SDA Sermons : Prayer Makes A Difference - Pastor Mark Finley

https://christiansermonsandmusicvideos.com/ Prayer Makes A Difference - Mark Finley, Assistant to the President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, preaches on the importance of prayer in a Christian life. He presents five lessons or tips we can learn from the prayer life of Jesus Christ.
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12:06 A number of years ago
12:09 I was invited to hold a major evangelistic meeting
12:13 in Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. 12:16 Just before we got there
12:19 the government made a decision to sell off
12:22 a lot of their land to multi- national corporations.
12:28 The university students recognized that if that happened
12:31 that they would lose their natural resources 12:36 and the country in years to come would
be impoverished. 12:39 So the students marched by the hundreds
in the streets of 12:44 Port Moresby, the capital city.
12:46 The police overreacted. 12:49 They shot into the crowd,
12:51 and as they did seven students were killed.
12:54 The students rioted. 12:58 The dissident elements of society joined
these students 13:01 and they rioted as well.
13:02 Cars were burned. 13:05 The plate glass windows of shops were
broken 13:08 and throughout that city there was rioting,
revolution, 13:14 devastation.
13:15 The government, in an attempt to control it,
13:18 put a curfew on the city. 13:21 Nothing moved from 7 o'clock at night
till 7 o'clock 13:25 in the morning. Now that posed a real
problem for us. 13:30 I arrived in Port Moresby on a Monday
13:32 and the curfew was still on. 13:34 And we were told that we would not be
able to have our meetings 13:38 unless the curfew lifted.
13:40 We organized 1,000 people to pray... 13:44 1,000 prayer warriors.
13:46 They prayed morning, noon, and night. 13:50 And if you've ever been to Papua, New
Guinea, 13:52 these folk know how to pray.
13:55 They do not simply "say" their prayers... 13:58 they pray.
14:00 And I've met with them - 50, 100- in a small room
14:03 where it was so crowded you couldn't even stand up
14:06 on our knees praying and seeking God 14:09 and listening to the agony of their
hearts. 14:11 "Oh, God, move upon the government officials.
" 14:14 "Oh, God, move upon parliament. "
14:16 Monday curfew, Tuesday curfew, Wednesday curfew,
14:21 Thursday curfew. But on Thursday we told our staff
14:25 "Go set up the stadium. There's nothing against
14:29 setting up the stadium in the daytime. 14:31 Set it up. We can't preach at night,
but Thursday set it up 14:35 by faith. " We went to bed Thursday
night with the curfew. 14:39 Woke up Friday morning and the first
thing I did after praying 14:43 was ran to the little kiosk to buy a
newspaper. 14:46 This newspaper today is one of my most
treasured possessions. 14:50 My wife and I keep this as a keepsake
of what 14:53 God can do. Headlines of the newspaper:
14:56 Parliament meets until 2 AM in the morning. 14:59 Curfew lifted so Seventh-day Adventists
15:02 can have their meeting. Amen! 15:06 Subtitle: The entire nation is invited
to the Sir John Guise 15:11 Stadium tonight to hear the prime minister
speak 15:15 on the state of the nation.
15:17 Then the prime minister will introduce American evangelist
15:20 Mark Finley who will speak a message of peace to this nation.
15:24 The entire nation is to come. 15:25 That night 100,000 people by count
15:31 came to the stadium. Amen. 15:33 What is the largest stadium in Chicago?
15:36 Soldier Field. How many does that place seat?
15:39 60,000? 70,000? 15:41 That's too small.
15:43 100,000 people came to the stadium. 15:47 The prime minister of the nation introduced
me that night. 15:51 The message was taken by television.
15:53 It's estimated that in that country 2-1/2 million people
15:57 listened to the message. 15:58 And every night they came... 100,000
people. 16:02 And the first appeal 10,000 people came
forward for baptism. 16:08 When God's people are on their knees
praying 16:13 something happens that does not happen
when we do not pray. 16:18 You say: "I don't understand all that.
" 16:22 You don't have to understand it, just
pray. Amen. 16:25 In the controversy between good and
evil 16:30 there are ground rules.
16:32 And one of those ground rules is this: 16:34 God will never violate our freedom of
choice. 16:40 Now God is doing everything He can for
your son or your 16:43 daughter who doesn't know Christ before
you pray. 16:46 He's doing everything He can for your
husband or wife 16:49 who doesn't know Christ before you pray.
16:52 But God is limited. 16:54 He is limited by their freedom of choice.