and disseminate the word. You know, I love worship. I love to give God glory. I love to see the manifestation of gifts and signs and wonders in church. But my favorite part of any worship service is the word, because I know it, it's going to take the word to keep me saved, to keep me in faith. Because faith come by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. And I can't please God except I got faith. So may we diligently— oh my God— hear the voice of the Lord. I'm sorry, I got lost in that. Being watchful to do all his commandments which I command you this day. The Lord God will set you on high above all nations of the earth. Oh my God. Genesis 26, verse 4 and 5. Oh God, help us. Thank you, Jesus. Glory to God. We give you praise. The Bible says, and I will make your descendants to multiply as the stars of the heavens, and I will give to your posterity all these lands, kingdoms and by your offspring, your family, your family. Glory to God. Your posterity. See, God never talks about prosperity without posterity. See, prosperity is what he gives you to leave legacy, to leave an inheritance, to enjoy life, to advance the kingdom. Not necessarily in the order I just gave it, but that's why prosperity comes. But it also comes to create posterity so that when you leave the earth, the people behind you will be postured to continue to advance the kingdom of God, to continue your legacy and do the things that you were born to do as well. Oh my God. And even better. That's what posterity is. Hooray. Glory to God. Watch this. So he says, verse 5, for Abraham listened Listen, there it is again. To and obey. You see how important obedience and listening, listening to it, then doing it. This is important, man. My voice and kept my charge, my commands, my statutes, and my laws. You know, I can't overemphasize how important it is to do what God says. And you know, I have been a witness of this. In my life. Disobedience always breeds delay. The way of a transgressor is hard. You transgress, and I'm just telling you from my own experience, you don't do what God says, you make your way hard. Because here's the principle right here: listen to the word, take action, do it, because we want to create posterity for our family, right? So no matter how bad you want it, no matter how bad you want to do it, how good it feels to you— oh my God, oh my God— you got to let it go. Oh God, yeah, because at the end of the day, you're creating a delay in your life. You're creating Oh God, hardness in your life that's unnecessary. Because the basic attitude here is, is I need you to be trustworthy for what I'm going to release. I'm saying God doesn't have mercy, he doesn't forgive, he doesn't give you grace. He does. And as I said before, he'll do that and you'll still be missing heaven on earth. You want— he won't have access to his resources because The undisciplined areas in your life will limit them, because if you get those things, it'll just magnify your lack of discipline. See, more resources make your issues bigger. Oh my God, if you're a sex addict, when you get more money, you're just gonna spend it on more sex. Oh my God, you're a drug addict, you're gonna buy more drugs. Are y'all hearing this? If you're a gambler, you're going to find a way to gamble more. So you got to get those undisciplined areas under control. Oh God, so you— oh, oh God, so you could be trusted with what God wants to release. Oh God, let's pray, let's pray over this. So Father, even as we just read in these two verses, in these two verses You'll make our descendants as many, and you'll make them as the stars and give them land and property. So, Father, we're thankful that we'll leave land, property, and wealth to our descendants, to those that come behind us. And Father, we thank you that as we discover purpose, oh my God, As we are clear about destiny, by default, God, we become clear about legacy, what we leave behind. Glory to God. And Father, we declare today that through our offspring, yes, God, according to scripture, that all nations will be blessed. And we believe that, God. And Father, we're crying out to you today, God, Because many a time the spirit is willing and the flesh is weak. And so, Father, we cry out to you, help us to obey your instructions as you have instructed us. Oh my God, we give you praise, we give We give you praise. We give you glory. In the name of Jesus, I decree it now. I decree and cry that through my offspring, glory to God, that all nations will be blessed. And I'll be that righteous example that through my offspring Through Peyton, through Tyler, through Michael, through Ben, through Alex, through Kili, and even my godchildren, Jaliah, Josiah, and Christopher, I decree and declare that nations will be blessed. Glory to God! Through my offspring and through my life, through my righteous example, through my obedience to you. Oh God, help us today. Oh God, Father, we come against every trap, yeah, that the devil has set to destroy our family. Yes, Lord, right now, in the name of Jesus, every trap, every diabolical plan, every diabolical scheme to kill