Okay, welcome back everyone on the chat. We had some questions for the online students. So I've answered it. Please let me know if You know you are satisfied with the answers. Okay, and we have more questions here. So go ahead, Sean Sorry, I forgot my question. All right, that's that's fine. So if no more questions, then I'll just proceed. We were talking about delays Inhering from God and we said that one is timing. So God's timing is something that we have to wait upon. Secondly, we said that can be demonic interference. That one is completing all obedience. So what does it mean? There is an example in our notes here where a pastor by the name of Dutch sheets, he shares an experience where a lady was praying for her unsaved family members. So she was praying for them for many years, but they never really accepted Christ. But at some point, she understood that in her heart she had a lot of unforgiveness for these people. She did not regard them because they were living worldly lives and you know so many other ungodly practices lifestyle that that she noticed in them that made her dislike and hold a grudge against these people whom she's praying for. So you have to understand she's praying for a set of people, but she's also angry with them. But at one particular season of her life, she realizes that she has to forgive them. So it's when she forgives them that she sees almost immediately they get saved. So what that pastor is saying is he's saying that sometimes we carry ungodly attitudes in our hearts. So it's not that you know God is not hearing our prayers or the word of God is untrue. It's none of that. But we may have a very self-righteous attitude or some kind of a sin in our own selves. We are unforgiving. We are bitter. These things form a barrier in receiving answers from God. So it's when our obedience is fulfilled or we overcome these attitudes and sins that God is actually able to release the answers to that prayer. So this also can be another reason why there are delays because we are taking time to change ourselves. Okay. So these are the main reasons why we see delays in prayer. But as we've said earlier in fact Luke 18 verse 1 Jesus said men should not lose heart but they must always pray. Isn't it? Can somebody read it? Luke 18 verse 1 begin there. Rin, could you please use the mic? Then he spoke a parable to them that men always ought to pray and not lose heart. Okay. So what is Jesus saying? You should always pray don't lose heart. In other words, don't give up. If it isn't God's will, it will happen. Don't give up. Jesus is saying don't give up. So persistence in prayer, perseverance, you know that's another word which we use. So if you look at the book of Hebrews, Hebrews 6 verse 12 it says that the people who inherited the promises of God, how do they inherit when you look at people in the Bible, people like Abraham, people like Jacob, people like David, two characteristics are mentioned in Hebrews 6 12 and that is faith, patience, patience. So we need the capacity to persist, persevere, don't give up. There will be some answers which we get like that. We prayed. Oh wow. And you know what happened? This happened. God answered like this. This miracle took place. Wonderful. But sometimes you need to exercise patience along with faith because that can be a waiting period for whatever reason. It may not be God's timing or that could be a demonic interference or we said obedience must be fulfilled. Maybe God is looking at us and our character to come to a certain place. So faith and patience. We don't give up. There's another verse in Hebrews 10 verse 35. Can somebody read that please? Hebrews 10 and verse 35 and then use the mic. It's for the benefit of all. Therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. Yeah, that's it. Yeah, 35. Okay, so therefore do not cast away your confidence. So what does the word of God tell us? It says waiting can cause us to become very frustrated. It's not an easy place at all when you're waiting on God. God, you said think about Abraham. He would have thought everyone else has a son. People I know, my friends, my relatives, they all have a son. I don't have a son. So it can get so frustrating. 25 years again is a long time to wait for God. So the God is faithful enough to give us words there to encourage us and say, don't throw away your confidence just because it's taking time. Don't say, Oh, God has changed his plan. Don't do that. Be persistent. Persistent. Men should always pray and not lose heart. Jesus said, so don't give up. We need that attitude. Now, let's also look at another dimension. When we pray, right? When we pray, the fulfillment of that promise takes place. Now, what can be the spiritual dynamics? There can be so many things that are happening in the spiritual realm. One is if there is a demonic interference that is being broken for sure. No, we know that. But in the case of Elijah, it's interesting to note that in first Kings chapter 17 verses one and two, God speaks to him and gives him a word and says it is going to rain. Okay. So imagine with me, he's a prophet of God. He has heard a word from God. So what do you expect? If God gave a word, will it take place or not? It will. And Elijah is one of those mighty prophets in scripture. God told him it is going to rain. So what happens? Elijah, he goes up to the King. He