Have you ever wondered just how powerful a prayer can be? And I'm not talking about a casual, muttered plea - but a prayer that truly pours out your soul. We're taking a deep dive into the uncharted waters of such prayers, the ones that Satan hates. Let me share a story with you - a story that started in a nightclub and ended with a transformation that no one could have predicted. A woman, who was a recipient of unkindness, chose to persistently pray for a change of heart - and it worked. This is a testament to the enormity of the power that earnest prayer holds.
Now, let me ask you another question. When was the last time you prayed for someone else's salvation, not out of duty, but out of sheer faith and belief? We're taking inspiration from Jesus' parable of the persistent widow and encouraging you, our listeners, to embrace the power of prayer - a prayer that comes with conviction and unwavering faith in God's ability to answer. Join us on this enlightening journey, as we discover how prayer and persistence can indeed move mountains.
Have you ever wondered why you wake up in the middle of the night? Now, there could be several reasons. I'm sure thousands of, not millions, of reasons why you wake up in the middle of the night, but I had a moment the other day. God had to. God had to. God revealed some things to me.
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I've been reading this book and I'm about to say the name of the book, the author, and no, he is not paying me for this. This book has been a blessing to me. Obviously, I like reading the Bible, but I like to also read other inspirational spiritual books, and this particular book here is called and I have it here is called my Search for Prayers Satan Hates. Obviously, we know that there are prayers that Satan hates, and I like that title. It's so fitting that we, as children of God, only if we knew that we could tap into that power and that power of prayer, knowing that our prayers could really move mountains. But I know Jesus Christ was disciples. You can move mountains only by way of fasting and praying, but prayer still works.
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Now, this is going to be a quick story and it's not going to be a 30 minute, no, 40 minute discussion. It's just something that came to my mind Initially, when I said that God woke me up. God woke me up in the middle of the night and in that very same book that I was reading and it happened to happen to be around the same time I was reading the book the author said when he wake up in the middle of the night, he said that he asked God, who do you want me to pray for? And I was like, wow, that's very interesting because sometimes we as people, we could be so selfish. Sometimes we only could think about ourselves and pray for our own well-being, our careers, more money, a better car or a house. But this author, in particular, this preacher, said God, who can I pray for today? And it brought me back to when I was young, in my early 20s, and it brought me back to when I used to go out and party with my friends and drink. And I just had a moment in time when he shared that it's like God had to remind me when was the last time that I had a heart to pray for somebody, and I mean pray for somebody, and I'm going to explain why Because we could easily pray if people ask for prayer requests all the time and we pray for them. But sometimes there's a certain prayer, a certain way that a person pleaded to God on somebody's behalf that could make a difference, and I'm going to explain to you. So I went out to the nightclub when I was younger, and this is before I became saved. I went out to the nightclub. Drinking Probably was a nightclub, it was a nightclub slash restaurant and they full welcomed me to awake Before all the crazy people came out like me.
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At the time I met this woman. I met this woman. I presented the way I presented myself towards this woman. She was kind of like feeling me and I know you're probably thinking what a woman like that doing in a place like that, right, but I believe it was God's providence that she was there. She wasn't doing anything crazy, she was just with her friends, but anyways, that story is not about her. She probably watched this anyway.
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So I remember approaching her and walking up to her as a gentleman that I was, I believe, at that time, and we exchanged numbers. We exchanged numbers and as the night progressed and it got late I believe she left a little earlier before the crazy people came out, like myself, similar to like myself back in the day and when I got home I called her. I must have called her somewhere between 3am and 5am. You know, folks, when men call a woman around that time, you know it's. You know men usually want something. But let me go on with the story. So I called her around that time. Surprisingly, she answered.
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The conversation started off well, and then somewhere within the conversation I told her, like look, you know, I was kind of like bowed and blunt to her, like look, I want to come see you, I want to come see you. And you know, when men, men, you meet somebody, you meet a woman at a restaurant or a club, wherever you may meet her, if somebody calls you 3, 4, 5 o'clock in the morning, they ain't coming just to see you. They come into potentially do what married people do. So I knew that deep in my heart I wanted to do with her what married people do, if you know, quote unquote. But she told me, like I'm not that type of woman. I don't know the type of woman that you meet, but I'm not that type of woman. So another way, she was trying to tell me like I came across the wrong one and I got upset. I got upset based on a response that you know I was like oh, I'm handsome, like why she don't want to see me tonight? So I got upset at her and I lit her up with profanity. I lit her up and she got upset. Not, she didn't show the thought that she was upset at me, but she kindly and respectfully like, say, look, I'm about to hang up the phone, the conversation ain't going nowhere. So she got off the phone and it was okay with me.