our marriage, to bring our marriage into divorce court. Oh, every negative influence, glory to God, in our mind We cast the devil out of the mind, break down every stubborn will. And Father, we decree and declare that our plans will not be distorted, that our family will not be destroyed. We come against every accusation of the devil in the— ah, and every voice that speaks against our destiny and the destiny of our family. Glory to God! We overcome them, yes, by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony, according to Revelation 12:11 and Isaiah 54:17, which tells us, but no weapon that is formed against us shall prosper. And every tongue that rises against us in judgment, we shall show to be in the wrong. This peace, this righteousness, this security, this triumph over opposition is the heritage. Y'all hear this? Of the servants of the Lord. It's our heritage. It's our inheritance to move in peace, to move in righteousness, to move in security, and triumph over opposition to every plan to destroy our marriages, destroy our families, to destroy our children. Oh my God, to lead our children down a path that wasn't ordained for them. This is our inheritance. We are the ideal servants of the Lord that he has reproduced in the earth. God. And the Bible says, this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from me, said the Lord. This is that which I impart to them as their justification, says the Lord. We're protected, we're elected, we're selected by God, and he loves us. Glory to God. And his grace and his mercy, my God, today is sufficient for us. That was Isaiah 54:17. Glory to God. We love you, Father. We love you, Father. Glory to God. Galatians 6:9. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Galatians 6:9. And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap if we don't loosen up, relax our courage and faith. Oh my God, oh my God. Jeremiah 29:11: I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you. Yes, God, says the Lord. Thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. So Father, we decree and declare, yes God, that we're not weary in well-doing, but we will reap where we have sown. And so, Father, we will keep sowing good, we'll keep sowing, um, righteousness, we will keep sowing obedience. Glory to the name of God. We'll keep serving you in the area of our gift, we'll keep sharing you with others, we'll keep seeking your face. And God, we'll keep doing what is right according to Galatians 6:9. And Father, you said in your word in Jeremiah 29:11 that you know the plans that you think toward us. So I'm asking you today, this morning, to give us— God, yes, thank you, Jesus— access Yeah, access to your mind. Oh, oh, so we'll know clearly what you're thinking toward us. Yeah, for you know the thoughts you think toward us, and you said they are thoughts of peace and not of evil. You don't want us to be injured, you don't want us to be hurt, you don't want us to be broken. Not of evil raw, injurious, hurt, broken. You're— you never seek to cause us pain. Oh God, but you seek to give us peace, which is shalom, the presence of your assistance. So Father, we thank you that we'll know what you're thinking. And once we see how big these thoughts, big your dreams are for us, one, I'm asking that you will help us to dream with you and not accept mediocrity or low-level dreams another day in our life, but you will help us to dream with you. God, I love the word. God have mercy. Good God, thank you for your word, God. Hallelujah. That you constantly make it clear that we're on your mind, and you— this gives us confidence we can dream with you, and that we can have the presence, peace of your assistance in that dream. God, we give you glory. Yes, God, my God, today, we give you honor. Thank you, Lord. And Father, we declare our families will wait patiently for you because we have an expected end. We thank you that even our families will be clear of the hope that that we have in you. I'm praying today that our families, our children, our cousins, our aunts, our parents, all those around us, God, our godchildren, we decree and declare that we'll understand what it means to wait on the Lord, to trust in the expectation of the Lord for us. Ah, God, see, we have an expected end because we know what's on your mind. We know what we're looking for. God help us to see it before we see it, so when it manifests, we recognize it. Yeah. Yeah. Psalm 37:7. We're praying, saints. Glory to God. We're praying the word. I'll say, yes, anything according to my will, he'll do it, right? That's what he said. You believe it. Glory to God. Psalm 37. Glory to God. And verse 7, the Bible said, be still and rest in the Lord. Oh my God. Wait for him and patiently. Ooh, wait. Kasha. Manti kibi ansa. Lean yourself upon him. Lean into him. Yeah. Just patiently lean into him. Lean— get away from your way of doing things and the way other people want you to do things, but lean into him. Hallelujah. Fret not yourself because of evildoers, or because of those who prosper in their way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. Oh my God, I don't have time, but the more I feel like talking about there. 