reveals it to him and tells him it is going to rain. I think in 17, it's more like a general thing that God says. And in the initial verses of chapter 18 is when more specifically God says it's going to rain. So he tells the King and there is something very important that he does from verse 39 to verse 46. So can someone please read it? First Kings 18 verses 39 to 46. When the people saw this, they threw themselves on the ground and exclaimed, the Lord is God, the Lord alone is God. Elijah ordered, seize the prophets of Baal, don't let any of them get away. The people seized them all and Elijah led them down to the river Kishon and killed them. From 39 to 40, ma'am. 36. At the hour of the afternoon sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and prayed, Oh Lord God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, prove now that you are God of Israel, that I am your servant and I've done all this at your command. Answer me, Lord, answer me so that these people will know that you, the Lord, are God, that you are bringing them back to yourself. Okay. So first Kings chapter 18. Okay. So, yeah, you read till verse? You read till verse? Verse 37 and 37, 6, 37. 37. Till 37 I read. From 36 I read till 37. Can you read more till 46? Yeah, you have to read all the way till 46. The Lord sent fire down and it burnt up the sacrifice, the wood and the stones, squashed the earth and dried up the water in the trench. When the people saw this, they threw themselves on the ground and exclaimed, the Lord is God, the Lord alone is God. Elijah ordered, seize the prophets of Baal, don't let any of them get away. The people seized them all. Elijah led them down to the river Kishon and killed them. The end of the doubt. Then Elijah said to King Ahab, now go and eat. I hear the roar of rain approaching. While Ahab went to eat, Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel where he bowed down to the ground with his head between his knees. He said to his servant, go and look towards the sea. The servant went and returned saying, I didn't see anything. Seven times in all, Elijah told him to go and look. The seventh time he returned and said, I saw a little cloud no bigger than a man's hand coming up from the sea. Elijah ordered a servant, go to the King Ahab and tell him to get into his chariot and go back home before the rain stops in. Okay, great. So thank you. Thank you, Sean. I know you've read quite a few verses quite long there. So what we saw just now is that Elijah acts in line with the word that he received. So first Kings chapter 18 verse one, it says the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year saying, go present yourself to Ahab and I will send rain on the earth. So God already gave him the word. And what do you see just before, you know, he goes and tells Ahab about the rain. He has a mountaintop experience, you know, on Mount Carmel where the fire comes down and a great miracle takes place. So a prophet like Elijah who has seen these mighty miracles of God, the last thing you will expect from him is waiting. So he tells Ahab, you go eat, drink. I can hear the sound of abundance of rain. So what is he saying? He is confirming the promise of God. In verse one, the word of the Lord came to him and said that it is going to rain. So he confirms and that shows us he's very confident that it is going to rain. But here's the funny part. There's no cloud in the sky. What to do? Isn't it embarrassing?  I can hear the sound of abundance of rain, but there's no cloud in the sky.  But what does Elijah do? He goes up to the mountain, puts his head between his feet. That was their position of prayer and he starts praying. So it shows us that Elijah knew a spiritual truth. What is that truth? Even if God spoke to the prophet. Okay. The prophet knew that he had to pray for that word to come to pass.  And how much did he pray? Seven times. Seven times he prayed for the word which was already spoken out of the mouth of God. Meaning it's sure it is going to rain, but God required for man to pray. And Elijah knew about that. He knew that as a man, he has to go labor with God, you know, release the authority of God through prayer. So he prayed, I would say persistently, earnestly, repeatedly.  So the point I want to make for all of us is when we pray, we don't know how, but something is taking place in the spiritual realm for that manifestation to come. Even if it is the word of God, even if it is a prophecy or I have a prophecy over my life that I'm going to be like this, like that. Paul tells Timothy, you know, you need to pray. You need to pray what has been prophesied over you. You need to pray those things through. Okay, so persistent prayer is necessary for us to see the manifestation of God's promises in our lives. Now James, James takes the example of Elijah when he talks about prayer. And in James chapter five, you know, he goes on to say verse 17, he says, Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and it did not. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth produced its fruit. So James is reminding us if a human being, when he says Elijah, a man like us, he's just saying that Elijah was a human being. So if a human being could pray and God could bring rain or God could, you know, stop the rain. If you and I pray earnestly, later on, you know, he goes on to say that, wait, earlier in verse 16, you know, he already makes that statement. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. So the way Elijah prayed earnestly, that kind of prayer is very effective is what James is saying. He, you know, caught certain examples in this passage itself.  And you know, in this passage, James also talks about the prayer of faith, which will save the sick. So there are two kinds of prayers that James has included here, which seem like prayers which may need persistence. What are these prayers? Sometimes when we pray for healing, we might need to persist and pray again and again and again. Okay. So there's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes when we pray for people who have gone away from God, we may think, oh, I prayed. What is this? They're not getting saved at all. But what does James do? He includes these two categories of healing and praying for the lost in persistent prayer, which means that there can be a requirement to pray again and again and again to see the manifestation of either healing or salvation of somebody who is not in. Christ. Okay. So persistent prayer is required in these instances. So that's a little bit about persistent prayer. Yes. Any other thoughts and questions before we move on to the next subject here? Ma'am, when you said Daniel did the persistent prayer, right? Is that persistent prayer, a persistent prayer like based on faith or just like a regular persistent prayer, like keep on praying over and over again? Yes. So you say faith is very important in prayer, Sean. So every prayer we pray must have faith in it. So yeah, persistent prayer also includes faith. The thing is that I think for my understanding that faith belief was properly introduced or taught to people during the New Testament. But as in the Old Testament, there are only like a select few people who God chose and through whom God made whatever things he wanted to make possible. Like he chose Samuel in order to tell prophecies, or he chose David to be king and lead Israel. And he had to write certain Psalms. So I believe that certain people who God chose, like only those people who have faith and not many others. Okay. I see where you're coming from. But you say in the Old Testament, you're saying only some people who were anointed had faith. Yes, that's what I believe. I don't think that is the case because if you see there were, when you talk about the anointing, right? There were at least three categories of people who were anointed.  But over and above, like if you look at normal people, so you do have godly people like I mentioned Hannah to you, right? So they may not be in one of these roles, but they have a life of faith, Ruth. She's not in any of these categories, but it's a life of faith. So faith is essential for a walk with God, whether you are so-called anointed under the Old Covenant or you're not anointed. And we know for a fact that under the New Covenant for everybody, Hebrews 11.6, faith pleases God. He who comes to God must believe that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. So without faith, nobody can approach God and see answers to prayer or these spiritual laws work. It will not work. If you don't have faith, these things will not work. Another reason why I ask is because in those days you had like scriptures read out in synagogues, read out in temples. And we didn't have much access for them to like take it back home and study the scriptures for common folk. So if you wanted to hear God's word or scripture, you have to go there to that temple and then hear it. So that doesn't give much of a chance for them to build on your faith. Only if they go there, they can build on their faith. So I thought that their only option would be for prayer. So that's why I asked. Yes, so your point is that since they were not exposed to the scriptures, how did faith come to them? What I would say is the scriptures were read out to them in their gatherings. Sometimes like in the book of Ezra, he reads to the people. He reads the scripture, he gathers everyone, even the animals and they read the scriptures. So faith comes from there. But you see, even verbally like stories like Abraham and his journey of faith with God, these things were passed on from generation to generation. So there was faith in the people and they would have heard about the acts that God did during Moses' times. I'm just giving you a few examples just to let you know that people were exposed to the scriptures. So they had faith. Yes, Anand. I'm praying persistently for one thing and it is not happening. I have faith on God. But how can I know, is it a God will or not? Okay, so Anand, your question is you have faith but you don't know if it is God's will or not God's will. Okay, that's a question. Okay, so I would say that it must be the other way around. First, you need to know whether it's God's will or not God's will. Then you need to have faith. Okay, because... I have faith, mom. I have faith. You have faith? Yeah. Okay, you just don't know. Okay, I would put it like this.  