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Devotional-Intercessory Worship · The Father's Business Podcast

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: So, Elizabeth, we've been telling people about our Ruach Journey to conference that's coming up in October.
• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Are you getting excited for it?
• 0:07
  Speaker 2: starting to spend time praying and dreaming and asking God exactly what he wants this conference to look like, because every Ruach conference we do is a little different from the last, because it's based on who's there and what they're hungry to learn and what they want to know about and what God is laying on our heart for this particular group of people.
• 0:39
  Speaker 2: So I am super excited about this event coming up.
• 0:42
  Speaker 1: So, just to remind people, it's October 16 through 18, and it is in Maryland at the Sandy Cove Retreat Center.
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: It's a gorgeous place.
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: Some of you have maybe not be familiar with Maryland.
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: I know we have a lot of listeners that are in the Southeast.
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: We really have listeners all over the place and we would love for all of you to come and join us, because Elizabeth and I the two of us went there right Like a couple of months ago.
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah, I didn't want to leave.
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: Yeah, we were just there for a day and it was like can we stay longer and just sit and enjoy this beautiful place?
• 1:12
  Speaker 1: So I think it's gonna be a great place for a conference, don't you?
• 1:15
  Speaker 2: I do, and there's two different airports people can fly into, and so all the major airlines, including Southwest airlines, can fly you to an airport near this retreat center.
• 1:24
  Speaker 2: And you know Southwest if you're listening, you want to throw out one of those $49 fair deals.
• 1:29
  Speaker 2: We're open so that we can all get to the conference, but I think it's going to be a great, great time and something we're going to do.
• 1:36
  Speaker 2: A lot of people are asking so what do I need to do to get ready for this conference?
• 1:40
  Speaker 2: There's several different things that you can do to get ready for this conference.
• 1:44
  Speaker 2: You can listen to the podcast that we released last fall on the study on rock journey.
• 1:49
  Speaker 2: This summer we hope to continue to talk about some of the themes that we're going to be talking about at the conference.
• 1:55
  Speaker 2: Those would be great to continue to listen to to prepare our hearts for the conference and for the month of june.
• 2:01
  Speaker 2: We are going to reduce the price of the Ruach Journey study that's available on our website Now.
• 2:09
  Speaker 2: It's a 13 week study and some people get intimidated going.
• 2:12
  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness, I don't have 13 weeks to do this, right, because summer's busy and crazy.
• 2:17
  Speaker 2: It's broken down into 13 lessons but a lot of those teaching videos are just about 20 minutes long, so you can find ways from now until the end of the summer to get through the study at whatever pace you want, to do it with yourself or with a group of friends, and so we're going to be offering it at a discount rate to encourage people to go through the study, to refresh the ideas and the principles of Ruach journey in their mind, to get their hearts ready for what we're going to have in October.
• 2:48
  Speaker 1: So go to our website at thefathersbusinesscom.
• 2:51
  Speaker 1: If you want to order the study kit, you can go to the store.
• 2:53
  Speaker 1: If you want to sign up for the conference, you can go to the events link page and remember for now the conference is our early bird price is $3.99 a person.
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: You can pay extra if you want your own room.
• 3:04
  Speaker 1: We may be offering some special cost surprises coming up soon.
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: So you'll want to pay attention to the podcast Listen for those things.
• 3:11
  Speaker 1: If we offer that, remember it's October 16 through 18.
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  Speaker 1: It's in Maryland.
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  Speaker 1: You can fly into Baltimore.
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: You can fly into Philly.
• 3:18
  Speaker 1: We're going to help you figure out how to navigate to the conference center once you get there, so just stay tuned for more details.
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: We've got frequently asked questions on the website, but we're excited about it.
• 3:30
  Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing you then.
• 3:34
  Speaker 2: The Father's Business was founded by Sylvia Gunter to encourage people to a deeper relationship with God.
• 3:39
  Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to this devotional.
• 3:42
  Speaker 2: Maybe you feel that God promised you something and it has been too long in coming.
• 3:48
  Speaker 2: Maybe you're feeling desperate and even despairing.
• 3:52
  Speaker 2: Hope deferred makes the heart sick.
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  Speaker 2: It often happens when it's set on our expectations in our time frame.