143:8-12, Psalm 143:8-12. It says, cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, Lord, have mercy. Oh, for on you do I lean. That's why we pray in the morning. Something about early morning prayer. Airwaves are quiet, everybody else is sleeping. Glory to God. We can become air traffic controllers in the spirit, and we can control the spiritual traffic that comes in and out of our life, and we can tap into his loving kindness. We could tap into his power easier, believe it or not. Oh God, there's something about mourning. There's something about mourning. Father, thank Thank you for your loving kindness and that we hear it in the morning. For on you do we lean and in you do I trust. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk. I lift up my inner man to you, God. Oh boy, oh boy. Deliver me, Lord, from my enemies. I run to you to hide. Glory to God. Yes, Lord. Verse 10, teach me to do your will. For you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me into a level country and into the land of uprightness. Save my life, O Lord, for your name's sake. In your righteousness, bring my life out of trouble. Yeah, God. And free me from my distress. Verse 12. And in your mercy and loving kindness, cut off my enemies and destroy those afflict my inner self, who bring hurt to my inner self. But I am your servant. So let's pray those verses. God have mercy. So Father, first of all, we are not envious. Oh, we're not envious of people who succeed through wicked schemes. Yeah. And Father, we ask you this morning, as we have read it, remind us this morning right now in this moment. Remind us, God, of your abundant love toward us. Yeah, my God, remind us of just how much you love us so that we can sing praises as we read, in storms and in distress. And Father, you have engraved us according to what we just read in the palm of your hand. Oh God, have mercy. Did y'all hear it when we read it? But as we pray, we're grateful and we're thankful that we are engraved in the palm of God's hand. He'll never forget us. You know how much God does with his hand when you read the scripture? Oh my God, we are in his hands. Glory to God. He knows who we are. He knows our name. Glory to God. Ah, he knows our uprising, our downfall. And guess what? He loves us. God's love is perfect toward you. He's not in your life to bring hurt to you. He's here to love you. You're in his hands. He's got you. You gotta let go of control. Let go of the pain that tries to control your life and realize, God really loves me. Hallelujah. So that you worship him from that place of knowing for real. It's not just a song. It's not just your hands lifted. It's not just a thank you, Jesus coming out of your mouth. But you're thanking him because you know if it had not been for him on your side, you don't know where you'd be. You'd be crazy. You would have lost your mind. Some of us would be in jail. Some of us would already be dead. Thank you for your love. Thank you that when you went through that, you didn't snap. Oh my God, you didn't quit. You didn't throw in the towel. You didn't give up. Whoo! Because you're in his hand. Glory to God. Oh God, today, Isaiah 49:16, let me read. The Bible said, behold, I have indelibly imprinted, tattooed a picture of you in the palm of my hands. Here we go, here it is again. So in the mouth of two or three witnesses, let this word be established. You're in his hand. You're tattooed in God's hands. Don't let some religious persons or some legalistic system tell you you're not in his hands. You're tattooed in his hands. There's a picture of you, glory to God, a tattoo of you. When he looks at his hands, he sees you. He sees the work that he fearfully and wonderfully made. That's the mystery of his omniscience. That's the mystery of his omnipotence, that at any given moment he could look at his hands and see all of the children he's created. Good God. On the palm of each hand, oh Zion, your walls are continually before me. Good God. Your children and your builders make haste. Your destroyers and those who lay you the ways go forth from you. Oh my God. Joshua 1:5, we talked this yesterday in our noon Bible study. This was part of our scripture reading. It says, no man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so shall I be with you. I will not fail you, nor will I forsake you. My God, I love you. So Father, we thank you that no man shall be able to stand before us all the days of our life. We understand that the reason for that, God, is that we're in your hands and we're tattooed in your hands. So we put confidence in the fact— —that we're in your hands, that you, God, have us covered. Nothing can stop us. Oh my God, just as you was with Moses, you're with us. And I know you'll never forsake us because you can't. We're in your hands. Oh, let that be your confession today. I'm in his hands. When something comes up against you, I'm in his hands. When your body tells you, you can't do this or that, yo, you just need to declare, I'm in his hands. And with his