So you have faith for that. But you don't know specific what exactly he's going to do like that. Is it? Oh, you can't share the example. Okay, fine. I will see how to answer. So what I'm saying is, first I need to know whether it's God's will or not. Okay, what is God's will? What is revealed in his word is his will. God's word is his will. Okay, so if I know that it is God's word, then I have confidence that is faith. That, yes, God will do it or, you know, God is pleased with it. So that is what I'm saying. First, I need to know what is God's will. Then only I can have faith for it. If I don't know what is God's will, how can I be confident? I'm praying since so many days persistently. I have faith on it. It is not happening actually. So can I consider it? It's not a God's will. Okay, so I would take this under the category of... Okay, I'm finding it difficult to answer you because the steps are reversed. Okay, so what happens is if you are saying you have faith, that means you believe it will happen, right? It will happen. You know that it's God's will. No, I'm just asking. Does it make sense what I'm saying? Anand, I think the only way we can help you up now is you tell exactly what it is. Because only then we can help you. Because if it's like something you're asking for a car or something, then we can like... They need to know what it is. The other way to help you, just tell us. Okay, he doesn't want to share, so we don't want to push it. I would just tell ma'am like in private or something. Okay, so what I would say Anand is, you are saying I have faith that it will happen. So I am assuming that it is God's will. Okay, with that assumption. Okay, I am saying, but it is not happening right now. So should I give up? That's your question, right? So if you know that it's God's will, okay, and you have faith for it, then don't give up. I didn't say only don't give up. I said if it is God's will and you have faith for it, then don't give up. I think I gave him another question for his question. That's okay, let it be like that. So we'll move forward. Yeah, anything else about waiting, persistence? Ma'am, when you talk about how demons interfere between your coronation with God, your response from God, I think nowadays when you talk about interference, I think it's basically with our minds rather than just the actual interference from God's message coming down, like how it was with Daniel. So right now it's more in our minds like with doubts and fears. I think that's the main reason where we won't, aren't able to get the answers to what we asked for. Or aren't able to get what we want. So you're saying the delays are because of our mind.  So that's true. Most of the ways in which Satan tries to interfere in the life of a believer is through the mind. So you would see, you know, we'll study this later when we do believers authority, accusation, condemnation, confusion, you know, these are the things. So he plays games in our minds to get us to not believe God. Okay, doubts, all that he puts in our minds. So that is true. But in the case of Daniel, we are looking at a demonic interference, isn't it? So what I want to tell also, Sean is while Satan interferes with our minds, he can also interfere with the circumstances. Even Paul writes about it in Thessalonians. He says that Satan hindered me. I wanted to do more ministry in this region, but Satan hindered me. So through circumstances in different ways, Satan and his demons can become a hindrance for us. So it's not just my mind. I can have complete faith, but my circumstance can be interrupted by demons. It's possible. So any other questions or? Okay, sure, sure. It's good to learn. We'll just after me. Okay. So if prayer is communication with the Lord, how can demons interfere? So you see demons, so whatever is revealed to them, whatever they know of, they can interfere in that. Okay, so if they are aware, see demons only pick up on, we should understand that they are finite. They're not God. Only God knows everything. God knows the future. God knows the past. He knows everything. So when it comes to demons, they only know what is revealed to them. So if, let's say, they catch some information, they can work with that information. So if they come to know that you are planning to go and pray for somebody, they can create some, they can hinder you in your travel or hinder you in your program arrangements and things like that. So whatever they are aware of, they can interfere. So when we pray, not so much. I mean, of course, we generally pray in our natural languages. So demons can pick it up. If they can hear natural languages, like normal human languages, they can know what your plans are. Yeah. No. So that's the only thing which they can't understand. Tongues they cannot understand. You got it. So that is kind of insulated. So when you pray in tongues, as we've been saying, you speak mysteries unto God, no demon can find out what mysteries you're talking to God. But human languages, they can pick it up. Or maybe you're just talking to somebody. You know, if I'm just telling women, I'm going here for ministry next week. We live in a finite world. They can pick up on the information that we share. And maybe, you know, when I'm going there and somebody, sometimes you have all these people, they see your hands, they read the palms and they say something about you. And they say, oh, I know you have come for ministry. I think great about it because demons can pick up existing information and pass it around. You understood. They cannot tell you anything new. Yes. So human language can understand. No. Demon can human language understand. Demons. Yeah. You