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So, fast forward, a few days, weeks, month went by. You know, throughout those times I tried to call her again but she was ignoring me. She was ignoring me and I'm like man, I'm really feeling this girl. She seems like a good girl, a good woman, and I was really feeling it and she just kept ignoring my calls. And finally she answered the call, she answered the phone and then, you know, we started on the good foot and she was just sharing with me about what happened.
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The night that we initially spoke on the phone, she told me that she didn't like how I came at her, that she was in that type of woman, and I apologized to her. You know, I apologized to her and it's one thing that she said to me that stood out to me and it stays with me even to this day, and this is what God had to bring to my memory. This woman told me that when she got off the phone and listened to me carefully let me clear my eyes she listened to me carefully, she told me when she got off the phone. She says she prayed to God, begged. God poured out her soul to God, that God would change my heart, that I may one day know Jesus Christ. This woman knew that I was so corrupt based on what came out of my mouth, like this dude is lost. He don't even know what he's saying, but this woman cried out loud to God on my behalf for me to be saved.
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Now we know there are other things that happen along the way, but that never left me and I began to think about scriptures that could be relatable based on my experience, because I know the Bible. Jesus spoke a parable about a persistent widow, that men ought to pray and not faint. So we know the power of prayer. We know that when men and women pray, we ought to pray continuously, knowing that God in heaven sits high and he looks low and he hears our prayers. He hears the prayers of the righteous. We know that the prayers of the righteous avail it much, but this woman prayed for me and I began to think about what other person in the Bible that prayed out and put out their heart onto God. And voila, the Bible first came to me, hannah, hannah.
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First Samuel, chapter one there was a woman named Hannah. I'm not going to go to an indebted store, you can read it on your own but Hannah was a woman that was barren. She couldn't have any children. But this is why, hannah, she was greatly distressed. So, knowing that she could have any children, she was greatly distressed. So she prayed to God and she wept in anguish. That's how hurt she was. She wanted a child, so bad that she prayed to God in anguish. Now watch this.
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She kept on praying continually before the Lord, to the point that her husband was watching her mouth. So Hannah was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving and her voice was not heard. So she was speaking in her heart, her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So her husband thought that she was drunk. She prayed so hard that her husband thought that she was drunk To the point where he wanted her to put that wine and all that stuff that she may have contained to put it away. And she told him no. She said no, I'm a woman with despair and spirit. And she said no, I haven't been drinking wine or any intoxicated drink.
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But what she did, tell him that I have poured out, poured out. I got to say it again. I poured out my soul before the Lord. She was pouring out her soul to God that God will bless it with a child. And I believe that this woman that I met years ago, many, many, many years ago, I believe that this woman had the same attitude, that she fell on her knees and poured out her soul to God that one day I will be safe.
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So my question to you when was the last time you poured out your soul for somebody else to be safe? God brought that back to my memory. When was the last time I prayed and poured out my soul for somebody? Salvation, and that was an eye opener for me, because I pray for people. I know the power of prayer. I pray, but just like Jesus said in the parable that there's a woman that was persistent in her prayers the widow persistent and a pray to the point where she looked intoxicated. It's not one of those prayers. Like God saved him, it's like God you got to pour out your soul.
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So when was the last time you poured out your soul that somebody would be safe? It may be a friend, it may be a family member, it may be a co-worker, or maybe a stranger. When was the last time you poured out your soul that someone may come to the knowledge of my Lord and my Savior, jesus Christ? So I hope, trust and pray that this message has blessed you. It has truly blessed me and it was an eye opener for me. And that's what it's about. It's about doing better and being better, being better than I was, being better tomorrow than I was today. So I hope, pray that this message has found you and that it bless you. Be blessed.