stripes, I'm healed. When the enemy comes to your mind and brings negativity and tries to attack your, oh my God, you emotionally and mentally, you just need to declare it. I'm in his hands, glory to God. And nothing can stand before me. When you feel inadequate, when inadequate, when you feel incapable, when you feel unacceptable, you need to declare, I am in his hand, and you need to move with confidence. God, today, in what God has told you— my God, I love you, man. I love you. I love you so much. Colossians 3:13. We're praying the word, man. We're just praying the word. They ask anything according to my will— my will is my word— I'll do it for you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we believe when we pray that the things that we pray for today, they're already done, they're already complete, they're already coming to pass. Glory to God. The Bible says in Galatians 3:13, be gentle and forbearing with one another, and if anyone has a difference or grievance or complaint against another, readily pardoning each other. Even if the Lord has freely forgiven you, so you must also forgive. Oh my God, today. Oh my God. Oh my God. Galatians 6:2: Bear, endure, carry one another's burdens and troubles or moral faults, and in this full way fulfill and observe the perfect law of Christ— listen, the Messiah— and complete what is lacking in your obedience, basically in this word. Obey this word. Carry out your purpose in this word. Listen, let's just pray it. Let's pray it. Father, we're asking you to grant our families peace where there's arguments, conflict, bickering, division. Father, according to what we just read in Colossians 3:13, I decree and declare that there's unity in our family. I decree and declare that that mother that has enmity with the daughter, I decree and declare that there is reconciliation now. I decree and declare, God, that that family that just can't seem to come together and be on one accord, I declare, glory to the name of God, that the peace of God— and according to Colossians 3:13, that we could be gentle and forbearing one to another. That we won't have grievance or complaint. Father God, and we can love each other as Christ has loved us. And Father, we understand that you even said to the disciples and to us, when we stand praying, forgive. And so Father, where we've been wronged, we stand praying this morning and we forgive. We release those that have offended us. For God, how can we expect you to forgive us when we don't forgive others? When we're holding grudges, when we're bitter? Glory to God. When we just said out of our mouth, I forgive them, I let it go— no. How can we receive forgiveness from you? You said it. If we cannot forgive our brothers and our sisters Help us, God, to not count the shortcomings of other people. Oh God, oh God, help us, Hashem, to not be judgmental and count the shortcomings of others considering our own shortcomings. Help us to be patient with one another and uplift and edify one another, just like We just read— almost done, guys. Glory to God, we're getting— we're 4 minutes away from our hour. Stay with me, stay with me, don't leave. If you just joined us, stay with us. We're praying the word. Yeah, if you just popped in, we're praying the word. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Because again, if we ask anything according to his will, he will perform it. He will do it. I'm telling you, we've stepped into a season of manifestation, and I decree and declare over you today, you're about to see the manifestation of the word of the living God come alive in your life. Don't you dare stop. Don't you dare quit. Don't you dare give up. I speak prophetically over you and your family. There is about to be a performance and a manifestation of God's word in your life. Your family, for your children. You're about to see the word come alive. Glory to God. Oh my God, oh my God, you're about to experience and encounter the living word of God manifested in your life. Oh yeah, we receive it, we receive it, God, we receive it. Glory to God, we receive it. Thank you, Father. Thank you, Father. Father. Glory to God. Go with me real quick to Deuteronomy 31:8. We give you praise, we give you praise. Libesatamaya. Deuteronomy 31:8. Glory to God. Thank you, Jesus. It is the Lord who goes before you. Listen to this. He will march with you. With God. He will not fail you or let you go or forsake you. It is— it's back in yesterday's message. Here it is. Let there be no fear or flinching, but fear not. Hallelujah. Neither become broken in spirit, depressed, dismayed, or unnerved with alarm. Oh God, we're gonna pray about that in a minute. Psalm 118:6. The Bible says, the Lord is on my side. Hear me, I will not fear what man can do to me. I'm not going to touch it because I don't have time, but we're going to pray about it. Glory to God. Deuteronomy 8:18, hear it. But you shall earnestly remember the Lord your God that gives you power— hear me— to get wealth. That he may establish his covenant with you that he swore to his fathers. Oh my God, you ready? As it is this day. Well, that covenant