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Rapid Advance: 03 Praying with Power

15 Comments

Discussing the message on the “Prayer: Spiritual Activism” Podcast. This message was given by Erwin McManus at the Promise Keepers conference.

15 Responses to “Rapid Advance: 03 Praying with Power”

1. adam
   Jan 17th, 2006 at 6:33 am

   It’s 1.15am in Newcastle, Australia, and after checking the mosaic website sporadically throughout the day, I finally got to listen to the podcast well after midnight … after arriving home from a small group meeting at which I shrunk back from being boldly confident in God as the one and only Lord God. The all-powerful creator of heaven and earth for whom nothing is impossible. I thank you for this message that turned out to be so timely for me because at ”the time of sacrifice”, at the time when my cousin-in-law, who is seeking the truth about faith and the identity of the real God, challenged me about what separates my faith with the belief of others in the God’s of the other religions, I thought ”I” could handle the question instead of giving it to God … I thought I knew well enough the answers to the mysterious. I failed to pray for the words and truth and, I fear, ended up watering down the God of the bible because of some egotistical desire to impress my cousin with my knowledge of God rather than exemplifying the reliance and faith I should have in Him …. by asking in prayer for a chance to do His will - not by deciding my own was better. Thank you.

2. Frank
   Jan 17th, 2006 at 7:41 pm

   Great message but gets cut out in the end about the Landfill story so what happens???

3. eric
   Jan 18th, 2006 at 8:59 am

   Erwin and the church in Dallas built a building on the property that was previously considered a landfill. The church continues to reach out from this facility to this day!

4. Administrator
   Jan 18th, 2006 at 9:40 am

   Frank, you are correct. For some reason the podcast gets cut off before it’s proper end. Look for a new version of it later on today.

5. Steve from San Diego
   Jan 18th, 2006 at 9:57 am

   WOW! What an awesome message. Thank You! I could not wait to share this with my wife.

6. Nathan
   Jan 18th, 2006 at 10:40 pm

   One word. Wow. I love spirit filled men of God who are not afraid to speak truth.

7. Joe
   Jan 19th, 2006 at 11:00 am

   I am constantly amazed at how passionate Erwin is when he brings the message of God.

8. André Fontenele
   Jan 19th, 2006 at 12:01 pm

   Alright, but what exactly this revolution means? I mean, I’ve been listening to this podcasts for quite a while but just didn’t understand the circumstance of the speach. Don’t get me wrong, revolution sounds appealing to me, I like the idea, but every time i hear about it, the question comes: What to do, then? From all I’ve been hearing from Erwin, there’s no awnser for this question since we can’t go autopilot on “God’s will” as if we we’re dumb robots, right? So to me the word revolution get’s kind of no real meaning… At least if you’re not inserted in a specific circumstance. Am I wrong?

9. ron
   Jan 20th, 2006 at 8:28 am

   The most revolutionary thing you can do personally is to hear Jesus Christ for yourself and invite him into your life (or more precisely, accept the invitation into his life). The most revolutionary thing we can do corporately is to facilitate others hearing Jesus Christ for themselves. the evidence of this kind of revolution in lives is the confidence to love others (to be fully committed to the best interest of another)in the name of Jesus, and a laying down of what would appear to be our own best interests. In a revolution their is the forceful removal of someone who is wrongly in power and the enthroning of someone who will wield power with righteousness. For me personally I have found that self must be forcefully removed from the center of my life and Christ must be given liberty to rule. This hasn’t been a one time fix for me, and I think it is at the heart of this message on prayer. We must hear the rightful ruler of our hearts and we must act upon what he says. The religion of Christianity has substituted forms, methods, and traditions for a personal hearing from God, and so a corporate revoltuion of Christ followers who pull these things from the center of our corporate church lives is ongoing.

10. dege
    Jan 20th, 2006 at 11:30 am

    Thanks for explaining the revolution, Ron. Powerful statement.

11. Joe Soria
    Jan 23rd, 2006 at 12:02 pm

    I live in the Bible-blet, full of the most outstanding prayers one has ever heard in their lives. I always thought it was interesting sometimes that after I was led in prayer by someone or worse, off prayed for by someone, I felt empty. I believe the God has opened Erwin’s eyes to the secret depths of one of my favorite Bible passages. My prayer is that for myself, and for other Christians to never pray empty prayers again! As leaders we have such repsonsibility, and this message convicted me for times when prayers where needed for tranisitions times between songs, songs and the message or even when someone had to move from one area of the platform to the other. Have we not all been there?
    I am very grateful for this message. Let us truly show the power of true Christianity!

12. Lori
    Jan 28th, 2006 at 10:33 am

    I will never tire of hearing the story of the “church on the dump.” May my prayers be as powerful and effective!
    On a side note, I’ve never heard Erwin lose his voice while speaking. His passion about prayer was in itself, inspiring!

13. eric
    Jan 28th, 2006 at 6:10 pm

    By the way, this message was delivered at Promise Keepers in 2001, thus the constant references to men and the impassioned style. May we all be better women and men who pray!

14. Steve
    Feb 2nd, 2006 at 4:51 pm

    I am a pastor in the NorthWest and was extremely encouraged when I listened to this talk. Being in full-time ministry, I need talks like this one every so often. Being reminded about connecting to God through our prayers is a powerful thought. It has helped me refocus my prayer life. I now look to see God move through the lives of those in my congregation. Prayer to me now has a whole new purpose!

15. Graham
    Apr 27th, 2006 at 3:10 pm

    G’Day! I am writing from Brisbane, Australia. I have only recently stumbled across Mosaic and Erwin’s teachings, but I have to say I am impressed with everything I have heard and read so far. My wife and I have been blessed and challenged and stirred and convicted.
    I have been able to access the Chasing Daylight series from part 4: Influence. My question is - how can I access older messages e.g. parts 1-3 of the Chasing Daylight series. After reading the comments about Praying with Power, I would love to be able to access it as well.
    Hope you can help me with this. God Bless!