are using tongues. We are using other human language. So human language, demon can understand. Yes. So human languages, demons can understand. Oh, Francis. So you see tongues. That's why it needs interpretation. And that interpretation can only come from God's spirit because that's a language which only God knows. Only God knows. Okay. But as I have been telling all of us, there is something known as tongues as a sign, which you see next chapter two. So when I'm praying in tongues, for me, it's an unknown language. I don't know what I'm saying, but maybe Francis is hearing me in Malayalam. Okay. You are hearing a human language, but I am praying an unknown language. So it's very mysterious. This kind of tongues is known as tongues as a sign. It doesn't happen all the time. Yeah. Okay. Yes. I think Prince had a question. Okay, sure. Vimal, you finish. You finish. No problem. You ask. Ma'am, sometimes prayer comes from, we are praying in every situation. In some situations, prayer comes from, we are praying, but it shows we have no faith. Like if we read the, if we read about Shedrach, Meshach and Abednego, and he is front of the king and in that time, we can't see in Bible. They prayed for a lot, help us to, help us to deal with this situation. They didn't pray like that. And they told, they didn't pray when they didn't told to God help us. They tell if God help us, it's okay. If God will not help, it's not okay. So my question is this, sometimes we can pray, pray is like, when some situations, pray is like showing the unfaith. Yeah. Yeah. It is possible women. So we can, we can do that. And that's why we, we say, God is very gracious. He will, you know, awaken us to what his will is. But at the end of the day, I have to ask for it. So if I'm going on confessing, something that is not correct, that will manifest in my life. You got it. So that's why I'm saying, like even for Anand's point, that's the reason I'm saying. Faith always is a byproduct of knowing the will of God. So I need to take time in the word or if I am not clear, I need to ask God, God is this your will, reveal your will, reveal your will. Once I am confident that it is his will, then faith comes. Then I don't give up. I can persist. I can do whatever. Okay. But I don't pray my own prayer. The way Vimal said, I just say, okay, God, if you help, it's fine. If you don't help, it's fine. There's no faith in that. Yeah. That's okay. You're right. Okay. Yes, please. Sometimes the delay of our prayers, can it be also for to change our intentions or to test, are we really serious about our prayers or not? Yeah, sure. So sometimes the delay, it helps us rearrange things within our heart. Right? Yeah. Motives of why we are praying. Sometimes we can pray for some things with wrong motives also, right? Yeah. So God delays to change our motives and to correct them in a right way. Sure. Yes. So there are delays because of that. No questions. Okay. Nice. So I need your class that I'm taking so long to complete my, I have a timetable, but we are way behind the timetable. But that's okay. As long as you're learning, I think I'm happy about that. Yes. So there's this demonic forces that's happening. So how do we know if it, or how can we perceive it's the demonic force or not? Okay. So you're saying how to perceive the demonic force. See if something happens like, not the way it's supposed to go. And sometimes people blame it's a devil's thing that's happening or it might be something else. So how do we know if it's the devil's work? So if there is an interference, how do we say that something was demonic in it, right? So this is what I follow. I generally go by, you know, like a practical analysis of things. For example, you know, if I came here and I had only five minutes to set up and this and that, I wouldn't take it as demons are trying to attack me because I'm teaching on prayer and intercession. No, I came lit. It's as simple as that. So I need to correct that and try to come in little earlier. It's a very practical reason. So it's best to go with the practical evaluation of things like 90%, 95% of the time. And as I've been saying, Romans 8, 16, the spirit bears witness with our spirits. So maybe not even 95%, I would say 98%. Generally, it's some of the things that we need to do. You know, that will resolve the matter. But maybe those 2% of the times there is an interference and in my spirit, I'm able to pick it up. Sometimes we can tell that, hey, this is not normal. Something else is going on here. You see, so you really need the Holy Spirit to give you that inner knowing. Otherwise, you will never know that something is demonic. See, when we pray for people, we would pray, you know, let's say somebody who's sick, we would pray and say, you know, I speak healing in Jesus name. I command healing in Jesus name. But sometimes you look at a sick person and we see this in scripture, right? That there is a mute spirit. There's a deaf spirit. Jesus cast out these spirits and those people were healed. Right? So healing came when when they dealt with the demons. So when you're praying for somebody, you might sense, hey, I should not command healing. I have to take authority. I have to take authority. I have to command this demon to come out. Be set free in Jesus name. You're praying something completely different for healing. You