• 4:01
  Speaker 2: You ask why, lord?
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  Speaker 2: Where is it?
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  Speaker 2: What's going on?
• 4:06
  Speaker 2: Why are you so silent?
• 4:07
  Speaker 2: You've examined your heart to see if there's any sin in your life.
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  Speaker 2: You've bargained and pleaded, maybe even pouted a little.
• 4:15
  Speaker 2: It seems that God is far away and the heavens are like brass.
• 4:21
  Speaker 2: David knew that taking up his harp in the midst of pain connected him with God in a special and deep way.
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  Speaker 2: In Psalm 42 and 43, 10 times he asked why, two times he asked where and once he asked when.
• 4:36
  Speaker 2: He described abandonment, oppression, betrayal and accusation at the hands of wicked men.
• 4:44
  Speaker 2: In two short psalms he recorded a range of intense, conflicting emotions thirst and satisfaction, fear and courage, doubt and faith, dejection and hope, despair and assurance of blessing no-transcript.
• 5:26
  Speaker 2: Amid all of that, david heard God's song in the night and sang prayer hymns or prayers set to music.
• 5:37
  Speaker 2: Four times in 16 verses he broke into praise and thanksgiving.
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  Speaker 2: I will praise you with the harp, o God, my God.
• 5:44
  Speaker 2: I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
• 5:47
  Speaker 2: The word yet means continuance again, repeatedly, still more, all life long.
• 5:58
  Speaker 2: Regardless of his circumstances, david was devoted to praising the Lord.
• 6:03
  Speaker 2: In another psalm he said that his heart was fixed and steadfast, making music and praising God for his great love, which never changed.
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  Speaker 2: With sacrifices of worship, we come before him in spirit and in truth.
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  Speaker 2: In the presence of the King of glory, we enjoy his matchless power and care.
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  Speaker 2: The real heart of intercessory worship is seeking his face, then seeking his heart, not seeking his hand or the results that we are so desperate to see.
• 6:38
  Speaker 2: Intercessory worship employs the name of God to attract the presence and power of God into a time and place for particular people.
• 6:46
  Speaker 2: I have seen God do amazing things in response to praise and worship, where I simply exalted him as God by faith, and let him be God.
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  Speaker 2: Intercessory worship is faith in action.
• 7:01
  Speaker 2: We know the character of the one who is faithful.
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  Speaker 2: Intercessory worship is as simple as singing.
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  Speaker 2: He is Lord, which declares the authority of the rule of Jesus in all things.
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  Speaker 2: Intercessory worship praises God even when the situation doesn't change immediately, because he places His presence in our hearts, in His promises, his vision and His purposes, and we choose that.
• 7:33
  Speaker 2: We will yet praise Him for His answer that he will bring forth in His appointed time.
• 7:40
  Speaker 2: Take a moment to think of the things coming against you.
• 7:43
  Speaker 2: Let's join together in worship and praise over who God is and who we are in Him.
• 7:50
  Speaker 2: In the midst of those things so imagine the mountains that feel too high to climb before you and before those things that seem impossible, or the prayers that are not being answered.
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  Speaker 2: We are going to declare who God is and who we are in him.
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  Speaker 2: God, you are able and I will stand.
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  Speaker 2: God, you are above all and I am a citizen of heaven.
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  Speaker 2: God, you are the amen, the faithful and true witness, ruler of God's creation, and I am steadfast in you.
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  Speaker 2: God, you are the banner to your people and I am under the banner of your love.
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  Speaker 2: God, you are the creator of the ends of the earth.
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  Speaker 2: Who cares for your creation, and I am cared for with compassion.
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  Speaker 2: God, you are a God of love and peace and you lavish me with your love.
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  Speaker 2: You are the God who hears, and I am heard.
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: You are the quieter of the storm and I am quieted with your love, and you are my shelter and I am safe.
• 9:16
  Speaker 2: Continue to declare to God who he is and who you are in him in the midst of the storms and the struggles of life that you face today.
• 9:26
  Speaker 2: This devotional is taken from Living in His Presence, volume 2 by Sylvia Gunter.
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  Speaker 2: Find it on our website, wwwthefathersbusinesscom.
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  Speaker 2: This podcast is made possible through donations by people like you.
• 9:42
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