one from yesterday is for today. I'm not going to touch it. Haggai, or Haggai 2:8. Glory to God. The silver is mine, the gold is mine. Seth, oh my God, says the Lord. Oh we, oh we of hosts. So Father, we're praying these 4 scriptures: Deuteronomy 31:8, Psalm 118:6, Deuteronomy 8:18, Haggai 2:8. And Father, you have warned us to avoid the love of money and command us to be content with what we have. But God, if you are by our side, we— oh my God, what can man do to us? And if you are with us, glory to God, there are no limits upon us on what we can produce, what we can have, what we can become. Oh my God, is my Lord there are no limits, there are no limits. So I release, oh my God, the spirit of unlimited resources and no limits over you in your life right now, this day. I declare, as you link up with God for real, that you will begin to live a life without limitations, a life without limits, because he is with you. Oh God, good God, Mosei, my God today, my God today. Oh my God, you give us— we've read it— you gave us the ability, the power, the ability in us, the authority in us to produce wealth. So Father, over this people this morning, I release the anointing of a producer. I bind the spirit of the consumer where we consume everything. Good God. And produce nothing. Devil, you're a liar. I declare that under the sound of my voice, all producers producers. Innovators and creators. And I decree and declare we are producers, we are innovators, we are creative because the Holy Spirit lives in us. Because you are a producer, you are a creator. And then we just read that we can produce wealth because you own all the gold and all the silver. You said in what we read that the silver and gold are yours. And if we're in you and we're joint heirs with you, silver and gold— oh my, it's ours too. Good God. Oh my God, today, Jesus. Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God. My heart cries for these people that say we are Christians, that say we follow him, that we no longer live beneath our privilege, that we'll for real. The word, ooh, come alive in our life for our healing, for our deliverance, for our family, for our prosperity. God, yes, that there'll be no lack in our life. Yeah, no more lack. My God, devil, you're a liar. No truth in you. We bind you up now in the name of Jesus. Cast the devil out of the mind. Break down every stubborn will. In the mindset, that mindset that makes you feel, oh my God, that just enough is enough. That's not the God we serve. We serve a God that's more than enough. He's El Shaddai, not El Shaddai, El Shaddai. He's the God that's more than enough. Oh my gosh, I bless you. Exodus 20:12. I gotta go. It says regard, true honor, due obedience. And courtesy your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you. So Father, we pray right now that you would give us the wherewithal to totally honor our parents no matter what state they're in. Heal wounds, bridge gaps, Give us honor toward our parents. Oh my God, because when we do this, you said we will live long lives. And Father, we repent right now in the name of Jesus in areas where we have not honored properly our parents. Because definitely, God, we don't want our life to be shortened because we don't honor our mother and father. So Father, let us be a light to our children on how we honor our parents, so they in return will follow that example and honor us. And they'll know that the gift of honor produces long life. About us. So we, we thank you right now. I pray for reconciliation between children and parents, and that honor will be restored with the very people that brought us into this world. Oh my God, we give you praise. Help us, God. Help us, help us. Regardless to what state they're in, help us to honor them. Oh my God, and to pray for them. And I declare that our siblings and our children will never depart from this instruction, that we will always honor our parents. Glory to God. Oh Jesus. Last, last prayer point, Jeremiah 1:5. The Bible says, before I formed you in your mother's belly, I knew you, I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet unto the nations. 1 Peter 4:10-11, the Bible says, as each of you has received a gift— hear me— a particular talent of gracious divine endowment, employ it for one another as benefits, and as it befits good trustees of God's many-sided grace. Oh my God, this thing is not done in the corner. Every gift we have, we have it to serve each other, to edify, to build up, to help each other. Good God, that we can be faithful stewards, extremely of the extremely diverse powers and gifts granted to Christians by unmerited favor. So watch this, we don't deserve the gifts that God gave us, first of all. So God says, gave them to you, so use them to display— watch this— my extremely diverse powers. So when God uses me and he uses you and he uses another instead of tearing that down. Glory to God. My God, Jesus. We should be building one another up. I, I understand the attitude, and, and I'm closing, we're going to pray in a moment, but how people feel like I need to expose them, I need to you know. But