understood. But how did I know what to pray? The spirit bears witness with our spirit. So you have to pick it up from the Holy Spirit. That's the only way. That's when you'll know whether there is a demonic interference or not. But as default, just go by normal tactical way of evaluating things. Yeah, sure, Sean. Please use the mic. Ma'am, are tongues really all that important? Sorry? Are tongues really all that important? Are tongues all that important? Yeah. Okay, good. I mean genuine question you're asking. So I would say very, very, very important. Okay. Okay. The reason being, the reason being, see if it were not important, then God would not give us that gift, Sean. And you know, you say that Jesus asked his disciples to wait for the baptism in the Holy Spirit before they went and did any ministry.  So they waited in the upper room. If it was not important, the baptism in the spirit, which in turn activates all the gifts of the spirit in the believer, Jesus would have told them, you go and do ministry no problem. Because you're born again. Because when we are born again, what do we say? Holy Spirit lives inside us. Right. So that should be sufficient. But for whatever reason, Jesus said, wait till you are endured with power from on high. Then you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. And from there, Acts 2.17, we begin to see the manifestation of, you know, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the tongues in that passage.  There was something completely different which was taking place, which was speaking in tongues. But you know what Peter said? When he saw people speaking in tongues, Peter in the sermon he says, this is that what Joel said and he quotes Joel. So this is the promise that the Father made and this is the promise that Jesus made to the disciples and said, you have to receive this. If you are going to minister in my name. So you see the importance there because without it he didn't send the disciples out. And we see that, you know, tongues began to be released out of the believers and later on, for greater understanding, Paul writes more elaborately about the gifts of the Spirit and the value of tongues and all that. But here's my point. The Father wanted to bless the people with the baptism, leading to gifts of the Spirit. Jesus told the believer to wait till they received it. Paul, when he more specifically talks about tongues he says, I am using it already, much more than all of you. So all of this points to a level of importance. Okay. That this practice has and the spiritual dynamics. So I would suggest I mean, I understand your question where your question is coming from. So you can research it more. There is a publication known as the wonderful benefits of praying in tongues. I would suggest you go through that plus we've had two sessions here in class regarding it. So just listen to all of that and then maybe you can let me know what you feel the reason why I asked is because like I just said, when Jesus sent them out as witnesses of Christ about to spread his messages.  So when you talk about tongues then isn't that just like to show them that they are God's witnesses or they are God's people and that rather than like tongues being just a way like a special way of communicating to God. So you say tongues is not the only gift what we are saying is we are saying tongues is important. We are not saying it's the only gift that God gave and there was nothing else happening apart from tongues. That's not what we are saying. So that's what I would suggest you can go through the benefits of praying in tongues and see how that would be different from praying in the human language. Then we can talk. I think that would be better. Just one last point. What I want to say in the end is that isn't our prayer in our own language with our combined faith more than enough than praying in tongues. If we have, if we pray in our own language with our combined faith, I think that would be more than enough to reach for God to hear what you want to say and for us to get a response back from God is what I am trying to say in the end. So I mean if that is your opinion then I respect it. I have nothing to say about it but what I feel I have learned from the word of God is that somewhere human languages are not sufficient to communicate with God which is why God has given us something like tongues. So I would take the opposite stand. You are saying it's enough. I am saying it's not enough from what I have learned. So I think it's best we leave it here and we discuss sometime later. Sure. Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions? Any one more minutes to go? Your class is a very persistent class that much I understood today. Make sure you get everything from that subject before you let the teacher move on to the next subject but it's a good thing. I really appreciate it. How about we pray and we close? So somebody can lead in prayer. Anyone? Anand, please you lead us. Thank you. Amen. Thank you. Thank you everyone. Thank you to the online students as well. And thank you so much for your patience as you are listening. If you have any questions, please do post it on the stream page and I will make sure I answer those questions for us. We close and we will connect next week. Thank you and bye everybody.


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