if that's your MO, that's your agenda, and that's all you do, then you don't understand why you have gift. We even have to speak the truth in love. We have to chastise and rebuke in love. Oh boy, look out, my God, my God. Verse 11, it said, whoever speaks, let him do it as one who utters the oracles of God. Who renders service, let him do it with the strength of God, furnishing him abundantly, so that in all things God may be glorified through Christ Jesus Messiah. Let him have the glory and dominion forever and ever through the endless ages. Amen. So be it. I gotta go, guys. Proverbs 22:29, the Bible said, do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? Listen to this. He will stand before kings. He will not stand before obscure men. So, Father, you have consecrated according to the scripture and appointed us as your prophets before we were born. In one way or another, our life prophesies. It points people to a future with God. It foretells God's ability to others. So Father, help us to align ourselves with the prophetic mandate that's on each of us. Even if we're not in the office of a prophet, through the Holy Spirit we have the gift of prophecy, and you have ordained us before we were ever born to be a delivery system in the earth to deliver an assignment of some type that will prophesy that you are real, that will prophesy to others that you can, that will prophesy to others that there is none beside you and that you're good. Glory to God. So Father, I decree and declare as we pray for our family and as we close this prayer that each member of our family will use their talents and abilities to bring glory to your name. Whether they're entrepreneurs or politicians or lawyers or doctors, whether they're ministers or musicians, whatever their talent, I decree and declare they will use it to bring glory to you. And I thank you because of this, the world will see your diverse power. They will see your diverse authority. And because of this, we will stand before kings and we'll be favored by those in high places because they will see the hand of God on our life. And Father, we ask these things today. Day. As we are inside of the 18th day of this fast, we decree and declare that our day shall be filled with glory, and our day shall be filled with honor, and our family will be blessed, and all families of the earth will be blessed because our families are blessed. And we praise you for it, in Jesus' name. Amen. And thanks be to God. Hallelujah. Oh my God, I love you guys. How amazing are you? You're so wonderful. You're so, you're so good for getting up 5 AM. Most of you have been with me every day for 18 days. Glory to God. And I'm grateful for that. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your diligence. The Bible said a diligent soul shall made bad. Listen, I'm gonna jump off of here. Thank you today for your time. Remember, we'll be back here today at 12 noon, right here in this same spot, uh, teaching the word of God, uh, for our message on day 18. And we're still in the series on confidence. Uh, we're going to talk about part 2 of Doing It Afraid. Glory to God! And I promise you, there's going to be another boost of confidence activated in your life today. So don't miss 12 noon Bible study. We're going to stream on all platforms. Again, whether you're watching us by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and 3 different Facebook pages, however you're tuned in, make sure you're there and you're getting exactly what you need out of this word. I want to announce this really quickly. If you hear this warning, uh, 2 things. Uh, remember we have shifted our worship times. I'm super excited about this. No longer do we worship at 3 PM. I want to challenge you guys, if you're in the Atlanta area and our, and our church family, listen, join us for 12 noon service this weekend. It's going to be phenomenal. It's going to be powerful. I'm looking forward to God showing up in a big way. 12 noon at Raleigh Church Atlanta, 3418. Glory to the name of God. Uh, Dogwood Drive right there in Hapeville, not Haywood, Hapeville, Georgia. We're a rock's throw from the airport. Glory to God. So join us, uh, 12 noon on Sunday. And then listen, guys, I need you to keep this in your mind. If you plan on attending the Dominion at Sea cruise, listen, this leadership retreat cruise is going to be powerful. We're going to balance this with a lot of training and fun. So you want to be a part of this, go to rhodachurch.com/etsy. rhodachurch.com/etsy. Glory to God. And get all the details and reach out to our travel agent as soon as possible. The information is there. Get your cabin reserved. The deposits start at $50 per person. Uh, the cabins are based on double occupancy, so 2 people in a cabin, $50 per person, $100 deposit per cabin. So get your cellmate and you guys go ahead and get your cabin booked. Amen. Uh, we're trusting God it's going to be a great cruise and I want you to be on it. Glory to God. I love y'all, man. Y'all be blessed. Have a smile upon you is our prayer. Y'all have a good day. I'll see you at 12 noon. This is day 18.